The Millennium Dome Exhibition Full Walk Through in Greenwich London 2000 Hi8 Video
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- Martin Hammonds takes a day trip to the Millennium Dome. This is a perfect day to try out his new Camcorder.
This footage has never seen the light of day. Pulled from the Martin Hammonds archive this is quite a detailed walk through of the The Millennium Dome Exhibition that was open for just a single year to celebrate the Millennium. Martins day out was on the 16th of Feb 2000.
Something the critics at the time couldn’t understand was what it was like from a child’s perspective. I was 6 when I went and I just remember it being the most amazing, exciting place in the world. I still cherish the memories of visiting with my school, then my parents then my Nan. Incredible experience.
Yeah, I visited about 4 times. I was 20 at the time. It was a good attempt to copy Disney's EPCOT Center in Florida, which I'd also been to a number of times. Not quite as exciting as EPCOT, but pretty good.
I agree - my parents took me there at that age too and I was mesmerised
Same. I was 8 and I still cherish the memory of that day. I remember the criticism it got from people and was so confused by that.
Agreed- the dome ruled 🙏
Yeah man I was 10 and I got to go twice. It was awesome.
Do you remember that film you watch at a desk and it’s about some girl and this magic tree that grows then after the film the screen went back/opened up and you walk through into the forest they created? That was cool.
I also remember playing pong with paddles and a split room
Wow, I visited the millenium dome when I was little and I remember one room which had a huge beating heart hanging in the middle of it and I found it so creepy. It's awesome to see this footage now!
I have the exact same memory lol
With the big man and the money room 💯😂 went on a school trip
This os the exact reason i looked for this video 🤣🤣🤣
I have a memory of this huge creepy man sculpture sat down staring
@What Matt Thought there were loads of like screaming sounds in the human body too. Sex / Childbirth? With video of sperm swimming lol
Seems to be a universal thing that those of us who visited it as kids really loved it, and adults did not. Genuinely, it's a top memory from my childhood, I loved it!
This is amazing. I had so many memories of this place as a child. I wondered if I had made up some of the attractions but this video has proven that the attractions did actually exist!
Wow, this is great. Thanks for uploading! When the Millenium Dome opened all the press slated it, so I never bothered to go and see it for myself. Near the end of the year my brother went and really enjoyed it, but I never did manage to make a visit. I regret it now.
The press hated it because on the night of 31st December 1999 they were all kept waiting in the cold outside Stratford or West Ham station because of a fault, and they hated everything to do with the Dome because of it. Totally irrational, but a true story.
Incredible footage for 21 years ago you have great camera skills
Filming is easy 😂
Thanks a lot for this footage, it's brought back some good memories! I was talking about the millennium dome with my mum earlier and was very grateful to see this upload 😁🙏🏻
It's crazy seeing how much it's changed.
I went here when I was 10. There is only a few things a remember about it. Crazy watching this and remembering more.
You must be the same age as me then. I was living in Wales at the time and went there on a school trip. Its mad looking back on this especially with my 11 year old 😊
same as me ahahah school trip
Same!
Thanks for uploading this. The Rest Zone was my favourite when I was a kid.
I went with my mum and dad aged 6. One of the only things I remember is that play area, with the sponge ball shooters and just other random fleeting memories.. But now I actually remember more and more..
Lol i remember that, i went in the year 2000 with my mom, i was 7 and i remember the turret gun and the body, lol and i have some ET photo from then
The sponge ball shooters were the best, there was one gun if aimed correctly could shoot the balls out of the area and into the main walkway outside, that was amazing fun!
I think that play area went to Chessington World of adventures after. I went and saw the same characters resused on the signs
I remember them too, I wasn't even 10 yet and I can remember like it was yesterday everyone going firing them balls and running round, there was me lining up up shot a ball went to the other side and hit some poor kid in the as he ran by who then fell to the floor 😅
Great footage. Such an underrated attraction.
A bargain at 789 million pound Xx
The foam ball play area was amazing, different levels with cannons to shoot the balls from, was like a Nickelodeon game show or something. 21 years ago is crazy
I remember and loved that
One of my earliest memories, amazing from a kids perspective.
That's my strongest memory of that day when I went as a kid around 11-12. That foam ball play area was so cool, must've spent an hour in there.
It went to Chessington World of Adventures afterwards and was changed to Beano (comic) branding. Where it is now I have no idea, but it was great at Chessington as well.
I went there when I was a kid and I still have the memory of shooting the foam balls out the cannons
I went to the dome, and had a great time. Thanks for this, it brought back some great memories
Thanks for the memories dude, I remember going to the Dome in April 2000 was only 10 years old at the time
I like how you filmed most of the ceiling during the live show lol
Im so happy I found this. Even happier you filmed the bit where the cinema screen goes up to reveal the magical room behind it - I vividly remember my mind being blown when that happened as a child!! ❤❤
Loved it as child. And at the end, your zooming in on Canary Wharf... cannot believe it stood there by itself, alone, considering how many skyscrapers exist there nowadays!
Thanks for sharing, this has brought back loads of memories. I visited aged aged 5 and vividly remember walking underneath the heart and I'm amazed how accurate my memory was! Not warped at all!
Does anyone else remember - long shot - a tiny beach set up. It had sand and some traditional British beach items. I'm certain I didn't imagine it!
This video warmed my heart remembering how simple life was then even being so young I remember so much of it.
Yes! There was some exhibit about British beaches, but I cannot remember much about it. I think it was imagery and some items and I do think there was some sand too.
Thank you for sharing this footage, i sadly never had the chance to visit the millennium exhibition even though i really wanted to at the time.
This must've felt like a complete fever dream going there as a kid, wish I was old enough to remember it
haha. I was about to post saying it was a fever dream until I saw this comment.
I went here when I was 8. I remember some of it, mainly the money section, the beach and arcade and the show. I still have a notebook and Teddy bear from my visit 😊
Thank you for this
This was a day after my 3rd birthday. I was so scared of this place when I went to see it with my family😂
Those flat panel screens were impressive at the time.
They were. We got our fist widescreen TV in 2000, but even that was quite chunky.
The music from the mood zone in the millennium dome is still playing at the Longplayer at Trinity buoy wharf lighthouse in London and will continue to play for a thousand years from the year 2000
Really? That's interesting. I recently watched Tom Scott's video about the Trinity Buoy lighthouse.
Interestingly Longplayer is written by Jem Finer from the Pogues. There's no real mention of that at Trinity Buoy. Perhaps Finer wanted to downplay that. I had no idea that this was what was playing in the Mood Zone. That was a definite poignant memory for me from the Millenium Dome. Thanks for the factoid! :)
I went as a kid, and it was incredible but I do wonder what the "theme" was they were going for 😅
Crazy how much the peninsula has changed in such a short time.
Loved going to the dome, it's like how most sci fi films depict the future and end up way off the mark 🤣
18:45 whatever happened to that company?
Lots of nostalgia thanks!
I have some core memories of when it first opened the main being the body and the white room. I was about 11/12 when I went. Loved seeing this video. All so weird! Why they ever thought it’d be a success is beyond me, like an acid trip watching that now 😂
Went when I was 5, that human body was freaky enough to be burned into my mind. The sounds it made...
I definitely think it’s better than what’s in there now personally.
Greetings! May I use this footage in a video I'm making about obscure animatronics? I will give you full credit in the video.
Didn't expect you to pop up here 😅, but good to see you!
It’s amazing what they’ve managed to fit in there today!
I've just listened to a BBCR4 documentary with Paul Merton, the whole thing was so close to disaster, worth a listen 25 years! I've a very similar home vid I need to put on, came via the shiny new tube station.
Hello, may I ask what's happened to your Crimewatch UK playlist, please?
Last I checked, you had a playlist with 648 videos on it.
Could you kindly please reupload the playlist again?
Thank you in advance.
I lost my mum in the seaside zone (not included here) and it was the most terrifying moment of my life.
I remember clearly the beach zone, the human body and the show in the middle. I quite enjoyed it there. Much better than it being the O2 arena and shops.
I was 6 when I went, and was scared of the beating heart in the human body so had to leave that part of the attraction. I have this vimmed memory of a girl telling a true story in a short film about an apple tree growing into her house as it got so big. Then afterwards we went into a room where people met the real her and was talking to her for a bit. It was beautiful the lights and the fake apple tree they used to represent the real one. I don't remember anything else it's ashame I was too young to enjoy it and that it's all gone now so I can't revisit the place.
11:00 then the camera’s not looking at anything interesting. Was there a thing against pointing the camera at the performance?
That would have probably scared the crap out of me. I would have been 18 at the time 🤣
The Body, sponsored by Boots x them ariel dancers, the astronomical prices of the food etc, getting a piccie with E.T happy times x
I was one of the kids that performed in the ‘our town story’ shows (shown from 23.53) I remember it being a magical experience and I felt like a celebrity . We practiced for months, but watching them now they kinda seem a bit rubbish. It was pretty special to be able to do it though. I remember we all came in these McDonald sponsored coaches with pictures all over the sides.
Does anyone remember the Sad people walking around? You had to try and make them smile. It was hard! Was a bit of fun for us kids though lol
I remember visiting aged 7. We didn't get into The Body experience as my parents told me there was a 4 hour queue. The real reason may have been so they didn't need to have 'The Talk' about the sperm scene! The capsule ride was the best, I remember going through the tornado was partially what inspired me to become a weather man.
I remember going there when I was 9, wish my kids could of experienced something like this.
This video must have been early in the year. I went during the final months and there wasn't a single queue. I walked around the body zone in a matter of a few minutes and went straight back in the entrance again because I thought I must have missed something. I hadn't.
The BT zone was the worst, it was just one long, boring advert on how 'good it is to talk'.
David Puttnam's school zone was the best exhibit for me, and this mainly consisted of a short movie. The zone pumped out the smell of boiled cabbage to add to the school atmosphere, but the smell lingered all over the dome. I kid you not.
I was 36 at the time and from an adult's perspective it was an underwhelming experience. The oyster bar was the highlight for me personally. Those oysters were the best I've ever had.
Thanks for posting. Interesting. I’m in London just for a month every 2-4 years to visit family & friends, so I was in London in late 1999 before this had opened, and then not until after it was closed, so missed it. Grrr. The dome was impressive, but thinking they could pull this together in such a short time with such an inexperienced team and too many cooks spoiling the broth at the political end meant that the chances of success were not great. It seems to have lacked a coherent vision. Also, the one year sunset plan seems to have mitigated against a more coherent and professional experience. I wonder whether the public was ever asked at the beginning what they thought a millennium exhibition should be about, or what they’d find interesting, or whether long term efforts to make them feel involved and engaged ever happened?
I very vaguely remember a card questionnaire about the dome in 1999, we got hold of one at school I think, or I could be mixing it up with some other questionnaire from some other time. I remember us kids put "completely uninterested" as the answer to all the questions though 🤣
I loved the millennium dome exhibition in 2000. Don't understand the critics.
You must have been a kid. From an adult's perspective it was a garishly artificial series of uninspired exhibits. Lots of brightly coloured plastic and little in the way of celebrating 2000 years of British history.
I remember the McDonald’s was massive
Wait! There was a McDonalds in there...?
@@jackbluepirate87 yes, because my main memory is eating there aged 5 and accidentally biting my finger instead of a chip, resulting in a blood blister and me screaming the place down 😂
There is loads from this video I remember now! Wow! Anyone remember the old Victorian beach in there with the arcade games
1:41 the first handheld filmcamera bomb
Went on a school trip and either a second school trip or just a day out and both times I got food poisoning 🥴😂😂
The nostalgia!
Great video! Looked like such a cool place. By the way anyone know the song at 6:47?
Wow the world really has changed so much in 20 odd years.
I also won a blue Peter competition to have my poem put in time capsule here lol
Now it's like a mini Westfield
We love this footage and would like to license it for media if possible - is there a contact address we could use?
martinhammondstravel@gmail.com.com
4:50 All of my nightmares...
I'm in this video lol
They said it was a failure… looks pretty crowded to me. Shame it didn’t last, but I’m sure it would appear really dated by now.
It’s thriving it’s actually been a hotspot for years now most concerts and events loads of restaurants bars and a cinema they have a cable cart that takes you over it’s lovely
@@ariessummerthe OP was on about the Millenium Dome as it was, not the O2 Arena.
Does Martin Hammonds always talk about Martin Hammonds in third person? :D
Does anyone remember being able to take your picture next to ET in this place or is it just me?
I remember, and you got a little card with your picture and ET
Still got my ET card!
ET PHONE HOME
Oh well goodbye 1990s hello 2000s.
I went to Dome when it was running down and exhibitors were pulling out because of lack of visitors. Myself and companion were amazed at how banal it was and thought some old spinster had designed it all to amuse little kids who didn't have tv.
We thought it a great waste of money .
Hello! I hope you’re well. I’m a producer at the production company Lightbox and would love to license your excellent footage for a documentary we’re making set in 2000. Do you have an email I could contact you on? Very best wishes,
Yasmin
London was still alright back then
I remember a spot where there were realistic mannequins of staff members sitting and standing here and there, and at some point I nudged one and it was a real guy! Does anyone remember if there was an actual candid camera show set there that was shown on TV back then or did the guy just improvise?
Wow thank fuck i never went there
London seemed nicer back then…
It's all fun and games till storm Eunice takes the roof off...
6:59 They're playing FOOTBALL!
It's called "SOCCER" in America.
first one to spot the ginger kid carrying the giant fuzzy alien wins something nice
Has anyone claimed the prize yet brother?
Went as a child, did not enjoy it.
I was born on April 5, 2000
Jack Winton didn't exist on this date.
That was before me, the beginning of 2000 A.D.
One thing we humans are good at is wasting money 😂
I remember being six and thinking this was pretty crap.
And what a giant waste of 💰 this was it was a huge waste off time and a giant flop at least the building is being put to a better use now.
O2 arena
Dire.
The body area looks scary
Dear god 5:00
What 6:00
What 2 6:04
What 3 5:15
We outside 5:32
the simpsons parodied this lol