St Joseph, Missouri's Historic "Cracker House" aerial video.

The house built by the Sommer family that invented saltine crackers. It's falling apart and St Joseph is frantically trying to save it.

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Science & Technology

Tags:

• Cracker House
• history
• St Joseph
• saltine cracker

[stjoelawyer]

thank you great video of a great ole home

[randall1959]

@stjoelawyer This video is going on to serve a greater purpose. I have signed the rights to use it as part of a documentary that will be used to generate funds to hopefully acquire and restore it.

[randall1959]

@MobileMediaProducts On a bright note, it's only six blocks from here. I can always drive back and redo the whole thing.

[MobileMediaProducts]

@randall1959 wow, that sucks. I never ever work with the original source file, only with copies. but I know what your'e talking about. I've been there. Very painful experience.

[randall1959]

@MobileMediaProducts Actually I converted the file with MM the first time for HD and since I figured I wasn't going to reuse it, I deleted the source file off the sd card. When I tried to take it back to MM to drop it enough not to take several hours here, it wouldn't load in MM so I had to use another converter to change it to avi. At that point it really downsized it. Oh well, live and learn............

[MobileMediaProducts]

@randall1959 I'm surprised that the down-convert worked that way. I have some software that might do it differently, and better. There's also brute-force stabilization in Final Cut Pro, but it takes forever to render out. I've worked with YT videos, for Derek, actually, it's always better to have the source file. Way better.

[randall1959]

@MobileMediaProducts I didn't stabilize it. I recorded at 720p on 60fps and dropped it to 30 fps to make it smoother. I used a Sony Bloggie. I didn't fpv it. I don't try fpv with quads anymore. Too nerve wracking.

I basically did three flights, did some cutting, added the music and some transitions. You can play with it if you want, but this is a very low resolution upload. The original was 900mb and this is like 80 something.

[MobileMediaProducts]

Ah, now I get it, my mixer was turned off, so I didn't hear the music. Nice choice. Sounds good. I still think a hint of the quad's motors would add to the overall presentation.

[MobileMediaProducts]

Did you stabilize this video somehow? Would you like me to download it, and put music to it (and some cuts also, I think)?  Let me know. What camera did you use? The Keychain camera? Or the Y3000? That is a very old and very grand house. It is too bad that it has fallen into such disrepair. Those lintels over the windows are amazing. Good work, Randall! Using your skills for a good cause, this is good for all. Whoa, the roof is really a mess. Did you FPV this?