Video sharing sites are filling ever more specialized niches, and Xpeeri has created an unusual niche of its own. The site, still in beta, is dedicated to preserving the 8mm home movies of the past, in order to "save these historical and irreplaceable records before they slowly fade and are forever lost." Community members include both personal collectors and professional archivists.

A nifty facility, the GeoChronoVideo Locator, helps site visitors find videos from specific times and places. Other resources include help finding dealers who can convert old 8mm films to digital formats.

And if you're too young to remember the hula hoop craze of 1959, here's one family's experience of it.