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These Happy Golden Years

Dad’s Home Movies

At last, I’ve digitized Dad’s entire home movie collection.

Please click the “view contents” link under each video for a “pop-up” chronology of video clips. Radio hits from each era are included within the audio player below each pop-up link.

This page is best viewed on a larger device such as a tablet or desktop with speakers. Click Play and drag the strip at the bottom to advance through the music medleys. On phone, rotate to landscape view to expose the play button.

Salvato Home Movies 1A: These Happy Golden Years Part One A 1961

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1960s Popular Music Medley
1960s Popular Music Medley

Salvato Home Movies 1B: These Happy Golden Years 1962

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1960s Popular Music Medley
1960s Popular Music Medley

Salvato Home Movies 2A: These Happy Golden Years Part Two A 1962-63

Mom and Dad’s wedding begins at 8:35.
Their engagement appears at 1:03:08.

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1960s Popular Music Medley
1960s Popular Music Medley
Theme From “A Summer Place”
(their wedding song)
Percy Faith – Theme From “A Summer Place”

Salvato Home Movies 2B: These Happy Golden Years 1963

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1960s Popular Music Medley
1960s Popular Music Medley

Salvato Home Movies 3A: These Happy Golden Years 1960-65

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1960s Popular Music Medley
1960s Popular Music Medley

Salvato Home Movies 3B:These Happy Golden Years 1965-69

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1960s Popular Music Medley
1960s Popular Music Medley

Salvato Home Movies 4A: These Happy Golden Years 1964-68

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1960s Popular Music Medley
1960s Popular Music Medley

Salvato Home Movies 4B: These Happy Golden Years Mid-late 1960s

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1960s Popular Music Medley
1960s Popular Music Medley

Salvato Home Movies 5A: These Happy Golden Years Mid-late 1960s

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1960s Popular Music Medley
1960s Popular Music Medley

Salvato Home Movies 5B: These Happy Golden Years 1971-74

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Early 1970s Popular Music Medley
Early 1970s Popular Music Medley

Salvato Home Movies 6A: These Happy Golden Years 1974-76

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Mid-1970s Popular Music Medley
Mid-1970s Popular Music Medley

Salvato Home Movies 6B:These Happy Golden Years 1976-78

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Mid-1970s Popular Music Medley
Early 1970s Popular Music Medley

Salvato Home Movies 7A:These Happy Golden Years 1978-1982

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Late 1970s-1983 Music Medley
1979-1983 Popular Music Medley

Salvato Home Movies 7B: These Happy Golden Years 1982-83

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Late 1970s-1983 Music Medley
1979-1983 Popular Music Medley

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These Happy Golden Years 1A
1961

Note: Some films may be out of sequence due to the original movie reel – VHS processor.

  • Presto’s Tavern (Hackensack Street, Carlstadt), Mom & Dad dancing, Presto family, 71 Colden Street, where Dad grew up (Newark) Nana, cousins, Johnine’s Bday
  • Terrace Ballroom, Granddaddy’s “John Salvato Association” dance; friends and family from the neighborhood, Christmas at Aunt Marietta’s
  • Aunt Rose (Salvato) Iannuzzi’s house, family
  • Dominick Presto’s wedding, Continental Ballroom (Broad Street, Newark)
  • Granddaddy’s Club (153 Warren Street, Newark); family party, Granddaddy playing cards with Tubby Tafro, Chubby Chipmunk, Killer, Dobsy, Carmine Bertone, Blackie Norton, Zooks
  • Aunt Rose (Nana’s brother, Uncle Charlie DiPietro’s wife)’s house; dinner, 71 Colden Street, family, TV room, Nana, Uncle Johnny, Gina, Frankie, Aunt Maryann
  • Aunt DeeDee’s (57 Broadway, Long Branch), cousins, Dad’s ‘60 mint green Cadillac
  • Gina and big stuffed dog, Colden Street, Uncle Mike (Salvato)
  • Long Branch, boardwalk, Granddaddy, Nana, cousins down the shore
  • Colden Street, Dad’s car, Uncle George Salvato, milk truck, driving up Warren Street, Raymond Blvd, and downtown; Sonny Pucillo (Dad’s friend), Mr. Sire (Dad’s boss with the City of Newark), Uncle Cinzy (Vincent) Salvato; points in Newark (Market Street, Bamberger’s, Woolworth, Prudential, Traffic & Signal headquarters (where Dad worked before Ferro Trucking), Uncle Louie Salvato 
  • Granddaddy and “Harry the Wino”, Dad’s ‘63 white Cadillac, the service truck drove for the City fixing traffic lights, Jimmy Hughes (friend at work).
  • Romano’s hotel down the shore (Long Branch); Mom, JR (Dad’s cousin Dan DeRose, Jr), playing bocce, family
  • Aunt Dee Dee’s shore home, Nana, Uncle Sal (Zarro), cousins, baby John Zarro given bath at 71 Colden Street house
  • Grandmommy’s Eagle Rock Avenue (West Orange, NJ) house
  • Mom, Dad, Michele (Mom’s friend); Colden Street – Nana, Aunt Dee Dee, Mom
  • Dad bowling at Dreamland Lanes (Frelinghuysen Avenue, Newark) with his friend Freddie San Severino
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These Happy Golden Years 1B
1962

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  • Mom and Dad bowling with friends (until 51:05)
  • Aunt Marietta’s house (Ridge Street, Newark), birthday party for Frankie, cousins
  • Granddaddy’s club on Warren Street — Uncle Louie, Freddy San Severino, neighbors; “Pop” (owner of pool hall who loved Dad) in red shirt/gray vest at pool hall
  • Dad’s friend Sonny and girlfriend, Michele and husband at Grandmommy’s Eagle Rock Avenue apartment

 

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These Happy Golden Years 2A
1962-63

Note: Some films may be out of sequence due to the original movie reel – VHS processor.

1962

  • Grandmommy’s house, Mom and friends Michele and fiance Frank Wagner, Sonny, Dad
  • Aunt Marietta’s house, cousins, Mom not feeling well, La Capras, Ida (who lived upstairs), Nana, family
  • Nana and Granddaddy’s new house on Parker Street, Newark

1963

  • Mom and Dad’s wedding, June 16, Immaculate Conception RC Church, reception at Perillo’s in Belleville (300 guests)
  • Aunt Marietta’s house, family, Gina on sofa
  • Parker Street house, Nana, Family, Christmas, Nana and Mom dancing
  • Michele & Frank Wagner’s wedding
  • Parker Street, Mom/Dad’s friend “Radish” and girlfriend Madeleine, the Wagners, Mom and Dad, Nana
  • Gina’s party in Uncle Johnny’s basement next door to Nana’s, and Romano sisters at Nana’s
  • Mom and Dad’s engagement party at Nana’s, Aunt Maryann and Uncle Johnny, aunts, uncles (Salvato side)
  • Uncle Mikey (Salvato)’s house, three daughters, Mom and Dad
  • Di Pietro party in Carlstadt, Nana’s family
  • Nana’s house, friends of Granddaddy (Mink, Papa George)
  • Dad on Central Avenue, Newark with his ‘63 Caddy, Uncle George (Salvato)’s gas station, Mom and her ‘57 Caddy Eldorado Biarritz
  • Easter on Parker Street, family
  • Aunt Sadie (Di Pietro) Garrett (Nana’s sister), Uncle Johnny, Gina, Nana, La Capras
  • Uncle Mikey (Salvato)’s car lot, Dad’s Caddy, shots of old house, 71 Colden Street, Broad Street, Uncle Louie in favorite hat. Granddaddy with friend Cokie Turello, Uncle George, Big Henry (in nice suit), cousin JR
  • Grandmomomy’s West Orange house, Mom’s birthday, swimming in pool in their yard, Nana, Mom, Dad, Grandmommy and Papa (John J. Kirkpatrick; married in 1962)
  • Nana’s house, baby John-John, family
  • Mom and Dad at Seaside Heights down the shore, then back to Granddaddy’s Club Warren in Newark
  • Dad’s work friend Jimmy Hughes, grand opening of the Warren Street club, Dad’s Newark Traffic & Signals truck
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These Happy Golden Years 2B
1963

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  • Political dance at Terrace Ballroom (Newark Symphony Hall, Broad Street), Mom dancing
  • Mom and Dad’s honeymoon trip cross-country by ‘63 convertible Cadillac: the state trooper in Indiana; “Ridiculous Day” in DeWitt, Iowa; racing a speeding train full of brand-new Cadillacs and Dad pulling ahead; Wyoming, Colorado; the Salt Flats of Utah; Reno, Las Vegas and other scenic areas of Nevada; the Golden Gate Bridge, Alcatraz, and San Francisco; Pacific Coast Highway; visiting Cosmo Testa from the old neighborhood in Pomona, CA; Beverly Hills; Hollywood Bowl; Los Angeles; Disneyland, and many other amazing landmarks
  • Big dinner dance for Uncle Charlie (Di Pietro) and Aunt Rose’s 50th Anniversary, Mom dancing
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These Happy Golden Years 3A
Early mid-1960s

Note: Some films may be out of sequence due to the original movie reel – VHS processor.

1956?

  • Aunt Dee Dee’s wedding to Salvatore Zarro, reception

Early 1960s

  • Bowling banquet, Mom & Dad, bowling friends
  • Not sure – friends of Mom & Dad’s? Nana, Mom, Dad doing “finger trick” for unidentified toddler, having good time
  • Party with Uncle Charlie Di Pietro, family, Nana, Mom, Dad, etc. Location unknown (Uncle Charlie’s house?)
  • Points in Newark, Warren Street, Dad’s friends, Granddaddy in front of club (153 Warren Street), front of Dad’s childhood home (71 Colden Street), shots inside the club, Uncle George in front of club, Uncle Mikey in black suit at his car lot, all in front of club, Uncle Dee Dee (Carmine) Salvato in light jacket, Dad in ‘63 Caddy cruising in old neighborhood

1963

  • New Year’s costume party at Parker Street, Mom & Dad dancing, Grandmommy, Papa, Nana & Granddaddy, friends, Aunt Maryann, Aunt Dee Dee, cousin Sabina Iannuzzi (in black vest who intro’d Mom and Dad), Mom dancing with step-sister Jackie (green dress), Aunt Annette and Charles Accocella (Aunt Maryann’s sister)

1964

  • Granddaddy’s 50th Birthday party on Parker Street, family, all of Dad’s aunts and uncles, De Rose cousins, 
  • Another big party (location unknown – city of Newark banquet?) with Mom (in cream dress) dancing, then back to Granddaddy’s birthday party (film transfer glitch)
  • Mom dancing! 
  • Party at Parker Street, family, cousins, toddler John Zarro, baby Craig Zarro, siblings, Uncle Johnny playing with the kids, Aunt Marietta and family over, dinner
  • Shots of Newark, house on Colden Street, demolition of the neighborhood, snow
  • Toddler Gina at Uncle Johnny’s house (808 Parker Street), Dad playing with her and a bowling ball, party (possibly banquet for Newark Traffic & Signals company), Mom & Dad dancing
  • More demolition in the old Newark neighborhood, Granddaddy pulling up in his red & white 1955 Plymouth Savoy, Dad’s coworkers at Newark Traffic & Signals, snow
  • Uncle Johnny and Aunt Maryann at 808 Parker Street, Frankie coming out of Aunt Marietta’s (685 Ridge Street), Uncle Johnny again with his father-in-law Jim Arsillo (Aunt Maryann’s father), Uncle Mikey (Salvato) at his car lot, Granddaddy pulling up in his Plymouth again
  • Dad’s black 1954 Cadillac limousine on Colden Street, misc people (probably Dad’s friends), back of Colden Street house, front of Parker Street houses (808 and 812), Uncle Johnny backing out, Mom’s light blue 1957 Cadillac Eldorado Biarritz convertible, Uncle Sam Iannuzzi getting out of his Chrysler, Mom getting into her Caddy, Colden Street and Newark shots including Penn Station, Dad’s limousine on Colden Street, Aunt Jean (Angelina) De Rose (black fur hat), Uncle Mikey in gray hat 
  • Family at party in Nana’s basement on Parker Street (Uncle Charlie Di Pietro, Nana, Uncle Johnny, Aunt Maryann and her mother Auntie Vi (Yolanda) Arsillo, kids, other family, Zarro kids dancing with Mom

1964

  • Family at pool (Mom and her new Beatles beach towel), Nana, Dad, Mom, kids
  • Family party on Parker Street in basement with Nana and Granddaddy, all the Salvato aunts and uncles 
  • Cousin JR De Rose at his company, more demolition shots in Dad’s old neighborhood, Dad’s high school (Central High, ornate 4-story brick building)
  • Party with family and friends on Parker Street
  • Outside shots at Parker Street, cousin Gina, party out back at Parker Street with family, the Zarro and Salvato kids, Arsillos, Aunt Maryann, Uncle Johnny, Aunt Dee Dee
  • Swimming in kiddie pool, Mom and Dad’s cars, Papa’s car in front of Grandmommy and Papa’s house before they moved to New Castle, DE, Mom and Dad in their now-drained backyard pool
  • Driving over the Delaware Memorial Bridge in Dad’s 1954 Cadillac limo headed for Washington, DC, landmarks including JFK’s grave, Arlington National Cemetery, Capitol, Washington Monument, Mom taking photos, Rose Kennedy’s house, Mom chilling in the back of the limo like royalty 
  • In front of Dad’s work, Newark Traffic & Signals, demo of old neighborhood, Final shots of Dad’s childhood home, 71 Colden before and after demo.    

1965

  • Family at Parker Street backyard; Zarros, La Capras, Aunt Maryann’s sister Judy Cappa and her husband Sammy, Mom and Dad
  • At playground, cousins La Capra, Salvato,  and Zarro, Gina and John-John Salvato
  • At Mom and Dad’s new house, 24 Southwood Drive (my home as a baby), Salvato and Zarro cousins, Mom and Dad, Nana, cat, Grandmommy and Papa. Party out in back at Southwood Drive, Mom & Dad’s family (Dad’s aunts and uncles, Grandmommy and Papa) and friends, kids playing out front   
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These Happy Golden Years 3B
1965-69

Note: Some films may be out of sequence due to the original movie reel – VHS processor.

1965

  • Continuation of Southwood Drive party, Charlie Venturi and girlfriend
  • Mom (Charlie still over)
  • John-John’s birthday at 812 Parker Street, family, Mom and Dad, family at pool
  • Prestos (on Nana’s side) party
  • 24 Southwood Drive, Dad and Mom out front, friends over for dinner, Mom and Dad
  • Dad’s first workshop at home (left side of attic at 24 Southwood)

Early 1960s

  • Uncle George in Newark
  • John-John at 812 Parker Street, Uncle Johnny

1966

  • November 1966, me just a week old, Southwood Drive; family over (Uncle Johnny and clan), Aunt Maryann and Uncle Johnny holding me, John-John and Gina
  • Family at 812 Parker Street
  • My first Christmas at Nana’s house, entire family, silver tree, presents, Nana dancing as Granddaddy plays a recorder (?)
  • Christmas at Southwood Drive, me in bassinet, Dad holding me in nursery/living room, teaching me how to read with a Crossword book

1967

  • Me in my crib with “Prezong” the tiger, Mom and Dad playing with me, a bath in the kitchen
  • My first birthday, November 15, 1967, entire family and friends over, playing games upstairs, birthday presents, cousins dancing
  • Family party in Grandmommy’s yard/pool in West Orange, Nana swimming

Back to 1966

  • Southwood Drive, Mom (pregnant with me) and dog in Southwood Drive yard
  • At Grandmommmy’s house in West Orange, friends and family

1968

  • Party in yard at Parker Street, me, Nana and Granddaddy, cousins, whole family

1969

  • 123 Old Bridge Turnpike, brand-new
  • Me, Mom, Dad at Keansburg; me on kiddie rides
  • At a circus/zoo

Back to 1968

  • Dad and me playing on swing at Southwood Drive

Back to 1965

  • Mom and Dad’s trip to Miami/Daytona, Florida
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These Happy Golden Years 4A
1964-68

Note: Some films may be out of sequence due to the original movie reel – VHS processor.

  • Continuation of Mom and Dad’s trip to Miami/Daytona, Florida – 1965
  • Summer, Mom pregnant with me, family at Long Branch – 1966
  • John-John at 812 Parker Street – 1964
  • Party at Presto’s Tavern New Year’s Eve 1965, Mom, Dad, Grandmommy, Papa, Presto family

1966

  • Me, 1 week old, 24 Southwood Drive; Nana and cousins visiting; Thanksgiving with Grandmommy and Papa over
  • My baptism on 12/18/66; prep at Aunt Maryann and Uncle Johnny’s at 808 Parker Street, christening at Immaculate Conception RC Church, Newark, reception
  • Summer party at 24 Southwood; Mom pregnant with me; Nana, Wagners, Salvatos and Arsillos over
  • Mom and Dad’s trip to Niagara Falls, autumn 1966

1967

  • Me at 24 Southwood; eating, playing, toddling, Christmas 1967, me in Santa mouse pajamas, tree and presents; later, at Grandmommy and Papa’s in New Castle, DE
  • My first snow, 24 Southwood; playing, Mom dragging me on sled
  • Christmas party at Aunt Gerri and Uncle Edmund Salvato’s house, all of Dad’s aunts and uncles
  • At Southwood Drive house; Mom, Dad, Grandmommy, me learning to walk, playing; shots of house and property, ‘64 Caddy, Mom and clowning with Dottie Fuller across the street
  • Easter at Nana’s house, Granddaddy in ‘54 Caddy, family, cousins
  • Me in high chair, playing with Mom and Dad at 24 Southwood
  • Dominick Di Pietro’s pool in West Orange
  • At Judy and Dan Hudson’s yard across Route 18 from our Southwood neighborhood, me in carriage
  • Wedding of George Salvato, Jr., family (all of Dad’s Salvato aunts and uncles/families)

1968

  • Mom and Dad’s second drive out to California in their convertible 1964 Caddy Coupe DeVille (beginning; continued on next video): Chicago, Wisconsin, Grand Canyon and other regional sites; Mount Rushmore and the Badlands, Yellowstone, Old Faithful, Montana, the Rockies, Idaho, Snake River, Reno, Yosemite, the big drive-through Sequoia Redwood, a rodeo, Hoover Dam, Las Vegas 
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These Happy Golden Years 4B
Mid-late 1960s

Note: Some films may be out of sequence due to the original movie reel – VHS processor.

1968

  • Mom and Dad’s second drive out to California, continued.

Back to 1966

  • Nana, family/cousins, De Roses, etc. down at Romano’s at Long Branch; everyone swimming/playing on beach, Mom pregnant with me

Back to 1964

  • Baby John-John
  • New Year’s party at Presto’s Tavern, Mom and Dad, Grandmommy and Papa, Capos

Back to 1966

  • Me just born, November 1966, Nana and cousins over at 24 Southwood, Grandmommy and Papa over, Thanksgiving, Wagners over
  • Prep for my baptism at 808 Parker Street, christening at Immaculate Conception RC Church in Newark, reception
  • 24 Southwood, Mom and Dad’s friends over, party in yard, Nana, Salvatos and Arsillos over, Mom pregnant with me
  • Mom and Dad’s trip to Niagara Falls autumn 1966, shots of baby me at 24 Southwood

1967

  • Me playing in yard on cold day around Halloween, ‘64 Caddy and Plymouth Fury in driveway, eating a banana, playing with Mom and Dad, shots around house
  • My first (real) Christmas, wearing Santa Mouse pajamas, going to Grandmommy’s in Delaware
  • My first snow, playing in yard, Mom dragging me on sled, me toddling around the house
  • Aunt Gerri and Uncle Edmund’s house again, Christmas with all the Salvato aunts and uncles
  • 24 Southwood, shots of us around house, me in baby seat, and learning to walk, love and fun with Mom and Dad
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These Happy Golden Years 5A
1969-71

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1969

  • Family outside in front of 812 Parker Street, Mom helping me brush my teeth, in Nana’s kitchen
  • Down the shore at Romano’s, Mona and Lisa watching over me, etc. 
  • SVS just born, Mom and nurse coming out from Middlesex hospital, Grandmommy picking them up
  • At Grandmommy’s house in DE, then she comes to 123 OBT to visit. Shots outside in front and back, Mom getting into ‘64 T-Bird, SVS crawling, getting a bath

1970

  • SVS baptism (Nanette and Frankie, La Capra siblings, godparents), us at kiddie rides (Keansburg), 
  • Mr. Scuorzo visiting at 123 OBT, shots around the house, front and back, 1966 Cadillac Sedan De Ville in garage, out back with me holding Mamabear, I get out of Grandmommy’s gray Chrysler, snow, Mom leaving in T-Bird, family time
  • Christmas 1970 at 123 OBT, family time

Back in 1968

  • Mom and Dad on second trip out west in ‘64 convertible Caddy (Grand Canyon, etc.), while I stayed with Grandmommy and Papa in DE
  • Going through southern states on the way home, pulling into Grandmomy’s driveway, Me playing with Franklin the bunny in Grandmommy’s backyard, shots of their brick ranch
  • Back at Southwood Drive, T-Bird and ‘64 Caddy in driveway, family time
  • Family at Aunt Marietta’s house for Nana’s birthday (63), cake, presents, cousins dancing, etc., me in the T-Bird, times at home, then at Grandmommy’s in DE

1969 again

  • At 24 Southwood with Mom and Dad, then family party at 812 Parker Street, then back home at 123. Family time, Dad playing with us, me holding Mamabear
  • Third Birthday party for me at 123, entire family down, cousins, Mom and me dancing, Nanette and new boyfriend Joe; getting ready for our first family portrait (Mom made dresses for her and me)
  • At 812 Parker Street, Nana’s birthday, family

1970

  • Party at 123 in backyard, entire family down for SVS first Bday
  • My fourth Bday at 123; local friends and kids of Mom’s friends, Grandmommy and Papa, Pin the Tail on the Donkey
  • Uncle Johnny’s family down at 123
  • Us at Grandmommy’s in DE, then back home at 123, family time

1971

  • Backyard birthday party for Mark Zarro with whole family at Nana’s house
  • Us in the ‘66 Caddy, back to Parker Street, Granddaddy, all the kids, backyard cookout
  • Family down at 123 for a visit, Johnine on riding mower with Dad, then me riding with Dad, my ballet recital on the stage at the high school
  • Dad’s friend Mr. Corrette in the driveway, family time at 123, shots of house with ‘66 Caddy in driveway, T-Bird and Econoline van out front, family time inside, playing in yard on swingset
  • Going down the shore to Keansburg for the kiddie rides, back home playing on the swings, Mom wearing a corsage (Mother’s Day?), Grandmommy and Papa over

1970

  • Having ice cream in our stroller and playing at the Johnson Park playground, Uncle Johnny and family over

1971

  • Mom, Dad, and I drive to Miami Beach in the ‘66 Caddy and stay at the Fontainebleau Hotel, swim in the ocean, visit the Miami Seaquarium, Pirates World, go on the monorail,  Dad and I swim in the pool, go to Pirates World amusement park, go on the merry-go-round, big slide, play in the sand
  • On the front lawn in my Butterfly ballet costume, then at my recital on the high school stage, shots on the front lawn (the original Mom and Dad tree!), Dad’s school bus #40 (temporary job after layoff), us playing in it, shots along his route in East Brunswick, kids riding in the bus, the depot (Irvin Raphael)
  • (continued) down at Romano’s in Long Branch, family, T-Bird
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These Happy Golden Years 5B
1971-74

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1971

  • (Continued from previous video) down at Romano’s in Long Branch, family, T-Bird; cousins playing by the ocean
  • Backyard party for SVS 3rd at 123, Grandmommy and next door neighbors the Garfinkels over
  • Christmas, train and bowling sets, opening presents
  • Nana’s house, family, my 5th Birthday Party with all the cousins, November 1971

1972

  • Shots outside at 123 OBT, Pudgy the dog by backyard fence, me getting off my kindergarten bus, the cookie vending machines out front (VAL Vending), Grandmommy and Papa and Andy Scuorzo (Mom and Dad’s bowling friend from the old neighborhood in Newark) over, family time at 123, bumper pool table down in rec room, Mr. Scuorzo shooting 
  • Christmas 1972 morning, Grandmommy and Papa, and Mr. Scuorzo over in afternoon (we got the Fisher Price Airport and yellow talking clock, dinner
  • Nana’s house, the family, Frankie, Antionette and Little Frankie
  • 6th Birthday Party for me at 123, entire family/Lou Bini and Andy Scuorzo over

1973

  • Driving in the ‘70 Caddy Fleetwood, filming all the local Ralph De Rose for Governor signs and billboards (Route 1 , 9, 21, Broad Street, Newark)
  • Driving on Old Bridge Turnpike
  • Mom and Dad’s Vegas trip for their 10th Anniversary; hotels, casinos, nightlife, sights
  • Visiting friends out west, Desert Inn hotel, phone in bathroom, going out, flight home
  • Summer play at 123 OBT, sprinkler fun

1974

  • Christmas at 123 OBT, Grandmommmy, Papa, Mr. Scuorzo over, house recently painted and carpeted in LR/DR (no new LR furniture yet)
  • Granddaddy’s 70th Birthday at 812 Parker Street, all Dad’s Salvato aunts and uncles, De Roses, Granddaddy’s best friend Blackie Norton, all the cousins, Lisa dressed to go downtown, Aunt Marietta’s specialty sheet cake with the whipped cream and peaches
  • SVS 5th birthday party at 123 OBT, entire family down including De Roses and Di Paolas, Mr. Scuorzo, Nana and Granddaddy, me holding Mickey Mouse and Bertha the bunny from Easter, playing out front
  • Party with Ferro company, Mr. Bini and other drivers
  • Dad driving his first rig with Ferro (gas job single axle) WHITE Xpeditor tractor with 40 foot trailer in winter; out to Kraft and then to Staten Island, then Newark on Route 21, then back to Ferro depot at Evans Terminal off Bloy Street, Hillside; Bini pulling one of the WHITE 9000 diesels and trailer through yard, shots of the Xpeditor with trailer; backing into spot and then leaving trailer; bobtailing into NYC; shots of the World Trade Center Twin Towers, newly built
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These Happy Golden Years 6A
1974-76

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1974

  • Driving with Ferro continued (repeated from previous disc), shot of the Twin Towers from NJT south
  • Following Mr. Bini out to Kraft in Allentown, both driving WHITE 9000 Diesels, filming each other 
  • Christmas 1974 at 123 OBT, trains, Mickey Mouse radio, Baby Alive, Kiddie Fondue, Wooly WIllie, blow up reindeer, NERF mobile, foam darts, Mom in her fuzzy slippers
  • 812 Parker Street, Nana and Granddaddy (getting very sick with leukemia before a miraculous 5 year rally), whole family, me with the reindeer, and Granddaddy holding it, all the kids, Playing in the backyard at 123 OBT, making something to eat in the kitchen

1975

  • At 812 Parker Street, Uncle Johnny playing ball in street with cousins, baby Jimmy La Capra, repeated, First Day of School – me grade 4, him grade 1, new lunchboxes, walking next door with Tom Zwolinski on bike, getting a ride with Mr. Z, van dropping us off after school, us running home
  • Christmas 1975, pinball machine, U-Drive-It, velvet paint-by-number, games, Grandmommy and Papa over, dinner
  • Nana & Granddaddy’s 50th Anniversary party, entire family, friends
  • 123 OBT, candid family time, Mom’s nursing friend Marge Sullivan (black coat with fur collar), riding bikes, shots of Dad in van, house in front with T-Bird, getting dropped off from school, bumper pool, Caddy Fleetwood
  • Easter, going to Nana’s house, Grandmommy and Papa with us, playing in yard, 123 Bugaloo, me in my “Point Tendu” tutu dancing around the original Mom and Dad tree, De Rose for Governor signs, my ballet recital
  • SVS bday at 123, playing in the sprinkler, me walking to a Brownies meeting, us getting dropped off from school, having a snack in the kitchen
  • La Capras over, my 7th Birthday party with whole family down, me playing with my Tricky Mickey Magic Colorforms
  • Playing out front, riding bikes, family here for the day
  • Our trip to Mount Airy Lodge, June 1974; Nana with us, coming back through Newark and pulling by Salvato’s Club Warren, Granddaddy there on the corner
  • Times at 123 OBT, me and stuffed Winnie the Pooh, Dad comes by in an older rig (WHITE 3000 conventional), Aunt Marietta’s house and family
  • On riding mower at 123, times at home, family comes down, Christmas 1971(?!), family down for backyard party 1975
  • A visit to the Tieterman farm (Dad’s former coworker with the City of Newark)  

1976

  • Our first drive to Disney World/Daytona Beach in the 1970 Fleetwood; hotels, pool, Days Lodge in Kissimmee, the Magic Kingdom rides and attractions, Monorail, Bicentennial-themed Main Street Electrical Parade, River Country, etc.
  • Nana’s house, having watermelon and Entenmann’s coffee cake, family
  • Dad’s aunts and uncles, Nana and Granddaddy, etc. at Aunt Rose and Uncle Sam Iannuzzi’s house
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These Happy Golden Years 6B
1976-78

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1976

  • Continuation of party at Aunt Rose and Uncle Sam Iannuzzi’s house
  • Dad at work, starting with breakfast at Carl’s with Louie and Jimmy Bini, Dad’s rig (WHITE 9000), going to the piers (Port Newark/Elizabeth), NY/NJ area roads, into NYC and Twin Towers, Frenex Distributors (delivery stop)

1977

  • Turtleback Zoo, Easter 1977
  • Mom’s graduation from St. Peter’s Nursing School in New Brunswick, June 1977; big party at 123 OBT following, family and friends celebrating
  • Backyard at Nana’s house
  • Christmas 1977, then dinner at Aunt Rose and Uncle Sam’s house

1978

  • Down the shore, De Rose shore house, cousin Ralph De Rose by his car, JR by garage/cottage
  • Disney World/Daytona trip in 1974 Caddy Coupe De Ville — Magic Kingdom, Luau, swimming, Days Lodge hotel
  • River Country at WDW
  • Monorail, Main Street Electrical Parade (Mickey’s 50th Birthday), fireworks
  • Daytona Beach, Americano Beach Hotel penthouse, swimming
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1978-82

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August 1978

  • Continuation of Daytona Beach (Nana with us); penthouse, swimming, me on the Tractor-Trailer (Dad’s brand new rig, 111 WHITE Road Boss)
  • Nana’s House, family
  • My 12th Birthday at Farrell’s with my friends; dancing at home afterward
  • Mom & Dad’s Christmas party for friends, Grandmommy and Papa over
  • Christmas 1978, Papa with us (Grandmommy had passed in January 1978)
  • Me on the Tractor-Trailer with Dad
  • Aunt Marietta’s house, family, little Jimmy La Capra

1979

  • Swimming down the shore at the De Roses’ condominium pool, Di Paola cousins, Dad’s Aunt Jean, Aunt Rose, Cousin Anne Marie, kids, building sand forts; me playing my new violin on the front lawn (reverting back to 1977)
  • Christmas 1977 again (transfer guy still switching sequences), snowstorm aftermath, playing, snowman, etc. 
  • Dad filming a day on the tractor-trailer, Road Boss #111,  snow 

1980

  • Mom and Dad’s trip to Puerto Rico
  • Mom and Dad back home, Nana and cousin Lisa over
  • Mom’s 42nd Birthday party, in yard at 123 OBT, whole family down
  • My confirmation day at church
  • Church picnic, playing ball, a cake for Dad’s #53 birthday
  • Our trip on Thanksgiving weekend to Nassau, Bahamas (Nana came with us)
  • SVS getting trophy for East Brunswick Soccer Club
  • Christmas 1980 at 123 OBT, Zarro family down for the day and an overnight stay

1981

  • Nana’s Party at Beppy’s, whole family, Mom dancing; birthday party for Peter and Aunt Marietta at Aunt Marietta’s house

1982

  • Trip to Niagara Falls, Watkins Glen, West Point (me, Mom, and Dad)
  • Backyard party for SVS birthday at 123 OBT, my entire family down, my boyfriend Scott; SVS goofing around with movie camera
  • Back to our Niagara Falls trip – swimming, seeing the caverns, beauty, mini golf
  • Back to Christmas 1979 (we got Atari), dinner at home, with Nana and Papa over; back to the birthday party, SVS goofing with camera again
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1982-83

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1982

  • Backyard party for SVS birthday continued; Uncle Edmund and family 
  • Mark Zarro’s wedding, church/reception/entire family

1983

  • Our third trip to Disney/Daytona; Peter with us this time.
  • Christmas 1982 reels mixed in with the Disney vacation; Nana over, Fascianos stopped by, Mona and Mike, me in my Jerry Garcia Band shirt
  • Disney/Daytona vacation continues; Days Lodge Kissimmee, Magic Kingdom, EPCOT, River Country, the famous “pillow fight”, Cape Canaveral, Firecracker 400 at Daytona Speedway, fun together as a family

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