"It's a Wonderful Life" Filming Locations - Where it was Made Ep.2 

That's actually what happened to me! I used to live at the apartment building on the spot where the old RKO set was (with the trees) and had no idea I lived at the Its A Wonderful Life spot until I started research for this video. It blew my mind when I found out haha

Thank you very much!

Wow, thanks for your compliment!

I definitely want to go there some day! I love this movie. I used to live at the apartment building on the spot where the old RKO set was (with the trees) and had no idea I lived at the Its A Wonderful Life spot until I started research for this video.

@@smalltownpictures Bring your camera. It's a quaint little town. The Women's Right Museum is very interesting too.

@@smalltownpictures I was in the Adirondacks a few times and I stopped off in Pottersvillle for a pizza. Yes, there is a Pottersville in upstate New York, I've been there, and its pretty far from Seneca Falls!

Thank you so much!

Thanks for checking out our video!

I was just there @ Encino Village yesterday. The 'Genesee Street' set in the 1946 film was about 200 ft (5 houses) north of current Hatteras St. and ran parallel to it on an east/west axis, from current Graves Ave. to current Wish Ave., near the east perimeter of the RKO lot (where the "You are Now in Bedford Falls" sign was located). In 1954 the entire property was sold to developers, graded, and re-landscaped. Most new streets were re-aligned north/south. The massive "It's a Wonderful Life" sets were demolished and multiple rows of houses built right on top of the foundations. I believe the famous trees in the movie were boxed and had been planted temporarily in a trench that ran the length of the street set. The trees were probably removed and relocated on the RKO ranch property right after filming. You don't see them in aerial photos from late 40's and early 1950's, long before sale of the RKO lot. The Encino Village architects also brought in hundreds of additional small oaks for residential landscaping. The original trees may still exist somewhere in Encino Village but (at this late date) I think it's impossible to positively identify any specific trees from the "It's a Wonderful Life" production.

I barely remember any of the physical scenery, but the show that one person can make a huge difference in so many lives, like his librarian wife Mary, the 200 men who were saved from death, and the housing development that brought people from renters to homeowners are that big things. FYI I loved Bert and Ernie

They are indeed!

Ok Mr. Potter whatever you say.

Some one hasn't taken his happy pills today...