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[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
Object Type: Video
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
Object Type: Video
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Riley Family Films, No. 16 - Family Gatherings and Vacations, 1961-1962] captions transcript

[Riley Family Films, No. 16 - Family Gatherings and Vacations, 1961-1962]

This home movie documents the daily lives and activities of the Sam Riley family including sledding and playing in the snow (00:00-01:23), family members riding horses and ponies, boating and canoeing, family posing with a baby, children playing outdoors, a motel on Route 66, and a family gathering.
Date: 1961/1962
Creator: Riley, Sam
Object Type: Video
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Nelson Family Films, No. 3 - Snow and Autumn Foliage] captions transcript

[Nelson Family Films, No. 3 - Snow and Autumn Foliage]

This home movie documents the daily lives and activities of the Nelson Family including family members and a pet dog in a snow-covered residential neighborhood (00:00-02:12) and family observing an autumn landscape which may have been shot in Colorado (02:40-05:21). There is no image at 00:02:12-02:40.
Date: 1964?
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Video
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
Object Type: Video
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
Object Type: Video
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Cochran Family Films, No. 3 - Holidays and Vacations, 1963] captions transcript

[Cochran Family Films, No. 3 - Holidays and Vacations, 1963]

This home movie documents the daily lives and activities of the Cochran family including vacations and holidays. The film begins with footage shot from an aerial tramway in an unidentified location (00:00-01:25), Jay Cochran posing with his children Cheryl and David in front of a Texas sign (01:25-02:33), and antique or classic cars parked in front of a hotel (02:33-02:42). The family then celebrates Cheryl's birthday and fishes at a boat house(02:42-05:21), poses in front of their home decorated for Christmas (03:55-05:21), and observe a snow-covered residential neighborhood (05:21-06:11). Cheryl, David, and their mother pose n their Easter clothes (06:11-07:10). The family then goes on vacation, possibly to the Houston area, where they observe ships and a river and swim at a hotel (07:10-11:45). They then observe airplanes taking off and landing at an unidentified location, possibly Dallas Love Field Airport (11:45-13:16). Children feed ducks and the family poses in their Easter clothes (13:16-14:22), goes fishing, and Dennis mows a lawn (14:22-15:48). The family then goes on vacation to an unidentified location, possibly Colorado, with footage of an aerial tramway, a Wild West tourist town, and swimming in a pool (15:48-26:09). The film ends with footage of the children mowing …
Date: 1963
Creator: Cochran, Jay
Object Type: Video
System: The Portal to Texas History
[The Fisher Family Collection, No. 13 - At Home with the Fisher Family] captions transcript

[The Fisher Family Collection, No. 13 - At Home with the Fisher Family]

This home movie documents the daily lives and activities of the Fisher family including family members shooting bows and arrows and a young girl dancing. Image begins at 01:54.
Date: 1962
Creator: Fisher, Jerald
Object Type: Video
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
Object Type: Video
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Sammonds Family Films, No. 3 - United States Air Force Academy] captions transcript

[Sammonds Family Films, No. 3 - United States Air Force Academy]

This home movie documents the Sammonds family at the (USAFA) United States Air Force Academy and includes footage of men flying planes and parachuting, drills and rifle spinning, airplanes taking off, family visiting a scenic overlook, children wearing Air Force Academy shirts, an outdoor gathering, snow-covered landscape, uniformed men hiking, and the Air Force vs. Army football game.
Date: 1964?
Creator: Sammonds, Ron, Jr.
Object Type: Video
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
Object Type: Video
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
Object Type: Video
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
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
[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
Object Type: Video
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Cochran Family Films, No. 4 - Holidays and Vacations, 1960] captions transcript

[Cochran Family Films, No. 4 - Holidays and Vacations, 1960]

This home movie documents the daily lives and activities of the Cochran Family including vacations and holidays. The film begins with the family fishing and boating (00:00-03:44), playing in the snow (03:44-03:52), feeding fish in a pond and riding ponies (03:52-05:55), and a family gathering (05:55-07:27). The family takes a trip to Central Texas with footage of the Texas State Capitol Building in Austin, The Aquarena Submarine Theatre at Aquarena Springs in San Marcos, The Golden Eagle Bar, and the San Marcos Wonder Cave (07:27-13:21). The family then goes on vacation in a coastal location with swimming and boating (13:21-15:21), children celebrate a birthday and ride amusement park rides at a small carnival (15:22-17:10), play in the snow (17:10-18:57), and poses in their Easter clothing (18:57-19:11). The family then goes on vacation with footage of the children riding a horse-drawn carriage and a donkey at the Alamo Village in Bracketville, a trip to a Mexico border town, the Rio Grande River, ruins, and desert landscape (19:11-25:29). The film concludes with the Cochran family celebrating Christmas (25:29-29:28).
Date: 1960
Creator: Cochran, Jay
Object Type: Video
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Smith Family Films, No. 4 - Lake Tawakoni] captions transcript

[Smith Family Films, No. 4 - Lake Tawakoni]

This home movie documents a family's daily lives and activities including camping in a trailer by a lake with footage of gathering and chopping wood, hunting Easter Eggs, posing with fish, and boating. The film also includes footage of children exiting a school building and playing on a park playground.
Date: 1964
Creator: Smith, Cordell & Smith, Elizabeth
Object Type: Video
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
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

[People lined up under Majestic Theatre marquee]

Photograph of people lined up under the marquee of the Majestic Theatre on theatre row in Dallas, Texas. The marquee advertises Sean Connery as James Bond in "You Only Live Twice."
Date: 1967
Creator: Francis Photographers
Object Type: Photograph
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
[The Sid Smith Collection, No. 1  -  Pizza restaurants] captions transcript

[The Sid Smith Collection, No. 1 - Pizza restaurants]

This film appears to be outtakes or raw footage for a film about pizza restaurants in the Fort Worth area of Texas. The film includes footage of people eating pizza in a restaurant, a chef preparing pizza, exteriors of pizza and Italian restaurants, a young boy rolling pizza dough, Colombo's frozen pizza sold at Worth Food Markets, the cover of the album "Song for Pizza Lovers" by Lou Monte, and a young couple sharing a kiss after eating pizza.
Date: 1960~
Creator: Smith, Sid
Object Type: Video
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
Object Type: Video
System: The Portal to Texas History