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Me as a wee little one!

After being inspired by Eat A Bug, I went through hours of footage and found some clips of myself from my childhood that I liked. These movies were transfered from 8mm to VHS over 15 years ago, then recently from that old VHS tape to DVD. I think my Dad may still have the original 8mm tapes and the old family projector.

I ripped the DVD with my favorite new MacOS app "handbrake".
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  • PEIKA 1 year ago
    I can watch 8mm all day!
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  • LCF 1 year ago
    brilliant!
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  • sigma6 1 year ago
    led zep is a good choice!
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  • Amanda 1 year ago
    God this is cute. What did you use to convert from VHS to DVD? I've been looking to buy one of them ther' fancy machines that do it, but keep putting it off.
  • Thommy Browne 1 year ago
    We have all the equipment here at work and I got a co-worker to do it for me. I am pretty sure he used Adobe Premiere. After making the transfer I made DVD's for all the family and gave them a Xmas presents.
  • islebehere 1 year ago
    cheap bastard! KIDDING! if i tried that, my family would look at it, say, "that's nice. now where's my real gift?". lol
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  • jendreams 1 year ago
    This made me really happy. I love watching old family movies, even if they aren't mine! I liked the end, at first I thought it was some strange part of the song.
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  • islebehere 1 year ago
    aawwww. too sweet. i laughed when your sister was "helping you" walk at 1:13. oh, and 5:22 was the money shot.

    p.s. i dig your granddad's hat!
  • islebehere 1 year ago
    also, excellent music choices
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  • charliesteadman 1 year ago
    You sucked so bad at walking. I'm amazed they let you keep trying. Really, I loved this clip. Good job Thommy.
  • janie 1 year ago
    I know, right? But he was so persistent! And look at him now, walking on two feet. Cute movie, thanks for sharing! :)
  • AA 1 year ago
    Oh my god, those first steps -- he was so drunk!
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  • SaraLily 1 year ago
    hahaha you and your brother in the snow at 5:00 reminds me of "A Christmas Story" soooo cute.

    the three of you in front of the Christmas tree and your dad trying to grab all of you reminds me of my house - the three of us going nuts and out of control. hahahaha
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  • ed 1 year ago
    I wish my parents had taken videos of my siblings and I. What a great thing to have around. Good conversion/editing as well.
  • Thommy Browne 1 year ago
    I'm continuing the legacy through vimeo!
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  • AA 1 year ago
    I enjoyed watching this.
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  • iamloserduh 1 year ago
    SO far my fav. shots are you walking back and forth between your siblings :D And when you kinda sorta had it down and just kept on walking when you got to your dad and he was all like, well blow me down. Lol.

    yes yes 7 minutes, whoa! I almost wanted it to end when your dad cloberd you guys infront of the christmas tree, that was perfect. :)
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  • Chris Browne 1 year ago
    Browne Family kicks ass
  • Thommy Browne 1 year ago
    I almost threw in the footage of you running around neekid.
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  • CTD3 1 year ago
    Super 8 is so cool ! I'd love to see you mix footage of the "THEN" footage with current reflections from family members,,, that would almost as priceless (gee if they were willing)
    Liked the musical selections.
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  • eat a bug 1 year ago
    You did it man.

    I love the 2nd song, is that Pinback?

    Are those Star Wars figures on the ground?

    You walking around in the red jogging suit strangely matched the beat...

    As a kid, you really do look like the guy from LOTR.

    From what age do your memories start?

    I think mine start around 3 years old.
  • Thommy Browne 1 year ago
    1. Yes, that is Pinback. The song is called "Loro".
    2. Yes, those are Star Wars toys. My old brother had a shit ton of them.
    3. My first memory that I can remember was from around 2 or 3 years old. I remember it because it was when I got my first bloody nose and I ruined my favorite shirt.
  • eat a bug 1 year ago
    Do you still have any Star Wars figures left?
  • Thommy Browne 1 year ago
    Nope! I think we sold them all in old family garage sales.
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  • djp 1 year ago
    awesome thommy. inspiring man...

    and really easy to "sit through"
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  • puppiesplz 1 year ago
    this is so precious.
    i resent to this day that my parents hardly video taped my siblings and i as wee ones. my grandparents have tapes, but we can't convince gramma to let go of them so that we can transfer them to dvd!
    i can't wait to have babies and put cameras all up on them.
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  • angryflower 1 year ago
    I love the so-called american family... always portraying the good, the honest and most caring based on the media now-a-days. I didn't have that priviledge since I wasn't born here, but if I was born under this scenario I guess my life would be with a meaning and a purpose. Badly, I unable to procreate... but that's life.
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  • wreckandsalvage 1 year ago
    You might be the last generation, or at least one of them, with actual film footage of their childhood's...that's really something.
  • wreckandsalvage 1 year ago
    couple of links:
    human-dog.com/lab/?p=49
    lostinlight.org/
    Enjoy
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