Old Wilsterman 8mm Movies - Comments by John Wilsterman:

0.04 Uncle George, Aunt Alice's first husband. Don't know the tall skinny guy in the frame with him.
0.10, don't know the woman on the left, but that's Aunt Roberta in the middle of the frame. Roberta was Howie's wife.
0.21, that's Uncle Howie.
0.37 - Roberta. At
0.39 George and Aunt Mary. Don't know who is in the wagon.
0.55 Don't know the woman but that Howie and Roberta's back yard.
1.00 - Don't know the tall skinny guy in the checked shirt with beer.
1.19 - Kathleen and Paul on the swing. They are Howie and Roberta's kids.
1.35 - Richie Campbell, Alice's 2nd son and Kathleen in 1st Communion garb.
2.00 - Jim Campbell, Richie and Paul.
2.07 - Alice and Richie.
2.14 - Kathleen.
2.18 - and brother Paul.
2.43-Paul.
2.55 Richie and grandma Wilsterman.
3.21 - Howie, Richie and Kathleen.
3.46 Howie. The Christmas tree @
4.00, don't know the kid with the big ears, then Paul sitting on the bench.
4.05, the guy in the white shirt and glasses was my older bro, Billy. The brunette in dark red dress may be Pat Campbell.
4.13, Aunt Alice.
4.21 - that's me, then Paul, then Kathleen, then a flash of Billy and my dad in tie.
4.56 - can't tell who these kids are in masks.
5.00- Paul, Kathleen and grandma.
5.30 - Uncle George with a doll, which he hands to Kathleen.
5.54, brother Bill. We're not at my house. Don't remember that wallpaper.
6.02 - Grandma and Roberta.
6.07, dad in a tie.
6.18, cousin Pat sitting next to her brother, Jim.
6.32, Grandma. 7.24, my sister Jean and dad.
7.28, my mother, Alma.
7.33, Jim Campbell.
7.41, Uncle Dick.
8.18, Cousin Mike.
8.42, Pat.
8.53, Dick, Don and Barb, Paul in suspenders, Richie with his mouth open.
9.10, Bob Campbell with Uncle George.
9.27, Jim and Bill laughing.
9.40, Howie with guitar (always a staple at our gatherings).
From 10.30 to I don't know some of these folks, but it's my house. We often served big meals on a ping pong table in the basement, the largest room in the house. This occasion was Dad and grandma Wilsterman's birthday due to the Halloween theme,
11.35, Sis, Jean.
12.05, the Campbell boys, Rich Campbell in the suit.
12.12, Pat Hopkins,
12.24, Alice.
13.55, Roberta and George.
14.02 Dad. We must be at the zoo.
15.00 Grandma.
15.30, Howie on a riding mower. This is not my back yard. Riding lawn mowers didn't show up until I moved away.
15.56, Kathleen.
16.10, OMG, cousin Barb.
16.20, Alice.
16.40, Jean and I walking in front of her.
16.50, pretty sure this is cousin Ricky.
16.58, Pat... I guess we were all drinking wine.
17.11, Bill. Then Pat and Jim. Rich and Jean. I think the kid in the navy suit is Bob Campbell.
17.46, back in time, Kathleen, backyard cookout at Howie's house.
17.56, Uncle Raymond Wilsterman, must have been visiting, might have been his uniform bobby was trying on. Aunt Shirley Wilsterman was camera shy. 18.20, Aunt Mary.
18.55, Uncle Raymond Wilsterman, who grew up being called Tiny Tim.
19.51, my dad, pretty sure this is my house.
20.07, Uncle Dick.
20.23, Jean.
20.27, Pat.
20.51, Ricky.
21.20, in our backyard. Correction. I think the year may have been earlier. Uncle Don and Delores drove from California in a VW. So this may have been their VW in the background.
21.26, Jean, in our backyard, circa 1963, see old VW in background, Dad bought for $35. Brother Bill, all grown up and a college guy. Dog house and no garage.
22.56, Dad, uncles George and Don. Don's wife, Delores. The dog is Taffy.
23.03, Jean and Pat do a brief kickline.
23.25 Dad throws the first ever Frisbee. Note pyramid shaped incinerator in background. We used to burn our trash.
23.37, Jim.
25.09, back in time, briefly, my mom behind grandma.
25.13, Roberta, check out grandma's TV!
25.18, my lovely mother....
26.00 holding a doll.
26.29, grandma had a dog named Bonnie. Someone gave her a toy dog that looked like Bonnie.
27.00, Grandma and Kathleen.
27.37, shirtless Howie.
27.27, Pat. I don't know who Roberta is wrestling with and the video kind of goes to a blue screen after this.