kid – Home Movie Registry

Yousefi Family Collection, no. 2 – Party Dancing and Singing (2000)

By hmregistryMarch 9, 2015Texas Archive Of The Moving Image, Yousefi Family Collection2000s, aunt, aunts, brother, brothers, child, children, cousin, cousins, cultural, culture, cultures, dance, dancer, dancers, dances, dancing, East, Eastern, ethnic, extended family, family, father, grandfather, grandmother, grandparent, grandparents, home, home movie, home movies, house, Iran, Iranian, Iranian American, Iranian Americans, Iranians, kid, kids, living room, Middle East, Middle Eastern, mother, music, nephew, nephews, niece, nieces, parent, parents, Persian, Persian music, Persians, sibling, siblings, sing, singer, singers, singing, sings, sister, sisters, snap, snapping, snaps, song, songs, teenage, teenager, teenagers, TFC, tradition, traditional, traditions, uncle, uncles

In this home movie, Plano’s Yousefi family visits Iran, and their extended family there throws a party. Several teenagers show off their dance moves, then a man sings a song a soulful song in Persian.

Yousefi Family Collection, no. 1 – Santur Playing and Dancing (1996)

By hmregistryMarch 9, 2015Texas Archive Of The Moving Image, Yousefi Family Collection1990s, child, children, Collin County, cultural, culture, cultures, dance, dancer, dancers, dancing, drum, drummer, drumming, drums, duclimer, duclimers, East, Eastern, ethic, family, hammered dulcimer, hammered dulcimers, home, home movie, home movies, instrument, instruments, Iran, Iranian, Iranian American, Iranian Americans, Iranians, kid, kids, Middle East, Middle Eastern, music, percussion, Persian, Persian music, Persians, Plano, play, player, players, playing, plays, santour, santours, santur, santurs, sing, singer, singers, singing, sings, song, songs, string, stringed, strings, TFC, tradition, traditional, traditions

This home movie captures scenes of the Yousefi family playing Persian music on a drum and a santur, a traditional Iranian instrument, and dancing together at a party in their home.

Thomas F. Freeman Collection, no. 90 – Easter Sunday at Mt. Horem

By hmregistryMarch 9, 2015Texas Archive Of The Moving Image, Thomas F Freeman Collectionact, acting, African-American, Baptist, child, children, choir, church, cross, Dr. Thomas F. Freeman, Dr. Thomas Freeman, dresses, Easter, Easter dress, Easter Sunday, Freeman, Harris County, He Is Risen, home movie, home movies, Houston, kid, kids, Mount Horem, Mt. Horem, Mt. Horem Baptist Church, Passion Play, perform, performance, play, program, religion, resurrection, skit, TFC, The Passion of Christ, theater, Thomas, Thomas F., Thomas F. Freeman, Thomas Freeman, TX

This home movie captures scenes of children at Mt. Horem Baptist Church performing the resurrection story on Easter Sunday.

Thomas F. Freeman Collection, no. 79 – Sunday School Program

By hmregistryMarch 9, 2015Texas Archive Of The Moving Image, Thomas F Freeman CollectionAfrican-American, American, assembly, Baptist, Bible, child, children, church, communion, Dr. Thomas F. Freeman, Dr. Thomas Freeman, flag, Freeman, Harris County, home movie, home movies, Houston, kid, kids, Mt. Horem, perform, performance, pews, prgram, read, reading, school, sing, singing, songs, teacher, TFC, Thomas, Thomas F., Thomas F. Freeman, Thomas Freeman, TX

This home movie captures scenes of children singing and displaying the American flag as part of a church program, likely at Mt. Horem Baptist Church in Houston.

Thomas F. Freeman Collection, no. 43 – Funeral in Lewisville, TX no. 79

By hmregistryMarch 9, 2015Texas Archive Of The Moving Image, Thomas F Freeman CollectionAfrican-American, burial, casket, cemetery, child, children, church, coffin, Denton County, dinner, Dr. Thomas F. Freeman, Dr. Thomas Freeman, dress, dresses, fashion, flowers, Freeman, funeral, fur, graveside, hearse, home movie, home movies, kid, kids, Lewisville, minister, pallbearer, pallbearers, reverend, roses, stole, suit, suits, TFC, Thomas, Thomas F., Thomas F. Freeman, Thomas Freeman, Thrash Mosley Funeral Home, TX, visitation, wake, wrap

This home movie captures scenes of the Freeman family attending a funeral in Lewisville, Texas.

The Tony-Lupe Marquez Collection, no. 1 – Toys for Joy (1999)

By hmregistryMarch 9, 2015Texas Archive Of The Moving Image, The Tony Lupe Marquez Collectionblankets, carol, carols, charity, Chihuahua, child, children, Christmas, donate, donation, donations, El-Paso, El-Paso-County, Español, families, family, fire station, fire-department, firefighter, firefighters, food, friends, gifts, home movie, home movies, Juarez, kid, kids, Mexican American, Mexico, sing, singing, Spanish, TFC, toys, X-mas, Xmas

This home movie from December of 1999 captures footage of the Marquez family and friends working at a donation center they organized at the “Bomberos” (Firefighters) Fire station in Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico for Juarez families in need to receive gifts, blankets, and food. The items were donated by citizens of Alamagordo, New Mexico; El Paso,

The Richard S. “Cactus”? Pryor Collection, no. 16 – Boy Band

By hmregistryMarch 9, 2015Texas Archive Of The Moving Image, The Richard S. "Cactus" Pryor CollectionAustin, boy, boys, cactus, Cactus Pryor, child, children, cymbal, cymbals, driveway, drum, drum kit, drum set, drumming, drums, drumsticks, guitar, home movie, home movies, instrument, instruments, kid, kids, music, musical, play, playing, Pryor, rhythm, Richard “Cactus”, Richard “Cactus” Pryor, Richard Pryor, Richard S., Richard S. “Cactus” Pryor, Richard S. Pryor, TFC, toy, Travis County, ukulele, xylophone

This home movie captures scenes of two of Cactus Pryor’s sons, Don and Dayne, playing musical instruments in their driveway. The boys play a toy drum set and toy guitar and get into the beat!

The Ouida Whitaker Dean Collection, no. 7 – Interview With the Barnhart Family (1976)

By hmregistryMarch 9, 2015Texas Archive Of The Moving Image, The Ouida Whitaker Dean Collection1970s, amateur, bale, bales, child, children, cotton, cotton picking, crop, crops, daughter, daughters, Dean, dice, families, family, home brew, home movie, home movies, ice, ice block, ice blocks, ice truck, ice trucks, ice-cream, interview, interviews, kid, kids, laugh, laughing, laughs, laughter, man, men, mother, mothers, Nacogdoches, oral histories, oral history, Ouida Whitaker, Ouida Whitaker Dean, parties, party, Shelby County, shoot dice, shooting dice, shoots dice, smoke, smokes, smoking, soap, stories, story, storytelling, talk, talking, talks, TFC, washing powder, woman, women

This home movie interview conducted in 1976 captures a conversation with the Barnhart family. The eldest members of the family, the grandmother and grandfather, call up memories from their childhood, from making ice cream with their neighbors to picking cotton.

The Ouida Whitaker Dean Collection, no. 19 – The Young Life of Jeffery Sullivan

By hmregistryMarch 9, 2015Texas Archive Of The Moving Image, The Ouida Whitaker Dean Collection1970s, adolescent, adolescents, animal, animals, aunt, aunts, bicycle, bicycles, bike, bikes, boat, boats, child, children, conversation, conversations, crayon, crayons, crop, crops, Dean, dog, dogs, drawer, drawers, drawing, drawings, edit, edited, families, family, family member, family members, farm, farmer, farmers, farms, field, fields, flower, flowers, foliage, grandfather, grandfathers, grandmother, grandmothers, grandparent, grandparents, grass, harvest, hog, hogs, home, home movie, home movies, homes, horse, horses, house, houses, interview, interviewee, interviewees, interviewer, interviewers, interviews, Jeffery, Jeffery Sullivan, kid, kids, livestock, Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches County, nap, naps, nature, nephew, nephews, Ouida Whitaker, Ouida Whitaker Dean, outdoors, pen, pens, pet, pets, pig, pigs, plant, plants, play, playing, ponies, pony, profile, profiles, run, runner, runners, running, rural, sleep, sleeper, sleepers, sleeping, snore, snoring, Sullivan, TFC

This home movie from the 1970s captures scenes of a day in the life of Ouida Whitaker Dean’s grand-nephew, Jeffrey Sullivan. After introducing himself, Sullivan shows us around his home in Nacogdoches, strolling through the crops and visiting the livestock. He also plays with his pets and hangs out with his family. This film charmingly

The Local Gang in Kidnappers Foil – San Saba, TX

By hmregistryMarch 9, 2015Texas Archive Of The Moving Image1940s, act, acting, actor, actors, actress, actresses, applaud, applause, Bette Davis, Betty Davis, birthday, boys, Butch, cast, child, children, comedy, credits, dad, dance, dancer, dancers, dancing, Ennis Melton Barker, family, father, film, filming, filmmaker, gang, girls, home, hometown, itinerant, itinerant film, itinerant films, kid, kidnap, kidnapper, kidnappers, Kidnappers Foil, kidnapping, kids, lines, Little Rascals, local, local talent, master of ceremonies, MC, Melton Barker, mom, money, mother, movie, music, nap, Our Gang, party, perform, performance, piano, police, ransom, rescue, reunite, reunited, reward, safe, San Saba, San Saba County, script, show, sing, singing, sleep, sleeping, song, songs, Spanky, Spanky McFarland, star, starring, stars, talent show, talkie, talky, tap, TFC, The End, The Kidnappers Foil, Travel, traveling

This version of an Our Gang style itinerant film, made by Texan filmmaker Melton Barker, stars a local cast from San Saba, Texas in the 1940s. When their friend Betty Davis is kidnapped, the local children pull together to find her. Once the kidnappers are caught and turned over to the police, the gang celebrates