[Goree Family Videos, No.  23 - Road trip from Louisiana to Cleburne, Texas] captions transcript

[Goree Family Videos, No. 23 - Road trip from Louisiana to Cleburne, Texas]

This home movie excerpt documents Norman and Mary driving from Bossier City, Lousiana to Cleburne, Texas with footage including downtown Shreveport, Louisiana, the Louisiana/Texas border, Jonesville, Texas, Tyler, Texas, and the interstate.
Date: 1994-07-23/1994-07-24
Creator: Goree
Object Type: Video
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Goree Family Videos, No.  24 - Drive through Cleburne, Texas] captions transcript

[Goree Family Videos, No. 24 - Drive through Cleburne, Texas]

This home movie excerpt documents a drive through Cleburne, Texas with Norman and Mary. As Norman drives, they narrate the trip pointing out locations including the post office where Norman used to work, the Texas Theatre (not seen), the former location of the Palace Theatre, the Hopkins Building, Chaf-In Restaurant, City Hall, and Hill Street Baptist Church.
Date: July 24, 1994
Creator: Goree
Object Type: Video
System: The Portal to Texas History
[The Fisher Family Collection, No. 19 - Lake City, Colorado] captions transcript

[The Fisher Family Collection, No. 19 - Lake City, Colorado]

This home movie documents the Fisher family at home and in Lake City, Colorado. The footage includes grapes growing on a trellis, children in a front yard, and people gathered around cars.
Date: July 1963
Creator: Fisher, Jerald
Object Type: Video
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Hill Family Films, No. 6 - Vacation in Galveston] captions transcript

[Hill Family Films, No. 6 - Vacation in Galveston]

This home movie documents the Roy E. Hill family vacationing in Galveston and at Lake Texoma in the summer of 1956. The road trip begins with title cards that read "R.E. Hill Presents," "1956," "Filmed and Edited by Roy E. Hill," and "Helen, Art, and Bonita." This first segment begins with footage shot from their moving car as they pass through Houston and Texas City on their way to Galveston. Footage includes the Texas Heroes Monument, exteriors of homes, boats on the water, businesses including the Omar Khayyam Club (04:28), and docked tourists boats the "Yacht Garmencita" and "Miss Texas" (04:29). The family visits Fort Crockett (04:44), plays on the beach and in the ocean, observes boats on the water, and swims at the hotel pool. This segment concludes with the title card "The End" (11:17). In the next segment, there is a shot of the Dave Hicks Company, Inc., a woman picking up a child at the Young Texan School (12:06), a small airplane being worked on in a driveway (12:06-12:58), children riding bicycles (12:58-13:30) and family visiting the zoo (13:30-15:16). The film concludes with a family trip to Denison Dam and Lake Texoma with the family driving to …
Date: July 1956
Creator: Hill, Roy E.
Object Type: Video
System: The Portal to Texas History
[The Keith Family Films, No. 3 - At Home with the Keith Family] captions transcript

[The Keith Family Films, No. 3 - 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. This footage includes family grilling outdoors and washing dishes as well as shots of Fort Worth filmed from a moving car with the Continental National Bank (CNB) building seen.
Date: July 1970
Creator: Keith, George
Object Type: Video
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Nomai Family Video No. 2 - Fourth of July in Denton, Texas] captions transcript

[Nomai Family Video No. 2 - Fourth of July in Denton, Texas]

This home movie documents Afsheen Nomai and Laura Treat celebrating the Fourth of July in Denton, Texas. The movie begins with the Yankee Doodle Parade around the Courthouse Square. Local businesses seen as the crowd gathers include the Abbey Inn, More Fun Comics and Games, Atomic Candy, Chestnut Tree, Recycled Books and Records (Opera House), Andy's Bar, the Downtown Mini Mall, Well's Fargo bank, and McNeill's Appliances. Parade participants include Texas Isshinryu Karate Kai, Denton Institute of Phrenology Half-Fast Marching Band, Frack Free Denton, Denton Fire Department, Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 920, Denton Future Farmers of America (FFA), Beth Marie's Old Fashioned Ice Cream, Girl Scouts, Cartwright's Ranch House, North Texas Youth Football Association (NTYFA), DC Raiders, and the Cross Timbers Community Church. Following the parade, Treat and Nomai attend a community and family event at the Quakertown Park and Denton Civic Center and watch a live musical performance on the courthouse lawn. The movie ends with fireworks at Apogee Stadium.
Date: July 4, 2015
Creator: Nomai, Afsheen & Treat, Laura
Object Type: Video
System: The Portal to Texas History
[The Peter Pauls Stewart Family Films, No. 50 - Sun Study No. 2] captions transcript

[The Peter Pauls Stewart Family Films, No. 50 - Sun Study No. 2]

This home movie uses time-lapse photography to document the Thanks-Giving Chapel in Thanks-Giving Square. A handwritten title indicates that the film was shot from 6:30 a.m. until 8:00 p.m.. at 1 frame per 15 seconds. Image on film ends after 3 min., 43 sec.
Date: July 30, 1985
Creator: Stewart, Peter Pauls
Object Type: Video
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Moviegoers await entry to the Majestic Theatre]

Photograph of moviegoers awaiting entry to the Majestic Theatre in Dallas, Texas for tickets to a special preview show of the film "A Hard Day's Night." The theatre marquee advertises "The Carpetbaggers" and an additional sign advertises a special KLIF Beatle ticket preview sale. Also visible are other buildings in theatre row, including the Capri and the Tower theatres.
Date: July 23, 1964
Creator: Francis Photographers
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[The Seabass Collection, No. 1 - A family gathering] captions transcript

[The Seabass Collection, No. 1 - A family gathering]

This home video documents a family gathering. Family members play games, dance the limbo, and socialize.
Date: July 27, 1996
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Video
System: The Portal to Texas History
[The Art Greenhaw Collection, No. 19 - Art Greenhaw's second birthday] captions transcript

[The Art Greenhaw Collection, No. 19 - Art Greenhaw's second birthday]

This home movie documents the second birthday of Art Greenhaw. Art blows out the candles on his cake with the help of his mother.
Date: July 1956
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Video
System: The Portal to Texas History

[The Light Crust Doughboys Collection, No. 4 - Good Morning Texas]

Access: Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
This video documents the Light Crust Doughboys performing "Faded Love" and being interviewed about their group's history on Good Morning Texas.
Date: July 17, 1996
Creator: Good Morning Texas
Object Type: Video
System: The Portal to Texas History
[The Seabass Collection, No. 4 - A wedding celebration] captions transcript

[The Seabass Collection, No. 4 - A wedding celebration]

This home video documents a wedding reception.
Date: July 15, 1995
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Video
System: The Portal to Texas History
[The Blaine Dunlap Collection - Showdown at the Hoedown (Master Mix)] transcript

[The Blaine Dunlap Collection - Showdown at the Hoedown (Master Mix)]

This audio recording documents musicians, craftspeople, and attendees at the fourth annual Smithville Fiddlers' Jamboree in Smithville, Tennessee. The recording includes interviews and musical performances.
Date: July 1975
Creator: Dunlap, Blaine
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History