Mission Viejo Martin Advertising Film

The Mission Viejo Company produced this film in the late 1960s to promote Mission Viejo and educate people about this pristine new master-planned community. The film is part of the local history collection of the Mission Viejo Library and Mission Viejo Heritage Committee. Do you remember any of these events? If so, leave a comment below. For more information about the local history of Mission Viejo, contact [e-mail] or call 949-830-7100 ext. 5110.

[@DawnKSBR]

Thank you for sharing. I enjoyed watching the early years of my city.

[@debraheidmiller4588]

We moved to Mission Viejo in 1967. There were only 2 subdivisions at the time, Deane Homes and Aegean Hills, and at the time, Aegean Hills was just outside of MV. My parents paid $32,000 for the Apollo home in Aegean Hills and were worried about making the payment, but they did it! I graduated from MVHS in 1972. I sure do remember all of the open fields. It was so good to be a kid in MV at that time. Too many people and too much traffic for me now tho. I moved up to the mountains by Big Bear. Thank you for posting this movie! Good memories!

[@bugz9615]

Thank you for this. I have some of the best memories of my life living there in the late 70's to mid 80's.

[@chrisle77]

Go Diablos!

[@nicoleglazermckee3915]

Great video. Thank you for sharing it! I've been in Mission Viejo since 1983 and have enjoyed watching it grow since then. Interesting to see it at the start in this video.

[@cindywright9358]

Thank you for posting! This film brings back wonderful memories of Mission Viejo & South Orange County. They had a vision!

[@fatbabyification]

I also did not know that the Mission Viejo Company exported the Mission Viejo design to communities in other states, including Aurora, Colorado.

[@HillarySeeger]

I love this! I went to school there in the 70s. What a blast from the past. Thank you for posting it. I loved living there.

[@courtneybush6196]

I would love to find more films similar to this about other communities. Any links would be appreciated.

[@fatbabyification]

Wow, I had not known that tobacco giant Phillip Morris developed Mission Viejo.

[@billiehanson1229]

MVHS Class of 1976! We moved into the Deane Homes in 1971 after my Step-father retired from 45 years with Chrysler/Plymouth/Dodge Brothers. It was seemingly remote and cut off from the rest of the OC. I always loved living on Granvia Drive in Mission Viejo. Wish I had bought a home there in the 70's! Not crazy about what it has become however - overcrowded.

[@brianlance]

0:13 - that's not mission viejo, is it? looks too flat. 6:04 & 8:43 too. 9:36 - ah! It's Tempe, AZ.