| GOVERNOR? TEXAS DEMOCRATS CHOOSE HILL-BILLY [sic] (aka FLOUR SALESMAN NOMINATED AS GOVERNOR - TEXAS) Great story of Lee O'Daniels' successful campaign for elect | ||
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| Tape Master: | 6381 | |
| Catalog #: | 53356 | |
| Clip Number: | 53356-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 38/62 | |
| Timecode: | 01:26:09 - 01:26:55 | |
| Location: | Texas | |
| Year Shot: | 1938 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | ELECTIONS: Campaigns LOCATIONS/NORTH AMERICA: USA, Texas POLITICS: Political Party, USA, Democrat | |
| Description: | "GOVERNOR? TEXAS DEMOCRATS CHOOSE HILL-BILLY [sic]". Texas, United States of America. Various shots of Fort Worth flour salesman W. Lee O'Daniel during his successful campaign for election as Democratic candidate for Governor of Texas. O'Daniel is seen playing hillbilly / country music with his band, the Hillbilly Boys, for the crowds. Several shots of people putting money in flour barrel collection boxes. Commentator explains that O'Daniel used sales promotion tie-ups with merchants in his campaign. C/U of a sign in a local clothes shop window welcoming O'Daniel and the Hill-Billy-Boys [sic]. Brief shot of men having their shoes shined in a store. C/U of sign advertising Pappy's Biscuits and O'Daniel Hamburgers as the special today. Another sign in a drugstore (?) asks "Have you ever had a Hillbilly Phosphate?". Brief shots of O'Daniel holding hands with a pretty woman who carries a basket of flowers. Note: over 400,000 democrats voted for O'Daniel on primary ballots, outnumbering the total for all his opponents. He looks a little like Bill Haley. | |
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