cowboys – Home Movie Registry

The Historic Brownsville Museum Collection, no. 5 – Charro Days Fiesta

By hmregistryMay 29, 2020Texas Archive Of The Moving Image, The Historic Brownsville Museum CollectionBrownsville, bull, bull-fight, bull-fighting, bulls, Cameron-County, charro, Charro-Days, Charro-Days-Fiesta, children, china-poblana, costumes, cowboy, cowboys, dancing, festival, fiesta, marching band, matador, matadors, Matamoros, Mexico, military, parade, sombrero, TFC

Charro Days Fiesta is held every year in Brownsville, TX to celebrate the rich traditions, culture and shared heritage of the Texas

The Ernest M. Hunt Family Film Collection, no. 1 – El Paso Trip, 1939

By hmregistryMay 29, 2020Texas Archive Of The Moving Image, The Ernest M. Hunt Family Film Collection03/26/39, 1939, aerial-footage, airfield, airplane, airplane-wing, airplanes, airport, ambulances, American-Airlines, artillery, Bronc-riding, bull-riding, calf-roping, calf-tying, carriage, cars, cattle, cavalry, cavalry-review, child, children, classic-cars, cow, cowboy, cowboys, desert, driving, driving-footage, El-Paso, El-Paso-County, family, Flagship-Skysleeper, Fort-Bliss, Fort-Selden, Ft.-Bliss, gallop, galloping, generations, golf, golf-course, golfing, home movie, home movies, horseback-riding, horses, jeeps, landscape, lasso, March, military, mountain-road, mountains, procession, rodeo, ruins, saddle, Sam-Watkins-Livestock-Trading-Post, Southern-Transcontinental-route, stables, TFC, trucks

Beginning at a seemingly sparse airfield in El Paso, this footage from the Ernest M. Hunt Family Film Collection, provides a glimpse into a trip by the family that included visiting Fort Bliss for a military review of mounted cavalry, playing golf, and horseback riding. Particularly noteworthy sections of this film include rodeo events, aerial

The Dr. Henry Withers, M.D. and Frances Withers Family and Friends Collection, no. 5 – Trail Ride and Daily Life

By hmregistryMarch 9, 2015Dr. Henry Withers M.D. and Frances Withers Family and Friends Collection, Texas Archive Of The Moving Image, The Dr. Henry Withersbaseball, beach, bulldozer, cowboy, cowboys, family, fishing, fishing net, home movie, home movies, horse, horses, leisure, little league, net, ocean, parade, recreation, sand, snow, swimming, TFC

This home movie gives a glimpse into everyday life of the Withers family. A light dusting of snow on the ground, preparation for a trail ride, play alongside shots of the family visiting the beach, riding horses at their ranch, fishing

HP Wells Family Films – Texas Cowboy Reunion (1939)

By hmregistryMarch 9, 2015HP Wells Family Films, Texas Archive Of The Moving Image1930s, 1939, ball, boat, bucking bronco, calf, calf wrangling, canoe, child, cold, compete, contest, cowboy hat, cowboys, cowgirls, dad, event, family, father, game, girl, golf, golf club, golf-course, Haskell County, hat, home, home movie, horse, house, hug, jacket, Jones County, jump, kid, lake, lake-house, lasso, men, mom, mother, nature, outdoors, outside, paddle, play, river, rodeo, rope, rough, run, sail, sailboat, sailor, Stamford, swing, TFC, toddler, tough, water, windy, women, wrangle

This home movie from the HP Wells Family Films opens on the Stamford Rodeo, also known as the Texas Cowboy Reunion, in 1939. Men and women ride horses in a cloverleaf pattern, and men ride bucking broncos and wrangle calves. The film also includes scenes of a game of golf, a father playing outside with

The Ernest M. Hunt Family Film Collection, no. 5 – El Ranchotel, El Paso, 1941

By hmregistryMarch 9, 2015Texas Archive Of The Moving Image, The Ernest M. Hunt Family Film Collection1940s, burro, burros, cowboys, desert, donkey, donkeys, dude ranch, El Ranchotel, El-Paso, El-Paso-County, home movie, home movies, horse, horses, motorcycle, mountains, ranch, road, road trip, Sierra de Cristo Rey, southwest, TFC, trip, vacation

This home movie from the Hunt Family Collection captures a 1941 trip to the El Ranchotel, a dude ranch owned by Conrad Hilton. Captured are the grounds of the hotel, where guests don western wear as they hang out around the gleaming white adobe structure and with the horses. Of note is an excursion in

The Horak Family Collection, no. 6 – Home Movie Compilation

By hmregistryMarch 9, 2015Texas Archive Of The Moving Image, The Horak Family Collectionbaton twirlers, bulldog, children, cowboy, cowboys, cute, dogs, El-Paso, El-Paso-County, family, fetch, horseback-riders, horses, labor, marching band, motorcycle, newborn puppies, nursing, parade, police, police officer, policeman, pony, puppies, rodeo parade, rough riders, TFC, Ysleta

This home movie from the Horak Family collection provides a glimpse into the family’s daily life in El Paso. Children on their way to school pose and walk for the camera, as does police officer C.J. Horak on his way to his motorcycle. Also captured is a rodeo parade featuring marching bands, baton twirlers and

The Ross S. Sterling Collection, no. 2 – Cowboys at Work

By hmregistryMarch 9, 2015Texas Archive Of The Moving Image, The Ross S. Sterling Collection1920s, cattle, cattle prod, cowboy, cowboys, Governor Ross S. Sterling, Governor Ross Sterling, Governor Sterling, home movie, home movies, horse, horseback, horses, pen, pens, prod, prodding, prods, ranch, ranching, Ross, Ross S., Ross S. Sterling, Ross Shaw, Ross Shaw Sterling, Ross Sterling, Sterling, stocks, stockyard, stockyards, TFC

This home movie contains images of cattle being herded through pens at stockyards.

The Marks Family Films, no. 4 – Rodeo Footage

By hmregistryMarch 9, 2015Texas Archive Of The Moving Image, The Marks Family Films1950s, animal, animals, audience, brand, branding, brands, bronc, Bronc-riding, bronco, broncos, broncs, bucking, bucking calf, bucking cow, bull, bull rider, bull riders, bull-riding, bulls, bystander, bystanders, calf, calf branding, calf wrestling, calf-roping, calf-tying, calves, cattle, cattle driver, cattle drivers, cattleman, cattlemen, clown, clowns, competition, competitions, competitor, competitors, cow, cow branding, cow roping, cow tying, cowboy, cowboy culture, cowboys, cowgirl, cowgirls, cowman, cowmen, cows, crowd, crowds, dog, dog trick, dog tricks, dogs, E. H., E. H. Marks, Emil, Emil Henry, Emil Henry Marks, Emil Marks, entrance, entrances, event, events, festival, festivals, field, fields, fillies, filly, flag, flags, ground, grounds, herd, herder, herders, herds, home movie, home movies, horse, horseback, horseback-riding, horses, lasso, lassoing, lassos, livestock, longhorn, Longhorns, Marks, movie, movies, onlooker, onlookers, parade, parades, participant, participants, pasture, pastures, performance, performances, performer, performers, ponies, pony, prairie, prairies, production, rancher, ranchers, ranching, range, ranges, raw footage, reel, reels, ride, rider, riders, rides, rodeo, rodeo clown, rodeo clowns, rodeo event, rodeo events, rodeos, roping, saddle, saddle bronc riding, saddles, showcase, showcases, spectator, spectators, steer, steer wrestling, steers, talent, talents, tame, taming, TFC, tie down roping, tournament, tournaments, tradition, traditions, trick, tricks, tying, unedited, viewer, viewers, visitor, visitors, wagon, wagons, wildlife

This home movie contains black-and-white, silent footage of a rodeo in Texas, likely held at E.H. Marks’ ranch, the LH7. The footage highlights the events of the day, beginning with the riders making their entrance onto the rodeo grounds. Several rodeo events are featured, including cattle branding, calf roping, saddle bronc riding, steer wrestling, and

The Baylor Family Collection, no. 28 – East Texas and Prison Rodeo

By hmregistryMarch 9, 2015Texas Archive Of The Moving Image, The Baylor Family CollectionAlabama Coushatta, bull-riding, bulls, camping, cowboy, cowboys, East Texas, home movie, horse, horses, Huntsville, Indian Reservation, Livingston, Native-American, pig, pig catching, pig chasing, pigs, Piney Woods, Polk County, prison rodeo, rain, rodeo, rodeo clown, steer, TFC, Tombigbee Lake, tribe, tribes, Walker County

This home movie captures the Baylor family on a trip through East Texas, visiting the East Texas Indian Reservation Alabama-Coushatta and Tombigbee Lake Camping site in Livingston, and attending the Texas Prison Rodeo in Huntsville.

Wallace and Elva Raney Collection – Celebrations in Clarendon

By hmregistryMarch 9, 2015Texas Archive Of The Moving Image, Wallace and Elva Raney Collection1950s, American-flag, baby, baby carriage, baton twirlers, blizzard, brothers, Brownies, camera, car, chickens, child, city hall, Clarendon, classic-cars, cold, color guard, covered wagon, cow, cowboys, crowd, dad, donkey, donkey carts, Donley Co, Donley County, driveway, Easter, Easter basket, Easter Bunny, Easter-Egg-hunt, eggs, family, family portrait, father, filming, flatbed, floats, flowers, front porch, front-yard, garden, gas station, generations, Girls Scouts, home movies, horse, horse and wagon, horses, Humble, Humble Dealer, infant, lines, Main Street, man, marching, marching band, mom, mother, newspaper, parade, parade horses, pickup-truck, picnic, playing, posing, ranch, riding horses, siblings, skirt, small town, smoking, snow, snow storm, stroller, stuffed animal, stuffed bunnies, stuffed rabbits, Texas, TFC, town picnic, toy, trampoline, trampoline team, TX, walking, walking horses, winter, women

This home movie captures scenes of town life in the 1950s, including parades, picnics, family gatherings, and passersby of the family’s gas station.