Home Movies – Staryn, Will and Chris – Family History of Diana Thornton

These home movies were taken by Will Wagner of his son Staryn and wife Christina. I edited some of these into the Staryn movie. Here is all the raw footage used in that plus a lot more.

2-21 Seneca Indian Reservation 1968

2-22 Baby Staryn (1970)

(has Seneca Indian title card in beginning)

2-24 Chris and friends at Houston, PA and area. Summer 1969

Chris – At Houston PA back yard getting into car with ?. Driving away and coming back.
Girl riding bike (Houston, Pa?)
Driving somewhere
Chris – Arriving at woman’s house and being greeted by her. Friends of Will and Chris. Goofing for the camera
Will – Driving somewhere. Will in passenger seat
Going for a hike somewhere

3-2 Staryn’s first birthday December 1970

Chris, Diana, Staryn, Louise, Homer, Will

3-3 EAA 1972

Flying scenes from small plane
Will’s friends playing on rope swing
Title cards

YDC (Youth Development Center) where Will worked (ca. 1975)

3-4 Kids playing in pool
3-8
3-9
3-13
3-14 Will dancing with kids towards end
3-17
3-18 YDC cocaine demonstration / fuck you enterprises
3-23

3-5 – Staryn 5-6 months June 1970

Staryn 5 months – crawling in grass with Chris in backyard at Houston, pa
Staryn 6 months – in backyard at Houston, PA. with chris and will

Frank Zappa Concert 1970

3-6

3-7

3-10 – Cheat Lake. Will’s friends

Rope swing. Waterskiing
YDC kids

3-11 – Tanya’s

Will trimming a tree at Tanya’s
Tanya, chris and staryn
Posters of zappa, Hendrix, Shirley temple film experiments.
Chris – Film experiments with and without cloth (shoot through)
TV (dick cavet)

3-12 – Staryn 5 months

Chris holding staryn. At cheat lake.
Chris, staryn. Staryn walking (sort of). Cheat lake
Chris and staryn and will in backyard of Houston pa.

3-15 – Cat Trailer 1971

Some kind of play
Staryn about 2 years old bouncing around on bed

3-16 – Football game (Chartiers High School?)

Front yard, west pike street, cat, bird
Staryn riding bike, Maryann and Jeff, Will on bike

3-20 Zoo / cat trailer 1971

Staryn running down street (California PA)
Staryn playing toy zylophone
Chris and staryn on escalator at Pittsburgh zoo – beginning of zoo trip. Continued next reel

3-19 – Pittsburgh zoo – animals 1971

Chris with staryn at zoo
Staryn bouncing around on bed again

3-21 – One of Will’s friends, backyard at W. Pike Street

Staryn playing at little pool with Chris
Staryn crawling in grass and on back steps of West Pike Street house
Chris, staryn – Staryn walking / falling. Livingroom west pike street.

3-22 – Friends of will hanging out in park

Staryn, walking around someone’s back yard with cats and big black dog

3-24 – Assorted Staryn Dec 70 / Staryn and Willi’s Stunts

Chris holding staryn
Special effects with shoes and toys and staryn

3-25 – 1970

Catastrophe productions presents – title card
Films of these knats – title card
Chris, staryn – Somebody’s nifty house, winter.
Chris holding baby staryn, with friends playing around trees.
Horse
Closeup of baby staryn
Painseville OH March 1970
Chris / Staryn
Will
New Jersey April 1970

Home Movies – Staryn, Will and Chris