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THE ORIGINAL COLLECTION

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99 home movies from the early website. Choose a film to watch, read its original caption, or save a copy.

February 3, 2001 - Akira takes steps, just moments after the first steps of his life !!!

February 24, 2001 - Taiki sings Happy Birthday to Akira.

January Something, 2001 - Bruce catches a small wave Kayak Surfing !!

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At Work in the Studio

The Cats at Rest

It's a hard job but Janets gotta do it

Paul works hard too !! "Nice Hair !!!"

Just Janet

It's A Wonderful place !!

Akira in Mom's Arms - Take 1 (Feb 25, 2000)

This is Akira and his "Dolphin" language practice session.

November 11, 2001 - Akira Drives !!

Akira - "Fresh out of the oven (about 2 minutes old) (Feb 24, 2000)

August 20, 2002 - Tee-Ball Taiki, Akira and Taiki Dance and Taiki's 5th birthday...

October 16, 2000 - Taiki in a bath and with a fireman hat.

Taiki and Bruce go kayaking in the "Front Yard".

January 1, 2001 - Bruce gets promoted to Staff Sergeant in the United States Marine Corps !!

December 31, 2002 - Christmas 2002 morning (big file, 14 megs but worth it).....

December 26, 2004 - Christmas Morning 2004... (DIVX file)

August 5, 2002 - A compilation of all the clips I never put up. March - June 02. Grandma Hattie and kids, Disney World, Vail in Snow, Akira and Taiki Show and Lori's well trained dogs...

December 11, 2001 - Dad making a handmade Okinawa Glass.

March 3, 2001 - Kids try to dance with Rock and Roll Elmo Part 1

March 3, 2001 - Kids try to dance with Rock and Roll Elmo Part 2

Sep 27, 2000 - The Hidaka-Gordon Drummers. Taiki shows how well he beats the drums. Akira shows how well he BEATS and EATS the drums.

August 6, 2004 - Taiki and Akira - "FACES"...

December 19, 2003 - Taiki and Akira show off their musical acumen...

October 31, 2002 - Long video of Halloween 2002 fun in Okinawa.....

March 18, 2001 - A gritty documentary showing the trials and tribulations of an older brother and his quest to add another year to his age. Happy Birthday Mark !!

September 7, 2002 - Kiyofumi Hidaka Campaign vehicle in action!

October 6, 2001 - Kid's dance a bit on a Saturday night.

March 6, 2001 - Kids play in the crib.(BIG FILE)

Aug 3, 2003 - Bunch of video from July.....

March 25, 2001 - Kids freak out.

July 6, 2003 - Taiki and Akira sing a wedding song for Hannah and Jonathan.

February 25, 2001 - Akira pushes Taiki in Akira's new toy car.

March 25, 2001 - Kids playing.

Jan 20, 2007 - Magee family comes over to play...

April 11, 2003 - Taiki and Akira wish Uncle Mark a Happy 40th Birthday..."40....Wow!!!" Akira Sol Hidaka-Gordon 11 April 2003

This is Taiki "Eating Pasta" Part 1

This is Taiki "Eating Pasta" Part 2

This is Taiki "Eating Pasta" Part 3

October 16, 2000 - Swinging Taiki.

November 23, 2000 - Thanksgiving Tour of our Little Apartment.

Taiki scares Bruce

Traditional Friday night Jewish Singing

Tracy scares Taiki

"Put it down!!!" Uncle Mark

Taiki and the God Parents

Taiki in the Hall

Taiki and Uncle Mark

Hannah the Hannukah singer

Taiki the construction worker

Taiki saying "cheese" with a cow

September 30, 2002 - Kids singing a few songs.....

December 12, 2003 - Abraham "trys" to take a picture of Sugano and Bruce on the top of the Empire State Building, notice how helpful Dad is...

Akira in Mom's Arms - Take 2 (Feb 25, 2000)

November 25, 2003 - The Babbling Akira with assistance from Taiki..

April 13, 2001 - Akira on Bike.

April 13, 2001 - Akira on Bike 2.

January 20, 2002 - Akira Chyaaa !!

April 13, 2001 - Akira Climbs.

January 6, 2002 - Akira says "HI" while we test out the new computer.

April 2, 2003 - Akira and Taiki sing.....

April 2, 2003 - Akira and Taiki sing..(same as below but old Windows Media for Mom)...

November 10, 2001 - Akira slides !!

February 25, 2001 - Akira playing with a toy.

June 19, 2004 - Akira's school "Elephant Drum" has a graduation and school closing...

Akira can now say "Da Da", a guest appearance by Taiki.

March 16, 2001 - Akira walking

March 16, 2001 - Akira still walking

April 13, 2001 - Akira learns how to catch ball with his Dad.

August 5, 2002 - A few clips from a day at the beach.

May 24, 2001 - A laser show in Darling Harbour Australia.

May 24, 2001 - Music on the streets of Sydney Australia.

July 9, 2006 - Kids have a sword fight with bad sound effects...

Sep 24, 2000 - Akira doing Push Ups. He is getting very close to crawling.

April 14, 2001 - SCUBA Movie.

October 7, 2000 - Sugano and Akira couch dancing , Taiki playing a game and saying hello to everyone.

November 16, 2001 - Sugano in a sack race with Taiki helping.

December 11, 2003 - The kids interview each other..

November 16, 2001 - Taiki dances and sings at the achool picnic - part 1 !

November 16, 2001 - Taiki dances and sings at the achool picnic - part 2 !

November 16, 2001 - Taiki dances and sings at the achool picnic - part 3 !

January 20, 2002 - Taiki plays new Drum game !!

January 6, 2002 - Taiki and Molly, soon to be a Broadway hit duo.

November 16, 2001 - Taiki in a running race.

April 13, 2001 - Taiki and Sugano.

April 13, 2001 - Taiki and Sugano color eggs.

March 11, 2001 - Taiki and Sugano go down a roller slide

November 11, 2001 - Taiki has a future in NASA !

January 8, 2004 - Hannukah presents from Mark, Tracy and Sasha arrive !! Thanks very much !

December 17, 2002 - Taiki sings at his school's Holiday performance.....

December Something, 2000 - Taiki does a dance at school for XMAS, notice his missing partner !!!

Aug 26, 2003 - 20 minutes, but low quality of Taiki doinf his Eisa drumming at his summer schools Eisa Festival. He is the one centered on most of the pictures.....

My new truck going up a steep hill, of course you cant tell by the video, but it really was steep !

November 16, 2001 - Sugano and Taiki play in a tug of war and win !

October 16, 2000 - Akira making the WaWa sound with Ba Ba.

2 additional film records and references

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November 11, 2001 - Taiki has a future in NASA !Waiting for another retrieval attempt

Best-effort films retain known source imperfections. Newly reviewed best-effort copies were decoded through the end and sampled frames were inspected. Audio listening and continuous-motion review were unavailable; synchronization may vary where a film’s warning notes timing adjustments.