Yount-Manion Films - Pools and Picnics (1956)

Duration: 0:02:08

Year Published: 1956

Sound: silent

Description: This 1956 home movie captures the Manion family enjoying sunny days with their family and friends, spending time at both a house pool and public pool. Later, teenage son Eddie Manion hosts a picnic. The Yount-Manion Films were given to Lamar University by Greg Riley and Fred McKinley. The pair discovered the films while researching their 2005 book, Black Gold to Bluegrass: From the Oil Fields of Texas to Spindletop Farm of Kentucky, which chronicles the legacy of Frank and Pansy Yount.