Robber Clyde Barrow behind the bars. He is released on parole in 1932. He hooks up with Raymond Hamilton in a wide ranging crime spree that included murder of storekeeper J. N. Busher, in Texas. Newspaper front pages tracking the criminal acts of the Barrow and the Arrow gangs. In Dallas County Jail William Daniel Jones, a member of Barrow gang, speaks, for the record, about Clyde Barrow. From "The Retribution of Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker."
Farmers of Dalhart, Texas describe the terrible sand storms they suffered in the region during 1930s. In 1960 interview, farmer Harold Hogue describes a severe dust storm he experienced in 1934. Scene change to mid 1930s footage showing dust bowl views of desolated farms, drought stricken lands and houses and farm equipment all piled high and buried in dust and dirt. A 1960s' farmer on his tractor describes how the dust storms destroyed his wheat crops and left sand and dust on everything. He states that they experienced 110 dust storms in the Spring of 1934.
Texas Longhorns beat the Oklahoma Sooners in Dallas, Texas. Spectators watch the game at the Cotton Bowl. The game begins. Players include: Mike Cotten, Jimmy Saxton. Texas leads 3-0 as the game progresses. Spectators cheer the players. The Longhorns still lead 10-0 at half-time. Texas Longhorns beat the Oklahoma Sooners 24-0.
Reenactment of highlights in criminal career of Bonnie & Clyde, with actual scenes of their final demise. Dallas, Texas. Clyde meets waitress Bonnie Parker. External view of Baltimore Dairy Lunch diner. Sign reads, "Open All Night" Bonnie and Clyde sit on running board of a car and drink. Clyde shoots a bird with a gun. Two officers on motorcycles approach them. They kill the officers by shooting them with rifles. Bonnie and Clyde get in their car and drive away. Bodies on the road. Police, determined to end Bonnie and Clyde's continuing crimes, set up an ambush for them on a gravel road in Louisiana. They maintain the stakeout for three days. When Bonnie and Clyde show up the police open fire, killing them both. View of the actual death scene, with the bodies of Bonnie and Clyde seen in their gun shot riddled car. From "The Retribution of Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker."
The Texas School Book Depository in Dallas, Texas on date of assassination death of President John F. Kennedy. Dignitaries and officials outside the book depository building. Police cars and policemen stand outside the building. Dignitaries and officers crowd outside the building. Traffic on a road. A man with two young children. Police officers with rifles. A sign reads 'Texas School Book Depository'. Dignitaries and policemen stand. Police arrest a man and take him away in a car. A civilian carries a rifle carefully, by its strap, from the Book Depository building, and places it in a car. Civilians crowd on the road. Policemen stand in a group and talk. Dignitaries and officials talk. Men take pictures.
Film opens showing fans filling the Cotton Bowl Stadium in Dallas, Texas. Next. opposing teams are lined up on the line of scrimmage. A running play gains some yardage before ball carrier is tackled. Referees mark the location and the teams set up on another line of scrimmage. Closeup of a Texas fan wearing a beat up cowboy hat and ill-fitting eye glasses. More views of play on the field. Final view shows crowd (of 45,507) in the stands. The game was a cliffhanger, with final score: Texas 13 and Fordham 12