[Cochran Family Films, No. 1 - Road Trip to Louisiana and Florida]

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This home movie documents the Cochran family's road trip through Louisiana and Florida. Footage from Louisiana includes driving across the O.K. Allen Bridge, driving through Baton Rouge toward the capitol building with signs for the Dominique Stockyard and Diamond Ducks, visiting the capitol building and footage of the city from the tower, driving across the Huey P. Long bridge with a stop in an unidentified city and driving across the Long-Simpson bridge. Footage from Florida includes driving past the Highway Patrol sub-station, driving along the Florida Coast, stopping at Staff's Restaurant and Cafeteria in Fort Walton Beach, under-exposed footage of … continued below

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1 film (17 min., 43 sec..) : sil., col. ; standard 8 mm

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Cochran, Jay 1949?.

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  • Main Title: [Cochran Family Films, No. 1 - Road Trip to Louisiana and Florida]
  • Added Title: Item Label: 1949 Canal street- New Orleans, Huey P. Long bridge before kids, LA Capital, St. John’s River, Alligator, Florida Trip, Tape 1-1

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This home movie documents the Cochran family's road trip through Louisiana and Florida. Footage from Louisiana includes driving across the O.K. Allen Bridge, driving through Baton Rouge toward the capitol building with signs for the Dominique Stockyard and Diamond Ducks, visiting the capitol building and footage of the city from the tower, driving across the Huey P. Long bridge with a stop in an unidentified city and driving across the Long-Simpson bridge. Footage from Florida includes driving past the Highway Patrol sub-station, driving along the Florida Coast, stopping at Staff's Restaurant and Cafeteria in Fort Walton Beach, under-exposed footage of fish, an unidentified woman in a flower garden, a rail yard, an ocean picnic, riding on a boat labeled the "Jean Lafit," driving through an industrial area , an unidentified woman taking photographs, a city skyline, and a banana tree.

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1 film (17 min., 43 sec..) : sil., col. ; standard 8 mm

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Spotlight on North Texas

Digitized materials from "Spotlight on North Texas," a community history and regional media preservation project, include home movies, television news footage, and photographs that document activities in the state of Texas and beyond. This project was funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities Common Heritage grant program.

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  • 1949?

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  • 30.457052, -91.187409
  • 30.403769, -86.612311

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Cochran, Jay. [Cochran Family Films, No. 1 - Road Trip to Louisiana and Florida], video, 1949?; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc942745/: accessed June 6, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Media Library.

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