Merry Christmas from the ScaleRail Family to Yours. 1941 film of Christmas Eve electric trains and family

Great video, Don. Oh, what wonderful times. If this doesn't get one in the Christmas spirit, I'm not sure what would. Thanks for posting.

A lovely family treasure!  Even the dog liked the prewar Marx rolling stock!   

Mitch

Don,

This has sort of become an OGR Forum Christmas tradition and I always look forward to it. Thank you.

MERRY CHRISTMAS

Don,

    Priceless Video, Merry Christmas sir all the best!

PCRR/Dave

Just great

Thank You

Wonderful home movie and in color too. What a plus. Thank you Don for posting it to the forum. Really gets the Christmas juices flowing. Spent the past several days setting up my Christmas Layout around the Christmas Tree. :Hope to be finished tomorrow.

Remarkable film for 1941. 

Memories are great too.

Thanks for sharing this very special time. It reminds me of the types of Christmas's Myself, and My Brothers and Sisters had years ago. I teared up thinking of those times, as they were so special to me and I was very close to my father. He and I both loved trains, but I do not remember any under the tree, however, he loved the Lionel 2056 set we had down in our basement in Omaha.

He passed away early on Christmas Day 1996, unexpectedly, and there is not a day that goes by that I do not think of him. I know how much he would have enjoyed all of the trains we run during this time of year. This video is truly a reflection of simpler times and enjoying family time together.

Merry Christmas Everyone,

JoeG

Thank you for sharing with us!

Thanks, Don, for this wonderful reminder of Christmas Eve in decades past.  

Don

Well done to a man living in the land of Don Ho Ho Ho

Merry Christmas

Don,

Such a priceless video, enjoyed it very much. Thanks for posting this, Merry Christmas to you and your family!!!!!!

Thanks,

Alex

Don and Vicki,

Thank you so much for posting this.

Brought tears to my eyes...

Those were the days...all the men wore suits, the women dresses, and had their hair set, and all the kids got Lionel Trains.

Thank you for posting. It brought back a flood of memories.

Merry Christmas and blessings.

Ron H

Wonderful, wonderful.  Thanks so much for it.

Merry Christmas, Don, that was very nice.

It reminded me of my old-time relatives growing up in the 1960s and 70s, where adults wore nice clothes for holidays, and people seemed genteel. That's how I remember those days.

Thank you, Don.  Your film is such a joy.  Merry Christmas, Jim

Very touching film and music selection. Well done.

Which one was Mike's father?

Beautiful. Thanks for sharing. 

That is a great film....Merry Christmas.  

Mike's father is the tall balding guy on the left when the graphic comes up. The last I saw Mike he had just given the teddy bear in the film to his granddaughter for Christmas. He still called him Teddy. Don 

I said on another thread that it is great that many of us have Christmas memories that includes trains, but after seeing this film I realize that it is so much more. 

Those memories also include the sights, the sounds and especially the smells of the past. I could almost smell the turkey in that film and that brings back all of my memories of Christmas past.

Thanks Don & Vicky, well done.

Sean

Wonderful memories! Brought tears to my eyes. Thanks for sharing!

That film is surely a family treasure.  Just watching it conjured up memories of childhood days.

Thank you and Merry Christmas,

Ed

Great film & music Don!  Was/is mike a relative of yours?  Is he still with us?  If so, I imagine he would be in his mid-80s today.  

Mike isn't a relative. A number of years ago I produced/shot a TV show called ''MY 20TH Century''. People would send old film to us and Mike was one of them. When I looked at his 16mm footage I had to hold it for a Christmas Special. He hadn't seen the footage in years so after I had the footage transferred I sent him a DVD. He told us wonderful stories of that Christmas and even showed us his ''Teddy''. We found the original house that still stands in the South Bay. A young couple own it now. I gave them a copy of the finished show and they loved seeing the house when it was new. We have lots of other footage from Mikes films including a trip to Reno that is the opening shot of the cabforward. I don't know if he's still with us but sure hope so. A wonderful man. I think an uncle shot the film and sure am glad Mike saved it. Don

Thank you very much for sharing this video with us Don & Vicky.  Mike must have been very grateful to see these images again.  The transfer and restoration look amazing, great job sir!

Happy Holidays to all, be safe.

Thank you, brings back good memories.

That was a wonderful film.  Many thanks to you Don for sharing this with us.

Merry Christmas Don and to you and your family. 

Great video there.Merry Christmas.

Wonderful!

Peter

Haunting and beautiful. My memories and movies of family Christmas's was AF Trains and a decade later, but just as wonderful. Thanks for sharing these wonderful moments from a time gone by.

Butch

Merry Christmas everyone from the Brisbane Bushongs.

It makes me wonder how many thousands of old home movies have been thrown away. This film was shot with the original Kodachrome with as ASA of 10. Thats why the color is still good. There's a shot I didn't use of a lady helping the photographer holding a light bar with very large spot lights. It wasn't easy shoot indoors in those days. Don

Other than the real reason for the season; Jesus, Christmas is about family (And trains), thanks for the memories!

scale rail posted:

It makes me wonder how many thousands of old home movies have been thrown away. This film was shot with the original Kodachrome with as ASA of 10. Thats why the color is still good. There's a shot I didn't use of a lady helping the photographer holding a light bar with very large spot lights. It wasn't easy shoot indoors in those days. Don

My dad had an old Bell & Howell 8mm camera.  He did many family films from the late 40's thru the 1970's.  Sometimes we would get together and he would pull out his old projector and screen and show the reels.  He just recently had them transferred to the DVD mode and made sort of a "family history" out of it.  It has a couple of Christmas's in it.  I also remember my dad having someone holding a light bar for him while he took indoor shots.  Matt

The Kodak color film held up well and it makes the distant past seem closer in years than it is, it looks as if it was filmed just a few years ago. My goodness time flies.  A Great film.