Short B&M Digital Clip from Super 8 home movies taken at Ayer, Mass. in 1971

[wabash2800]

I was just 13 when I filmed this amatuer footage and wonder if Classic Trains would be interested in hosting it here? How would I go about getting it submitted or should I just load it on Youtube and provide a link?

Victor A. Baird

Fort Wayne, Indiana

[Wizlish]

Loading to YouTube or one of the other 'free' video hosting services is the best way to go, as the video needs to be "on the Internet" and have its own accessible URL to display here on the forums.

You have the option when uploading to YouTube to 'disable comments' if you are sensitive about armchair criticism.  I would, however, put as much information about the clip in the 'description' as you can, even if that takes many paragraphs and you're going to repeat it in a post here.

When you have the clip up on whatever service you use, navigate to it and verify that it runs smoothly.  Then copy the URL in your browser (or right-click and 'copy link location' or whatever option you prefer.

Open your new post here.  When you are ready to insert the video, navigate to where you want it to appear, and click the 'video' button (it is the little 'frame of film' under the BIU- formatting buttons in the toolbars above the text window)  Paste (Ctrl-V on Windows, Cmd-V on Mac, etc.) the URL you copied into the frame that opens (it will automatically fill others if appropriate).  It may take a few seconds for the video to appear, and it may show only as a gray rectangular 'placeholder' while you are editing.

When you finish the post and 'submit' it, the video link should be properly embedded.

[wabash2800]

Thanks. I had done that kind of thing before, but here is the link to youtube.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1h2NmJB-Q8

Victor A. Baird

Fort Wayne, Indiana

 

 

[daveklepper]

Of course less than professional quality, but worth the time spet looking.   Thanks.

[wabash2800]

I'm glad you liked it. I was just 13 when I took the movies and the camera had a manual aperature setting, and I didn't know much about photography then. The Super 8 footage was copied with the movie playing on the wall with a VCR camera.  Consequently, the VCR footage was copied in digital format and edited with amatuer editing software. Someday I'll do a better job right off the movies and add music. If you'd like to see some Wabash color footage (with some steam) taken in the 50s, I posted 7 miniutes of a 30 minute video at Youtube labled "Wabash 4th Distrct Clips".  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zv5QFJA1QA4

I've also posted some Penn Central, Milwaukee Road and Chicago & Northewestern footage at Youtube too.

Victor A. Baird

Fort Wayne, Indiana

[Ron High]

Victor I spent a lot of time in those days railfanning the B&M.Grew up in in Oxford lived in Worcester and Holden .We made a lot of visits to Ayer,some good memories.We chased a lot of B&M freights out to Deerfield and the Hoosac TunnelOf course up and down the Conn river line also. I remember  alot of trips out to catch the elusive Bicenntenial 200 before we got good shots on the road.

I can remember how we would moan and groan about all that was gonein the early 1970s.As we look back now even in those days with all the trains differnt power and variety of freight cars we know now we had it pretty good

Thanks for the memories.

Ron High