[Cochran Family Films, No. 10 - Holidays and Community Events]

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This home movie compilation reel documents the daily lives and activities of the Cochran family including milestones celebrated with their first child Dennis Cochran and family vacations. The film includes footage of Dennis' second birthday party, Dennis in a bucket and playing with a puppy, family posing for the camera, tornado damage (possibly in South Carolina) including overturned cars and a mattress hanging from a telephone pole, playing in snow, family vacations in Galveston, taking off in Delta airplane, and an unknown statue and state building. The film also includes what appears to be the 1956 Cotton Bowl Classic that … continued below

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1 film (31 min., 28 sec.) : si., col. ; standard 8 mm.

Creation Information

Cochran, Jay 195X.

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  • Main Title: [Cochran Family Films, No. 10 - Holidays and Community Events]
  • Added Title: Case Label: 1-3, Baby 2 edit, Tornado South Carolina

Description

This home movie compilation reel documents the daily lives and activities of the Cochran family including milestones celebrated with their first child Dennis Cochran and family vacations. The film includes footage of Dennis' second birthday party, Dennis in a bucket and playing with a puppy, family posing for the camera, tornado damage (possibly in South Carolina) including overturned cars and a mattress hanging from a telephone pole, playing in snow, family vacations in Galveston, taking off in Delta airplane, and an unknown statue and state building. The film also includes what appears to be the 1956 Cotton Bowl Classic that paired Texas Christian University (TCU) with Mississippi. This footage includes the exterior of the stadium and a parade. Footage shot within the stadium is out of focus.

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1 film (31 min., 28 sec.) : si., 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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  • 195X

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  • Dec. 16, 2016, 7:14 p.m.

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  • Nov. 9, 2020, 2:51 p.m.

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  • 32.779656, -96.759795

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Cochran, Jay. [Cochran Family Films, No. 10 - Holidays and Community Events], video, 195X; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc942699/: accessed June 7, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Media Library.

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