[Film footage of William P. Lear receiving honorary degree at University of Notre Dame]

Film footage of William P. Lear receiving an honorary degree at the University of Notre Dame, Indiana, April 1974. The footage opens with several unidentified people at an airfield, possibly Reno Stead Airport, Nevada, and boarding an aircraft. This is followed by scenes at a Trans World Airlines terminal at an unidentified airport. At 00:01:28, the United Airlines Boeing 737-200 "Friend Ship" aircraft is shown, filmed from inside the terminal.

The footage then transitions to shots of the University of Notre Dame campus and building interiors. William and Moya Lear appear in some of these scenes. The awards ceremony begins at 00:03:10 and is followed by scenes of the Lears conversing with other attendees and posing together. The footage concludes with an exterior shot of a Learjet Model 25 aircraft (registration number N695LJ) and several scenes filmed inside the cabin, showing William Lear and an unidentified man in the cockpit, Moya Lear in one of the passenger seats, and views from the window as the aircraft taxis and takes off.

The footage is in color and silent. Some shots are underexposed, particularly the ceremony scenes.

Label on container: "Notre Dame Awards. Bill Lear. Color film. April 1974. Fair condition. Awards sec. bad light."