1970s-1980s Wildwood

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.” Wildwood C...

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 differe...

10 Rides You Miss From Hunt’s Pier 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 th...

Entering North Wildwood On The Old Wooden Bridge 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. Befo...

Sportland-Pier-in-the-1970s 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 o...

Retro Ed Zaberer's Commercial Found! Talk about a blast from the past! Do you remember Ed Zaberer’s? It was located on the corner of Spruce ave and Maryland ave in North Wildwood. As you may know I have ...

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...

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 ...

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 “Th...

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, l...