Wildwood Crest 1971 One of the biggest things we do here at the Wildwood Video Archive is preserving old home movies from the 1940s through the 1990s. Heck, it’s in our name “video archive.” We do this by visiting estate sales, obtaining old family films (via donations), and purchasing bulk 8mm and 16mm films off …
Wildwood Promotional Video From 1970 Go back in time to the 1970s in this 30 minute promotional video about the Wildwoods. This was a video that city of Wildwood paid to produce. It had aired in many different movie theaters to promote The Wildwoods. This promotional really showed EVERYTHING on this island. From the fishing, …
10 Rides You Miss From Hunt’s Pier Let’s jump back in time to the 1970s. At this time there was one powerhouse in Wildwood, the Hunt’s family. They owned movie theaters, stores, and one amazing amusement pier. With time things changed and they closed their doors in 1985. From 1957 through 1985 Hunt’s pier …
Entering North Wildwood On The Old Wooden Bridge Those who used to visit Wildwood pre-90s knew that just to enter North Wildwood was an ‘exciting’ drive. Before we had the four-lane road with a massive bridge that we use today, we used to have an old wooden bridge that only had two lanes. By the …
Sportland Pier in the 1970s Let’s see how many rides in this video you can name! There are some awesome classics that I wish were still around! This video also includes video of the Morey’s Piers Wipe Out! Video by Joe Doyle Check out these other Wildwood Videos and articles Retro Ed Zaberer’s Commercial Found …
Retro Ed Zaberer’s Commercial Found! Talk about a blast from the past! Do you remember [The World Famous] Ed Zaberer’s? It was located on the corner of Spruce ave and Maryland ave in North Wildwood. As you may know I have a bit of a past of trying to save Ed Zaberer’s memorabilia. I am …
Jumbo Jet Vintage Video When you think of historic coasters here in the Wildwoods there are a few that come to mind. The top three folks normally go towards are the Hunt’s Flyer, Jack Jabbit, and The Jumbo Jet. The Jumbo Jet was a steel roller coaster at Morey’s Piers on Morey’s Surfside pier (back …
Hunt’s Pier, Wildwood NJ – 1988 Video and description by Dark in the Park “I recorded this walk down Hunt’s Pier in 1988. The summer after I shot this, most of the classic rides on the pier were removed to make room for a large looping coaster. The owners eventually went bankrupt and the looping coaster …
Check out this very rare video of Hunt’s Pier’s “The Ranger” ride! Debuted in 1982 this ride was so ahead of it’s time. It cost Hunt’s Pier $360,000 to purchase! Below is a newspaper clip of “The Ranger.” Thank you to Scott Hand for the photo and information! Here is the video!
Take a second and jump back in time to the Wildwood Boardwalk In The 1970s. Close your eyes and remember walking down the boardwalk and seeing Morey’s Piers KONG trying to get the Bi-planes out of the sky, listen as you hear the roar of Hunt’s Pier’s Flyer race down the track… Does it all come …