Video Journal II, From Grandma’s House to Bar Mitzvah

Video Journal II, From Grandma’s House to Bar Mitzvah

black and white, sound, 60 min
Video Pioneer Bill Creston made the world’s first video diary. This is the third compilation of daily entries, which take him, as memoir, from his birth to age 13 in Brooklyn, NY. The first segments ...
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Video Pioneer Bill Creston made the world’s first video diary. This is the third compilation of daily entries, which take him, as memoir, from his birth to age 13 in Brooklyn, NY. The first segments were shot in CV 1/2” Open Reel Video, then the later ones in AV 1/2” Open Reel Sony Portapak.

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