[Riley Family Films, No. 8 - Holidays and Vacations, 1955]

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This home movie documents the daily lives and activities of the Sam Riley familyincluding the Riley children celebrating their birthdays (00:00-02:04, 06:18-08:25, 08:25-10:32), children playing outdoors on a large swing set 02:04-05:26), homes under construction (05:26-06:18), a gathering with family playing croquet and children on a swing set (10:32-12:24), and children on the beach playing in the ocean (12:24-14:33).

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Riley, Sam 1955.

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This video is part of the collection entitled: Spotlight on North Texas and was provided by the UNT Media Library to The Portal to Texas History, a digital repository hosted by the UNT Libraries. It has been viewed 11 times. More information about this video can be viewed below.

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This home movie documents the daily lives and activities of the Sam Riley familyincluding the Riley children celebrating their birthdays (00:00-02:04, 06:18-08:25, 08:25-10:32), children playing outdoors on a large swing set 02:04-05:26), homes under construction (05:26-06:18), a gathering with family playing croquet and children on a swing set (10:32-12:24), and children on the beach playing in the ocean (12:24-14:33).

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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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  • 1955

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Added to The Portal to Texas History

  • Dec. 16, 2016, 7:14 p.m.

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  • July 24, 2017, 9 p.m.

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Riley, Sam. [Riley Family Films, No. 8 - Holidays and Vacations, 1955], video, 1955; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc942751/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Media Library.

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