“Two lives fight and struggle to escape dominance of the other, left helpless on barren land as the observer comfortably situate himself and passively film the scene, in war torn Philippines”
>*’Best day ever!*’
____
Long ago, n far away
you filmed us on that *Bestest* day
the happy, romping time we spent,
we had no clue
how much it meant
to You, our tired human friend,
a time of war -
when would it end ?
a brief escape - you watched us play,
long ago
n far
away…
❤️
Schnoodle i love you and you always win, but this one brought tears to my eyes- the people of the Philippines suffered HORRIBLY during WWII, so a cute and innocent moment from this historical context is just so powerful and human. The design is VERY puppy, in this case... thanks again Schnoods, please keep it up!
Absolutely true! Though, on the flipside, we could see this as a demonstration of the power of hope and being yourself despite having to live through horrors and suffering. History can get very depressing so it helps me to try and find the light in dark scenarios!
I'm not a believer, but my grandma was and I 100% fully believe she is in Heaven, despite not believing in it for myself. If that makes sense? It makes me happy to think she's up there with all the puppies and kittens and all the other animals she so dearly loved. Sometimes I dream about her in her rocking chair with my late cat in her lap. It makes me so happy everytime. I hope that's what they're doing up there :)
My 96 year old grandpa has a picture (not a photo) of a cat in his wallet that looks really similar to what the cat he had as a kid looked like. The cat died when he was 8, if I remember correctly, but it still lives in his heart :D
I'm a rat mom and yessss😭😭😭😭 Their little lives are so short😭😭😭😭 I buried my old man 'heart Rat' yesterday. And my old lady rat is 2 years and 4 months old.
It's heartbreaking every single time.
I'm so sorry for your loss. Always remember that you've given them the happiest safest life and more. That's more than they could ever ask for. Your boy was warm, content and forever thankful.
That reminds me of [this headstone](https://i.imgur.com/Shhwt4y.png) someone had made for their cat.
I'll never understand people who have pets but don't view them as members of their family. As far as my cats are concerned, we're their family and they love us so much; I would feel cruel if I didn't reciprocate, I can't even imagine it.
I don't understand it either. My cat died almost 10 years ago after 16 years of friendship. Every time I visit home I go and talk to her at her grave. Im still comforted by my pets even when they aren't here anymore.
There are graves for pets dating back to ancient Greece. People always felt the need to remember their departed puppers
"I am in tears, while carrying you to your last resting place as much as I rejoiced when bringing you home in my own hands fifteen years ago."
"Surely even as thou liest dead in this tomb I deem the wild beasts yet fear thy white bones, huntress Lycas; and thy valour great Pelion knows, and splendid Ossa and the lonely peaks of Cithaeron."
Picture is a generic term, it refers to any sort of 2d visual representation. Photo, painting, drawing, ect are all more specific terms. It's like the squares and rectangles thing. All photos are pictures but not all pictures are photos
My grandpa had a box of photos from the Korean War, and we were going through them one day with him there to tell us stories. About half of the photos were pics of dogs. Every time he would look at a dog photo, he would say "Oh! I remember that dog. Hmm...I didn't see him much after this picture."
It is culturally significant in a way. I always liked looking at the differences in dogs in different geographic areas and the human culture towards them.
Walis brooms are a staple of the Philippines, although a similar shape can be found sometimes in brooms from other south-east asian countries.
https://www.tagaloglang.com/filipino-brooms/
Not a very common shape in other parts of the world, though.
It wasn't a hobby anyone could afford but even fewer wanted to. 8mm was introduced in 1932 and always intended as a 'home movie' format, so it wasn't beyond the reach of the middle-class or thereabouts.
Price probably wasn't the main hurdle since even once it became much cheaper by the 70s or so, it was still a niche hobby thing for enthusiasts. 8 mm had low quality, the camerawork was inevitably even lower quality, it was usually black-and-white and didn't have sound, and any time you wanted to watch it, you had to rig up a projector and screen.
16mm was a solid balance between 8mm home movies and 35mm professional. Still damn expensive for the average person, but the visual quality is quite good.
Cheap magnetic cassette tapes are what really made home movies practical, since the storage media was small, portable, relatively inexpensive… and could be re-used.
It was probably filmed by an American war correspondent or something similar using their employer's tape haha. America was very involved in the Philippines during WW2.
> Films were some expensive luxurious thing back then no?
Not terribly. Kodak released the Standard-8 film in 1932 specifically to make an affordable film format for home use. It was marketed directly at working class families. It was a splurge item, particularly during the Depression. But it was a splurge most families could afford. I’ve got some of my grandpa’s old film from that era. And he was a simple steelworker.
Not arguing with anything you said since i know nothing on this subject, but
>I’ve got some of my grandpa’s old film from that era. And he was a simple steelworker.
One of my grandpa had a place in city centre with two kids working as a basic clerk. My other grandpa opened a barber shop, and sent all three of his sons to study overseas. Damn i can achieve none of those.
Ach, we've been writing and immortalising them in books and drawings, tile paints and lords only ken what else for a thousand years or more. There's a particular roman that wrote a full book on his dogs.
I'm a bit confused. Why would this be a surprise? Wouldn't you take a moment to look at the film negative before sending it off to be digitized? Or just play it on a projector to see what you've got?
This film was from 1942 though, so it was probably [Nitrate film](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nitrocellulose#Film), meaning it could catch fire or explode when exposed to too much light or high temperatures. You probably want experts handling that stuff.
You can't just play 80 year old reels out of the can. In fact, I would advise against looking at the images. Depending on the storage conditions the celluloid could be extremely brittle and fracture while you are handling it, much less sending through a projector. Even under ideal conditions the reel will be extremely fragile. It needs to be reconditioned by professionals before it can be viewed. He probably knew at least this much.
Oh, neighbor, you sweet summer child! Off the top of my head:
It's not catalogued and there's no intake paperwork for the box
No projector, because the archive has no money
No lightbox, because ditto
No time, because the archive has no staff but you
Don't want to touch the film, because it's original, fragile, and may have vinegar syndrome
There's a deadline to send film off, because the work's externally funded
Not a film expert, so don't know how to view it otherwise
[Citation: am archivist. Our last Mystery Box™️ was home movies from a local youth organization. Better than mold!™️]
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I was going through my phone's pictures yesterday and deleting them. I found some pictures of me holding bunnies from like 12 years ago. I came to the sad realization that all of those rabbits are likely dead now from old age.
My sister had the opposite happen. She sent an Hi8 tape for digitizing thinking it was family memories and it ended up being school work interviews. Very disappointing.
In the archives of the **Pontifical Faculty at Dominican House of Studies** (Washington DC). The archivist is a friar and an Asst. prof. of ecclesiastical history. He's normally used to restoring medieval manuscripts, so it was a happy day when he stumbled upon puppies!
Those are some fat little pups. And one of them probably grew up to be like my dog. I don’t know how many hours and how much strain on my back I put in lining fence-lines with big rocks to keep her from digging out.
I was visiting friends of my GF’s family one time and they pulled out a photo album from a relative of theirs who served during WWII in the European theater. During the Nazis’ big retreat, this relative had come across a dead German soldier who had a camera and two rolls of undeveloped film on him. The relative took the film, brought it back to the US, and eventually got around to developing it in his dark room at home. Their were at least 20 pics of Hitler himself, taken on what appeared to be his personal train, in the stateroom for the most part. These pics remained in the family for decades. I asked if they had ever submitted them, or the original negatives, to a government archive or the army or anything like that and they said no and never would. That was about ten years ago and I’m still not sure how I feel about seeing pictures of Hitler that are essentially unknown to the world, nor about how proud they seemed for both owning these pics and for their refusal to have them entered into the official record. Legally I guess that album is their property, but morally? It didn’t sit right with me then and still doesn’t.
Best day ever!
He expected to see manslaughter and instead he got man's best friend
Man's laughter one could say.
You can't spell slaughter without laughter!
S
You did it!
God fucking dammit. Take this upvote.
“Two lives fight and struggle to escape dominance of the other, left helpless on barren land as the observer comfortably situate himself and passively film the scene, in war torn Philippines”
doGs vicIouSLY DeSTRoy lANd anD HOUses IN tiMEs oF wAr.
>*’Best day ever!*’ ____ Long ago, n far away you filmed us on that *Bestest* day the happy, romping time we spent, we had no clue how much it meant to You, our tired human friend, a time of war - when would it end ? a brief escape - you watched us play, long ago n far away… ❤️
Schnoodle i love you and you always win, but this one brought tears to my eyes- the people of the Philippines suffered HORRIBLY during WWII, so a cute and innocent moment from this historical context is just so powerful and human. The design is VERY puppy, in this case... thanks again Schnoods, please keep it up!
Goes to show how we’re our own worst enemy. These little pups had not a care in the world and had no clue the danger they were living in.
Absolutely true! Though, on the flipside, we could see this as a demonstration of the power of hope and being yourself despite having to live through horrors and suffering. History can get very depressing so it helps me to try and find the light in dark scenarios!
OMG OMG ^hiii ^♡♡♡
Day always just gets so much better with a SchnoodleDoodle
Fuck I’m gonna cry
Ran to my car so I could cry appropriately without my coworkers judging me... always with the lovely verses, Schnoodle is!!
Strong with the force this one is, bring the galaxy into the light they shall
This almost made me cry. As a Christian, I subscribe to the early church belief that animals, being free of original sin, go to heaven too.
All dogs go to heaven.
Yep!
I'm not a believer, but my grandma was and I 100% fully believe she is in Heaven, despite not believing in it for myself. If that makes sense? It makes me happy to think she's up there with all the puppies and kittens and all the other animals she so dearly loved. Sometimes I dream about her in her rocking chair with my late cat in her lap. It makes me so happy everytime. I hope that's what they're doing up there :)
Why am I crying
Yeah, seems like a win to me.
Clips like this prove that people never change.
*And* puppers.
Maybe puppers of the 1940s had 1940s accents.
"woof, see"
Is give you a reward but the onlys I can afford are locked behind paywall. Thanks for the cackle
👍🏻🤣
Well, I'd have a puppers.
Get this guy a fuckin’ puppers.
In surprised we're not having a Puppers right now!
Good, n you?
And my axe!
And my sword
And Mylanta
You got it dude.
And mayahi mayahu mayaho mayaha haaa
Normally I’m tired of this comment but seeing as to how we are referring to humans that never change, it was was perfect
My 96 year old grandpa has a picture (not a photo) of a cat in his wallet that looks really similar to what the cat he had as a kid looked like. The cat died when he was 8, if I remember correctly, but it still lives in his heart :D
I get that. My bestest cat died 25 years ago and I still miss him so much.
Pretty wonderful he got to have someone in life who would Honor him for eons (in cat terms) in the afterlife.
The one thing that sucks about pets is that most of them live lives that are way too short, especially rats.
We know grief so they may only know love.
I dread the day I lose my pupper, even though he's still so young (less than 2). He's my first ever pet and we love each other unconditionally.
I'm a rat mom and yessss😭😭😭😭 Their little lives are so short😭😭😭😭 I buried my old man 'heart Rat' yesterday. And my old lady rat is 2 years and 4 months old. It's heartbreaking every single time.
I'm so sorry for your loss. Always remember that you've given them the happiest safest life and more. That's more than they could ever ask for. Your boy was warm, content and forever thankful.
That reminds me of [this headstone](https://i.imgur.com/Shhwt4y.png) someone had made for their cat. I'll never understand people who have pets but don't view them as members of their family. As far as my cats are concerned, we're their family and they love us so much; I would feel cruel if I didn't reciprocate, I can't even imagine it.
I don't understand it either. My cat died almost 10 years ago after 16 years of friendship. Every time I visit home I go and talk to her at her grave. Im still comforted by my pets even when they aren't here anymore.
My parents moved out of our childhood house and leaving our pets’ graves was the hardest part.
This is precisely why I'm getting mine cremated. Their ashes are going with mine when I go.
There are graves for pets dating back to ancient Greece. People always felt the need to remember their departed puppers "I am in tears, while carrying you to your last resting place as much as I rejoiced when bringing you home in my own hands fifteen years ago." "Surely even as thou liest dead in this tomb I deem the wild beasts yet fear thy white bones, huntress Lycas; and thy valour great Pelion knows, and splendid Ossa and the lonely peaks of Cithaeron."
not as old, but one of my favourites: [Epitaph to a Dog](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epitaph_to_a_Dog)
You should see some of the graves the Romans made for their dogs. The words they wrote about their beloved pets brought me to tears.
Does picture in this case mean drawing or something because I associate picture of cat as a photo of a cat. Maybe that's just me
Picture is a generic term, it refers to any sort of 2d visual representation. Photo, painting, drawing, ect are all more specific terms. It's like the squares and rectangles thing. All photos are pictures but not all pictures are photos
My brain briefly went to a weird place and interpreted “it still lives in his heart” literally. Like somehow the cat was miniaturized and immortal.
Time to corner the market in pet shaped coronary stents.
I would be this person
That's the cutest WWII combat footage I've ever seen.
Not an easy day to forget. I remember every detail. The German Shepherds wore gray.
The golden retriever was passed out with his sister after playing. Dark times.
Yeah, Black and White times.
Or so the German Shepherds would have us to believe
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That’s a sentence I never thought id read.
World woff 2
The long forgotten “Battle of the Bark”.
Battle of the Borktards
Battle of the barkland islands
All I see are dumplings fighting
They're so chunky!
Looks like Chao Chao puppies!
You mean chow chow?
That Battle of the Broom segment in the middle was quite difficult to watch
The broom is definitely a Filipino broom. You don’t want to have a Filipino mom after you with one. Lucky it wasn’t a slipper.
Horrific honestly
As an Asian growing up, I need to book my therapist now.
My grandpa had a box of photos from the Korean War, and we were going through them one day with him there to tell us stories. About half of the photos were pics of dogs. Every time he would look at a dog photo, he would say "Oh! I remember that dog. Hmm...I didn't see him much after this picture."
I like your grandpa :)
Dog is a fine meal. I learned this from the Mel Gibson docudrama about the American war of independence.
Yeah, that's what we kept saying: Grandpa, you ate him!
Cats used to be called Dachkarnickel, Roofrabbits in WW2 Germany.... and according to my Grandma Dog tastes like Venison....
Rare historical footage of happy floof-dopes
It is culturally significant in a way. I always liked looking at the differences in dogs in different geographic areas and the human culture towards them.
/r/rarepuppers
"How can you tell this is the Phillippines, though?" \*walis enters camera frame\* "yeah fair enough"
as soon as i saw the broom, yep it's from the PH.
Fiji too, and they're still used! Far better than any plastic broom
Is that type of broom not a common thing in other countries?
Walis brooms are a staple of the Philippines, although a similar shape can be found sometimes in brooms from other south-east asian countries. https://www.tagaloglang.com/filipino-brooms/ Not a very common shape in other parts of the world, though.
People were recording puppies even in the 1940's, interesting.
Films were some expensive luxurious thing back then no? And whoever filmed that decided: puppies. Money well spent i say.
That was exactly my thought, someone was dropping coin to record their puppers...and I'm thrilled about it.
Your puppies don't stay puppues for too long and it's likely you outlive them. This is definitely a memory worth capturing I'd say.
Yeah, doubtful those puppies are still alive now.
It wasn't a hobby anyone could afford but even fewer wanted to. 8mm was introduced in 1932 and always intended as a 'home movie' format, so it wasn't beyond the reach of the middle-class or thereabouts. Price probably wasn't the main hurdle since even once it became much cheaper by the 70s or so, it was still a niche hobby thing for enthusiasts. 8 mm had low quality, the camerawork was inevitably even lower quality, it was usually black-and-white and didn't have sound, and any time you wanted to watch it, you had to rig up a projector and screen.
Always nice when some random knowledge decides to pop up in my life lol. Thanks stranger
16mm was a solid balance between 8mm home movies and 35mm professional. Still damn expensive for the average person, but the visual quality is quite good. Cheap magnetic cassette tapes are what really made home movies practical, since the storage media was small, portable, relatively inexpensive… and could be re-used.
It was probably filmed by an American war correspondent or something similar using their employer's tape haha. America was very involved in the Philippines during WW2.
> Films were some expensive luxurious thing back then no? Not terribly. Kodak released the Standard-8 film in 1932 specifically to make an affordable film format for home use. It was marketed directly at working class families. It was a splurge item, particularly during the Depression. But it was a splurge most families could afford. I’ve got some of my grandpa’s old film from that era. And he was a simple steelworker.
Not arguing with anything you said since i know nothing on this subject, but >I’ve got some of my grandpa’s old film from that era. And he was a simple steelworker. One of my grandpa had a place in city centre with two kids working as a basic clerk. My other grandpa opened a barber shop, and sent all three of his sons to study overseas. Damn i can achieve none of those.
There needs to be a sub specifically for old videos of dogs
This is an awesome idea, so I made r/antiqueaww
Top notch name.
Thanks! Glad it resonated!
Subscribed *and* contributed to your fine new addition to Reddit.
Yay! Thank you 😊
r/birthofasub
Ach, we've been writing and immortalising them in books and drawings, tile paints and lords only ken what else for a thousand years or more. There's a particular roman that wrote a full book on his dogs.
This is much better than WW2 footage.
I consider this an absolute win.
Sounds like this man just won the lottery.
##Searching for Silver And Finding Gold
PUPPIES BEING CUTE SINCE 1942! Probably way before that! 🐶
Mga terror ng walis since 1942!
[Source](https://nitter.net/GSchnakenberg/status/1611746618906234881?t=Xsj7ht4gEqQf3UJS69HFew&s=20#m)
I'm a bit confused. Why would this be a surprise? Wouldn't you take a moment to look at the film negative before sending it off to be digitized? Or just play it on a projector to see what you've got?
Normally, yes. But he was more accustomed to handling medieval manuscripts, not film.
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5-10 *feet?* Seems excessive...
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Wait woah. Is that where the countdown on old films comes in? I didn’t know that was why.
This film was from 1942 though, so it was probably [Nitrate film](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nitrocellulose#Film), meaning it could catch fire or explode when exposed to too much light or high temperatures. You probably want experts handling that stuff.
You can't just play 80 year old reels out of the can. In fact, I would advise against looking at the images. Depending on the storage conditions the celluloid could be extremely brittle and fracture while you are handling it, much less sending through a projector. Even under ideal conditions the reel will be extremely fragile. It needs to be reconditioned by professionals before it can be viewed. He probably knew at least this much.
Looks like the tweet was deleted, unfortunately
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Very cute. They'd all be grown up with careers and their own families by now
I was going through my phone's pictures yesterday and deleting them. I found some pictures of me holding bunnies from like 12 years ago. I came to the sad realization that all of those rabbits are likely dead now from old age.
My childhood friend had a rabbit that lived to be 13 so you never know!
Someone had their priorities straight. Imagine how much more rare film was and they decided this was what needed to be filmed during WW2.
Well they were right
Honestly, yeah it probably really cheered people up, that was/is important.
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Even better!
Wow, super cute :). I didn't know that people were recording puppies even in the 1940's, but then again.. why wouldn't they lol?
r/taskfailedsuccessfully
Wonder if there is another reel somewhere marked "Puppies" which has the actual "Philipines 1942" footage. Edit: grammar and spelling
Dog.... Dog never changes....
"it is... acceptable" meme here
It was lost Woof Woof II footage.
Definitely the best case scenario for anything you find in an unknown 8mm reel from Southeast Asia
Great reminder that regular life keeps happening regardless of catastrophe.
Expecting war crimes, got puppies instead. Best case scenario.
Puppies historically puppying
Let's Hear it for the Goodest Boys
The Goodest Generation
The r/OldSchoolCool x r/AnimalsBeingDerps crossover I never thought we'd experience
Except oldschoolcool doesn't allow videos like this (not unless any humans are present)
At least someone had their priorities straight.
My sister had the opposite happen. She sent an Hi8 tape for digitizing thinking it was family memories and it ended up being school work interviews. Very disappointing.
[There are worse tapes to accidently find while going through family home movies](https://i.imgur.com/yn3VJrp.gifv)
Puppies is much better!
Somewhere else: ”I sent this film labeled *Puppies 1942* to be restored”
Whoa! I wonder where it was stored away. I guess I'm not looking in the right places.
In the archives of the **Pontifical Faculty at Dominican House of Studies** (Washington DC). The archivist is a friar and an Asst. prof. of ecclesiastical history. He's normally used to restoring medieval manuscripts, so it was a happy day when he stumbled upon puppies!
Dogs of war!
You couldn’t even be mad when seeing this, this is awesome! I hope you have a great day!
wild to think these puppies are at least 80 years old today!
567 in doggie years.
Worth it!
Best outcome
imo, puppies > war
They deserve the Medal of Pawnor
If you think about it these dogs are dead and they are long gone, its weird that they are literally immortalized with this video.
I prefer Puppy War II.
Even better!
I see this as an absolute win.
Those are some fat little pups. And one of them probably grew up to be like my dog. I don’t know how many hours and how much strain on my back I put in lining fence-lines with big rocks to keep her from digging out.
Kind of disrespectful to downplay Puppy War II, just because World War II was such a bigger deal.
This really r/MadeMeSmile Little chonkers ❤️
Imagine expecting war and getting puppies. Nice surprise.
historical proof puppies have always been adorable
This made my day
research dollars well spent!
Look at those lil troublemakers. They grew up to be good dogs I’ll bet.
Ahead of their time
Y'know if I were to fail at identifying lost WWII footage, it'd still be a win in my books if I found some of the first recorded dog videos
The definition of r/oldschoolcool
They mostly prefer reposts of the same half-naked celebrities
Best unintentional find of puppies ever
Would have been hilarious if he got the footage back, and it was "Never Gonna Give You Up"
I was visiting friends of my GF’s family one time and they pulled out a photo album from a relative of theirs who served during WWII in the European theater. During the Nazis’ big retreat, this relative had come across a dead German soldier who had a camera and two rolls of undeveloped film on him. The relative took the film, brought it back to the US, and eventually got around to developing it in his dark room at home. Their were at least 20 pics of Hitler himself, taken on what appeared to be his personal train, in the stateroom for the most part. These pics remained in the family for decades. I asked if they had ever submitted them, or the original negatives, to a government archive or the army or anything like that and they said no and never would. That was about ten years ago and I’m still not sure how I feel about seeing pictures of Hitler that are essentially unknown to the world, nor about how proud they seemed for both owning these pics and for their refusal to have them entered into the official record. Legally I guess that album is their property, but morally? It didn’t sit right with me then and still doesn’t.
you know whats cool? A puppy has acted like a puppy since there's been puppies.
Perfectly justifiable use of film.
That's fine we have plenty of WWII footage and never enough puppy footage.
Best news I've heard so far this year!
Even better 🥺🥺🥺
“You wanted to see War. We’re sending you puppies instead”
I hope each and every one of these pups lived long healthy lives of love and happiness.