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The Ernest M. Hunt Family Film Collection, no. 3 – Old Mexico Trip, 1940

By hmregistryMay 29, 2020Texas Archive Of The Moving Image, The Ernest M. Hunt Family Film Collection1940s, acrobats, arena, boat, boats, bull-fight, cafe, canal, canals, cathedral, floating-garden, fountain, garden, gardens, home movie, home movies, horses, market, marketplace, matador, matadors, Mexico, Mexico-City, river, ruins, soldiers, street-acrobats, street-market, street-performers, TFC, train, train-station

Captured in this home movie from the Hunt Family Collection is a trip to Mexico City, highlights of which include the Diego Rivera home, the floating gardens of Xochimilco, and a bullfight.

The Murphy Family Collection – Christmas Celebration

By hmregistryMarch 9, 2015Texas Archive Of The Moving Image, The Murphy Family Collectionbaby, ball gown, banquet, bicycle, bike, candle, cat, celebration, children, Christmas, decorations, dog, dress, drink, eat, family, fireplace, gifts, globe, gown, home movie, meeting, microphone, ornaments, pajamas, presents, stocking, stockings, tea set, TFC, toys, train, tree, X-mas, Xmas

This home movie from the Murphy Family Collection captures scenes of the family celebrating Christmas in a festively decorated home. They open presents, eat, drink, and laugh with each other in front of a lovely Christmas tree. A baby takes some of his first steps, a boy gets loving kisses from his dog, and a

The John and Alois Morkovsky Collection, no. 20 – Fringes of the Vatican II Council, 1964

By hmregistryMarch 9, 2015Texas Archive Of The Moving Image, The John and Alois Morkovsky CollectionArco di Tito, art, bishop, Casa de Livia, cathedral, cathedrals, church, churches, fresco, frescoes, home movie, home movies, Italy, monsignor, mosaic, mosaic floor, mountains, Orvieto, Palestrina, Pozzo di S Ptrizio, priest, priests, religious-art, Rome, ruins, sculpture, sheep, stained glass, stained glass windows, statues, TFC, the Coliseum, The Pomerium, Tombe Etrusche, train, Via di S Angelo

Bishop John Morkovsky attended the Second Vatican Council in Rome in 1964. This home movie from a reel labeled “Fringes of the Vatican II Council” captures the site-seeing he did while in Europe for the meeting.

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 Orris D. Brown Collection, no. 6 – Houston, Henderson, and FDR (1936)

By hmregistryMarch 9, 2015Texas Archive Of The Moving Image, The Orris D. Brown Collection"Stars Fell on Alabama", 1930s, 1936, accident, acknowledge, acknowledgment, acknowledgments, amateur film, Anna Eleanor Roosevelt, attendance, baseball, bridge, Buffalo Stadium, church, Clara Mae Brown, contribute, contributed, contribution, convoy, corps, Darcas Class, diesel, drill, drilling, Eleanor Roosevelt, electric, elephant, F.D.R., family, FDR, field, fields, fireworks, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Franklin Roosevelt, Green Bayou Wetlands, Greens Bayou, Harris County, Heights, Henderson, high bridge, home movie, home movies, Houston, Houston Heights, Houston Railway Post Office, Illinois Central, Illinois Central Railroad, intertitle, intertitles, Jesse H. Jones, Jesse Jones, June 1936, locomotive, Methodist, military, navy, neighborhood, news, newsreel, North Side, North Side Methodist Church, Northline, Northside, officer, officers, oil, Orris Brown, Orris D. Brown, Palooka Town, parade, pastor, picture, pictures, police, Pompeii, President, President of the United States of America, program, pump, pumps, rail, railroad, railway, Railway Post Office, reel, relative, relatives, religion, religious, Rev. G.Z. Sadler, Reverend G.Z. Sadler, rig, role, roles, Rusk County, sailor, sailors, Southern Pacific, Southern Pacific Railroad, Southern Pacific Transportation Company, sponsor, sponsored, sponsors, star, starring, station, stop motion animation, streamlined, Sunday School, thank, thank you, thanks, the Heights, track, tracks, train, TX, U.S. Navy, U.S.A., United States, United States Mail, United States Navy, United States of America, United States Postal Service, USA, W.M. Thomas, well, wells, worker, workers, wreck

This reel from the Orris D. Brown Collection contains footage from a number of events. The first part includes examples of early film credit techniques, footage of a then-modern, diesel electric streamlined train at Houston’s Railway Post Office, fireworks over Houston’s Buffalo Stadium, and scenes of Clara Mae Brown, Orris D. Brown’s mother, visiting family

The Baylor Family Collection, no. 1 – Barnum & Bailey Circus, 1948

By hmregistryMarch 9, 2015Texas Archive Of The Moving Image, The Baylor Family CollectionAustin, Barnum & Bailey, Barnum and Bailey, big top, circus, donkey, donkeys, elephant, elephants, home movie, horse, horseback-riding, horses, miniature horse, polar bear, polar bears, pony, Ringling Bros, Ringling Brothers, tent, tents, TFC, tiger, tigers, train, trains, Travis County

This home movie, from the collection of Austin’s John Baylor family, captures the assembly of the of the Ringling Bros. & Barnum & Bailey Circus Combined Show site in Austin. A number of circus animals are shown while the big top is being constructed, including elephants, tigers, polar bears, miniature ponies, and donkeys.

The Richard Eisenhour Collection, no. 7 – San Antonio (c. 1960)

By hmregistryMarch 9, 2015Texas Archive Of The Moving Image, The Richard Eisenhour CollectionAlamo National Building, amusement, beer, Bexar-County, Bowen Island Skyscrapers, Brackenridge-Park, brewery, child, children, daughter, distribution, drive, driver, driving, family, granddaughter, grandmother, home movie, home movies, kid, kids, maneuver, maneuvers, mother, park, parking, Pearl, Pearl Brewery, ride, rides, San-Antonio, skyline, Smith Young Tower, TFC, toddlers, Tower Life Building, train, Transit Tower, truck, trucks, Wade R. Bedell Sr., warehouse

This home movie, filmed by San Antonio resident Wade R. Bedell, Sr., documents the city circa 1960. Footage includes the kiddie train at Brackenridge Park, the downtown skyline from a moving car, and the Pearl Brewery and distribution trucks practicing parking maneuvers. Mr. Bedell made these films to publicize his business, Bedell Trailer Company, which

The Richard Eisenhour Collection, no. 3 – Galveston (c. 1940)

By hmregistryMarch 9, 2015Texas Archive Of The Moving Image, The Richard Eisenhour Collection27th Street, Avenue N, bait, Balinese Room, band, beach, Beaumont, bicycle, bicycles, bicycling, bike, bikes, biking, Buccaneer Hotel, campfire, carousel, Chicago, child, children, chores, clown, club, course, dog, drive, drum major, Eugene Field, Eugene Field Memorial, family, fish, fishing, flag, flags, float, floats, football, Galveston, Galveston-County, game, golf, harbor, Henderson, home, home movie, home movies, hot dogs, instruments, Jefferson County, kid, kids, Lincoln-Park, Lincoln-Park-Zoo, March, marching, marching band, monument, Murdoch's Bathhouse, Nicholas J. Clayton, Panola County, parade, park, parochial school, pet, pier, piers, pitch and putt, player, players, Public School Stadium, range, ride, rides, Rusk County, sand sled, Seawall Blvd., Seawall-Boulevard, ship, ship-channel, ships, shrimp, sledding, South Park High School, stadium, Sui Jen, surf, swim, swimming, Tatum, team, TFC, train, twirl, twirling, Ursuline Academy, yard, zoo

This home movie, filmed by an unknown Galveston family, documents a number of Galveston’s historic sites. Included with scenes of the family is footage of Seawall Boulevard, the Buccaneer Hotel, Murdoch’s Bathhouse, Sui Jen (later the Balinese Room), the Galveston Ship Channel, Public School Stadium, Ursuline Academy, and a parade on Seawall Boulevard where Beaumont’s

The Fred Napp Collection, no. 1 – The Little D Jamboree

By hmregistryMarch 9, 2015Texas Archive Of The Moving Image, The Fred Napp Collection1950s, ARK LA GAS, band, bands, Bowie, Bowie County, boy, boys, car, cars, cart, carts, child, children, conductor, conductors, cowboy hat, cowboy hats, cowgirl, cowgirls, De Kalb, DeKalb, donkey, donkeys, down town, downtown, feed, feeds, festive, festivities, festivity, float, floats, forest service, girl, girls, hat, hats, Highway Patrol, Highway Patrolman, Highway Patrolmen, home movie, home movies, horse, horses, jamboree, jamborees, kid, kids, Little D Jamboree, man, men, parade, parades, Runnels, Runnels St, Runnels Street, Shur Rain, Texas, Texas Forest Service, TFC, TFS, train, trains, truck, trucks, TX, watermelon, watermelon feed, watermelons, woman, women

This home movie from the mid-1950s captures scenes from the

The Grimes Family Films – Puppies! (1956-1957)

By hmregistryMarch 9, 2015Texas Archive Of The Moving Image, The Grimes Family Films1950s, Austin, autumn, baby, backyard, bicycle, birthday, boy, brother, carriage, celebration, child, children, Christmas, clown, dog, doll, fall, gift, home, home movie, hose, house, jump, leaf, leaves, party, picnic-table, playing, pool, present, puppy, raking, sister, sprinkler, stroller, swimming, swing, swing-set, tent, TFC, toy, train, Travis County, tree, waving, X-mas, Xmas

This home movie from the Grimes Family Films captures scenes of a birthday celebration and two Christmas mornings. It also shows the young Grimes daughter playing with small puppies, and the brother and sister playing together in a backyard pool.