Murder
Mystery
Map
Cyclone
Racer 1
People on car 2
End
of ride 3
Municipal
Auditorium & Rainbow Pier
U.S.
Navy
Marine and...
SUMMERTIME AT THE PIKE
Part Two
Short Stories 1
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Page 6
(Excerpts from
E-Mailed stories)
Rainbow Pier
Short Stories
(Excerpts from
E-Mails)
DVD, Videos and Film of the Pike
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Dennis
Morawski, a Long Beach historian, has added two new fun videos about
The
Long Beach Pike to YouTube. Please click on the two links
below to
view: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkRp8bfO4hM "We Met at the Pike". It's the true story of a couple who met on the Cyclone Racer and have now been married almost 60 years. The link to it is: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6J444mnb8CU Dennis Morawski has a new Pike and Long Beach
web site at: Videographer/Oral Historian, Dennis Morawski, has done some very interesting videos on The Pike. Unfortunately, you can only get them by checking them out from the Long Beach Library or on Long Beach cable TV if you live in the area. Below are some of the titles, the newest being "The Cyclone Racer"(DVD or VHS), three on the Pike, two features on the Long Beach 1933 earthquake, and documentaries on the Queen Mary, Pierpoint Landing and the Model T Signal Hill Climb and a profile of the extraordinary Long Beach sportsman, Jed Welsh. I've checked out several of these myself, and he does a great job so I highly recommend them if you're into The Pike and Long Beach history. YouTube
videos
History
of The Lido Ballroom Also see: Marlow
Stewart and The Illusions (At the Lido Ballroom) For the
story on The
Illusions, see their web site at: "THE MAGICIAN" Filmed
at THE PIKE Amusement Park in 1973 for an episode of "THE MAGICIAN"
starring the late actor, Bill Bixby. In these scenes you can
see (and hear) The Laughing Lady, The Fun House, The Carousel, The
Rollo Plane, The Rotor... 
Not
part of The Pike, but a common sight in Southern California from 1931
through 1969 were Helms Bakery trucks, which delivered baked goods to
homes first in trucks manufactured by Twin Coach, equipped with bread
racks and pull drawers, and later in Chevrolet panel vans. This
video is mainly about Lions installing a new engine in a Helms Bakery
truck with some nice still shots of the trucks and bakery itself. Click below for more on Helms: |
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Color Footage of the Pike in 1952 from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Attached is a very nice and informative e-mail from the academy's public access film coordinator asking that I list a link to their web site for anyone wanting access to color film of the Pike from 1952 (see e-mail and link below): Dear Paul, I came
across your Long Beach Pike web site while researching some footage we
recently acquired here at the Academy Film archive. It's part of a
large collection of 16mm home movies shot by Newcomb Condee, a Los
Angeles judge, and includes some very nice color footage of Condee's
family at the Pike in July, 1952. Condee's grandchildren are still
quite small and obviously enjoy riding the miniature train and
merry-go-rounds!
We are
very happy to provide research access to this material, as well as
other historic Los Angeles footage from the Condee and other
collections, at our facility here in Hollywood. We would be grateful if
you would let your web site readers know that the footage exists and is
accessible. More information about the Academy Film Archive, including
our location, parking, and hours, as well as an online request form for
booking viewing appointments, is on our web site at Thank you
for putting together such an informative and lovely web site! Sincerely, Snowden Becker (Ms.)
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