lasso – Home Movie Registry

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

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 Cruz Family Collection, no. 4 – Lassoing and Dancing

By hmregistryMarch 9, 2015Texas Archive Of The Moving Image, The Cruz Family Collection1970s, American, boys, child, children, costume, costumes, couple, couples, dance, dancer, dancers, dancing, El-Paso, El-Paso-County, family, flag, folk, girls, heritage, home movie, home movies, jarabe tapatío, kid, kids, lasso, lassoing, Mexican, Mexican American, Mexican Americans, Mexican Hat Dance, Mexico, partner, partners, party, sombrero, suit, TFC

This home movie from El Paso’s Cruz family captures scenes of children dancing the Mexican Hat Dance in traditional Mexican costume, young boys performing tricks with lassos, then a fashionable adult dance party.

Wallace and Elva Raney Collection – Roping and Riding

By hmregistryMarch 9, 2015Texas Archive Of The Moving Image, Wallace and Elva Raney Collection1950s, animals, ass, baby, baby horse, baby sheep, birds, boy, brothers, camera, car, cattle, cattle-roping, chaps, children, Clarendon, classic car, classic truck, cow, departure, dirt road, dog, donkey, donkey ride, Donley Co, Donley County, driving, family, family reunion, filming, foal, galloping, gas station, geese, girl, gun, handgun, home movies, horse, horseback, horseback-riding, lamb, lasso, man, mule, Naval Uniform, navy, newborn, pet, pigs, pony, posing, ranch, riding, rifle, roping, rose, sailor, sailor uniform, siblings, snow, Texas, TFC, truck, TX, US Navy, walking, walking a horse, winter

This home movie footage captures scenes of family gatherings from the 1950s. The family rides horses, practices roping cattle, and plays around riding a donkey. Also included is footage of a newborn horse with its mother.

Wallace and Elva Raney Collection – The Amarillo Stockyards (1958)

By hmregistryMarch 9, 2015Texas Archive Of The Moving Image, Wallace and Elva Raney Collection1950s, Amarillo, Amarillo Stockyards, baby, calf, cattle, cattle-roping, child, classic truck, cow, cowboy, dad, family, father, hay, hay bales, haybales, Hi Plains Haulers, home movies, horse, Johnson, Kenneth, Kenneth Johnson, lasso, man, mom, mother, parent, Potter Co, Potter County, Randall Co, Randall County, rodeo, roping, starting gate, Texas, TFC, train, truck, TX

This home movie footage captures scenes of men at the Amarillo Stockyards roping calves, as well as images a baby riding on a horse with his father.

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 Ramon Galindo Collection, no. 22 – The First Annual Aqua Festival Parade and Rodeo (1962)

By hmregistryMarch 9, 2015Texas Archive Of The Moving Image, The Ramon Galindo Collection1960s, American, annual, aqua-fest, aqua-festival, aquafest, arena, armed forces, audience, Austin, Austin Senators, bagpipe, bagpipes, band, bands, beauty queens, beauty qyeen, bridge, bridges, Bubba, Bubba Kolbe, bull, bulls, calf, calf-roping, calves, carriage, carriages, chaps, child, children, clown, clowns, Comal County, Congress Avenue Bridge, contestant, contestants, corps, costume, costumes, court, cowboy, cowboy hat, cowboy hats, cowboys, crowd, event, events, Fiesta San Antonio, First Street Bridge, flag, flags, float, floats, Galindo, gate, gates, helicopter, helicopters, home movie, home movies, horn, horns, horse, horseback, horsedrawn, horses, instrument, instruments, John W., John W. "Bubba" Kolbe, John W. Kolbe, kid, kids, Kinney Brothers Rodeo, Kolbe, lasso, lassoing, lassos, Lockhart, Lone Star, Lone Star Beer, Luling, Luling Watermelon Thump, March, marches, marching, military, Miss Lockhart, Miss Luling, pageant, Palmer Events Center, parade, parades, peach, peaches, pen, pens, Ramon, Ramon G., Ramon G. Galindo, Ramon Galindo, ride, rides, riding, rodeo, rodeo clown, rodeo clowns, rodeos, rope, ropes, roping, Salado, Sheriff Posse, spectator, spectators, stagecoach, steer, steer wrestling, steers, Stonewall, Texan, TFC, Travis County, Travis County Sheriff's Office, uniform, uniforms, wave, waves, waving, wrestle, wrestles, wrestling

This home movie captures scenes of the first annual Aqua Festival parade and rodeo in Austin in 1962. The Aqua Festival was founded in 1962 to promote Austin and the surrounding region as a destination and to boost the local economy during its slow season. This film documents one of the festival’s parades, where floats

The Easterwood Family Films, no. 6 – Horseback Riding and Lassos (1960)

By hmregistryMarch 9, 2015Texas Archive Of The Moving Image, The Easterwood Family Films1960s, backyard, brother, Castro County, cousin, cousins, cowboy culture, cowboy hat, daughter, Dimmitt, family, father, home, home movie, home movies, horse, horseback, horses, house, lasso, lassoing, mother, ride, riding, rope, roping, sister, son, TFC, trot, trotting, yard

This home movie captures scenes of the Easterwoods at home in Dimmitt where they ride horses and practice their lasso techniques in the yard.

The David Ayala Collection, no. 2 – Catholic Wedding Ceremony, Part II

By hmregistryMarch 8, 2015Texas Archive Of The Moving Image, The David Ayala Collection1970s, aisle, best man, bride, bridesmaid, bridesmaids, Brownsville, Cameron-County, Catholic, Catholicism, Catholics, ceremony, church, churches, communion, couple, custom, customs, dress, dresses, family, gown, gowns, groom, groomsman, groomsmen, heritage, home movie, home movies, husband, lasso, Lazo, maid of honor, marriage, mass, Mexican American culture, priest, religion, religious, ring, rings, suit, suits, TFC, tradition, traditional, traditions, veil, wedding, wedding cake, wedding cord, weddings, wife

This home movie captures scenes of an Ayala family wedding Mass. The bride and groom observe the customs of a Catholic wedding and all present take communion before the couple exits the church as husband and wife.

Steiner Rodeo Footage

By hmregistryMarch 8, 2015Texas Archive Of The Moving Image1970s, amateur film, Austin, Bob Frye, boots, bronco bulls, bucking, bucking broncos, bucking bulls, bulls, chaps, clowns, cow roping, cowboy, cowboy boots, cowboy hats, cows, Frye, home movies, Honover building materials, horses, lasso, Robert, Robert Frye, Robert H. Frye, Robert H. Frye Collection, rodeo, rodeo clowns, rope, roping, sheplers, Steiner, Steiner ranch, Steiner Rodeo, Steiner Rodeo Company, Stetsons, Texas, TFC, Travis Co., Travis County, TX, wrangling, X S, XS

This film from the Robert H. Frye Collection captures scenes of competitors at the Steiner Rodeo in Austin in the 1970s. It includes images of riders on both horses and bulls, as well as footage of the rodeo clowns.