Gordon Wilkison
Gordon Wilkison began work as a cameraman at the local Austin television station KTBC (now FOX 7) during 1952, its first year of operation. At the time the station was owned by the Texas Broadcasting Company, which was owned by Senator Lyndon B. and Lady Bird Johnson. This relationship would continue to shape Wilkison's career well into the next decades - during the Johnson administration, Wilkison covered the president's visits to Texas, preparing material for national and international news correspondents.
A particularly notable moment in his career occurred on August 1, 1966, when Wilkison and KTBC reporter Neal Spelce risked their lives to capture footage of the Tower shooting at the University of Texas.
Wilkison was also the General Manager of Photo Processors at the LBJ Broadcasting Corporation, which he later took over and renamed Cenetex Film Labs. In addition to his camera work and film processing, his work at the station also included direction of a number of television film productions.
Outside of KTBC, Wilkison shot, edited, and processed Longhorn football game footage for the University of Texas, a partnership that lasted nearly 30 years.
Recognizing the historical value of film and news footage, Wilkison kept the material, later contributing hundreds of reels to the Texas Archive of the Moving Image's collection.
| Youth Killing
Footage of San Antonio police officers questioning a witness |
| | Youth for Waggoner Carr
"Young Texans" attend a campaign speech given by Waggoner Carr during his unsuccessful 1966 bid for U.S. ...
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| | Wrecks on 183 10-29-64
Footage of a variety of views of a wreck along US Highway 183-- a road and surroundings that sure have ch...
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| | Wreck I
Footage of the aftermath of a head-on collision with onlooking bystanders |
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| Wreck III
Footage of the aftermath of a car wreck involving local taxi company Roy’s Taxi |
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| Whitley Fire
Footage created for an Austin-based network news affiliate depicts the clean-up after a second-fl...
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| | Waggoner Carr, Misc.
A silent photo montage of Waggoner Carr, former Speaker of the Texas House and Texas Attorney General |
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| | Waggoner Carr at Convention
Footage of Waggoner Carr speaking to supporters at a Democratic convention, articulating the strengths of...
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| | Waggoner Carr Speech Clips
A compilation of clips from Waggoner Carr's 1966 Senate campaign against Republican incumbent John Goodwi...
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| | Waggoner Carr Outtakes
Outtake clips of former Speaker of the Texas House and State Attorney General Waggoner Carr |
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| Voting
A brief look at voters and the voting procedure |
| | Vintage Cars
Several models of vintage automobiles gather in the parking lot of G. C. Murphy's |
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