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[The Tincher Family Collection, No. 5 - Music Festivals and Travel] captions transcript

[The Tincher Family Collection, No. 5 - Music Festivals and Travel]

This home movie documents John Tincher and friends traveling, attending music festivals, making short-films, and spending time in Dallas. The film begins with Tincher and friends traveling to Indiana and Missouri, with footage of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, the Gateway Arch, and an American Airlines airplane. The film continues with the friends at a home near Tyler Street in Dallas, Texas with fast motion photography and footage of KRLD buses (2 min., 36 sec). the film continues with the Vietnam Moratorium Day at Winfrey Point on White Rock Lake on October 15, 1969 (4 min., 34 sec.). Footage includes protest signs and performances by unidentified rock bands (05 min., 50 sec.) and the Velvet Underground (8 min., 7 sec.). Musician Sue Morris appears as a singer at 6 min., 28 seconds.The film continues with footage of a B. F. Goodrich Store truck on fire in Oak Cliff (10 min., 34 sec.) and a jazz performance at El Centro College (13 min., 27 sec.). Tincher and friend then create an experimental short film (14 min., 29 sec.). While driving in an unidentified location, Tincher and friends shoot footage of the road and businesses including the White Owl Cafe, the Red Door, …
Date: 1969-10-15/1970
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Sammonds Family Films, No. 1 - Vacations and Family Gatherings, 1969-1971] captions transcript

[Sammonds Family Films, No. 1 - Vacations and Family Gatherings, 1969-1971]

This home movie documents the daily lives and activities of the Sammonds family including vacations and family gatherings. The film begins with footage of the United States Airforce (USAF) academy. The film includes footage of a family gathering in Baton Rouge, Louisiana with family gathered outdoors playing Frisbee, and catch, and a shot of the Ronnie Sammonds TV repair service van. The film continues with man and a woman flying a kite, observing an unidentified monument, and joking around for the camera. A group of young men and women walk down the street of an unidentified city and pose for the camera. Family members then travel to the Royal Gorge in Colorado and view the bridge from a scenic overlook. The Sammonds family participates in an outdoor family reunion at an unidentified park. On a road trip, the Sammonds shoot footage from the side of the road and from a moving car including the Gateway Arch of St. Louis, Missouri. The film continues with footage of camping in a snow-covered area, wading in water, and visiting a zoo. A trip to San Francisco includesthe Golden Gate Bridge, a trolley car, and Union Square. They next drive through Seattle, Washington into …
Date: 1969-05/1971-05
Creator: Sammonds, Ron, Jr.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[The Blaine Dunlap Collection - Sharkskin: A regurgitation] captions transcript

[The Blaine Dunlap Collection - Sharkskin: A regurgitation]

This short film begins with fast motion storm clouds over a neighborhood and includes footage of animals, a man smoking Marijuana, images related to the Vietnam War, and a seated man smoking and reading a magazine. Much of this footage is underexposed.
Date: 1969~
Creator: Dunlap, Blaine
System: The Portal to Texas History
[The Blaine Dunlap Collection - The Saga of Jeff McSnee] captions transcript

[The Blaine Dunlap Collection - The Saga of Jeff McSnee]

This film includes footage of the short film, "The Saga of Jeff McSnee," starring Michael Gardner, James Dunlap, Jeff Dunlap as Jeff McSnee, and Doug Dunlap as The Chief.
Date: 1969~
Creator: Dunlap, Blaine
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Smith Family Films, No. 25 - Camping and Family Life] captions transcript

[Smith Family Films, No. 25 - Camping and Family Life]

This home movie documents the daily lives and activities of a family including a Colorado camping trip with footage of fishing, horseback riding, chopping wood, and saving a trapped chipmunk from a net. Also included is footage of Barney in his high school marching band uniform and kittens.
Date: 1969
Creator: Smith, Cordell & Smith, Elizabeth
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Clip: Miss Tri-Lakes Margot Campbell on KYTV News] captions transcript

[News Clip: Miss Tri-Lakes Margot Campbell on KYTV News]

In this news clip, Miss Tri-Lakes Margot Campbell is interviewed about the talent competition portion of the Miss Missouri pageant. Campbell discusses her interest in jazz dance, art, and interior design studies at Central Missouri State University, and her activities working at a summer camp.
Date: July 16, 1968
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[The Anderson Family Collection, No. 5 -Vacations] captions transcript

[The Anderson Family Collection, No. 5 -Vacations]

This home movie documents the Anderson family's travel and vacations in the Southwest region. The film begins with a trip to HemisFair' '68 and Sharon's birthday dinner. The film continues with the ruins of the Tassie Belle Blast Furnace in New Birmingham and the Mission San Francisco de los Tejas (7 min., 28 sec.) , an unidentified downtown area (11 min. 22 sec.), a Valentine's Day celebration (12 min., 14 sec.), a trip to Salado, Texas (13 min. 28 sec.) and The Alamo (17 min., 48 sec.), and concludes with a visit to historic sites in Vicksburg, Mississippi (19 min., 23 sec.).
Date: 1968/1970~
Creator: Anderson, James
System: The Portal to Texas History
[The Blaine Dunlap Collection - Jeff and Doug Dunlap at the State Fair of Texas] captions transcript

[The Blaine Dunlap Collection - Jeff and Doug Dunlap at the State Fair of Texas]

This film includes footage of Doug and Jeff observing various attractions at the State Fair of Texas including the amusement park rides at the The Midway and the Cotton Bowl and riding slides. The film concludes with cheerleaders performing gymnastics routines in fast and slow-motion on a football field and a fireworks display.
Date: 1968~
Creator: Dunlap, Blaine
System: The Portal to Texas History
[The Keith Family Films, No. 27 - A Keith Family Gathering] captions transcript

[The Keith Family Films, No. 27 - A Keith Family Gathering]

This home movie documents the Keith family's daily lives and activities and includes footage of a family gathering with people drinking, eating, socializing. Much of this footage is out of focus.
Date: 1968
Creator: Keith, George
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Smith Family Films, No. 30 - A Camping Trip] captions transcript

[Smith Family Films, No. 30 - A Camping Trip]

This home movie documents the daily lives and activities of a family including footage of a tree, cutting a tree and fishing while on a camping trip, and kittens.
Date: 1968?
Creator: Smith, Cordell & Smith, Elizabeth
System: The Portal to Texas History
[The Hennen Family Films, No. 32 - Vacations and Family Gatherings] captions transcript

[The Hennen Family Films, No. 32 - Vacations and Family Gatherings]

This home movie documents the activities and daily lives of the Hennen family including various stops and family gatherings while driving to Arizona. The footage includes a family in their backyard (00:00-02:19), an outdoor family gathering with people eating large slices of watermelon (02:19-03:29), young boys playing (03:29-05:28), fixing a flat tire on the side of the road and driving toward Donner Summit (05:28-07:31). The film continues with a woman hanging laundry (07:31-08:55), Denison Dam and Lake Texoma (08:55-09:34), a family and young children at home (09:34-10:51), Easter egg hunting (10:51-11:35), and more scenes of family and children playing at home (11:35-12:52). The family's road trip continues with a visit to Sutter's Fort (12:52-13:48), desert landscapes shot from a moving car (13:48-15:02), packages inspected at the State of California Department of Agriculture Inspection Station (15:02-15:38), neighborhood children boarding a bus and playing outdoors (15:38-18:20), a sign for the Painted Desert Inn and desert landscapes (18:20-19:39), family outdoors posing for the camera and tossing a football (19:39-21:09), entering a snow covered Flagstaff, Arizona (21:09-23:42), and more footage shot from a moving car including a sign for the "Largest Rattlesnake in the World" and a horse-drawn wagon (23:42-25:29).
Date: 1967?
Creator: Hennen, Lowell & Hennen, Belva
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Smith Family Films, No. 8 - A Trip to Lake Michigan] captions transcript

[Smith Family Films, No. 8 - A Trip to Lake Michigan]

This home movie documents a family's vacation to a lakeside cabin with children on a swing set on the beach and fishing. A boy rides a vehicle named "Struggle Buggy."
Date: 1967
Creator: Smith, Cordell & Smith, Elizabeth
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Smith Family Films, No. 9 - Children and Kittens] captions transcript

[Smith Family Films, No. 9 - Children and Kittens]

This home movie documents children playing with kittens.
Date: 1967
Creator: Smith, Cordell & Smith, Elizabeth
System: The Portal to Texas History
[The Billy S. Cooper Collection, No. 3 - Texas and Colorado Vacations] captions transcript

[The Billy S. Cooper Collection, No. 3 - Texas and Colorado Vacations]

This home movie documents the Cooper family vacationing in Texas and Colorado. The family goes on La Salle's River Ride at Six Flags Over Texas, feeds deer and observes the Seven Falls in Colorado, and travels to Corpus Christi, Texas.
Date: 1966
Creator: Cooper, Randy & Cooper, Billy S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[The Peter Pauls Stewart Family Films, No. 27 - Holidays, Vacations, and Community Events ] captions transcript

[The Peter Pauls Stewart Family Films, No. 27 - Holidays, Vacations, and Community Events ]

This home movie documents the daily lives and activities of the Peter Pauls Stewart family including Mrs. Stewart playing with their pet dog in the snow, a member of the Stewart family in an equestrian competition, a youth soccer match, a ski vacation in Idaho, a Christmas celebration, a religious event, likely a First Communion or Confirmation, and a youth baseball game. One of the teams playing baseball represents the Park Cities North Dallas YMCA.
Date: 1966/1967
Creator: Stewart, Peter Pauls
System: The Portal to Texas History
[The Peter Pauls Stewart Family Films, No. 28 - John Connally] captions transcript

[The Peter Pauls Stewart Family Films, No. 28 - John Connally]

This home movie documents Texas Governor John Connally speaking to a group of people at an unidentified event.
Date: 1966~
Creator: Stewart, Peter Pauls
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Smith Family Films, No. 7 - Family Life] captions transcript

[Smith Family Films, No. 7 - Family Life]

This home movie documents a family's daily lives and activities including boys riding bicycles, mowing a lawn, and shoveling.
Date: 1966?
Creator: Smith, Cordell & Smith, Elizabeth
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Smith Family Films, No. 17 - Prison Rodeo] captions transcript

[Smith Family Films, No. 17 - Prison Rodeo]

This home documents the daily lives and activities of a family including attendance at a prison rodeo which appears to be at the Texas State Penitentiary at Huntsville, Texas (00:00-02:27). Footage from this event includes a man singing and playing a piano, a crowded street outside of the prison, a watch tower and guards, a memorial placard that reads "State Penitentiary C.S.A." and "A memorial to Texans who served the confederacy," Barney Smith purchasing a custom printed "Wanted" poster, a display of art made by inmates, and the beginning of the rodeo with a parade. The film concludes with an outdoor family gathering near a river with food, boating, and hiking.
Date: 1966?
Creator: Smith, Cordell & Smith, Elizabeth
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Smith Family Films, No. 19 - Road trips and Family Gatherings] captions transcript

[Smith Family Films, No. 19 - Road trips and Family Gatherings]

This home movie documents the daily lives and activities of a family including a road trip and family gatherings. Footage begins with the family climbing a rock formation at an unidentified desert location, a race car at a rest stop, an outdoor family gathering in a backyard, the family at a lake, and another outdoor family gathering with people playing croquet and posing for the camera and children climbing trees.
Date: 1966?
Creator: Smith, Cordell & Smith, Elizabeth
System: The Portal to Texas History
[The Art Greenhaw Collection, No. 29 - Mesquite rodeo parade] captions transcript

[The Art Greenhaw Collection, No. 29 - Mesquite rodeo parade]

This home movie documents the 1965 Mesquite Rodeo Parade in downtown Mesquite, Texas. The footage includes Art Greenhaw playing guitar and singing with a band in the back of a truck advertising the McWhorter Greenhaw hardware store.
Date: 1965
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Smith Family Films, No. 6 - A Trip to Washington, D.C.] captions transcript

[Smith Family Films, No. 6 - A Trip to Washington, D.C.]

This home movie documents a family's trip to Washington D.C., with stops along the way to visit relatives and tourist destinations. The film begins with the family at Hawk's Nest overlook in West Virginia and children riding ponies and a train in an unidentified park. During their trip to Washington, D.C., the family observes the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, a military funeral, site of the Battle of First Manassas, Little Hogback Overlook in Shenandoah National Park, Michie's Tavern in Charlottesville, Virginia, the Marine Corps War Memorial, First Bull Run Monument, Monticello, a large unidentified church, Mehoopany, Pennsylvania, and a Hulburt/Hulbirt family cemetery with gravestones for Samuel J., Frank J. and wife Nora Spring, Harrison and wife Laura, Stephen, and Joseph S., the Blue Mountain and Kittatinny Tunnels, Fairview Park Methodist Church, and the Wabash River. The family also sunbathes, swims, launches a model rocket, and fishes at their campsites.
Date: 1965
Creator: Smith, Cordell & Smith, Elizabeth
System: The Portal to Texas History
[The Art Greenhaw Collection, No. 28 - Autumn talent show] captions transcript

[The Art Greenhaw Collection, No. 28 - Autumn talent show]

This home movie documents a fall talent show with Art Greenhaw as the emcee. The program includes musical performances by singers, guitarists and pianists as well as dance performances including a hula dancer, ballet, tap dancing, and baton twirling.
Date: October 1964
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Smith Family Films, No. 1 - Family Life] captions transcript

[Smith Family Films, No. 1 - Family Life]

This home movie documents a family's daily lives and activities including young boys climbing trees, a man posing in a graduation gown, and kittens.
Date: March 1964
Creator: Smith, Cordell & Smith, Elizabeth
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Cochran Family Films, No. 14 - Holidays and Community Events] captions transcript

[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
System: The Portal to Texas History