Nebraska State Historical Society Home Movie Questionnaire

NEBRASKA STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY LIBRARY/ARCHIVES HOME MOVIE QUESTIONNAIRE These questions are designed to help us understand the context of your home movies – the who, how and why that make the story behind the home movies more vibrant.

About The Photographer

Who took the movies and what is their relationship to you?
Where did the photographer live? Address?
What did he/she do for a living?
Did home movie photography have anything to do with his/her profession or hobbies?
Why did the photographer begin taking home movies?
Was he/she also a still photographer?
Did the photographer belong to any home movie clubs or subscribe to any home movie magazines?
How were the films used (shown on special occasions, etc.), and by whom?

About The Films

What type of home movie equipment did the photographer use?
Where were the films taken?
What dates do the films span?
What general subjects do they cover? Family events? Travel? Special topics of interest to the photographer?

About The Equipment And Supplies

What type of home movie equipment did the photographer use?

	Make & Model?	Where purchased?	Cost?	Does it still exist?
Camera:
Projector:
Screen:
Film splicers:
Tilters:
Other equipment:

Other Information

Is there anything else about the home movies, or their content, creation or use, that you would like to share?