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Contributor:  Derek Sasser
Catalog No. 23
Length:  57:21
Dates:  1960s, 1970s


Keyword Description:
Filmed 1966-67 and 1976. The siblings shown range in age from 1 to 13 (see written record for names), the children of Edward (40) and Anna (35) Sasser, Aunts, Uncles, Grandparents, and friends of the family also make an appearance. Scenes include school dances in Chelsea, Massachusetts, Christmas morning 1966, Easter Day 1967, and family dinners at the Santilli house (grandparents) in Everett. The family travels to D.C., and see the Capitol as well as House and Senate buildings in 1967, visit an aunt and uncle in Douglas, Georgia as well as a family cemetery and tobacco farm there, and a Florida zoo, The Old Jail in Augustine, Florida in 1967, Daytona Beach in 1976, and Disney World in 1976. Two other Sasser family events in the film are Sandra's First Communion in 1967 and a barbeque part at Uncle Manny Santilli's house in 1976.