Contributions to the tribute of Frederick Wilson Briggs

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Tuesday, June 6, 2023

A lovely and generous man. I miss his laugh.

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Carl and Marilyn Small posted a condolence

Sunday, June 4, 2023

Sincerest sympathies to Carolyn, Adrienne and family. We have many fond memories of our association with The Hamilton Movie Club, thanks to Fred and Carolyn. The wonderful and fun times we had together with our Stoney Group, enjoying our award winning movies. (Our academy awards). Rest in peace, Fred, dear friend. Love, Carl and Marilyn.

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John posted a condolence

Sunday, June 4, 2023

My condolences. Way back in 2010, just after I met Fred, I was so fascinated with him that I made a documentary called "Fred's Film Fridge." I enjoyed spending time with him during the club meetings, and seeing Avatar 1 at the same time. Lovely man. A great inspiration to all fimmakers. I always wondered if he had finished his Hamilton Beach film project. I sat with him for hours one day as he reviewed the footage with me, way back in 2010. It was an amazing history lesson. It would be an amazing documentary if it ever got finished.

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Frank Swanson uploaded photo(s)

Saturday, June 3, 2023

Fred introduced himself to my amateur video club, the Viewfinders Camcorder Club of Cupertino, CA, back in 2011. He was particularly interested at the time in finding material to publish in the PANORAMA monthly newsletter which he diligently designed, edited and distributed to the members of the SCCA and other amateur clubs around the world. The Viewfinders were glad to contribute the technical articles from our monthly newsletters to his efforts in this regard. We also swapped DVD’s containing videos from our respective club contests which we used as programs for our club meetings. Fred and I spent many an hour on the phone talking about our videography exploits, the SCCA annual competitions, our club meeting programs, and just about life in general - sometimes for hours at a time. My last phone conversation with Fred was back in 2018 when I notified him that the Viewfinders Club was closing down due to a dwindling membership that didn’t justify the effort and work to have local meetings and video contests. At that time he felt that the SCCA was also on its last legs (and apparently it did cease operations a couple years later as well). As stated in Fred’s obituary, I affirm that he was a true friend to those of us who knew and worked with him during his retirement years in support of amateur videography there in Canada and here in California. He made our lives that much more full and meaningful along the way. -- Frank Swanson, Cupertino, CA

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Adrienne Briggs Posted Jun 3, 2023 at 11:18 PM

Thank you for the kind words, and for sharing your memories of Dad. Adrienne

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Saturday, June 3, 2023

Frederick Wilson Briggs

1937 - 2023

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