flight – Home Movie Registry

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

By hmregistryMarch 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 Bursley Collection, no. 4 – Flying in Hot Air Balloons

By hmregistryMarch 9, 2015Texas Archive Of The Moving Image, The Bursley Collection1970s, air, aircraft, aviation, balloon, balloon aircraft, balloons, basket, baskets, bird's eye view, burner, burners, camera, cameras, chute, chutes, depart, departure, departures, desert, deserts, drop zone, drop zones, dropzone, dropzones, El Paso Skydivers, El-Paso, El-Paso-County, fall, falls, field, fields, fill, filling, flight, flights, flying, footage, free fall, free falling, gear, helmet, helmets, home movie, home movies, hot air balloon, hot air balloons, inflate, inflating, inflation, landing, landing zone, landing zones, landings, launch, launches, launching, mountain, mountains, movie, movies, onlooker, onlookers, parachute, parachute landing, parachute landings, parachutes, parachuting, pasture, pastures, perspective, perspectives, pilot, pilots, point of view, points of view, preparation, preparations, raw footage, recreation, recreational sport, recreational sports, reel, reels, show, shows, sky, skydiver, skydivers, skydiving, Skydiving El Paso, spectator, spectators, sport, sports, take off, take offs, team, teams, TFC, unedited, viewer, viewers

This home movie scenes of hot air balloons in the El Paso desert in the late 1970s. In the film, Philip Bursley and their friends prepare the balloons for their journey and then take flight. One person skydives out of the balloon.

The Edmund D. and Haw Jung Collection – Trip to Dallas and New Orleans (1961)

By hmregistryMarch 9, 2015Texas Archive Of The Moving Image, The Edmund D. and Haw Jung Collection1960s, airplane, airplanes, Antoine's Restaurant, Asian American, Asian Americans, balconies, balcony, boat, boats, building, buildings, cafe, cafes, Canal Street, canoe, canoes, cathedral, cathedrals, church, churches, Dallas, Dallas County, Dr. Edmund Dixon Jung, Dr. Haw Chan Jung, edit, edited, Edmund Dixon, Edmund Dixon Jung, families, family, flight, flights, flying, foliage, fruit, fruits, Haw Chan, Haw Chan Jung, home movie, home movies, hotel, hotels, house, houses, husband, husbands, Jackson Square, Jung, Jung Hotel, kayak, kayaker, kayakers, kayaks, landscape, market, markets, Morning Call Cafe, nature, Neiman Marcus, New Orleans, outdoors, patio, patios, plane, planes, pool, pools, restaurant, restaurants, road, roads, Roadway, roadways, Roayl Orleans Hotel, Royal Orleans, ship, ships, shop, shopping, shops, sidewalk, sidewalks, skyline, St. Louis Cathedral, Statler Hilton Hotel, steamship, steamships, store, stores, street, street markets, street-market, streetcar, streetcars, streets, tarmac, tree, trees, trip, trips, vacation, vacations, Voyageur, water, wife, wives

This home movie from March of 1961 captures scenes of the Jung family’s trip to Dallas and New Orleans. Footage includes shots of the iconic Statler Hilton Hotel, later renamed the Dallas Grand Hotel, and the flagship Neiman Marcus store. In New Orleans, the family visits St. Louis Cathedral, Jackson Square, and Canal Street and

D’Ascenzo Family Memories, no. 1 – Scenes From Vietnam

By hmregistryMarch 9, 2015Texas Archive Of The Moving Imageairplane, airplanes, army, barracks, base, bomb, bombs, boots, dog, El-Paso, El-Paso-County, explosion, explosions, flight, fly, flying, hat, home movie, home movies, militar base, pet, plane, planes, puppy, soldier, soldiers, station, stationed, TFC, trench, trenches, U.S. Army, uniform, uniforms, United States Army, US Army, USA, Vietnam, Vietnam War, war, warfare

This home movie from El Paso’s D’Ascenzo family captures scenes of Vietnam. Soldiers watch as bombs are dropped from planes in the distance, then back at the barracks they play with an animated puppy.

The Bursley Collection, no. 5 – Day at the Airfield

By hmregistryMarch 9, 2015Texas Archive Of The Moving Image, The Bursley Collection1970s, air, aircraft, airfield, airfields, airplane, airplanes, airport, airports, automobile, automobiles, aviation, balloon, balloon aircraft, balloons, basket, baskets, bird's eye view, burner, burners, camera, cameras, car, cars, chute, chutes, depart, departure, departures, desert, deserts, drive, driver, drivers, driving, drop zone, drop zones, dropzone, dropzones, EAA, El Paso Skydivers, El-Paso, El-Paso-County, Experimental Aircraft Association, fall, falls, field, fields, fill, filling, flight, flights, flying, footage, free fall, free falling, friend, friends, gear, hacky sack, helicopter, helicopters, helmet, helmets, home movie, home movies, Horizon Airport, Horizon City, hot air balloon, hot air balloons, inflate, inflating, inflation, landing, landing zone, landing zones, landings, launch, launches, launching, light aircraft, light sport aircraft, mountain, mountains, movie, movies, onlooker, onlookers, pack, packing, packs, parachute, parachute landing, parachute landings, parachutes, parachuting, pasture, pastures, perspective, perspectives, pilot, pilots, plane, planes, play, playful, playing, point of view, points of view, preparation, preparations, race, races, racing, raw footage, recreation, recreational sport, recreational sports, reel, reels, show, shows, sky, skydiver, skydivers, skydiving, Skydiving El Paso, spectator, spectators, sport, sports, sports car, sports cars, take off, take offs, team, teams, TFC, track, tracks, unedited, vehicle, vehicles, viewer, viewers, West Texas Airport

This home movie features silent footage shot by Philip Bursley of hot air balloons, airplanes, and helicopters flying over and landing in El Paso in the late 1970s. The airport seen in the footage is the Horizon Airport, formerly known as the West Texas Airport, in Horizon City. In the film, skydivers prepare hot air

The Bursley Collection, no. 2 – Skydiving Parachute Landings (1977)

By hmregistryMarch 9, 2015Texas Archive Of The Moving Image, The Bursley Collection1970s, aircraft, airplane, airplanes, aviation, camera, cameras, chute, chutes, departure, departures, desert, deserts, drop zone, drop zones, dropzone, dropzones, EAA, El Paso Skydivers, El-Paso, El-Paso-County, Experimental Aircraft Association, fall, falls, field, fields, flight, flights, flying, footage, free fall, free falling, gear, home movie, home movies, landing, landing zone, landing zones, landings, light aircraft, light sport aircraft, mountain, mountains, movie, movies, onlooker, onlookers, pack, packing, packs, parachute, parachute landing, parachute landings, parachutes, parachuting, pilot, pilots, plane, planes, preparation, preparations, raw footage, recreation, recreational sport, recreational sports, reel, reels, show, shows, sky, skydiver, skydivers, skydiving, Skydiving El Paso, spectator, spectators, sport, sports, take off, take offs, TFC, unedited, viewer, viewers

This home movie captures scenes shot by Philip Bursley of multiple skydivers parachuting into the El Paso desert in the late 1970s. In the film, individuals watch as their friends make their landings in the drop zone. Others prepare parachutes for another trip.

The Bursley Collection, no. 1 – Air Show and Rockets

By hmregistryMarch 9, 2015Texas Archive Of The Moving Image, The Bursley Collection1970s, adult, adults, air shows, air-show, aircraft, airplane, airplanes, airshow, airshows, alcohol, attire, aviation, booze, boy, boys, celebration, celebrations, child, children, clothes, clothing, desert, deserts, drink, drinking, drinks, drop zone, drop zones, dropzone, dropzones, EAA, El Paso Skydivers, El-Paso, El-Paso-County, event, events, Experimental Aircraft Association, fall, falls, families, family, fashion, field, fields, flight, flights, flying, footage, friend, friends, gathering, gatherings, get together, get togethers, girl, girls, group, groups, home movie, home movies, hot pant, hot pants, kid, kids, landing, landing zone, landing zones, landings, leg, legs, light aircraft, light sport aircraft, little boy, little boys, little girl, little girls, movie, movies, onlooker, onlookers, outfit, outfits, parachute, parachute landing, parachute landings, parachutes, parachuting, parties, party, performance, performances, performer, performers, pilot, pilots, plane, planes, raw footage, recreation, recreational sport, recreational sports, reel, reels, rocket, rocket launch, rocket launches, rockets, short shorts, shorts, show, shows, skydiver, skydivers, skydiving, Skydiving El Paso, spectator, spectators, sport, sports, sunset, sunsets, TFC, trick, tricks, unedited, viewer, viewers

This home movie captures scenes shot by Philip Bursley of a group of friends having a party in the El Paso desert in the late 1970s. After a skydiver makes a parachute landing at the start of the film, the friends watch an impromptu air show and launch rockets.

The E.B. Hopkins Collection, no. 13 – Trips to the Wider Caribbean Region

By hmregistryMarch 9, 2015Texas Archive Of The Moving Image, The E.B. Hopkins Collection1920s, 1930s, abroad, airplane, airport, Arlington, arrival, Atlantic-Ocean, Barranquilla, bird, boat, boat-deck, Camaguey, capital, Caracas Country Club, Caribbean, Caribbean Sea, Cartagena, Central-America, Charleston, Charleston Airport, charter flight, charter plane, Chicago Flyer, church, city, clipper ship, coast, coastline, Colombia, Colon, course, Cuba, Curaçao, D.C., DC, deck, deck steward, departure, dive, diver, diving, dock, docking, Dutch-Caribbean, egret, El Morro Castle, ferry, ferry boat, flight, Florida, fly, flying, Fort de France, fortress, golf, golf-course, golfer, golfing, harbor, Havana, heron, home movie, horse, horse race, horse racing, Hudson River, hydroplane, international, intertitles, island, La Guaira, local, Los Caobos Park, Manhattan, Martinique, Miami, monument, Morro Castle, Mount Pelee, native, nature, New York City, New-York, ocean, ocean-liner, outdoors, overhead view, Pacific Ocean, palace, Palacio de las Garzas, Pan American, Panam, Panama, Panama Canal, Panama Canal Administration Building, Panama Canal Zone, park, plane, port, Puerto Colombia, Puerto Rico, race, race horse, race track, racetrack, ruins, S.S. Caracas, Saint Thomas, San Juan, sea port, ship, sightsee, sightseeing, South America, South Carolina, statue, steward, street, TFC, tourism, tourist, town, track, train, train tracks, travelogue, Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago, U.S. Virgin Islands, United States Virgin Islands, US Virgin Islands, USVI, Venezuela, view, village, Virginia, Washington, Washington Airport, Washington DC, West-Indies, Willemstad

This home movie captures scenes of trips to various South and Central American countries between 1926 and 1934, including Colombia, Panama, Venezuela, Puerto Rico, Cuba, Trinidad and Tobago, Martinique, and the United States Virgin Islands. In addition to sightseeing footage, the film highlights the means of transport to these destinations, from ocean liners to trains

The Easterwood Family Films, no. 16 – Bikes and Amarillo Airport

By hmregistryMarch 9, 2015Texas Archive Of The Moving Image, The Easterwood Family Films1950s, airplane, airplanes, airport, Amarillo, Amarillo Air Terminal, Amarillo International Airport, bicycle, bicycles, bicycling, bike, bikes, biking, Braniff, Braniff Airlines, Braniff Airways, Braniff International Airways, camera, cameras, Castro County, child, children, community, Dimmitt, English Airport, English Field, family, farm, farming, farmland, farms, flight, flights, fly, flying, home movie, home movies, Inc., kid, kids, passenger, passengers, photgraph, photographing, photographs, photography, plane, planes, Potter County, Randall County, Rick Husband Amarillo International Airport, rural, take off, takeoff, terminal, TFC, transportation, visit, visited, visiting, visits

This home movie captures scenes of the Easterwood children riding bikes in their rural neighborhood with visiting family before taking them to the airport. The family and their visitors arrive at the airport, English Field, where they pose for pictures, the guests board the plane, and the Easterwoods watch the flight take off. The terminal

The Cummings Collection, no. 12 – Airplane Hangar and Colorado (1968)

By hmregistryMarch 9, 2015Texas Archive Of The Moving Image, The Cummings Collection1960s, aerial view, aerial views, airplane, airplanes, airport, airports, camp, camping, clean, cleaning, cleans, cloud, clouds, cook, cooking, deer, El-Paso, El-Paso-County, fish, fisher, fisherman, fishermen, fishers, fishes, fishing, flies, flight, flights, fly, flying, food, forest, forests, hangar, hangars, helicopter, helicopters, hike, hiker, hikers, hikes, hiking, home movie, home movies, horse, horseback, horseback-riding, horses, hunt, hunter, hunters, hunting, hunts, jet, jets, landing, leisure, mountain, mountain-range, mountains, pilot, pilots, plane, planes, recreation, ride, rides, riding, runway, runways, scenic, stove, stream, takeoff, tarmac, tarmacs, tent, tents, TFC, trail, trails, venison, view, views, woods

This home movie captures scenes of the Cummings family visiting an airplane hangar in El Paso where they see different types of airplanes. From there, the family takes a private flight in one of the small planes to go on a hunting and fishing trip in the mountains of Colorado where they camp and ride