The Jim W. Keeland Collection, no. 6 - Rio Grande Valley (1956)

Duration: 0:17:46

Year Published: 1956

Format: 16mm

Sound: silent

Description: This film from the Keeland Collection features two distinctly different views of the Rio Grande Valley. The clip opens with the pageantry and glitter of the Texas Citrus Fiesta in Mission, followed by cattle ranchers in Bee County working with their herds. Of note is footage of the ranchers using a propane torch to burn thorns off of cacti, making them safe for the cattle to eat. 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.