So I knew a man whose father had been an LTC in Vietnam, and had taught at West Point.
(Interesting story. A helicopter blade had clipped his head. An African-American GI jumped on the helicopter and held the top of his head on, whilst they flew him to the field hospital. He lived to a good old age, defying all the odds. It had not been possible to find the GI but they did find the pilot).
The home movies included film of Jackie Kennedy among others. I think from the 1950s.
It doesn't have to be famous people, to give historical resonance.
It is really worth digitising. Future developments in Artificial Intelligence will improve cataloguing and searching to no end.
When we were going through 100 years of family stuff from my aunt, we found postcards sent from the Western Front in WW1, by great uncles who never made it back. Fortunately one of my cousins has a large country home.
The auctioneer told us not to throw out old letters, for example. People have published those ("Diary of an Edwardian Country Lady") to huge success.
Home movies from the 1960s, say, will have resonance. A totally different world. Look at the effort to recreate it for "Mad Men". Everyone smoking, the furniture, the colour schemes etc. The cars.
You don't know what the future will find valuable. You don't know what your children and grandchildren will want to see.
(Interesting story. A helicopter blade had clipped his head. An African-American GI jumped on the helicopter and held the top of his head on, whilst they flew him to the field hospital. He lived to a good old age, defying all the odds. It had not been possible to find the GI but they did find the pilot).
The home movies included film of Jackie Kennedy among others. I think from the 1950s.
It doesn't have to be famous people, to give historical resonance.
It is really worth digitising. Future developments in Artificial Intelligence will improve cataloguing and searching to no end.
When we were going through 100 years of family stuff from my aunt, we found postcards sent from the Western Front in WW1, by great uncles who never made it back. Fortunately one of my cousins has a large country home.
The auctioneer told us not to throw out old letters, for example. People have published those ("Diary of an Edwardian Country Lady") to huge success.
Home movies from the 1960s, say, will have resonance. A totally different world. Look at the effort to recreate it for "Mad Men". Everyone smoking, the furniture, the colour schemes etc. The cars.
You don't know what the future will find valuable. You don't know what your children and grandchildren will want to see.
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