Discover the 1970s Tulsa, Oklahoma - Rare film from that era
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- Опубликовано: 27 авг 2024
- Documentary about Tulsa Oklahoma that was produced in 1970s by Utica National Bank. Follows the Tulsa from Trail of Tears to its growth into a major American city. Sites include: South roads Mall,
Southland mall, Main Mall, Ford glass plant, Oral Roberts University, American Airlines, Telex, Tulsa Junior College, Bell’s amusement park, Indian pow wow, Roy clark ,Tulsa Oilers hockey, Williams Center Forum, Drew Pearson and University of Tulsa football.
This would have been the years following Tulsa's stand as "Oil Capital of the World" and shows the city's diverse economy.
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We are very lucky to have you preserving these for us.
Thank you
Thanks
randy25rhoads stuff like this is really neat.
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How many of you are watching this because you live in Tulsa
Yep
Hate to admit it but yah 💀
from north tulsa in all its ghettoness
Yupp
Love living in Tulsa
What a spectacular time to live in Tulsa. Pre 911. Pre drama news, Happy people who got out and did things!
I am so happy I spent those years in Tulsa-it was magical. I am equally happy to have left Tulsa when I did to discover the amazing world beyond the city limits of Tulsa, the state border of Oklahoma, and the US.
I lived in Tulsa in the 70's.
It wasn't as spectacular as this promo film made it out to be.
@@vanessajazp6341 Nostalgia = Only remembering the good stuff and totally forgetting about the negatives of whatever particular era.
Good old Bell’s. 😢
Wow so much has changed in the last 40 years...
Some things change. Yet, some remain the same
Is that good or bad that it has changed in 40 years?
@@1thetvzone thing Reagan. Because of him, nothing got 'better'.
Brings tears of joy and sadness at the same time. So much of my childhood has changed. But its a joy to see this film to give that feeling of Reminisce. Thx for sgaring. True gem!
Thank you!
We still have the same roads they had in 1970 as well
I noticed that!
Oh my goodness, Crystals Pizza, Casa Bonita, the Wildcat, Zingo & White Lightning, the fountain in Woodland Hills Mall, the old skate rink downtown, so many good memories in this video. Thanks for making it! Sure do miss that Tulsa, my heart breaks my grandkids will never know that Tulsa. Now all we hear is all the crime. Its so sad, there's nothing left fun for kids to do. No wonder we have so many problems now. There used to be so much for kids of all ages. Now its splash parks, no more go carts, only one putt putt place left, only one water park, no Bells, no dance clubs, my hometown saddens me. This brought tears of joy to my eyes.
We have the Gathering park now.
Amen! I think back to this time in Tulsa growing up as a kid and look at my Kids now and wish that they got a chance to experience what I did growing up in Tulsa. So many great Memories in this video.
They have new stuff for the kids now. Like someone else said. We have the Gathering Place, The BOK Center, Children's Discovery Lab, Cinergy, Main Event and much more. And they're bringing back Bell's. I do miss some of these places though.
@@jessicahayden1415 great to hear about Bells. Had a blast there as a kid.
Everyone saying there's nothing for the kids to do should visit the small towns in the panhandle to be reminded how great Tulsa is. Times change so change your perspective . Nostalgic things might be gone but that doesn't mean Tulsa is rotting.
Wow, seeing the Zingo (and Bells in general) brought a tear to my eye. I really miss having an amusement park nearby.
I miss Bell's, that place was fun, and holds many memories for me.
Jimmy Hopkins I think they’re bringing it back to for the Tulsa State Fair next year. That’s what I heard on Fox23 news a couple of months ago.
Zingo and wildcat
What an incredible time capsule this is. Brings my memories of growing up in Tulsa back to life. Thanks for sharing!
Ok boomer
I stumbled on this channel and glad I did! I am also a Tulsa based RUclipsr and am glad to see our city's history being preserved here! Good job!
Some history. Not mutually exclusive to all of Tulsas history
I was born in Pawhuska in '61 but, due to my parents' divorce my mom took me and my brother and sister to live in Okmulgee, where much of her family was. I grew up in that area and graduated from Okmulgee HS in '79. We were in Tulsa a lot....Bell's Amusement Park (loved that place...spent a lot of time there as a teen), Tulsa State Fair, Ice Oilers, Golden Hurricane, Drillers, the Zoo and so much more. My 1st wife and I moved to Tulsa (she was from Tulsa....went to Union High School)in '82 and our 2 daughters were born there and we stayed until '91 when we moved to Missouri. My mom is now 80 and she has lived in Tulsa many years now, along with my baby brother (who is in his mid 40s lol) and his wife. Tulsa has always been a special place for our family. I now am remarried nut, I live far away from Okmulgee (my sister and her husband still live there...she never left once we moved there in the mid '60s), Tulsa...hell the whole State of Oklahoma, or even Missouri (where our youngest daughter and her family live....Columbia MO....she never left once we moved to MO in '91), or California (our oldest daughter and her family live in LA now)....just make that the USA lol. I married a Brit and now live in the UK and have been here nearly 20 years now. Talk about instant culture shock lol. I love Oklahoma...still watch the Sooners...still and always will. You know the old saying...you can take the boy out of Oklahoma.........and then lose him in an entirely different Country lmao. BOOMER! Thank you so much for the video.....the 70s was a great time to live in Green Country!
I left Oklahoma drivin' in a Pontiac
Just about to lose my mind
I was goin' on to Arizona, maybe on to California
Where all the people live so fine
My baby said I was crazy, my momma called me lazy
I was goin' to show 'em all this time
'Cause you know I ain't no fool and I don't need no more schoolin'
I was born to just walk the line
Livin' on Tulsa time
Livin' on Tulsa time
Well, you know I've been through it
When I set my watch back to it
Livin' on Tulsa time
I was stunned to see who I believe is my recently departed sister is shown sailing on her boat on Keystone lake. Fun to watch. I was away at college from 1969 -73. It changed so much.
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I grew up in Fort Smith, Ark. In the 70s and 80s. A couple of times a year my family and I would go ice skating at The William's Center 6:18. Heck yes, ice skating in bell bottoms or boot cut jeans. I always thought that the mall with it's small and twist turny corridors was interesting with little shops tucked away around every corner. Now I want to go back and meet the woman at 10:27. Great memories!
Thank you
I grew up in Fort Smith Too! Graduated from Southside High School and moved to Tulsa and worked for Rainbo Baking Co. (1983-1996) until I had back surgery in 1995 and moved back to my hometown of Fort Smith!! Thank you for posting the video of Tulsa in the 70s!!
@@cebartlettSouthside will always be the Rebels to me.
Was born in 1973. Grew up in broken arrow my dad and grandma ran sipes food markets. Always something fun to do. I miss those days. Soo much❤
I remember the store off of Havard and skelly. I loved them Deli sandwiches and the smoked salmon and Bagel with cream cheese 😂😂😂😂
Great memories! Tulsa, Edison Class of 1987. Tulsa is covered in trash nowadays, it's so sad.
Crystal's Pizza, Shotgun Sam's (my birthday party), and Casa Bonita....Wow....Thank You Jack Frank
Wow! Great presentation. Makes me homesick for the first home I ever chose for myself. (Scooter B. Segraves -- KAKC 1959 off&on through '75, Magic-99 1987-`90)
Cooc00zooter did you know my grandpa Dick Schmitz
My father worked at Magic 99 in 1986 and 1987. Mostly nights on the air. Went by the air name Jack Scott. I used to go to the studio with him when I was a kid. He loved it there. I still have some of his old demos.
Too bad many of these things are gone.... Even alot of the big beautiful buildings downtown that i remember being demolished as a kid. 70s Tulsa almost looks better then present day Tulsa. Almost seems like the only things to do now is casinos...
Robbie Booth don’t forget about bars and restaurants....
River spirit 👌
@@webmillions there was many torn down in the 80s... I was only 7-10 yrs old so i dont know the names or what they was. But i do remember that many was marble or granite and not just slum buildings... The Medical Arts Building and The Skaggs Building would be 2 examples of lost art decco masterpieces
That's just not true anymore. Live in a tiny town all your life. Tulsa is FULL of things to do. Movies, Gathering place, indoor and outdoor swimming facilities, concerts, shopping, parks.. and yeah, the casino is one of those. But if you think that's the only thing to do anymore, you're not trying.
@@SerenaPro alot of establishments for entertainment closed after the casino's opened.. I dont feel like there is near as much entertainment as 10, 15 or 20 yrs ago even... The ONLY thing OKC has up on Tulsa is Bricktown, which has turned into quite the spot over the same 10, 15 or 20 yrs.. And theres really not alot of options for teenagers anymore either
My book, entitled "A Tulsa Childhood," will be published early 2024. It is all about growing up in Tulsa in the 1960s and 1970s. I miss the place, but when I return home (from Ohio) these days, I see it just isn't the same city any more.
Will we be able to purchase in brick & mortar? I don’t do Amazon😡Would love to see it❣️I began my Journey in a little new pink hospital far South Tulsa in 1963… Family on my Fathers side ALL in Turley…Sperry…Tulsa Cty…Owasso… I moved away for about 20yrs for School🤓… Didn’t realize how Urban MY LIFE was until I moved to a tiny Rural Community that was part of SEVERAL that FELT like ONE & if U needed EXCITEMENT then DFW was just an Hour down the Road… I learned how Social Services SUCKED for RURAL EXCEPT there must be 💰💰💰in Mental Health bcoz there was ALL sorts of places to provide ASSISTANCE yet didn’t REALLY appear to “fix anything”? Wraparound services are fairly new Theory but in the end it IS ALL ABOUT WHO/WHERE the 💰💰💰is funding your assistance❣️OK - Rant over I moved back in 2017… There are a FEW GOOD THINGS… 🤩Tulsa🌟Films🌟Jack🌟Frank🥳are two… MY Health is ONE that COULD BE BETTER(refer back to Rural Healthcare SUCKS) Not a FAN of Tulsa Mayor/City Council😡 Now let’s begin w/the Crooners who were ALREADY “of AGE” in 1970’s-Bob Hope & Bing Crosby for some encouragement from the PAST…🎼Thanks For🎶The Memories🎵
(I realize not everyone had good ones but I personally would need more than 24hrs to relive the Goodness of God✨🙏)
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I love Tulsa from the bottom of my heart, but my beginnings there were as dark as it gets.
My wife and I had our first date at Casa Bonita in 1982 in Tulsa and still married today. Also, my dad's company picnic was always at Bell's Amusement Park in the 1970's, I rode Zingo 20x one year at the picnic. Love Tulsa!
I was in the Tulsa Boys Choir. Thanks for posting.
Glad you enjoyed it
You could actually swim in the river!!! 😲
Rodney Hamilton yes they just started back up a few years back. I think theyre still going on anyway.i know for a few years they did
Ah, Bells. I'll miss that one.
I was born in tulsa in 1985 things have change a lot omg thank you for sharing this
20 years old in 1974 ... Fifty years has just zoomed by.
I'm from Owasso and now living 50 miles south east and it's sad what has happen in Tulsa now.
John Stout crime and drugs:/
Seems like all those great features are long gone. The only thing we'll have now is the gathering place, bars and restaurants. Come back Tulsa.
Still have division and lack of diversity in Tulsa. While some things are long gone. Others are still around and flourishing
@@BF6ct I wish you was wrong. But you're totally right.
@@vdubing01 i wish I were wrong as well.
BF6ct diversity is weakness. We don’t need to become the third world no thank you
They need to do a 2019 Tulsa update video. Be interesting to get the citizens opinion now.
This video is great! I'm very proud of Tulsa!
Loved this!!
Thank you
The Williams Center Forum opened in October, 1978, so I would guess this dates from a bit after that. Loved watching a video about my home town, especially my Scout Troop 26 getting ready for a campout at the church where I grew up, Good Shepherd Lutheran
Is the school in the background at 4:00 mark a church?
It is a mini WTC by the same architect.
I remember painting those bicentennial fire plugs in 1975-76
I grew up in Tulsa in the early 80s. It's a totally different City now. I remember Riding my bike in the streets catching crawdads in the creek going to the park with friends. You just don't see kid's doing these things anymore. I guess I was lucky.
What beautiful city. Thank you for sharing this treasure with us.
This rocked my memory banks. I miss Tulsa so much. It is a true city.
So true the best city ever feels like home.
Oh, my goodness. I was born in Tulsa 1970 but all of looks familiar. Thank you. I was baptized and went to school at St Pius X church (the circular church. Thank you for creating this.
.... And what an amazing class of people from St. Pius X! ❤
Jacque Bowling omg I went to st.pius too and my smaller siblings still go.
@@AngelGabriel-nk4sb when did you go? I went from 1978-1982. 2nd-5th grade.
What an amazing gem! It really brings back some great memories. Thank you for sharing!!
Proud Tulsa resident! Former Detroit resident. Tulsa has a lot to be proud of.
Such wonderful memories!
Grew up in Tulsa in the 80s/90s...lots of familiar stuff in this video. Unfortunately, almost all of it is gone.
Our family was transferred out of Oklahoma in late 75. I was almost about to graduate and we moved. Warm up the time machine and I'm going back. Anyone else? You and your family would be outside just doing stuff.
Bob Hope; Roy Clark @ 10:00
Being my hometown I watched this twice to be sure, and sure enough there was something I did not see at all. What an amazing coincidence that life in Tulsa was so much better then.
Wow! Amazing footage, Jack! Thanks for posting!
Best time of my life.
Wow! I love this video! I was born in 1970 and have lived in Tulsa my whole life. This Really brought back memories for me....thank you!!
This brought back so many wonderful memories, growing up in Tulsa during this time era was wonderful!!
We could make it like this again if we wanted to. We just have to all agree that we want to first.
I LOVE TULSA OK.
Really well put together video
Wow! So much has changed since this was out... Thanks 😇
The Roller Coaster looks COOL!
"Zingo" roller coaster!
One second for Tulsa pow wow
My Grandma took us to Pow Wow's all the time in the late 60's and very early 70's, and we had our feather head dresses and other stuff on and we would join the pow wows' as the only blond haired blued eyes kids there.
Grew up in Tulsa, born in '63 and moved away in 1998 and it's cool to see this but it's sad that most everything in this is no longer there.
One thing that MOST could NOT recognize TODAY… @ 9:03 ++Skateboarding facility was @ 15/Memorial- the actual pool to skateboard has been filled in LONG TIME AGO❣️😎
This film brings back many fond memories of growing up during the 70s & 80s in Tulsa. Its also quite creepy!!
Quik-Trip corporate office at 1:09
Very cool
That's the QuikTrip store that used to be on the Main Mall at 4th and Main. It's still a convenience store today but different name
that raft racing looks fun! wonder if Tulsa will ever get back to these happy times ever again?
Love this! So many wonderful memories. That clip of the Zingo feels like you are on it!
Thank you
We were on our way back then.
Much love my guy i love learning about tulsa oklahoma
Thank you
It looks so nice and made in 1978...... Oil bust in 1982 effected anywhere including Houston and Dallas and, I hope that city stays that way.
I’m 4th generation Tulsan. Sad to see how Tulsa looks now compared to then.
I didnt expect to see my Uncle Steve Lehmer in this, he did the Drunkard at the Spotlight
I had a birthday party one year at the Williams Center ice rink.
Me too.
I love Tulsa
I live here it so beautiful from it's place to people and there service love it. They have variety of stuff, plus now 2019 they got the gathering place!!
P.S. 2019 anyone??
Everyone in this comment section is forgetting that Tulsa still has a lot going. It's just in different forms now plus it's more diverse
@@Eli-sb4mg diverse for whom? The people you see in the video all the way back in the 70s?
@@BF6ct no I meant today
@@Eli-sb4mg more diverse isn't always a good thing. Trust me I worked in the ghetto, not fun 😝
@@Nathanielotaku thank you, I almost didn't get my daily dose of racism
I too am VERY grateful this video exist, seeing all the sights & sounds of our youth is awesome. You CAN'T ever go home. Every town, no matter what state or country it's in, stays the same. My home at 22nd St was right off Memorial, which was a blacktop 2 lane when we moved there in '60, from Independence/Harvard. To think we're having our 50th Hale Reunion this year is BIZARRE! It IS sad to see what's become of certain parts of town, but there's MANY people to blame, it's just part of letting a part of town get infiltrated by bad people & Code Enforcement ignoring them. That is a UNIVERSAL problem.
I feel blessed to have been a mid 50's baby & having the parents I had. The friends I had in school were & still are awesome people! Enjoy the good & stay away from the bad, it's part of life!
Glad it brought you many memories
Always love seeing these!!!
My hometown
Mine too. I have not been there in about 15 years. I know it's not the same now, but wonder if I will return to live at some point.
Rip bells 💔😢
I enjoyed watching this. But 2:49 had me shook.
Ouchies
I know I think someone snuck it in
Dripping Springs area of Grand Lake
Would love to know how much more footage there is of Gatemouth & Roy Clark in the studio!!
My sister was living there about the time this was filmed (!978?). I was there just after she was in 1981. Hadn't changed much. Soccer was the biggest thrill of all
Although this clip is less than 15 minutes long, they probably spent days filming hours of random footage then cut it all down and edited the best bits together.
That doesn’t even look like Tulsa
I know right?!
How
Depends on your age - I remember some of these things but from like mid / early 80s
It looks exactly like the Tulsa I grew up in, lol.
Thanks so much for this :)
Do any of you remember the John Chick show that was on every Friday Morning? My dad & his band played on the show every Friday Morning & Remember the talent shows at the State Fair?
Check our channel for a clip we have of Mr Zing and Tuffy
Yes my friends ted creekmore, danny and his brother played on that show also. Good times.
Where are the water pictures from? Lake Keystone? You don't see people boating and skiing on the Arkansas River! Just the raft races.
Love the Bob Hope line. "A lot of people remember me, so I have to keep moving fast!"
Keystone I would imagine
To people saying Tulsa went downhill go to Oklahoma City
Way better than Tulsa
Tulsa DID go downhill.
OKC isn't bad. Good music scene. But def an old city
Back in the 80s and 90s I thought Tulsa was WAY better. I Haven’t really been to either city since then, though, and I’ve heard that Tulsa has gotten worse and OKC has gotten better...
Born in Tulsa 1972 and lived there until 1990. I wonder if there are any archives of Good Morning America shown in the 1970s - I appeared on one of them 😊
Many of the same people in the clip are still around and active. There are also many other folk (right now) who are as industrious as the people in the clip. These people make Tulsa what it is.
For those who lived or still living in Tulsa, there was grocery store at 46th St. N and Peoria next door to Otasco. What was the name? Bestyet? or something like that. Spelling might be off.
It was built as a Mini-Max Grocery store at first, they changed the name later, but I'm not certain what it was, my brother worked there for a while, they had a promotion as a new store, dropped ping pong balls from an airplane over North Tulsa, i found one worth $5 bucks...I cashed it in! Easier than mowing yards at the time...
Not sure what all the negative nostalgia is about. I've been in Tulsa since 2000 and seen nothing but positive growth. Maybe some of the older folks are suffering from revisionist history? As far as people being larger in this day and age, that's hardly a problem isolated to Tulsa. Perhaps those expressing negativity towards modern day Tulsa are really expressing disappointment in the way their own lives have turned out.
If you were in an environment where the majority of the makeup didnt look like you, then you would have a different perspective. Dont make a general statement regarding people when you are totally ignorant to their point of view. If you didnt know, thats a main component of diversity. Dont let your one-dimensional Tulsa mentality shine.
@@BF6ct Easy there big fella. I was just responding to the comments regarding Tulsa in general. All cities have their issues with the under privileged and Tulsa has done more than its fair share to care for those folks. It's why Tulsa is a magnet for the homeless, they know that we have services that will provide for them. As for your comment regarding one-dimensional Tulsa mentality, I can only speak to my experience of being around successful people of all religions, race, color, ethnicity and creed. Your comment seems to me to be one-dimensional. We can't do for those who won't do for themselves, I wish you luck with that line of thinking.
Crime has gotten worse. There use to be a lot of nice places to go to that were safe, not anymore. You couldn't pay me to live in Tulsa. No way 😵
Great memories :)
The standard of living was much higher back then. I noticed the streets lacking the homeless.
This was the world I was born into. People are so stuck up and privileged now. As yucky as the Disco was, at least people were nicer towards each other.
Back when downtown was still beautiful, without that chrome monstrosity..
Haha honestly
The big ass role of duct tape
ShivanDragon lmaoooooo I’m guessing y’all talking about the BOK. Duct tape 😂😂😂
@@shivandragon1651 Damned Straight
Yeah, it used to be so nice
Thank you for commenting
Zebco was shown too
I wanna live in this Tulsa
too bad I was born in 94
Mikeyy Salinas Tulsa from the 70’s looks so harmless. Today in Tulsa you have to worry about getting stabbed at Taco Bell.
Why?
When did we have a friggin ice ring in a friggin mall?!
Downtown at the Williams Center Forum
It was awesome. I had a birthday party there once as a kid. Attended a bunch too.
Randi Miller killed your Bell's Amusement Park. Hope she is enjoying whatever she got out of it.
0:50 I wish downtown was this crowded, now it looks abandoned and shady
Wish I had a DeLorean so I might escape the 21st Century, even if it is to Tulsa Oklahoma..
Bartlett Square was so cool back then before they took it all out. Now it's a boring fountain that drunk drivers routinely drive over...
Tulsa has a great numbers of things, for all of us to live, love, be entertained, & grow. The BAD THING about Tulsa is this. The Street Department doe NOT know what "Flat & Smooth" means.The Orange Cone Company rents orange cones & there are millions of them in Tulsa. The Orange Cone Company makes way too much money & they shouldn't be a part of Tulsa's culture, but they are.
Looks Like Was A Blast Here In The 70s !
Just like now it was a blast for a certain demographic. Not mutually exclusive to all.