Thinking of our fellow Texans. #CampMystic has so much history in the Lone Star State. This archival footage is from 1952. https://loom.ly/EfMkgs8

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. https://loom.ly/gLM2rIA

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

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

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

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

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

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

✨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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

Ranch life, 1961 Wichita Falls, TX

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

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

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

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

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

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

Dallas, 1950s

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

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.

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

◾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

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

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.

📣 Great music montage from "Everybody Needs a Forever Home: Realities of Black Adoption" 1978 #blackhistorymonth

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

First communion 1950s or 60s, location unknown 🎞️Turner Family Films

Beach day in Mexico, 1968. Location unknown. 🎞️The Bartos Collection

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.

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

Silent 1950s home movie captures an unknown family from Crosby County, Texas. One of our Austin contributors bought this film on eBay. Repost if you want to help us identify the family🎞️

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