Orris D. Brown Film Collection, Reel 1

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Identifier	MSS0292-01
Title	Orris D. Brown Film Collection, Reel 1
Alternate Title	Texas Centennial Exposition in Dallas, Texas (Circa 1936) ; San Antonio Bruin Bears ; Holiday on Treasure Island, July 4, 1937
Creator	Brown, Orris D.
Description	Centennial Exposition Gets Under Way: Scenes from the Exposition Grounds showing the architecture, grounds, statues and fountains. Text reads (in order): "Dallas, Texas - Centennial Exposition Gets Under Way" -- Fighting dinosaurs: Footage of animatronic fighting dinosaurs. -- Water wheel, tour bus, architecture and exhibits: Footage of tour busses, a water wheel, the exposition grounds and architecture. Scenes of visitors at several different exhibit sites, amusement rides and attractions. -- Marching Band: Footage of soldiers lowering the national flag; a marching band performs. -- Ice Skating: Footage of an ice skating performance. -- San Antonio Bruin Bears: Brown bears at the San Antonio Zoo. Text reads (in order): "San Antonio, Texas - Bruins enjoy climate 'where sunshine spends the winter.' 'Please throw me some peanuts.'" -- Majic Title: Text is written in the sand and is "magically" uncovered. Text reads (in order): "A Holiday on Treasure Island. With the Glicks, Callaways, Browns, and Emma Gordon. July 4th 1937." -- Jetty fishing: Footage from the beach showing people fishing from the jetty. -- Bathers and Treasure Map: A group of beach bathers in various bathing costumes finds a bottle in the sand containing a treasure map. The group follows the map and begin their search. -- Majic Stone: The group finds a magic stone. Text reads (in order): "Oh! It’s a magic stone." -- Lunch: People eating lunch. -- Majic tricks: Footage of some group members examining the magic stone; the stone "magically" makes a glass and a car disappear. Footage of people and babies playing on the beach. Mr. Click in a contorted pose. Small children playing on the beach. Emma Gordon fishes at the beach and catches her own skirt. Text reads (in order): "What do they mean, magic stone? Contortionist Click – Rubbed himself with the magic rock and bathed in SNAKE OIL. Emma Gordon says – 'An Englishman might not see the point, but I GOT it, and how!'" -- Families relaxing on the beach: Color footage of people at the beach on the sand and in the water. Text reads (in order): "No occasion is complete without ANNIE LAURIE CLICK. The SWEETHEART of Park Place."
Date Created	1936 ; 1937
Subject Terms	Texas Centennial (1936 : Dallas, Tex.) ; Texas Centennial (1936 : Dallas, Tex.)--Exhibitions ; Marching bands ; Skating ; Bears ; San Antonio Zoo (San Antonio, Tex.) ; Beaches ; Magic tricks ; Treasure hunt (Game)
Type	MovingImage
Language	English
Geographic Subject Terms	Houston (Tex.)
Coverage-Temporal	1930s
Publisher	Electronic version published by Houston Public Library, Houston, Texas
Collection	MSS0292 Orris D. Brown Film Collection
HPL Location	MSS0292 Orris D. Brown Film Collection, Houston Metropolitan Research Center Archives
Contributing Institution	Texas Archive of the Moving Image available at: http://www.texasarchive.org/
Funding provided by	TexTreasures Grant
Duration	10:55
Date Digital	2012
Format	flv ; 16.2MB ; 29 frames/second ; no sound ; black and white and color ; 4 : 3 aspect ratio
Rights	Please contact the Houston Metropolitan Research Center, Houston, Texas.
Digitization Specifications	avi ; 2.19GB ; 29 frames/second

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