Wick Family 8mm Movie Films

These films of the Melvin and Faith Wick family where taken over a 25 year period, dating from April 1957 to Dec 1973. This collection of 8mm films is on 10 reels. Reels #1 through #9 are 400 feet long and Reel #10 is 50 feet. All together, this is 3650 feet of film represent about 5 hours of viewing. The notes below were written by Mel and found inside each reel canister. The transfer of 10 reels of film to fits on 3 DVD-R's. The DVD-R's have a menuing system so you can directly access each reel. -Tim 2004

DVD - Part 1 (Apr1957 - Nov1959)

    Reel#1 Apr 1957 - Sep 1957 (7" - 400ft)
  1. Timmy in snowstorm (April 1957)
  2. Easter Tim and Chris (Johnson)
  3. Picture of Plummer Mine (iron ore)
  4. Our cabin at Owen Lake, MN
  5. Tim and Faith in boat and ducks
  6. Linser family at our house
  7. Ed Wick (Pa) going in back door at his house
  8. The 4th of July parade at Coleraine (1957)
  9. Mary Ellen on water skis at Pike Lake
  10. Melvin trying to get up (3rd time - made it!!!)
  11. Timmy's birthday (2 yrs) (July 6, 1957) at Phoxey's cabin at Pike Lake
  12. Tim at playground in Hibbing
  13. Sam's (Helmer Wick) 35th birthday - everybody there except Pa (working)
  14. Pa's train #204 - where they are loaded
  15. Washing plant - where the train cars are dumped
  16. Joyce and Joe Turk at our cabin
  17. Train wreck in Pengilly (1957)
  18. Ed Wick's (Pa) house in Marble MN
  19. Pa, Tim, and Tuffy counting 1-2-3 (trick with a sugar lump)
  20. The 47th Bovey Farmer's Day (Labor Day 1957)
  21. Tim's day inside house
    Reel#2 Oct 1957 - May 1958 (7" - 400ft)
  1. Freda and Albert's farm located north of Aitkin, MN
  2. Tim drinking beer in Sleepy Eye, MN
  3. Tim's little car from Uncle Charlie
  4. Thanksgiving at Grandma Fuller's house
  5. Melvin's Birthday (Nov 1957)
  6. Faith's painting class
  7. Tim and Wilbert Kangas kids
  8. Christmas 1957 at Sam's house (Grand Rapids)
  9. Tim at Christmas 1957 at home (Marble)
  10. Tim and Daddy shoveling snow
  11. Tim, Jimmie Joe Turk, Kim at our house
  12. Kim's baptism in March 1958
  13. Pa and Tim making snowman in backyard
  14. Ski Jumpers at Coleraine 1958 (Mt Itasca) Bob Riley is the one who fell
  15. Tim and other kids at Mt. Iron play in Toots' car.
  16. Doug and David (Charle's kids) and Tim swinging in Mt. Iron school yard.
  17. Leo, Joe, Len, Inka and "little" Charlie at Leo's cabin at Lake Leander
  18. Mom feeding Kim (first time) 1958
  19. Kim all dressed up.
  20. Kim and Tim swinging at Virgina park on picnic with Dr. Payne
  21. Porcupine at Owen Lake - also 2 deer
  22. Pa and Tim by sign at Lost Lake - also with fish
  23. Squirrel at Rapids Riverside Park (windy day)
  24. Faith's nursery class in basement (Fairyland) with Jon and Kim. (out of sequence - Jan 1961)
    Reel#3 June 1958 - Nov 1959 (7" - 400ft)
  1. Tim and Jimmy Joe Turk at cabin (Owen Lake)
  2. Buggs and Alva in Bemidji, MN
  3. Kimberly at 5 months
  4. Marble's Golden Jubilee - Tim in parade
  5. Hulda and Lois from Aitkin
  6. Indians dancing in Bigfork
  7. Tim, Faith and Joe riding in Mary Ellen's boat
  8. Tim's 3rd birthday at our home in Marble
  9. Tim and deer at Scenic State Park
  10. Faith, Beverly and Hal on the North Shore
  11. Pa, Tim and a big bass at our cabin on Owen Lake
  12. Sam and Kathy in Pa's flowers in backyard
  13. Tim in sandpile at cabin
  14. Tim and Kim (Kim at 7 months)
  15. Tim playing in leaves at cabin
  16. Albert's pigs at his farm by Aitkin
  17. Train wreck at Coleraine's ore car loader dock
  18. Christmas 1958 - (Kim at 10 months)
  19. Kimberly's first birthday (Feb 2, 1959)
  20. Arcturus Pit Operations (stripping) truck hauling to dump
  21. Jon's baptism (June 1959) Betty and Axel Johnson sponsors
  22. Tim in Johnny Doughboy's Parade
  23. Tim's 4th Birthday (July 6, 1959)
  24. Leo, Joe, "Mrs. Fuller", and Joellen at house in Calumet
  25. Tim and Kim on small train at Duluth Zoo
  26. Under Aerial Bridge at Duluth where boat enter harbor
  27. Tim picking berries in 1959
  28. Tim and Kim playing in sprinkler at Calumet house
  29. Kim at cabin in evening (kind of dark)
  30. Halloween 1959 - Jon, Kim and Tim
  31. Linser family at our house in Calumet
  32. Lookout Mt. - skiing in Virginia
  33. Sliding with Kangas family
  34. Kimberly in bathtub (and Tim)

DVD - Part 2 (Dec 1959 - Sep1964)

    Reel#4 Dec 1959 - Dec 1961 (7" - 400ft)
  1. Christmas at Sam and Val's house 1959
  2. Grandma, Grandpa, Lorraine, Eddie and all the kids
  3. Christmas at our house in Calumet (Dec 25, 1959)
  4. Kim's birthday at house in Calument (Feb 2, 1960)
  5. The 4th of July 1960 at Coleraine
  6. Tim, Kim and Kangas' kids in parade
  7. Tim's 5th birthday at Fairyland Park (July 6, 1960)
  8. Mom and flowers in Park
  9. Jon - a little over 1 year old (July 1960)
  10. Faith, kids and I on the way to church
  11. Pictures of Fairyland with Sam, Val and family
  12. By Old Woman in Shoe and Winken, Blinken, Nod scenes
  13. Christmas 1960 - our 1st Christmas at Fairyland.
  14. Kim with long hair
  15. Sliding at Mt. Iron (forgot to remove blue filter)
  16. Tim getting on and off school bus for 1st day of school.
  17. Orville Freeman (Gov. of MN) speaking at Bovey Farmer's Day.
  18. Hubert Humphrey (US Senator) in white shirt at Farmer's Day (Sept 1960)
  19. Tim, Kim, and Jon playing in the snow by front of house
  20. Easter 1961 at Mt. Iron
  21. Snowstorm in April 1961
  22. July 4, 1961 - Tim, Kim and Kangas's in Coleraine Parade
  23. Tim's 6th birthday with his "little friends"
  24. Sam, Val, Lorraine, Eddie, Mel, Faith and all kids that night (July 6, 1961)
  25. Merry-go-round at park. Flowers at park. Large Zionias.
  26. Tim, Kim, and Jon with puppy (Frisky)
  27. Christmas 1961 at home (Fairyland Park)
  28. First pictures of Heidi (Dec 1961)
  29. Christmas 1961 - Grandma Fuller holding Heidi
  30. Kim's 4th birthday
  31. Trip to Duluth Zoo
  32. July 4th parade with Tom and Danny Linser as Yogi and Booboo
    Reel#5 July 1962 - Oct 1963 (7" - 400ft)
  1. July or Aug 1962 at Brainerd's Paul Bunyan park and Bambi land
  2. Charlie Beck's kids and ours at Como Park
  3. Heidi crawling around (Sept 1962)
  4. Christmas 1962 - Heidi, Jon, Kim, Tim
  5. Heidi with patch on eye before operation
  6. Faith showing off sweater made for me
  7. Kim's birthday (Feb 2, 1963) family doing Twister
  8. Mel's big fish (14lbs. 8oz.) caught at Bass Lake
  9. Tim playing the piano
  10. Heidi eating cake
  11. Faith's school pictures of safety - no toys on stairway
  12. Kids taking nap and bath combing hair
  13. Watching TV, Popcorn, and having a good meal
  14. Phoxey and Ellen were here for that meal.
  15. Easter 1963 with rabbit "Pinkie"
  16. Tim's birthday at Grandma Wick's house with Lorraine, Val and families.
  17. Tim at Camp Warren
  18. Camp pictures taken by counciler (must of had camera on telephoto lens the whole time)
  19. Tim's 1st year at Camp Warren (YMCA) on Half Moon Lake by Eveleth.
  20. Tim's 8th birthday at home 1963 - That year he had 3 parties: Camp Warren, Grandma's house, our house
  21. Trip to Chicago to see George Hay
  22. Brookfield Zoo by Chicago
  23. O'Hare Airport by Chicago
  24. First day of School 1963 for Tim and Kim together.
  25. Joy Schroeder, Jon, Tim, and Kim walking by a fence.
  26. Heidi and rest of family digging pumpkins.
  27. Halloween 1963
  28. Tim 3rd grade - Kim in Kindergarten
    Reel#6 Nov 1963 - Sep 1964 (7" - 400ft)
  1. Heidi's 2nd birthday
  2. Christmas 1963 (Kim, Tim, Jon, Heidi, Grandma, Grandpa)
  3. Kim's 6th birthday (Feb 2, 1964)
  4. Easter rabbits - Kim, Heidi, Jon
  5. Jon's 5th birthday (May 11, 1964)
  6. Plum tree in bloom by Old Woman Who Lived in the Shoe
  7. 4th of July 1964 Parade in Coleraine
  8. Kim and Heidi in rabbit clothes
  9. Our car with kids and Faith on top
  10. Bigfork Parade - kids
  11. Faith, Brother Bruce and wife Marilyn at Uncle Phoxey's cabin
  12. More at Phoxey's cabin
  13. August 1964 - vacation at Black Hills, SD
  14. Itasca State Park

DVD - Part 3 (Nov1964 - Dec1973)

    Reel#7 Nov 1964 - Aug 1965 (7" - 400ft)
  1. Heidi's 3rd birthday - Lepola's in for cake
  2. Faith's class in school
  3. Christmas 1964 at our house
  4. Heidi and "Bare skin baby"
  5. Kids and Faith skiing at Mt. Itasca in Coleraine
  6. Tim broke his leg skiing (Jan 3, 1965)
  7. Danny Linser
  8. Kim's 7th birthday and riding bikes in snow
  9. Tim on crutches
  10. Blackie
  11. Square dancing at Busse's house in Marble with the O'Brien's, Lepisto's, Busse's and us
  12. Easter 1965
  13. Old cars traveling around - stopped and showed them at Fairyland Park
  14. Family at Duluth Zoo
  15. Mt. Iron's 75th Anniversary
  16. Inka on horse in Mt. Iron by Leo's home
  17. Our vacation started Aug 7, 1965 - heading for Wash. state to Canada, then home
  18. Medora, ND (burning coal vein)
  19. Our Camper (P&C) on new 1965 Chev truck
  20. North Dakota Badlands - Prairie Dogs
  21. Fixing road through Bear Tooth Pass on way to Yellowstone
  22. Kids in Snow Falls - Bear at Yellowstone
  23. Picnic - Faith and kids swimming with Grand Tetons in background
  24. Chair lift at Mt. Rainier
  25. Taking pictures while driving
  26. Swimming in the Pacific Ocean
  27. Bruce and Marilyn - also with them at Point Defiance
  28. Seattle World's Fair - (3 years late)
  29. Pier 56 - seal show - Namu (the only killer whale in captivity)
  30. Pickup ('65 Chev) parked back of Bruce's house in Burly, Washington
  31. With Bruce and Marilyn at Deception Pass with us (Left that day for Canada)
  32. Swimming at Silver Sands, Canada
  33. Jon getting wood at Yho Yho Park
  34. Banff Gondola Lift down to Glacier Park, Montana
    Reel#8 Sept 1965 - Feb 1967 (7" - 400ft)
  1. Kids coming home from school (first day Sept 1965)
  2. Christmas 1965
  3. First year of skiing for everyone - we are much better now - better equipped too.
  4. Kim's birthday party (Feb 2, 1966) 8 years old
  5. Joe Johnson's family at ski hill
  6. Some 45 ton trucks at King Mine
  7. In a shed, at Freda and Albert's farm
  8. Easter 1966
  9. Jon's and Grandfather's birthday - May 1966
  10. Kid's riding bikes by Park
  11. 4th of July Parada in Coleraine
  12. Lorraine, Heidi, Jon and Kim - Danny racing 4th
  13. August 1966 starting vacation
  14. Swimming at Phoxey's cabin
  15. Kakabaka Falls
  16. Campground's at Fort William (Thunder Bay)
  17. Soo Locks - Mack. Bridge
  18. Deer Forest at Coloma, Mich - Cowboy Sam
  19. George Hay and family at Zoo in Chicago
  20. "Archway to the West" in St. Louis
  21. And another Zoo in St. Louis
  22. Itasca State Park - crossing the source of the Mississippi
  23. Greenway State Hockey Champs - 1967 (some of the 6 mile parade)
  24. Skiing at Mount Itasca
    Reel#9 July 1967 - Aug 1972 (7" - 400ft)
  1. 4th of July 1967 in Coleraine
  2. Faith at Day Activity Center kids and Heidi
  3. Tim's birthday (12 years) in back of Fairyland Park
  4. Tim putting out flag
  5. Our fancy French poodle, "Le Bou Jouet"
  6. Bruce and Marilyn
  7. Family trip 1967
  8. Black Hills, Donkeys, Flintstone's City
  9. Kids getting off bus at Fairyland
  10. Parade on Labor Day (1967)
  11. Family, Grandma, Pa, Hulda, Freda at Aks-ar-ben garden's near Aitkin.
  12. Camping - Horseback riding - Black Hills
  13. 1968 - Grandpa fishing at Crooked Lake
  14. Lawrence and Ester camping Itasca State Park
  15. Kim going to Legionville (1968)
  16. Tim in deer stand (1968)
  17. Phoxey's cabin ('69-'70)
  18. Florida trip with Cass's for LLL
  19. Skiing at Mt. Itasca in Coleraine (1970)
  20. Herb Lepisto skiing at Mt. Itasca
  21. Duluth - Lake Superior excursion
  22. Train ride at railroad museum in Green Bay, Wisc
  23. Snowmobiling (1971-72)
  24. Summer Cabin (1972)
  25. Jon standing on head
  26. Gretchen
  27. Kim's softball team
  28. California Visitors
  29. Hal and wife
  30. Soap Box Derby Race 1972
  31. Trip to Wisconsin Dells
  32. Cabin pictures (Aug 24, 1972)
    Reel#10 Sept 1973 - Dec 1973 (3" - 50ft)
  1. (There are no notes about this single 3" reel.)
  2. Jon at A-frame on the Mississippi
  3. Skiing at Sugar Hills
  4. Kim and John Grooms kiss on the T-bar
  5. Jon skis with 1 leg
  6. Kim and Heidi playing Baseball
  7. Heidi hits home run