The Orris D. Brown Collection, no. 6 - Houston, Henderson, and FDR (1936)

Year Published: 1936

Format: 16mm

Sound: silent

Description: This reel from the Orris D. Brown Collection contains footage from a number of events. The first part includes examples of early film credit techniques, footage of a then-modern, diesel electric streamlined train at Houston’s Railway Post Office, fireworks over Houston’s Buffalo Stadium, and scenes of Clara Mae Brown, Orris D. Brown’s mother, visiting family in rural Henderson, Texas. Later footage includes scenes of FDR’s visit to Houston in June of 1936 for the groundbreaking ceremony of the San Jacinto Monument. FDR dedicated the monument at the groundbreaking as a part of the state-wide Texas Centennial celebration. Scenes of President and Mrs. Roosevelt, along with Secretary of Commerce Jesse H. Jones, arriving by train then riding in a motorcade as part of a parade are included.