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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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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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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 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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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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Christmas or New Year party late 1950s
This snapshot from the late 1950s seems to show a Christmas or New Year's celebration party. It's a bit de-focussed and blurry, and unfortunately has some dust marks and dirt which makes it difficult to see too much detail in the shot, but it does seem to show people enjoying themselves and having a good time. I noticed a large club sign on the wall above the man on the left - I wondered if this was because there had been card games being played ?
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The Uher 4000 Report-S portable tape recorder manual
A scan of the manual supplied with the Uher 4000 Report s
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Latest Newsletter from Everything Vintage – Dec 2024
This is one of the very occasional newsletters I produce to highlight new articles that have been added to the Everything Vintage site.
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Home movie
Historic Parachute regiment opening ceremony
A standard 8mm vintage home movie showing the opening ceremony of a new barracks for the Parachute Regiment opened by Field Marshal Montgomery.
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Pentax MZ-30 35mm autofocus slr
A review of the entry level Pentax MZ-30 which was introduced in 2000 and is a good camera but suffers from some reliability issues.
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Advertising material for the Miranda Sensorex
This is an original Advertising brochure for the Miranda Sensorex SLR camera which was produced in the mid 1960s.
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Pictures of Eastern Europe in the late 1950s
The pictures featured in this curated post were all taken in the countries of eastern Europe during the late 1950s or possibly the early 1960s.
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