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More Wildwood Boardwalk Rides 1957/58
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Here's more Wildwood Boardwalk footage from 1957 & 1958 including the Mars Dark ride, the pony rides on the beach at East Oak Avenue, and other rides at Casino Arcade Park. And from 1961, a nice view of the Sans Souci Motel on East 21st that recently met the wrecking ball.
Wildwood Boardwalk Rides 1957.mov
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Remember the Up N' Atom? The Bubble Bounce? The Toonerville Trolley and Casino Arcade? Check out these and many other rides from the past on the Boardwalk in Wildwood, New Jersey. Filmed in 1957 by my Dad with his trusty Bell & Howell 8mm film camera. I recently transferred my family's old films to digital format, and wanted to share these excerpts that show some of those fun rides alot of us r...
good ole days
thank you for the memories!!!
Very nice. Brings back a lot of memories.
Beautiful times!
So cool to see old footage of Wildwood and even other places. It's nice that videos were preserved until now to be shown since I didn't think that was a possibility.
Wow that's awesome 😎 I was not even born yet wild Wood New Jersey is still there today with updated amusement ride's and everything
I was 18 years old and having fun at the boardwalk back then! Had 7 kids and we went there a week each year! Great memories! Not much if anything is left from my era! Even the satellite motel that we stayed at each year is gone! Townhouses now!
Very cool video. I have been transferring my dad's old super 8 videos and there are several from Wildwood but mostly in the early to mid 70's.
Thanks! Love to see your Wildwood stuff when you post them!
@@rreditor100 they are already posted. They are mixed in with my other videos
Its so new looking
Crazy to see how far the water came up back then versus today. Back in the day when the fishing pier could actually be used for fishing! lol
We use to stay at beach cove & beach court motels right off the boardwalk at 20 th St from late 50's to late 60's. Water would come past the boardwalk back. Always started then finished the night at Hunts Pier. Can remember getting 4 or 5 hot dogs @ Nates Hot Dogs for a $1 during lunch special. It was just north of Macks pizza at Gleenwood Avenue. Think Macks had 4 locations back then for 25 cents a slice. Used to go to the magic shop and purchase hot chewing gum, gum that turned mouth black & cigerates loads to blow cigerates up.
4:15 Sexy mom saying "Really?" to the cameraman.
Fantastic performance! Thank you!
Another great performance by Jonathn Ashe at the Yardley Inn, Yardley, Pa. north of Philadelphia. Love his “Feels Like Spring” album on iTunes. Vocals and arrangement on “Brandy”- one of my favorites.
The ocean was closer To the boardwalk than that Tells u global warming Is Bullshit
Notice how close the ocean was to the boardwalk back then... now it's about a mile walk to the water lol
it’s like crossing a fucking dessert to go from boardwalk to the water in wildwood, but sea isle has always been my favorite shore town
Years from now, the icebergs will have all melted and the entire planet will be underwater except Wildwood. The Wildwood beach will still be there and it will be about 10 miles from the boardwalk to the water I’m only half joking
@@Kyle_The_Mighty Love, the exaggeration☺️!!
My brother and I got stuck inside the Mars ride 2 weeks prior to the kids from Levittown being killed on this ride . There was a beer can right next to the track and every time the car hit it , we were propelled backwards , then forward again . Very scary
This is the "Mars" funhouse? Amazing how my memories held up. Used to go to Wildwood as a kid, mid--1960s, and vaguely remember asking to ride a "dark ride" like this, but my Mom wouldn't allow it, saying there had just been a fire in a similar funhouse and kids had been killed. Now I've just learned about the tragic 1964 fire in this "Mars;" and that's what she must have been referring to. Must have been terrible.
Wow, the boardwalk is completely unrecognizable now compared to what it was in 1957. It would be cool to go back to this time, it would be like going to an alternate Wildwood boardwalk lol.
Thank you for posting. It's so interesting to see Hunt's Pier BEFORE the Golden Nugget Mine Ride was there (it opened in 1960, I believe). The Bubble Bounce would later be right next to Golden Nugget. Beautiful quality of these movies. Your dad was a good cameraman. :)
I was searching for The Bubble Bounce. We had one at Playland at the Beach in San Francisco, but none of the Playland YT clips had my favorite ride. I love the BB. Thanks to your Dad for filming your fun at Wildwood. He ended up filming a memory for me, a 62 year old woman in Marin County, California. Very cool. Thanks so much.
Yup I remember the bubble bouncer ride at Whitney's Playland at the beach in San Francisco. Also had that roller plane that went vertical and horizontal (only about 8 built like that) also classic rides like the octopus and rock o plane and the diving bell. Also the ride next to the diving bell and just North of the mad mine was a ride called Twister. I remember when West Coast Shows took over the park in 1968 they brought in all kinds of fair rides on trucks. Sad the park was demolished in 1972
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My Home - loved it, those were the days! Thanks for sharing, awesome memories, puts you in a good place!
Very nice, good job!
thank you
love it! much before i was born but so great to see how cool it was back then and it just got better and better! great filming! :)
I believe three children died, one survived the fire on August 4th, 1964. Please check out my new movie that has great footage of the Mars ride in 1957...and you can see three of the attendees very clearly...Let me know if you recognize any of them!
Sorry I haven't gotten back sooner. I remember when the Mars burned down (early 60's I believe) and the tragedy of a couple people dying inside. Haven't had a chance to capture my old Wildwood movies to digital format -- waiting for a cold snowy day to complete this for all you fans.
That's awesome...My Dad knew some of the people who worked in the Arcade at that time, he may have known him!! I've got a little more coming soon, including the MARS ride, and look forward to seeing your films!
Thank you for posting your home movie memories of Wildwood. My grandfather ran the Kiddie Rides in the Casino Arcade from around 1951 up until 1967 -- Mars Spook House, Tubs of Fun, Whip, Boats, and others. Grandpop loved his job and enjoyed watching all the kids having fun -- always a smile on his face. I believe I spotted him in the background -- very cool. Those were the best years of my life. I have some old Wildwood Boardwalk movies too and will try to figure out how to upload them soon.
I remember...Great film!
I LOVE IT!
amazing footage!
Wow, this is fabulous! Thanks so much for uploading and sharing :)
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