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Colonel W.E. Easterwood presents a $25,000 prize to French aviators Coste and Bellontefor the first one-stop flight from Paris to New York to Dallas.

Film opens showing people assembled at a celebratory dinner, honoring French aviators, Captain Dieudonne Costes and Lieutenant Maurice Bellonte, who on September 1, 1930, flew their Breguet XIX aircraft,"Le Point d'Interrogation" (The Question Mark) non-stop from Paris to New York, and thence to Dallas Texas,landing at Love Field, Dallas, on September 4th,where they were greeted by 30,000 aviation enthusiasts. They are being honored by William Edward (Colonel) Easterwood, Jr., a Texas philanthropist and aviation enthusiast who had offered a $25,000 prize for the first one-stop flight from Paris to New York to Dallas,Texas. Colonel Easterwood delivers congratulatory remarks, and presents his check for the prize to the fliers. Closeup of the Easterwood check. Broadcast microphones are placed close to Colonel Easterwood and the fliers. Next, the fliers stand near the end of the event. Scene shifts completely to Costes and Bellonte with their aircraft, "The Question Mark, aboard a steamship, ready to sail back to France. Closup of the aircraft with large question mark painted on its side along with names of cities world-wide to which it had flown. Among these are: Hanoi; Calcutta; Karachi; Alepo; Athens; Rome; Paris; and New York. (Note: There is a display at the Frontiers of Flight Museum, Dallas Love Field, that includes the actual prize check as well as a panoramic picture of the "Question Mark" landing in Dallas, along with a plaque commemorating the event.)

Location: New York United States USA
Date: 1930, October 16
Duration: 1 min 18 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: None
Clip: 65675069012
Various events at the 1930 National Women's Amateur Athletic Union track meet in Dallas, Texas.

Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) track race for women athletes held in July 1930, at Southern Methodist University (SMU), Dallas, Texas. Hurdle race is shown on the track. Runners jump over the hurdles. Maybelle Gilliland and team wins the race setting a new world record in the 400 yard hurdle relay race in the National Women's AAU (Amateur Athletic Union) track meet. Maybelle Gilliland poses for a photo. Another race conducted on the track. Runners run at a fast pace. Broad jump event is shown. Contestant throws javelin during the javelin throw event. Closeup view of young woman athlete Babe Didrikson with javelin in hand.

Location: Dallas Texas USA
Date: 1930, July 7
Duration: 1 min 24 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675023814
View of many city skylines, town centers, and war industries in Texas during World War 2

Cowboys approaching ride horses into a stable. Cattle graze. Oil wells and military airfield from overhead. Distant view of Dallas Texas city skyline. Night view of streets and signs in Amarillo Texas. Daytime view of a tall skyscraper building and wide street in Houston Texas with cars and traffic View of the Hotel Nimitz in Fredericksburg Texas. Downtown Fort Worth Texas city street with shops, offices, and cars. Downtown area in Pampa Texas. Street corner view in Kerrville Texas. Two different views of The Alamo and surroundings in San Antonio, Texas. A water tower and oil rigs in Kilgore Texas. Downtown area of El Paso, Texas from elevated view. Street view in downtown Beaumont, Texas. Downtown view in Wichita Falls, Texas. Downtown San Angelo Texas views. Distant view of the city of Austin Texas from an elevated position, and then in downtown Austin featuring the State House Capitol building. Cattle, sheep, and sorghum farming views. Rice fields and Turkey ranches. Many oil rigs and oil wells. A busy shipyard in Texas making ships for World War II war effort. A sprawling aircraft factory. Oil rigs pumping oil. Farmer on tractor plows wheat field. View of rice harvesting (Massey Harris Self Propelled Harvest Brigade). Men stack magnesium bars. Magnesium factory next to ocean in Texas. Hand cotton picking and view of a mechanical cotton picker. Tractor pulling sorghum harvester. Sulfur mining and Helium plant in Amarillo. Black clouds in sky from burning natural gas in making synthetic rubber for war effort. Cliff of sulfur dynamited and loaded by train crane. Cowboys herd cattle and view of Fort Worth Stockyards and Exchange. Angora goat farm and turkey farming. War time workers manufacturing. Alabama and Coushatta Native American Indian village with flag of service stars for men in the war. Indian children with elder and Indian logging camp. Campus of University of Texas and State Capitol in Austin. Well dressed women exit Dallas department store.

Location: Texas United States USA
Date: 1945
Duration: 7 min 18 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675053500
Texas Longhorns beat the Oklahoma Sooners 24-0 at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas, Texas.

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.

Location: Dallas Texas USA
Date: 1960, November 7
Duration: 1 min 43 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675057804
Farmers explain how they suffered the drought and dust bowl storms in Dalhart, Texas, during 1934.

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.

Location: Dalhart Texas USA
Date: 1960, February 7
Duration: 1 min 57 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675032606
Officers, dignitaries and policemen outside the Texas School Book Depository and men take pictures in Dallas, Texas.

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.

Location: Dallas Texas USA
Date: 1963, November 22
Duration: 2 min 42 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675033711
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