Richfield on YouTube: 'Sledding with Grandma' and More from the 1960s and '70s

You can see moving images of family life in Richfield in the 1960s and 1970s in a set of home movies originally shot on 8mm film and recently uploaded as video clips to YouTube.

David Bogen has posted clips dating from 1953 to 1985 showing a variety of people and places, including several in Richfield.

They are silent family movies, from a half-minute to two minutes long, giving glimpses of life in Richfield from 35–45 years ago. 

Among the clips Bogen has identified as Richfield are:

• Sledding with Grandma (1:39)

• Spring, 1978 (0:36, kids on the deck, cat in the yard)

• 1967 - BBQ before college (0:38, backyard party)

• 1974 - Winter, Richfield, MN (2:12, kid outside, people inside house, peekaboo)

Another highlight is a three-minute video of Hopkins' Raspberry Festival Parade in 1967—including the Richfield Fire Department at the very end.

Do you recognize houses, people or parks in Bogen's video clips, or do they remind of something from those eras?

Please leave a comment below—and upload your own photos or videos here or at Richfield Patch Pics & Clips.