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Too bad the Wood Coaster was long gone before 1960. They put the Alpine Racer in after that which turned into the Wild Mouse mid 60's. The guy who ran the Diving Bell always had rubber spiders and snakes in his overall pockets and would put them on your shoulder to try and scare you as you were looking out the Port Hole trying to see the Ray or the Shark in that always cloudy water. Bouncing back up to the surface was always the best part. Many people threw up their Hot Dogs and Ice Cream on that Bounce. Yeah' it was a fun time. 7 rides for a Dollar in the later 60's.

is someone loking today?

The golden age of transit here in sf

By the time I was old enough to go there, my mom told me it was too dangerous, that it used to be different. And then they tore it down for condos and it sat, a huge open pit, for about 10 years, or so it seemed to me. Imagine my mom thought it was dangerous. She wouldn't believe what the City is like now. It's so sad. And the Dems did it all knowingly and intentionally. Something weird is going on in San Francisco. From my sister's house on Cabrillo you could hear Laughing Sal if the wind was right, and you could hear the seals barking too.

Just everyday life captured on film. Little did anyone know what was about to happen that coming early December. It would change everything they knew from a relatively calm life to times of stress and anxiety. The war in Europe was 3 years old by this time and would continue for 4 more years. Japan had aggressively moving towards war for 3 years, too. Those people had a lot on their minds….

Época maravilhosa para os estadunidenses até Novembro de 1941. No dia 7 de Dezembro daquele mesmo ano, seria o início de um terrível pesadêlo para aquele Povo até então alegre e cheio de musicalidade! Trilha sonora ao som do Rei do Swing BENNY GOODMAN!!!

i am wondering if walt disney modeled some of his disneyland attractions/rides afte attractions/rides from playland at the beach teacups alpine rollercoaster, the flying rockets.. animatronics of laffing sal(laffing sal was created in the 1930s).. used in pirates of the caribean and haunted mantion and its a small world etc .. walt disney even used "land" in the name disneyland

1:40 Hey that's one of our Perley Thomas streetcars out there! Representing New Orleans (NOPSI, now NORTA).

my aunts boy friend used to stand no hands on cyclone

I Love I Love I Love I Love San Francisco ChinaTown Cable Cars

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Certified Fresh Vanilla Cakes For Very Very Excellent

I Love It A Lot

lots of hats

most things made in America and heavy duty ,

Who else is here from theme park crazy??

Thanks; brings back memories circa JFK era; pre liability laws so rides were wicked especially those in FUNHOUSE; giant wooden slides and a turntable ride that would toss you...

I like the concept, though I am certain that this video is pre COVIT and pre war (Putin's war against Ukraine). This city has become unfriendly, paranoid, and most of all THE most expensive city in the States! Tough there has been some improvement there are still a good percentage of 'sour operators' who are exposed to the public at large who are rude, break the rules such as pass-ups that are unecessary I was passed up twice by one operator on the 33 Line (the oldest trolleybus line in the city) because the only visible tool of discrimination I was wearing a rainbow mask! Uh I am a 'G' of the LGBTQ+ community and Ieven despite the 33 line traverses the 'Heart of the Castro' 18st and Castro, Because my incident of being denied entrz to a trolleybus of Muni presumably because I was wearing a rainbow mask during this pandemic, happened at where both Turk and balboa Sts cross Arguello. This is NOT ACCEPTIBLA and could be construed as a Hate Crime. This is OUR system, the public STILL (theoretically) owns it. It is not a private system as run by the drivers or gripmen! Your video is nice and in theory very productive -- especially in promoting more public ELECTRIC transport. This is my field and expertise, to promote ALL forms of human transport electrification. MUST get away from fossil-fuels NOW! Thnak you!

My grandparents lived on 27th Street in Noe valley at that particular time. My mother was two years old.

When I tried to remember Playland, all I got was Fun House, Diving Bell, and popcorn (or pink popcorn). But seeing this brought back the bumper cars, Tea Cups and Tilt-a-Whirl. Never did the arcade games or the high rides. My older brother had a Lowell buddy who worked there, supposedly won a contest with the name "Fun-tier Village". That was probably one of the last rides I did there, the slow Model T, and a rather sad epilog.

Man I had great times as little boys with my family and friends at Playland at the beach as I got older it was even more fun with bands and music on the Beach people from different neighborhoods lots of girls I really enjoyed myself during those times market Street the Fillmore wow!!!! Wayne M Sims.

I wish I lived closer to sf!

Does anyone remember the caterpillar? It was a ride pretty close to the bumper cars. It was an “ on the ground” ride, but during the ride this canvas cover came over you.

Watching your post brought such joy to my heart because in the early 1960's my Grandmother and I would go on the diving bell every time we went to Playland!😃🎢😃

Great memories of a highly improbable place, due to prevailing weather. You saw some good weather in May and first half of June, before fog rolled in and again late Sept. to early Nov. We tried to time our visits from '64-,70 to these more favorable segments. Don't see the slot-car tracks or Its-It stand. Maybe they came slightly later. Still have 2 slot-cars we raced in mid-late '60s.

My great uncle had been in the city for 3 years at that time. And my (now) late grandmother would arrive 4 years later.

Any relation to Tony Clendenin in Alamagordo?

Remember that place well-late 60s to early 70s.

My only memory of Playland is drivi8ng by it on our way down to San Jose. My sisters and I would beg our parents to stop there. They claimed we went before...don't remember it at all as I was 3 at the time. I was maybe 5...and then it was torn down.

Once a great American city like no other. Today? Well, 😩

Judy Garland, the absolute best when our town WAS the best. She still brings a tear to my eye and goose bumps down my back.

So many good times

I bought an It’s It bar today at the grocery store. Pales in comparison to the original ones.

..all these great amusement parks gone. Used to be you enjoyed standard thrills on a favorite ride, now, thrills are extreme, and not for everyone...and advertised with sex, gore, drugs, and rock and roll. Innocent America no more....

Beautiful documentary! So many memories! Fabulous ending!

I used to go there with my folks all through the 50's. I was probably 6 or seven when I first went there. Skee ball, the merry go round, the haunted house, the slide and the round room where the floor falls out. God I loved it. Cotton candy, colored Carmel popcorn ! Always left with a fresh pie and turnovers at the bakery shop where you could watch the woman make them through the glass window ! So sad that it's gone. Loved the Cliff House on the hill too. Great childhood memories !

Loved these kind of parks to bad they are all gone days when you could spend a day and have a good time no drama. no worries just having a good time to bad these days are long gone sad😪

The very year my house on 38th Ave was being built!

I'm mesmerized by reflecting on my youth there in the 50's ! Thanks !

Gee. That was dull.

Im so glad that i was a kid back then and not now. Video games are nothin compared to Playland at the Beach.

Memories ☺☺☺

I'm a taxi driver in the city of San Francisco, this is what I see every day!😎

How wonderful it must have been to live in those days My mother grew up in the city and she said it was great You could walk down mission in the night without anyone bothering you

good old days

How I miss Playland! We lived only about 30 min or so from it and went as often as my dad would take me. I loved, loved, loved it!

Fantastic👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

There is a film similar to this except its back in 1906 about two weeks before the earthquake that destroyed a lot.

Clendenin10, do you know who, if anyone, holds the copyright to this clip?

Never got to go there, as I lived in the south bay area. Santa Cruz was my playland, and it appears was very similar. At least that place is still around. I lived in Mountain View where many of the original Disneyland rides were made by Arrow Development. At one time I lived right across the street from them. I see Playland had teacups and rockets too, so I wonder if Arrow made those as well?