Part 4

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Theophilus ©2017 • click photos to enlarge

The photos below are stills from Theophilus' movies that were digitized in 2017 by the Texas Archive of the Moving Image. We greatly appreciate their work and highly recommend sharing your old Texas movies with the organization. We'd digitized our movies 30 years ago when the technology was not near as good. This conversion really brought the movies to a new  level. Then in 2020 we used Kodak transfer services to digitize another 10 7" reels of film. The stills were cap turd from the digitized videos. Chris also had two reels which were digitized and may be viewed at this link.

1957 Alpine, Texas parade and Band Day at Jackson Field • view video

1958 Sul Ross Homecoming Parade and Jackson Field Band performances • view video

1961 AHS Senior Trip • view video

1965 Peg and Ollie Theophilus took the Chihuahua al Pacífico (Chihuahua-Pacific Railway) trip • video

In 1964, the Alpine High School senior class trip was taken on the Chihuahua-Pacific Railway. The trip began in Presidio/Ojinaga, passed through Chihuahua, Mexico, the Copper Canyon and on to Los Mochas and its port, Topolobampo. The next year my parents also took the trip. Included below is Don Burgess' book about the building of the railroad and Marfa's PBS FM station's interview with Don.

 

                     

Marfa's KRTS Interview with Don Burgess 2013

1966 scenes • view video

 Carol and Martin began dating in 1963. In 1966, while single and working as police dispatchers for the Brewster County Law Enforcement Communications Center, they jointly ordered and bought a custom 1966 Mustang. We'd watch the trains coming through Alpine (a time you could actually see the cars), but never saw it. Our dear friend Corky Thornton designed very classy new uniforms for the Sul Ross band. They were either a marching band uniform, or would convert into a concert tux. The scenes are around alpine, a band trip to Galveston, with a stay over at the Casa Recardo Hotel in Kingsland. The hotel had deteriorated and was in disrepair. Also scenes at Carol's grandparents in Pyote. Martin's parent enabled him to create a recording studio in their home using Peggy's old bedroom and part of Martin's bedroom. Small bands were recorded as were voice over sessions for the Alpine school's weekly KVLF radio shows and a film soundtrack effects for Peter Koch.

                                                                       

                                                        

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1967 Alpine - Peggy & Tom, Karl & George, Dan & ? with Peg and Ollie, Carol & Martin, Mom & Pop Crerar • video

                                  

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Part 4

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photos above by Martin Theophilus ©2017 • click photos to enlarge