I wish I could say that the friends and family you've gotten to know were still around but time has sadly, and inevitably, taken it's toll. Nearly everyone's gone, including my dear father Warren who passed away just 3 months ago. My mother is still here, and so is my cousin Matt who is the baby you see in "Our Gang Follies of 1940" and a few other films. May the spirits of the departed live on in Grandpa's movies! Thank you very much for your appreciation.
Every woman looked beautiful in those pretty floral dresses. Love the notes you add to the films to give context. They're wonderfully written and put the characters in their historical setting. Thanks so much.
Wonderfully done, thanks for sharing! I had a black Scottie growing up as a small kid. Loved that dog. This brings back great memories of a simpler less stressful time although late in 1941 things got a lot more stressful indeed.
Hello Robert I know I’m too late to comment now because this video was posted 7 years ago I wanna say thank you for this video it was like a time travel 👍
Great film! Easy living in a Queens suburban neighborhood with a brand new bridge in the background captured beautifully. BTW December 12 1941 was actually 5 days after Pearl Harbor.
To my generation this was always known as Chisholm Park, and The Chisholm Mansion stood on the highest part of the park. When I was a child the mansion had been torn down and asphalt was laid there. Good for roller skating. My wedding pictures were also taken in the park. MacNeil might have been a famous sculptor who lived in town near the park, but it will always be Chisholm Park for the kids that grew up there in the 40's thru the 60's. Oh, The mansion was Summer Gracie Mansion to the Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia in the 30's.
Thank you Susan. One of my father's fondest recollections of his childhood was about the day he met Mayor LaGuardia at the Summer Gracie Mansion. I can't remember all the details from Dad's story, but somehow he and a friend were allowed to enter the mayor's office at the Mansion and he personally greeted them and shook their hands. Meeting the mayor left such an impression on him that decades later he attempted to write a children's book about it, but it didn't get past the draft stage. Thank you for sharing your memories!
Yep .. Always Chisolm's park .. When I moved to CP in 1961, we lived between 5th ( Popenhuesan Ave ) and 9th Ave on 117th st just a block from the ball field n the park. If you walked down 117 towards the park and made a left on 5th towards 115st and entered the paved walkway and made you way up the path, the outline to the old mansion was there. I wonder if it's still there today. I have to say that with all the development ( Barrel yards, Lax Ave), CP has been overdeveloped. Even areas that once had single family houses now have 2-3 family brick boxes and literally no place to park. A good friend of mine lives in an older house that was near Hass nurseries. it is so overdeveloped that when I go to his house, I have no choice other than to park in his driveway. it's a shame what happened to CP. I suppose that's progress but it's nice to see these old movies of what once was.
@jimmyriddles Thank you for the appreciation! In response to your question, all of my grandfather's home movies up until the early 1960s were filmed in 16mm, after which he used 8mm for a few years, followed by Super-8 until his death in 1977. I had his films digitized onto mini-DV by DuArt Film & Video in New York City.
@@leversforever9748 You are correct. Up until the 1960s its name was "College Point Shore Front Park" though my grandparents would just call it "College Point Park". It was just a few blocks from my grandparents's house.
I love this, your movies are such good quality, I wondered out of interest were they originally filmed in 16mm? And also how did you digitize them? It is such a treat to watch home movies from times gone by displayed in such good qaulity, you can really see the people... very nice.
Hey Robert! Thanks for not being cross with me like maybe I had nothing better to do than to correct you... Don't get me wrong (and it doesn't sound like you have) but I really have enjoyed going over your families' old film footage. Are Warren and the woman that he "did" marry still with us? I have gotten a real sense of family with your presentations! Thank-you very much!
Liked the song so much, "Boy, oh boy" however you have the date incorrect. Pearl Harbor was Dec 7th, 1941 (and I know you know that too...) But you probably want to correct it for all the rest of your viewers out there. I especially like your Pennsylvania Turnpike video and the 1955 Autumn in New York video!!
Ooooops! Well, at least I got the year right! I wish certain people had fact checkers as accurate as you. Yes, the referenced film was released on December 5th which was two days before Pearl Harbor, not December 12th. I'll annotate the video with the correction.
In addition to the Nazi occupation of most of Europe, Great Britain was fighting for its life, and the Axis powers controlled much of Africa as well. US/Japan relations were growing more strained almost daily, and the US was conducting a peacetime military draft (that began in September 1940). The US economy had finally rebounded from the Depression, and thousands in each ,major city were volunteering for the service or were going into defense work. We were soon to be seeing casualties in the war, even before Pearl Harbor. Some 241 of our Navy personnel were killed on the USS Reuben James when it was sunk by Nazi U-boats in Oct. 1941 in the North Atlantic.
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I wish I could say that the friends and family you've gotten to know were still around but time has sadly, and inevitably, taken it's toll. Nearly everyone's gone, including my dear father Warren who passed away just 3 months ago. My mother is still here, and so is my cousin Matt who is the baby you see in "Our Gang Follies of 1940" and a few other films. May the spirits of the departed live on in Grandpa's movies! Thank you very much for your appreciation.
Every woman looked beautiful in those pretty floral dresses. Love the notes you add to the films to give context. They're wonderfully written and put the characters in their historical setting. Thanks so much.
So true.
Wonderfully done, thanks for sharing! I had a black Scottie growing up as a small kid. Loved that dog. This brings back great memories of a simpler less stressful time although late in 1941 things got a lot more stressful indeed.
I love your movies. Such excellent quality.
Excellent production!
Amazing old footage. Thanks for sharing your memories.
Hello Robert I know I’m too late to comment now because this video was posted 7 years ago I wanna say thank you for this video it was like a time travel 👍
You're welcome.
This made me smiled. Loved this❤️
Great film! Easy living in a Queens suburban neighborhood with a brand new bridge in the background captured beautifully. BTW December 12 1941 was actually 5 days after Pearl Harbor.
To my generation this was always known as Chisholm Park, and The Chisholm Mansion stood on the highest part of the park. When I was a child the mansion had been torn down and asphalt was laid there. Good for roller skating. My wedding pictures were also taken in the park. MacNeil might have been a famous sculptor who lived in town near the park, but it will always be Chisholm Park for the kids that grew up there in the 40's thru the 60's.
Oh, The mansion was Summer Gracie Mansion to the Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia in the 30's.
Thank you Susan. One of my father's fondest recollections of his childhood was about the day he met Mayor LaGuardia at the Summer Gracie Mansion. I can't remember all the details from Dad's story, but somehow he and a friend were allowed to enter the mayor's office at the Mansion and he personally greeted them and shook their hands. Meeting the mayor left such an impression on him that decades later he attempted to write a children's book about it, but it didn't get past the draft stage. Thank you for sharing your memories!
Yep .. Always Chisolm's park .. When I moved to CP in 1961, we lived between 5th ( Popenhuesan Ave ) and 9th Ave on 117th st just a block from the ball field n the park. If you walked down 117 towards the park and made a left on 5th towards 115st and entered the paved walkway and made you way up the path, the outline to the old mansion was there. I wonder if it's still there today. I have to say that with all the development ( Barrel yards, Lax Ave), CP has been overdeveloped. Even areas that once had single family houses now have 2-3 family brick boxes and literally no place to park. A good friend of mine lives in an older house that was near Hass nurseries. it is so overdeveloped that when I go to his house, I have no choice other than to park in his driveway. it's a shame what happened to CP. I suppose that's progress but it's nice to see these old movies of what once was.
@@robertwmartens It is easy to confuse Mayor La Guardia with comedian Lou Costello. After all they did look alike!
@jimmyriddles Thank you for the appreciation! In response to your question, all of my grandfather's home movies up until the early 1960s were filmed in 16mm, after which he used 8mm for a few years, followed by Super-8 until his death in 1977. I had his films digitized onto mini-DV by DuArt Film & Video in New York City.
looks like Hermon A. MacNeil Park
@@leversforever9748 You are correct. Up until the 1960s its name was "College Point Shore Front Park" though my grandparents would just call it "College Point Park". It was just a few blocks from my grandparents's house.
I'm sorry to hear of the loss of your father Robert.
I endorse your comments, what a family treasure trove you have.
I love this, your movies are such good quality, I wondered out of interest were they originally filmed in 16mm? And also how did you digitize them? It is such a treat to watch home movies from times gone by displayed in such good qaulity, you can really see the people... very nice.
It's from the soundtrack of "Mr. Bug Goes to Town." So is "Boy, Oh Boy" btw.
Hey Robert!
Thanks for not being cross with me like maybe I had nothing better to do than to correct you... Don't get me wrong (and it doesn't sound like you have) but I really have enjoyed going over your families' old film footage. Are Warren and the woman that he "did" marry still with us? I have gotten a real sense of family with your presentations! Thank-you very much!
Thank you Kevin. We will miss him.
When there were practically no traffic jams in Queens,NYC except for rush hours at the Queensborough Bridge in 1941.
Liked the song so much, "Boy, oh boy" however you have the date incorrect. Pearl Harbor was Dec 7th, 1941 (and I know you know that too...) But you probably want to correct it for all the rest of your viewers out there. I especially like your Pennsylvania Turnpike video and the 1955 Autumn in New York video!!
great video! where did you find that version of katy did???? love the music.
Great view of the unfinished Whitestone bridge. Incredible.
Doyle Davidson said People were happy before the space age.
wonder if they realised what great life they had to compare it to today.
Ooooops! Well, at least I got the year right! I wish certain people had fact checkers as accurate as you. Yes, the referenced film was released on December 5th which was two days before Pearl Harbor, not December 12th. I'll annotate the video with the correction.
In addition to the Nazi occupation of most of Europe, Great Britain was fighting for its life, and the Axis powers controlled much of Africa as well. US/Japan relations were growing more strained almost daily, and the US was conducting a peacetime military draft (that began in September 1940). The US economy had finally rebounded from the Depression, and thousands in each ,major city were volunteering for the service or were going into defense work. We were soon to be seeing casualties in the war, even before Pearl Harbor. Some 241 of our Navy personnel were killed on the USS Reuben James when it was sunk by Nazi U-boats in Oct. 1941 in the North Atlantic.
Gus must have been a fairly affluent guy to be shooting color home movies back then.
Wow that was during WW2..how come he was not in the war?..Too old etc?
Yes, my grandfather was born in 1901, so he was at least 40 in 1941.
Gus had all the chicks.
Home movie improv. People trying to find something to do that will not embarass them afterward.