[Abilene, Texas: West Texas Fair and James Leddy Boots]

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This film is unedited television footage regarding events and sites in Abilene, Texas. The footage includes a female television host addressing the camera in multiple takes of narration, as well as audio of the camera crew. Events and sites covered are: the West Texas Fair’s Rodeo Parade; dancing; and the news anchor getting fitted with boots from a local boot maker named James Leddy.

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1 video (59 min., 26 sec.) : sd., col.

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This video is part of the collection entitled: Texas Historical Television Footage and was provided by the UNT Media Library to The Portal to Texas History, a digital repository hosted by the UNT Libraries. It has been viewed 1157 times. More information about this video can be viewed below.

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  • Main Title: [Abilene, Texas: West Texas Fair and James Leddy Boots]
  • Added Title: Abilene, TX, Volume 1

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This film is unedited television footage regarding events and sites in Abilene, Texas. The footage includes a female television host addressing the camera in multiple takes of narration, as well as audio of the camera crew. Events and sites covered are: the West Texas Fair’s Rodeo Parade; dancing; and the news anchor getting fitted with boots from a local boot maker named James Leddy.

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1 video (59 min., 26 sec.) : sd., col.

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Test noise from 00:00:00 - 00:00:18. Test screen at 00:29:24, followed by audio irregularities through 00:52:30.
The program for which the films of the Texas Historical Television Footage collection were shot is not accessible, but the nature of the collection’s footage suggests it was intended for a public television show.

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Texas Historical Television Footage

The Texas Historical Television Footage collection contains video of various places across Texas including Grapevine, McAllen, College Station, Corpus Christi, and Brownsville.

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  • Dec. 13, 2011, 3:26 p.m.

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  • Feb. 27, 2012, 10:02 p.m.

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[Abilene, Texas: West Texas Fair and James Leddy Boots], video, Date Unknown; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth194004/: accessed June 5, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Media Library.

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