A football match is played between Southern Methodist and Oregon at cotton bowl. Southern Methodist also called Mustangs win over Oregon,also called Webfoots by 21-13. A gathering of 68000 people watch the match.
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.
A football match is played between Texas and Georgia at orange bowl. Texas, also called Longhorns win over Georgia by 41-28. 61000 people turn up to see the match.
Eagle Scouts from the 12 regions of the Boy Scouts of America visit the Pentagon building in Arlington Virginia during Boy Scout Week 1949 (celebrating the 39th anniversary of the Boy Scouts of America). The group of Boy Scouts on the steps of the Pentagon building. The Boy Scouts look around at the building and surroundings. The scouts walk up the stairs and enter the Pentagon building. U.S. Secretary of Defense James Forrestal seated in his office. The Defense Secretary meets with the scouts and talks to them. He shakes hands with various Boy Scouts. The 12 scouts in the group are: Alan Fritts of Troop 11 in Mankato, Minnesota; Andrew L. Clement, senior patrol leader of Troop 2 in Raleigh, North Carolina; George Barron of Troop 17 in Franklin, Virginia; Daniel Abbott of Senior Outfit 16, in Newtonville, Massachusetts; James Roswurm of Troop 31 in Huron, Ohio; Charles S. Wilson of Troop 3, in Bristol Tennessee; H. Cumings Johnson of Senior Outfit 230 in Traverse City, Michigan; Joseph L. Cox of Troop 98 in Trenton, Missouri; Howard M. Williams of Explorer Post 345 in Houston, Texas; James C. Vincent of Sea Scout Ship 232 in Brookings, Oregon; James E. Gill of Air Scout Squadron 234 in Berkeley, California; L. Drury Cathers of Troop 22 in Gouverneur, New York.
Opening scene shows military police, with jeeps and motorcycles, in front of the Lampasas County Courthouse, where they simulate an occupying enemy force. To distinguish themselves, they wear wear unusual insignia, and helmets (somewhat Adrian-style). They drive away in motorcycles and a jeep, to patrol the "occupied" town. Men read a notice posted on a bulletin board at the Courthouse entrance. Closeup of a sign reading: "Headquarters, Military Government, City of Lampasas, Texas." Three elderly men reading posted notices at the Courthouse, rip them down and are accosted and taken into custody by simulated occupying force soldiers. View of the men tearing down the notices is repeated in closeup. View from the rear of the men being escorted away along a sidewalk past parked cars of the period, including a 1949 Pontiac sedan. Closeup of a man in a Texas style hat perusing the notices posted at the Courthouse. A recruiting poster for U.S. Marines, toppled over on the Courthouse lawn. "Occupying" soldiers patrolling in front of the office of the local newspaper (The Lampasas Dispatch), which they enter. The emerge with a man in custody (the editor?) Closeup of sign reading:"Closed by Order of Military Government." Local citizens walking across the shopping center parking lot. Closeup of clock in Courthouse tower, reading "Two fifteen PM." Some women seen reading notices posted at Courthouse. Several girls reading notices posted on a tree. A boy and his younger sister stop at the steps of a church where sign is posted reading: "Closed by Order of Military Government."
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.
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