{"id":33187,"date":"2026-01-15T01:04:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T05:04:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/?p=33187"},"modified":"2026-01-12T00:12:28","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T04:12:28","slug":"home-movies-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/home-movies-again\/","title":{"rendered":"home movies again …"},"content":{"rendered":"
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c2000 book on Home Movies<\/p><\/div>\n

Toronto<\/strong>. In the time before digital and smart phones everywhere, a sub set of amateur photographers took and projected movies. Home movies entertained us after watching the ‘boob tube’ lost interest momentarily.<\/p>\n

The late Alan Katttelle from down Massachusetts way, was an enthusiast extraordinaire of movies. Alan wrote a definitive book titled “Home Movies – A History of the American Industry 1897 – 1979<\/a>“. His 2000 book was reviewed in our issue 26-3 (Nov\/Dec 2000) and begins, “Alan Kattelle, co-founder and Past\u00a0President of the Movie Machine Society,\u00a0Charter member and Past President of the\u00a0Photographic Historical Society of New\u00a0England and a collector of amateur\u00a0motion picture equipment for 25 years,\u00a0has produced a much awaited anthology\u00a0on the topic of \u201cHome Movies\u201d.<\/p>\n

“We are already well experienced to\u00a0Alan\u2019s cumulative knowledge through his\u00a0frequent writings in photo history journals\u00a0and his many lectures; now his knowledge\u00a0has been set permanently to paper.” …<\/p>\n

Members read this article in its entirety in the issue 26-3 pdf file on the free members-only DVD\/stick. See above and \u00a0at right (Membership) to join (so easy; so cheap). Address all membership questions to member@phsc.ca<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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