Dennis Toeppen

Dennis Toeppen Atop Grand Teton 7/31/2015
 

I like to shoot little movie films, aka "home movies":
(8=Regular 8mm, S8=Super 8, 16=16mm, S16=Super 16, 35=Academy 35mm, HD scans unless tagged SD for Standard Definition)

1. Featured: 16/S16 Holiday Expeditions Cataract Canyon 68kcfs Short 2019
2. 35 Santa Fe Semaphore Signal 717 in NM 2020
3. 35 Two Semaphores on a Hill 706.1 & 706.2 2020
4. S16 Cathedral in the Desert @ 3568' (Glen Canyon) 2019
5. 16 Red's Eats 2019
6. 16 Mt Washington Cog Railway 2019
7. S16 Weeki Wachee Mermaids! 2019
8. S16 Gatorland Zoo! 2019
9. S16 Kentucky Rural Ferries - Still Running, For Now 2019
10. 8 Royal Gorge 2019
11. 16/S16 Holiday Expeditions Cataract Canyon - Long Form 2019
12. 8 Hole in the Rock Road 2019
13. 8 Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad 2019
14. S16 Boreas Pass Railroad Day 2019
15. S16 Keokuk Junction Railroad - Last Run of Streamlined Locomotive (F7) 2019
16. 16 Route 66 50D Magazine Tests 2016
17. 35 New Mexico Semaphores 2016
18. 35 Raton Pass Southwest Chief at Wootton's Ranch 2016
19. 16 B&W Trip to New Mexico Semaphores 2016
20. 16 B&W Pie Anyone? 2015
21. 16 B&W George's Trip to MO (and Back) 2015
22. 16 Teletype ASR 33 Found! (Not really, it's a gag) 2015
23. S16 Navajo Generating Station 2014
24. S16 Glen Canyon Dam High Flow Experiment 2014
25. S16 Glen Canyon Dam Tour 2014
26. S16 SS Badger Carferry 2014
27. S16 New Bolex SBM Unboxing!
28. S16 Chicago & Evanston Railroad (Remnants) 2014
29. 16 Some Church Event 2013
30. 16 Quick Trip to NYC, Coney Island 2012
31. 16 July 4, 2012
32. 16 SD Route 66 Vega, TX 2012
33. 8 SD Route 66 in Five Minutes 2010
34. 16 December Snowstorm in Champaign 2010
35. 16 SD Leaving EIU by Bus 2010
36. 16 SD Fairmont Speeder on Milwaukee Road Line near Darien, WI 1982
37. 16 SD Fairmont Speeder at Raco in Des Plaines, IL April 18, 1982 - Actually Shot by my Dad

Dennis Toeppen Shopping for a car on Route 66 in 2010
 

I've Made Some Slideshow Videos:  

• Farewell Our Zephyr - Final Run of Rio Grande Zephyr 1983
• Rio Grande Zephyr Final Run Fan Hunt 1983
• Philmont in Cimarron, NM 1978

Dennis Toeppen Waiting to board Concorde 2003
 

Money Shots - These videos help pay the bills:  

• Concorde Final Flight for Paying Passengers LHR-JFK 10/23/2003
• Concorde Flight 6/23/2003

Dennis Toeppen After cycling from Seattle to San Francisco in 1993
 

Some biographical stuff/events:

• My Dad Grew Up Here
• My Mom Grew Up On the Farm Pictured Here
• I Moved from Chicago and Grew Up Here
• I Hiked Philmont 1978
• I Made a Snow Day for Eight High Schools in 1980 (pdf)
• I Rode the Last Run of Rio Grande Zephyr 1983
• I started a bus company in 1983 (pdf)
• I Ran an ISP 1995-2000 Route Map | ~1996 Website
• I May Have Started Domain Speculation 1990s
• I Was On Concorde Final Trip for Paying Passengers 10/23/03
• The China Situation
• The False Arrest Situation
• The Last Straw - Tired of Buses 2019

Dennis Toeppen On the field at Notre Dame with Arri 416 in 2013
 

Some random items of importance to me:

• Toeppen Film Store - 8mm Movie Film
• Toeppen Domain Names For Sale
• California Zephyr
• Concorde Final Trip for Paying Passengers 10/23/03
• Concorde Trip 6/23/03
• Still Pictures from 6/23/03 Concorde Flight
• AP Story re: Final Concorde Flight (10/23/03), featuring a quote from moi
• Seems Relevant
• An old web scrapbook
• Another old web scrapbook
• Dennis Toeppen China Photos (Abridged)
• Aerial Photos
• Cycle 66 Website
• Awesome Route 66 Documentary from 1985
• An article about my mom which my detractors will hate (pdf)
• Even Hollywood Knows University of Illinois

Dennis Toeppen at "Jackrabbit, AZ" in 2009
 

Some of My Dad's Film Work -- he was a far more skilled filmmaker than I'll ever be:

• 8 1977-1978 Holiday Skiing at Blackjack (their first year!), Whitecap, and Alpine Valley
  SKIP Alpine Valley now - it's owned by Vail Resorts
• 8 Just a Roll of Kodachrome - Shot Around Town December, 1997
• 16 Ronald Reagan Visits Eureka College May 9, 1982
• 8 Trailer/Selected Shots from Ken Sleight Glen Canyon Trip May, 1963
• 8 Ken Sleight Glen Canyon Trip Reel 1 of 2 May, 1963
• 8 Ken Sleight Glen Canyon Trip Reel 2 of 2 May, 1963
• 8 Holiday Road! Trailer/Selected Shots from Grand Teton Trip in 1950's
• 8 Grand Teton Trip Reel 1 of 2 1950's
• 8 Grand Teton Trip Reel 2 of 2 1950's
• 8 Anscochrome Film Test at Bahai Temple Wilmette, IL October 18, 1959
• 8 Georgie White 1957 Grand Canyon Trip (Sound)
• 8 Georgie White 1958 Grand Canyon Trip Reel 1 of 2
• 8 Georgie White 1958 Grand Canyon Trip Reel 2 of 2

Dennis Toeppen at Michigan Shores Club
 

Some of My Grandfather's Film Work -- he was a bit of a novice, for decades:

• Downtown Chicago Summer 1956 Including Prudential Building Observation Deck

Various Short Videos - Travel, Hobbies, etc.:

• Lionel Trains Set Up for Christmas 2009
• Astroland Coney Island Final Day 2008

Various Short Videos - Work:

• Installing Ticketing Kiosk I Designed 2002
• Lettering a Mercedes Sprinter With Reflective Vinyl 2009
• Dressing a Bus for Bad Teacher 2010
• Shooting a Couple Shots for Bad Teacher - Part 1 2010
• Shooting a Couple Shots for Bad Teacher - Part 2 2010

The Cutting Room Floor. These are just random film segments, not fully-formed stories:

• 16 Route 66 Raw Footage Fuji Eterna 250D & Kodak K100 2016
• 16 Route 66 Hairpin Turn Above Oatman 2012
• 16 Route 66 Snip St Louis 2011
• 16 Route 66 Snip Springfield MO 2011

Films I Own But Did Not Shoot:

• 16 This is What Kodachrome is For -- EXACTLY This - Amusement Park ca 1948
• 16 Kodachrome Home Movie from 1936 - Before Dye Had Archival Stability

Trouble in Paradise:

• AVOID DOIRE BUILDERS Arlington Heights, IL

All Images, Video, and Text Copyright Dennis Toeppen 1978-2025.