Advertisements (00:08); Text reads (in order): "Advertisements. Good old advertisers." -- W.E. Woodruff Company Contractors: Footage from their job sites. Text reads (in order): "W.E. Woodruff Company Contractors. Here we show activity on one of...
Truck Wreck-Auto Train, Date: "07/23/69": Footage from the scenes of two accidents: a man lies on the ground under a blanket, surrounded by by-standers before he is loaded into an ambulance - his overturned and twisted truck is shown; police...
Journalism--Texas--Houston ; KHOU-TV (Television station : Houston, Tex.) ; DeBakey, Michael E. (Michael Ellis), 1908-2008--Press coverage; Trucks--Accidents--Press coverage ; Muscular Dystrophy Association Labor Day Telethon--Press coverage; Fire...
Russians w/ Debakey, Date: "08/07/72": Hospital footage and a press conference with Dr. Michael E. DeBakey and some Russian doctors; some of the Russian dialogue is translated by an interpreter. -- Broken Truck, Date: "08/07/72": Footage of a truck...
Journalism--Texas--Houston. ; KHOU-TV (Television station : Houston, Tex.) ; Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994--Press coverage ; Strikes and lockouts--Texas--Houston--Press coverage ; Space Shuttle Program (U.S.)--Press coverage ;...
Nixon at Drugstore, Date: "03/20/74": Footage of the Keystone Diner, a place President Richard Nixon stopped at during his visit to Houston; President Nixon talking to reporters as he walks into a building; the President is driven through downtown,...
Henley Trial, Date: "07/01/74": Coverage of jury selection for Elmer Wayne Henley's trial in San Antonio, Texas; Several seconds of blank footage in the middle of the clip. -- []uleaded, Date: "07/01/74": Shots of gas pumps, and an oil refinery;...
Fire destruction of Waddell's Furniture Store at Fannin and Prairie Sts, Houston, TX. Man climbing fire truck ladder toward top of building remains. Firemen and ladder truck in street.
Tinsley, Eleanor, 1926-2009;
City council members -- Texas -- Houston -- Interviews;
School integration -- Texas -- Houston -- History;
Houston Community College (Houston, Tex.) -- History;
School board presidents -- Texas -- Houston --...
Eleanor Tinsley talks about her years as president of the board of the Houston Independent School District, and as member of the city council.
She was involved in the school integration movement and was instrumental in the creation of the Houston...
Reyes, Frumencio;
Hispanic American lawyers -- Texas -- Houston -- Interviews;
Lawyers in politics -- Texas -- Houston;
Political activists -- Texas -- Houston -- Interviews;
Hispanic American lawyer and political activist, Frumencio Reyes talks about some of his most famous cases, his involvement in local politics and the city of Houston political scene.
John "Big John" Glaze, the locomotive engineer for the miniature railroad at Hermann Park, shares his experiences driving, maintaining, and repairing the locomotives and tracks for the miniature train; and talks about his role entertaining children...
Navarro, Yolanda, 1947-;
Restaurateurs--Texas--Houston--Interviews;
Hispanic American businesswomen--Texas--Houston--Interviews;
Community activists--Texas--Houston--Interviews;
Race relations--Texas--Houston;
Oral histories
Hispanic American entrepreneur, restaurateur, and community activist, examines her involvement with the Hispanic community in Houston, and talks about race relations in the 1960s and 1970s, and about her restaurant business.
Leon Hale talks about his career as a writer for the Houston Post and the Houston Chronicle, as well as about the books he has published over the years.
Foyt, A.J. (Anthony Joseph), 1935-;
Automobile racing drivers--Texas--Houston--Interviews;
Oral histories
A.J. Foyt, a professional automobile racing driver, examines his career in the race car business. He talks about the accidents he has have, the races he has won, and the people he has met.
