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[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.
Object Type: Video
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
Object Type: Video
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
Object Type: Video
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
Object Type: Video
System: The Portal to Texas History
[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
Object Type: Video
System: The Portal to Texas History

["Midnight Cowboy" at Esquire Theatre]

Photograph of theatre marquee announcing a screening of "Midnight Cowboy" at the Esquire Theatre in Dallas, Texas. A vehicle parked in front of the theatre is postered with advertisements for the film "Alice's Restaurant."
Date: 1969
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Exterior of Palace Theatre at Night]

Photograph of the exterior of the Palace Theatre in Dallas, Texas. The theatre marquee advertises Barbara Ferris in "A Nice Girl Like Me." Other visible theatre row businesses include Dairy Queen, Lee Optical, Havartys. and the Tower Theatre.
Date: 1969
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Exterior of the Circle Theater at night]

Photograph of the Circle Theater at night. The theater marquee advertises the films "Run Angel Run" and "Wild Wheels."
Date: September 1969
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History