Vernon Baltzer Family Films

Newspaper clipping of town parades Arthur Virtue captured with his home movies camera. (image courtesy of Stephanie Kom)

Newspaper clipping of town parades Arthur Virtue captured with his home movies camera. (image courtesy of Stephanie Kom)

 

Conservation & Capture

Original format: 8mm film, silent, color.

Digital format: Footage captured at standard definition resolution of 720 x 480.

Length/feet or running time: Approx. 2500ft

Circa: 1940-1979

Status: Conservation & digital capture completed by The MediaPreserve. Upload to Internet Archive soon.

Public Screenings: Fall of 2016, Bismarck, Valley City, West Fargo, ND. More info here; Summer of 2017, Bismarck, Valley City, Fargo, ND. More info here.

 

Grantee

Stephanie Kom was born and raised in North Dakota. She spends most of her time chasing two small boys and a slightly larger one. When she goes to work at the North Dakota State Library, she wrangles digital images for Digital Horizons to make North Dakota information more accessible. Her obsessions include genealogy and history.

 

Vernon Baltzer

Vernon Baltzer

Films/Filmmaker

The home movies were filmed by Stephanie's paternal grandfather Vernon H. Baltzer. Most were filmed in the 1950's and 1960's in Napoleon, ND and Bismarck, ND. They include footage of Vernon's family, town events, and holidays.