Blind Senator Thomas D. Schall of Minnesota fires a revolver at a target in Berwyn Heights, Maryland. He is guided by the sound of a wand tapped on the bulls-eye by his youngest son Richard. (Note: This newsreel was released December 23, 1935. Senator Schall was killed by a hit and run driver on December 19, 1935 while he was walking across the Baltimore-Washington Parkway within days of this footage being shot, earlier in December 1935 ).
A quiet one street rural western town in Spiro, Oklahoma, with a single car on the road and wooden simple buildings on either side. A large earth mound seen, known as "Craig Mound." Several men dig with shovels and pick axes into the mound and retrieve prehistoric indigenous Pre-Columbian Native American Indian relics, dating from the 9th century to the 15th century. Indigenous people's implements, ornaments, artwork beads, weapons, and money discovered in the earthen burial mound in Spiro. The remarkable relics are examined by a man and shown being held and in display cases. (The relics were part of religious rituals of a pre-Columbian Caddoan Mississippian culture, in eastern Oklahoma near the Arkansas border.)
A football match is played between Oklahoma and North Carolina at Sugar bowl. Oklahoma, also called Sooners win over North Carolina, also called Tar Heels by 41-28. A crowd of 80500 witness the match.
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.
American college football game between Oklahoma Sooners and the Irish of Notre Dame at South Bend in Indiana. Glimpses of football game underway with players on the move and huge crowd of spectators cheering for their respective teams. Oklahoma Sooners wins the game by forty points to nil.
Aerial view of 1950's automobiles parked outside Burdine Stadium (later the Miami Orange Bowl) in Miami, Florida. Fans of both Duke University (Blue Devils) and University of Oklahoma (Sooners) football teams entering the stadium at entrance gates. View at gates as tickets are checked. A fan tries on a festive hat. View of the field with marching bands on it during their show, displaying a large American flag formation. View of fans in the stadium. Some Oklahoma Sooners fans wearing cowboy hats. 1958 college football Orange Bowl game gets underway. Scenes from the game, crowd cheering, band and cheerleaders performing at half time and from sidelines.
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