Six Flags 40th Anniversary Footage

Old footage of Six Flags St. Louis in celebration of our 40th Anniversary.

[@randyprice1831]

This video makes me very nostalgic for the early to mid 70's. I'm sounding like an old man but it did seem like things were more simple and easy then.

[@jamesbarnett2483]

Absolutely they were!!

[@CoasterRica]

It looked like such a charming and beautiful park before.

[@paceflchick]

It was. A common denominator ruins everything.

[@jackson5116]

Let's not forget the best ride of all- the parking lot tram! I also miss those grass areas in the parking lot for picnics. And, the train robbery that used to happen! Come on Six Flags you had such great content in the 70's and 80's, why did you let it all fall apart in the 90's??

[@ldhproductions112]

Wish the log ride and river king mine train still dueled.

[@ryanhogge8]

This is awesome. I just spent the whole day yesterday there, and my favorite part is walking around and seeing the remnants of the park as it originally was. I'd give my kidney or something that I don't use often but that also sounds important to jump back in time and see all of this in person.

[@ericdraven7185]

I was born in 72 and went probably once a year.. it was so much different, cleaner, and nicer back then.. it was magical... it lost all that after the mid 80's.

[@gstevens6948]

I remember going there when I was 12 yrs old in 1976, by myself. It was a blast!💥

[@vonni2818]

Some great changes, along with some not so great changes

[@DougieRay]

good time great oldies. RIP to the people of 1978.

[@jackson5116]

I'm one of those people of 1978...

[@heveymetale58691]

The little girl in the white sailor top with red pants is me! Sooo long ago. Does anyone else remember the Chevy Show? Tom's Twister? Injun Joe's Cave?

[@MisterMusicMouse]

Hey, it's great to see youself from back then! Yes, I remember those rides and the Chevy Show!

[@BowserTheThird]

6 Flags. st. Louis will have 50 seasons in 2021 or 2022 and it would be cool if 6 Flags had their employees wear the uniforms from 1971 and possibly honor the employees, my grandma worked there when it first opened and she was one of the 1st people to ride the parachute ride when it first opened up in st. Louis. it's a fun ride and would be cool if they put in some of the old rides, like the skyway and the parachutes again.

[@animaemusicae]

found this old comment.... I love that they actually did that! Had the employees in throw back attire, was awesome!

[@BowserTheThird]

@@animaemusicae my sister got to wear the outfit actually! And I was a supervisor so I got to wear a 50th Anniversary polo, crazy to have all the rich history come to life last year!

[@jeffreyyoung1752]

Nice little bit of cinema, Brings back.........

[@c.p.5167]

Before advertising and sponsoring... SO much better!! I worked there the summers of 81 and 82.

[@ericdraven7185]

agree 100%

[@GregDad100]

The proliferation of more and more roller coaster rides at this and almost every other amusement park has certainly made attending these places less and less fun for me. I don't mind them, but we're now in a race to have the biggest, tallest, fastest, deadliest, etc., etc., etc. First attended Six Flags Over Mid-American in the summer of 1971 and recently lived in Valencia, Calif. (the home of Six Flags Magic Mountain). My favorite from SFMA was the Mississippi Adventure and Injun' Joe's Cave rides. Probably pretty boring to most people, but I like them.

[@ImAlwaysHere1]

+Greg Eichelberger I grew up on this park and, while I love roller coasters, I wish they would have left this park well enough alone thirty five years ago. I can still see some of the good old days when I go there and it is comforting and sad at the same time.

[@jamesbarnett2483]

Mississippi Adventure was great and I loved it as a kid

[@vilislacis3337]

I agree, we have too many roller coasters already, they need to be more creative about new rides.

[@paceflchick]

We had seasons passes, dropped off like it was a daycamp, from 7 years old on up. We even took our skateboards out there, the little yellow free formers..

[@Savagemister]

Wow, a lot of similarities to Over Texas in it's prime.

[@carlybegan2621]

Six flags looks awsome back then, wish I went in those years

[@carlybegan2621]

I really wish six flags didn’t get rid of there classic rides.

[@carlybegan2621]

Like the moon cars, loved those as a kid.

[@jeffreyyoung1752]

I remember ingin Joe's cave... That's pretty Far Out & Groovy Man!!!!

[@tjkroll5965]

Not to be overlooked but the train shown in this video is not the Tommy G. Its engine #5 that’s actually at Busch Gardens now in Tampa. I think it’s cool they showed it running at Six Flags in the video.

[@rayshonblake1590]

Six Flags St.Louis is 48 years old now and it's almost the 50th anniversary of Six Flags St.Louis and it's been around for decades in 2021 the Six Flags St.Louis Park will be it's 50th anniversary. Back the they called it Six Flags Over Mid-America and now it's Six Flags St.Louis

[@jaredlucas4815162342]

I LOVED this!

[@vilislacis3337]

Cool video, some of these rides are still active!

[@rayshonblake1590]

It was open in 1971 it's been around for almost 5 decades ago

[@terroringlasses]

Is it possible to release the full video of this? I think it's the one playing in the Flags gift shop.

[@DrewThomas]

10 years later and now it's 50 years!

[@ldhproductions112]

This years our 50th anniversary and guess what we get?! A FLAT RIDE FOR THE 6TH YEAR IN A ROW!

[@papalog08]

But in the past 6 years we lost dozens of rides to put in the flat rides no one wants 🤦‍♂️

[@bradhig8774]

Come on man show the Sky-Way with on ride footage. Am i supposed to believe all the footage was destroyed after July 26,1978 cause that's all people remember about it.

[@deanruthlessrecords]

Mo-Mo The Monster

[@zac613]

What theatre is that on the bottom left side of the screen at 0:08 secs?

[@galfridus12]

I wonder what happened to all the Old Tyme cars from The Moon Ride when it closed. I would love to own one of those Old time type cars now that they are no longer in use.

[@reagancoyne4338]

the tony hawk ride is now the Pandemonium

[@zac613]

@wolz256 it's a shame the park got rid of them. heck even Jet Scream looked more fun than what Batman is.

[@chick8526]

holy cow that was a long time ago

[@glencoe6305]

Wish the Disco was on here.

[@joanna7350]

what about when that guy and his two nieces got killed in 1978? or the woman on the river king mine train in 1984?

[@toddbowerson7362]

In 1984 it was not the River King Mine train it was the Stand up roller coaster the Rail Blazer the mine train was on the other track at that point,. But yes it was a woman I worked out at the park from 82 until 87

[@joanna7350]

@@toddbowerson7362 Did they sue? I remember when they had the dolphins in the swimming pool.

[@nathanr3447]

It still is a beautiful park

[@ericdraven7185]

Its garbage now

[@anonymoususer6683]

I dig the music

[@slender321425xboxplayer]

six flags St.Louis is 44 years old now

[@strawberryblonde743]

when did they have a dolphin show??

[@JonesMediaMan]

At least well into the 80s. I saw it multiple times growing up.

[@wolz256]

Best attraction was the Super Sports Cars

[@ZacBrzuchalski]

@ No not the go-carts. Super Sports Cars was an original attraction and it was where batman and the joker swinging ship are now. Super Sports Cars was basically like the antique cars where you drive them while they are on a railed track.

[@ZacBrzuchalski]

@ Super Sports Cars can be seen at 2:10

[@zac613]

Oh i have another question. Why did the park shut down and quit running the Hannabarrels/ Powderkegs? Hope i'm not bugging you.

[@mustang0464]

I have read that the Hannabarrels were removed due high maintenance costs and also to make way for new attractions.

[@KreepyCreeper11271]

zac613 the theater is called old glory

[@johnmeyer7322]

I was an employee of the park from 1977-1979, the Old Glory theatre was an amphitheater located in the Old Chicago section directly across from the Screamin' Eagle.

[@KreepyCreeper11271]

Does anyone have this full video

[@ldhproductions112]

0:14 who are all these mascots?!

[@MisterMusicMouse]

They were mascots from the children's area back then called Goodtime Hollow. I'm not sure of their names. Bugs Bunny and the Looney Tunes characters replaced them.

[@MrBootydaddy]

At 2:21 theres a boat ride like that at Disney World. Anybody know the name of this ride and where it was located back in the day?

[@MisterMusicMouse]

That was the Mississippi Adventure (1971-1982). I rode this many times when I was a kid. It was located where Thunder River is now.

[@Huskermats02]

Six Flags St.Louis is turning 50 in just a few months. During their anniversary celebration, I sure hope that they include some tributes or even some acknowledgments to Injun Joe's Cave and The Time Tunnel. I would to find some more info on the 2 as the internet does not have a whole lot.

[@JonesMediaMan]

Jetscream was fun. There was something about it. It was simple, but thrilling all at the same time.

[@Callie83]

Jason Jones they packed it up and sent to to Six Flags Astroworld, named it Viper and painted a dragon (not a viper as the name would suggest) on the tunnel they added. As a very little kid I used to love standing there staring at it while it completed its circuit. By the time I was tall enough to ride it, it was long gone and Astroworld was right behind it!