The Underwood Family Collection, no. 2 - West Texas Compress and Warehouse Company

Year Published: c. 1945

Format: 16mm

Sound: silent

Description: This footage captures scenes of the West Texas Compress and Warehouse Company in Lubbock, Texas. The footage begins with images of the company’s workers with its facilities and equipment, sweeping views of the company property, and the construction site of a new all-steel cotton warehouse, which was pioneering building design at the time. Following are scenes of fire patrol trucks and a fire engine demonstrating their capabilities to extinguish both small and large fires at the cotton warehouse.