1950s Film - AQUATIC WONDERLAND - Mission Bay Park, San Diego, CA 

I lived above Mission Bay in c.1956. It was nice then. For decades I wondered why No One bought homes on top of Clairmont, especially ours, with a view of the Bay and to the south. The canyon was filled up with homes but still that simple neighborhood with the good views just sat until about ten years ago when someone bought our home and really did a remodel. Other homes along the canyon have been "Remodeled" too. The San Diego I knew is long gone and I haven't visited the area for over 30 years. And I lived near Sunset and Voltaire, recall the Jack in the Box being built (second one built, first on El Cajon blvd). The cliffs have eroded a good 50 feet since c.1961. Finally big rocks were laid at the beach cliff base. Erosion has slowed.

This was fun to watch. I'm a native San Diegan and grew up in Pacific Beach.

Wow, this is great. It needs to be seen by more people. It's hard to believe that all of Mission Bay was at one time a giant salt water estuary with mudflats and San Diego city planners were thoughtful enough to plan and build a massive project like this. Now the city planners with a massive population are trying to take away park land. MONEY corrupts!

I’m 17 from San Diego & this is amazing

This film is an absolute treasure! Not everything they mentioned came to be, but most did. I can still dream of horses, shooting, and tropical flowers! Thank you so much for making this available for us to see.

I love it especially for drone photography

There is a small amnt of film from other county parks, "future features" that were developed during the dredging of the bay to create Fiesta Island. The NE corner on the planning map was changed significantly after the Rose Creek fire in Pacific Beach. It is now the Rose Creek Preserve.

Born and raised There,60's,70" s

"long motorboard ride across the bay" ... that was funny. 😂

Amigo, podría utilizar tu vídeo de la antigua Tijuana, para narrar lo que ocurría en Tijuana en aquel año. Será usado para conocimiento del pueblo tijuanense. Muchas gracias

Friend, I could use your video of the old Tijuana, to narrate what happened in Tijuana that year. It will be used for the knowledge of the Tijuana people. Thanks a lot

What a gem of a film! Thanks for sharing!

Very cool video! I showed this to some of my family that lives in the area - very interesting how the East Shore does not look like how they planned:-)

I kind of dig how terrible the kids are at basketball and shooting bows lol - thanks for sharing this! So much detail packed into one little promotional video

Thank you for sharing this video!! It's a great classic!!

LOVE how man reallly wants to tear the trailer park down !! Oh boy .. MONEY!!

Great footage of pre-development. Certainly has changed from the 1950's.

Hats off to these planners

Whoah! This is so awesome to see!

The original bay was probably lovely

How did they do this without a phone glued to their hands ???

Now if we just get the access back....

kind of run down now

Nice playground, ecological disaster

I don't recall a concrete dam anywhere in Mission Bay Park at 13:14. The Boy Scouts shown boating, fishing, shooting rifles, and camping are at a county maintained reservoir most likely in San Diego's east or north counties...NOT Mission Bay Park. Just shows that media has been full of shit forever.

What a gem of a film! Thanks for sharing!