Great Old Amusement Parks (1999)
- Directed by
- Rick Sebak
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 57 min
- Rated
- G
- Rating
- 8.0 of 10 from 1 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
This documentary visits several old amusement parks in the United States. It looks at their history, unique rides like the oldest roller coaster, and talks to the families who own and run them.
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What happens
Great Old Amusement Parks is a 1999 PBS television documentary produced for VHS and DVD produced by Rick Sebak of WQED Pittsburgh which aired on PBS, on July 21, 1999.[1] Traditional amusement parks are presented by discussing their origins. Unique rides for each park are profiled such as the oldest surviving roller coaster, and the only surviving Noah's Ark walk-through attraction. Most parks are family owned and are interviewed along with each park's attendees. Subjects include Connecticut's Lake Compounce, California's Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk, Whalom Park in Massachusetts, Pennsylvania's Idlewild Park and StoryBook Forest, Kennywood's Thunderbolt, Deno's Wonder Wheel at Coney Island and San Diego's Giant Dipper, where a local radio station held a Roller Coaster Riding Contest. Not covered here are vintage "traditional" amusement parks no longer with us. Having aired in 1999, the program has not been updated to indicate if the parks are still around, although most are. Rick Sebak is known for producing local interest documentaries for the Pittsburgh area with a heavy emphasis on food. This is one of four documentaries he produced of that has been shown throughout the PBS network. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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