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The Bentsen Film Collection, no. 9 – Panorama of House and Yard

By hmregistryMarch 9, 2015Texas Archive Of The Moving Image, The Bentsen Film Collection1930s, Bentsen, brick, driveway, family, flower, flowerbed, flowerbeds, flowers, garden, Hidalgo County, home, home movie, home movies, house, landscaping, Mission, South-Texas, TFC, tree, trees, TX, yard

This home movie from the Alton Collection documents the family’s newly completed home, located on North Conway in Mission, Texas.

The Bentsen Film Collection, no. 12 – Trip to Tuxtla Gutierrez, Mexico

By hmregistryMarch 9, 2015Texas Archive Of The Moving Image, The Bentsen Film Collection1940s, Bentsen, church, home movie, home movies, leisure, Mexico, Mission, monument, old mission, park, scenic, sightsee, sightseeing, site-seeing, statue, TFC, tourism, tourist, tourists, town, Travel, traveling, trip, Tuxtla Gutierrez, vacation

This home movie captures scenes of the Bentsen family traveling to Mexico, visiting what appears to be the town of Tuxtla Gutierrez. Scenes of tourist sites such as a mission and a monument, as well as street scenes and footage of a park in town center, are included.

The Bentsen Film Collection, no. 6 – Family Garden and Texas Citrus Fiesta Parade

By hmregistryMarch 9, 2015Texas Archive Of The Moving Image, The Bentsen Film Collection1940s, azaleas, Bentsen, child, children, citrus, costume, costumes, Crown, crowns, dresses, family, father, float, floats, flowers, fruit, garden, gowns, grapefruit, grapefruits, grounds, Hibiscus, Hidalgo County, home, home movie, home movies, horse, horseback, horses, house, kid, kids, king, King Citrus, landscaping, lawn, lemon, lemons, lime, limes, Mission, mother, neighborhood, orange, oranges, parade, Parade of Oranges, queen, Queen Citrianna, ride, riding, Rio-Grande-Valley, roses, South-Texas, Texas Citrus Fiesta, TFC, TX, yard

This home movie captures scenes of the Bentsen family posing in a thriving flower garden among rose bushes and papaya trees. Views of the house and grounds are also recorded, as well as footage of the children on horseback. Scenes of floats lining up for the Texas Citrus Fiesta parade are later included.

The Bentsen Film Collection, no. 11 – Easter Egg Hunt

By hmregistryMarch 9, 2015Texas Archive Of The Moving Image, The Bentsen Film Collection1940s, azaleas, basket, baskets, child, children, Easter, Easter basket, Easter-Egg-hunt, egg, eggs, family, flowers, garden, Hidalgo County, holiday, home, home movie, home movies, house, hunt, hunting, kid, kids, landscaping, lawn, Mission, mother, mothers, TFC, toddler, toddlers, TX, yard

This home movie captures scenes of the Bentsen family celebrating Easter with an egg hunt for the children. Girls dressed in fancy Easter dresses and boys in springtime dress clothes carry baskets in search of eggs while their mothers supervise.

The Bentsen Film Collection, no. 1 – Agriculture and Cemetery Visit

By hmregistryMarch 8, 2015Texas Archive Of The Moving Image, The Bentsen Film Collection1930s, agriculture, baas, Bell, bells, Bentsen, cabbage, Catholic, cemetery, crop, crops, distribution, factory, farm, farming, farms, field, fields, France, French, grave, grave yard, graves, grotto, harvest, harvesting, headstone, Hidalgo County, home movie, home movies, labor, laborers, machine, machinery, Our Lady of Lourdes, plant, religion, religious, Rio Grande City, row, rows, shrine, Starr County, TFC, tower, Virgin Mary, work, workers

This home movie captures scenes of crop fields, the Our Lady of Lourdes Grotto and cemetery in Rio Grande City, and workers processing baas.

The Bentsen Film Collection, no. 1 – Agriculture and Cemetery Visit

By hmregistryMarch 8, 2015Texas Archive Of The Moving Image, The Bentsen Film Collection1930s, agriculture, baas, Bell, bells, Bentsen, cabbage, Catholic, cemetery, crop, crops, distribution, factory, farm, farming, farms, field, fields, France, French, grave, grave yard, graves, grotto, harvest, harvesting, headstone, Hidalgo County, home movie, home movies, labor, laborers, machine, machinery, Our Lady of Lourdes, plant, religion, religious, Rio Grande City, row, rows, shrine, Starr County, TFC, tower, Virgin Mary, work, workers

This home movie captures scenes of crop fields, the Our Lady of Lourdes Grotto and cemetery in Rio Grande City, and workers processing baas.

The Bentsen Film Collection, no. 8 – Reception at Family Home

By hmregistryMarch 8, 2015Texas Archive Of The Moving Image, The Bentsen Film Collection1930s, Bentsen, bride, cake, celebrate, celebrating, celebration, ceremony, children, family, father, floral, flower, flowers, fountain, friends, garden, gathering, grandparents, groom, Hidalgo County, home movie, home movies, husband, landscaping, Mission, mother, party, reception, Rio-Grande-Valley, South-Texas, Spanish, TFC, wedding, wife, yard

This home movie captures scenes of a picturesque house and its landscaped grounds, followed by a family gathering at the home for a wedding reception.

The Bentsen Film Collection, no. 7 – Edcouch, Texas Parade and Dam

By hmregistryMarch 8, 2015Texas Archive Of The Moving Image, The Bentsen Film Collection1940s, automobile, automobiles, Bentsen, car, cars, children, clown, costumes, cowboy, dam, dresses, Edcouch, Edcouch Dam, family, field, fields, fire truck, fireman, firemen, firetruck, float, floats, Frisby Bell Gin Co., gas station, girl, girls, gowns, grass skirt, Hawaii, Hawaiian, Hidalgo County, home, home movie, home movies, horse, horseback, horses, hula, kids, La Villa, lei, leis, Mission, parade, pasture, pastures, porch, pram, Rio-Grande-Valley, river, service station, South-Texas, stroller, Texaco, Texaco station, TFC, toddler, tractor, TX, wagon

This home movie captures scenes of a parade in Edcouch, Texas where fire engines, men on horseback, floats, and citizens in costume parade through the streets. Scenes of the Bentsen family visiting the Edcouch Dam are also included.

The Bentsen Film Collection, no. 13 – Seaside and Snow

By hmregistryMarch 8, 2015Texas Archive Of The Moving Image, The Bentsen Film Collection1930s, barn, beach, Bentsen, cafe, child, children, family, farm, flowers, home, home movie, home movies, jetty, kid, kids, land, ocean, recreation, restaurant, rural, seaside, shore, silo, sled, sledding, sleds, snow, TFC, trees, waves, winter

This home movie captures scenes of a family day at the beach and scenic views of a snowy rural landscape.

The Bentsen Film Collection no. 10 – Citrus Orchard and Fields

By hmregistryMarch 8, 2015Texas Archive Of The Moving Image, The Bentsen Film Collection1930s, agriculture, Bentsen, cabbage, citrus, citrus fruit, crop, crops, farming, field, field hands, field harvest, fields, fruit, harvest, Hidalgo County, home movie, home movies, labor, laborers, Mission, orange tree, orange trees, oranges, orchard, Rio-Grande-Valley, South-Texas, TFC, tree, trees, TX, work, workers

This home movie captures scenes of a citrus orchard in the Rio Grande Valley. Scenes of row crops and farm workers are also included.