![[movies]](/images/mediatype_movies.gif) | Tarzan and the Rocky Gorge - Robbins Barstow
Sixteen year old Robbins Barstow, an Amateur Cinema League member and a fan of Johnny Weissmuller's Tarzan movies, rounded up his siblings and friends and led them into the wilds of Granby, Connecticut for this epic tale of a journey into Edgar Rice Burroughs' Africa. Also available with commentary by the filmmaker on the DVD "Living Room Cinema: Films From Home Movie Day, Vol. I".
Keywords: home movie; Barstow Travel Adventure
Downloads: 146,947
Average rating:  (6 reviews) |  |
| [Amateur film: Medicus collection: New York World's Fair, 1939-40] (Reel 5) (Part III) - Medicus (P.)
Detailed documentation of the "World of Tomorrow" in beautiful Kodachrome.
Keywords: World's Fairs: New York, 1939-40; Amateur films
Downloads: 12,159
Average rating: (5 reviews) |  |
| [Amateur film: Medicus collection: New York World's Fair, 1939-40] (Reel 2) (Part I) - Medicus (P.)
Detailed documentation of the "World of Tomorrow" in beautiful Kodachrome.
Keywords: World's Fairs: New York, 1939-40; Amateur films
Downloads: 14,034
Average rating: (3 reviews) |  |
| [Amateur film: Medicus collection: New York World's Fair, 1939-40] (Reel 2) (Part III) - Medicus (P.)
Detailed documentation of the "World of Tomorrow" in beautiful Kodachrome.
Keywords: World's Fairs: New York, 1939-40; Amateur films
Downloads: 9,790
Average rating: (3 reviews) |  |
| Our Day - Center for Home Movies
Named to the National Film Registry in 2007, "Our Day" is a day-in-the-life portrait of the Kelly family of Lebanon, Kentucky. Wallace Kelly's amateur cast was made up of his mother, wife, brother, and pet terrier. The film documents a modern home inhabited by adults with sophisticated interests and simple ones. Kelly, a newspaperman, was also an accomplished photographer, painter, and writer. He began shooting film in 1929 and continued until the 1950s.
Keywords: home movie; amateur film; National Film Registry; Kentucky
Downloads: 5,073
Average rating: (3 reviews) |  |
| Christmas Home Movies from the 1960's - Kephart
Many years' worth of home movies of Christmas, starting with 1960.
Keywords: Christmas; HomeMovies
Downloads: 3,322
Average rating: (2 reviews) |  |
| This is Your Life
This film was unearthed from an estate sale in West Newton, Massachusetts. If anyone has any idea about the nature of this gathering please add it to the comments
Keywords: home movies; film
Downloads: 3,091
Average rating: (2 reviews) |  |
| Family Camping Through 48 States -- Part I - Robbins Barstow
During five summers from 1957 to 1961, the five-member Barstow family of Wethersfield, Connecticut, set out to visit all 48 of the then United States of America on a series of month-long camping trips. Part I includes seeing famous sites from "America's History" in 24 Eastern, Northern, and Southern states. (58 Minutes)
Keywords: home movie; Barstow Travel Adventure
Downloads: 6,090
Average rating: (2 reviews) |  |
| Adventures with African Wildlife - Robbins Barstow
In the summer of 1978, Robbins Barstow and his wife Meg, of Wethersfield, Connecticut, USA, took a four-week East African Safari Tour to Tanzania and Kenya, sponsored by the New York Zoological Society. This African wildlife adventure film includes scenes of 53 different species of animals and birds, filmed in the wild, among them Elephant, Giraffe, Rhino, Hippo, Lion, Leopard, Zebra, Wildebeest, Cheetah, and Impala.
Keywords: home movie; Barstow Travel Adventure
Downloads: 1,975
Average rating: (1 review) |  |
| Family Camping Through 48 States -- Part II - Robbins Barstow
During five summers from 1957 to 1961, the five-member Barstow family of Wethersfield, Connecticut, set out to visit all 48 of the then United States of America on a series of month-long camping trips. Part II showcases "America's Wonderlands" with 18 National Parks and other exciting attractions in the great Northwest and Southwest. (75 Minutes)
Keywords: home movie; Barstow Travel Adventure
Downloads: 1,846
Average rating: (1 review) |  |
| Eyewitness to Extinction: The Chinese River Dolphin - Robbins Barstow
In December 2006, scientific researchers announced that a species of dolphin which had existed for millions of years in the Yangtze River in China had become extinct. This documentary includes scenes of the last living, captive specimen of the Chinese River Dolphin, filmed in Wuhan, China, on a 1985 trip by Dr. Robbins Barstow, of Wethersfield, Connecticut, USA. (25 Minutes)
Keywords: home movie; Barstow Travel Adventure
Downloads: 1,522
Average rating: (1 review) |  |
| The International Whaling Commission: Two Historic Meetings - Robbins Barstow
The International Whaling Commission (IWC) was established by treaty in 1946 to regulate whale killing in all the world's oceans. This on-the-scene documentary was filmed by Dr. Robbins Barstow, of Wethersfield, Connecticut, USA, as observer for the Cetacean (Whale) Society International, at two historic meetings of the IWC, in Kyoto, Japan, in 1993, and in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, in 1994. (90 Minutes)
Keywords: home movie; Barstow Travel Adventure
Downloads: 474
Average rating: (1 review) |  |
| The Quest for the Great Sperm Whale - Robbins Barstow
The story of a three-day whale watching trip in July 1991 from Gloucester, Massachusetts, USA, 100 miles out into the Atlantic Ocean to Georges Bank, to find and film sperm whales and six other species of cetaceans (whales, dolphins, and porpoises), including the never-before-filmed North Atlantic Beaked Whale. Filmed and narrated by Dr. Robbins Barstow of Wethersfield, Connecticut, USA.
Keywords: home movie; Barstow Travel Adventure
Downloads: 1,618
Average rating: (1 review) |  |
| Spectacular Norway and Sweden - Robbins Barstow
In the summer of 1942, Robbins Barstow and his wife Meg, of Wethersfield, Connecticut, USA, went on a two-week tour of scenic Sweden and spectacular Norway. Join them in viewing beautiful sights and fascinating sites, all in dramatic color.
Keywords: home movie; Barstow Travel Adventure
Downloads: 2,307
Average rating: (1 review) |  |
| Whalewatching Adventures in Baja California - Robbins Barstow
In January 1986, Dr. Robbins Barstow of Wethersfield, Connecticut, filmed a two-week cruise circumnavigating Mexico's Baja Peninsula. The trip included close encounters with seven different species of cetaceans -- Gray, Humpback, Bryde's, and Blue Whales, three kinds of dolphins, and giant elephant seals. (One Hour)
Keywords: home movie; Barstow Travel Adventure
Downloads: 697
Average rating: (1 review) |  |
| Heidelberg and Whales, with Folksinger Don Sineti - Robbins Barstow
In October 1992, Connecticut Folksinger Donald Sineti visited Heidelberg, Germany, with global whale advocate Dr. Robbins Barstow, to sing for whales in a German-American cultural exchange program. Enjoy song concerts in castles, campus, city streets, and countryside.
Keywords: home movie; Barstow Travel Adventure
Downloads: 513
Average rating: (1 review) |  |
| [Amateur film: Golden Gate International Exposition] - Unknown
Amateur pictures, including aerials and color shot from ground level, of the San Francisco World's Fair on Treasure Island.
Keywords: World's Fairs: San Francisco, 1939-40; Amateur films
Downloads: 10,738
Average rating: (1 review) |  |
| All Personal Sound Movies (Excerpt) - Fred McLeod
Pittsburgh's Orgone Archive has in its collection over six hours of 16mm footage dating from 1933 to 1980 shot by the late amateur filmmaker / photographer Fred McLeod of Oakmont, Pennsylvania. McLeod is known by railroad buffs for his sync sound train films that were available from Blackhawk Films during the 1950's and '60's. Some titles such as Steam and Diesel on the Bessemer and Lake Erie and The Thunder of Steam in the Blue Ridge are still available on various railroad videotape compilation...
Keywords: home movie
Downloads: 1,692
Average rating: (1 review) |  |
| The Sheep - Sid Templer and Tony Dowmunt
A dark tale and tender of a boy scout and a sheep, set in the bucolic setting of Sussex, England. Also available with commentary by Tony Dowmunt on the DVD "Living Room Cinema: Films From Home Movie Day, Vol. I".
Downloads: 1,117
Average rating: (1 review) |  |
| The Old Backyard
8mm home movie of Gustine, California in 1949. From LostinLight.org
Keywords: home movie; kids; 8mm
Downloads: 3,912
Average rating: (1 review) |  |
| [Simon Home Movie - Hollywood]
Downloads: 1,715
Average rating: (1 review) |  |
| [Unidentified 1920s nitrate 35mm Home Movies]
Film was purchased in North Carolina, but no other information can be found about the film.
Keywords: home movie
Downloads: 6,066
Average rating: (1 review) |  |
| Disneyland Dream - Robbins Barstow
In July 1956, the five-member Barstow family of Wethersfield, Connecticut, won a free trip to newly-opened Disneyland in Anaheim, California, in a nationwide contest. This 30-minute amateur documentary film tells the fabulous story of their fun-filled, dream-come-true, family travel adventure, filmed on the scene at Walt Disney's "Magic Kingdom" by Robbins Barstow. In December 2008, "Disneyland Dream" was named to the National Film Registry by the Librarian of Congress.
Keywords: home movie; Barstow Travel Adventure
Downloads: 60,117
Average rating: (19 reviews) |  |
| [Amateur film: Parade of Krewe of Rex, New Orleans, February 25, 1941] - Unknown
New Orleans festivities as they looked just before World War II.
Keywords: New Orleans; Mardi Gras; Celebrations
Downloads: 6,989
Average rating: (6 reviews) |  |
| [Amateur films: Ivan Besse collection: Britton, South Dakota 1938-39] (Part I) - Besse (Ivan)
Daily life in a South Dakota town during the Great Depression, shot by Ivan Besse.
Keywords: Amateur films; Home movies; South Dakota: Everyday life
Downloads: 6,427
Average rating: (5 reviews) |  |
| Postwar Germany: 28 Months After V-E Day (Part I) - Weirton Steel Company
Investigation of German industrial production capabilities after the devastation of World War II. With striking images of destroyed German cities and factories. Amateur film made by George T. Fonda, assistant to the president, Weirton Steel Company.
Keywords: World War II: Postwar issues; World War II: Germany; Germany
Downloads: 14,873
Average rating: (4 reviews) |  |
| [Amateur film: New Orleans Carnival Week, February 22, 1941] - Unknowm
Mardi Gras: Parade of Nor.
Keywords: New Orleans; Mardi Gras; Celebrations
Downloads: 163,149
Average rating:  (7 reviews) |  |
| [Amateur films: Ivan Besse collection: Britton, South Dakota 1938-39] (Part II) - Besse (Ivan)
Daily life in a South Dakota town during the Great Depression, shot by Ivan Besse.
Keywords: Amateur films; Home movies; South Dakota: Everyday life
Downloads: 4,341
Average rating: (3 reviews) |  |
| Amateur Film Amusement Park
Keywords: need meta
Downloads: 7,529
Average rating: (5 reviews) |  |
| [Amateur film: Medicus collection: New York World's Fair, 1939-40] (Reel 3) (Part I) - Medicus (P.)
Detailed documentation of the "World of Tomorrow" in beautiful Kodachrome.
Keywords: World's Fairs: New York, 1939-40; Amateur films
Downloads: 8,276
Average rating: (6 reviews) |  |
| The Glasco Family - The Wichita Years (8mm) - Alan Glasco
Life in the 50's with the Glasco Family. One of the fun things to do back in the 8mm days was to get the family together and watch your Home Movies. One of the un-fun things to do was watch someone else's.... Note: The white cap I am wearing was because of ringworm of the scalp. Back then they put white adhesive tape on my head and ripped all my hair out by the roots. And yes, it did hurt very, very much...
Keywords: 8mm; glasco; wichita; snow; disneyland; kansas; christmas; home movies; marineland; california; san francisco; lander; farm; horse; severy; vacation
Downloads: 2,986
Average rating: (3 reviews) |  |
| [Amateur film: Medicus collection: New York World's Fair, 1939-40] (Reel 1) (Part I) - Medicus (P.)
Detailed documentation of the "World of Tomorrow" in beautiful Kodachrome.
Keywords: World's Fairs: New York, 1939-40; Amateur films
Downloads: 10,454
Average rating: (2 reviews) |  |
| [Amateur film: Summers collection: San Francisco, California, 1941] (Part I) - Summers, John H.
Evocative silent Kodachrome compendium of San Francisco scenes just before the U.S. entered World War II, concentrating on aerials, Chinatown, Market Street, and transportation scenes.
Keywords: San Francisco: Scenics: Historical
Downloads: 22,520
Average rating: (2 reviews) |  |
| [Amateur film: Medicus collection: New York World's Fair, 1939-40] (Reel 4) (Part II) - Medicus (P.)
Detailed documentation of the "World of Tomorrow" in beautiful Kodachrome.
Keywords: World's Fairs: New York, 1939-40; Amateur films
Downloads: 5,997
Average rating: (2 reviews) |  |
| [Amateur films: Ivan Besse collection: Britton, South Dakota 1938-39] (Part X) - Besse (Ivan)
Daily life in a South Dakota town during the Great Depression, shot by Ivan Besse.
Keywords: Amateur films; Home movies; South Dakota: Everyday life
Downloads: 4,606
Average rating: (2 reviews) |  |
| [Amateur films: Ivan Besse collection: Britton, South Dakota 1938-39] (Part VI) - Besse (Ivan)
Daily life in a South Dakota town during the Great Depression, shot by Ivan Besse.
Keywords: Amateur films; Home movies; South Dakota: Everyday life
Downloads: 2,569
Average rating: (2 reviews) |  |
| [Amateur films: Ivan Besse collection: Britton, South Dakota 1938-39] (Part IV) - Besse (Ivan)
Daily life in a South Dakota town during the Great Depression, shot by Ivan Besse.
Keywords: Amateur films; Home movies; South Dakota: Everyday life
Downloads: 3,048
Average rating: (2 reviews) |  |
| [Amateur film: Medicus collection: New York World's Fair, 1939-40] (Reel 2) (Part II) - Medicus (P.)
Detailed documentation of the "World of Tomorrow" in beautiful Kodachrome.
Keywords: World's Fairs: New York, 1939-40; Amateur films
Downloads: 12,893
Average rating: (5 reviews) |  |
| Newfoundland Whalewatching: The Humpbacks of Trinity Bay - Robbins Barstow
In August 1980, Robbins Barstow and his wife Meg, of Wethersfield, Connecticut, USA, went on a week-long trip to Newfoundland, Canada, to go whalewatching in the North Atlantic waters of Trinity Bay. Join them for exciting, on-the-surface, close encounters with giant humpback whales, and dramatic sightings also of finback and minke whales.
Keywords: home movie; Barstow Travel Adventure
Downloads: 1,394
Average rating: (3 reviews) |  |
| Decomposed Carnival - Unknown
This film was found in the basement of a vacating business in Rochester, New York in 2004. The decomposition of the emulsion, combined with the vivid color and movements of the carnival rides, creates a beautiful film reminiscent of the work of filmmakers Peter Delpeut and Bill Morrison. Also available on the DVD "Living Room Cinema: Films From Home Movie Day, Vol. I"
Downloads: 3,477
Average rating:  (3 reviews) |  |
| [Amateur film: Medicus collection: New York World's Fair, 1939-40] (Reel 1) (Part III) - Medicus (P.)
Detailed documentation of the "World of Tomorrow" in beautiful Kodachrome.
Keywords: World's Fairs: New York, 1939-40; Amateur films
Downloads: 7,041
Average rating: (3 reviews) |  |
| [Amateur film: Medicus collection: New York World's Fair, 1939-40] (Reel 3) (Part II) - Medicus (P.)
Detailed documentation of the "World of Tomorrow" in beautiful Kodachrome.
Keywords: World's Fairs: New York, 1939-40; Amateur films
Downloads: 4,748
Average rating: (3 reviews) |  |
| Tokyo 1964 Part 3 of 3 (Back in the States)
Amateur film of Fort Dodge, Iowa. Snowstorm and flood footage. A trip to Texas with scenes from the Cotton Bowl, Six Flags amusement park, and the JFK assassination site. From LostinLight.org
Keywords: JFK; Dallas; Texas; Fort Dodge; Iowa; snow; flood; amateur film; home movies; lost in light; 8mm
Downloads: 2,571
Average rating: (3 reviews) |  |
| [Amateur film: Medicus collection: New York World's Fair, 1939-40] (Reel 1) (Part II) - Medicus (P.)
Detailed documentation of the "World of Tomorrow" in beautiful Kodachrome.
Keywords: World's Fairs: New York, 1939-40; Amateur films
Downloads: 6,734
Average rating: (2 reviews) |  |
| Postwar Germany: 28 Months After V-E Day (Part II) - Weirton Steel Company
Investigation of German industrial production capabilities after the devastation of World War II. With striking images of destroyed German cities and factories. Amateur film made by George T. Fonda, assistant to the president, Weirton Steel Company.
Keywords: World War II: Postwar issues; World War II: Germany; Germany
Downloads: 11,989
Average rating: (2 reviews) |  |
| Postwar Germany: 28 Months After V-E Day (Part III) - Weirton Steel Company
Investigation of German industrial production capabilities after the devastation of World War II. With striking images of destroyed German cities and factories. Amateur film made by George T. Fonda, assistant to the president, Weirton Steel Company.
Keywords: World War II: Postwar issues; World War II: Germany; Germany
Downloads: 6,369
Average rating: (2 reviews) |  |
| [Amateur films: Ivan Besse collection: Britton, South Dakota 1938-39] (Part IX) - Besse (Ivan)
Daily life in a South Dakota town during the Great Depression, shot by Ivan Besse.
Keywords: Amateur films; Home movies; South Dakota: Everyday life
Downloads: 2,118
Average rating: (2 reviews) |  |
| Spaghetti Western 1975
Home movie footage of the behind the scenes production of a spaghetti western in Spain, 1975. From LostInLight.org
Downloads: 1,340
Average rating: (2 reviews) |  |
| [San Francisco: V-J Day] - Unknown
Riotous celebrations in San Francisco and Redwood City, California as soldiers, sailors and civilians celebrate the end of World War II.
Keywords: San Francisco: World War II: Postwar; Celebrations; Riots
Downloads: 5,347
Average rating: (2 reviews) |  |
| Rhodesian Safari
Home movie of African safari 1952. From Lostinlight.org
Keywords: lostinlight, home movie, africa, safari, zambia, rhodesia, hunt
Downloads: 961
Average rating: (1 review) |  |
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