![[movies]](/images/mediatype_movies.gif) | 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) |  |
| San Francisco Earthquake footage
Keywords: Earthquakes: San Francisco, 1906; San Francisco: Disasters; Amateur Film
Downloads: 8,776
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) |  |
| [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 Film: Ice Harvest, Pocono Manor, 1919]
Downloads: 2,981
Average rating:  (1 review) |  |
| 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) |  |
| 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) |  |
| 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: 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: 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) |  |
| Trip to the Yellowstone - Wallace Kelly
Reel #1 of the Kelly family's (Mattie, Oliver, Mabel and Wallace) 1937 trip west, including Dust Bowl scenes, the construction of Mt. Rushmore and Native American scenes. Kelly, a newspaperman from Lebanon, Kentucky, was also an accomplished photographer, painter, and writer. He began shooting film in 1929 and continued until the 1950s. His film "Our Day" was named to the National Film Registry in 2007...
Keywords: Home movie; Amateur film; Mt. Rushmore; Yellowstone
Downloads: 418 |  |
| [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) |  |
| Pride Parade
Super 8 home movie of Pride Parade around 1974 in New York, plus winter time footage of the East Coast, USA. From LostInLight.org
Downloads: 1,509
Average rating:  (2 reviews) |  |
| [Simon Home Movie - Hollywood]
Downloads: 1,715
Average rating: (1 review) |  |
| Family Trip West - Wallace Kelly
Reel #4 from Wallace Kelly's 1939 trip through the Western United States. Kelly, a newspaperman from Lebanon, Kentucky, was also an accomplished photographer, painter, and writer. He began shooting film in 1929 and continued until the 1950s. His film "Our Day" was named to the National Film Registry in 2007. This reel was preserved by the Center for Home Movies with funds from the National Film Preservation Foundation.
Keywords: Home movie; Amateur film; Utah; Yellowstone; Mt. Rushmore
Downloads: 366 |  |
| [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) |  |
| 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) |  |
| 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 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) |  |
| 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) |  |
| Wallace Kelly Goes to New York - Wallace Kelly
This reel from 1929 or 1930 is possibly the first film shot by Wallace Kelly (1910-1988) and documents his train trip from Kentucky to Cincinnati to New York City, with scenes of Times Square at night, the Statute of Liberty, elevated trains and city streets, and a family outing with Percy Johnson, the president of Chemical Bank. Kelly, a newspaperman from Lebanon, Kentucky, was also an accomplished photographer, painter, and writer...
Keywords: Home movies; Amateur films; Kentucky; New York City
Downloads: 381 |  |
| [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) |  |
| [Amateur film: Wathen collection: Greenwich Village, New York Snowstorm, and Coney Island] - Wathen (R.W.)
Amateur film made in Manhattan, New York City during World War II, showing a Greenwich Village street art exhibition, springtime at Coney Island, and Greenwich Village stilled by a snowstorm.
Keywords: Amateur films; New York City: History; Weather: Blizzards
Downloads: 11,215
Average rating: (2 reviews) |  |
| Hal and Linda Batey Wedding - B.A. Brooks
The wedding of Hal and Linda Batey at St. Pete Beach, Florida on 07/07/2007. ("I shot and edited this video as a wedding gift for my dear friends Hal & Linda Batey". - B.A. Brooks)
Keywords: Hal; Linda Batey; Florida; 2007; wedding; Charlie's Charters; St. Pete; beach
Downloads: 73 |  |
| [Amateur film: Medicus collection: New York World's Fair, 1939-40] (Reel 3) (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: 6,515
Average rating: (4 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) |  |
| 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) |  |
| 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 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) |  |
| [Amateur film: Medicus collection: New York World's Fair, 1939-40] (Reel 4) (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: 3,449
Average rating:  (2 reviews) |  |
| Amateur Film European Trip 1930s (Part I)
Keywords: Amateur Films; Home Movies; Travelogues; France; Switzerland; Spain; Germany
Downloads: 9,985
Average rating: (3 reviews) |  |
| 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) |  |
| [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) |  |
| [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) |  |
| [Amateur film: Medicus collection: New York World's Fair, 1939-40] (Reel 5) (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: 4,366
Average rating: (3 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) |  |
| Parade in New York
0629 PA8770 [Parade in New York] 16 Koda orig pix
Keywords: need meta
Downloads: 3,815
Average rating: (5 reviews) |  |
| [Amateur film: Texas Farm Family] - Unknown
Scenes from the daily life of a Texas farm family.
Keywords: Amateur films; Agriculture: Farms and farming; Rural America
Downloads: 5,705
Average rating: (1 review) |  |
| [Amateur film: "Saga of the Happy Wanderers"] - Unknown
Kodachrome home movie of a 1950s family's trailer travels to key U.S. tourist destinations.
Keywords: Amateur films; Tourism; Travelogues
Downloads: 6,755
Average rating: (4 reviews) |  |
| [Amateur film: "Frisco Fair / Pacific Northwest"] - Unknown
Kodachrome home movies from San Francisco's Golden Gate International Exposition (1939-40); views along the coast and highways of California and Oregon.
Keywords: World's Fairs: San Francisco, 1939-40; California: Scenics; Oregon: Scenics
Downloads: 4,712
Average rating: (2 reviews) |  |
| [Amateur film: Golden Gate Bridge] - Unknown
Views of the Golden Gate Bridge, Yosemite National Park and Golden Gate International Exposition.
Keywords: California: History and culture; World's Fairs; San Francisco Bay Area
Downloads: 3,207
Average rating: (3 reviews) |  |
| [Amateur film: Bohemian Grove] - Unknown
Bohemian Club members relax and line up for a meal at the Bohemian Grove encampment.
Keywords: San Francisco: Bohemian Club; Recreation; Gender roles
Downloads: 5,417
Average rating:  (4 reviews) |  |
| Amateur Film European Trip 1930s (Part II)
Keywords: Amateur Films; Home Movies; Travelogues; France; Switzerland; Spain; Germany
Downloads: 5,461
Average rating: (1 review) |  |
| HomeMovie01-01
Super 8 film of Christmas and winter scenes with family and child. Sledding, opening presents, looking in mirror, playing with kleenex, eating. From LostinLight.org
Keywords: lost in light; 8mm; home movies; amateur film; christmas; winter sledding
Downloads: 1,846
Average rating:  (0 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) |  |
| [Amateur film: Medicus collection: New York World's Fair, 1939-40] (Reel 6) (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: 5,390
Average rating: (3 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 Film - Supervisor's Picnic
Downloads: 2,921
Average rating: (2 reviews) |  |
| [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) |  |
| How to Make Home Movies Your Friends Will Want to See Twice
Educational Super 8 film covering film making techniques that will improve your super 8 home movies. The first part focuses on shooting a birthday party indoors and the second part covers shooting a family camping trip. From LostinLight.org
Keywords: Super 8; home movie; film; educational; how to; ephemeral; lost in light; moviemaking; filmmaking; birthday; camping
Downloads: 2,986
Average rating: (1 review) |  |
