‘Home talent' film made by Dallas-native and prolific itinerant filmmaker Melton Barker featuring the San Marcos community in 1943

‘Home talent' film made by Dallas-native and prolific itinerant filmmaker Melton Barker featuring the Childress community in 1948

Scenes of golf and Baylor graduation ceremonies in Waco in the 1940s

Home movie footage of an airport arrival and a community picnic in Austin

Home movie footage from 1948 of families celebrating Mother's Day in Austin

Home movie of a Falfurrias community event in which local adolescents dress up as hobos

Footage of the West Texas Compress and Warehouse Co.'s employees, property, new warehouse construction, and fire management procedures

Newsreel chronicling the year's major news stories, including the first nonstop around the world trip