urn:taro:utexas.cah.00603 Bailey (Bob) Studios Photographic Archive, ca.1932-1998 Part II: Moving Images Finding aid written in English. 11/6/2007 Encoded with XMetal 3 by Laurie Thompson according to TARO 2 EAD 2002 Editing Instructions Descriptive Summary Bailey (Bob) Studios Bob Bailey Studios Photographic Archive ca. 1942-1987 Materials are in English. 2004-167 85 reels (52 titles) of 16mm films and 1 non-film media Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin Consists of industrial, educational, and cultural 16mm films taken by Bob Bailey Productions in Houston, Texas. Access Restrictions:

Restricted.

 Use Restrictions:

Some restrictions apply. Contact Photo Archivst for more information.

 Preferred Citation:

Bailey (Bob) Studios Photographic Archive, ca. 1932-1998, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, University of Texas at Austin.

 Biographical Note:

By the mid 1930s, Bob Bailey had turned to industrial and educational filmmaking in the Houston area, leaving still photography to his younger brother, Marvin. He named the new business Bob Bailey Productions. In addition to making industrial films, he documented local football games, community events, and did newsreel work for Fox and Movietone News, who occasionally assigned him to stories. See “Part I: Photographs” for more information about the Baileys and their still photography business.

 Scope and Contents:

The moving image portion of the Bailey archive consists of 85 reels in 16mm gauge format. Sixty-seven are in color, 14 in black and white, and 35 have soundtracks. 14 film titles include more than one production element.

As with the photographic portion of the Bailey business, these films document several different aspects of life in Houston and other areas of the Gulf Coast region from ca. 1942 to1987. This was particularly the case for the local energy and petrochemical industry. Twenty films in the archive were sponsored by or affiliated with Houston area oil, natural gas, and petrochemical companies and organizations. Among the company names represented are Humble Oil (now ExxonMobil), Cameron Iron Works Incorporated, and the Tennessee Gas and Transmission Company. Within these films can be found descriptions of new industrial technologies, targeted marketing ads for corporations, organizational profiles, and at least one possible educational film ("Gas Goes to Market"). Three of these films reveal a different facet of the oil and gas industry by documenting the work of Paul “Red” Adair, Asgar “Boots” Hanson, and Edward “Coots” Matthews as they battle oil-well fires in Algeria and southern Louisiana.

The remaining films document Houston area sporting and community events, local disasters, and community documentaries. Among the most notable are the Southwestern Conference Football Highlights film, sponsored by Exxon; the 1947 Houston Rodeo parade (featuring Gene Autry and Glenn McCarthy); the 1951 Sears Christmas Show; demolition of the Houston Shamrock Hotel in 1987; the Texas City disaster in 1947; and footage of Hurricane Carla in 1961.

 Arrangement:

The films are arranged alphabetically by broad subject headings and then by title. If there are several production elements associated with one title, they are arranged chronologically. Whenever possible, titles were taken from within the films themselves. Otherwise, they were obtained from leaders or original containers respectively. In the case of films with several production elements, a uniform title was chosen in the manner described above, but individual reels are labeled according to the information on their leaders (if present). As there was no discernable original order (excepting films with dated production elements), this arrangement is intended to reflect subject content found within the films, regardless of company sponsorship or affiliation.

In order to differentiate between media and the two Bailey businesses (Bob Bailey Studios and Bob Bailey Productions), the finding aid has been divided into two parts:

Bailey (Bob) Studios Photographic Archive, Part I: Photographs

Bailey (Bob) Studios Photographic Archive, Part II: Moving Images

 Archivist's Note:

Because moving images inherently contain several layers of information, the archivist attempted to record as much as possible by including titles, client names, production notes (from both leaders and original containers), credits, film color, sound track, film type, dates, and where possible, descriptive information gathered by examining the frames within the films themselves. Any information supplemented by the archivist is in brackets [] with the exception of dates and physical information about the film. If Bailey's notes were unclear, the archivist made the best conjecture, which is enclosed by brackets and includes a question mark next to the term [?]. Those films marked with an asterisk [*] have been reformatted and are available for viewing in the Center’s Reading Room. However, most of the films have not yet had access copies made and are therefore restricted from patron viewing.

Using the online finding aid, patrons may click the highlighted links next to certain entries in the archive to view the online video version of the films.

 Index Terms Persons: Adair, Paul "Red" Allen, Rex Autry, Gene Cullen, Roy H. Fallon, Frank Hanson, Asgar "Boots" Matthews, Edward "Coots" Places: Algeria Houston, Texas Louisiana Nassau Bay, Texas Sugarland, Texas Texas City, Texas Subjects: Disaters Gas Industry Hurricanes Parades Petroleum Industry Real Estate Business Schools Sports Sugar Industry Detailed Description of the Records Business and Industry 77/1.1 Airless Sprayed Coating; Clemtex [Clemtex Incorporated] 3 reels Airless Sprayed Coating, Clemtex, Part 2, B wind, neg. [negative] s.t. [single take?] for 7387 ca.1953/1973, b/w, optical sound Airless Sprayed Coating, Clemtex, Part II, A Roll, 89889 ca. 1961/1981, color, no sound, print Airless Sprayed Coating, Clemtex, Part II, B Roll, 89889, ca. 1961/1981, color, no sound, print Apartments; Atherton-Clements Inc., original color ed. [edit] 5/7/1970, no sound, print Cameron Iron Guidelines Drilling System, commercial #789 [Cameron Iron Works Incorporated] 2 reels and 1 non-film media Cameron Iron Guidelines Drilling System,A Roll, ca. 1976, color, no sound, print Cameron Iron Guidelines Drilling System, B Roll, ca. 1976, color, no sound, print Photolabs Guidelines Drilling System, (Frieden Business systems—Tape Talk) 4/22/76, non-film media Capline: Oil for the Midwest,pilot print, ca. 1969, color, optical sound, print *Containment and Recovery of an Offshore Oil Spill. Produced by Spiltrol, a division of Oceaneering International and Bennett Pollution Control. A Bob Bailey Production. Photographed and edited by John Smith. Script by Paul Norris. Studio print. ca. 1976, color, optical sound [VHS/DVD copies in box 3W96b] [An advertisement for Spiltrol and Bennett Pollution Control. Takes place at an oil rig fire, off-shore of Louisiana. Crew demonstrates the Husky model SBG, off-shore skimmer, used to clean oil from the water. Time: 16:03]

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 Devil's Cigarette Lighter, 2 reels [Account of Paul "Red" Adair and company’s (Red Adair Oil Well Fires & Blowouts Control Company) infamous fight in 1961-'62, with an oil-well fire in the French Saharan desert-specifically, the Gassi-Touil natural gas field in Algeria. The oil-well was nicknamed the Devil's Cigarette Lighter. See: GT2 Oil Fire] Devil’s Cigarette Lighter, B wind, st [single take?] ca. 1965, b/w, optical sound, negative Devil’s Cigarette Lighter, interneg. [internegative] ca. 1965, color, no sound, negative 77/1.2 Four in One Completions, Cameron Iron Works, studio; undated, color, no sound Gas Goes to Market,print #16, Produced and Photographed by Bob Bailey, 1949, color, optical sound [Possibly an educational film about the origins of fossil fuels] Gas, Tennessee Gas and Transmission Co., print #11, ca. 1948/1968, color, optical sound Gift from the Earth: Natural Gas,Transco [Transcontinental Gas Pipeline Corporation] 4 reels Gift from the Earth,cuts, 1 of 3, ca. 1955, color, no sound, print 77/1.1 Gift from the Earth,cuts, 2 of 3, ca. 1955, color, no sound, print 77/1.2 Gift from the Earth,cuts, 3 of 3, ca. 1955 color, no sound, print 77/1.2 Gift from the Earth,studio print, ca. 1959, color, optical sound 77/1.2 GT2 Oil Fire, Adair Company, February '62 Sahara, shot by Coots, #138-13, Bold Men, Wolper, color, no sound, print [Account of Paul “Red” Adair and company’s fight with an oil-well fire at the Gassi-Touil (GT2) natural gas oil field in Algeria. See: Devil’s Cigarette Lighter] Houston Chemical Giant [title from original container] 7 reels [Includes aerial views of the San Jacinto Monument and the Houston Ship Channel] 77/1.3 [Leader untitled] not in sync, ca. 1947/1967, color, optical sound, print 77/1.4 [Leader untitled] ca. 1947/1967, color, magnetic sound, print 77/1.5 [Leader untitled] ca. 1947/1967, color, magnetic sound, print 77/1.6 [Leader untitled] ca. 1955/1975, color, no sound, print 77/1.7 [Leader untitled] ca. 1956/1979, color, magnetic sound, print 77/1.2 [Leader untitled] end pix, ca. 1956/1979, optical sound [Leader untitled] tail sound, ca. 1956/1979, color, optical sound, print Humble Army-Navy E award, 1942, color, no sound, print [Award given to Humble Oil Co. for their excellent service during WWII] 77/1.3 Humble Oil Well; original photo, 3 reels [Series of speeches] Humble Oil Well, ca. 1964, color, no sound, print Humble Oil Well, ca. 1965, b/w, no sound, print Humble Oil Well, #7092, Mr. Barker, ca. 1965, b/w, no sound, print Imperial Sugar, 125th Anniversary, 1968, color, no sound, print [Commemoration in Sugarland, Texas on October 1, 1968] Mid '60s Texaco Stations in Houston, ca. 1962, color, no sound, print More Oil and Gas, ca. 1943/1963, color, optical sound, print [Associated with the Interstate Oil Compact Commission, Drake Well Park, and the Sun Oil Company] Name Like Cameron [Cameron Iron Works Incorporated] ca. 1959/1979, color, optical sound, print Natural Gas to the North, Michigan-Wisconsin Pipeline Company, 8 reels 77/1.8 Natural Gas to the North, ca. 1950/1970, color, optical sound, print 77/1.4 Natural Gas, pix A, ca. 1952/1972, color, no sound, print Natural Gas, pix B, ca. 1952/1972, color, no sound, print Natural Gas, title reel mark (for all titles), ca. 1952/1972, b/w, no sound, positive Natural Gas to the North, sound, ca. 1952/1972, b/w, optical sound, print Natural Gas, #4, single pix, ca. 1953/1973, color, no sound, print Natural Gas, Houston, #17, ca. 1953/1973, color, no sound, print Natural Gas to the North, sound, undated, magnetic sound New Drilling Method for Downhole Motors, Marble Falls, Client: Roy H. Cullen, ca. 1973, color, optical sound, positive [Film featuring the results of a research project done by Roy H. Cullen in association with the Texas Granite Corporation in Marble Falls, Texas] Port of Houston, 5 reels [Sponsored by the Board of Navigation and Canal Commissioners] 77/1.9 Port of Houston, ca. 1956, color, optical sound, print 77/1.4 Port of Houston,original cuts, ca. 1957/1977, color, print, no sound Port of Houston,1 of 2, ca. 1964/1974, color, print, optical sound 77/1.10 Port of Houston, original cuts, ca. 1959, color, no sound, print 77/1.11 Port of Houston, original cuts, ca. 1969, color, no sound, print *Profession: Pompier du Petrole. Filmed by Clap 24, Antenne 2. Concu et realise par Hubert le Campion, Producteur delegue Patrice Legendre. 2 reels [VHS/DVD copies in box 3W96b] [Documentary filmed by a French production company about a day in the life of the oil-well firefighter, Asgar ("Boots") Hanson. The film follows Boots as he and his crew extinguish an oil fire in Southern Louisiana, just outside of Baton Rouge. Includes a short interview with an Acadian French woman living nearby. Time: 57:13] 77/1.12 Boots 'n Coots: Oil Well Fighters and Blowout Specialists, original copy, no sound, don't use, 1979, color, optical sound, print 77/1.13 Boots 'n Coots, print with optical soundtrack, 1979, color 77/1.5 Tenneco and the 200 Million [Tennesse Gas and Transmission Company] 3 reels Tenneco & 200 Million, A wind, neg. [negative] track, ca. 1950/1970, b/w, optical sound Tenneco & 200 Million, ca. 1950/1970, color, no sound [Leader untitled] ca. 1952/1972, color, optical sound, print You and Your Energy Future, pre mix rolls, 2 reels You and Your Energy, SFX [sound effects] track, undated, sound only You and Your Energy (1981 seer) voice track, undated, sound only Community Documentaries Nassau Bay: Live, Work, Worship, Play, 2 reels [Marketing film for the city of Nassau Bay, Texas] Nassau Bay, 1 of 2, ca. 1963, color, optical sound, print Nassau Bay, 2 of 2, ca. 1963, color, optical sound, print Strength of a Great City, Houston Chamber of Commerce, original cuts [title from original container] 2 reels [Leader untitled] ca. 1964, b/w, no sound, negative [Leader untitled] undated Community Events Houston Rodeo Parade, Gene Autry and Glenn McCarthy, 1947, b/w, no sound, print [Gene Autry and Glenn McCarthy, along with marching bands and cowboys, parade through downtown Houston, Texas. Time: 2:35]

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 Recreation for Everybody; color, no. 1843, reel E, undated, no sound [Features recreational activities for all ages: little league, volleyball, painting, theatre, etc.] Muscular Dystrophy, Rex Allen, original pix and B wind negative, ca. 1961, color, optical sound, print [Possible fund-raiser for Muscular Dystrophy] 77/1.6 Sears Christmas Show, 1951, b/w, optical sound, print [African-American choir] Second National Bank All-Star Theatre, b/w [Houston, Texas] 1958/1978, magnetic sound, print Shamrock Destruction, Olshan, original, 1987, color, no sound, print [Demolition of the famous Houston hotel, the Shamrock, by Olshan Foundation Repair] Hurricane Carla [Houston, Texas] 1961, b/w, no sound, print Texas City Disaster, dupe [duplicate] neg [negative] undated, b/w, no sound Other American Flag, undated color, optical sound, print Belmont Ship Loading, original, ca. 1955/1975, color, no sound, print Crowds, Downtown Houston, original, late 1940s, color, no sound, print Houston Highway Outs, original, ca. 1953/1973, color, no sound, print [Highway construction] 77/1.14 Sam Houston and monorails, original, ca. 1958, color, optical sound, print Schools 77/1.6 *Silent Night, Silent Day, Houston School for the Deaf, deaf children, original ed. [edit] Photographed and produced by Bob Bailey. Written by Melvin Shaw and Narrated by Dave Nagle, 1950s. color, no sound, print [VHS/DVD copies in box 3W96b] [Children in classroom learning how to make and recognize sounds. Time: 10:30]

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 Sports 77/1.7 1962 Oiler Highlights, studio print. Written and edited by Jack Scott, narrated by Frank Fallon, produced by Bob Bailey Productions, and photographed by Marvin Bailey. ca. 1963, color, optical sound, print BBB [Bluebonnet Bowl] outs [outtakes?], site line, misc. II, 1969, color, no sound, print Bluebonnet Bowl, Texas-Alabama, Greater Houston Bowl Association, original, 1960, b/w, no sound, print BBB [Bluebonnet Bowl] Bowl trims, 1971, color, no sound, print Bluebonnet Bowl, Colorado vs. Texas, preview copy, 1975, color, optical sound, print Exxon Presents: 25 Years of Southwestern Conference Football, 1947-1971 Compiled from the yearly SWC Football Highlights films produced by the Humble Oil and Refining Company. Preview copy. ca.1972, color, optical sound, print 77/1.8 Marching Band in Astrodome, ca. 1952/72, color, no sound, print Rice vs. Texas, 1971, color, no sound, print Rice vs. Texas, color original, 10/76, no sound, print Rice vs. Texas, color original, 10/4/80, no sound, print Teeth of Dragon [title from original container] 2 reels 1979 Blue Bonnet Bowl, A roll, color, no sound, print 1979 Blue Bonnet Bowl, B roll color, no sound, print Track meet, SWC [Southwestern Conference] May 1969, color, magnetic sound, reversal Printed Materials 3C63 Photocopies of labels from original film cans