Film opens showing fans filling the Cotton Bowl Stadium in Dallas, Texas. Next. opposing college football 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
United States Army Air cadets doing Calisthenics at Randolph Field, Texas. Cadets performing drills, vascular coordination and pyramids. (Shortly before U.S. entry into World War 2.)
Retirement ceremonies for Major General Frank P. Lahm, first military Pilot at Randolph Field, Texas. Frank P. Lahm with other officers and soldiers marching at the ceremony. American planes can be seen overhead. Frank P. Lahm was taught to fly by the Wright Brothers, organized the U.S. Army Air Corps in 1917 and was the first balloon pilot. (World War II period).