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8mm footage from my grandfather's film archives of his visits to Cedar Point in 1963. Digitally restored. HD.
The first year of The Cedar Point and Lake Erie Railroad.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cedar_P...

Rides and park features in order of appearance:
Cadillac Cars
Miniature Railway
the Mill Race
the Skywheel
the Beach
Paddlewheel Express
Merry-Go-Round
Monorail
the Sky Ride
Tumble Bug
unidentified
Dodgem
Wild Mouse
the Midway
Sideshows
A Daredevil
Octopus
Astronaut
Scamper
The Cedar Point and Lake Erie Railroad. With the Maud L and Albert engines.

Musical tracks provided by YouTube include:
Lifting Dreams
Johann Strauss' the Blue Danube
Scott Joplin's the Entertainer
Richard Wagner's Ride of the Valkyries
Round up on the prairie
Front porch blues
Tchaikovsky's Waltz of the Flowers.

30 hours went into making this, including recording the films over and over again due to some flaws in the restoration process. Thank you so much for watching. This may be uploaded again while I try to figure out the jitter aspect of the transfer.