El-Paso-County | Home Movie Registry

The Ravel Films, no. 1 – Vacation in Mexico with the Aaronsons

By wp_registryMarch 9, 2015Texas Archive Of The Moving Image, The Ravel FilmsAaronson Brothers, Abe Aaronson, bay, beach, community, department store, Dr. Vincent Ravel, El-Paso, El-Paso-County, home movie, home movies, hotel, Jewish, lake, landscape, leisure, M.D., Mexico, ocean, pond, pool, resort, scenic, swim, swimming, swimsuit, TFC, Travel, traveling, vacation, Vincent Ravel, waterfall

This home movie captures scenes of Dr. and Mrs. Ravel vacationing in Mexico with Abe Aaronson, owner of Aaronson Brothers department store in El Paso.

The Tony-Lupe Marquez Collection, no. 1 – Toys for Joy (1999)

By wp_registryMarch 9, 2015Texas Archive Of The Moving Image, The Tony Lupe Marquez Collectionblankets, carol, carols, charity, Chihuahua, child, children, Christmas, donate, donation, donations, El-Paso, El-Paso-County, Español, families, family, fire station, fire-department, firefighter, firefighters, food, friends, gifts, home movie, home movies, Juarez, kid, kids, Mexican American, Mexico, sing, singing, Spanish, TFC, toys, X-mas, Xmas

This home movie from December of 1999 captures footage of the Marquez family and friends working at a donation center they organized at the “Bomberos” (Firefighters) Fire station in Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico for Juarez families in need to receive gifts, blankets, and food. The items were donated by citizens of Alamagordo, New Mexico; El Paso, […]

The Rogelio D. Quinones Collection, no. 1 – Visit to Charlie Steen and His Utah Mines

By wp_registryMarch 9, 2015Texas Archive Of The Moving Image, The Rogelio D. Quinones Collectionaerial, airplane, airplanes, airport, bridge, bridges, cal uranium, Charles August Steen, Charles Steen, El-Paso, El-Paso-County, family, flight, friends, home movie, home movies, landscape, Mi Vida Mine, mine, mineral, minerals, mining, mountains, music, piano, plane, planes, play, playing, property, San Juan County, scenic, Small Fry Mine, terrain, Texas College of Mines and Metallurgy, TFC, University of Texas at El Paso, Utah, UTEP, Utex Exploration Co., Utex Exploration Company, visit, West Texas

This home movie captures an El Paso family’s travels to San Juan County, Utah to visit family friend Charlie Steen. Steen was a graduate of the Texas College of Mines and Metallurgy (now the University of Texas at El Paso) who owned Utex Exploration Company and several mines in Utah. Charlie takes the family to […]

The Herrera Family Collection, no. 8 – I Love Luz (1986)

By wp_registryMarch 9, 2015Texas Archive Of The Moving Image, The Herrera Family Collection1980s, baby, ballet, Ballet Folklorico, Ballet Folklorico of El Paso, bicycle, bike, birthday, child, children, costume, costumes, couple, credits, cultural, dance, dancer, dancers, dancing, daughter, edit, editing, El Jarabe Tapatío, El-Paso, El-Paso-County, Español, family, father, folk, heritage, home movie, home movies, hosts, I Love Lucy, I Love Luz, infant, Jalisco, kid, kids, mariachi, Mexican, Mexican American, Mexican Hat Dance, mock, montage, mother, parents, party, performance, piñata, pool, program, recital, show, skirt, son, Spanish, stomp, stomping, swim, swimming, swing, swing-set, swinging, swings, swingset, tap, tapping, television, TFC, title, titles, traditional, training wheels, TV, twirl, twirling

In this home movie from 1986, Luz and Jesus Herrera edit together a montage of their family videos by creating a mock television show, “I Love Luz.”

The Herrera Family Collection, no. 1 –

By wp_registryMarch 9, 2015Texas Archive Of The Moving Image, The Herrera Family Collection1989, ad, advertisement, Ballet Folklorico of El Paso, car, cars, commercial, costume, dancer, dancers, dancing, dealership, Dick Poe, Dick Poe Toyota, El Jarabe Tapatío, El-Paso, El-Paso-County, folk, heritage, home movie, home movies, Jalisco, Mexican, Mexican American, Mexican Hat Dance, Montana, Paisono, performance, savings, skirt, stomp, stomping, tap, tapping, television, TFC, Toyota, traditional, twirl, twirling

In this television commercial, Laura Herrera is featured as a Mexican folk dancer for El Paso’s Dick Poe car dealerships.

The Herrera Family Collection, no. 3 – Ballet Folklorico of El Paso Christmas Recital (1988)

By wp_registryMarch 9, 2015Texas Archive Of The Moving Image, The Herrera Family Collection1980s, accordian, Ballet Folklorico, Ballet Folklorico of El Paso, band, Christmas, costume, costumes, couple, cultural, dance, dancer, dancers, dancing, El Jarabe Tapatío, El-Paso, El-Paso-County, folk, guitar, guitars, heritage, holiday, holidays, home movie, home movies, instrument, instruments, Jalisco, mariachi, Mexican, Mexican American, Mexican American culture, Mexican Americans, Mexican Hat Dance, music, musical, performance, recital, sing, singer, singers, singing, skirt, song, songs, stomp, stomping, tap, tapping, TFC, traditional, trumpet, trumpets, twirl, twirling, X-mas, Xmas

This home movie captures scenes of children of all ages dancing in the Ballet Folklorico of El Paso’s 1988 Christmas Recital. In traditional Mexican costume, the children perform a variety of Mexican folk dances.

The Herrera Family Collection, no. 4 – Family Wedding (1989)

By wp_registryMarch 9, 2015Texas Archive Of The Moving Image, The Herrera Family Collection1980s, bouquet, Bridal Chorus, bride, bridesmaid, bridesmaids, ceremony, church, dress, El-Paso, El-Paso-County, family, father, flower girl, flowergirl, gown, groom, groomsman, groomsmen, home movie, home movies, husband, mother, priest, procession, ring bearer, ringbearer, TFC, veil, wedding, Wedding March, wife

This home movie captures scenes of a wedding ceremony in 1989 where a member of El Paso

The Herrera Family Collection, no. 5 – Watermelon Eating Contest (1989)

By wp_registryMarch 9, 2015Texas Archive Of The Moving Image, The Herrera Family Collection1980s, backyard, birthday, celebration, child, children, contest, cousin, cousins, eat, eating, El-Paso, El-Paso-County, family, father, friend, friends, home, home movie, home movies, house, kid, kids, Mexican American, Mexican Americans, mother, party, TFC, time, timed, watermelon

This home movie captures scenes of Alejandro Herrera’s birthday party in 1989 where children participate in a watermelon eating contest.

The Garcia Collection, no. 1 – UTEP Homecoming Parade (1989)

By wp_registryMarch 9, 2015Texas Archive Of The Moving Image, The Garcia Collection1980s, band, chili, concert, conductor, cookoff, court, director, El-Paso, El-Paso-County, fashion, float, floats, gym, gymnasium, high-school, home movie, home movies, homecoming, instrument, instruments, Irvin High School, jr. high, judge, judges, junior high, March, marching, mountain, mountains, parade, player, players, scenery, scenic, serve, set, sororities, sorority, spike, team, teams, TFC, University of Texas El Paso, UTEP, volleyball, winners

This home movie documents The University of Texas at El Paso 1989 homecoming parade.

The Garcia Collection, no. 2 – Quincea

By wp_registryMarch 9, 2015Texas Archive Of The Moving Image, The Garcia Collectionbackyard, Catholic, ceremony, Chambelán de honor, chambelanes, Damas, dance, dancing, El-Paso, El-Paso-County, Español, family, Fiesta de quince años, godparents, home movie, home movies, mariachi, Mexican American, party, photograph, photographer, photographs, priest, Quinceañera, Spanish, TFC, waltz

This home movie from El Paso captures scenes of a Quincea