So, as some of you may remember, some months ago I converted old home movies to DVD. I even uploaded a few for your amusement/mockery.
Well, when I was at the ranch at deer season, I found a couple more rolls, though these were not the standard little roughly-3-inch rolls like before. These were larger, and one was a 16mm instead of the usual 8mm or super-8mm. Anyway, I took them to Costco to work their magic. Just got them back yestiddy and took a look today.
Well actually, yestiddy when I picked them up I knew something was weird. Costco (or their subcontracter, more accurately) puts pictures on the box of the DVD. I saw something was odd when I looked at the box.
No, it's not like it was pr0n or anything like that (though I wouldn't put THAT past my Dad, horndog that he was). No, after the several years of Christmas movies was what seems to be a documentary about China. Gads, I wish there was sound with the old movies but no. Just text as there was with the old silent movies. Tres odd. Only thing I can figure is that Dad got this film when he was in the Navy back in the 1950s (the people, including the Westerners, look to be from the 1940s but I can't be sure). Gads, for many reasons, including this, I'm kicking myself for not having done this stuff before Mom passed away.
Anyway, on the DVD before the aforementioned documentary (I assume) was a lot of footage from Christmases long past. Some from before I was born, some from when we lived at the ranch, some from when we lived in Muscoy, some from when we lived in the north end of San Bernardino. I think some footage is from a trip to Oregon but I can't be certain. Grandpa and his sister Aunt Mae are in some footage. George and Margie and their son Don are in some of it (my Dad grew up with George in Halfway, this footage is from before Don joined up and went to Vietnam). More besides.
Also, Louie is in it. He was my Grandma's second husband, after my Grandpa died, but before Grandpa Joe. Realistically, I should remember him but I really don't, and don't remember ever hearing of him until I was an adult. Perhaps I just blocked him out. I do remember when Grandma married Grandpa Joe, but I just don't remember Louie. Probably just as well.
Possibly I will upload some vids soon, we'll see.
Iz out!
2 months ago
3 comments:
Hey, the internets being what it is, there may be someone out there who knows something about the China "documentary" - like maybe their dad was with your dad, or their dad was one of the guys filmed....you never know.
The more I think about it, the more I suspect it's a documentary, or perhaps more of a travelog, from the 1920s or maybe 30s. I think it's a silent movie but I can't be certain.
I'll try to look closer later when I have time but on first pass I couldn't see any copyright dates or anything like that.
Man, I'll have to watch that one with you sometime, you know when ever we actually meet, cook dead animals and drink beer...
Sounds very cool
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