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[Riley Family Films, No. 4 - Birthdays and Holidays, 1952-1953]

Description: This home movie documents the daily lives and activities of the Sam Riley family including birthdays and holidays with an especial focus on oldest daughter Helen and her newborn sibling. The film begins with the new baby being held by relatives in front of a Christmas tree (00:00-01:47) and continues with the new baby being carried into Catholic church, possibly for baptism (01:47-02:55), and the family gathered outdoors and posing with the new baby (02:55-05:00). The film continues with the fa… more
Date: 1952/1953
Duration: 18 minutes 35 seconds
Creator: Riley, Sam
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: UNT Media Library
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[The Hennen Family Films, No. 20 - Strawberry, California]

Description: This home movie documents the activities and daily lives of the Hennen famliy including a trip to Strawberry, California. Footage includes family members playing in the snow and riding on a snowmobile (00:00-02:00). Footage also includes an outdoor family gathering at an unidentified location with covered wagons or stage coaches observed from a parking lot.
Date: 1952
Duration: 4 minutes
Creator: Hennen, Lowell & Hennen, Belva
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: UNT Media Library
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[ Riley Family Films, No. 3 - Vacations and Birthdays]

Description: This home documents the daily lives and activities of the Sam Riley family including birthdays and vacations. The film begins with footage of a man gardening while another poses for the camera and smokes a pipe (00:00-01:10) followed by footage of the Galveston sea wall (01:10-01:31). Young Helen Riley plays outdoors with an umbrella (01:31-02:29), rides a train--possibly the Texas Eagle--with her family (02:29-03:05), celebrates her birthday (03:05-05:11), and rides a pony (05:11-05:34).
Date: 1952?
Duration: 5 minutes 35 seconds
Creator: Riley, Sam
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: UNT Media Library
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[The Hennen Family Films, No. 3 - Vacation in Las Vegas, Nevada, 1952]

Description: This home movie documents the Hennen family's vacation in Las Vegas, Nevada. The footage begins with a woman posing for the camera and a shot of the Hangman's Tree in Placerville, California (00:00-00:16) and includes a cattle drive (00:16-00:52), neon signs on the Las Vegas strip (00:52-01:08), a Santa Fe Railroad train accident (01:24-01:53), family socializing in a front yard (01:53-02:55), and boys petting a horse and riding a tractor (02:55-03:47).
Date: August 1952
Duration: 3 minutes 47 seconds
Creator: Hennen, Lowell & Hennen, Belva
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Location: 38.728480 -120.802354
Partner: UNT Media Library
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