The first movie camera I pressed the shutter release on was a Kodak Brownie 8mm camera.  My parents had purchased it with Raleigh coupons (cough).  No lithium batteries here... just unfold the key on the side and give it a few cranks and shoot.  After loading the film one could shoot for approximately 2 minutes and then flip the film over for another 2 minutes of soundless image recording.

    Later on in college when I took a film making class we where assigned super 8 cameras.  I did the whole splicing and stop action stuff.

    Now, even the most rudimentary digital cameras or for that matter even cellular phones are capable of recording a simple short movie that can document/communicate an event or idea.  Combining that with available software, both visual and audio and it would not be far off to say we are in a “golden age” of communication arts.

    Having taken a mere fraction of the time that it takes to shoot and edit film... I humbly submit these simple short movies... complete with audio.