If the film is in chronological order, then the red sandstone bluff at 11:01 is probably Red Rock Canyon State Park near Ridgecrest, California. this is on Highway 14 which connects to 395 and Lone Pine.
Hairspray! Rollers, bouffant. Go to bed with rollers in your hair. Uncomfortable. Wake up, back comb into a bouffant do , apply spray. Hopefully lasts a few days.
Alot of Neon Sign Night Footage was taken in Nashville. I shared your video with a local Nashville History Group and they confirmed the exact route the drivee took with business directories, maps and photos from the time period. I clipped the Nashville section of your video, did some slight editing, and shared it on my channel but included your details and a link to the entire footage and your channel, . Thank you so much for saving and sharing.
From Orange County and Disneyland in Anaheim was of course much different then. It really was a magical place for kids and even adults. I know a lot of people say it was much cheaper back then, but you have to take into account monies made in the 60s. It wasn't expensive but it wasn't super cheap either. Crowds weren't an issue if I remember correctly, or maybe the excitement kept me from noticing. I still have books of tickets from back then shoved in a shoe box somewhere. For most of us who grew up in Orange County, this was a once a year thing, maybe twice counting Christmas. Disneyland during Christmas in the 60s was incredible. My parents would take us to Disneyland in the summer along with Knotts Berry Farm, another awesome place during the 60s in Buena Park. This wasn't counted as a vacation, but an outing that lasted a whole day. I remember sitting at the window of my bedroom watching the Disneyland fireworks over Bastanchury Hill in Fullerton. It was a great time to be a kid.
I try and try to get into the minds of visitors to figure out why it wasn't as crowded. Was admission and a ticket book the same slice out of one's paycheck as today? sure they had no annual passes. This is before new Tomorrowland and Haunted Mansion and Pirates. I assume the NY world's fair is not yet over. Best reason I think the population of SoCal expanded many many X since then. Even with DCA Imagine if Walmart built 6 stores 2 in Ca and 4 in Fla and never ever built any more. Yep they'd be crowded. While other businesses keep building for extra population, Disney hasn't built a new park in 25 years.
No room to expand, really. They had to take the massive parking lot for dca. The resort is more or less hemmed in. Victim (physically) of its own popularity. Even if disneyland forward project materialises, they’ll still be on the same existing footprint. Will be sacrificing expanses (parking lots) for rides. Nowhere to go but up.
At 2:49 we see the Stagecoach ride in Disneyland. These operated only through 1959 when they were discontinued. The footage from Tomorrowland shows the original TWA Rocket from "Rocket To The Moon" and the Monsanto Hall of Chemistry. Circarama was a forerunner to Circlevision which debuted at Disneyland in 1967 with the New Tomorrowland section.
The diver is in Lake Ramsey , in the background is the City of Sudbury Fresh Water Pumping Station. The canon is at some point on Bell Park overlooking Lake Ramsey
Awesome! I was waiting for the snow to show up in some clip, after all it's the integral part of Canada! Finally snow showed up, but remarkably most of them are shot in summer it seems! I wish people would wear such clothes too now. Anyway, real gem this video is!
First time I went was 1964. I remember all these things and more. I remember riding donkeys and I remember some sort of ride that was kind of like a salt and pepper shaker but not as bad. I could be wrong on that, but definitely rode the donkeys there. I drove the cars we did the submarine ride. I remember the band. I remember the women in the funny outfit. So funny, I have pictures still not too many but some.
It’s so interesting how some parts of the city still remind of that. The sidewalks and some of those stone and iron rod railings still look like that but there isn’t a tram anymore just sone left over rails in the city
You'll notice in the film a sign that says Am Lautrupsbach, would that mean then the bridge with the Iron railings we see is the main road? Bismarckstraßa?
Ladies and gentlemen, that era was the peak of our humanity. My parents were lucky to have lived during those years, I don't belong to nowadays society.
If that was the peak, then we need to enjoy the ride down. In reality some things are different, but some things still remain the same. Over time the old wither and the new take over. It's just a change in time.
Throughout the 50s they released two to three movies a year. Starting in 1961 it went up to about five to seven a year. Pretty well on the map at least.
