The Jim W. Keeland Collection, no. 12 - Pierce Ranch Cattle Drive, Part II

Duration: 0:07:13

Format: 16mm

Sound: silent

Description: This footage captures scenes from a cattle drive on the historic Pierce Ranch in Wharton County. Cattle are herded along dirt roads while cowboys rope wandering cattle to bring them back into the herd. The cowboys also enjoy a chuck wagon lunch!The producer of this film, Jim W. Keeland, was a photographer and videographer in the Houston area for sixty years. He took photographs and films for Houston's NBC affiliate, KPRC-TV, from 1948 until 1961, worked for the Houston Post from 1951 to 1982 as a printer, and was a freelance photographer of agricultural subjects.