My Dad, Frank Paukstis, had an 8 mm movie camera.
We converted the film to VHS video tape and finally to MP4 files
Mom & Dad & I lived at 192 11th Street, Brooklyn, NY but we spent many weekends and summers
in my parents' hometown Forest City, Pennsylvania
I trimmed the film into segments by location

Eileen - Brooklyn
Part 1 - Baby Eileen - 1948
Christmas 1948 - I got a toy piano!
Neighbors kids' came to visit

Uncle Ben's visit (Papa's brother & my Godfather)

Brooklyn Apartment Bath in metal tub ballanced on 2 chairs

Christmas 1949 - I got an iron & ironing board - oh yea!

11th Street Brooklyn - jumping rope & neighbors
Picnic with neighbors Chrisiansens, Kirks and others - Summer 1953

Christmas 1953
Josina Pisano came upstairs - Robby came downstairs
Other neighbor kids from next door

Riding my bike in the "playground" area
under the 9th-10th street elevated train - 1954

St Thomas Aquinas Procession - May 1954
(I could not be part of the First Communion Class
because I was 1 month short of my 7th birthday)

First Communion finally May 1955 (almost 8 and in 3rd grade)

Bike Riding - Dyker Heights Park off the the Belt Parkway

Prospect Park - Roller Skating & Biking - Winter 1956-57?

Memorial Day Parade (Papa marching)
& Another St Thomas procession & May Crowning

Coney Island jumpng through waves - Summer of 1957 or 58

Eileen - Forest City - Jessup Pennsylvania

May 21, 1949 - Visiting Jessup
(Aunt Anna - Mom's sister, Uncle George, Marlene, Fats)

July 31, 1949 - Jessup again
(Flowers planted in May are in bloom) Baba age 67

Forest City to Curtis Valley
to pick apples & view from Baba's porch

June 25, 1950
Visit to Slick's Farm (Aunt Tessie Mechock's family)

Forest City - Summer 1953
riding my bike in the shoe factory parking lot
and
Visiting Mechock cousins & playing in the yard

Fishing with Mechocks - Spring 1954

Swimming at Newton Lake with Mechock cousins
and picking berries on Blueberry Hill
I'm wearing a Davy Crockett T-Shirt

Sledding with Mechock cousins Winter 59-60
Uncle Mike Mechock died in July 1960

Leaving Ft Eustis Hospital - Sept 26, 1969
Bath
Christening - Oct 6, 1969
Eating cereal (or not)
Christmas 1969 - Part 1 - (Outlet outfits "triplets")
Christmas 1969 Part 2
(Blue dress that fit for 12 months)
January 29, 1970
Bedtime
On floor - rolling over
Hawaii - Part 1 (May 3-10, 1970)
Hawaii - Part 2 (May 3-10, 1970)
Hawaii - Part 3 (May 3-10, 1970)

Palmyra - 8 months - crawling & standing
With Papa Frank
Palmyra - Hauck Picnic
NYC - in walker
Palmyra again
NYC again - lots of ducks
Palmyra - 10 months - "So Big"
Richmond Hill, Forest Park - 1 year Fall 1970A
Richmond Hill, Forest Park - 1 year Fall 1970B
Hunting Camp "Up the Country"
Palmyra - Summer 1971 Pool, Playing Ball, flying kite
Christmas 1971

Family Movies 2 - Sept 1972 - September 1974
Bringing Karen home - Sept 18, 1972
Bath
Christening - Very jumpy movie
Christmas 1972 (Kings Ct apartment)
Summer 73 (Ritamarie Drive)
Brevard, NC
Jeanne's 4th Birthday
Karen in yard - Need date 1 Year?
Christmas 1973
Summer 1974 (Nana Beck)
Jeanne, Karen, Kathy on swings - kites too -Summer 74?
Karen's 2nd Birthday - Sept 74
Jeanne's 5th Birthday - Sept 74
Trip out West - July 1974
Badlands, Mt Rushmore, Little Big Horn
White Pass (Date in Snow)
USS Missouri
" Morse Creek" more snow
Pacific Ocean, Dunes National Seashore
Redwoods Park
Yellowstone & Scary Road

Testing

My Google Drive
https://drive.google.com/drive/my-drive
OK - this only works for ME!

One Movie on Google Drive
This kind of link works for everyone, right?

https://drive.google.com/file/d/13U3IguoLbe0tLNBBMwEnbGIgMLN9ReTZ/view

Family Movies 3 - Summer 1975 - Trip out West 1981
Summer 1975 - Play with hose
Summer 1975 - Picking Peaches
Bringing Bobby Home - Sept 2, 1975
Christening
Bath
Summer 1976
Bobby 1 year - walking
Christmas 1976
Trip NC to FL - Summer 1977
Jeanne's 1st Communion - Our Yard/The Robin's Nest
Christmas 1977
Christmas 1978 - Palmyra
Christmas 1979
Karen's 1st Communion - May 1980
Christmas - Palmyra - 1980? (visible but very dark)
Trip out West - Summer 1981
(Cody WY, Yellowstone, Glacier National Park)
Mt Ranier, Redwoods & Horseback tour
(Chief, Lightning, Lard, Chub)
Pacific Ocean, Grand Canyon, Corpus Christi