This amateur or student film highlights various sites around Beaumont. The beginning shots include cartoon illustrations, collages, and photographs. Towards the middle of the film, the camera follows a man dressed in an orange suit as he wanders throughout the city. The film includes numerous shots of oil fields and of historical markers for Spindeltop Oil Field. Do you know more about this film? Let us know! Email us at info@texasachive.org.

Jefferson County Beaumont

TFC 16mm amateur film animation cartoon Beaumont Jefferson County Houston Harris County Lamar University 1970s 1970’s 70s 70’s W. S. Leonard Leonard, W. S. W. S. “Bud” Leonard Leonard, W. S. “Bud” illustration baby cow cow head photographs pictures man shed boy painting woman street signs signs city crowd downtown college campus college campus university school stadium

birds parrots plane airplane kitchen stove monkey horse collage Goodwin Dannenbaum Littman & Wingfield Incorporated Advertising & Public Relations flowers field flower field wildflowers briefcase highway car vehicle automobile road street hitchhiking hitchhiker truck phone booth telephone booth phone telephone bank Jefferson Savings Bank Master Charge Band Friedman’s Pawn Shop pawn shop car dealership used car dealership Lucas Gusher Spindletop Oil Field National Historic Landmark National Registry of Historic Places

plaque National Historic Landmark plague landmark Spindletop Oil Field Museum gas gas station boat ship cargo ship port docks bathtub BPM Club San Jacinto Building food strand food truck train railroad police police station coin quarter buildings newspaper Houston Post Iris Wright Wright, Iris Alyce Poag Poag, Alyce Melba Mitchell Mitchell, Melba John Neil Neil, John Ed Smith Smith, Ed Tom Winslow Winslow, Tom Jack Shofner Shofner, Jack Mary Johnson

Johnson, Mary Karen Mann Mann, Karen Bill Walker Walker, Bill W. S Bud Leonard Leonard, W. S. Thomas A. Edison Edison, Thomas A. KFDM Channel 6 Jeff Pryor Pryor, Jeff Ken Lewis Lewis, Ken