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[The Hennen Family Films, No. 16 - Easter in Denton, Texas, 1978]
This home movie documents the Hennen family celebrating Easter in Denton, Texas. Footage includes a child hunting Easter eggs and family socializing in a front yard.
Date:
1978
Creator:
Hennen, Lowell & Hennen, Belva
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Hill Family Films, No. 7 - Air Shows]
This home movie documents the Roy E. Hill family attending the National Model Airplane Championship at the Naval Air Station in Dallas, Texas in 1956 and an Air Show of full sized air craft at Hensley Field (later Naval Air Station Dallas and Grand Prairie Armed Forces Reserve Complex) on May 22, 1955.
Date:
1955/1956
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]
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
[Cochran Family Films, No. 14 - Holidays and Community Events]
This home movie documents the daily lives and activities of the Cochran family including the family spending time at their boat house (00:00-01:56), a trip to Aquarena Springs in San Marcos, Texas (01:56-3:50), a visit to the San Antonio Zoo (04:21-8:42) and Battleship Texas (08:42-10:29), the family playing on the beach (10:29-11:32), and a trip to LBJ Ranch and Johnson City (11:32-12:30). The family observes the annual homecoming parade in Throckmorton, Texas on October 10, 1964 including floats, beauty queens, horseback riders, and a car carrying the campaign slogan "Goldwater '64. Bread and Water '65" (12:30-14:40) Footage also includes family members leaving an unidentified home (14:40-15:05), boys climbing on a cannon and Mrs. Cochran with Cheryl at unidentified locations (15:05-15:38),an unidentified woman painting on canvases (15:38-16:14), the family watching a historic reenactment from a train (16:14-17:03), and family members at an unidentified location (17:03-19:00). The film concludes with a parade in Throckmorton with a marching band and drill team, story book themed floats, and horseback riders (19:00-20:31) and a youth rodeo (20:31-22:57)
Date:
[1964..1965]
Creator:
Cochran, Jay
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[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
[Nomai Family Video No. 7 - Denton County 170th Anniversary Celebration]
This home movie documents the Denton County 170th Anniversary Celebration in Denton, Texas. The movie begins with footage of a historic fire truck and Laura Treat eating breakfast on the courthouse lawn. Event chairperson Georgiana McCoig, in period costume, welcomes attendees. Precinct 3 County Commissioner Bobbie J. Mitchell leads a prayer followed by speeches by County Judge Mary Horn and Mayor Chris Watts and Shaun Treat in the role of John B. Denton. Rose Taylor of Texas Woman's University (TWU) sings the spiritual "Steal Away." A historical marker is unveiled for Edna W. Trigg, Denton County school children sing "Happy Birthday" to Denton County, and McCoig, Mitchell, and Horn cut birthday cake on the courthouse lawn.
Date:
April 16, 2016
Creator:
Nomai, Afsheen
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Cordina Family Films, No. 2 - At Home with the Cordina Family]
This home movie documents the daily lives and activities of the Cordina family including footage of children riding a bicycle in the street of their residential neighborhood and a tractor in front of an empty field at sunset.
Date:
1976?
Creator:
Cordina, Joe
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Cordina Family Films, No. 1 - United States Air Force Fighter Jets]
This home movie documents the take-off, flight, and landing of United States Air Force (USAF) T-38 fighter jets during flight training at the Laredo Air Force Base near Laredo, Texas. Footage is shot from both the ground and air. Also included is footage of the cockpit of a jet.
Date:
November 1971
Creator:
Cordina, Joe
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Cordina Family Films, No. 17 - Kathryn's Track Meet]
This home movie documents Kathryn Cordina competing in a track and field meet in Richardson, Texas and children posing with fish.
Date:
June 1984
Creator:
Cordina, Joe
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[ Cordina Family Films, No. 13 - Plano Hot Air Balloon Festival]
This home movie documents the Cordina family at a hot air balloon festival in Plano, Texas. Footage includes the family watching balloons rise and land including an American Airlines balloon at the end of the film. Footage in the first portion of the film is very dark.
Date:
October 1983
Creator:
Cordina, Joe
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Cordina Family Films, No. 12 - Kathryn Cordina Plays Soccer]
This home movie documents Kathryn Cordina playing soccer and boys playing volleyball.
Date:
1983?
Creator:
Cordina, Joe
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Cordina Family Films, No. 8 - Model Rocket Launch]
This home movie documents the Cordina children launching a model rocket and preparing for a Miles of Smiles bicycle race. The children ride their bicycles and tricycle in the parking lot of the Sanger Harris Department store in Highland Park Village.
Date:
April 1981
Creator:
Cordina, Joe
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Cordina Family Films, No. 6 - Swimming]
This home movie documents members of the Cordina family at a public swimming pool. The film begins with a small child playing with a soccer ball at home.
Date:
1980?
Creator:
Cordina, Joe
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Cordina Family Films, No. 7 - Kathryn Cordina Plays Soccer]
This home movie documents Kathryn Cordina playing soccer. She poses for photographs with a soccer ball and with her team, plays in a soccer game, and eats oranges on the sideline.
Date:
1981?
Creator:
Cordina, Joe
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Cordina Family Films, No. 10 - Water Skiing]
This home movie documents the Cordina family water skiing. The item label indicates that they may be at the Cedar Creek Reservoir.
Date:
1982
Creator:
Cordina, Joe
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Cordina Family Films, No. 9 - Miles of Smiles Bicycle Race]
This home movie documents the Cordina family participating in a Miles of Smiles bicycle competition. Ronald McDonald signals the start of the race. Cyclists ride through neighborhood streets, a band plays, and children pose with trophies. Much of the film is poorly lit making the image difficult to see and there is no image from 01:29-01:50.
Date:
April 1981
Creator:
Cordina, Joe
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Cordina Family Films, No. 11 - Kathryn Cordina Plays Soccer]
This home movie documents Kathryn Cordina playing soccer. Her family watches from the sidelines, Kathryn does cartwheels, and her brother does tricks with the soccer ball.
Date:
1982
Creator:
Cordina, Joe
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Cordina Family Films, No. 3 - Youth Soccer Game]
This home movie documents a member of the Cordina family playing soccer.
Date:
1977?
Creator:
Cordina, Joe
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Cordina Family Films, No. 4 - Youth Soccer Game]
This home movie documents a member of the Cordina family playing soccer. The film ends with the Cordina children playing in a backyard, doing head stands, and swinging on a swing set.
Date:
1978?
Creator:
Cordina, Joe
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Cordina Family Films, No. 5 - Youth Soccer Game]
This home movie documents a member of the Cordina family playing soccer and includes footage from the sidelines.
Date:
1978?
Creator:
Cordina, Joe
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Cordina Family Films, No. 15 - Water Skiing]
This home movie documents the Cordina family water skiing and wake boarding on what appears to be Lavon Lake in Collin County, Texas.
Date:
1983?
Creator:
Cordina, Joe
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Behind the Scenes of "North Texas Now" (1974) - Jansen M. Pierce and unidentified boy with cat]
Photograph of the filming of an unidentified scene for the promotional film, "North Texas Now" (1974). This photograph documents from left to right, Jansen M. Pierce with a 16 mm motion picture film camera and an unidentified boy laying on a lawn holding a cat.
Date:
1974~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Behind the Scenes of "TEXAS BOUND: The County Records Inventory Project" (1975) - Unidentified Scene]
Photograph of the filming of the promotional film, “TEXAS BOUND: The County Records Inventory Project” (1975). This photograph documents a group of people in a room. From left to right, in the foreground, is an unidentified man with a motion picture film camera and director Henry Kaplan seated at a table.
Date:
1975~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Behind the Scenes of "North Texas Now" (1974) - Theatre Scene]
Photograph of the production of a promotional film, "North Texas Now" (1974). The photograph shows students, including a member of the production team, moving chairs on a theater stage.
Date:
1974~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History