When my grandmother Phyllis passed away in 2011, we all took turns cleaning out the big house, each of us with pieces of our grandparents lives. My younger cousins had been raised by my grandparents, due to their own parents being incapable of it, and as such they took most of their own treasures.
My mother ended up with a box of 30 film rolls on Kodak Kodachrome, from 1958-1970s filmed by her grandfather Max Bruce during her childhood. I searched out a place to convert them to digital and my brother reimbursed me the costs.
The following are those films. (They were silent and I have added the music.)
They are all available on my YouTube.
1958
May 1958 – Vancouver BC
My aunt Susie’s 4th birthday party and a trip to Stanley Park and the Zoo there.
1959 October
Halloween Square Dancing – Vancouver BC (I will redo the music to this one)
November 1958
Grey Cup Parade in Vancouver BC (I think I will redo this one too using full screen.)
Christmas 1958 Vancouver BC (I think I will redo this one too using full screen.)
Christmas 1958 Vancouver BC (I think I will redo this one too using full screen.)
New Years Eve 1958 Vancouver BC
1959
August 1959 PNE Parade – Vancouver BC Canada (I think I will redo this one too using full screen.)
Christmas 1959 Vancouver BC (I think I will redo this one too using full screen.)
New Years Eve 1959 Vancouver BC
1960
1960 Vancouver BC – My mother had a “Jive Party” with her friends (She would have been 12 or 13 here) depending on time of year of the party. My aunt, and grandparents are also both in the video.
New Years Eve 1960 Vancouver BC
1961
Christmas 1961 Vancouver BC
1962
1962 Christmas in Vancouver BC
1962 Christmas & NYE Vancouver BC
1964
1964 Disneyland – Kodachrome Home Video (I think I will redo this one too using full screen.)
1971
February 1971 Vancouver BC – This video is very special, it is my brother’s 2nd birthday in February 1971. My both sets of my grandparents, and both my aunts are in the video with my parents and brother, and my grandmother’s dog too. LOL!
Finding music and uploading the videos is a pet project, and there are more to come. Including a video at Cultus Lake, BC and a trip to Kamloops.
Updated February 24, 2025