KINDRED SPIRITS!
Dave's drawers had amazingly similar stuff that I had, and in some cases I still have. I still have TIP32C's and LEDs and T05 case transistors and regulators! I still have about 5 of these old boxes around.
The grey drawers with the E12 series resistors originally contained countersunk screws, machine screws, washers, nuts, cotter pins etc. Dave or maybe his parents would have bought the kit at K-Mart, because it was a K-Mart product. The entire box with the contents all cost around $5.99 if I recall correctly which was a bargain at the time. Even though us Aussies advanced in the 1970's by going metric, having ye olde imperial threads around was still useful. These grey boxes were available around 1979 and 1980. (Incidentally in 1977, I bought a hacksaw from K-mart for $1. I still have it and use it.)
I did throw out a lot of old resistors of the same vintage because the legs were so oxidized they were no longer solderable. The only bad thing about those drawers is the PTH resistor legs would find their way into lifting up the plastic dividers and migrate into the next compartment, gradually making a mess.
Thanks for the video Dave, I enjoyed it.