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Explore vintage photographs and home movies, cameras and equipment, original manuals, and articles about the people, history and projects behind them.

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A few starting points from across the collection.

Home movie

Home movie of Skye and Ullapool in 1960

The video featured in this post was taken on and around the island of Skye and in the town of Ullapool sometime in the summer of 1960.

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Vintage equipment

My Dad’s Brilliant Pentax P30 35 mm camera

This is my review of the classic Pentax P30 slr which was manufactured in Japan in the mid to late 1980's.

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Articles / Projects

Converting 8mm films to digital

A blog post explaining how to go about converting the 8mm films to digital so they can be used on the vintage home movies site.

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Home Movies

Family holidays, everyday life and places on film.

Vintage Cameras / Equipment

Cameras and the technology behind the collection.

Vintage Photographs

People, places and moments captured on film.

Manuals

Original instructions and reference documents.

Articles / Projects

Practical projects, collecting stories and history.

Recently added

Recent additions from across the collection.

Home movie

Fabulous fun during a holiday in Dover around 1955

A 1950s home movie of a holiday in Dover and the Maddiesons holiday camp that existed there at the time.

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Vintage equipment

The Professional quality Uher 4000 Report-S Tape Recorder from 1963

The Uher 4000 report-s tape recorder introduced in 1963 was a high quality, battery operated tape recorder used by broadcasters and journalists and highly praised for it's quality and reliability.

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