Thanks for posting those old films. I remember when Super 8 was fading away in the 80's. Was able to make some films with an older camera. I miss film. I have some old regular 8mm film I got in Peoria at the Superfest I need to view. You are right, they are real life, not Hollywood stereotypes here. One has to wonder if Today's DVDs and solid state drives will hold up 50 years from now.
Hearing the projector sounds reminds me of seeing films in school in the early to mid 60s. The film quality looks pretty good! Love watching old home movies even if I don't know the people.
Nice video, thanks. Your videos are always worth watching. This is going to sound funny but sometimes I wonder how people survived back then without all of the technology we have today. Looking at that film of the 1954 back yard party, it seems that people functioned much the same way we do now. They had patio furniture & BBQ grills (I wonder if that's a Weber - lol). It's hard to believe that old people were that young once, and everyone was so proper. I wish it was like that today.
Wow, I think I have the same set up that belonged to my parents. Just pulled the owner's manual out of the closet. It is a Sears super automatic 8mm movie projector. When I opened the manual, a note in my mother's hand writing fell out that lists the projector bulb as number 8715 code DLS. My parents have passed away but I still have the camera, projector and screen with films that span a period from the late 1950's up to 1978. Wonder if you can still buy the bulbs. They get very hot.
Yes I agree with the person below, this is one of the best videos yet you made, you brought back some great memories of my dad and I as a kid. I need to dig out my films, I have a las 50's bell and Howe projector, have the camera to still, thanks for this great memory. Also to I might add, that guy who said kids today have it better now than then?? If you lived back then you'd know that's down right bs :)
Very cool! It's always cool to see footage of every day life from the past. It appears that your projector is playing the film back a little too fast. Movement looks a little unnatural.
Once upon a time, before the camcorders of the 80s and 90s, before smartphones, piss poor quality camera phones, video sharing the internet, digital memory cards and MiniDV, there was this.
I have almost the same Sears projector. Mine is a Tower Super Automatic 8mm Projector. I bought mine on ebay several years ago. Only problem I have had with mine is a little wire that engages the rewind broke off so it was back to ebay to find a rough condition parts machine to repair it. I have my grandfather's 8mm films going back to 1936 including an original 1st generation Kodachrome in 1937. It's sad that Kodak did away with Kodachrome and all means to process it this past December.
That was really cool. I liked seeing all the old cars and stuff back when they were all new. Come to think of it, I use-to have an old 8mm camcorder. To bad no one makes film for those things anymore.
@RecordsCollector Why do you say that? My generation is facing all kinds of problems with declining education, a collapsing economy, hyperinflation, and the confiscation of civil liberties.
This is one of my fav-o-rite vids you have posted. Super cool footage. I Love the old days . . . I was born in '63 . . but wish it was '43 . . smile.
mercedes560sel 6 days ago
the olden days
Christianpreaching 4 months ago
Thanks for posting those old films. I remember when Super 8 was fading away in the 80's. Was able to make some films with an older camera. I miss film. I have some old regular 8mm film I got in Peoria at the Superfest I need to view. You are right, they are real life, not Hollywood stereotypes here. One has to wonder if Today's DVDs and solid state drives will hold up 50 years from now.
thebigpoopful 5 months ago
Hearing the projector sounds reminds me of seeing films in school in the early to mid 60s. The film quality looks pretty good! Love watching old home movies even if I don't know the people.
6motion6 6 months ago
Beautiful color, especially the first clip. Thanks for sharing.
zed91 7 months ago
Nice video, thanks. Your videos are always worth watching. This is going to sound funny but sometimes I wonder how people survived back then without all of the technology we have today. Looking at that film of the 1954 back yard party, it seems that people functioned much the same way we do now. They had patio furniture & BBQ grills (I wonder if that's a Weber - lol). It's hard to believe that old people were that young once, and everyone was so proper. I wish it was like that today.
TwinMillMC 7 months ago
Very similar to my father's Keystone 1963 vintage 8mm projector. Made like a tank and sounded like one.
dmine45 7 months ago
I love the auto-turn-on bulb feature!
aldiakaroofus 7 months ago
Wow, I think I have the same set up that belonged to my parents. Just pulled the owner's manual out of the closet. It is a Sears super automatic 8mm movie projector. When I opened the manual, a note in my mother's hand writing fell out that lists the projector bulb as number 8715 code DLS. My parents have passed away but I still have the camera, projector and screen with films that span a period from the late 1950's up to 1978. Wonder if you can still buy the bulbs. They get very hot.
jobmar63 7 months ago
Just superbly done, great to see the vintage history some regular folks for a change , well done
pauldazeley 7 months ago
Yes I agree with the person below, this is one of the best videos yet you made, you brought back some great memories of my dad and I as a kid. I need to dig out my films, I have a las 50's bell and Howe projector, have the camera to still, thanks for this great memory. Also to I might add, that guy who said kids today have it better now than then?? If you lived back then you'd know that's down right bs :)
Turkeydoodlers 7 months ago
I think that this is my favorite item you've shown us so far. I really liked your video.
Nintendoman2020 7 months ago
is the film flammable?
iSquishy89 7 months ago
@iSquishy89 Shouldn't be. Kodak came out with safety film around 1951 or so.
dmine45 7 months ago
Very cool! It's always cool to see footage of every day life from the past. It appears that your projector is playing the film back a little too fast. Movement looks a little unnatural.
Trance88 7 months ago
What a wonderful find, real nice to see older 50's life as it was.
58stevenb 7 months ago
Wow what a time machine
chairuser4 7 months ago
I also had a 200 ft. reel of my Aunt Jan & her family visting me in 1968! I'd lost the reel a few months later..never recovered it,sadly.
mrmjb1960 7 months ago
I had some Mighty Mouse,Heckle & Jeckle and other cartoons..they all had "Coupon" footage at the ends...Just snip,send in,and get a free reel!
mrmjb1960 7 months ago
I used to have one of these! I'd also had some 8mm and Super 8 Films-it had an adapter,and used to hum when running!
mrmjb1960 7 months ago
Once upon a time, before the camcorders of the 80s and 90s, before smartphones, piss poor quality camera phones, video sharing the internet, digital memory cards and MiniDV, there was this.
MIKON8ERISBACK 7 months ago
I have almost the same Sears projector. Mine is a Tower Super Automatic 8mm Projector. I bought mine on ebay several years ago. Only problem I have had with mine is a little wire that engages the rewind broke off so it was back to ebay to find a rough condition parts machine to repair it. I have my grandfather's 8mm films going back to 1936 including an original 1st generation Kodachrome in 1937. It's sad that Kodak did away with Kodachrome and all means to process it this past December.
tallboyyyy 7 months ago
very cool,i love home movies and being in chicago too,i enjoy seeing different
neighborhoods
chompo7 7 months ago
Very Interesting Footage
HDXFH 7 months ago
Love this nostalgia, thanks for sharing. Cheers.
conduct623 7 months ago
why are things today the way they are?
TheMrmagnetophon 7 months ago
That was really cool. I liked seeing all the old cars and stuff back when they were all new. Come to think of it, I use-to have an old 8mm camcorder. To bad no one makes film for those things anymore.
TheTarrMan 7 months ago
I hope your not trying to relive the past. I grew up in that era and let me tell you younger folks have it better then we did.
RecordsCollector 7 months ago
@RecordsCollector Why do you say that? My generation is facing all kinds of problems with declining education, a collapsing economy, hyperinflation, and the confiscation of civil liberties.
MIKON8ERISBACK 7 months ago 2
@RecordsCollector hah bs
geekforlifevandc 7 months ago
you should not hold the film when it winding up the oil from your hands will deteriorate the film print
RecordsCollector 7 months ago
There it goes eating up the film sprockets
RugbyFootballer 7 months ago
lol today they wouldnt do something like this too worried about getting sued if a kid got hurt lol
LaughTonyLaugh 7 months ago
When I see those images, I wonder if those events still exist somewhere in space-time and if there is a way to get back to them from here.
78recordrepair 7 months ago 2
@78recordrepair Unfortunately, the answer is "no". But it's nice to see someone imaginative & intelligent enough to even ponder the question. :)
Onneff69 4 months ago
A nice window to the past in living color...without the peacock... :-)
batterymaker 7 months ago