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Hong Kong and Japan

Three silent amateur film segments of Hong Kong and Japan, filmed by Dennis Askey. Identifiable locations include Tai Po Kau Park in Hong Kong, and the Fujita Grill and Tea Room in Japan. The film stock was produced in 1960 and processed in May of 1961.
Date: 1960/1961
Creator: Askey, Dennis
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Cochran Family Films, No. 4 - Holidays and Vacations, 1960] captions transcript

[Cochran Family Films, No. 4 - Holidays and Vacations, 1960]

This home movie documents the daily lives and activities of the Cochran Family including vacations and holidays. The film begins with the family fishing and boating (00:00-03:44), playing in the snow (03:44-03:52), feeding fish in a pond and riding ponies (03:52-05:55), and a family gathering (05:55-07:27). The family takes a trip to Central Texas with footage of the Texas State Capitol Building in Austin, The Aquarena Submarine Theatre at Aquarena Springs in San Marcos, The Golden Eagle Bar, and the San Marcos Wonder Cave (07:27-13:21). The family then goes on vacation in a coastal location with swimming and boating (13:21-15:21), children celebrate a birthday and ride amusement park rides at a small carnival (15:22-17:10), play in the snow (17:10-18:57), and poses in their Easter clothing (18:57-19:11). The family then goes on vacation with footage of the children riding a horse-drawn carriage and a donkey at the Alamo Village in Bracketville, a trip to a Mexico border town, the Rio Grande River, ruins, and desert landscape (19:11-25:29). The film concludes with the Cochran family celebrating Christmas (25:29-29:28).
Date: 1960
Creator: Cochran, Jay
System: The Portal to Texas History
[The Billy S. Cooper Collection, No. 2 - Wilson Family Reunion] captions transcript

[The Billy S. Cooper Collection, No. 2 - Wilson Family Reunion]

This home movie documents the Wilson Family Reunion in Loraine, Texas.
Date: 1960
Creator: Cooper, Randy & Cooper, Billy S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[The Fisher Family Collection, No. 10 - Horseback Riding] captions transcript

[The Fisher Family Collection, No. 10 - Horseback Riding]

This home movie documents the daily lives and activities of the Fisher family including a family vacation. The film begins with children jumping on trampolines with a car exhibit and sign that reads "The Car of Yesterday" in the background. The film continues with family members riding horses, possibly in Colorado.
Date: 1960?
Creator: Fisher, Jerald
System: The Portal to Texas History
[The Fisher Family Collection, No. 11 - Cheryl's Fourth Birthday and Hunting in Colorado] captions transcript

[The Fisher Family Collection, No. 11 - Cheryl's Fourth Birthday and Hunting in Colorado]

This home movie documents the daily lives and activities of the Fisher family including Cheryl’s fourth birthday and a Colorado hunting trip. Footage of Colorado landscape is largely underexposed.
Date: October 1960
Creator: Fisher, Jerald
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Clip: Oil conference] captions transcript

[News Clip: Oil conference]

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: December 5, 1960, 5:00 p.m.
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Rodeo] captions transcript

[News Clip: Rodeo]

B-roll video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about a rodeo.
Date: October 2, 1960
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Riley Family Films, No. 14 - West Coast Vacation, 1960] captions transcript

[Riley Family Films, No. 14 - West Coast Vacation, 1960]

This home movie documents the daily lives and activities of the Sam Riley family on their vacation to the West Coast of the United States. The film begins with the family in Arizona where they visit the Grand Canyon, hike, ride horses, and watch Native Americans perform for tourists. They then visit Yosemite National Park and observe the Grizzly Giant sequoia tree in the Mariposa Grove and waterfalls from the Yosemite Valley. They next travel to Oregon where they visit the capitol building in Salem and pose with totem poles. The film ends with the family traveling to Orcas Island on the coast of Washington state.
Date: 1960
Creator: Riley, Sam
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Riley Family Films, No. 15 - West Coast Vacation, 1960] captions transcript

[Riley Family Films, No. 15 - West Coast Vacation, 1960]

This home movie documents the activities of the Sam Riley family on their vacation to the West Coast of the United States. The film begins with the family at the Grand Coulee Dam in Washington state and continues with them crossing the border into Canada. The family then travels to Yellowstone National Park where they observe moose, bison, bears, and Old Faithful. They then visit the state capitol building in Denver, Colorado and photograph Native Americans at a tourist stop.
Date: 1960
Creator: Riley, Sam
System: The Portal to Texas History
[The Sid Smith Collection, No. 1  -  Pizza restaurants] captions transcript

[The Sid Smith Collection, No. 1 - Pizza restaurants]

This film appears to be outtakes or raw footage for a film about pizza restaurants in the Fort Worth area of Texas. The film includes footage of people eating pizza in a restaurant, a chef preparing pizza, exteriors of pizza and Italian restaurants, a young boy rolling pizza dough, Colombo's frozen pizza sold at Worth Food Markets, the cover of the album "Song for Pizza Lovers" by Lou Monte, and a young couple sharing a kiss after eating pizza.
Date: 1960~
Creator: Smith, Sid
System: The Portal to Texas History
[The Sid Smith Collection, No. 2 - Pizza restaurants] captions transcript

[The Sid Smith Collection, No. 2 - Pizza restaurants]

This film appears to be outtakes or raw footage for a film about pizza restaurants in the Fort Worth area of Texas. In this footage a young couple is served pizza and kiss after eating.
Date: 1960~
Creator: Smith, Sid
System: The Portal to Texas History
[The Sid Smith Collection, No. 7 - Mechanic J. Jones] captions transcript

[The Sid Smith Collection, No. 7 - Mechanic J. Jones]

This film documents a brief interview with Johnny Jones of Irving, Texas who is a mechanic stationed with the 24th Ordnance Company in Fort Richardson, Alaska.
Date: 1960~
Creator: Smith, Sid
System: The Portal to Texas History
[The Peter Pauls Stewart Family Films, No. 20 - Holidays] captions transcript

[The Peter Pauls Stewart Family Films, No. 20 - Holidays]

This home movie documents the daily lives and activities of the Peter Pauls Stewart family including the family celebrating Christmas, a birthday party with a group of young girls playing dress-up in formal dresses and eating cupcakes, and the Stewart children playing in the snow.
Date: 1960/1961
Creator: Stewart, Peter Pauls
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Searchers captions transcript

The Searchers

“For almost 100 years,” this 1960s promotional film for Texas Christian University states, “this university has been growing—in buildings, scholarships, modern equipment, and, more important, in its commitment to help those who come here in search of understanding.” To explain how the university supports “the searchers,” the film sits down with three current students who share the many reasons why they find TCU great, from seminar-style classes to extracurricular activities to a sense of community.
Date: 1960~/1969~
Creator: Texas Christian University
System: The Portal to Texas History
Construction of flood control dams in the upper reaches of the Salt Creek Watershed project in Pottawatomie County captions transcript

Construction of flood control dams in the upper reaches of the Salt Creek Watershed project in Pottawatomie County

This is a film that was produced in 1960 by the USDA Soil Conservation Service (now named the Natural Resources Conservation Service). The 20-minute film shows the construction of flood control dams in the upper reaches of the Salt Creek Watershed project in Pottawatomie County. The dams are located approximately 15 miles northwest of Konawa, Oklahoma. The dams were constructed by the Konawa and Shawnee Conservation Districts with assistance from the USDA Small Watershed Program (Public Law 566).
Date: 1960
Creator: United States. Soil Conservation Service.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[News Clip: Accident news brief] captions transcript

[News Clip: Accident news brief]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Ruth Hardy, who was taken to the hospital after her car was struck by an object and broke the glass. Her face and eyes were struck by the glass splinters from her car, but she is in good condition.
Date: February 22, 1960
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Arlington State College] captions transcript

[News Clip: Arlington State College]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Arlington State College celebrating its inauguration of its new president, Dr. Jack R. Woolf.
Date: February 27, 1960
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Attlee] captions transcript

[News Clip: Attlee]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about former Prime Minister of Great Britain, Earl Clement Attlee, visiting Fort Worth.
Date: February 22, 1960
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Avery] captions transcript

[News Clip: Avery]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about J.A. Avery being on trial for robbery.
Date: February 23, 1960
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Avery] captions transcript

[News Clip: Avery]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about J.A. Avery facing nine charges on top of sentences from the previous day.
Date: February 25, 1960
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Avery] captions transcript

[News Clip: Avery]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: February 26, 1960
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Avery] captions transcript

[News Clip: Avery]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about J.A. Avery being found guilty of armed robbery.
Date: February 24, 1960
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Barn burns] captions transcript

[News Clip: Barn burns]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about A. L. Miner's barn bursting into flames, killing animals and damaging machinery still inside.
Date: February 25, 1960
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Beatnik rally] captions transcript

[News Clip: Beatnik rally]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a political rally taking place at the Burkbunett Park in Fort Worth.
Date: February 24, 1960
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library