Life Is a Lark at Willow Grove Park (1956)
1956 · Ephemeral film · 19 min
Synopsis
Features bands playing at music stand; plus 20 minute film of amusement park, rides and circus.
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Details
- Running time
- 19 minutes
- Collection
- Prelinger Archives
- Internet Archive item
- 0830_Life_Is_a_Lark_at_Willow_Grove_Park_14_16_58_00
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★★★ · Good footage, funny commentary · JulieMeitz · 2014-02-19
Good footage of amusement park and people, funny commentary...
★★★★ · Dark Days · Spuzz · 2016-01-27
I was so pumped to see this film, as I LOOOOVE old Amusement Park footage. But when I started to watch this, I began sink lower and lower into my chair, as this amusement park surely looks to be on the lower end of the scale in terms of fun. This looks like it was made in the later 50's to early 60's, and signs of decay are starting to show, the picnic grounds are absolutely strewn with litter, the mini-golf course looks pretty rank, and the rides look like they've seen much better days (and look pretty dangerous). A quick look up on Wikipedia reveals it closed around 1976, and it looks like…