Texas: The Bonnie Blue Flag, Part I (1973)

Duration: 25:35:00

Year Published: 1973

Format: 16mm

Sound: sound

Description: “Texas” is a 1970s educational film series produced by KHOU-TV. The Bonnie Blue Flag, hosted by revered Houston newsman Ron Stone, focuses on the history of Texas leading up to and during the Civil War. Part I discusses the politics of Texas’s annexation, the Mexican-American War, life on the frontier, and the rising debate over secession. Please note: The segment includes Confederate songs that are derogatory in nature. The Texas Archive of the Moving Image does not condone these sentiments, but presents this film with its accurate historical context, because to do otherwise would be the same as to claim this discriminatory behavior never existed.