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[Gordon Knox and Gunther von Fritsch on location in New Mexico]
Gordon Knox and Gunther von Fritsch filming Son of the Conquistadors in New Mexico in 1941. Fritsch and Knox are shown standing on the roof of a car looking over a camera on a tripod. A woman is visible behind the car seated behind another tripod. "100 Years, A New Mexico Film Celebration," is written in the top right corner.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Princeton Film Center scrapbook
A scrapbook compiled by the Gordon Knox family containing materials (press releases, newspaper and journal clippings, advertisements, trade notices and other ephemera) about and related to the Princeton Film Center and Gordon Knox film productions. The items contained in the scrapbook were produced between 1941 and 1961.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Knox
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Devonian Elementary School Library: An Experiment in Quarters and Organization
This silent film, which includes intertitles, documents the activities of librarians, educators, and students using the library at Devonian Elementary School in Andrews, Texas.
Date:
1959
Creator:
The Andrews Public Schools
Object Type:
Video
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[The Fisher Family Collection, No. 17 - Hunting in Colorado and Celebrating Christmas]
This home movie documents the daily lives and activities of the Fisher family including a Colorado hunting trip and Christmas celebration. A young girl, dressed as a cowgirl in front of the Christmas tree, draws her toy gun on the cameraman (02:17) and the family opens presents.
Date:
1962-10/1962-12
Creator:
Fisher, Jerald
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Riley Family Films, No. 18 - Family Gatherings and Holidays]
This home movie documents the daily lives and activities of the Sam Riley family including an outdoor family gathering (00:00-01:49), Easter egg hunting (01:49-03:53), men and women gathered at an unidentified train station for the 1952 convention of the Southland Life Insurance Company of Dallas, Texas (03:53-05:52), and another Easter celebration (05:52-09:32).
Date:
195X
Creator:
Riley, Sam
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[The Fisher Family Collection, No. 8 - Cheryl's Birthday and Hunting in Colorado]
This home movie documents the daily lives and activities of the Fisher family including Cheryl’s birthday and a trip to Colorado. Footage of the Colorado landscape is largely underexposed.
Date:
October 1959
Creator:
Fisher, Jerald
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Peter Pauls Stewart Family Films, No. 1 - Life with Elizabeth]
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. The footage begins with Elizabeth as a baby with her mother and father and includes a title card which reads " Dallas June 1946 (04:16). The film ends with Elizabeth celebrating her third birthday in 1946 (10:18). Also included in the film is footage of two unidentified women standing in front of a home on Hurst Street (03:40-04:16).
Date:
1943/1946
Creator:
Stewart, Peter Pauls
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Nelson Family Films, No. 9 - Family Gatherings]
This home movie documents the daily lives and activities of the Nelson family and includes footage of children playing, family members posing for the camera, and a young child playing in the snow.
Date:
195X
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[The Blaine Dunlap Collection - 1970 State Fair of Texas Midway]
This short film documents scenes at the Midway of the 1970 State Fair of Texas including carnival games and food vendors.
Date:
October 1970
Creator:
Dunlap, Blaine
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Ray Family Films, No. 8 - Manor Downs Chili Cookoff]
This home movie documents the Manor Downs Chili Cook Off. Footage includes a stick pony race, "The Louisiana Chili Team," women and children dancing in Native American costumes, Billy Bob Oafley's Human Juke Box, the Rooster Poot Wranglers Chili Club of Fort Spunky, Texas, "The Original Texas Chicken Ranch," and the "Piedras Negras Municipal Jail."
Date:
197X
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[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
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[The Hennen Family Films, No. 26 - Knotts Berry Farm]
This home movie compilation documents the activities and daily lives of the Hennen family including a trip to Knott's Berry Farm amusement park with footage of a nativity scene, an Old West town, children riding a stagecoach and train, and an Old West actor pointing a gun at the camera (00:00-02:33). Also included is footage of the Livermore Rodeo in California (02:33-04:00).
Date:
195X
Creator:
Hennen, Lowell & Hennen, Belva
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Smith Family Films, No. 5 - Summer Camp]
This home movie documents a family's daily lives and activities including their annual attendance of Camp Fire summer camp at Camp Val Verde in Waco, Texas. Footage includes people riding in a jeep, women in white uniforms raising an American flag, children doing art projects and playing tennis, a woman in a Texas Aggies shirt, women purchasing goods from a store, adult women costumed in sombreros and fake mustaches, and people swimming and fishing.
Date:
1964?
Creator:
Smith, Cordell & Smith, Elizabeth
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[The Hennen Family Films, No. 33 - Track and Field]
This home movie footage documents the daily lives and activities of the Hennen family and includes footage of a track and field meet, family members posing with an unidentified government building, an outdoor family gathering, and what appears to be the Tyler, Texas Rose Garden.
Date:
1962
Creator:
Hennen, Lowell & Hennen, Belva
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[The Hennen Family Films, No. 19 - Justin F. Kimball High School Track and Field]
This home movie documents the Hennen family attending track and field events for the Justin F. Kimball High School in Dallas, Texas and snow or ice-covered landscape.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Hennen, Lowell & Hennen, Belva
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[McNeill Family Films, No. 2 - Holidays and Vacations]
This home movie documents the daily lives and activities of the McNeill Family including birthdays, holidays, and vacations. Footage includes Pam helping her brother Steve McNeill celebrating Steve’s first birthday (00:00-01:06). The McNeill family then celebrates Christmas 1959 (01:06-07:45). James H. Cothran, who was hired to visit the McNeill home as Santa Claus, entertains Virginia and Steve (02:09) and the family opens presents at Virginia’s aunt Essie Ball’s home at 1813 West Hickory Street in Denton. Children, including Pam, ride an electric train in the backyard of the McNeill home on Fulton Street in Denton (07:52-09:54). Pam and Steve pose in their homemade Easter outfits (10:06-11:04). They pose for the camera in their clown and ghost costumes for Halloween (10:06-11:04). The family celebrates Steve’s second birthday in November 1960 (11:30-12:08). At a Christmas celebration, Dennis, Steve McNeill, and Ted McNeill pose as cowboys with candy cigarettes and the family eats Christmas dinner (12:08-14:59). Children including Steve and Pam play with puppies and ride bicycles in front of their home on Fulton Street (14:59-16:31) and Steve celebrates his third birthday in November 1961 with a Halloween-themed birthday party (16:31-18:30). The McNeills travel to San Antonio to visit Virginia’s brother Jack Ball. …
Date:
1959-11/1961
Creator:
McNeill, Virginia & McNeill, Charlie Wayne
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Hill Family Films, No. 12 - Life with the Hill Family]
This home movie documents the daily lives and activities of the Roy E. Hill family including a trip to Disneyland (00:00-04:11) in California, family gatherings, a model rocket launch, a snow-covered neighborhood (06:20-07:43), a Christmas celebration (07:43-11:42), driving into Dallas for an unknown event (11:42-12:18), a child dressed in a sombrero and fake nose and mustache (12:18-13:48), a Native American performance (13:48-13:53), children at home riding bicycles and flying model planes (14:25-15:51) and another Christmas celebration 15:51-20:04).
Date:
195X
Creator:
Hill, Roy E.
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Cochran Family Films, No. 7 - Holidays and Vacations, 1965-1972]
This home movie documents the daily lives and activities of the Cochran family including family vacations and holidays. The film begins with a vacation in Hot Springs, Arkansas, a ride on the Lake Hamilton Sky Ride, a plane ride above Arkansas, swimming in a hotel pool, stopping at scenic points and overlooks, horses, and riding in go-carts (00:00-15:38). The family celebrates Christmas (15:38-17:34) followed by footage of young girls outdoors carrying bouquets of flowers and a horse (17:35-18:56). The family watches a parade which includes a drill team and marching band, floats, and children on horses and bicycles (18:57-20:01). The family celebrates another Christmas (20:01-21:35), plays cards outdoors (21:35-22:28), vacations in an unknown location (22:28-23:09), and rides a motorbike (25:28-26:41).
Date:
1965?/1972?
Creator:
Cochran, Jay
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Light a Flame of Thanksgiving
Through the use of drawings, still images, and moving images, this film discusses the evolution of the Thanksgiving holiday as a tradition of acts of gratitude for life. The film traces the tradition of acts of gratitude back to Native Americans and takes a religious perspective. The film closes with footage of people visiting Thanksgiving Square in Dallas.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
National Thanksgiving Commission
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[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.
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[The Blaine Dunlap Collection - Outtakes from "Sunset on Film"]
This short film contains elements from a larger work, a student film titled "Sunset on Film" which documents activities at Sunset High School in the North Oak Cliff neighborhood of Dallas. The film opens with a close up of a lemon with the words "20th Century Lemon" written on it. The story begins with students arriving at school on bicycles, in cars, and by bus and includes interiors of the school, a girl posing with a lemon, and band practice with some fast-motion photography. The second portion of the film, titled "Instant Annual," juxtaposes close up images from a still group photograph with live action of girls dancing, a girl jumping in slow-motion, and a title card that reads, "Does Mrs. Ross Sleep with a Night Light?" The film ends with the Sunset High School marching band and drill team performing in a parade. Although credits indicate a soundtrack, none exists for this film.
Date:
1970
Creator:
Dunlap, Blaine
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Smith Family Films, No. 24 - Camping and Flooding in Denton, Texas]
This home movie documents the daily lives and activities of a family including a camping trip in Colorado with footage of fishing, landscape, a moving train, and birds flying in the sky. Image does not begin until 00:28 and much of this footage is underexposed. The film concludes with footage of flooded streets in the Hinkle Drive area of Denton, Texas. Footage includes a submerged car and people wading in the flooded streets with Texas Woman's University buildings seen in the distance (03:42-04:36).
Date:
1972
Creator:
Smith, Cordell & Smith, Elizabeth
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Hill Family Films, No. 5 - Hill Family Road Trip]
This home movie documents the daily lives and activities of the Roy E. Hill family including a boating trip and family vacation.The film begins with a family trip to a lake with boating, fishing, water skiing, swimming, and picnicking (00:00-05:58). Footage of the family vacation is introduced with a title card featuring a sketch of tableware with the words "Meal Time" (06:18) and begins with footage of "Roadside Park" and US 180 signs, the family eating at a roadside rest stop, and road signs indicating the Hill's had crossed the boarder into New Mexico. In New Mexico, Gary shakes the hand of a Native American performing for tourists at the Apache Canyon Trading Post (07:04-07:21) followed by a shot of a sign advertising "White's City" (07:21). There is then a title card, "Carlsbad Cavern" (07:22) followed by footage of the family at the entrance to the caverns and desert landscape (07:22-08:45). There are title cards "Guadalupe Peak El. 8751" (08:45) and "Highest Point in Texas" (08:47) followed by footage of the family at a scenic overlook (08:47-09:40) and then visiting family or friends (09:40-11:29). Joann and Gary Owen pose in front of a sign that reads "Elev. 4222" at a …
Date:
195X
Creator:
Hill, Roy E.
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[The Blaine Dunlap Collection - Outtakes from "Sunset on Film"]
This short film contains elements from a longer student film titled 'Sunset on Film" which documents activities at Sunset High School in the North Oak Cliff neighborhood of Dallas. An unidentified man displays title cards which read "Sunset on Film," and "In widescreen Super 8." The film begins with a large crowd of students in front of Sunset High School and the students entering the building. The film continues with a girl playing tennis in slow-motion, students walking down hallways, students and office workers in an administrative office, students in a typing classroom, a man fixing an exterior building window, a pep rally shot from the stage and back of the auditorium, an orchestra performing, students in the cafeteria, girls performing a choreographed song and dance routine, boys playing basketball, the cameraman reflected in a mirror, and boys marching. The film is shot largely in black-and-white with brief segments shot in color. Although credits indicate there is a soundtrack, none is available for this film.
Date:
1970
Creator:
Dunlap, Blaine
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History