devonhart

Can anyone suggest which were the most significant downtown buildings razed in the 60s and 70s to make room for skyscrapers like the Exxon Mobil Building, Shell Plaza, 1100 Milam, Pennzoil Place, and One/Two Houston Center?

This is on Texas Ave in the 70s, clearing 19th century buildings for a skyscraper I'm sure someone can figure out from the position from Jones Hall.

I'm assuming Baby Boomers are still targets for higher end products, music from 30 and 40 years ago is the music of our youth, possibly a subtle suggestion that car X will make you feel like you did in 1970.

I've noticed automobile commercials (mostly foreign makes) these days using 30 and 40 year old music to lure people to purchase their product. Something just ain't right.

If ad men of 1960 had even considered using the 'Chattanooga Chu-Chu", or the "Boogie Woogie Boys of Company B" as theme music back then, they would have been thrown out of their un-air conditioned high rise office windows.

I sorted out the copyright issues, got permission from UofH Digital library and replaced the music.

After some back and forthing with UofH Digital Library, they agreed to let me use the footage. Had to change the music, the 50 year old record had an active copyright.

Copyright problems??? Devon, your snippet was great...J.R. Gonzalez's Chronicle Blog has the 22 minute KTRK film let's see if that works.

http://blog.chron.co...ton-after-dark/

The original source is the UofH Digital library, J.R. got permission to use the video. UofH has a general page about copyright and fair use and some of their material is public domain, I didn't check this specific item until later, it is copyrighted.

I had to take the video down, there was a copyright issue.

I can't help but think that life and america will never feel like that again. Growing, so many new things every year, cultural changes, and people with a real positive outlook that they can make things better for themselves. Today just feels so cynical. Or maybe it's just me.

I think part of it was that WWII vets were only 15 years from having experienced victory as boys, and with their G.I. Bill education, had a can do attitude as men that gave them a great advantage over later generations.

Great find! I'd love to see a hundred more hours of this!

The original is a 22 minute KTRK film.

houston video

This was a KUHT-TV documentary that was archived on the University of Houston library website. The broadcast originally aired in the 1960s.

Expedition Houston, Episode 5: The Dark Hours

https://av.lib.uh.edu/media_objects/sx61dm33r

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8OxoiRz6SgA

Sid Lasher.. I'd forgot all about that guy.

Strangely, I have no recollection of Sid, I remember Steve Edwards even though I had no interest in sports.

Shows their arrival and the speech at the Rice Hotel.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfZqtFv9xzE

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Wow, it looks really boring!

Well, only five channels on TV, only rich people had VCRs, Pong had just been developed, so no video games at home, the internet didn't exist, no Iphone, MTV hadn't reduced everyone attention span to 5 seconds yet. Keep in mind, it was the day of mini skirts, halter tops and the bra less look, the girls might have come for the art, the guys came for the girls.

More clips from a 1972 home movie of the Houston Art Happening on Main Street.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_OHouueJno

A young Ron Stone, Steve Edwards, and Joanne King

The clip is from a 1962 movie about juvenile delinquency in Houston.

Filmed across the street from Bill McDavid, 1401 Travis

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvwQL4qmbtc&feature=related

It seems the Loews was showing grindhouse features by this time in it's history. "Disciples of Death" from Hong Kong and "A Man for Hanging".

The original source said it was 1973, but it must of been 1972, the Loew's closed in 72.

What a great record of the early 70's. Whoever filmed this had a sensitive eye for human behavior.

The Frick family donated their home movies to http://www.texasarchive.org.

The original is 12 minutes long and silent. I edited what I considered the the best shots and added music.

Keep your eye out for Loew's and Metropolitan marquees.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUKq4Jib3ME

Nice photos and home movie clips

Kiddie Wonderland

Here's a couple postcards from the site.

I couldn't remember if this was posted before.

This must be about 1998, Mr. Rodgers started in 68, and they mention a 30th anniversary.

He's been adding more photos, and the photos are now at.

majestic

A gentlemen named Don Lewis has photos on flicker of movie theater architecture some of them of Houston.

Majestic, North Main, Garden Oak

Loew's/Metropolitan