A ranch near Kerrville, Texas, United States. A sign reads 'ED C Henke, Ranch'. The Henke family sits and eats in the dining room. The sons of the Texas family are overseas serving in World War 2. Mr Henke and his youngest son work in the ranch. They milk cows. The grandchild, a young boy, helps at the ranch with feeding livestock and collecting eggs from hens. A woman churns butter in the kitchen and women hang clothes on a clothesline to dry. A woman collects wood and brings it inside the kitchen to fuel the stove. View of cattle in a corral. The men ride horses. Mrs Henke works in the kitchen and views a rack of filled canning jars in the pantry. A teenage boy in the family carries a deer buck he has hunted over his shoulder and brings it home as his pet dog follows. A man and his grandson go fishing. The man's horse stands by. The family exit the house to go to church in their sedan car. They talk with the neighbors and the family attends the Church service. Views inside the church during the service. The family enjoys a board game at home in the evening.
Texas' contribution in the World War II worker effort on the home front. Cattle and sheep ranches, dairy farms, rice fields, turkey ranches, oil fields, wheat fields, fruit farms and power plants in Texas. Many oil derricks or oil wells close together in an area. Cranes operating in a ship yard. Women work at shipyard building United States navy ships. Men work on wings in an airplane factory. Oil pumped in an oil well. Rice farmers use tractors to harvest the crop. Magnesium made from rocks and sea water. A man stacks finished magnesium blocks. Dams in Texas. Farmers pick cotton by hand. A man picks cotton by operating a mechanized cotton picker. Farmers harvest a field of sorghum. Helium cylinders seen at the Amarillo Helium Plant. Thick black clouds seen due to burning of carbon black in the manufacturing of synthetic rubber.
U.S. Naval Task Force of warships bombarding Okinawa in World War 2. Light cruiser USS St. Louis, CL-49, in foreground in the background is the battleship USS Texas, BB-35 shelling Okinawa. Heavy cruiser USS Wichita, CA-45, using signal light communications. Foreground the stern of the USS St. Louis, USS Texas in background. LCI 370 (Landing Craft Infantry) approaches from the right with the USS Texas in the background. On right, the USS St. Louis has turned to port and is shelling Okinawa, a destroyer in the middle, and the USS Texas on left. Close up of the USS St. Louis's stern as she shells Okinawa. Close up of three gun turrent firing. USS Texas in close shelling a hillside Japanese strong point on Okinawa. Shell hits the top of a hill and beach. Explosions due to the shelling. Smoke rises from coastline of Okinawa. Smoke rises from hill on Okinawa and shells hit around base of hill.
Texas State Capitol in Austin, Texas. The Texas State Capitol building (1100 Congress Ave., Austin, TX 78701, United States) in Austin. Trees in the foreground. The Red Cross Totem Pole at the Capitol. The business district of Austin. Traffic moves on the street. The Texas Governor's Mansion (1010 Colorado St, Austin, TX 78701, United States). Tourists walk in the front garden.
Texas Governor Robert Allan Shivers succeeds late Beauford Halbert Jester as Governor of Texas, United States. Cars drive in front the Texas State Capitol building. A dome of the Capitol. Shivers stands at a platform. He speaks into a microphone. Other officials stand with him in the background. The people gathered in large number listen to him. Robert Shivers meet Native American Indians. The people seated around a table and eat food. Texas Governor stands holding a plate in his hands. He speaks to the women. The women seated in a chair with the Governor. Allan holds a paper in his hands. Allan seated on a chair with women. All of them hold a paper in their hands and Allan speaks to them.
State Park system in Texas, United States during the Great Depression. Valley, mountains, and a pond in Texas. Big Bend national park. River in the park, man walks besides it. Map of Texas. Terrain of the park. Man sits at a CCC camp. Mountains and a valley. Casa Grande Peak in Big Bend National Park, West Texas. Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) boys engaged in construction work. Men engaged in ranching. Herd of sheep. The Grand Canyon, Chisos mountains, Chisos mountain ranges and boot canyon.
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