I Was Transferring Some Old Slides...

[Blarg]

My mom gave me the collection of family slides and projector when they downsized to a single level home since my dad is now using a walker.

So I picked up a cheap film/slide converter and went to work transferring reel after reel of color slides of the family from my parents younger years to the late 70's when Dad quit having slides made.

In the boxes were also black and white negatives, a bunch of roles of film we never saw transferred to prints. So it was interesting seeing pictures of my brothers when they were infants along with relatives, christenings, parties, campouts and hunting trips. 

Then there were rolls of negatives my Dad shot during his tour of duty in the Air Force back in the early and mid fifties. Some camp photos, forgotten comrades, pictures of aircraft and the scenic tour he was on while stationed in France, Italy and Greece.

Then I come across a series of pictures of my Dad with some woman in France shot by one of his Air Force buddies. Dad had a young wife and two young boys at home at the time. 

I don't think I'm going to include those in the family Christmas present of jump drives with over 2,000 photos. Some history doesn't need to be handed down.

Anyone else find out some shocking family history by accident? 

[gotbeer]

She's just an interpretor.  And surprise Blarg, you have a sister.  

[Tank]

my dad admitted to three affairs on the night he and my mom had a knock-down-drag-'em-out fight that ended with them deciding to divorce. we always suspected he probably had more that he didn't admit. fortunately, there aren't any pictures (that we know of). when he passes and we go through his stuff, nearly all of it is going to be tossed except for just a very few things.

[mrwicked]

Blarg watching old movies:

That's awesome though, would be great to sit and go through them all with your parents. Probably so many stories. 

[Blarg]

I have some old super 8 movies I made with friends back in high school. Some very crude animation and stop frame live action. I can transfer these one frame at a time with this home unit then build a movie file out of them. 

One frame at a time, that shouldn't take too long at 18-24 frames per second! 

[gotbeer]

1 hour ago, Blarg said:

I have some old super 8 movies I made with friends back in high school. Some very crude animation and stop frame live action. I can transfer these one frame at a time with this home unit then build a movie file out of them. 

One frame at a time, that shouldn't take too long at 18-24 frames per second! 

I bet you wished you thought of this 3 months ago, when you were bored out of your skull staring at the ceiling.

[Jobu]

And you were wondering why dad's division called themselves "The Flying Bushmen". 

[Tank]

10 hours ago, Blarg said:

I have some old super 8 movies I made with friends back in high school. Some very crude animation and stop frame live action. I can transfer these one frame at a time with this home unit then build a movie file out of them. 

One frame at a time, that shouldn't take too long at 18-24 frames per second! 

treat them like they're the zapruder film.

[Blarg]

I just finished the last rolls and individual negatives. Over 2,000 pictures in total and that's just what was in the box. There are dozens of family albums I've never touched. I'm still thinking I should back up all the print photos of our kids growing up but that is hundreds of hours of scanning.

[IEAngelsfan]

My father was a machinist when I was growing up, but when he was younger, he was a tenor sax player in various big bands.  He was a very unassuming and quiet guy, but one evening when I was in my early 20's and my mom was out of town, he and I started to drink.  He told me stories when he was touring with the USO in Europe right after WWII and the nightly visits he had with all the chorus and dancing girls (there were dozens).  The former Nazi youth leader young woman that came with the room he was given in Berlin.  She would beat up any women she found with my father.  The time he toured with the all female big band (they were a novelty back in the 40's and 50's) and nightly orgies with all the members.

Too many stories to tell, but that man lived a very interesting life.

[Tank]

40 minutes ago, IEAngelsfan said:

My father was a machinist when I was growing up, but when he was younger, he was a tenor sax player in various big bands.  He was a very unassuming and quiet guy, but one evening when I was in my early 20's and my mom was out of town, he and I started to drink.  He told me stories when he was touring with the USO in Europe right after WWII and the nightly visits he had with all the chorus and dancing girls (there were dozens).  The former Nazi youth leader young woman that came with the room he was given in Berlin.  She would beat up any women she found with my father.  The time he toured with the all female big band (they were a novelty back in the 40's and 50's) and nightly orgies with all the members.

Too many stories to tell, but that man lived a very interesting life.

no wonder he kept quiet.

[Amazing Larry]

On 12/22/2017 at 11:51 AM, Blarg said:

I have some old super 8 movies I made with friends back in high school. Some very crude animation and stop frame live action. I can transfer these one frame at a time with this home unit then build a movie file out of them. 

One frame at a time, that shouldn't take too long at 18-24 frames per second! 

I’m glad you posted this because it triggered my memory. My parents have old 8mm video of them when they were young. There’s film of my mom holding me as a baby and another of her dancing with my dad. I’ll have to be sure to grab the reels when I go to their house on Christmas. I need to have them digitally transferred. 

It’s a trip to see your parents when they were younger than you are now.

[IEAngelsfan]

49 minutes ago, Tank said:

no wonder he kept quiet.

You know what they say, it's the quiet ones you have to worry about.

[Adam]

My dad smokes a lot of marijuana

[JAHV76]

10 minutes ago, Adam said:

My dad smokes a lot of marijuana

Would you say a plethora? Signed El Guapo

[Lou]

13 hours ago, JAHV76 said:

Would you say a plethora? Signed El Guapo

Jahve, what is a plethora? 

[Blarg]

My parents went through some rocky times, my Mom had confronted him about having an affair one night when he came in at 3am. That ended up with him actually hitting her and scratched her cheek. For a month she slept on the couch downstairs.

A few years ago I was doing a name search for family members on a free trial of ancestry.com and found not only when my great grandfather immigrated to America and what ship he traveled on but also my parents filing for divorce in Orange County Superior Court my senior year of high school. 

They never signed the final papers but I asked my Mom about it last spring when I visited and she said she made her decision to live this life, it was a comfortable one with no wants and a retirement in a nice house but also had to pay for it living with my father's arrogance, selflessness and mood swings. She admitted she was scared to walk away and be on her own. 

Yeah, just some pictures of the past which reminds you of the good times experienced as a child while others were living out a more complex adult life.

[Blarg]

I have one, his name is Gene and he is the most likeable guy you will meet. His house has an original man cave, a full basement with some old used furniture, a pool table, a TV with rabbit ears and a refrigerator jammed full of beer. 

My brother and I were staying at their place for a few days when he was 15 and I was 11, camped out in the basement. We started sneaking beers out of Gene's fridge and he comes downstairs catching us, we thought we were dead. 

Gene grins ear to ear, gets a beer out of the fridge and a pool cue and says, "Whose break?" We played pool for another two hours until his wife, Dolly, yells downstairs to let those boys get some sleep. As he makes his way upstairs he looks back and reminds us to put the bottles in the recycle. Never another word was spoken about it. 

Edited December 25, 2017 by Blarg

[yk9001]

On 12/22/2017 at 9:40 AM, calscuf said:

 I don't think he understood how funny that was.

So your dad has the same sense of humor as the rest of us w/r/t you.

[mtangelsfan]

On 12/23/2017 at 9:59 PM, Adam said:

My dad smokes a lot of marijuana

Go Lee!

[yk9001]

On 12/22/2017 at 8:09 AM, Blarg said:

My mom gave me the collection of family slides and projector when they downsized to a single level home since my dad is now using a walker.

So I picked up a cheap film/slide converter and went to work transferring reel after reel of color slides of the family from my parents younger years to the late 70's when Dad quit having slides made.

In the boxes were also black and white negatives, a bunch of roles of film we never saw transferred to prints. So it was interesting seeing pictures of my brothers when they were infants along with relatives, christenings, parties, campouts and hunting trips. 

Then there were rolls of negatives my Dad shot during his tour of duty in the Air Force back in the early and mid fifties. Some camp photos, forgotten comrades, pictures of aircraft and the scenic tour he was on while stationed in France, Italy and Greece.

Then I come across a series of pictures of my Dad with some woman in France shot by one of his Air Force buddies. Dad had a young wife and two young boys at home at the time. 

I don't think I'm going to include those in the family Christmas present of jump drives with over 2,000 photos. Some history doesn't need to be handed down.

Anyone else find out some shocking family history by accident? 

Post the pic of the french woman.  We are all friends here.

[yk9001]

On 12/22/2017 at 10:50 AM, mrwicked said:

Blarg watching old movies:

 

 

[yk9001]

I got some old 1950s slides from my mom's house about 5 or 6 years ago, and made a slide movie.  My parents were together through all the pictures, however.  It was fun putting it together.

Here's a picture of my mom in Solvang in the 1950s.

[Blarg]

15 minutes ago, yk9001 said:

Post the pic of the french woman.  We are all friends here.

 

7 minutes ago, yk9001 said:

I got some old 1950s slides from my mom's house about 5 or 6 years ago, and made a slide movie.  My parents were together through all the pictures, however.  It was fun putting it together.

Here's a picture of my mom in Solvang in the 1950s.

That's her!

[yk9001]

SMALL WORLD!

We're bros!