Live in Tampa but in the sixties my parents sentbme to a private boarding school in Forest City a suburb of Orlando. Beautiful area to live. Nice clean small town with plenty of choices for entertainment. Loved living there but once I finished high school, left and very seldom have gone back. Disney sprawl took the small town feel away
That Minute Maid plant was moved to the industrial zone of Orlando while the old building was repurposed into a live theatre for music. Now it’s been abandoned since that shooting many years ago. The city has no clue what to do with it. Although it sits in the trendy milk district. Citrus moved a little south but not that much ever since the big citrus freeze of the 60s. You however see a lot of innovation in that industry via the grocery store and citrus world on international drive. It’s also in the restaurant business as Orlando is becoming a foodie paradise. What, I might be young but I know my central Florida history well.
I know about the back to back freezes of 1894-95 and the two in 1983 and 1989 spelled the end of citrus crops in the central FL area. The 1960’s doesn’t ring any bells! I really miss the smell of the Orange Blossoms every spring! Florida hasn’t changed but the American people sure have! The innocence of those times is sorely missed.
The propeller airliner seen at 5:55 is an Eastern Airlines, Douglas DC-7B which first entered service with EAL in 1955. Curiously, the interior of Eastern's "sevens" was designed by Harley Earl, then Vice President in charge of styling for General Motors. Nice, vintage film of Orlando before it greatly changed due to "the mouse." Thanks for sharing!
At 6:30 that motel was on Hwy 50, with the same curtains there still! You could tell they were rundown and needed to be replaced. Wow, same curtains! Been there forever! Last time I went by it was still there. Great video of the old Orlando, I miss that!
The area where that motel is used to be a nice area. Now, it's a drug infested, crime-ridden, prostitute infested ghetto. Progress? The city beautiful? I think not.
Good grief, that house is still there, and it looks beautiful. However, you'd have to be a very rich man to own it! Zillow says it's value is one million, six hundred thousand dollars. Notice how the film presentation completely ignores the poverty that no doubt existed at the time. Wouldn't make for a nice, happy film would it?
McCoy Air Force base became Orlando international airport while Orlando military base became the college park neighborhood. Unfortunately college park still digs up the occasional piece of forgotten military equipment which has to be turned over to the police for proper disposal or exploding.
I grew up in Orlando from 1959 till 1970. It indeed was a Magical & Great place to live. Today there's not enough money in the world to get me to live back there!! Thanks Disney for turning it into a shithole!!
Before the spaceport, it was mostly orange groves... During the making of this video, Mickey was quietly buying up land.. Now, it's just over bloated and miserable to visit.. We ruined it..
Old Soldier it's actually in Orlando on 50 close by 441 where McNamara Pontiac used to be located. Pine Hills started right at where the fairgrounds are now, right next to where the Kanes Furniture store was located.
I didn't care much for the film but enjoyed the music probably because I had seen it a few dozen times before and I saw things change in real life befor emy eyes as Orlando became no longer "the city beautiful but to me the city pitiful". When Disney started up so did all the weird Rude Northerners as undesirables as they moved in and started demanding to change a nice sleepy quiet citrus town into Chicago. What was interesting they wanted to change it to make it like where they once lived which made me wonder why they moved here if everything was so great where they lived? Thus, they came down invading like roaches and took over Orlando? It then became a nightmare to live, or get around or do anything as crime and crazy people increased when Disney started up and brought in more even undesirables to the mix. Thus made the real floridians who lived there get flustered move as it no longer was a friendly little town? So they knocked down all the charm to make way for growth and the called it progress as they destroyed what charm it had? anyone who grew up in Orlando knows what I am saying as many wish it never got the way it did as everything got out of control with developers and poor management. I wish you the best old Orando as last time I visited I felt un-welcomed as it was where I grew up and was raised?
My parents were a mixed race couple in the region in the 70s & 80s. They didn’t experience as much racism as you’d think. He did passed away after slightly under 10 years of marriage, so their time together was too short.
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We paved paradise & put up a parking lot.
I grew up in Florida and I find it difficult describing what Orlando looked like before Disney. I'm gonna save this.
Wow, I grew up in Orlando in the ‘50’s, great looking back. 😊
Is it true the lakes used to be more clear
Live in Tampa but in the sixties my parents sentbme to a private boarding school in Forest City a suburb of Orlando. Beautiful area to live. Nice clean small town with plenty of choices for entertainment. Loved living there but once I finished high school, left and very seldom have gone back. Disney sprawl took the small town feel away
Forest Lake Academy?
Crazy to see Orlando now.
That Minute Maid plant was moved to the industrial zone of Orlando while the old building was repurposed into a live theatre for music. Now it’s been abandoned since that shooting many years ago. The city has no clue what to do with it. Although it sits in the trendy milk district. Citrus moved a little south but not that much ever since the big citrus freeze of the 60s. You however see a lot of innovation in that industry via the grocery store and citrus world on international drive. It’s also in the restaurant business as Orlando is becoming a foodie paradise. What, I might be young but I know my central Florida history well.
I know about the back to back freezes of 1894-95 and the two in 1983 and 1989 spelled the end of citrus crops in the central FL area. The 1960’s doesn’t ring any bells!
I really miss the smell of the Orange Blossoms every spring!
Florida hasn’t changed but the American people sure have! The innocence of those times is sorely missed.
@@saturn722 try fox 13 the citrus freeze of 1962. It’s archived. It was oddly forgotten for some reason
The plaza live was not abandoned after the shooting and is still open today. Also it was TG lee land it was built on not Minute Maid
The propeller airliner seen at 5:55 is an Eastern Airlines, Douglas DC-7B which first entered service with EAL in 1955. Curiously, the interior of Eastern's "sevens" was designed by Harley Earl, then Vice President in charge of styling for General Motors. Nice, vintage film of Orlando before it greatly changed due to "the mouse." Thanks for sharing!
love the music love Florida
At 6:30 that motel was on Hwy 50, with the same curtains there still! You could tell they were rundown and needed to be replaced. Wow, same curtains! Been there forever! Last time I went by it was still there. Great video of the old Orlando, I miss that!
What road is it on?
@@opal92nwf 50 and 436 near the old McNamara Pontiac dealership and wendys.
50 and 441
The area where that motel is used to be a nice area. Now, it's a drug infested, crime-ridden, prostitute infested ghetto. Progress? The city beautiful? I think not.
We should have made a film telling them not to come!
1:00 is 811 Lake Adair Blvd
Good grief, that house is still there, and it looks beautiful. However, you'd have to be a very rich man to own it! Zillow says it's value is one million, six hundred thousand dollars. Notice how the film presentation completely ignores the poverty that no doubt existed at the time. Wouldn't make for a nice, happy film would it?
McCoy Air Force base became Orlando international airport while Orlando military base became the college park neighborhood. Unfortunately college park still digs up the occasional piece of forgotten military equipment which has to be turned over to the police for proper disposal or exploding.
@@yugioht42 the military base became Baldwin Park not College Park
Very cool your video. I wasn't there at that time, but nowadays, yes. And for me, it remains an incredible city.
18:05 Yes Orlando is STILL building :( Traffic is a nightmare and the mammoth apartment complexes springing up everywhere are a huge contributor.
I left when I turned 21 in 1994. I don’t miss it. It’s a horrible culture that you don’t see exactly how terrible until you leave.
@winderwonder Very true! I'm still in florida but moved away from all the rudeness that took over Orlando.
Oh my goodness, what the hell happened to this beautiful place, it looked like a paradise.....
This is more of a travelogue than a newsreel, although it' has a lot more detail than most travelogues. Maybe a marketing film?
I hate driving there or any roads in Central Florida! Been here since 1950......wish I was younger I would move!!
0:52 is 2 doors down 727 Lake Adair Blvd
Great video:)
I grew up in Orlando from 1959 till 1970. It indeed was a Magical & Great place to live. Today there's not enough money in the world to get me to live back there!! Thanks Disney for turning it into a shithole!!
Your absolutely correct. I really was hoping Disney would've folded during COVID-19, but the masses are still coming.
Before the spaceport, it was mostly orange groves... During the making of this video, Mickey was quietly buying up land.. Now, it's just over bloated and miserable to visit.. We ruined it..
Just driving thru I-4 is a major nightmare.
WE didn't ruin it. THEY did!
Isn't the hotel in 6:30 Pine Hills, today known as Crime Hills.
Old Soldier it's actually in Orlando on 50 close by 441 where McNamara Pontiac used to be located. Pine Hills started right at where the fairgrounds are now, right next to where the Kanes Furniture store was located.
Yup. The motel is at the corner of Colonial and Westmorland Dr.@@bedazzled64
LoL dang...
Thankyou
50K Visitors annually! Now its 50 Million....:(
I lived in Orlando for 10 years 1978 -88 glad I moved because THE TRAFFIC SUCKS
stay off of 436 n I-4
Pre-mouse!
It was beautiful before Disney.
That ruined all of Florida :(
Hey Daniel, do I have permission to use some of the audio of this clip to overlay in a video I am creating from a recent vacation to Orlando?
They blew up the new city hall for one of those lethal weapon movies.
Yeah lethal weapon 3 i was there when they did it
This is the early 60s
Life before unbridled growth and deforestation in Central Florida. This bears no resemblance to the concrete jungle of today
Cypress Gardens became Lego Land. Ugh!!
I think I figured out how Orlando got its name. It became a main citrus hub, it was the LAND of ORANGES ! so then they shortened it .. (OR-LAND-o)
I didn't care much for the film but enjoyed the music probably because I had seen it a few dozen times before and I saw things change in real life befor emy eyes as Orlando became no longer "the city beautiful but to me the city pitiful". When Disney started up so did all the weird Rude Northerners as undesirables as they moved in and started demanding to change a nice sleepy quiet citrus town into Chicago. What was interesting they wanted to change it to make it like where they once lived which made me wonder why they moved here if everything was so great where they lived? Thus, they came down invading like roaches and took over Orlando? It then became a nightmare to live, or get around or do anything as crime and crazy people increased when Disney started up and brought in more even undesirables to the mix. Thus made the real floridians who lived there get flustered move as it no longer was a friendly little town? So they knocked down all the charm to make way for growth and the called it progress as they destroyed what charm it had? anyone who grew up in Orlando knows what I am saying as many wish it never got the way it did as everything got out of control with developers and poor management. I wish you the best old Orando as last time I visited I felt un-welcomed as it was where I grew up and was raised?
You keep taking control of my s.m. Wo
4th generation Orlandoans here…
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PRE DISNEY LAND NOW TOO BIG
make America great again! This is what that means! I wish time machines were real!
Florida was great before Disney ruined it
That is the truth.
@@ovalhunter488 yessir
And then came Buddy Dyer
No b9dy
So sad to see what it has become. Very trashy....
Whateve other than casy anthony we are awesome.
@@maxyorkshire5930 No, you are NOT awesome.
The sad thing is racism was so high!! :(
Richard,, Let history be history or the future never comes.. Just look to slavery in the bible, that too is gone.
My parents were a mixed race couple in the region in the 70s & 80s. They didn’t experience as much racism as you’d think. He did passed away after slightly under 10 years of marriage, so their time together was too short.
Why do you think Orlando was so beautiful then? It's called RACIAL SEPARATISM.