Texas Archive of the Moving Image

The Texas Archive of the Moving Image is dedicated to discovering, preserving, providing access to, and educating the community about Texas' film heritage.

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Happy holidays from the Texas Archive of the Moving Image!

Team TAMI wishes you and yours a holiday as full of love as the ones found in our archive. 🎅🎄🎁

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Winter is here! Temperatures dropped so low in 1983 that Austinites were granted the rare treat of ice skating on a frozen Shoal Creek.

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Submitted by Memorias Celuloides.

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WE HAVE A WINNER!! 

Congratulations to Memorias Celuloides! 

Special thanks to all of our participants, and to our wonderful judges: Kate Dollenmayer, Brian L. Frye, and Penny Lane! 

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One can only imagine the story behind this GIF. Congrats, Memorias Celuloides! We are happy to past the title of Home Movie Day GIF Champion onto you. Until next year!

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True crime may boast a current surge in popularity, but public interest in the subject is nothing new. TRUE CRIME TALES: 10 CASES BURIED IN THE ARCHIVE, a new web exhibit from the Texas Archive of the Moving Image, follows ten historic stories of murder, scandal, and tragedy set in the Lone Star State. Combining local television coverage with newsreels, government films, home movies, and more, the exhibit not only uncovers the facts of each case but also explores how Texans produce and consume crime stories. It is FREE and available to view at www.truecrimetalestx.com.

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To close out 2017, this month’s New Releases looks back at a trio of bygone Austin phenomena. The Henry Kuempel Collection, donated to TAMI by the Austin History Center, offers a glimpse of everything from the final days of Congress Avenue streetcars to baseball practice with the Austin Pioneers.

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Happy birthday, Dr Pepper! A drug store in Waco first served the soft drink on this day in 1885. 130 years later, the beverage’s Texas roots remain: the official Dr Pepper museum is located in Waco; and Dublin, Texas, boasts the oldest Dr Pepper bottling plant, in continuous operation since 1891.

To celebrate, check out this colorful advertisement from the 1960s. 

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Submitted by the Texas Archive of the Moving Image

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WE HAVE A WINNER!!! Congratulations, TAMI! You are still the champions!!

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Thank you! So many great submissions this year. We look forward to seeing next year’s challengers!

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November 22, 1963, 11:39 a.m.: Air Force One touches down at Dallas Love Field. President John F. Kennedy was in Texas for a two-day, five-city tour building early support for his 1964 reelection campaign. First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy accompanied her husband, with Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson, Texas Governor John Connally, and Senator Ralph Yarborough leading the welcoming party. After visits to San Antonio, Houston, and Fort Worth the previous day, the presidential party headed to Dallas. Kennedy was scheduled to speak at a luncheon there before moving on to Austin for a reception at the Governor’s Mansion. On the morning of November 22, Air Force One made the 13-minute flight from Carswell Air Force Base to Love Field. After disembarking, the President and First Lady shook hands with members of the welcoming crowd. 

This home movie captures the arrival of Air Force One and Air Force Two at Love Field and a brief encounter with President and First Lady Kennedy before the couple joined Governor Connally and his wife, Nellie, in an open-top limousine. After departing Love Field, the presidential motorcade planned to drive a ten-mile route through downtown Dallas. Kennedy was fatally shot as he passed through Dealey Plaza at 12:30 p.m., less than an hour after touching down in Dallas. 

For more footage related to the event, visit TAMI’s curated collection, For It to Have Happened in Texas…

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TGIF, y’all. 

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Happy National Pumpkin Day! We spy a pumpkin float in this 16mm reel from the Abernathy collection. 🎃👻

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TFW you sense that your coworker just started peeling an orange #exorcistsloth

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Summer Movie List – 2 / ? → Giant [1956]

“I was thinking to myself, ‘Well, Jordan and I and all the others behind us have been failures.’ And then it happened. You wound up on the floor on your back, in the middle of the salad, and I said to myself, ‘Well, after a hundred years, the Benedict family is a real big success.’”

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Six Flags Over Texas Commercial, 1970s

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Happy birthday, Six Flags Over Texas! The amusement park opened in Arlington on this day in 1961. 

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In November 1977, Houston hosted the National Women’s Conference: American Women on the Move, the first (and, as yet, only) federally funded women’s conference in United States history. In honor of the conference's 40th anniversary, TAMI is proud to present its newest web exhibit, WOMEN ON THE MOVE: TEXAS AND THE FIGHT FOR WOMEN'S RIGHTS. Combining local television coverage with newsreels, government films, commercials, home movies, and more, the exhibit examines the historical impact of the National Women’s Conference, the ongoing debate it provoked, and the opposition movement it inspired.

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Throwback Thursday, June 1966: President Lyndon B. Johnson takes a break from meeting with foreign leaders to relax at the LBJ Ranch in Stonewall. After lounging in wildflowers, the Johnsons take a dip in the pool with their beloved beagles, Him and Her.

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The Texas Archive of the Moving Image is pleased to present educational films provided by the Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired. The collection not only highlights the educational resources offered to students with disabilities but also addresses subjects such as employment and dehumanization. Learn more about the films in this month's New Releases.

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Happy 100th, Texas Department of Transportation! The Texas Legislature established the agency on this day in 1917. In its effort to maintain the state's roadways, the Department developed the "Don't Mess With Texas" public education campaign in 1986. This PSA with Austin musician Ian Moore shows off an electrifying approach to litter prevention.