Title:
State Department of Highways and Public Transportation Travel and Information Division films and audiotapes
Description:
The Texas State Department of Highways and Public Transportation (TSDHPT) was responsible for the building and maintenance of Texas roads and highways and for developing public mass transportation in state from 1975 to 1991. The agency was formed in 1975 when Texas legislature merged the Texas Highway Department and the Texas Mass Transportation Commission into this single agency. Both TSDHPT and the Texas Highway Department operated a Travel and Information Division that promoted travel to and within the state of Texas, highway safety, and tourism through the distribution of publications, audiovisual programs, and news media materials. Records consist of 76 film projects made up of 16mm motion pictures and motion picture components, 0.25-inch open reel audiotapes, a 35mm work print, and an audiocassette, dating 1963-1990, bulk 1970-1985. Projects comprise Texas tourism and other films, as well as radio and television news stories, commercials, and public service announcements that were produced by the division. Subjects include bridge construction, anti-littering campaigns, tourist attractions around Texas, highway safety, highway funding, and public transportation. Included are different motion picture production components, such as work prints, internegatives, sound tracks, film clips and stock shots. A portion of these materials have been digitized and are part of the Texas Digital Archive.
Collection:
Texas State Department of Highways and Public Transportation Travel and Information Division films and audiotapes
Creator:
Texas. Travel and Information Division
Date range of creation:
1963 to 1990
Date range of creation:
bulk 1970 to 1985
Geographic coverage:
Texas
Subject:
Texas Mass Transportation Commission
Subject:
Texas. Department of Transportation
Subject:
Texas. Highway Department
Subject:
Texas. State Department of Highways and Public Transportation
Subject:
Advertising, Public service
Subject:
Bridges
Subject:
Design and construction
Subject:
Culture
Subject:
Highway departments
Subject:
Mass media in traffic safety
Subject:
Missions, Spanish
Subject:
Roads
Subject:
Finance
Subject:
Roadside litter
Subject:
Television broadcasting of news
Subject:
Social life and customs
Subject:
Tourism
Subject:
Traffic safety
Subject:
Transportation
Type:
Audiocassettes
Type:
Motion picture components
Type:
Motion pictures (visual works)
Type:
Open reel audiotapes
Type:
Radio programs
Type:
Sound tracks
Type:
Television programs
Type:
Work prints (motion pictures)
Citation information:
(Identify the item and cite the series), Texas State Department of Highways and Public Transportation Travel and Information Division films and audiotapes. Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission.
Arrangement:
The records are organized into seven series: Television and radio spot films and audiotapes, 1970-1977, 1989, Bridge construction films and audiotapes, 1964, 1969-1970, 1973-1984, Anti-littering message films, 1974-1979, 1985-1986, Stock films, 1963, 1978-1983, 1990, bulk 1979-1981, Highway safety and funding films, 1969-1970, 1973-1974, 1977, 1979-1982, 1986-1990, Transportation type films, 1970, 1977-1978, and Texas tourism films and audiotapes, 1965-1966, 1969-1970, 1972-1973, 1975, 1977-1985
Copyright information:
Most records created by Texas state agencies are not copyrighted. State records also include materials received by, not created by, state agencies. Copyright remains with the creator. The researcher is responsible for complying with U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17 U.S.C.).
Access restrictions:
To view the films or listen to the sound tracks not currently available through the Texas Digital Archive, please contact State Archives staff. Researcher access to open reel audiotape or 16mm film and audio is dependent upon first arranging to transfer that outdated media to more contemporary media, at the researcher's expense.
Size or duration:
30.29 cubic ft. (483 motion picture components, 51 motion pictures, 10 open reel audiotapes, and 1 audiocassette)
TARO URL:
https://txarchives.org/tslac/finding_aids/12006.xml
Language:
English
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Spanish
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German
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Korean
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French
