Miracle on the Delaware (1955)

★★★★★ · One of the greats!! · Visual16 · 2005-04-18

A single toy from Allentown's Hess Bros...$5000 Costume for Mummer's Day parade..many thousands of dollars apiece films from Prelinger Archives...priceless! Whatever you do, don't miss the panoramas in the review below this one! When the frames are overlapped you can see the amazing detail that is in these films. Something unique that I noticed about "Miracle on the Delaware" is a very gradual shift in the color gamma, so pink slowly turns magenta and then red and then orange,etc. The sea turns blue to aqua to deep green. I thought it might have been a transfer trick, but the credits at the…

★★★★★ · This Movie Rocks!! · Classic_TV_and_Radio_Fan · 2008-09-08

5/5! Way bettern than that overrated peice of crap known as "Rockchester - City of Quality", this short is FUN!! Great stock footage galore!

★★★★★ · Remembering WPTZ · RAMAC · 2010-01-12

Thanks to all who had the thoughtfulness to pass on this delicious slice of irreplaceable history. Will this area ever have a resurrection? A renaissance? Where are people who will take hold and give this region a future? I remember as a child the presence of WPTZ (and its sister W3XE) in PHILCO Plant "C" at "C" and Tioga Streets. The stations were broadcasting experimentally -- first from a stocky wooden tower and then from its stately steel-structure replacement -- from atop the PHILCO building. The tall steel tower featured a gleaming vertical neon sign proclaiming in six huge green…

★★★★★ · Facinating reverie · alevanpa · 2010-03-19

I was 13 years old in 1955. I remember traveling throughout the city on the PTC-either by trolley if I was heading into 'Town', or by bus to West or South Philly, or to Germantown. My family had relations who required visiting all over the city. I remember the sounds and smells, and the ability to roam all over the place without any fear of harm. I remeber going into Independence Hall, and actually touching the Liberty Bell. I remember sticking my head under the edge of the bell and looking up, and wondering if the thing would fall and cut my head off. It was scary, but I did it…

★★★★★ · This was well before my time, but it still saddens me as well. · North_Catholic_Alumnus · 2010-01-31

If twenty-something transplants have revitalized a few neighborhoods, great. They are not saddened by what no longer is. They weren't there. They didn't grow up amidst neighbors who had earlier watched their parents grow up. To them, Philadelphia is new. They are rootless, and for now at least, Philadelphia is their city. For me, Philadelphia is a place of what used to be. My chosen screen name underscores that point. But hey, Philadelphia remains the only locale in which I've been shot. That should count for something.

★★★★★ · Loving the past · ladyfun03 · 2010-02-02

Being only 1 in 1955, I surely don't remember this. But looking back as I grew older, I loved the people that talked of the past, that gave me a true understanding of what took place where I lived, before I got there. I love Philadelphia, I love Fishtown, and this little slice of the past only confirms we are moving in the right direction. Whether we like it or not, both Camden & New Jersey is part of us, we share the waterway ( Delawre river) that has supported both Cities and States. I am proud to be a part of a great area, and City... Kudo's to Philly, for being the best, the people, the…