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[Home Movie: Pilot Point High School v. Tom Bean High School]
This home movie documents a high school football game between the Pilot Point Bearcats and Tom Bean High School. Tom Bean is the home team. The last shot of the score board and the label on the case indicate that Pilot Point won the game 49 to 12.
Date:
November 13, 1987
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[The Keith Family Films, No. 21 - At Home with the Keith Family]
This home movie documents the Keith family's daily lives and activities including being at home with two young daughters. Footage includes the two girls playing with toys in a front yard and a family gathering where the oldest child is given the gift of a toy ironing board.
Date:
197X
Creator:
Keith, George
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[The Hennen Family Films, No. 23 - Justin F. Kimball High School Track and Field]
This home movie documents the activities and daily lives of the Hennen family including a track and field event (00:00-02:50) . Footage also includes small children at home and a baby being pulled in a wagon (02:50-04:27).
Date:
1961
Creator:
Hennen, Lowell & Hennen, Belva
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Riley Family Films, No. 7 - Vacations, 1953-1954]
This home movie documents the activities of the Sam Riley family while on vacation in unidentified locations. The film begins with footage of the family at a resort where they swim in the ocean and socialize on the beach. The Riley family watches with a crowd of locals as a woman and young girl escorted by police are photographed entering a Catholic church (07:59-08:25). The family later attends a horse race (12:34-14:17).
Date:
1953/1954
Creator:
Riley, Sam
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[The Fisher Family Collection, No. 16, Easter Celebration, 1963]
This home movie documents the Fisher family celebrating Easter. Children hunt Easter eggs and the family eats outdoors.
Date:
April 14, 1963
Creator:
Fisher, Jerald
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[The John Covington Family Films, No. 8 - Carmen's Fifth Birthday]
This home movie documents the daily lives and activities of the Covington family including Carmen's fifth birthday party. Footage includes a birthday cake, children playing on a swing set, and young girls spinning and dancing and pulling each other in a wagon. Portions of this film were shot in fast and slow motion.
Date:
April 1981
Creator:
Covington, John
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Cochran Family Films, No. 18 - Fishing with the Cochran Family]
This home movie documents members of the Cochran family fishing and a snow covered mountain landscape.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Cochran, Jay
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[The Fisher Family Collection, No. 20 - Birthday and Hunting]
This home movie documents the daily lives and activities of the Fisher family including a seventh birthday party and hunting. Footage includes people posing with dead deer.
Date:
1956
Creator:
Fisher, Jerald
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Smith Family Films, No. 10 - Family Vacation]
This home movie documents a family's vacation to an unidentified location and includes footage of the family around a campfire, fishing, and landscape. There is no image until 02:07.
Date:
1972
Creator:
Smith, Cordell & Smith, Elizabeth
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Peter Pauls Stewart Family Films, No. 2 - Family Life]
This home movie documents the daily lives and activities of Peter Pauls Stewart and Elizabeth May Exall Stewart with their oldest daughter Elizabeth Stewart Wally in Dallas, Texas. Because of damage to the film, only this brief excerpt was able to be digitized. Footage includes Peter and Elizabeth and unidentified family members posing with young Elizabeth on the hood of a car and also in front of an unidentified home.
Date:
1946
Creator:
Stewart, Peter Pauls
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[The Fisher Family Collection, No. 6 - The Fisher Family in Mexico, Part 3]
This home movie documents the Fisher family's vacation to Mexico. The majority of the footage is under-exposed. Shots include a movie theater marquee announcing Vittorio de Sica in "Responsabilidad Limitada" and family visiting pyramids or ruins.
Date:
July 19, 1959
Creator:
Fisher, Jerald
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[The Fisher Family Collection, No. 15 - Vacation in Corpus Christi, Texas]
This home movie documents the Fisher family's vacation to Corpus Christi. Footage of a swimming pool, ocean, and skyline are underexposed.
Date:
196X
Creator:
Fisher, Jerald
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Ray Family Films, No. 1 - Christmas 1977]
This home movie documents the daily lives and activities of the Ray family including a Christmas celebration(00:00-01:43), children playing in their backyard (01:43-02:15), and children playing in the snow (02:15-03:44).
Date:
December 1977
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[The Hennen Family Films, No. 24 - Easter 1961]
This home movie documents theHennen family celebrating Easter. The family poses for the camera in the front yard and hunts Easter eggs.
Date:
1961
Creator:
Hennen, Lowell & Hennen, Belva
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[The Keith Family Films, No. 14 - Christmas Celebration]
This home movie documents the Keith family's daily lives and activities including a Christmas celebration with two young daughters. Footage includes the children discovering and playing with presents under the tree and a car parked in a driveway.
Date:
197X
Creator:
Keith, George
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Nelson Family Films, No. 6 - At Home with the Nelson Children]
This home movie documents the daily lives and activities of the Nelson family including footage of young David and Suzanne playing outdoors. David plays with a water hose and wagon in a garden and pretends to smoke a pipe and drive a car. Suzanne plays outdoors and runs around wearing a bucket on her head.
Date:
195X
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Smith Family Films, No. 29 - Camping in Colorado]
This home movie documents the daily lives and activities of a family including a camping trip in Colorado with footage of feeding chipmunks and birds, gathering wood, and hiking.
Date:
197X
Creator:
Smith, Cordell & Smith, Elizabeth
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[The Keith Family Films, No. 8 - Christmas 1974]
This home movie documents the Keith family's daily lives and activities including a Christmas celebration with two young daughters. Footage includes women in the kitchen with pastries on the table, children eating large peppermint sticks, and family members opening presents.
Date:
December 25, 1974
Creator:
Keith, George
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[The Fisher Family Collection, No. 14 - Easter Celebration, 1963]
This home movie documents the Fisher family celebrating Easter. The family poses for the camera and hunts Easter eggs.
Date:
April 14, 1963
Creator:
Fisher, Jerald
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[The Keith Family Films, No. 1 - At Home with the Keith Family]
This home movie documents the Keith family's daily lives and activities including being at home with two young daughters. The oldest child plays with a water hose.
Date:
July 1970
Creator:
Keith, George
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Hill Family Films, No. 8 - Life with the Hill Family, 1955-1956]
This home movie documents the daily lives and activities of the Roy E. Hill family in 1955-1956. The film begins with no visible image (00:00-00:24) and a visit from a couple and their daughter (00:24-00:40). A title card reads "The Big Deer Hunt" "Nov. 55" (00:40) and is followed by footage of men at a campsite shooting, posing with rifles, chopping wood, eating, and a bloody foot (03:50-04:13). A title card reads "Dam Tuttle" (04:13) and is followed by footage of a man walking into a house, other houses, and bird (04:13-04:37). A title card includes a calendar page for "December 25" and "1955" and is followed by footage of the Hill family celebrating Christmas. Much of this footage is underexposed and an image is difficult to see (04:37-14:40). A title card reads "Snow Jan. 18, 1956" and is followed by footage of a snow-covered neighborhood, a snowman, and children playing in the snow (14:40-16:45). This segment is followed by a series of title cards--"The End" (16:45), "R.E. Hill Presents," (16:47) and "A Family Fun Feature" (16:49)--and concludes with footage of the Hills feeding ducks, fishing, and boating(16:49-21:15).
Date:
1955/1956
Creator:
Hill, Roy E.
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[The Hennen Family Films, No. 18 - Forest Park Amusement Park]
This home movie documents the Hennen family outdoors and at the Forest Park Amusement Park in Fort Worth. Children ride amusement park rides including a carousel. The majority of this footage is underexposed with little visible image.
Date:
195X
Creator:
Hennen, Lowell & Hennen, Belva
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Ray Family Films, No. 12 - New Mexico Vacation]
This home movie documents the Ray family on vacation in New Mexico. Footage includes landscape and members of the family playing in the snow.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Nomai Family Video No. 4 - The 2015 State Fair of Texas]
This home movie documents Afsheen Nomai and Laura Treat's trip to the 2015 State Fair of Texas at Fair Park in Dallas, Texas. The movie begins with Nomai and Treat entering the fairgrounds behind the midway and continues with a visit to exhibit halls and livestock competitions. Footage includes chickens at the poultry show, the 2015 (ETBA) East Texas Beekeepers Association Honey Queen, The Original World Famous Redwood Log House, dancers performing in front of the Hall of State, Big Tex, a butter sculpture, a live musical performance by the Light Crust Doughboys on the Dr. Pepper stage, a horseback riding or equestrian performance, a music history exhibit, dancers clogging in front of the Hall of State, and the interior of The Cotton Bowl. The movie concludes with a walk through the Midway and the fairgrounds and shots of the Dallas skyline from the Texas Star Ferris Wheel.
Date:
October 17, 2015
Creator:
Nomai, Afsheen & Treat, Laura
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History