Silver Dollar City 1976 Branson Missouri Vintage 8mm Home Movie Film

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[@cave-tramp]

Brings back the memories. 🤠

[@prayerskool]

Thank u!!!

[@HaveFunLetsTravel]

You are welcome. Glad you liked it.

[@cheryl2962]

Loved This !

[@HaveFunLetsTravel]

I bet it was lots of fun back in those days.

[@cameronjohnston3323]

I was there yesterday

[@HaveFunLetsTravel]

I bet you had lots of fun?

[@danembree9122]

Wow! Thank you so much for sharing this! This video features several dear friends of mine (most of whom are no longer with us) and even me as the lanky hillbilly kid in the street show. And, coincidentally, it was posted on my birthday three years ago.

[@HaveFunLetsTravel]

@danembree9122 what are the odds of it going live on your birthday? I too have lots of people I worked with at SDC that have passed. Glad for videos like this that preserve our past.

[@eightiesman]

Did you play Shorty Hatfield?

[@susiesgrassfedmeats1060]

@@danembree9122 is that you doing the Big Kiss with Sairy Ellen? Maybe Elmer Wallace with blue vest? Bonnie. Wayne Milnes with black vest. Fun street scenes!

[@danembree9122]

@@susiesgrassfedmeats1060 Yep, that's me as Zeke Hatfield playing opposite Patsy Vinson as Sarie Ellen with Bonnie (Arnold) Borden and Elmer Wallace as Ma and Pa Hatfield, and Rex Burdette and Wayne Milnes as the McCoy brothers. The Medicine Man seen earlier in the video is Mike Fiene.

[@susiesgrassfedmeats1060]

​@@danembree9122I see Rex now, thanks!

[@maxhenry9724]

I remember being there about this time. I was 13 or so. I lost my parents and met a girl there. Our parents let us walk the strip all week sliding the slides. I was devastated when we had to say good bye and go home! She wrote her number down on a brochure and my dad accidentally threw it away. I thought about her for years! In fact I still think of her from time to time and get a little sad. Worst case of puppy love I ever had! I hope you have had as wonderful a life as I have Tiff.

[@HaveFunLetsTravel]

I have a similar story to you. 😆 I guess it wasn't meant to be. Glad you enjoyed the video.

[@ericdraven7185]

Been going there since the 70's when I was a young kid, I was probably around 4 in 1976. Last time I went with my family as a kid I was 15 in 1987. Me and my brother meet two cute sisters at a hotel we were thinking about staying at; The Ozark Mountain Inn (Sadly it was destroyed in the Tornado in 2012) in Branson, they were swimming in the indoor pool when we came in and started flirting with us, we practically begged our parents to stay at that hotel because of them, and we did, we got to hang out with them quite a bit, only remember the older girl that liked me her name was Danielle, don't remember her younger sisters name, they had a younger brother I think his name was Vincent, only remember there were from Wichita, KS. My mom took a pic of me, my brother, and both of the girls and their brother by the pool, I think I still have the pic somewhere. I was so sad the day we left, I always wondered what happened to her. I'm almost 52 now and I still think about her and wonder what became of her.

[@ChrisCaster-tl1pf]

Totally different world back then and a better world in my opinion

[@HaveFunLetsTravel]

Yes, it was.

[@ericdraven7185]

been going since the mid 70's I agree. I really miss what it was like, still a nice place to visit, just not the same thou.

[@RadarRoger]

Someday i want to upload our Super 8 footage from 1970 thru 1972. Great Memories 🤠

[@HaveFunLetsTravel]

We love looking at old footage like that.

[@guymurphy6982]

I turned 11 in 1976, and that's just how I remember it. SO many changes since then, and yet I feel like it's the same place.

[@HaveFunLetsTravel]

Glad you liked it. We have to preserve our history.

[@judsonkr]

It is entirely possible that I was there the day this film was shot. I could very easily have been in the crown watching that skit. I even recall the skit. I was there that year and I still take my kids there. When we go on vacation, Branson is where we go.

[@HaveFunLetsTravel]

It has and always will be a fun place to go.

[@robertdodd9623]

In August of 76 I turned 6 years old, it was my family's First trip to Silver Dollar City. It was a Magical place to us, and I still remember the sights, sounds, and even the smells . My Biggest fear, was that One day it would lose it's Historical charm ,and become a ride filled Amusement Park . Now with tickets so expensive, it's no longer available to Middle class children.

[@HaveFunLetsTravel]

It is sad how times can have a way of changing things. We have to be thankful for our memories. If you plan on going to the park 2 days of more annually, it is cheaper to get a season pass which includes discounts on food. We are planning on going to Dollywood this Fall and since it and several other properties are owned by the Hershend family, admission is half off at each of those locations.

[@robertdodd9623]

@@HaveFunLetsTravel Thanks for your reply. I plan to visit Branson again someday, my last visit was in the late 90's. It's still a great family vacation I know, but it will never be the 70's are 80's again. I hope you have a wonderful trip and make those wonderful memories.

[@HaveFunLetsTravel]

Be sure to check out all of our other Branson videos to get ideas for your trip. Thanks so much, and safe travels...

[@stevewoods8116]

LOVE LOVE LOVE IT!!!! I was there just about then! We could have been one of the cars stuck in the long line!

[@HaveFunLetsTravel]

I'm glad you liked it. I too remember all that traffic on the old road. The big hill was rough on drivers of standard transmissions!

[@Nope2022HugeTheWarningFan]

I'm pretty sure my mom took me there in the 80s. I can't remember it hardly at all. I seem to recall a ship ride, galleon, that rode like a pendulum. It's strange how the years have been to my memory. My mother was none too nice, a drinker. But I seem to recall her taking me places as though we were a good family. I guess the reason I don't quite recall much is repressed memories.

[@HaveFunLetsTravel]

I can understand repressed memories. I think we all have a few of our own. You should come back and visit it today.

[@Nope2022HugeTheWarningFan]

​@@HaveFunLetsTravelCan't afford it and I don't really have the legs I once did.

[@HaveFunLetsTravel]

@@Nope2022HugeTheWarningFan I completely understand.

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[@ChrisCaster-tl1pf]

The guy dancing in the beginning looks like the same guy from the movie White Lightning

[@HaveFunLetsTravel]

Very interesting. I can see that now.

[@ronaldjurgeson760]

Nice to see the elderly 'hillbilly' doing the shuffle dance 50 years before the Tic-Toc'ers took it over!

[@HaveFunLetsTravel]

I agree. We always enjoy watching dancers.

[@captainironbat8193]

The street troup no longer uses guns, sad times folks, too many people complained.

[@HaveFunLetsTravel]

Yep, that's crazy. They used blanks and pointed them at the ground. Oh well, could be worse. They are still funny.