Valley of the Sun, 1960s
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- A television program about Phoenix, Arizona in the 1960s.To purchase a clean DVD of this film for personal home use or educational use contact us at questions@archivefarms.com. To license footage from this film for commercial use visit: www.travelfilmarchive.com
My dad was a milk man from 1962 to 1967, I used to go on his route to homes in the summers sometimes. He would just walk into people's unlocked doors with no one home. He made a lot of money doing this. I loved growing up in Phx in the 60s and 70s.
I think your dad is my father. With him being a milk Man, that makes you my half brother.
Today with all the theiving nothing can be unlocked unfortunately.
iwasherenowiamnot ok what up half bros?
edward starling I locked my car and someone smashed out a window.
@@iwasherenowiamnotok8893 lols.
Our sunsets are so beautiful! Love Arizona!
I agree!
I just love the innocence of the time. Even the difference between the early 80s to now is a huge change. My parents still live in the house I grew up in and it used to be surrounded by open farmland. Still amazing to see how much it has changed. Still wrapping my head around and 11 to 17500 thousand home..I can only imagine what an original Biltmore mansion costed then...
Innocence of who, white people? I could easily argue that there was no innocence back then when plenty of minority Phoenicians lived in poverty and were still being exiled or forbidden to sit where white people could sit. Sounds almost opposite of innocent.
My mom wanted to live on Ca.elback Mtn...1957...but way to expensive...$19,000....
It’s so different now, great memories of the old Phoenix metro area. Moved here in the late 60’s , was 7 years old.Coming from back East it was so different.
Thanks for posting this amazing time capsule of my beautiful state 🏆
"Good afternoon, It's hotter tf in Phoenix"
That's how we keep the weak out! 😜
It’s amazing to see how my city grew from a small desert town to the 5th largest city in the US. A lot of the buildings in that video are still there. But Phoenix today is absolutely unrecognizable.
I've been back 8 times since 1990 and have no ambition to come back anymore, not sice mom died.
Pheonix is a tiny town compared to my city Toronto. 5 largest in North America. (Can, USA, Mex). 5.5 million
@@samboggs3499 That was about the size of it. I visited in 1993 (3 years after I'd moved) and it was barely recognizable.
Phoenix metro area: 4,857,962
@@italianguy4195 Toronto is a tiny town compared to New York.
and now the open land is a Phoenix suburb.
So sad but so true
Bl SI it looked like NE Scottsdale
@@brianjamds6617 And that is built up now crime is on the rise in that town homeless on corners that's why many moved up to anthem.
@@cindysue5474
They'll keep moving too. I love Arizona and Phoenix is a metropolitan love/hate dirge. She is always expanding but doesn't take care of her core and that rot will eventually hit the arms. I know many were supposed to be revitalizing downtown but I am sure the changes in administrative powers slowed that down.
The last hurdle will be sustainability as the Hoover Dam uses the last water in the reservoir. Arizona gets the least amount of that power which is why the Palo Verde nuclear plant was necessary. SRP and APS will continue to duke it out over power and water rights.
Phoenix needs to live up to it's name and rise above from the ashes.
Wow... now here it is the year 2020 and Phoenix Arizona is the fifth largest city in the United States with about 7 million people
@Danel 7.38 million if we're being exact and that's for the whole state of Arizona
@Danel but then again if you County illegal immigrants in this state yeah we're probably closer to your figure LOL
There is a good side to the c-virus and people staying in their homes.....NO stopping or slowing down on the FREEWAYS and city driving reminds me of the 70's with only one problem the lights are still set for rush hour traffic
Who's danel?
5.4 million for phoenix metro.
Remember those great days. Hello Cortez High, class of 1970.
Thanks for posting this video. Brought back a lot of memories.
Are you Rusrty from Cortez High? I remember those days too. What a difference 55 years makes.
I was born in 94, I would have loved to see my city during this time
I'm a 7th generation Phoenician and I couldn't think of a better place to live❤☀
That's impossible unless you're an Indian
Our house on Culver St. was 2 streets over from the Phx. Madison Square Garden. My brother told us one night (when our mom wouldn't get home from her job until after dark), that the wrestler on TV (Gorgeous George) was at this arena. So he walked us over and we stood outside the front door on the porch... every time the door opened we could see the boxing ring towards the back. That place seemed old even back in the 60s.
Thank you mom and dad for introducing me to Phoenix. I miss it so much
20:10 I live in Cave Creek! My hometown since I moved here from the Bay Area when I was 7! So cool to see what AZ looked like in the 60s and especially cool to see Cave Creek mentioned!
how old are you?
@Clinton Lewis 🙋🏼♀️ I grew up in Desert Hills. Im in Glendale now though
It's never too late to move back!
@@chavalolopez1182 23 now...
Moving back to the 1960's would require a time machine.
Its an incomplete documentary. They did not mention Legand City and Wallace and Ladmo.
Well, this probably was a CBS production, seeing as how they showed channel 10. So they couldn't acknowledge independent channel 5 and the Gerald show.
@@gregmiga1393 i was being humorous. Maybe i should have placed a 😂 at the end.
Mystery Castle.....I love the story, did a tour in 1990 and His daughter was there, it was Awesome to meet Her.
That show was great it would never fly today especially with Aunt muades thanks giving turkey story and Bobby Joe trouble.
@DUZTEM DE7IL In jail everyone got a Ladmo bag that's what they were nicknamed.
Born in Phoenix in '71, moved in '73 to CA, moved back in '78 for 3rd grade, then left again to CA the next year. Dad got transferred a lot. Went to Sunburst Elementary in '78-'79. Sister went to Greenway HS. We lived out in what was "remote" N. Phoenix back then off N. 38th Drive, out by the old dog track &the waffle house. Next stop was Carefree. Went back &cud'nt believe the change. Had great times there &would love to reconnect w/some of the kids I knew. Msg me if you might be one! :)
My husband went to Sunburst and Greenway High, but in the 90s. They came from CA too. NYC before that.
My family and I arrived here in, 1969. Originally from, Warsaw, Poland. We first lived in NYC, for about 8 or 9 years. Back then, the border of the City of Phoenix, was Hayden Road and Indian School, there was absolutely nothing but pristine desert, and rows upon rows of those orange poppy flowers. Where has it all, disappeared, to,..? Why couldn't they leave this desert the way, that it was,..?? It s almost all, gone now,..!
Bc ppl like you moved here.
🤣😂🤣
It is at least ten times bigger now. I could only wish that it was still as friendly today as it was from 77 to 82. Is a very hard city to break into now days
Right? So many homes have alarm systems now a days.
Too many Cali people here now...people just off the boat from Wisconsin that you see in shorts when it's 45F out...and other crazies
@@contrafax
Lolollll..thank you for the giggle!
@@lisahinton9682 😁
Yes it is!
Wow! That brought back some memories. I lived in Scottsdale 62-71. In fact my me and mom and dad used to watch that travelog with Jack Douglas. I don't know if it was a local program or network syndication or even what the show was called.
I love everything about this film!
holy crap thats downtown?? LMAO i live out there..man what a difference
I move to Phoenix in 1981. The change in those years...
Hi..this is a great video! Thanks Chris!
The sun city part was hilarious
Cool video but it reminds me of how nice Phoenix was in the 60s and 70s. Its sad how its changed so much in a bad way.
cool! love arizona
Love the Gamage pronunciation!
At the time, the Financial Center tower (the one with the vertical slot windows that resemble an old-school computer punch card, or a player-piano roll) was only half its present height.
"Gam-auzh" auditorium?! Who directed this?!!!
JC Pony Express ride still runs from Scottsdale to Prescott, stopping in Crown King. Same with the bill williams mountain men
I recall seeing this as a kid when it first aired. What I don't recall is the name of the travel show it was from. Please jog my brain! :-)
BearAZ Across the Seven Seas America! Journey! Those are the ones I remember
Arizona has the most beautiful flag in the nation.
I'm from Phoenix and as a child in the 60's played in the "Old Woman's Shoe" at 19:42, and also the "Crooked House" at 19:52.
JohnE.M. whant a cookie?
This is the year 2024 nothing looks like that anymore. Most of the farms are gone many moons ago. Most malls are GONE. Sun city not the same.
All Californians that disrespect Arizona should be banished..
I'm still stuck on the Green Gables at the end. I've passed by that building numerous times and after watcing this video I wanted to check it out... Phoenix used to be so fun! What happened? Now it has no flair, it's just another city
Dragan3rd i believe that the building is still there. but now i think it a law office. 24th street and Thomas. ps proud to be a second generation native of Arizona
Yup! I used to catch the bus (heading south) at the bus stop right there to my first job. I always thought the building was an interesting design for an office building, now I know why. I kinda wish I could've been born sooner than I was lol (27, almost 28 now), Phoenix seems like it used to have so much more character back in the day compared to now. Do you remember the old Tower Plaza at 38th St. and Thomas? I barely remember it, I mainly remember it closing and the store where Home Depot is now located having its clearance sale and everything was a mess, I think it was a Ross Dress For Less? The only other thing I really remember about that mall was that bar, or I think it was a bar because I never went inside, but I was intrigued by the car coming out of the wall. Let me know if that rings any bells lol
Dragan3rd yes i actually grew up just behind Tower Plaza. i used to play there all the time.😄😆🤔🤔
Arborwood Apartments? Now called Whispering Pines?
William Cunningham my dad had shoe store there in 70s
My dad Sandy coached Vonda Kay Van Dyke. He was a Local entertainer.
When I grew up Scottsdale had a big tourist district all cowbows and Indian sops were everywhere it was Soo cool then we used to go up North to a certain highway that had a lookout point to overlook Phoenix they had creeks that ran along the road then jerome once you leave jerome back side had a beautiful forest you drove thru all gone now I mean all of it it's a shit hole in the desert now what they wanted
That and a police dept who's only function is giving out traffic tickets.
Not anymore, scottsdale is now strip malls, all the western themed businesses are gone.
My Parents live in Cottonwood it has heroin problems and crime to many kids not enough jobs.
@@phxmateo Only downtown and they call it the Wests most western city that's a joke I used to live by down town.The problem with Scottsdale was Herb Drinkwater he let the town grow to big to fast just to cater to the Yuppies of the 80s now there are to many strip malls that have a lot of closed shops.Even Fashion square is not that popular anymore and Los Arcos mall is gone where some could afford things.The downtown is crazy on Friday and Saturday night full of drunks and drunk drivers in the old town area.It is divided into North and South now south Scottsdale being the worst.
Del Webb. Wow, been here 45 years and have heard that name countless times. Think that's the first time I've actually seen video of him.
He did do a lot for the Valley. A lot of families got their first affordable simple homes in areas like Maryvale. Especially minority families who may never have had the opportunity. Maryvale was once a vibrant srea, lots of Hispanic families living the American dream. Not so much anymore sadly. With the manufacturing that used to be close to the area gone now, it has declined much like rust belts towns. But, still a lot of good hardworking people there. The damn fentanyl epidemic has hit it really hard in just the last few years and it breaks my heart. But...these are the results of open borders and our national leaders failing us...and them!
Lmao, Cherokee chief in AZ. No Cherokee in AZ, and that guy looked like an Italian lol.
Pweeblo Grandy!
2050 suppose to be like150 degrees Fahrenheit, fuck Arizona is so beautiful
They destroyed Mountain Shadows 🌵🌵🌵
And the Baseline flower fields
Sad to see the city I grew up in gone 😢. Thanks a lot for turning our unique city into Boston or Seattle 😠.
It was way better back then. I wish it was still that way. It suk here nowaday. Way too many people.
It grew too fast and changed too much and not all for the better. After 33 1/2 years I left in 1990 and don't miss it. Sure like these wonderful memories of the 1960s.
In 1990 Phoenix was still good, but if you saw what it looks like now, you would certainly not recognize it.
@@MagnumMike44 I've been back about a dozen times but since mom died in 2014 I have no further ambition to go (my brother can meet me in Flagstaff if we visit) When i first went back in 1993 the landscape had changed a lot then. I've never been to a place that sends in the bulldozers the rate Phoenix does. It was first the vacant houses and dilapitated buildings but now they've gone into still perfectly livable old homes and single floor apartments and knocking them down. That's going just too far!
I ♥ my arizona..
This is the city Los Angeles California, 8 million people live in the city, with a population like that there is bound to be a few bad eggs. Thats where I come in. I carry a badge, my name's Friday, partner's name is Gannon, the boss is Captian Thad Brown, we were working the day watch out of Bunco Division....
Add 10 million o to that old stat
born n raised. north phx.
humans are impressive and this video is proof but I don’t believe a desert should/can sustain a LARGE population... water has too much calcium... sun city took a phat L! being built on a dry river bed😹
I think I saw the house they dropped aunt Edna off at in national lampoons family vaction.
Now too many damn Interstate Freeways being built in the State are ruining it a lot. The City Phoenix and Arizona i remember Early Spring 1973 when vacationing staying in Phoenix Motels and visiting my Aunt, Uncle and Cousins who lived there was much different much better in my personal humble opinion than the next time in late October 1996.
Bill Presley given the size of the state Arizona has relatively has only a handful of Interstate highways (8, 10, 17, 19 & 40, plus a tiny stretch of 15) and the are spaced far apart
Don't like Phoenix ? Then don't visit !
We needed the freeways.We only had I17 going North and South had to drive to 74th ave to get on the freeway to head to California.
I could see my house from there... I mean the land haha.
Back when every new home had Green Grass instead of more natural and what works better in this Climate. In 1960 700K in Phoenix Metro Area, in 2024 5.2 Million
1:10 The answer is improperly priced resources, namely rivers of stolen and wasted water.
Right on the money! Unfortunately, we've raped and pillaged this land - just like its native peoples. 😔
BS, your both delusional and probably pot heads
Back when the South West border was nice.
This first aired in 1966.
As we all know, it's pronounced GAM-IGE Auditorium
10-17k for a house. What the hell happened?
Government spending
My public comment is: Wow, this guy gets distracted by golf-course ponds?? Seems like it doesnt take much 2 impress him lol
Back then that was a big deal
In those days people weren't NUMB... spending time looking at a cellphone & internet and games and social media... People actually SAW things vs always checking phones for txt messages... People NOW don't observe alot and MISS alot ... living IN their virtual worlds..... NUMB & DUMBER....
Would manifest destiny be excepted today?
No mention of the Yuma yummies??
I think that “organ pipe” was a San Pedro cactus.
10:29 sun city looks exactly the same! 2022
Was this narrated by Snagglepuss, even?
You know if you think about it, virtually everyone shown in this video is dead now.
No there not, there bodies are but not there souls and spirit gherkin
Who still loves Arizona??😀👍🌵🌵🏜️🏜️🏜️🏜️♥️♥️♥️♥️
Me.
My family has loved here for over 100 years!
@@RSofficial22 Congratulations! Arizona becomes more beautiful each day! ❤️ 😃 🏜
Mesa, Arizona! 👍🏼
Absolutely! Been here since 79! Been all over the country for business and can't imagine living anywhere else.
We full. Go back to California
IT'S THE COUNCIL PEOPLES. FAULT THERE IN PHOENIX. DUMB FUCKS RIGHT NOW HAVE A MARKETING CAMPAIGN GOING ON WITH BILBOARDS ALL OVER CALIFORNIA TRYING TO GET PEOPLE AND BUSINESSES TO RELOCATE TOO PHOENIX. THAT IS ONE REASON SHIT IS FUCKED UP THERE AND THE HOMELESS AND CRIME IS ON THE RISE. RENTS ARE HIGH AS WELL........
IKR I fucking hat these stupid fuck moving from Cali, next thing you know gas prices are gonna skyrocket, food is gonna be expensive as shit everything will be ruined
I mean... Or you morons could see it for what it really is. Banks, Government and capitalism. Beeeeeelieve me... NO ONE from California wants to live in that shit hole. They're forced to. Just like ya'll will be forced out of Phoenix to some other shit hole.
My life time home is not a shit hole. Its the left wing socialist policies high taxes and crime in California that is causing this. You cant even house your own people your homelessness problem is shameful. Clean up your own house before you try talking shit about mine.
artbyce if you already own a home in Phoenix their wouldn’t be a reason to leave.
Nice documentry on Phoenix Arizona. too bad the haters in the comments had to ruin it for everybody.
@Pablo Sosa nice “comment” there pablo. That’s why people like you need to stay away from America. Go back to whatever hole you came out of
California bad!
Moved to az in 89 crazy to watch a video 14 yrs before I was even born wow.....
That Indian chief shop is awesome!!!!
60s would have been a fun time to be alive not one cell phone in site every one just paying attention to the sites! 😀
Born and raised in az ! Love this place
Same here born gonna die here hopefully
I grew up in south Phoenix, it was very beautiful there at one time, now I live in Avondale!
@J J where are you from?
@J J Im confused. Why did you say "stay there" to him then?
Raised there, & I left---now is is disgustingly hot & polluted. The heat island affect is horrid !!!! from the damn population. Glad I left !!!
Yeah back when everyone drove the same direction on the freeway.
That's the damn truth!
I don’t get it?
Stephen Fisher u mean the right way
DainTV Phoenix leads the world in wrong way drivers causing accidents on freeways. There’s been one or more a week for a couple years now.
All we had was one freeway the I17 north to the 10 south.
My parents moved here in 1963 I was 10 years old ,went Tavan Elm. school and Arcadia High . Who remember Thomas Mall ?
I remember Thomas Wall. My grandmother worked at the Singer Sewing Machine store there. I was about 6
I remember Thomas Mall - i was about 7 and my Grandmother worked at the Singer Sewing machine shop there. I remember the State Fair being such a treat !
They tore down Hopi elementary and rebuilt it, looks like a detention center now.
I went to hohokam elementary and Coronado high school moved away in 87 to denver but in 2020 I still think about those great days.
We move to Tucson on 65, my grand parent had stocks in the water rights in Az, Calif we were from Denver but my mom fell in love with the desert
Cost of living here is ridiculously overblown. My rent went up literally 50% in two and a half years. Thanx, Californians.
I moved here in the early 90's. It was a great place to live. Not anymore. There are a lot of great people in CA but they are not the ones who moved here.
I feel like that was the peak of Arizona. Maybe late 90s very early 2000
The California people who that moved here are assholes. They ruined our valley.
@@NonPremiumID Amen!
Can't believe how much Phoenix has changed and grown over the last 50 years amazing, I knew it would be a desert metropolis.
Phillip Morales you haven’t seen anything yet. Stick around another 15-20 years.
@@aussiejunk393 damn cuz, you avi my nigga Roger. I met him, but his arthritis was so bad he couldn't stand. His son be the alpha now.
shit hole
Roger the kangaroo!?! You da man!
This makes me proud of my city
Why
Michael Sanchez cuz it looks like we came from nothing
@@michaelsanchez3822 because literally it rose from the ashes
Why does this seem like an old Disney movie?
That was a nice walk through my childhood. The 1960’s and 70’s were a great time to grow up in Scottsdale. I miss that time and place, but am thankful for the experience.
Stationed at William AFB, 1965-1968, SCOTTSDALE had the Roma restaurant with great home made spomoni.
Grew up there as well. McCormicks was an actual ranch and the family still owned it; signs that said; 'You've passed Shea North; all the cacti along Scottsdale road were labeled as you drove out to Cave Creek; hiking around the Boulders; Shea Boulevard ended just beyond Taliesin West....
It has gone down hill since the mid 90s I used to live there now there is a barrio that the illegals call little Mexico you see homeless on the corners its went down since the days of Herb Drinkwater.
Scottsdale and Shea was a 4 way stop sign.
Grew up there too, same era. Went to Tonalea, Cocopah and Chaparral.
My family moved from St. Louis to Phoenix in 1962. I was a third grader and was so thrilled to live in Phoenix. We could play outside year around and go swimming in the hot summer months. Everything was so new to us and we sure made use of every opportunity to try a new and fun adventure. I live in Texas now and somehow still miss Arizona, at least the Arizona of the 1960s.
The girl at the KOOL switchboard mentioned Mr Lane. That would be Homer Lane. I did contract work at his home in Echo Canyon. The man was such a wonderful considerate man that at the mention of his name in this vidio I feel the need remind everyone he was a great man. The impression has lasted 37yrs. RIP Mr Lane
I remember Homer Lane. His recorded voice gave the station identification many times every day on KOOL, "Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord. This is K-O-O-L TV channel 10, Phoenix."
The Jack Douglas travelogues (including this one) aired Sunday nights on KOOL-TV in glorious color.
"Will have a population larger than Boston or Philadelphia."
Well, he ain't wrong.
This year Phoenix did surpass Philly. Phoenix is now 5th largest and Philly is 6th largest in US. AZ is 15th in population and 75% of people living in Metro Phoenix or Metro Tucson. Mesa is largest US suburb.
So sad to see what’s happened to Phoenix. Now just overpopulated and crime infested. Wish I could have lived in Phoenix during these times.
This is such a delightful film. I grew up in Phoenix and it brought back many memories. You might see things you've not thought of for a long time!
Actually it took 50 years not a few years to surpass Philadelphia! But yeah the city finally did it!
…and the Eagles almost moved to Phoenix in 1984; SB LII would have been Arizona's first world championship
Well go back to Philadelphia. Cuz we sure dont like out of towners either always complaining. Go home.
@Darren Krock Philly is a dumpster fire
Cameron Walter lol. I agree. Philly is disgusting!
@Darren Krock you arizonans. Dawg you haven't lived here to be considered one of us so you have 0 fucking understanding of us, please. Don't come back, we would much rather keep cancer away from our state.
I live in arizona 😊😊😀
Wow Phoenix looked so wide open back in the day!! Now everything is crammed and outdated :(
Merc420 ikr
you need to see the east coast. that's crammed. and 100 years older than phoenix...
well I highly recommend a road trip for you then. seriously Phoenix is a young, wide open and pristine city compared to 200 years of life in places like Boston and DC. They're still great but Phoenix has so much opportunity.
Sad from what i heard that Phoenix and all the places especially along Van Buren Avenue have been torn down since i last went there in 1979 especially Bill Johnson's Big Apple Restaurant torn down
@HalfBreed I grew up in New York City. Today, it sucks, as everything has gotten so damned expensive! For example, if you want to rent a one bedroom apartment in Manhattan, you better be prepared to spend anywhere from $3,000-$6,000 a month!
Yep my family started Phoenix in the 70ties, my childhood memories are so much different than how its ran today... miss my out door swap meets
Back when Aunt Maude would make Ladmo cry and Boffo the Clown wasn't much help.
Her Turkey story was the best and Bobby Joe Trouble and Mike and the hubcaps sad that Mike took his own life.
Phoenix is uninhabitable now. The heat island effect will only get worse. I grew up here and it was a magnificent place in the 70s. Now the homelessness is out of control. It’s too hot 6 months out of the year. And all the character is gone. It’s crowded. People will be making an exodus from PHX in the coming years.
I was born and raised in Phoenix and have lived her all my life. Its amazing and very sad to see how much it has changed.
Lol keep an eye out for tweeeeeeekers
You want to know sad ? Look at one of these films of Detroit in the late 50s to early 60s and look what's happened to it now . That is sad
@@TH-camcensoredmyusername Yeah that is sad north Phx has turned into tweeker town.
Cindy Sue with new infrastructure for the tweekers
I was BORN here and the whole western US has been in a drought for 10 plus years so before throwing the race card check your facts please.
Born and raised in PHX. Amazing city.
Why aren't the house prices still $17500.00!! 😡
supply and demand. and some price fixing and manipulation.
Notice at 1:05 the AZ flag is upside down. It was a great place to grow up in the 60's and 70's. All that is gone.
For you maybe, we're still here why you cry about it
Very cool to see Mountain Shadows revived and back running again. Really and enjoying perspective...and there’s still some of its historical footnotes around the town. Hidden mid-century gems...regardless of freeways and housing development. It’s still is amazing.
"In a few years, may have a larger population than Boston or Philadelphia."
Population as of 2018 -
Boston: 694,583
Philadelphia: 1.584 million
Phoenix: 1.66 million
In the USAF, I was stationed at William AFB, Chandler, AZ from 1965-1968.
Loved and miss the Superstitions Mountains.
Joseph Thibeault I’m currently an asu student at the old Williams airforce base training to be a pilot. Arizona State University has established this place as a new campus since the airforce base was left but it’s still filled with history and many of the old buildings remain.
Thanks for your service old timer, hope you were lucky enough to avoid the hellscape of SE asia.
Chandler is unrecognizable now
That indian looks 98%european to me....
ALVAREZ 28 Tell that to his grandpa that killed a white dude and stole his horse's saddle!
He was from Chicago, probably a democrat triple voter