Was'nt it a simpler time look nobody has a cell phone or any kind of social media devise and look they are having a good time Old Orchard my favorite place to relax and enjoy the beach great video thank you for posting it!!!!!

Thank you for sharing this video with me 😊 I used to spend my Summers with my grandparents at the Sea Gull inn there 🎉😂❤😊

I wasn't born until '62, but we lived around the corner from Old Orchard Beach. My parents and family could easily be somewhere in this footage. Miss those stylish old cars. Thanks for the upload.

Sure does bring back great memories.

I was born in 1960,and my parents visited this wonderful place a few times before they had us 3 kids.It became our yearly vacation spot.This video brings back so many memories seeing things as they were back then,even the street signs remind me of the 60s,so very cool.Ive taken my kids a few times and they fell in love with it as well,and as i age,i long to go back again and again because of all the great family memories.Long live Old Orchard Beach :)

This is exactly how I will always remember OOB.. Trip To Mars, Coal Mine, Noah's Ark, Jack and Jill slide, bumper cars, carousel, aquarium at the end of the rickety pier, guess your age guy, shooting gallery with those moving dummies with plates and dishes, karmel korn, Canadian tourists in skimpy bathing suits, pier fries, Palace Playland... then the fire in 1969. Same weekend as moon landing and Chappaquiddick

Oh to be 15 again. The slide, coal mine, noah's ark, merry go round, pier french fries, bills pizza, fried clams at the corner of palace playland, the bumper cars, the whip and so many other attractions. Oh and did I mention girls Yes those were the days my friend those were the days.Thank you to your B/F's father for filming this wonderful memory.

Wow, that's a nice shot of a Portland bound B&M freight!

Epic Nostalgia and Eclectic beyond compare,Coastal, Southern, Maine life! Thumbs up!

Thank you for posting this marvelous video

OMG... I was 3 then. Gave me goose bumps seeing the pier, Noah's Ark, the rides, the one piece bathing suits with the bathing caps. Just like my Mom wore. Thanks SO much for sharing. Had a huge crush on a cute classmate in the first grade named Danielle Tremblay.

OK, you made me cry. Thanks for the flashback moments. So much there I remember as a child and that I latter watched go up in flames or down in storms. Any way you slice it we are lucky enough to LIVE someplace that people use their discretionary time and money to VISIT.

This was beautiful. Thank you so much for sharing.

This was so beautiful and mesmerizing!

Thanks for that bit of nostalgia. I was born in '56 and spent so many summers there as a kid and young adult. I live in CA now and haven't been since 2006. Noah's Ark! I used to be so terrified of that when i was little. When i die, i hope heaven looks like ocean park/old orchard beach.

Hi Ronald. Oh yes, I remember the mules! It was called The Coal Mine, located pretty much under Noah's Ark. I remember seeing the guys taking the mules home at night and they were pretty dern ornery, being led up Old Orchard Street, bucking away!

Terrific film, by the way. Sure miss when Pier French Fries were actually ON the pier!

Was there in the '40s and '50s, while staying in Ocean Park!

I was just there last weekend. Been visiting there for 70 years.

Thanks for sharing. I went to Ocean Park so many years (and decades). I love seeing the OOB amusement park, the beach, and the old time cars. Love the pic of Noah's Ark. Brings back happy memories.

Great, thanks for posting...just as I remember...because of the laws of Maryland, we could not go to Ocean City Maryland so we formed a caravan and drove from Baltimore to Old Orchard for 6 straight years during the time of this video. It was great despite the long drive. We stayed at "Guays Village" motel (sp)

Amazing! So much history has occurred since 1960, yet Old Orchard Beach remained almost the same as it did back then.

Wow! This is incredible. Thank you.

I was 8 in 1960 We stayed in a hotel run by Mr. Leger on Kinney Ave, eventually staying at the Bon Air and the Bernard house ! It was the best!

Wow, wiping the tears away. Thanks for memories, I grew up in So Maine and have tons of memories of OOB.I remember the night the pier burned down. I was working at the A&W in So Portland on route 1. The traffic was backed up that far from people wanting to watch the iconic pier burn. I made over $100 in tips that night, which was huge money for a car hop1969. Nothing like "pier fries" with salt and vinegar, ah the memories.

I was 11 when this video was made, I have no idea where you found this Pauline, but thanks for posting. I would love for my grandson's to see this so they could see how the pier used to look before they boarded it all up with those junk shops and the large dance hall at the end. Loved it.

Wow, I wish it still looked like that....spent many days on that beach, great memories. Just beautiful....

Nice! I was 6, brings back a lot of memories!

This brings back so many great memories. I remember the trains the pier. Also Noah's Ark, the Aquaritpum speedball and especially rhe fried classmates on the pier. We stayed in a Cottage on Union St. I could go on. Thank you so much.

Thank you so much for sharing, awesome video!

WOW....I was 16 visiting Old Orchard Beach and how I loved that Pier. Looking at this video I felt for sure I saw my mom standing near the merry-go-round at the entrance of the pier. I remember the fun house and especially the mind reader "OMAR". Bill's Pizza was also my favorite along with rides like the wrip and others. We planned our vacation every summer since 1955 through 1964 at Old Orchard Beach. Stayed at the Colonial Hotel/Motel. Dad and my brothers would go deep sea fishing in Saco, while I stayed at the beach and afternoons at the Pier. Had lots of fun with new friends from Canada staying at the motel. Thank you for bringing back memories to me. I am now 79 yrs. old. I treasure those memories of my youth. Ron W. (Palm Springs, CA) 12/28/2022

Great video. I was there (3 years old!)

WOAH this so cool! Oh my god, seeing an entirely different generation in my home town is astonishing. Honestly I wish I could live in this era ;-;

What a gift your video is for all of us who love OOB and we’re vacationing there in the 60’s! We started in ‘67 I think. Fun, happy memories! Do you have any photos of Fred’s Chicken on East Grand Ave, the Executive Motel and/or restaurants on East Grand (like the one with the cow out front!)?

Tfs I live here now ! Moved here 2018 👍🏼

thank you ~

Loved Noah’s Ark funhouse.The original Merry go round was made of wood all hand carved.Then the big fire burned it down.

I was 10 then nice vacation

I went through the Noah's Ark fun house at about the time of this film with my dad. I remember there were benches you would sit on and get an electric shock. Imagine something like that today! There was also a ride in which you went down into a mine and the carts were pulled by real mules. One guy's job was to reach out from a hiding place and slap the mule if it slowed down.

Anyone remember the Argyle House run by the Fortiers on Imperial Street? My family stayed there in 1968 and 1969. My brother and I used to love the freight trains that went by several times a day. They were so long it took probably 15-20 minutes before you could cross the tracks.

Noah's Ark!! Our parents brought us to OOB many many times to spend the day swimming. At the end of each summer we went down in the evening and went on the rides including Noah's Ark. What a shame that fire destroyed it. Thanks for posting this!

When they started tearing down those old Victorian era hotels, my mother would ask if she could have some of the furniture and antiques, and they said yes. Would be difficult to find now.

As a local it's amazing the difference between now and then.

Boy if I could go back to 1960 with my metal detector to OOB.

I remember the Aquarium at the end of the pier.

That was really cool! Thank you for posting this. I was born in '63, so I never got to see the Noah's Ark.

Does anyone know who may have filmed this great video? I was 11 yrs old in 1960. Spent summers on Kinney Street at Rest by the Sea Hotel and knew everyone that came back every summer.

no you are correct. I think it was underneath Noah's ark. This is a great video---We had a place on Boisvert street and comedown from Montreal every summer

I remember it well

does anyone know who may have filmed this great video ? The reason I ask is that as a kid in 1960, age 11 years old, I stayed on Kinney St and knew everyone that came back each summer and would love to share some memories....thanks

A time before the Great Tattooed Smartphone Zombie invasion.

Wow that was cool

Does anyone remember a ride in which actual mules would pull mine carts underground? I seem to be the only one who remembers them. Thank you.

My Dad took my Mom there for a 1st date I was told. On the 4th of July that year. Thats where I was concieved. You can say then that I'm a yankee doodle dandy concieved on the 4th of July. I'm not saying the year but yea its back then.

so weird, i'm currently writing a book with a story set in this town during the summer, idk, there is just something about this town, suffered the worst most horrible heartbreak here, had a nightmare there, funny thing is i always felt hallow even years before the incident, then it happened...its like there was a phantom there waiting for me as this town pulled me back in season after season ultimately leading up to the inevitable kill...smh

we had a Noahs ark at Kennywood pgh pa

I had my burger taken by a segal he even bit me. I was maybe 8

Sorry not Orchard beach why you lie,maybe CONEY Island yes