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1930s


10,000 Turks Protest Axes

A look at Texas Turkey Trot parades in Cuero celebrating the Thanksgiving season.

Auto Demolishes Store Front!

"Occupants narrowly escape death in queer crash,” reads the caption for this Universal Newsreel.

425 Children Die as Gas Explosion Shatters School

Universal Newsreel coverage of the New London School Explosion that occurred on March 18, 1937.

Beauty Crown Goes to Miss Belgium!

Universal Newsreel footage of 1931 Miss Universe Anita Netta Duchateau of Belgium posing after winning her crown.

Better Housing News Flashes No. 9 aka Low Price Homes

Produced by the Federal Housing Administration (1934-1939), this film illustrates the possibility of an average American citizen to own his/her own home -- even in the midst of the Depression Era.

Border Patrol Nabs Vicious Smugglers in Surprise Attack

An early look at the border patrol in action.

Breeders Show Fat Cattle

Donor: N/A
Prize livestock specimens from a 1934 Fort Worth exhibition.

Civilian Conservation Corps Fights Erosion

A look at the 1930s Civilian Conservation Corps working to alleviate soil erosion on farmland.

East Texas Oil Fields

Donor: Hamon Arts Library - SMU
Silent film documenting the development of new wells on the East Texas and Van Oil Fields between 1929 - 1932.

Explosion Starts Oil Fire

Dramatic footage of an oil well fire.

Four of a Kind Win Air Trip to College

Quadruplet celebrities of the early 20th century begin their higher education at Baylor University in Waco.

Fort Hancock, Texas: U.S.- Mexican Border Bridge Pact Dooms Gay Peon Weekends

An early documentation of border regulation between the U.S. and Mexico.

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