The Summer of 1977

This video was taken in the summer of 1977 on W. Broadway in Enid, Oklahoma. Bruce Bradley had snagged his parents 8mm camera and came to our neighborhood hangout to capture the fun.

This video sat forgotten until 2018 when Bruce was going through old boxes and rediscovered the footage. He sent raw clips to me and I got to editing the film together. It literally brought tears to my eyes when I first saw it. It’s documentation of all of the great times we had hanging out in our youth.

Most of the guys in our gang lived on or near W. Broadway. We would get together for hours of playing outside and creating fun games. We skipped meals just so we could play together longer. Must of us even stayed out beyond the street lights coming on.

The skateboard and acting footage took place on the block that we used for most of our games. There was a church on the corner that rarely had any people at it. If they were there we never knew it.

We played a fun game called Musklins which was a combination of tag, hide-and-go-seek and kick-the-can. The church was the main area we used for hiding and chasing.

This particular day we had several neighborhood kids show up that weren’t in the main crew. Our core group was Stayton, Brendan, Jason, David and I. More in a moment…