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Modernization of the cities of Southwest region of the United States in the early 1940s.

Animation shows six cities in South Western region of the United States. These are the cities with more population. The cities are Oklahoma City, Tulsa, Ft Worth, Dallas, San Antonio and Houston. Modernization of the cities. Views of Main Street in Fort Worth Texas, with shops and traffic. Views of Main St in Ft. Worth facing both south and north, with the north facing view showing the Tarrant County Courthouse building and its clock tower in the distance. Business signs include Goldstein Bros Jewelry, Olenn Bros Furniture Company, Imperial Hotel, North Music, and other hotels and jewelry stores. Cars pass on the street. People walk on the street. Workers clearing brush from land to turn it into farm land. A farm in the area. Women herding sheep. Ruins of an old fort or of old native American Indian buildings in a desert area. Cattle graze on a field. An industrial factory or farming facility. The Alamo site building in San Antonio, Texas. View again of downtown Forth Worth, Texas.

Date: 1942
Duration: 1 min 7 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675028178
Model community, growth in cities, and town meetings in the United States.

A U.S. Army soldier seated on a chair takes a nap. A cup kept in front of him on the table. Children walking on sidewalk in small town America. Downtown view of small Indiana town. View of an American family of a small town seated in dining room for a dinner meal. Children exit a one room school house. Both a well-kept high school building and a rural simple school are shown, with boys and girls in bare feet exiting the poor rural school down a wooden ramp. Men lined up for work. Children playing in slum and tenement areas in poverty stricken areas. Quick views of skyscrapers, new schools, buildings, colleges (including view of Rice University in Houston Texas) and art galleries in the United States, including the National Gallery of Art entrance. A Texan in a cowboy hat delivers a John Randolph famed "Texas Brag" saying, "If all the hogs in Texas were one big hog, he could dig the Panama Canal with three roots and a grunt.” The National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. Labor organizer John L. Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers of America (UMW) states, "The American Federation of Labor can help if it will, it can uphold anything, but we shall carry on." An American town hall meeting in progress. (World War II period).

Date: 1942
Duration: 2 min 28 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675053397
Cassius Clay (later Muhammad Ali) practices at the Astrodome and speaks in Houston, Texas about upcoming Terrell bout

Boxer Cassius Marcellus Clay Junior (later Muhammad Ali) undergoes training for his boxing title defense in Houston, Texas. Clay skips rope. He practices in the ring in the Astrodome. Clay fights with other boxer in ring in practice boxing match. Audience watches and claps. Cassius Clay speaks about his opponent Ernie Terrell, including line "He's going around claiming to be the real heavy weight champ. But after I'm finished he'll just be a tramp..."

Date: 1967, January 19
Duration: 1 min 6 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675026419
Army versus Rice University team in a college football game in Houston, Texas.

College football game between Rice Owls from Rice University and Army, held in Houston, Texas. Players of both teams featured. 69,000 spectators watch the game. Players featured include Joe Caldwell, Pete Dawkins, Buddy Dial, Bob Anderson. Army wins over Rice 14-7.

Date: 1958, November 8
Duration: 1 min 22 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675071117
The Apollo Moon craft makes a rugged landing when dropped from a rig while testing in Houston, Texas.

Apollo Moon craft during rugged landing tests at the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, the NASA manned space flight center, in Houston, Texas. The Apollo Moon craft on a stand at the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center. The Moon craft makes a rugged landing when dropped from a rig while testing. (This shows impact tests of the Apollo space capsule, not the Lunar Exursion Module or LM or LEM.)

Date: 1967, August 4
Duration: 50 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675067380
A large homecoming crowd gathers to watch the college football game between Army and Rice in Houston, Texas.

Homecoming 1958 college football game played at Rice Stadium in Houston, Texas. The Rice Owls host the U.S. Army cadets from Westpoint. Scenes from the game. Rice Quarterback Alvin Hartman connects key passes to Buddy Dial. Also scenes with Army Quarterback Joe Caldwell throwing to Bill Carpenter (known as the "Lonesome End"), and later to halfback Bob Anderson. During the game, 69,000 home fans at Rice Stadium cheer while watching the action. After blocking a Rice field goal attempt on the 9 yard line, Army scores on a touchdown pass to Pete Dawkins (later the Heisman Trophy winner that year) in the final minute to win over the Rice Owls 14-7.

Date: 1958, November 8
Duration: 1 min 22 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675077064