Discovery Channel Needs YOUR Retro Home Movies!

[robbalvey]

Hey everyone at TPR,

 

I received this email from the Discovery Channel this morning. If you have video footage that can help them out, the contact info is below. Also, please let me know if you are sending footage to them so I can help these guys keep track of who is who on the boards!

 

Funny how this comes at a time where we've all started doing "Retro Photo Trip Reports!"

 

Thanks again for all your your and thanks to Discovery for giving us the opportunity to participate!

 

--Robb

 

The Discovery Channel are about to start making an brand new documentary looking at the second golden age of wooden roller coaster construction. The programme’s going to be shown in Spring next year and we are looking for help from Coaster enthusiasts.

 

We’re going to be following the building of three of the most exciting wooden Roller Coasters currently under construction in the USA – El Toro at Six Flags Great Adventure, Voyage at Holiday World and the new Great Coasters Inc. Coaster at Beech Bend Park. We will also be looking at the history theme parks and wooden coasters as well as exploring the passion and sense of nostalgia people feel for these rides and this is where we’d love your assistance.

 

We’re really keen to speak to people who have pre 1980s home movie footage (Super 8, Super 16 etc.) of their families or themselves at theme parks that we can include in the show. Ideally we want film that shows wooden roller coasters as well as other parts of the parks but if you think that your footage might be interesting for some other reason please do get in touch and let us know more about it.

 

You can contact me with a brief description of the footage you have and when it dates from on richard.bradley@northonetv.com If you include a telephone number I can give you a call back to find out more. Don’t worry if you don’t have a VHS version we’d be really happy to get it transferred for you and we’ll make sure you get all your footage back safely.

 

Many thanks,

 

Richard.

 

Again, the email address to contact them is: richard.bradley@northonetv.com

 

--Robb

Edited October 25, 2005 by robbalvey

[SharkTums]

Darn, I wasn't even born prior to 1980!!!

 

Robb you must have some footage though!

[CoasterCrazy]

I don't have any footage because I wasn't born yet!

[Erik Johnson]

Growing up my folks did not care for coasters, so we never went to those parks. So this means no wooden coaster footage in my family.

[Nemmy]

I was born in 1980, so that's even worse.

[coasterfan12]

I dont have any vids but i have like 5 1970 busch gardens Williamsburg pics1

[coasterfan12]

I dont have any vids but i have like 5 1970 busch gardens Williamsburg pics1

[kenshinmac]

I wasn't born until 1981...

[FlyingScooter]

Nuts, I've got VHS from 1986 of CLP when it actually had rides and shows...

[thunder001]

The only footage that I have is of the Thunderbolt and that is post 1980. I thought that I had some video of the two wooden coasters at Wonderland but I have not been able to find it....maybe anyone from Sydney might have some footage of the coasters for the show.

[robbalvey]

I'm going to unstick this. If you have any footage that you think they could use, please contact them at the email address above, or let me know and I will make sure they are aware.

 

Thanks again to everyone for your help!

 

--Robb