| Summary: | Various scenes of coach Bear Bryant speaking at press conferences and other events. The following segments are included:
0:00:01: Bear Bryant speaking at a banquet at the Jefferson Davis Hotel in Montgomery, Alabama, possibly in 1964 or 1965.
0:01:34: Bear Bryant attending a reception for supporters of the University of Alabama in June 1975. The location is unknown, but two young African American men are standing with framed certificates near the microphone at the front of the room, and each attendee is wearing a red paper "A" on his or her chest. In the brief clip of an interview with Bryant, he mentions traveling to New York Man the following day "to get to Hershey, Pennsylvania."
0:02:28: WSFA-TV's Phil snow interviewing Bear Bryant in November 1975. They discuss upcoming bowl games, indirectly addressing accusations that Bryant had intervened in the match-ups to avoid competing against a Big Eight team in the Sugar Bowl. They also briefly speculate about the University of Alabama's prospects of competing for the national championship: "I think that's very possible, I certainly do, but we can't get into anything unless we beat Auburn." (Snow's response: "That's good enough for me.")
0:04:04: Silent football of football players practicing at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa during 1975 season. The following players are included in the clip: Leroy Cook, #98; Bob Baumhower, #91; Conley Duncan, #57; Woodrow Lowe, #47; Alan Pizzitola, #4; Tyrone King, #43, and Richard Todd, #14.
0:05:00: Interviews with coaches Bear Bryant and Shug Jordan about the upcoming 1975 Iron Bowl, which was played on November 29. Alabama won the game against Auburn, 28 to 0.
0:06:25: Interview with Bear Bryant following the Orange Bowl in Miami, Florida, on January 1, 1975. The University of Alabama lost the game against Notre Dame, 11 to 13. WSFA-TV's Phil Snow is seated on the left.
0:10:33: Press conference with Bear Bryant on April 4, 1975, during spring football practice at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa.
0:12:03: Bear Bryant speaking at a press conference on August 13, 1975, a few weeks before the start of the regular football season. He discusses proposed NCAA reorganization; the football team's upcoming practice schedule; and disciplinary action taken against eight players for their involvement in several marijuana arrests the previous spring. (According to an article ["Bear Punishes Cook, 7 Mates"] in the Montgomery Advertiser on August 14, 1975, three of the players had been arrested for possession or selling, while the other five "were involved to a lesser degree.")
0:16:44: WSFA-TV's Phil Snow interviewing Bear Bryant about the recent game between the University of Alabama and the University of Missouri on September 8, 1975. Also included is footage of the game (the first of the season), which Alabama lost, 7 to 20.
0:19:14: WSFA-TV's Phil Snow interviewing Bear Bryant about the upcoming game between the University of Alabama and the University of Maryland on September 14, 1974. Alabama won the game (the first of the season), 21 to 16.
0:20:47: Press conference with coach Bear Bryant after the 1970 A-Day game, which as played in Tuscaloosa on April 18. Footage of the game is also included.
0:27:49: Banquet hosted by the University of Alabama National Alumni Association at Memorial Coliseum in Tuscaloosa before the A-Day game on April 18, 1970. During the event, the alumni honored Joe Namath and other members of the "Super Sixties" football team, which had been selected by fans in a poll. The association also presented Bear Bryant with luggage and other gifts, in appreciation for his decision to remain as head football coach at the school. (Bryant had offered to resign following Alabama's unsatisfactory performance during the 1969 season.)
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