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The Earl & Vera Fridley Collection, no. 1 – Family Footage, Claire

By wp_registryMarch 9, 2015Texas Archive Of The Moving Image, The Earl & Vera Fridley Collectionbaby, car, carousel, cart, doll, family, father, fence, girl, home, home movie, home movies, house, man, mother, neighborhood, play, pony, stroller, TFC, toy, track, woman, yard

The Earl & Vera Fridley collection includes home movies documenting three generations of the Fridley family as they vacation, celebrate special events, and go about everyday life. The films date from the early 1940s through the 1980s. This film features baby Claire at 20 months old as she plays in the front yard with her […]

The Frick 70s Collection, no. 9 – Howdy Roo Chili Cookoff

By wp_registryMarch 9, 2015Texas Archive Of The Moving Image, The Frick 70s Collectionboot, boy, Burnet-County, Caldwell County, carnival, chili, chili cookoff, cowboy hat, dog, doll, game, girl, highway, home movie, home movies, Howdy Roo Chili Cookoff, Luling, man, Marble Falls, oil drill, paddle boat, picnic, ride, stuffed animal, swing, TFC, woman

This home movie of the Howdy Roo Chili Cookoff, held in Marble Falls captures some of the more interesting t-shirts at the event, and a variety of activities, including carnival rides, paddle boats, and of course drinking and eating chili. The tail end of the video leaves Marble Falls and shows short clips of several […]

HP Wells Family Films – Birthday Party (1958)

By wp_registryMarch 9, 2015HP Wells Family Films, Texas Archive Of The Moving Image1950s, Abilene, birthday, boy, boys, cake, celebrate, celebration, children, dance, dances, dancing, doll, dolls, dress, dresses, girl, girls, glasses, happy, hat, hats, home movie, jewelry, kid, laugh, laughing, leave, leaving, party, party favor, party favors, present, presents, smile, smiling, Taylor County, TFC, wave, waving, woman, women

This home movie from the HP Wells family captures scenes of women and dressed-up children eating cake, waving to the camera, and playing with presents and party favors at a birthday party in 1958.

The Grimes Family Films – Puppies! (1956-1957)

By wp_registryMarch 9, 2015Texas Archive Of The Moving Image, The Grimes Family Films1950s, Austin, autumn, baby, backyard, bicycle, birthday, boy, brother, carriage, celebration, child, children, Christmas, clown, dog, doll, fall, gift, home, home movie, hose, house, jump, leaf, leaves, party, picnic-table, playing, pool, present, puppy, raking, sister, sprinkler, stroller, swimming, swing, swing-set, tent, TFC, toy, train, Travis County, tree, waving, X-mas, Xmas

This home movie from the Grimes Family Films captures scenes of a birthday celebration and two Christmas mornings. It also shows the young Grimes daughter playing with small puppies, and the brother and sister playing together in a backyard pool.

HP Wells Family Films – Christmas, Caroling, and a Snowman (1960)

By wp_registryMarch 9, 2015HP Wells Family Films, Texas Archive Of The Moving Image1960s, Abilene, bouncy horse, boy, cake, candles, carolers, carollers, cat, children, Christmas, Christmas carolers, Christmas morning, dad, dog, doll, father, field, girl, hair, home movie, kids, laughing, lights, mom, mother, outdoors, outside, pajamas, party, presents, siblings, snow, snow man, snowman, Taylor County, TFC, toy horse, tree, umbrella, waving, winter, X-mas, Xmas

This home movie from the HP Wells family captures scenes of children enjoying Christmas and wintertime activities in 1960, including Christmas caroling, playing with presents, and building a snowman.

The Jimmy Mitchell Family Films, no. 5 – Birthdays and the Texas A&M Corps of Cadets Final Review (1957)

By wp_registryMarch 9, 2015Texas Archive Of The Moving Image, The Jimmy Mitchell Family Films1950s, A & M, A&M, Academic Building, Aggie, Aggies, army, birthday, birthday card, birthday cards, birthday parties, birthday-party, birthdays, Borger, Brazos County, building, buildings, cadet, cadets, cake, cakes, campus, candle, candles, card, cards, ceremonies, ceremony, Charleston, child, children, College Station, collie, Corps of Cadets, costume, costumes, dance, dances, dancing, dive, dives, diving, diving-board, dog, dogs, doll, dolls, dress, dress up, dresses, dressup, fashion, Fightin Aggies, Fightin' Texas Aggie Corps of Cadets, Final Review, flag, flags, flapper, flappers, formal, formal-wear, formation, formations, graduate, graduates, home movie, home movies, hotel, hotels, Hutchinson-County, jewelry, kid, kids, Kyle Field, lawn, lawns, little red wagon, March, marches, marching, mascot, mascots, military, motel, motels, parties, party, Pass in Review, playing, pool, pools, procession, processions, red wagon, Reveille, Reveille II, Rough Collie sheepdog, senior boots, service, services, Shetland Sheepdog, swim, swimming, swims, Texas A & M, Texas A&M, Texas A&M Corps of Cadets, Texas A&M University Corps of Cadets, TFC, toy, toys, uniform, uniforms, wagon, wagons, yard, yards

This home movie captures scenes of the Mitchell family celebrating birthdays, dancing at home, visiting with friends and family, and going swimming. In one scene, two of the Mitchell girls dress in flapper dresses and dance the Charleston in the living room. The family also visits Texas A&M University where they observe the Corps of […]

Cocuzzi Family Film Collection – Christmas Morning and Playing on Base

By wp_registryMarch 8, 2015Cocuzzi Family Film Collection, Texas Archive Of The Moving Image1950s, airman, appliance, baby, baby doll, backyard, bicycle, bow and arrow, boy, brother, car, cat, children, Christmas, Christmas dinner, Christmas ham, Christmas morning, Christmas tree, classic car, Clutch Cargo, cooking, dad, dinner, doll, driving, eating, father, flying a kite, gifts, girl, Goodfellow Airforce Base, gun, gun rack, ham, home movies, kids, kitchen, kite, kite flying, knife, mad, meal, model train, mom, mother, opening presents, oven, pets, presents, puppy, roller skates, roller skating, San Angelo, shotting, siblings, sister, snow, soldier, t.v., target practice, television, Texas, TFC, Tom Green Co, Tom Green County, toy telephone, toys, train set, tricycle, TV, TX, uniform, US Airman, wagon, winter, woman, wrapping paper, X-mas, Xmas

This home movie captures scenes of Christmas morning in 1959 on the Goodfellow Airforce Base, where the Cocuzzi family was stationed. Scenes include the children opening and trying out their gifts, including toys, a gun, and a train set. It also includes footage of the kids riding their tricycles, bicycles, and roller skates and flying […]

HP Wells Family Films – Christmas and Birthday Celebrations (1956-57)

By wp_registryMarch 8, 2015HP Wells Family Films, Texas Archive Of The Moving Image1950s, Abilene, basket, bicycle, bike, birthday, cake, celebrate, children, Christmas, cookie, decorations, doll, dress, family, fun, gift, girls, grandmother, happy, home movie, lights, mom, party, play, present, rocking chair, rocking horse, Santa, sisters, sleigh, stroller, Taylor County, TFC, toy train, toys, tree, turtle, unwrap, wrapping paper, X-mas, Xmas

This home movie captures picturesque scenes of children in the Wells family celebrating Christmas and a birthday in the 1950s. The girls play with their new toys, including bicycles and dolls.

The Carolyn Minton Collection – Family Memories and Trip to Galveston

By wp_registryMarch 8, 2015Texas Archive Of The Moving Image, The Carolyn Minton Collection1950s, baby, Bastrop, Bastrop Co, Bastrop County, Bastrop County Court House, beach, bicycle, Bison, bluebonnets, boys, brothers, buffalo, cat, Christmas, dad, desert, dog, doll, Easter, Easter basket, Easter egg, family, father, Galveston, Galveston-County, girl, goats, granddaughter, grandfather, grandpa, home movies, kittens, Midland, Midland County, mom, mother, ocean, pet, ship, siblings, sister, steam boat, Stewart Beach, swing, swing-set, Texas, TFC, train toy, train track toy, tricycle, TX, wagon, water, wildflowers, woman, X-mas, Xmas

This home movie captures images of a family in Midland in the 1950s, including a Christmas morning, an Easter celebration and the children playing in the backyard on various large toys, such as a hand-propelled model train. Following are picturesque scenes of a family beach vacation to Galveston.

The Mary and Morgan Jones Collection – Family Life

By wp_registryMarch 8, 2015Texas Archive Of The Moving Image, The Mary and Morgan Jones Collection1950s, babies, baby, birthday, birthday cakes, birthday-cake, birthdays, brother, brothers, cake, cakes, child, children, crawl, crawling, crawls, doll, dolls, families, family, father, fathers, flower, flowers, fur coat, fur coats, girl, girls, home movie, home movies, infant, infants, kid, kids, lawn, lawns, lieutet, lieutets, Lubbock, Lubbock County, man, men, mother, mothers, parties, party, pilot, pilots, pipe, pipes, play, playing, plays, sibling, siblings, sister, sisters, slide, slides, smoke, smokes, smoking, son, sons, swing, swing-set, swinging, swings, TFC, uniform, uniforms, woman, women, yard, yards

This home movie captures a variety of scenes of the Jones