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Austin Aquatic Club Goes to Corpus Christi (1966)

By hmregistryMay 29, 2020Texas Archive Of The Moving Image1960s, AAC, Aransas-County, Austin-Aquatic-Club, barbecue, bathing-cap, bathing-suit, beach, bikini, boys, burying-in-sand, carrying, children, Corpus-Christi, dancing, digging, field-trip, flexing, girls, goggles, grill, grilling, hamburgers, home movie, home-video-footage, horsing-around, jumping, jumping-jacks, kids, Kleberg-County, Longhorn-Aquatics, muscles, Nueces County, ocean, pier, playing, posing, road trip, running, San-Patricio-County, sand, sand-dollar, screaming, scuba-mask, smiling, speedo, splashing, summer, swim-cap, swimming-cap, swimming-trunks, swimsuit, teenagers, teens, Texas-Film-Commission, TFC, vacation, Wally-Pryor:-Wallace-Pryor, water, waves, waving, youngsters, youth

An Austin Aquatic Club visit to a Corpus Christi beach is captured in this 1966 home movie footage. The Austin Aquatic Club, now known as Longhorn Aquatics, was coached and directed by former All-American Longhorn water polo swimmer, Wally Pryor from 1953 to 1975. This mob of candid youths mug for the camera and take

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.

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 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. 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 Ouida Whitaker Dean Collection, no. 12 – Nat Church Homecoming, Part I (1976)

By hmregistryMarch 9, 2015Texas Archive Of The Moving Image, The Ouida Whitaker Dean Collection1970s, accompaniment, accompaniments, accompanist, accompanists, accordion, accordionist, accordionists, accordions, applause, attendee, attendees, audience, band, bands, chorus, choruses, church, churches, clap, clapping, claps, crowd, crowds, duet, duets, electric guitar, electric guitars, ensemble, ensembles, event, events, footage, gathering, gatherings, group, groups, guitar, guitars, home movie, home movies, homecoming, homecomings, instrument, instruments, man, men, mic, microphone, microphones, mics, movie, movies, music, musical group, musical groups, musician, musicians, Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches County, Nat, performance, performances, performer, performers, pew, pews, pianist, piano, pianos, play, playing, raw footage, reel, reels, reunion, reunions, sing, singer, singers, singing, song, songs, spectator, spectators, TFC, unedited, viewer, viewers, vocal, vocalist, vocalists, vocals, woman, women

This home movie from 1976 captures scenes from a homecoming event at a church in Nat, a small community northwest of Nacogdoches. At the gathering, attendees sing a song together and watch specific performances. One musical performance includes an accordion. While the footage does contain sound, the audio is largely absent.

Tales of a Bahr (2013)

By hmregistryMarch 9, 2015Texas Archive Of The Moving Image2000s, acre, acreage, acres, archival, archive, archives, Austin, babies, baby, basketball, bicycle, bicycles, bicycling, bike, bikes, biking, build, building, builds, cattle, child, children, construction, cow, cows, dad, daughter, documentaries, documentary, drum, drumming, drums, family, footage, fox, foxes, game, games, home, home movie, home movies, homes, house, houses, kid, kids, mobile home, mobile homes, mom, narrate, narrates, narrating, narrator, parent, parents, play, player, players, playing, plays, pool, pools, puppet, puppet show, puppet shows, puppets, rabbit, rabbits, raccoon, raccoons, snake, snakes, soccer, soundtrack, sports, student film, student films, summer, swim, swimming, swimming pool, swimming pools, swims, team, teams, TFC, Travis County, wooded, woods

This student film, made by Sharon Bahr, uses archival footage from the Texas Archive of the Moving Image, paired with an audio interview, to document her parents

Melton Barker Family Film

By hmregistryMarch 9, 2015Texas Archive Of The Moving ImageArlington, Big Bear Lake, billiards, boat, boating, boats, bride, bridesmaid, bridesmaids, cake, California, car, cars, child, children, Christmas, couple, curlers, dirtbike, dirtbikes, dog, dogs, dress, dresses, drive, driving, engaged, engagement, exercise, exercises, exercising, family, field, football, gift, gifts, goal, gown, groom, highway, home, home movie, home movies, house, husband, kid, kids, kiss, kissing, lake, lakes, leisure, lodge, Melton Barker, mountain, mountains, parent, parents, Pasadena, pet, pets, play, player, players, playing, pool, present, presents, reception, recreation, ring, road, rollers, ski, ski lift, skiing, snake, snow, snowballs, snowing, Solvang, sport, sports, Tarrant County, team, television, tourism, tourist, tourists, tree, trip, vacation, veil, veils, wedding, wife, X-mas, Xmas, yard

This home movie captures scenes of itinerant filmmaker Melton Barker and his family as they travel through California, visit family, enjoy the outdoors, and attend celebrations, including a wedding.

The E.B. Hopkins Collection, no. 4 – Family Life (1928)

By hmregistryMarch 9, 2015Texas Archive Of The Moving Image, The E.B. Hopkins Collection1920s, barn, bay, beach, boat, boats, child, children, cloche, cloche hat, cruise, Dallas, Dallas County, dock, E.B., E.B.-Hopkins, Edwin, Edwin Hopkins, Edwin-Butcher, Edwin-Butcher-Hopkins, family, harbor, home movie, home movies, Hopkins, horse, horseback, horses, hotel, Irish Hills, Irish Hills Towers, kid, kids, lighthouse, merry go round, Michigan, monkey, mother, ocean, OH, Ohio, park, party, picnic, picnic-table, pier, play, playground, playing, plays, ponies, pony, pony ride, pony rides, restaurant, ride, rides, riding, Sandusky, ship, ships, shore, sight see, sight seeing, sightsee, sightseeing, stable, stables, swing, swing-set, swinging, swings, swingset, tennis, TFC, toddler, toddlers, tour, touring, tourism, tourist, tourists, tours, tower, towers, Travel, traveling, Traveling Texans, travels, trick, tricks, trip, vacation, waterfront, watermelon

This home movie of the Hopkins Family captures the family in a number of situations, from on a trip to the northern United States that includes stops in Sandusky, Ohio, and visiting the Irish Hills Towers in Michigan, to a Christmas morning at home in Dallas. Also on the film are snapshots of daily life,

The Coltman Family No. 19 – The Lonely Beach Ball, Ostrich Farm

By hmregistryMarch 9, 2015Texas Archive Of The Moving Image, The Coltman Collectionamateur film, amateur films, bathing-suit, bathing-suits, beach, beach ball, beach balls, carriage, carriages, child, children, cloud, clouds, coast, dig, digging, egg, eggs, families, family, feather, feathers, graze, grazing, herds, hill, hills, home movie, home movies, kid, kids, leisure, ocean, ostrich, ostrich racing, ostrich-farm, ostriches, pasture, picnic, picnics, play, playing, plays, race, racing, recreation, roll, rolling, sand, sand dune, sand dunes, shore, sky, sunset, sunsets, swim, swim suit, swim suits, swimming, swims, swimsuit, swimsuits, TFC, tour, towel, towels, trip, trips, turtle, turtles, umbrella, umbrellas, vacation, vacations, walk, walking, walks, wave, waves

This home movie includes the Coltman-made amateur film