Title:
Decommissioning of the Battleship Texas
Description:
A Texas Quality Network broadcast from September 15, 1947 that is "presenting the case of the Battleship Texas." The recording begins with the voice of Henry Gillander who transferred the original recording (presumably an open reel audio tape) onto the audiocassette from his personal collection. The broadcast contains many tribute speeches to campaign to create a shrine to the Battleship Texas in San Jacinto, TX. Speeches are given by then Governor Beauford H. Jester, then Secretary of Defense James Forrestal, the Admiral of the Fleet Chester W. Nimitz, Texas state senator Fred "Red" Harris, Chairman of the Battleship Texas Commission Lloyd Gregory, and actress Linda Darnell.
Identifier:
2011430_01_06
Item identifier:
2011/430-1-6
Collection:
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Battleship Texas records
Creator:
National Broadcasting Company
Creator:
KPRC-TV (television station: Houston, Tex.)
Date of creation:
1948
Source:
Texas State Library and Archives Commission, 2011/430
Geographic coverage:
San Jacinto Battleground State Historic Site (Tex.)
Subject:
Texas (Battleship)
Subject:
Jester, Beauford Halbert, 1893-1949
Subject:
Hobby, William Pettus, 1878-1964
Subject:
Andrews, Mark Edwin, 1903-
Subject:
Nimitz, Chester W. (Chester William), 1885-1966
Subject:
Jones, Jesse H. (Jesse Holman), 1874-1956
Type:
Sound
Medium:
Open reel audiotapes
Citation information:
2011/430-1-6, Battleship Texas prints and audiovisual materials, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Battleship Texas ships plans and records. Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission.
Copyright information:
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Size or duration:
00h:32m:26s
Language:
English
