Expo 86 - Something's Happening Here VHS (1986)

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  • (Taken from the VHS box)
    The official videocassette of Expo.
    The perfect gift for family and friends
    A treasured souvenir of this memorable event
    A lasting memento, with all the colour, sounds and excitement of Vancouver's showplace.
    Don't miss it for the world!
    For 22 million visitors, Expo was a World in Motion, a World in Touch. At Expo 86, Canada hosted some 80 nations, states and corporations, many of whose pavilions and main exhibits are in this magical cassette: from papyrus to satellites, from reed ships to rockets. Here is the video cassette of Canada's world extravaganza with
    The Expo 86 theme song, "Something's Happening Here"
    Excerpts from the Opening and Closing Ceremonies including the song "Peace on Earth"*
    Exclusive coverage of the main pavilions and featured displays by Canada's Broadcast Coordinator
    The music and colour of the Canada Day and Fourth of July celebrations and other National Days.

Комментарии • 71

  • @tiffanyfrehleyyeshuaismy0153
    @tiffanyfrehleyyeshuaismy0153 Год назад +8

    …I was 21, and my friends and I had a 3 day pass. It was safe and clean in Vancouver. We had the best time, and it is one of my favorite memories. I miss those days. 🇨🇦🩵🙋🏻‍♀️🌸

    • @larsp5109
      @larsp5109 4 месяца назад +1

      I was in my late teens, flew ams-yvr and visited Expo86 for three days, totally loved it!

    • @tiffanyfrehleyyeshuaismy0153
      @tiffanyfrehleyyeshuaismy0153 4 месяца назад

      @@larsp5109…😁 🍁 🇨🇦

  • @wanchuah6170
    @wanchuah6170 3 года назад +11

    I’m a Vancouverite . 1986 was the best time of my life

    • @sarahminer6014
      @sarahminer6014 5 месяцев назад

      I'm sad , and now only drug crisis. That great time in van.

  • @wanchuah6170
    @wanchuah6170 3 года назад +14

    Expo 86 was the best time of my life.

  • @hughlin6039
    @hughlin6039 4 месяца назад +3

    A wonderful time during Expo 86 👍🇨🇦

  • @66rwdd32
    @66rwdd32 4 года назад +10

    I worked there opening day ( at the Irish bar hundreds of beer taps (( plus at least 14 deepfryers))
    Beer and wings
    On day two I was no longer employed but had a season pass
    One of the best times of my life!!!
    Among many in the lower mainland
    Thanks for the reminder if I had gold I've given you some

  • @klars3207
    @klars3207 2 года назад +7

    God I miss the 80's.

  • @Kat-fc7sx
    @Kat-fc7sx 2 года назад +4

    I worked at expo 86 on the ships that took people from one port too another best job I ever had

  • @dawilkie
    @dawilkie 10 месяцев назад +2

    I loved Expo 86, great memories!!

  • @laughsmart36
    @laughsmart36 2 года назад +2

    i was ten. got my first yo-yo with the expo '86 logo, my brother (13) got his first Swatch from the swiss pavillion; it rained every night, but we still watched the laser light shows; didn't have a clue what was going on, but it was so much fun anyway

  • @michael.tmclean2095
    @michael.tmclean2095 4 года назад +15

    I remember jumping all around when expo 86 opened that day. I was 9 yrs old. I even got a pat on the head by Princess Diana, than she came back and gave me a huge. Best memories I ever remembered.

  • @joncorso6103
    @joncorso6103 Год назад +1

    So many great memories. Spirit Lodge and Rainbow War knocked my socks off, and the fireworks were just amazing every night. Thanks.

  • @Darthsinned
    @Darthsinned 2 года назад +1

    I went 2 different times was 15 and had great times even still have this video

  • @ll7868
    @ll7868 11 месяцев назад +1

    I went to Expo 86 three times, I rode the Scream Machine three times in one day, the average wait in line was 2 hours, so around 6 hours standing in line and 6 minutes total riding the coaster. It was worth it.
    My dad helped install the motors & cables for the two SkyRides, those gondolas in front of Science World and the other side of the Cambie Street Bridge, he got us free passes to the opening day ceremonies, I was somewhere around when Chuck & Di were, I saw them on their boat from the McBarge, a McDonalds on a big boat, didn't see me or anyone I know in the video though.

    • @ll7868
      @ll7868 11 месяцев назад

      You can buy that McBarge, it's just sitting empty in a port in Burnaby.

  • @justme-ll1qz
    @justme-ll1qz Год назад

    God this brings back memories and a little tear
    The 80’s 🎉

  • @colindew2824
    @colindew2824 3 года назад +3

    The Expo 86 monorail is still working, and runs at the zoo in Chiang Mai, Thailand!

  • @edwardandrews1241
    @edwardandrews1241 4 года назад +5

    I worked at expo86 saftey, security and emergency services and was one of the people who wore the red caps and would drop the ropes in the morning when the site opened.The Bavarian Haus other otherwise known as the Barbarian house was a lot of fun

    • @bigcity420
      @bigcity420 4 года назад

      I was there with Ted Koppel. Great time...

  • @natedicksonmedia
    @natedicksonmedia 5 лет назад +20

    How can I be nostalgic about something that happened before I was born

    • @vs8909
      @vs8909 4 года назад +1

      Reincarnation

    • @davidstair9657
      @davidstair9657 Год назад

      If you believe in colours, Nate… any thing is possible! The future’s ours to share!!

    • @decafjava8565
      @decafjava8565 2 месяца назад

      I was 20 in 1986. 😂

    • @natedicksonmedia
      @natedicksonmedia 2 месяца назад +1

      @@decafjava8565 Dad, is that you?
      I just want someone to resurrect the McBarge into something cool

    • @decafjava8565
      @decafjava8565 2 месяца назад

      @@natedicksonmedia yea that would be great. I understand it was docked somewhere in the Burrard inlet a few years back. I have been living in Europe for years but came back last summer and wow what changes.

  • @TheCoasterLisa
    @TheCoasterLisa 3 месяца назад

    I was 22 and attended the fair with my folks in June of that year. I recall the theme was based on how transportation technology had advanced. We went through the queue for the monorail and before we were ready to board it broke down.
    So we walked around more and ended up leaving the grounds and got lost. We took the train to circle back to the expo and it ended up breaking down inside a tunnel. The train was packed with commuters and visitors. I quickly learned claustrophobia was a real thing and told my parents it’s best we exit off.
    Suffice to say, it took us a long time to return back to the fair’s main entrance. Not a fun experience. So much for the advancement of transportation!
    But, a group of cute guys drenched with cold water coming off the Log Flume asked me if I wanted to ride with them. I think they saw me watching the ride with scrutiny wondering if I should brave it getting soaked in frigid water on a chilly day. My mom found it humorous but I turned them down as I had never been on a Log Flume that had such steep drops that gets you completely drenched.

  • @ThePoobears
    @ThePoobears Год назад +1

    seem just like yesterday going to Expo 86 I was 17 38 yrs later wow... where did the time go

  • @deksamtorrac6518
    @deksamtorrac6518 4 месяца назад

    I was 17 and I rocked and swung one skytran cart like a school bell to almost 90* from level, what I didn't notice was it also swung the next 3 trans 1/2 as much down the line, scaring the bejezuses out of the old people ahead of, and behind me. They pointed at me as I came into the next station and said... THAT'S HIM, HE'S THE ONE!!! The security detained me until the angry old people were gone. They ended up giving Expo86 trinkets, and a few free tickets to a few upcoming events.
    But did tell me not to do that again, because getting a tran unstuck from the safety catch track would have taken hours to get the thing going again.

  • @FoodPornLover
    @FoodPornLover 5 лет назад +8

    Thank you for uploading this trip down memory lane! I was a kid with a season pass and went to Expo 86 as often as possible rain or shine. This really brings it all back with all the pavillions!

  • @Stecbine
    @Stecbine 4 года назад +12

    Ohh man this takes me back!!! I was a 10yr old boy from Ontario spending my summer of 86 with family in Vancouver and I was completely floored at how awesome EXPO was! I wish it was a permanent attraction because I would love to go back! My family had a copy of this VHS tape but they lent it to someone many many years ago and we never got it back. So happy to see it again, thank you for uploading it!!!! Now I need to show some friends what I got to witness!

  • @catherinehansel
    @catherinehansel 4 года назад +17

    Thank you so much for uploading this! I was born in 2000, but my parents were at Expo ‘86 and had the VHS tape. I used to watch it a lot in my middle school years and loved it! My generation seems to love things from the ‘80s lol. I often think about this video but I have no idea where it is now and I don’t even know if our VCR works anymore lol. So thanks again!
    Ps. We’re from the other Vancouver (Vancouver, Washington).

  • @johnfairsgoldpanningschool.
    @johnfairsgoldpanningschool. 2 года назад +1

    I was the first paying customer on Skytrain. I worked the beer carts at Expo 86 and then i went on to the Olympics.

  • @user-ru6ln9er4g
    @user-ru6ln9er4g 11 месяцев назад

    To think I was a 21 y/o male working in Bentall 4, as a clerk in a corporate setting. Downtown was bustling in those days! Through work we were able to buy a season's pass for $100 via payroll deduction.

  • @Mattz9
    @Mattz9 2 года назад +1

    I was 3 and barely remember my family being there. This is so weird for me lol.

  • @gerardguitarist
    @gerardguitarist 4 года назад +3

    Tracking Diana as a Pedicab driver during their visit was my top priority. I saw her twice and made eye contact with her twice. Both times on my Pedicab positioned in a strategic spot that would be close enough to hopefully catch her eye. Once as they exited the Orpheum Theatre from the Seymour St doors and once in passing on Hornby St as the motorcade passed by. Oddly enough the security was present but nowhere near what it would be in todays world. I remember seeing her up close like it was yesterday and she was every bit as fascinating in person as one could ever hope her to be. Radiant and powerful yet shy and vulnerable at the same time. Can't say enough about the experiences. I've seen and met many celebrities working for years at GM Place (Now Rogers Arena) and I was only ever starstruck by two people:
    HRH Diana, and one Ms. K.D. Lang.
    Ah, and how the years fly by...

  • @LoganLavery
    @LoganLavery 3 года назад

    Brought back memories and interesting how it doesn’t seem so dated. Big difference between the 70s and 80s, but not so much the 80s and 21st century. I was 21 and had a seasons pass, but regrettably didn’t use it much. I remember we were offered it at work via payroll deduction each payday and it cost $100, which was a lot of money back then.

  • @moth7457
    @moth7457 Год назад

    1986 was the year of Expo 86 in Vancouver and Vecna in Hawkins. Imagine if they co-existed.

  • @RicMorton
    @RicMorton 3 года назад +1

    Attended Expo 86 for several days after a puppetry festival / convention at the nearby university. Will never forget this amazing experience!

  • @ongobongo8333
    @ongobongo8333 2 года назад

    it's amazing to see what the world was like before the second enlightenment

  • @timyoung3229
    @timyoung3229 4 года назад +2

    Your copy of this video is in much better shape than mine. Thanks for posting.

  • @wagonet
    @wagonet 4 года назад

    Wow such memories .thanks for uploading

  • @annetteslife
    @annetteslife Месяц назад

    I was at Expo 86

  • @GrilledChickenRamyun
    @GrilledChickenRamyun 3 года назад +2

    Looks exciting wish i could travel back to times!

  • @SkepticalChris
    @SkepticalChris Год назад

    Famously the opening day was also the day princess Diana fainted during her tour of the Expo site. I believe it took place near the China pavilion

  • @arnoldlitke5084
    @arnoldlitke5084 2 года назад +1

    All thanks to Jim Pattison the founder of the whole show, every night there was fireworks night after night after night!!! I was only 16 i remember the flooting Mcdonald's restaurant in false creek just beside the granville bridge. Oh god those where the days. Today is just not the same. Today is like nothing but slaves and cellphone zombies and nobody looks at you unless your super good looking, and the ones looking at you are the ugly ones that don't diserve to look at you!!!🤪

  • @moth7457
    @moth7457 Год назад

    Steam Expo was the best.

  • @MetaverseAdventures
    @MetaverseAdventures 2 года назад

    Wow...the world sure has changed since these times.

  • @rudihofer7212
    @rudihofer7212 5 месяцев назад

    Last time i saw lady Die in person .

  • @BamSlade
    @BamSlade 2 года назад +1

    the mcbarge makes a brief appearance at 42:34

  • @MsRowsdower
    @MsRowsdower 4 года назад +1

    I found a copy of this VHS in a box of tapes I got at an auction.
    What happened to our floating silent cargo carrier of the future?! lol

    • @BamSlade
      @BamSlade 2 года назад +1

      exactly what I was thinking? drones are obviously the future at this point but I wonder where the hystar is.

  • @dustinjames7572
    @dustinjames7572 2 года назад

    Omg this is awesome! I was 5 years old. UfoH20 was the first attraction I remember. Don't remember a ton but the gondola, rainbow wars and the fireworks and laser show still stick in my memory from 35 years ago.

  • @mikaglea
    @mikaglea 3 года назад

    I was a New Englander back then and "West Coast" meant "California." Not for me, though. For my first trip west I made a beeline to BC. I was there, at Expo, 35 years ago this week - on Canada Day!

  • @ll7868
    @ll7868 11 месяцев назад +1

    The Pied Piper kidnapped children and led them into the forest to be eaten by the rats because the villagers didn't pay him for getting rid of the rats. Danny Kaye should have picked a better character for International Children's Day than a kidnapper and mass murderer of children.

  • @antdude
    @antdude 5 лет назад +3

    Rad. I was there with the colony and friends!

  • @annetteslife
    @annetteslife 3 года назад

    I went on pretty much all of the thrill rides there. Brings back memories of a 13 year old spending a few weeks at Expo 86 with family

  • @WSNO
    @WSNO 3 года назад

    your icon and name changed! too bad, i dig your fursona. not even sure what an e-clips is

  • @day245
    @day245 3 года назад

    I was 8

  • @salvatory2012
    @salvatory2012 4 года назад

    Olaf Solheim

  • @Cballin
    @Cballin 2 месяца назад

    This video smells like cigarettes

  • @user-hq6iw1yv4f
    @user-hq6iw1yv4f 2 месяца назад

    I was there on my way to tempory duty at a CF NORAD RADAR STATION. It was great.
    Fish swimming around the glass floor of a dance floor.
    I now believe this was.animal abuse.
    Dreadful theme song. HORRID !

  • @hyperloopbeats
    @hyperloopbeats Год назад

    Pre global warming days - look how cold it was in August backcin the day