Already Seen Scenes

The ongoing delay in providing new material for this NRP blog will continue for at least one more episode as we present yet another collection of MOSTLY already seen scenes - which collectively is only a slightly altered version of the latest video currently thrilling the crowds on the popular FACEBOOK website.

The viewers at that address are likely to be unfamiliar with any of the films we've been uploading here on the long running NRP website (still dedicated to old fashioned super 8 film) so why not allow something new and exciting into their otherwise routine online experience with a few of our more favorite moments from the past.

As was the case with last weeks video, there might be a few short nibbles in this presentation that will be making their stage debut. It's hard to keep track, really. There's still tons of stuff I remember shooting back in the old days, but where the heck is it today? And why am I asking you? As if you'd know something I didn't know about my misplaced films? Give me a break.

A Gorge Fest Of Home Movies (Checklist)

No, not a 'George' Fest. This is a slightly altered version of the same long(ish) video that is sitting up there (at this very minute) on my fancy pants Facebook page. With the compilation of 70s scenes below, I've dun created a massive 'gorge fest' of super 8 film for the viewer, rather than the usual 2-minute quickie versions we've all grown so weary of.

One entire 400 foot reel of 'precious moments' from the golden days has been raided for this showing; choosing only the most promising bits - even if they've already been seen on this bloggerama stage at an earlier date. However, our usual system for scene selection; which has always been referred to around here as the "whatever fits" approach, will still be employed when any film clips are making their blog screen debut.

So while you might get the feeling that today's film seems to go on and on forever with nothing but previously seen images, it's simply not true I tells ya. What we have here is a 'checklist card'. Like the ones you'd often find inbetween the flattened wedge of gum and your favorite baseball cards of the 60s (or in my case, The Man From UNCLE). There's new stuff in this video, but you can't blink or you'll miss it.

This then is the boring card that adds nothing to your collection except to list the cards you might still need, or want, or already own. If you watch the presentation with that throwaway checklist mindset, you'll probably get a better deal out of sitting thru this (or most of this) a second time.

Tremendously Boring Softball Videos

After 6 or 7 years of hauling around my first portable VHS video recorder - which required the wearing of a postal issue shoulder satchel to contain all the larger working bits - I chose to make the sensible step over to the world of hand held camcorders. T'was a much easier monster to carry around town and was very similar to using a super 8 camera. Gotta like that.

Unfortunately, most of the footage I seemed to be gathering on video tape after the mid 80s was of the tremendously boring softball variety. I mean... who cares, right? The only thing of value with watching all these bleedin' softball tapes (and there's a ton of them) is the nostalgic kick that can be obtained after successfully remembering the first names of some of these once-upon-a-time team mates. People with whom we used to spend every Wednesday evening in the summer months 20 years ago, but haven't seen or heard from since.