Slide Shows

Do you remember when Uncle Fred first showed you the film? It would have been in our present house and we weren’t in our present house until November of that year. Christmas 1976. Did he film a lot of family events? That’s the only one I remember. I remember seeing it once at Granny’s. Slide shows. Slides of Granny’s holiday. There is a chance that Granddad might have been there. Do you know what the history of this is? It hasn’t been passed around. It’s been in a trunk. We’re lucky we’ve been able to find it. It feels a bit precious. Is it possible to record the soundtrack. I don’t want to let go of it. Did he bring the camera along on a sort of ad hoc basis? He offered because he’d given us some film shows in the past. He’d come along to see us and brought some film shows. He would entertain us with film shows. Cartoons. Short films. When we invited him to the Christening he said ‘shall I bring my camera along?’ Did he produce it in his edited form? Yes. He did that himself? Yes. It had a music track. Vidor Staccata. Arrival. And the Departure. Here you can see M Pinchbeck Christening would that be Uncle Fred’s handwriting? Yes. Do you remember what the other sounds were? Music. No speaking.