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Texas Archive of the Moving Image @texasarchive.bsky.social · 06/07/2025

The power of the Guadalupe River is real. We searched the archives and discovered this footage, showing the Army National Guard responding to flooding in 1978. loom.ly/gLM2rIA

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Texas Archive of the Moving Image @texasarchive.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

Front yard time with the Cook Family, 1960s Possibly San Antonio area.

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Texas Archive of the Moving Image @texasarchive.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

So Texas. Indoor BB gun practice for boys by the Jaycees. Odessa, 1967 From our KOSA-TV Collection.

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Texas Archive of the Moving Image @texasarchive.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

A Texan favorite... H-E-B! 1960s, possibly San Antonio 🛒 From our Michael Cook, Jr. Collection.

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Texas Archive of the Moving Image @texasarchive.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

An afternoon with the Burtons, 1930s From our Raiford H. Burton Collection, no. 3 See more: loom.ly/SlYALOc

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Texas Archive of the Moving Image @texasarchive.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

Nothing beats a Lions Club Pancake Breakfast🥞🥞🥞 📺Footage from KOSA-TV Midland Downtown Lions Club, 1967

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Texas Archive of the Moving Image @texasarchive.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

Rainy day driving on North Lamar, Austin 1975 From KVUE-TV📺

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Texas Archive of the Moving Image @texasarchive.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

✨Cinco De Mayo✨ Students perform traditional Mexican dances as part of a school Cinco de Mayo celebration in the 1970s, location unknown. 🎥: From our Richard A. Sepko Family Collection

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Texas Archive of the Moving Image @texasarchive.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

Galveston Tourism Film, 1966 Stay for the cute surfer girl🏄

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Texas Archive of the Moving Image @texasarchive.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

Good times on the water.📽️ Location unknown, 1939 📽️: HP Wells Family Films

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Texas Archive of the Moving Image @texasarchive.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

Poolside, 1950 From our Ryan Battle Collection. See more at loom.ly/xaz971U

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Texas Archive of the Moving Image @texasarchive.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

Meet the 1938 Aqua Dulce High School women's volleyball team. 📽️This footage is from our Arthur J. Higgins Collection. Higgins was an itinerant filmmaker who would spend several days in towns recording scenes of daily life. The film was then typically shown at a local theater.

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Texas Archive of the Moving Image @texasarchive.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

Amateur radio operators in Odessa, 1966 From our KOSA-TV Collection📻 loom.ly/buJ3psY

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Texas Archive of the Moving Image @texasarchive.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

Tennis anyone? 🎾 From our Yount-Manion Family Films Collection, the 1970s.

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Texas Archive of the Moving Image @texasarchive.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

Texas grandmas make the BEST lifeguards.❤️ Necessity, TX From the Burwell Collection - J.D. Cox Farm (1974)

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Texas Archive of the Moving Image @texasarchive.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

Y'all notice? The bluebonnets are HERE! 📽️Home movie of Lady Bird Johnson, 1943

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Texas Archive of the Moving Image @texasarchive.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

Sound on! This is a clip from "That's The Last Straw", an itinerant film directed and shot by Dallas-area filmmaker Melton Barker. Barker traveled the U.S. making movies featuring local children. This is from the talent show portion of the film. See the whole movie here: loom.ly/7WNJ8yc

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Texas Archive of the Moving Image @texasarchive.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

Did you know 75% of Texas teachers are women? We love this silent footage of a classroom from 1963🍎 Location unknown 📽️From our Maxie Davie Collection #womenshistorymonth #texasteachers #teachers

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Texas Archive of the Moving Image @texasarchive.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

Making neon signs, 1965 West Texas From our KOSA-TV Collection.

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Texas Archive of the Moving Image @texasarchive.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

"Let Everyone Dance" event in Odessa, 1966. This footage was silent, unfortunately. 📺From our KOSA-TV Collection

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Texas Archive of the Moving Image @texasarchive.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

Front yard time with the kiddos. From our Michael Cook, Jr. Collection, 1960s. Possibly the San Antonio area.

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Texas Archive of the Moving Image @texasarchive.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

Local women competed in the Miss Photoflash Pageant, judged by members of the Houston Gulf Coast Press Photographers Association in 1962. 📽️: From our KPRC-TV Collection

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Texas Archive of the Moving Image @texasarchive.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

We love this one🐓 From our Ludeke Family Collection, 1950s James and Joreen Ludeke settled in Wichita County in 1954. They raised their 6 children on their ranch on the former site of the Four Sixes Horse Ranch and the North West oil field.

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Texas Archive of the Moving Image @texasarchive.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

Garden Club Pilgrimage, 1938 Location unknown🌸🌹 📽️: Austin History Center

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Texas Archive of the Moving Image @texasarchive.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

◾Black History Month◾ This silent 1960s home movie captures African American schoolchildren before and after they receive what's most likely First Communion, at their Catholic school in Beaumont. #BlackHistoryMonth loom.ly/o5DG2ac

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Texas Archive of the Moving Image @texasarchive.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

February 1940, the last day street cars operated in Austin. By that June, most of the tracks had been torn up and paved over. The last tracks were removed in 1942, providing 50,000 pounds of steel for use in World War II. 📽️: Henry Kuempel Collection

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Texas Archive of the Moving Image @texasarchive.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

A day on the Gulf of Mexico. From our Thomas F. Freeman Collection, 1970. The men of Freeman family take a boat excursion to fish. Dr. Freeman was a professor and debate coach at Houston universities. The TSU Debate Team won hundreds of national awards and trophies when he was the debate coach.

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Texas Archive of the Moving Image @texasarchive.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Lavios Family Reunion (1984) From our Victor Black Collection loom.ly/Fbdg7Q4

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Texas Archive of the Moving Image @texasarchive.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Silent home movie from Amarillo, 1960s From our Vian Elms Collection

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Texas Archive of the Moving Image @texasarchive.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

In Texas in 1967, sometimes a baby calf might make the news. This footage is from KOSA-TV📺🐮

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Texas Archive of the Moving Image @texasarchive.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

That darn headband. From the Maxie Davie Family Collection Littlefield, TX c. 1964

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Texas Archive of the Moving Image @texasarchive.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

From TAMI contributor Craig Towns, this 1977 amateur film follows local Austin musician Bill Jones as he bikes around Austin. ⛽Check out the price of gas👀 See more: texasarchive.org/2021_00119

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Texas Archive of the Moving Image @texasarchive.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

Galveston Island 's Bathing Girl Revue was touted as the precursor to the Miss Universe Pageant. It was a Galveston tradition from 1920 to 1932. This silent film is from 1925.

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Texas Archive of the Moving Image @texasarchive.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

Promotional film for Abilene Christian College (now named Abilene Christian University ), 1946-1947 See more👇 loom.ly/HgMpCVU

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Texas Archive of the Moving Image @texasarchive.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

Taken from a 1940s film from the Houston Fire Department about preparing for war gasses and bombs. 💣https://texasarchive.org/2009_00040

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Texas Archive of the Moving Image @texasarchive.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

We may not have our #tiktok channel, but we do have this silent film from our Stroud Family Collection. 📽️Date unknown Hamilton County, Texas #texas #archives #film #homemovie #homevideo #digitization #preservation #nonprofit

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Texas Archive of the Moving Image @texasarchive.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

Deep Eddy Pool, Austin This silent film was made by Austin Parks and Recreation Department in the 1940s.

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Texas Archive of the Moving Image @texasarchive.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

Stop and smell the flowers🌹 From our Vian Elms Collection Silent home movie from Amarillo, 1960s loom.ly/efwkh3s

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Texas Archive of the Moving Image @texasarchive.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

The students may look young, but this came to us with the label of Sam Houston High School, (now known as Sam Houston Math, Science, and Technology Center) Houston, 1967 📽️:The Bess Ivey Collection

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Texas Archive of the Moving Image @texasarchive.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

Drag races in Abilene, 1966. The footage features the famous Hurst Hemi Under Glass car. Full home movie at loom.ly/FKy7WTA From our Abilene Preservation League Collection.

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Texas Archive of the Moving Image @texasarchive.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

That smile! From our HP Wells Family Collection - Junior League of Abilene Rummage Sale, 1940s

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Texas Archive of the Moving Image @texasarchive.bsky.social · 26/12/2024

Austin Garden Club, 1938 Exact location unknown We love all the hats 🌷Source: Austin History Center🌺

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