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Beautiful photographs.As demonstrative of the "artist's eye" as the churches themselves. Thank you.

This clock is 126 years old based on the subtraction. 2024-1897 is 126 so its a great clock and honestly they don’t make them like this anymore

I enjoyed seeing this film. Did you work closely with Mary Feldhaus Weber?

Great documentary, I really enjoyed the old movies in B&W. I still have and use film 35mm, 4x5 and Minox cameras. Years ago I shot many high school students and glamour shoots with the Minox for different grainy look, using studio lighting, they loved it. The best images I ever made were from the 4x5 Bush Pressman which I removed all the viewing gear and focused off the ground glass with a dark cloth. For most later weddings and photo shoots I used Mamia C330 cameras, Mamiya 645 1000s and whe I could afford it later, Hasselblad 500c, CM and ELX Hasselblad cameras. The Hasselblad had great softer filters so the window light and under the blooming white flowered trees were always stunning. Sometimes ministers or preists wouldn’t allow cameras during the service and would put a stop to shooting stills. Well, I licked that one. Once a minister told me, if I hear the click of a shutter I’ll stop the wedding, he also didn’t want a photographer there that could be seen, that’s how asinine he was about so I said, how about if you can’t hear the click of a shutter or winding? He said he never saw that so I said, I’ll shoot from the balcony and to shoe you what I mean, I’ll run upstairs now and do a test for you, he said ok. So I went up and he listened and after a minute he said go ahead, I said to him I already did it, listen again. lol, I had him over a barrel so he said ok but I better not hear anything,. The rescue?? I had with me an old Yshica D there for a spare, just in case. You absolutely can’t hear the shutter and the winder doesn’t have a ratcheted clicking sound…very silent. I got some beautiful shots that I dint expect. I had to do an ambient light reading and gave it two stops more open to compensate for shadows, beautiful, so not only did the stained glass look stunning, I got good skin tones ect.. It had to turn out, it was my wife’s brothers wedding, lol. It was also horrible because it was around 100 degrees that day. Thank you for sharing your video experiences.

I loved this video so much. So much knowledge and also your love for film. Its sad that there some audio issues, but I really enjoyed this piece of history.

stunning

This clock tower has'n t got wensminster chimes

nice m8; mine's my late Pop's H8RX c1962. Long/short, I had it CLAd, accessorised it with the RX primes trio of lenses. Now w8ing 4 my SomBerthiot Pan Cinor 40RX zoom 2 arrive (stuff's much harder 2 indulge in here in Oz). Have diligently sought out period correct manuals & associated literature. Now i hafta source 8mm film .. o/s of-course😭! Love the jazz soundtrack 2 ur doco .. Jazz is my bling! The allure of nostalgia is overwhelming from a 2024 perspective. Last thing, bought Alyssor Bolsey's biopic on her Grandfather Jacques Bolsey, inventor of this beautiful instrument .. can't w8 2 receive & view. Am blown away by ur historic & still vivid footage👍. Frame x frame animation would b an inexpensive & novel way 2 make "movies".

the video appears to have been muted because of the music at 33:09, sad to see that, I was really invested in this. I'm getting through the whole video, but I hope the rest isnt muted as well edit: the audio comes back at 36:07, thank goodness. I hope we can get a version of the video with the missing audio someday though

Mooi om mezelf te zien lopen met bloemen in deze film.

I enjoyed watching this trip down memory lane, as I too was enamored with film at a young age, entered into a career in television and still own the Bolex H16 gear I’ve had for decades. I sincerely hope that Peter is still with us, and if not, that his daughter Helen inherited his film equipment and love of the medium. Truth be told, each of us has pieces of our past that we can be proud of. My thanks to Peter for sharing this piece of his life’s experience. Time is the only true “currency” of life, and experiences create memories that last forever in all who share them and all who listen.

I've seen all of your videos, I could never produce the kinds of shots with my old Krasnagorsk 2 model.

Hi Peter I know it's been awhile since you posted the visit to the clock tower video, however I am hoping you still have some memory of its specs. I am and have been working to renovate a identical clock in new england. I know you said the clock 2as wound twice a week, would you by any chance know the distance the wieghts traveled, and what was the wieght for the clock, and what it is for the bell. Thanks so much.

Easily one of the best and most insightful videos I've seen ever on youtube.

Good 👍 one ☝️ Kim enjoy ☺️ 😅❤😂🎉

love this. thank you. Have you ever watched any of Stan Brtahkage's films?

Great video and enjoyed the history of your story, During the loading at 12:20 the film was over one metal bracket.....

Thanks.

Love your video and the clock.

This clock tour was so awesome!

I know this is 6 years after the fact, however I just wanted to thank you for passing this knowledge on to future generations and those of us who are currently learning the film making process. I'm getting started later in life at 39. I spent my life doing other things, but I always wind back up at film making, this time I'm going to stick it out for the duration.

I had one specifically adapted for time lapse. I used an earlier, non reflex, model so there was less chance of light leak over sequences that could take months to shoot. The picture was astoundingly steady with no jitter or float at all. My rig was very versatile. Because there’s no mirror the exposures could be very close together. For instance, I could do sequential 1 sec exposures with virtual no gap between them, which is very hard on a spinning mirror camera. I used a cam to trigger the side release which was fitted with roller bearing so everything was very smooth. Because it was spring powered I only needed power to trigger the exposure motor so it ran for months on one battery. My longest job was the building of a large ocean going catamaran. It took two years, and was shot on one 100’ roll. I had to occasionally wind the camera.

Clock tower... in A Cemetery?

Thanks for sharing and reigniting some great memories. I have the same camera. Nice work and congrats.

Would love to take this off of your hands Peter when you’re ready and I’ll keep it going until it gets passed down again. I’m very interested in shooting film now.

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Beste Peter Hoving, Met veel plezier naar je films gekeken. Mijn partner is Eline Hoving de dochter van Piet Hoving (16:15) zoon van je oom Jan Hoving. Jij bent dus haar oudoom. Morgen gaan we gezamenlijk kijken met haar ouders (Piet en Arma Hoving) naar jouw mooie films! Kom je binnenkort nog naar Nederland? Mijn oom Huibert Sabelis is in 1964 geëmigreerd naar Londen Canada en is daarna naar Mississauga verhuisd waar hij het grootste deel van zijn leven heeft gewoond. Zijn zoon woont in Boston en werkt als orthodontist aldaar.

AMAZING footage! Some shots I couldn’t tell if it was shot in 1967 or 2022! I am working hard to get a Bolex H16 REX 3 or higher I already have a non-REX H16 that does well and I want to upgrade!

The Singers of cameras. A true beauty to behold.

Does this clock still working in this old mechanism?

This is really extraordinary: a sense of time, of place, and the dance of memory and wonder. Outstanding!

Great film! I wish I had those bolex equipments in 80s so I could have movie of my current village. Why not make a digital HD movie of your village in 2022?

You're an artist, no matter which device you use 😊😊😊

Thank you Peter. One of the best videos on YT.

Yes, how wonderful to see it all in action, and with such a fine camera. Thank you!

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fascinating story. i love hearing the clock chime at night after a heavy snowfall when it's the only sound on the air

how much did it cost to make these home movies back in the day? I see the cost of the camera was $500 but were 8mm film and cameras cheaper? I wasn't around then but my parents tell me you had to be rich to afford this which is why we don't have any home movies of the family.

Anyone comment on the missing audio from 32:58 to 36 minutes? I was really looking forward to part... but of course I ended up liking the entire movie from what I can see. Exactly what 16 mm needs exactly what the world needs is people to remember how quickly we can lose history and technology. So glad that this knowledge has not been forgotten.

I remember me watching this when I was 2-3 years old. (Edit: this was cool upload more!)

Big Ben

Thanks for this great video Peter!!!

Well, I do not agree that news reports and outside shots where always made on 16mm. The BBC, for example, used 8mm until the late 1980's, as you can see in series as "allo allo" and "monty python". If that was 16mm, they did a very poor job!

Hello Peter, is that you in Holland at 1:15m behind the camera? I Do know that in Holland they where using a lot camera's build by Philips in the early days of TV, but this one has a very strange logo above the lenses, it looks Russian to me / Hallo Peter, ben jij dat in Nederland op 1:15m achter de camera? Ik weet dat er in Nederland, in de begin jaren van televisie veel gebruik is gemaakt van Philips camera's, maar het logo boven de lenzen ziet er erg Russisch uit

$500 was a fortune indeed! But what loving care you've taken of this camera! I appreciate your humble attitude "..a terrible shot down main street" (I didn't think it was that bad). Glad that your work got recognized!

Wow, what a wonderful tribute to the Bolex and filmmaking before digital. I also had a Bolex Rex at one time. It's a great camera. Thank you for your movie.

Thank you, Noam. Loved it.

@8:29 $5 for 20 gallons of Diesel?! Good times

Excellent Video thank you

This was an excellent video! I really enjoyed watching your films. I really want to get a Bolex now!