My wife and I will soon be celebrating our 55th Anniversary. And guess what, I have some 8mm movies from our Navy "honeymoon."Myr old Argus 8mm movie projector still works, so we've enjoyed looking at days gone by—scratches, dirt and all. I appreciate the tip on re-recording these classics. Most importantly, we don't mind that they're not perfect; the films just bring back wonderful memories. Thank you!

This looks way more fun than investing in dedicated systems

My family found old 16mm films when we bought our house and my dad purchased a projector for 7 bucks.  We had to replace a belt with a rubber band because it was broken.  We have films fron the early 20's.  Thanks for the info on how to film these amazing stories to save for future generations to enjoy.

Some OK advice here. A few added suggestions would be;

The room doesn't need to be as dark as possible. Varying, small amounts of incandescent light can improve contrast and white balance issues in the original films.

Keep your projected image small, like no more than 6 inches square. This will improve sharpness and clarity.

Any good bright-white matte printer paper will work well. No need to buy a special projection surface.

If the films are important to you and your family, don't use a Brownie! Hunt down a decent projector with variable speed control to reduce flicker and a good lens. Bolex-Paillard M8 or a model by ELMO will work wonders! You might not get a second chance!

You were awesome! Thank you so much for making a well done film with no fluff. Very pleasant to listen to. Wish there were more like you!

I transfer 6 rolls of childhood memories to digital using my cell phone.  At lest 80 percent successful. Transferred them to a USB drive an sent them to my kids. If they viewed them once I'd be surprised. My guess is they formatted over the mp4 files and used it to archive their own memories.

Being from vancouver, its incredible seeing the pne from half a decade ago. thanks for sharing!

Nice advice and suggestions. Thanks for the video

Thanks for sharing! I knew that was the Vancouver PNE right away when I saw the roller coaster:) Its so neat to see it in its hay day 🤩

Thank you!

I had that projector when I was a kid.   Had a lot of fun with it.

Thanks, this is helpful.

Perfect! Thanks for the explanation.

Thanks for sharing 👍

Awesome! Thanks Alastair Bird from Alistair Eagle. I'm just about to digitize some movies we made in college in the 70's. Very helpful.

Very cool thanks

THANK YOU! 🍿🤓👍

Wow, thanks a lot for this guidance!!

nice work

To put audio life with a personal touch back into these old videos, I set up a table and chairs with a mic in the center of the table and my Sony A7rii pointed at the table.  Those family members remaining sat around the table and provided the documentation of who, what, when and where.  If your capturing video camera has a 16:9 aspect ratio it gives plenty of room to ad comments during post processing along the black boarder.