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[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 Sid Smith Collection, No. 3 - New Mexico and Colorado Vacations] captions transcript

[The Sid Smith Collection, No. 3 - New Mexico and Colorado Vacations]

This home movie begins with footage of students and teachers in a classroom. The film continues with the Smith family traveling to and vacationing in New Mexico. Vacation footage includes their stay at the Galisteo Motel in New Mexico, riding horses, going to a race track, visiting the Mount Evans Crest House in the Arapaho National Forest, and buildings and businesses in Silverton, Colorado.
Date: 195X
Creator: Smith, Sid
System: The Portal to Texas History
[The Peter Pauls Stewart Family Films, No. 36 - Vacation in Colorado] captions transcript

[The Peter Pauls Stewart Family Films, No. 36 - Vacation in Colorado]

This home movie documents the daily lives and activities of the Peter Pauls Stewart family including a trip through the snowy landscape of Colorado shot from the Rio Grande scenic railroad line and a vacation to another location with footage of mountain landscapes and a city as seen shot from an airplane.
Date: February 1974
Creator: Stewart, Peter Pauls
System: The Portal to Texas History
[The Peter Pauls Stewart Family Films, No. 35 - Vacation in Colorado] captions transcript

[The Peter Pauls Stewart Family Films, No. 35 - Vacation in Colorado]

This home movie documents the daily lives and activities of the Peter Pauls Stewart family including a trip through the snowy landscape of Colorado shot from the Rio Grande scenic railroad line.
Date: 1974
Creator: Stewart, Peter Pauls
System: The Portal to Texas History
[The Fisher Family Collection, No. 17 - Hunting in Colorado and Celebrating Christmas] captions transcript

[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
System: The Portal to Texas History
[The Fisher Family Collection, No. 8 - Cheryl's Birthday and Hunting in Colorado] captions transcript

[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
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
[Smith Family Films, No. 27 - Road Trip to Colorado and New Mexico] captions transcript

[Smith Family Films, No. 27 - Road Trip to Colorado and New Mexico]

This home movie documents the daily lives and activities of a a family including road trips to Colorado and New Mexico. The film begins with the family stopping at Richardson's Store and playing with a dog and chipmunk at a campsite. In New Mexico, the family observes the De Vargas Street House-- with a sign that reads "Oldest House in U.S.A," Hyde State Park, Bandalier National Monument, and Kit Carson's Grave. In Colorado, the family stops at the Continental Divide Monarch Pass, the Switzerland of America Lookout Point in Ouray, and Mesa Verde National Park. Back in New Mexico, the family stops Carson National Forest Campground. In Colorado, the family stops at Rio Grande National Forest and the town of Creede. The family returns to Texas, driving through the Panhandle region. The film concludes with an outdoor gathering of family members.
Date: 1964
Creator: Smith, Cordell & Smith, Elizabeth
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
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Cochran Family Films, No. 5 - Colorado Vacation] captions transcript

[Cochran Family Films, No. 5 - Colorado Vacation]

This home movie documents the daily lives and activities of the Cochran family including fishing trips and vacations in Colorado. The film begins with footage of the family socializing and fishing at a boat house and a trip to what appears to be New Mexico where the children swim in a hotel pool (00:00-03:57). The remainder of the film takes place during the family's Colorado vacation (03:57-23:09). The family rides go carts at Pagosa Hot Springs, boards the Denver & Rio Grande train in Durango where they observe Native Americans performing for tourists, and shoot footage from the moving train. This footage includes a man making his own home movies from the roadside of the train passing (13:16) and a man riding a horse alongside the train. The family next stops at the Manor Hotel and visits a marker dedicated to the Reverend Marvin and his children Amelia and Pauline Hudson. They observe Bear Creek Falls and Mount Abrams in the Uncompahgre National Forest, the Continental Divide at Monarch Pass, and end the film with a stop at an old West town likely in Colorado Springs where they watch a gun fight performance.
Date: 1963?
Creator: Cochran, Jay
System: The Portal to Texas History
[The Fisher Family Collection, No. 9 - Hunting in Colorado and Mike's Tenth Birthday] captions transcript

[The Fisher Family Collection, No. 9 - Hunting in Colorado and Mike's Tenth Birthday]

This home movie documents the daily lives and activities of the Fisher family including a hunting trip in Colorado as shot from a moving car and Michael’s tenth birthday at home with family. Shots include footage of the family kitchen.
Date: 1959-10-17/1959-11-07
Creator: Fisher, Jerald
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sample TV news clip reel captions transcript

Sample TV news clip reel

This film contains footage of black and white news clips from the 1950s. Subjects covered in these news clips includes Allis-Chalmers'cement-making process, pilot plant in Milwaukee and the installation of computing equipment ("Northrop Electronic Brain") in Hawthorne, California.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library