Footage of Moore, Texas in 1941 comprises this film. Scenes of school children filing out of the schoolhouse, including classes of Mexican-American children, and posing for the camera begin the film. Teenagers playing volleyball and basketball and a young girl tap dancing are also included in scenes from the school. Scenes of men and women around town in Moore follow, including a scene of a man crank-starting a car engine. This film is part of a larger collection of itinerant films made by Arthur J. Higgins. Higgins was an itinerant filmmaker in the 1930s and 40s who visited towns across the country with his wife, spending several days recording posed scenes of daily life there that focused primarily on the residents, for whom the film was typically shown at a local theater.

Frio County Moore

Moore Frio County Texas boy boys girl girls child children kid

kids student students school schoolhouse school yard Mexican-American Mexican-Americans teacher teachers

bomber hat hats leapfrog basketball game cartwheel tap tap dance dancing tapping

bicycle bike volleyball Dr. Pepper Delaware Punch Gulflube Gulf Lube gas station service station attendant

bus school bus motor oil 7up 7-up hand crank crank-start engine motor Hires Root Beer

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biking