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Guy Taylor, Jr.
Jedi Master Film Handler

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From: Galveston, Texas, U.S.A.
Registered: Mar 2007

posted January 07, 2015 01:00 PM

I don't know how many of you google search home movies of your hometown. You would be surprised at what you might find on youtube and other such places. This morning I came across some 8mm footage of my city from 1940. It really is amazing what is out there on the internet.

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Steve Klare
Film Guy

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From: Long Island, NY, USA
Registered: Jun 2003

posted January 07, 2015 01:10 PM

I've tried similar searches for where I live, no luck so far.

Not quite the same: but the last CineSea Gary Sloan (I think) had a 1950s era 16mm film done by the Wildwood chamber of Commerce promoting tourism: the place didn't look all that different!

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Joe Taffis
Phenomenal Film Handler

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From: United States
Registered: Jun 2003

posted January 07, 2015 06:33 PM

My Uncle Stan worked for Kodak for many years, and was one of the main reasons I got started in this hobby. I saved a 100' reel of standard 8mm film he shot in my hometown in the mid 1950s. The Kodachrome has held up quite well! Here's the YouTube link:
http://youtu.be/fe4GJn2wJog?list=UUx9BTYmDZHAmRYh0Nti46OQ
p.s. I'm the kid picking huckleberries and with my new robot and roller skates at Christmas [Smile]

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Joe Taffis

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Clay Smith
Expert Film Handler

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From: El Cerrito, CA, USA
Registered: Jan 2014

posted January 07, 2015 07:17 PM

It was really nice Joe. I get almost hypnotized viewing old footage like that. Watching the berry picking seems not that far removed from pastoral 19th century rural America.
Thanks for sharing. (cool robot too)

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Joe Taffis
Phenomenal Film Handler

Posts: 1592
From: United States
Registered: Jun 2003

posted January 08, 2015 05:12 PM

Thanks guys,
Tim, the woman was my Aunt. The film has a lot of YouTube views because it's linked through the local historical society.

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Joe Taffis

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Dominique De Bast
Film God

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From: Brussels, Belgium
Registered: Jun 2013

posted January 08, 2015 05:32 PM

I've just watched it. Interesting that it is in colour as (in Europe, anyway) most of what was shooted was in black and white.

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Steve Klare
Film Guy

Posts: 7016
From: Long Island, NY, USA
Registered: Jun 2003

posted January 08, 2015 05:47 PM

I would imagine Kodachrome was pretty popular in R8 back then. Think about it: you couldn't get a color TV, but your home movies could be color.

Joe: have the places changed a lot? I'm sure the people have, but it's nice to look back and recognize places that are still there.

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Graham Ritchie
Film God

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From: New Zealand
Registered: Feb 2006

posted January 09, 2015 01:45 AM

Totally agree Guy

I was looking at some film posted on you-tube of a place called Greenock in the 60s...and there it was "the shop" where I bought a small aero engine, that must be around the 1965 mark when I was 13 or 14 years old. I had used my savings from potato picking on a farm and doing folks gardens to make enough money to buy it. Greenock was the only place I could get one of those engines...fun times for sure.

Its strange how your brain will "click" onto something that was almost 50 years ago... you would think would be forgotten.

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