Yes, and to consider the clumsy bulkiness of video equipment back then, you have to give props to the filmer for having the presence of mind to deal with all of the mechanics necessary. It wasn’t just whipping your phone out and tapping a button.
it was actually a small Bell & Howell Super 8 camera that he used...you can the camera jerk to the side when the film begins...that was actually the kids mother trying to pull him inside...he then calmly steps off the porch while still filming...