Videos

We have been digitizing videos from over the years, including some vintage videos from the 1970s. We will start posting videos here for you to enjoy! If you have any videos from camp, please let us know! We would love to add them to our growing collection!! We have also included all videos from all reunions into this section. Essentially every video we have is on this page, and may also be elsewhere on the webite, like on the Photo and Artifact Archives pages by year, or in the Reunion Wrap-up pages.

Click on a year to go directly to that section:
1963  1964  1970s  1980s
1985  1987  1996  1997
1998  2000  2001  2002
2006  2009  2010  2011
2014  2018  2021  2023

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1963

Home movie of drop off day at the Evanston train station, by Miles Beitler




1964

Home movie of Parents Visiting Day, by Miles Beitler




1970s

This is from the late 1970s, but does anyone know the year?
Todd Laff got ahold of the video camera . . .
This is another video from the late 1970s - any idea what year?
Talent show.



1980s

Year unknown - 4th of July Play, and Olympic event on the lake shore
Year unknown - Talent show at the Horseshoe, including Warren
Metsdorff
leading "Hands Up, Baby Hands Up"



1985

4th of July Play, and more
Drama Class, Odd Couple play, Zeus, Olympics



1987

4th of July Play, and more




1996 Reunion - our first one at camp!

Friday August 30, 1996 and Saturday August 31, 1996
Sunday September 1, 1996 - Manny & Lill interview
Saturday August 31, 1996 - Wayne Towne storytelling at the horseshoe
Some time after the reunion in 1996 - "The Myth of the 10,000"



1997 - the reunion that did not happen

Saturday August 24, 1997 - Warren Metzdorff's claims debunked




1998 at Camp!

Friday August 21, 1998 through Sunday August 23, 1998 - Reunion video




2000 Bowling Alley Reunion

Interview with Loretta Kuklin and Bowling Alley Reunion
Saturday February 26, 2000 and Sunday February 27, 2000




2001 Reunion at Camp!

Friday August 10, 2001 - reunion start / Saturday August 11, 2001 - flag raising and relay
Friday August 10, 2001 - Campfire
Saturday August 11, 2001 - flag lowering / dinner / softball
Saturday August 11, 2001 - Campfire / Sunday August 12, 2001 - flag raising
Sunday August 12, 2001 - morning / lunch / farewell



2002 Off-Year Reunion

Saturday June 15, 2002 - A get together at Sweet Tomatoes in the Chicago area




2006 Reunion at Camp!

Paul Warshauer swims to the raft with a cigar and a beer! And more . . .




2009 Off-Year Reunion in Waupaca
Saturday August 29 - Waupaca Woods Restaurant, teasing Bob Mowen




2010 Off-Year Reunion in Waupaca

Saturday August 15 - Crystal River at Red Mill
Saturday August 15 - Crystal River at Red Mill, request to come to reunion in 2011



2011 Reunion at Camp!

Saturday August 13 - Flag Raising
Saturday August 13 - "Boil water, boil!"
Sunday August 14 - Flag Raising
Monday August 15 - King's Table



2014 Off-Year Reunion

Friday August 15 - John Schmitt icecream cone at the Dells story
Friday August 15 - Where will Bob Mowen sleep??
Saturday August 16 - Paul Warshauer talks Gold Rush
Saturday August 16 - Paul Warshauer talks flickerball
Saturday August 16 - Paul Warshauer at top of lake
Saturday August 16 - Mike Lurie in camp office
Saturday August 16 - Paul Warshauer and CIT Cabin D
Saturday August 16 - Rick Passman and the water fountain at Cabin 7



2018 Off-Year Reunion

Thursday August 9 - Mike Lurie in Steven's Point
Saturday August 11 - Mike Lurie pointing out the remaining pond from the Side of the Hill Nature Center that Bob Mowen created!
Saturday August 11 - Paul Warshauer showing off the last Camp Waupaca CIT cabin!



2021 Reunion at Camp!

Mike Lurie visits camp in March!
Mike Lurie is back at camp in April!! Watch for a surprise guest!
Friday April 2 - Paul Warshauer & Mike Lurie in Waupaca.
Paul notices something about the elevator at the Ramada.
Paul finds Camp Waupaca everywhere!
Thursday May 13 - Steve Shyman and Paul Warshauer make an impassioned plea to attend the reunion!
Thursday August 26th - Interview with Wayne Towne
Friday August 27th - Video of flag lowering ceremony
Saturday August 28th - Video of the "boil water, boil"
Sunday August 29th - Video of flag raising ceremony



2023 Off-Year Reunion

Saturday August 12th - Paul Warshauer at the gate to camp!!
Saturday August 12th - Paul Warshauer and Scott Hershman
Saturday August 12th - Rick Passman and Mike Lurie at the Old Beach
Saturday August 12th - A view inside Cabin 7
Monday August 14th - Paul Warshauer talks about playing Zeus for the Olympics