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Celebrate the swinging 60s by climbing aboard your very own playground jungle gym!

There’s nothing boys and girls like better than crawling up and down a set of monkey bars. While they play, their folks like to record the fun with a Kodak 8mm film camera.

But there’s a lot more to making home movies than just loading the film and pressing the start button.

Fortunately, Kodak has your back. Several times a year they publish a pamphlet full of tips and information. Each article guaranteed to help you create the very best home movies. Just check your mailbox for the latest addition of Kodak Movie News.

Here in the spring of 1962, this edition focuses on much more than jungle gyms.

The booklet starts out by sharing questions and hints by other film enthusiasts. One handy tip is to turn your leftover film reels into a portable stand to hold up a title card.

Dull and dim lighting get you down? Kodak has developed a new type of film to help with that. Kodachrome II improves color quality and provides sharper pictures!

Also discover better ideas to shoot spring flowers or gardens.

Learn the difference between panning and following the action. How to create the perfect still image from a motion picture shot, and how to update your cameras exposure dial.

You and your film camera can also serve your community. Don’t forget the sound!

And finally, share that “good shot” with fellow film fans all across the country! Flowers make exceptionally beautiful subjects.

When you’re done shooting, send your exposed film to Kodak for processing via direct mail. Kodak prepaid processing mailers make it easy to get your home movies to the right lab. It’s then returned to your doorstep by first-class-mail!

Kodak Movie News! Another fine publication from the past that still exists in the world of GVS, Glorious Vintage Stuff!