def index(request):
    dirlist = glob.glob("/home/somebody/vids/*.xml")
    for item in dirlist:
        newsML = ET.parse(item)
        NewsLines = newsML.getroot()
        HeadLine = NewsLines.getiterator("HeadLine")

$results[]['HeadLine']

results = []
for item in dirlist:
  newsML = ET.parse(item)
  NewsLines = newsML.getroot()
  HeadLine = NewsLines.getiterator("HeadLine")
  results.append(HeadLine)

results = [ET.parse(item).getroot().getiterator("HeadLine") for item in dirlist]