Preserving camcorder footage

In 1995, just a few months before I was born, my parents purchased a Sony camcorder (CCD-FX730VE). This camcorder documented my brother’s and my childhood - from family outings to random evenings at home, and everything in between. It was used regularly until around 2002 - at which point we switched to digital, and my brother and I used it to make silly little films. In total there were about 13…