Pacific Ocean Park 1959-1960

[@donmc1526]

Wow, that brings back memories! I kinda look like that boy in the vid...i was around the same age at the time (my hair was more blond back then), Growing up in Santa Monica was a blast in those days.

[@PismoBeach]

A wonderful - and very valuable - find. Nice shots of the diving bells from the seal pool. Best ever footage of P.O.P.'s animals. So great of you to upload it. [Favorited - and subscribed]

[@rvvanlife]

Thank you so much for posting this, there is not enough videos on this park, so sad it's now gone

[@stevelinscome728]

Thank you for posting this!

[@muspobear]

Great Film! Great wholesome family & fun! What happened??!! One person said they would like to go back for one day! I say, SEND SGT HERE BACK FOR GOOD!!!! Beam me back Scotty!!! R.I.P. POP and the GREAT-OLE-DAYS as well...

[@KingJorman]

Wow that music sure puts a poignant angle on days gone by

[@7echo]

I love this!!! I remember the penguins and the baby elephant trying to get int your shirt, also envelopes of sardines to feed the seals. Nice catch of the Douglas A-26 Invader flying over, probably just took off from Clover Field. Thanks for sharing, wish I could go back for one day.

[@Spenceraudition]

it's great.. My old brother loved POP..

[@catmarilyn9]

Love seeing the old pop video brings back alot of memory I had gone there when I was 3 years old

[@chuckcookus]

I wish there was footage of inside the dark rides. I wanted to ride that pirate ride (with the guys walking the plank on the outside) when I was about six but I kept my eyes screwed shut the whole time. And there was a tub dark ride a la Small world where you floated around on a track in the dark ("We've never lost a tub - yet"). In another simulated underwater ride you floated around the "ocean bottom" in an 8-foot plastic bubble. I vaguely remember the space ride where you walked by alien creatures presumably on Mars or something. And the Flying Carpet ride. I remember when the park was on its downslide and a genie had its head knocked off but they didn't bother to fix it.

[@frankmartinez8605]

My has time past,good times bad times,but I don't think that I would change one second of time, my friend family and what I've learned about life .it's ups and downs.and its been a great one for me.and it just keeps getting better. L.O.L. Venice Xlll.

[@alexdelrio45]

Beautiful video!

[@raylopez9653]

fun times going to pop childhood memories mom and dad going on Sundays fun times live close by Culver City California early 70s it was demolished only thing left is a cement block you can see from the ocean

[@bobbrooks5278]

Well, I do have stuff from Disneyland, too. Actually, quite a bit of that stuff. I can extract that stuff, too, and upload if anybody is interested. One scene showing me and Walt Disney when I was about the same age as in the POP footage. Ask and so shalt thou receive. :-)

[@7echo]

Yes please!

[@rvvanlife]

I would love to see it, yes, upload it

[@suzannehackett-morgan5051]

Comparing this peaceful video with those of present day theme park vloggers…

[@chuckcookus]

0:59 What is that big white rectangular building on the Santa Monica cliff? It's about where Ocean Towers is but that was built in 1971.