This is a home movie of the 1957 Red River Shootout at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas Texas. The game featured #1 Oklahoma vs. Texas and Darrell K Royal in his first Texas / OU game. Oklahoma won the game 21-7. The footage shows the University of Texas Band and the halftime show.
This home movie begins at the McDonald Observatory on Mt. Locke, we then travel through the Davis Mountains to the town of Presidio Texas. We cross the border into Ojinaga Mexico and see the town before traveling back for a quick stop at the Rio Grande.
This is a great home movie showing Big Bend National Park as it was in 1964. It shows all the major sights you would expect including Santa Elena Canyon and the Lost Mine Trail.
This is classic 1964 home movie footage of the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque and White Sands National Monument. The footage was shot in November of 1964.
This video was shot during the Dallas Flood in April 1957 in and around Dallas Texas. It shows Riverlake Country Club in Dallas Tx and the Dallas Area. I find this funny because when I was a kid I played the golf course that some of the footage shows. I can relate to this footage because it was wet than too!
This is an 8mm home movie film footage from 1950’s Biloxi Mississippi. The film starts with panoramic views from the hotel balcony of the Holiday Inn on the Mexico Gulf Shoreline. There are absolutely beautiful white sands. The film then shows the wind sails of small vessels and boats. The film ends with close shore views
This is an 8mm home movie film from Marshall Texas 1956. The film starts off with a squirrel in the front yard coming down from a tree. The little guy romps around the grass for a while then onto the sidewalk. Then, the lady of the house comes home. Then back to the trees to find a red cardinal- and the squirrel again. Then a couple of boys ride a bike down the street. Next, a blue jay playing on the sidewalk, until the squirrel returns playing on the sidewalk, grass, and the tree.
The film starts from the parking lot with a clear view of the sign reading “Dallas Love Field”. The film begins again on the inside of the airport watching aircraft getting ready to taxi or take off. I can not make out the first company, but the second is American Airlines. It may be Braniff as their building is seen later as an airplane takes off from the runway. As one the plane stops, all the luggage handlers and gas trucks converge as well as the outside passenger staircase. Air traffic control tower is next. There appears to be an outdoor walkway that a man is on.
This is 8mm home movie film footage taken at the Hyllningsfest Parade during October of 1963 in Lindsborg Kansas. The parade is dedicated to “Swedes”. As the film begins, the crowds on the sidewalks smile in anticipation. Uncle Sam leads the parade followed by a marching band carrying the United States Flag. Actor, Edgar Bergen, rides in a white convertible car.
This is an 8mm home movie from July of 1969. It was taken at the Centennial Parade in Wichita Kansas. All the children look so excited to be there. Kansas Senator (and later Presidential Nominee) Bob Dole comes along in a red convertible (@ :23). He is immediately followed by Garner E. Shriver a U.S. Representative from Kansas and finally Kansas Governor Robert Docking. And, the last car has the Mayor of Wichita, Don Enoch. The parade also has a some elaborate floats from main large local companies.