Family Christmas, 1939

Film clips from an 8 mm. movie camera. Most shots are from the 1930's and 1940's and feature rural and farm life.

[@starrlara2012]

I am amazed to see a home movie from 1939. Thanks for sharing this.

[@marthainsalaco9266]

I love watching these old videos of Christmas 🤶

[@curlytoes22]

Men wearing ties while eating dinner at home! Also, getting a typewriter in 1939 must have been like getting a new computer, lol

[@khanysafan1705]

I love watching these old holiday movies. One thing I’ve noticed is that, for the most part, everyone’s trees were little.

[@plentifullove30]

This is so neat! I wonder how many people were able to afford camars like this back then..? What a treasure to have!

[@arvannoy5216]

Wow.... this made my day...my Mother is coming this year for Christmas and was born in 1935. going to pull this up and watch it with her on the 40 inch TV. Thank you for posting.

[@rafaelinaurena225]

Thank you so much

[@jefffoster3557]

Just wonderful....back before television and the console radio was the star of the living room. Requiring imagination, not thumb skills.

[@inkey2]

@Slim5819 I remember as a small child in the1950s the movie camera lights were as bright as an atomic bomb going off. It was like a bar with very bright lights......i think they even gave off a lot of heat as well

[@elvisjerrylee]

That was truly amazing. Thank you so very much for sharing it.

[@darleneferree3887]

and they were eating real food!...no mcdonalds! luv this!

[@Slim5819]

Actually, one of my cousins , not pictured here, was going to marry a McDonald (but we didn't know it yet, she was only five and he wasn't one of those McDonald's anyway. Thanks for your comment.

[@darleneferree3887]

Slim5819 how interesting-luv old films & pics. life was so much simplier than but was a lot of hard work!

[@nodickjerry]

your video's are the coolest thing on here, i'm so glad i found them... thank you, for this

[@kathysharpe7339]

How did you get this film. !!!. How I wish my parents would have done some recording. Lucky man.

[@62muki]

Wonderful ! Love how you name all your family members in the video.

[@62Phillygirl]

How wonderful! Thank you for sharing :) Merry Christams!

[@jeffmercer3891]

What an absolute treasure! Thanks for sharing

[@traceymanson8565]

Really cool, thanks for sharing

[@LaurasLastDitch]

Wow! Love that pressure canner!

[@44ton1]

beutiful footage,thankyou for sharing,...

[@laswan5]

This is awesome. Thank you for sharing.

[@cdp200442]

Really enjoy your videos

[@stevejauncey3086]

Thanks for sharing.

[@fayecox9401]

❤

[@anne123480]

wow awsome video its facinating seening xmases of the past and all the family getting along no fighting over whos got the tv remote or wanting to watch tv and someone wanting to play the nintendo wii like today[well in my house lol] thanks for sharing thise merry xmas

[@raycrawley]

Nice to share your Christmas from '39, at that time i as six and living in South London. I would love to have had some record of those days.

[@Slim5819]

Hi, thanks for your good words. You were six and I was just two (I'm the one with the cloth on my forehead. My Dad wanted to protect my eyes from the high wattage photoflood lamp.) At your age you would remember this. You folks were already in WW II. We in the U.S. wouldn't get in for another couple of years.

[@scootron2000]

Awesome! It is so cool to watch something from back in that time that is real and not scripted. I gives me a real glimpse as to what life was like then.

[@bzylizzy]

thanks for sharing, what a treat, didnt even know they had movie cameras in those days, really enjoyed watching....

[@Bigband78]

You are so fortunate that you had thoughtful relatives to film this.Really enjoyed it.

[@OmegaWolf747]

Absolutely gorgeous. A peek back into an America that no longer exists.

[@Slim5819]

I never thought of that but it just might be.

[@silverose1209]

What a wonderful step back in time! Thank you for sharing!

[@Slim5819]

I checked with my brother and he said it was probably a Dodge.

[@MarcoORVISINI]

Uncle Charlie and aunt Emma were very ugly....what an ugly family

[@lucylucky8028]

all they all dead? :(

[@Dablkwid0w2008]

Look at that spread!

[@missuniworld]

Very nice video.

[@2nickso]

Thanks again !

[@desertdispatch]

I would like to see the camera used..lol

[@Slim5819]

Actually, it still exists. I think one of my nephews has it.