http://lostinlight.org small gauge filmmaking videoblog Fri, 09 May 2008 22:43:03 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en click image to view in Flash | Quicktime | MPEG-2 This week, some great shots of huge turtles, a snoozing alligator, Mt. Rushmore, and vistas of the Grand Canyon. All from our contributor Ashima, who adds this: My mama had a hard time remembering the year, but she thinks it is ... http://lostinlight.org/2008/05/09/through-the-mountains-and-valleys/ click image to view in Flash | Quicktime | MPEG-2 More from Ashima's collection of home movies this week. Here, we feature a visit to India in 1969, with lush, detailed images of the spectacular architecture there. Ashima offers a little more detail on the locations: This must have been ... http://lostinlight.org/2008/05/02/images-of-india/ click image to view in Flash | Quicktime | MPEG-2 In this film full of delicious looking food, our contributor Ashima turns one year old. She tells us more: My 1st year birthday party (1969) in Albany Village which is student housing in Berkeley, CA. My father was working on his ... http://lostinlight.org/2008/04/25/marking-the-first-year/ click image to view in Flash | Quicktime | MPEG-2 This week, a charming tour of one of my favorite childhood haunts in the Bay Area, Children's Fairyland. Located near Lake Merritt in Oakland, California, this theme park based on children's literature is still very much alive, and not much ... http://lostinlight.org/2008/04/18/fairyland/ click image to view in Flash | Quicktime | MPEG-2 This week, a beautiful and tender movie of a mother clearly in love with her new baby. Submitted by Ashima here in Grand Rapids, Michigan, the film features footage from California's Bay Area in the late 1960s. A bit ... http://lostinlight.org/2008/04/11/doting-mother/ click image to view in Flash | Quicktime | MPEG-2 Here in West Michigan, my student, Evan, brought me a box of wonderful footage of his family's home movies, a number of which we'll be featuring here. The first is the wedding of grandparents in the late 1940s, and ... http://lostinlight.org/2008/04/04/chicago-wedding-1948/ click image to view in Flash | Quicktime | MPEG-2 This week, we present an orphan film, purchased some time ago on eBay by Tony P. in France. The film features a visit to the small French town of Oradour-Sur-Glane, the site of the infamous massacre of 642 people ... http://lostinlight.org/2008/03/29/oradour-sur-glane/ click image to view in Flash | Quicktime Mad Roads. Lead us to and take us away. Guides to our memories. Detours in our minds. Journeys. Sharp turns. Endless. Mad roads... Driving. --David Howell We're always excited when filmmakers and videobloggers incorporate home movie footage found here at Lost in Light into their work. This week we're especially pleased ... http://lostinlight.org/2008/03/21/mad-road-driving/ click image to view in Flash | Quicktime | MPEG-2 I love this week's film from the 1950s. A simple haircut produces tremendous drama. Our submitter, Susan S. of Louisiana, USA, sums it up best: My Dad, Carter, is giving my brother, Stephen, his first haircut and I am sure ... http://lostinlight.org/2008/03/14/haircut/ click image to view in Flash | Quicktime | MPEG-2 This week, a charming film from Susan S. from Galveston, Texas, in the 1950s. It's all about the reactions to those boots! From Susan: I remember having those red boots! Funny how you remember certain things! Also, ... http://lostinlight.org/2008/03/08/bootday-party/