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The Jimmy Mitchell Family Films, no. 3 – Family Vacation in Kentucky (1951)

By wp_registryMarch 9, 2015Texas Archive Of The Moving Image, The Jimmy Mitchell Family Films1950s, autumn, breed, breeder, breeding, breeds, bridge, bridges, Brownwood Farm, Capitol, capitol-building, capitols, Chain of Rocks Bridge, child, children, Churchill Downs, fall, family, farm, farmer, farmers, farming, farmland, farms, forest, forests, Frankfort, home movie, home movies, horse, horse race, horse races, horse racing, horseback, horseback-riding, horserace, horseraces, horseracing, horses, jockey, jockeys, Kentucky, Kentucky State Capitol, Kentucky State Capitol Building, kid, kids, lawn, lawns, leisure, Lexington, Louisville, Mississippi River, Missouri, paddock, race, races, racetrack, racetracks, racing, ride, rides, riding, road trip, Saint Louis, St. Louis, state capitols, State-Capitol, TFC, track, tracks, Travel, traveling, travels, tree, trees, trip, tunnel, tunnels, vacation, vacationing, vacations, woods, yard, yards

This home movie captures scenes of the Mitchell family vacationing in Kentucky. The family watches horsesraces at the Churchill Downs racetrack in Louisville, visit the Kentucky State Capitol Building in Frankfort, and Brownwood Farm in Lexington.

The Cummings Collection, no. 7 – Horseback Riding

By wp_registryMarch 9, 2015Texas Archive Of The Moving Image, The Cummings Collection1970s, child, children, corral, corrals, dog, dogs, El-Paso, El-Paso-County, gallop, galloping, gallops, home movie, home movies, horse, horseback, horseback-riding, horses, kid, kids, lesson, lessons, paddock, paddocks, ponies, pony, race, races, racing, ride, rider, rides, riding, saddle, saddles, sand box, sand boxes, show, shows, slow-motion, stable, stables, TFC, track, tracks

This home movie captures scenes of the Cummings children riding horses in their yard and at the stables against the El Paso landscape. The kids ride the horses at a walk, trop, and gallop.