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1956 April: Boston – Diane and Karl’s Home

By hmregistryMarch 13, 2015Chicago Film Archives, Glick Berolzheimerz Collection 1934-1975decorations, Domestic life

Home movie footage showing the various rooms of a home. Shot when Diane and Karl Berolzheimer were living in Boston when Karl was attending law school. Camera PAN around var. rooms in a house; den, hallway, bedroom, bathroom. Woman sits on furniture and smiles at the camera in some shots.

The Murphy Family Collection – Christmas Celebration

By hmregistryMarch 9, 2015Texas Archive Of The Moving Image, The Murphy Family Collectionbaby, ball gown, banquet, bicycle, bike, candle, cat, celebration, children, Christmas, decorations, dog, dress, drink, eat, family, fireplace, gifts, globe, gown, home movie, meeting, microphone, ornaments, pajamas, presents, stocking, stockings, tea set, TFC, toys, train, tree, X-mas, Xmas

This home movie from the Murphy Family Collection captures scenes of the family celebrating Christmas in a festively decorated home. They open presents, eat, drink, and laugh with each other in front of a lovely Christmas tree. A baby takes some of his first steps, a boy gets loving kisses from his dog, and a

The Jimmy Mitchell Family Films, no. 4 – Borger Parade, Christmas, Rice vs. TCU Football (1950)

By hmregistryMarch 9, 2015Texas Archive Of The Moving Image, The Jimmy Mitchell Family Films1950s, Amarillo Borger Express, band, bands, Borger, Borger News Herald, child, children, Christmas, Co, D.B. Hunt Motor Company, decoration, decorations, defense, drum major, drum majors, field, float, floats, football, game, games, gift, gifts, Goldsmith Dairy, Harris County, holiday, holidays, home movie, home movies, Horned Frogs, Houston, Hutchinson-County, kid, kids, lawn, lawns, Lions Club, March, marches, marching, marching band, marching bands, MOB, offense, parade, parades, player, players, present, presents, Rice, Rice Owls, Rice Stadium, Rice University, Rice University Marching Owl Band, Rice University MOB, rotary club, TCU, TCU Frogs, Texas Christian University, TFC, The MOB, tree, uniform, uniforms, X-mas, Xmas, yard, yards

This home movie captures scenes of a parade in the Mitchell family

HP Wells Family Films – Junior League of Abilene Rummage Sale

By hmregistryMarch 9, 2015HP Wells Family Films, Texas Archive Of The Moving Image1940s, Abilene, bargain, board games, box, buy, cars, clock, clothes, coat, costume, crowd, decorations, dress, football, fur, fur coat, games, goods, hangers, heels, high heels, home movie, household, jacket, Junior League, line, menswear, Neiman Marcus, Pants, plates, police officer, rack, Rummage Sale, shoes, shop, shoppers, shopping, sports, store, stuffed animals, suit, Taylor County, tennis, TFC, thrift, toys, vase, wait, women

This home movie from the HP Wells family captures scenes of the Junior League of Abilene preparing for a rummage sale. Women hang up clothes and display housewares, shoes, toys, and sporting equipment. The footage ends with a crowd rushing into the store to begin hunting for bargains.

The Ouida Whitaker Dean Collection, no. 23 – Playing Twister at Timpson High

By hmregistryMarch 9, 2015Texas Archive Of The Moving Image, The Ouida Whitaker Dean Collection1970s, African Americans, African-American, athlete, athletes, athletics, board game, board games, campus, campuses, charade, charades, class, classes, classroom, classrooms, climb, climber, climbers, climbing, decorate, decorating, decorations, edit, edited, editing, equipment, field, fields, film, films, football, football player, football players, football practice, game, games, hall, halls, hallway, hallways, high schools, high-school, high-school-football, home movie, home movies, nature, outdoors, parlor game, parlor games, period, periods, player, players, practice, practices, race, races, reel, reels, run, running, school, schools, Shelby County, sidewalk, sidewalks, sport, sports, student, students, teen, teenager, teenagers, teens, TFC, Timpson, Timpson High School, tree, tree-climbing, trees, twister, walk, walking, walks, walkway, walkways, youth, youths

This home movie from the 1970s captures Timpson High School students messing around on campus, happily climbing trees and playing games of Twister.

The Cruz Family Collection, no. 6 – A Lively Christmas and Easter Bunny Pi

By hmregistryMarch 9, 2015Texas Archive Of The Moving Image, The Cruz Family Collection1960s, birthday, bow tie, bow ties, bowtie, bowties, cake, candles, celebrate, celebration, child, children, Christmas, clothesline, costume, costumes, couple, couples, dance, dancing, decor, decoration, decorations, El-Paso, El-Paso-County, family, gift, gifts, grandfather, grandmother, grandparents, guitar, guitars, holiday, holidays, home movie, home movies, kid, kids, party, piñata, play, playing, plays, present, presents, TFC, toy, toy guitar, toy guitars, toys, tree, unwrap, unwrapping, vest, vests, X-mas, Xmas, yard

This home movie from El Paso captures scenes of the Cruz family having a lively Christmas celebration where young boys play guitar and couples dance in front of the Christmas tree. Scenes of a birthday party with an Easter Bunny pi

The Ouida Whitaker Dean Collection, no. 16 – Christmas Party (1975)

By hmregistryMarch 9, 2015Texas Archive Of The Moving Image, The Ouida Whitaker Dean Collection1970s, adolescent, adolescents, basketball, basketball game, basketball games, Christmas, Christmas tree, Christmas Trees, dance, dance move, dance moves, dancer, dancers, dances, dancing, dancing partner, dancing partners, decoration, decorations, footage, friend, friends, game, games, gathering, gatherings, get together, get togethers, group dance, group dances, high schools, high-school, holiday, holidays, home movie, home movies, line dance, line dances, line dancing, movie, movies, parties, party, play, raw footage, school, schools, Shelby County, sport, sports, student, students, teenage, teenager, teenagers, TFC, the bump, Timpson, Timpson High School, unedited, young man, young men, young woman, young women

This home movie from 1975 captures footage of a Christmas party with Timpson High School students. Many attendees dance with one another, from line dancing to the Bump, while others play basketball.

Moore Family Films, no. 7 – Oil Men at the Moore Home (c. 1956)

By hmregistryMarch 9, 2015Moore Family Films, Texas Archive Of The Moving Image1950s, Abilene, armed forces, army, automobile, automobiles, brother, brothers, car, cars, child, children, Christmas, classic car, classic-cars, couple, cousin, cousins, dad, decor, decoration, decorations, dollhouse, dollhouses, drive, driving, family, father, gift, gifts, grandfather, grandmother, grandparent, grandparents, holiday, holidays, home, home movie, home movies, house, Jones County, kid, kids, Lamar, Lamar Moore, military, mom, Moore, mother, parent, parents, present, presents, sibling, siblings, son, Taylor County, TFC, toy, toys, tree, U.S. Army, uniform, uniforms, US Army, X-mas, Xmas

This home movie captures scenes of young men in the Moore family that were members of the U.S. Army posing in uniform with their mother, Dixie Moore, in the yard. Scenes of a Moore family Christmas and an older couple with dollhouses are also included.

The Chambliss and Britton Collection, no. 3 – Parties at Gomez Baptist Church

By hmregistryMarch 9, 2015Texas Archive Of The Moving Image, The Chambliss and Britton Collection1960s, agriculture, award, awards, Bailey County, banquet, Baptist, Baptists, bonfire, Brownfield, cat, cats, cattle, celebrate, celebrates, celebrating, celebration, ceremony, child, children, church, costume, costumes, couple, couples, cow, crop, crops, dance, darts, date, dates, decor, decoration, decorations, dress, dresses, equipment, event, events, family, farm, farmer, farmers, farming, farms, field, fields, fire, formal, friend, friends, game, games, Gomez Baptist Church, Halloween, holiday, home movie, home movies, kid, kids, mask, masks, Muleshoe, outdoor, outdoors, pageant, party, pet, pets, play, playing, plays, potluck, ranch, rural, suit, suits, Terry County, TFC, tiara, tractor, tractors, Travel, traveling, travels, trip, vacation, Valentine’s Day

This home movie captures scenes of various celebrations at Gomez Baptist Church in the rural Panhandle town of Brownfield. Couples dress up for a Valentine’s Day banquet, children wear costumes and play games for Halloween, and the young women at the church take part in a pageant. Also included are scenes of a potluck dinner

The Jon Montgomery Collection, no. 9 – Family Life and Festivals (1977-78)

By hmregistryMarch 9, 2015Texas Archive Of The Moving Image, The Jon Montgomery Collection1970s, 22nd St., 22nd Street, artisan, artisans, Austin, automobile, automobiles, bagpipes, band, bands, banjo, basket, baskets, bikini, boat, boats, C 3PO, camera, campus, car, cars, cat, cats, character, characters, child, children, Christmas tree, Christmas Trees, classic car, classic-cars, costume, costumes, craftsman, craftsmen, dance, dances, dancing, daughter, daughters, decorate, decorates, decorating, decoration, decorations, dock, dusk, Easter, Eeyore's Birthday, egg, eggs, festival, fiddle, fiddles, fiddling, flute, front-yard, Georgetown, Georgetown Area Community Theatre, granddaughter, granddaughters, grandfather, grandpa, Guadalupe Street Fair, guitar, guitarist, guitarists, guitars, Halloween, headline, headlines, holiday, holidays, home, home movie, home movies, homes, house, houses, hunt, hunting, hunts, Jonah, Jonah Community Center, juggle, juggler, jugglers, juggles, juggling, kid, kids, lawn, May pole, Maypole, memorial, merry go round, mom, mother, mow, mowing, mows, neighborhood, newspaper, newspapers, park, parks, Pease Park, pet, pets, photo, photograph, photographs, photos, picture, pictures, pier, play, playing, plays, Princess Leia, sail, sail boat, sail boats, sailboat, sailboats, sailing, sails, San Antonio St., San Antonio Street, Star Wars, student, students, Texas Union Building, TFC, tower, Travis County, University of Texas at Austin, University-of-Texas, UT, UT Austin, UT Tower, Waterloo Park, West Campus, Williamson County, X mas Tree, X mas Trees, Xmas tree, Xmas Trees, yard

This home movie captures scenes of the Montgomery family in 1977-78 as they celebrate holidays, spend time around the house, and attend festivals in Austin. Of note are scenes of a street fair on the University of Texas’ West Campus, the Montgomery girls dressed in Star Wars costumes for Halloween, and Eeyore’s Birthday festival in