road trip – Home Movie Registry

The Marcellus Hartman Collection, no. 26 – Trip to West Texas, 1956

By hmregistryMay 29, 2020Texas Archive Of The Moving Image, The Marcellus Hartman CollectionAlpine, automobile, Brewster-County, bullfight, cacti, cactus, camp, camping, campsite, car, Conestoga-wagon, El-Paso, El-Paso-County, family, Fort-Stockton, home movie, home movies, landmark, landmarks, landscape, leisure, Mexico, mountains, Pecos-County, picnic, pool, road trip, site-seeing, Sul-Ross, swimming, swimming pool, tent, TFC, tourism, trip, vacation, wagon

Captured in this home movie is the Hartman family’s road trip to West Texas where they take in the historic sites and rugged landscape. They stop along the way in Fort Stockton and El Paso, attend a bullfight in Juarez, Mexico, visit to Sul Ross State College in Alpine, and camp in Big Bend National

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

The Richard S.

By hmregistryMarch 9, 2015Texas Archive Of The Moving Image, The Richard S. "Cactus" Pryor Collectionbeach, boat, boats, cactus, Cactus Pryor, coast, fish, fishing, home movie, home movies, hotel, leisure, Mexico, ocean, Pryor, recreation, Richard “Cactus”, Richard “Cactus” Pryor, Richard Pryor, Richard S., Richard S. “Cactus” Pryor, Richard S. Pryor, road trip, sail, sailing, scenic, shore, TFC, Travel, traveling, Traveling Texans, trip, vacation

This home movie captures scenes of a fishing trip in Mexico. Cactus Pryor and friends take a boat far out on the water and catch a variety of fish. Images of the scenic coast and ocean are also included.

Thomas F. Freeman Collection, no. 52 – Summer Trip to the East Coast

By hmregistryMarch 9, 2015Texas Archive Of The Moving Image, Thomas F Freeman CollectionAfrican-American, airplane, airport, backyard, bait, burger, burgers, catch, cheeseburger, dog, Dr. Thomas F. Freeman, Dr. Thomas Freeman, Eastern Airlines, family, fish, fishing, float, Freeman, grandmother, hamburger, home movie, home movies, hook, mountain, mountains, pet, plane, playboy, pole, pool, porch, Richmond, road trip, station wagon, sunbathe, sunbathing, swim, swimming, TFC, Thomas, Thomas F., Thomas F. Freeman, Thomas Freeman, Travel, VA, vacation, Virginia, yard

This home movie captures scenes of the Freeman Family taking a road trip up the East Coast to celebrate July 4th and Mother’s Day, stopping to sightsee and visit family along the way. At one stop, the Freemans visit what appears to be cousins or family friends, and the children spend the afternoon swimming in

The Ryan Battle Collection, no. 12 – Florida Trip in the Airstream

By hmregistryMarch 9, 2015Texas Archive Of The Moving Image, The Ryan Battle Collection1970s, air stream, air stream trailer, airstream, amusement park, amusement parks, beach, cannon, cannons, car, car trip, car trips, cars, Castillo de San Marcos, Castillo de San Marcos National Monument, coast, deer, FL, Florida, goat, goats, home movie, home movies, iron horse, Jungle Land, leisure, Louisiana live oak, Louisiana live oaks, moss, mountain, mountains, National Monument, national monuments, ocean, Oldsmobile, Oldsmobiles, park, parks, petting zoos, petting-zoo, road trip, road trips, sand, scenic, setting sun, shore, sight, sight see, sights, sightseeing, Silver Springs, site, site see, sites, siteseeing, Spanish moss, St. Augustine, sun set, sun sets, sunset, sunsets, TFC, theme park, theme parks, tombstone territory, tour, tourism, tourist, tourists, tours, trailer, Travel, traveling, Traveling Texans, trip, vacation, view, views, waves

This home movie captures scenes of the Battle family road tripping across the south to Florida. With an Air Stream in tow, they visit Silver Springs, the Castillo de San Marcos, a theme park called “Jungle Land” and, of course, the beach.

The J.R. Nelson, Jr. Collection, no. 9 – San Francisco

By hmregistryMarch 9, 2015Texas Archive Of The Moving Image, The J.R. Nelson Jr. Collectionbeach, California, car, flower, flowers, Golden Gate Bridge, home movie, home movies, Pacific Ocean, road trip, San Francisco, TFC, trip, vacation, zoo

This home movie captures sites and scenes from a Nelson family trip to San Francisco.

The J.R. Nelson, Jr. Collection, no. 7 – Return Home from American West Road Trip

By hmregistryMarch 9, 2015Texas Archive Of The Moving Image, The J.R. Nelson Jr. Collectioncar, Dallas, Dallas County, home, home movie, home movies, John S. Armstrong Elementary School, national park, nature, park, parks, road trip, school, TFC, Travel, trip, vacation

In this home movie, the Nelson family ends their road trip through the American West and arrives home once again.

The J.R. Nelson, Jr. Collection, no. 5 – American West Road Trip, Zion, Utah

By hmregistryMarch 9, 2015Texas Archive Of The Moving Image, The J.R. Nelson Jr. Collectionagua canyon, binoculars, car, checkerboard mesa, home movie, home movies, mountain, mountains, national park, outdoors, park, ponderosa canyon, road trip, TFC, Travel, trip, Utah, vacation, Zion

The home movie captures the Nelson family on a road trip to Zion, Utah where they explore the national park’s canyons.

Leon Blevins Family Collection, no. 1 – Dobkins Family Movies

By hmregistryMarch 9, 2015Leon Blevins Family Collection, Texas Archive Of The Moving Imageamusement park, bath, beach, California, clothesline, collie, dance, dancing, derrick, derricks, dog, drive, driving, home movie, home movies, laundry, mountains, ocean, oil derricks, Pacific Ocean, pier, road, road trip, roadtrip, roller coaster, San Francisco, sheep, square dance, square dancing, TFC, tractor, train, trip, vacation, washtub, yard

This home movie compilation from the Leon Blevins Collection documents many facets of the Dobkins family’s life. Captured are the children at home, parades, and several family trips, mainly through the American West, and especially to Colorado where they had a vacation home. Of special note is the clip of a square dance; Virginia Dobkins

The Coltman Collection, no. 5 – Corpus Christi and Austin, 1968

By hmregistryMarch 9, 2015Texas Archive Of The Moving Image, The Coltman CollectionAustin, backyard, Barton Springs, bay, beach, bird, birds, boat, boating, boats, bridge, car ferry, cloud, clouds, coast, coastal, cooking, cookout, Corpus Christi Harbor bridge, Corpus-Christi, creek, dig, digging, dock, docks, dog, dogs, Felicity Coltman, ferry, fire, fish, fishing, fishing pole, fishing poles, float toy, grill, grilling, gulf, Gulf coast, Gulf of Mexico, gull, harbor, harbors, helicopter, home movie, home movies, hot dog, jump, jump rope, jumping, jumping rope, life jacket, Nueces County, ocean, Peter Coltman, picnic, pontoon helicopter, Port Ruby, rain, raining, road trip, sail, sailing, sand, sand dune, seagulls, seashore, shore, sky, storm, sunset, swim, swim suit, swim suits, swimming, TFC, Travel, traveling, Travis County, vacation, vacations, waves, yard

This home movie reel from the Coltman Collection captures the family enjoying a vacation in Corpus Christi, swimming and cooking hot dogs on the beach. It also includes footage of the family back in Austin, swimming at Barton Springs and taking in fall foliage.