UNT Libraries Special Collections - 87 Matching Results

Search Results

captions transcript

Friday Night in the Coliseum

Description: Friday Night in the Coliseum is a short film featuring wrestling performances recorded at the Sam Houston Coliseum, in Houston, Texas, along with interviews with audience members and wrestling promoter Paul Boesch. The film features many wrestlers who were well-known in Houston, including The Crusher, Nick Kozak, Red Bastien, Dory Funk, Stan Stasiak, Johnny Valentine, Thunderbolt Patterson and Wild Bull Curry. The creation of this film was supported by a grant from the Corporation for Public B… more
Date: 1972
Duration: 34 minutes 30 seconds
Creator: Winningham, Geoff & York, Jack
captions transcript

[Nichelle Nichols Shuttle Astronaut Recruitment]

Description: Nichelle Nichols (Lieutenant Uhura) wants you to work on the Space Shuttle Enterprise in this government produced film from 1977. Nichelle Nichols played communications officer Lieutenant (later, Commander) Uhura aboard the USS Enterprise in the Star Trek television series (1966–1969), working to recruit diverse astronauts to NASA, including women and ethnic minorities.
Date: 1977
Duration: 5 minutes 54 seconds
Creator: A-V Corporation

[Little Rock - Project Inventory]

Description: Project inventory for the Model Cities developmental program for Little Rock, Arkansas.The Model Cities Program was an element of U.S. President Lyndon Johnson's Great Society and War on Poverty. Model Cities originated in response to several concerns of the mid-1960s. Widespread urban violence, disillusionment with existing urban renewal programs, and bureaucratic difficulties in the first years of the War on Poverty.
Date: [1972,1974]
Creator: National Model Cities Community Development Directors Association
Back to Top of Screen