transferring home movies

[dragonlady7]

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a lil camera store dayjob moment

this order is all super8 reels from like the 60s

most of them are christmas mornings

this one features a like, nine-month-old enthusiastically gumming things, very cute. wall-to-wall carpet. tree with multicolored lights. assorted relatives, chaos.

into the frame comes his brother, maybe 4 or 5

the brother is wearing footsie pajamas

and he is carrying his new toy, of which he is clearly very proud. it is a life-size, fairly realistic Winchester carbine, lever-action.

an adult woman (likely his mother) reaches over and takes it from him.

with a hand that is also holding a clear glass of amber liquid, likely a beer, she nonchalantly operates the lever for him, then hands it back, he resumes carrying it around the room, pointing it at several people and, somehow, himself, despite it being as large as he is.

the rest of the three-minute silent movie periodically features this child and this gun meandering through the crowd. no one gives him a second look. (Your picture was not posted)