FOUND A BOX OF SUPER 8 FILM

A few years ago at a flea market I ran across a box of someone’s old home movies from the 1960's and 70's. Even tho the box was filled with dust and dead bugs the lure of flickering images from the past was too great for me not to pass up.

Below is a sample of what I found in the box. Instead of uploading them to YouTube or Vimeo I realized that flickr was a much better fit for these quick short clips from the past. Be sure to turn your sound on as I left in the soothing sounds of the projector. You can view all of the clips by visiting my Found Film set here.

These are some of my favorites -



Time to cook the cocktail weenies!



The lights are much brighter there you can forget all your troubles, forget all your cares and go Downtown. Things'll be great when you're Downtown, no finer place for sure. Downtown everything's waiting for you.



I love seeing vintage Supermarkets! This one is from Costa Mesa in 1971.



Aaay, Happy Days is on the tube!



This one I edited and zoomed in on a bunch of packaging. Since I collect old packaging it's really fun to see it being used or in the background. Watch for the Cheerios box being used as a gift box, it's classic.



FILM MELT!!!!

HARNESS A "JACK-IN-THE-BOX"

Forget the modern safe and secure car child seats. Back in the day, kids were just strapped down in the front seat if they were strapped down at all. I scanned a bunch of mag ads last year and just ran across this fun 1963 ad for Irwin Auto Safety Harness. This ad has a lot going for it.


You might want to click on the ad for a closer look.

Nice to know that the Irwin Auto Safety Harness was designed by parachute engineers. That’s great if you accidently drive off a cliff!

Just look how carefree mom is. Her child can easily jump around and play in the front seat while the car is blazing down the freeway. Look, this kid is having the time of his life with his trusty six-shooter. He’s probably taking aim at the police car behind them.




Hey kid, didn’t your mom tell you never to stick a gun in your mouth?

The ad says, it has an Exclusive Scientific Design. Well, I don’t know about that, but I like the swell Hanna-Barbera box. Nice that Irwin offered a choice of character - Yogi or Huckleberry. I wonder which one I would’ve picked if I was a kid during the 1960's? Hmm... team Huckleberry all the way!

LET GO OF MY EGGO - THAT IS ILLOGICAL

Hmm... maybe a good Star Trek breakfast will help energize and motivate me so I can start blogging agin. Sorry for the lack of posts and I'm hoping I'll find time to jump on the Blog Railroad very soon.

FAN MADE SONG FOR VLAD

Looks like Halloween is still alive and kicking as I just received a neato new song that’s all about Weird Hollow’s very own Vlad! The song was created by Vlad fan Bettie Blackchurch! Thanks Bettie!!

I just posted the Vlad music video featuring Bettie Blackchurch’s song over at Weird Hollow. Go have a listen and a look by following this link here - The Ballad of Vlad the Impaler.

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO EVERYONE

MY STYROFOAM CHRISTMAS ANGEL

She’s been the topper on the family Christmas tree for the past thirty-one Christmases and this year she will miss her first Christmas with our family. After last year, this little Styrofoam Christmas angel retired from our Christmas tree as her fragile condition had been getting worse through the years. She is now another nostalgic artifact from my youth, albeit a special one.

She started simply as a second grade Christmas craft project and was constructed using part of an egg carton, one Styrofoam ball, some yellow “angel” hair, a pipe cleaner and a generous amount of gold glitter. Each kid in class created their very own Christmas angel and after I made this one, I was anxious to get home and plant my Styrofoam angel on our Christmas tree. It was truly a miracle from God that she survived the rest of the school day and a rowdy bus ride home.

I probably had a grin the size of the Grand Canyon once she was placed on top of the Christmas tree.

For the next thirty-one years she watched our family celebrate Christmas. Her first Christmas as a tree topper, she saw me open one of my favorite toys, the ever loveable Stretch Monster. Year after year, she watched each Christmas from up high. She viewed my brother and I open countless gifts of Star Wars toys, Atari cartridges, sweater vests and VHS movies. She laughed at our crazy conversations and heated discussions around the Christmas tree. She enjoyed the company of Bluebell, our family dog who liked sleeping under the tree. She joyfully welcomed new family members and sadly said goodbye to others. She even didn't mind sharing the same room with a famous movie prop.

For me and my family she represents wonderful memories from Christmas past and even though she’s now sitting on a shelf instead on top of a Christmas tree, she will continue to remind me of family fun and family togetherness, which is one of the many and most important parts of Christmas.

Merry Christmas everyone! Luke 2:8-14

DONALD DUCK RICE BOX

FLEA MARKET FRIDAYS #49


This was a nice find! The box is probably from the 1940's and you can see that it was made by Producers Rice Mill in Stuttgart, Arkansas. A perfect match since the town is the Rice and Duck Capital of the World!

VISIT THE BORIS KARLOFF BLOGATHON NOV. 23 - 29

A special tribute is happening all this week for one of the best remembered and fondly loved actors from the golden age of Hollywood. More than one hundred blogs are celebrating the life and films of Boris Karloff during the Boris Karloff Blogathon, created by Pierre Fournier, the curator of the Frankensteinia: The Frankenstein Blog.


The celebration starts today on Karloff’s 122 birthday and ends this Sunday, November 29. When you visit Frankensteinia or simply click on the Blogathon banner in the sidebar, you’ll find the long list of Boris bloggers.


I just added my bolts into the Blogathon and you can catch my simplistic Karloff posts over at Weird Hollow.



Also, be sure to visit the Official Boris Karloff website by clicking here.

The photos came from Heritage Auctions.