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Pennsylvanias lost amusement parks / Kelleher, Russell & Young present a Ron Keller, Chuck Russell Production ; written by Ron Keller, Tim Young ; produced by Ron Keller, Chuck Russell.
LIBRA DVD 020 977
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Amusement parks--Pennsylvania.
- Amusement parks.
- Pennsylvania.
- Amusement parks--United States.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (50 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
- Place of Publication:
- Canton, Ohio : Kelleher, Russell and Young, [2007]
- System Details:
- DVD.
- digital
- optical
- video file
- DVD video
- Summary:
- Take a nostalic look at two of America's greatest amusment parks from their inception, into the golden era of the 1950's and up to their closing and tragic demolition. Willow Grove Park, now a shopping mall, opened on Memorial Day 1896 and closed in 1975. West View Park operated from 1906 to 1977. The site of this amusement park in now occupied by West View Plaza. Amusement Park memories, a compilation film contains never before seen footage of the great old amusement parks in the United States.
- Contents:
- Life was a lark at Willow Grove Park (50 mins.)
- West View Park : rediscover the excitement! (47 mins.)
- Amusement Park memories (50 mins) / A Russell-Kelleher Production ; produced and written by Chuck Russell and Steve Kelleher ; directed by Chuck Russell.
- Credits:
- Narrators: Jim Kelley for Life was a lark at Willow Grove Park ; Jim Kelly Barker for West View Park ; Jack Pancher for Amusement Park memories.
- Notes:
- Historic documentary.
- Life was a lark at Willow Grove Park was originally released in 1991; West View Park was originally produced in 1991 ; Amusement Park memories originally produced in 2004.
- Contains:
- Life was a lark at Willow Grove Park
- West View Park
- Amusement Park memories
- OCLC:
- 210086653
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