8mm Forum: My 15 seconds of fame

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Posted by Bryan Chernick (Member # 1998) on March 25, 2012, 12:52 PM:

Yesterday my wife and I took the monorail to Seattle Center for the 50th anniversary celebration. This is where the 1962 Worlds Fair was held. I have a lot of home movie footage of the fair from 1962 so I wanted to shoot some 8mm film 50 years later. A local news cameraman saw my camera and got all excited and wanted to interview me. Here is a link to the story, I'm at about 1:40.

Monorail Memories

My wife was shooting pictures with our View-Master camera but she didn't want to be interviewed. Her grandfather shot View-Master reels when he went to the Fair in 1962.

Posted by Hugh Thompson Scott (Member # 2922) on March 25, 2012, 01:08 PM:

Fifteen seconds but you certainly made them count Bryan,well
done.Now whenever Seattle is mentioned to me, I'm always
reminded of one of my favourite TV shows, "Frasier."

Posted by Greg Marshall (Member # 1268) on March 25, 2012, 03:14 PM:

That was very cool, Bryan... thanks for sharing that!

Posted by Pasquale DAlessio (Member # 2052) on March 25, 2012, 03:35 PM:

awesome brian well done

Posted by Janice Glesser (Member # 2758) on March 25, 2012, 06:00 PM:

The right place at the right time Bryan...Great idea bringing your 8mm....well done!

Posted by Bill Phelps (Member # 1431) on March 25, 2012, 06:26 PM:

Nice job Bryan...that looks like a fun place to be.

Bill [Smile]

Posted by Douglas Meltzer (Member # 28) on March 25, 2012, 07:42 PM:

Bryan,

Terrific! I hope you and your wife were among the first 200 and got the medallion.

Doug

Posted by Bryan Chernick (Member # 1998) on March 25, 2012, 09:29 PM:

We didn't get the medallion Doug. We got there for the first train at 8:30 but you had to take the 10:00 train to get it. We didn't feel like hanging around in line for 90 minutes. There was hardly anyone on the first train they were all back in line for the medallion.

Posted by Graham Ritchie (Member # 559) on March 26, 2012, 02:53 AM:

That was excellent Bryan, well done.

Graham. [Smile]

Posted by Rob Young. (Member # 131) on March 26, 2012, 09:51 AM:

That's great Bryan!

When I'm out filming news, if I ever see anyone at an event with an 8mm camera, I'll be sure we get them on the programme! [Smile]

Posted by Colin Auty (Member # 231) on March 26, 2012, 09:52 AM:

Terrific.. ,being an Elvis fan ,I remember seeing "It happened at the Worlds Fair" and thinking how cool the mono rail was!

Posted by Bryan Chernick (Member # 1998) on March 26, 2012, 10:23 AM:

Colin, I did shoot some 8mm film of the Elvis impersonator that was there.

Posted by Bill Brandenstein (Member # 892) on March 27, 2012, 12:27 PM:

Very nice, Bryan. Hope your film turns out beautifully!

When I shot my last roll of Kodachrome at Disney's California Adventure, several people noticed and made enthusiastic comments, but no news coverage! It's nice though that people see the retro stuff as a good thing.

Posted by Wayne Tuell (Member # 1689) on March 27, 2012, 01:33 PM:

<<<simulated clapping smiley face inserted here>>>
15 seconds of fame is always fun...may there be many more.

Posted by John Clancy (Member # 49) on March 28, 2012, 03:41 AM:

Well we want to see the end result now Bryan so I hope you can do flicker-free transfers!!!

Posted by Bryan Chernick (Member # 1998) on March 28, 2012, 10:21 AM:

John, I will try to at least get some screen shots. I do plan to telecine the film eventually. I would like to get some more shots this summer when the place looks a little more lively with people and the trees aren't so bare. They have a lot of construction going on there right now, probably in preparation for more 50th anniversary celebrations this summer.

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