FANTASTIC TULSA FILMS - VOLUME 1

Fantastic Tulsa Films - Volume 1

Fantastic Tulsa Films consists of many old film clips and home movies rescued from attics and garages, including some of the oldest home movies taken in Tulsa. Even though many of the old movies were taken by amateurs, they give viewers a fascinating look into the city’s colorful past.

Jack Frank has been collecting and preserving archival movie films of the city for a decade, and in this show, he brings viewers the best of what he has found.

What's in Fantastic Tulsa Films - Volume 1

1920s views of Tulsa ice skating in 1920s on Swan Lake Brown Airport at 51st and Sheridan Commercial Airport at 61st and Yale 1957 footage of the Plymouth Belvedere buried at the Courthouse ice skating and boxing at the Tulsa Coliseum before it was destroyed by fire clips of Charles Lindbergh and Amelia Earhart visiting Tulsa

shopping downtown in the 1960s including Dorothys Dress Shop clips of baseball games at old Oiler Park on the Fairgrounds Riverside Drive in the 1920s old films of 1940s-era Tulsa State Fairs Miss Oklahoma contestants parade through downtown in the 1960s Bunion Derby race through Tulsa 1920s TV anchorman Jack Morris explaining a vote for Arkansas River improvements

bonus material on DVD:

• extended interviews of footage of the 1957 buried Plymouth Belvedere
• a 3-minute 1920s film showing Tulsas skyline and downtown buildings
• 10 of Jack Franks Tulsa Memories stories from television

Watch clips from Volume 1

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Historic home movies give us a fascinating look at Swan Lake in the 1920's.

It was torn down in 2007, but many still fondly remember the Camelot Hotel.

Back when Peoria was known as "the Restless Ribbon", Pennington's was a hot hang out.

See downtown when it was the city's main shopping area, and truly the "heart of Tulsa.

Miss Oklahoma contestants on display in Tulsa.

See Tulsa Fairs from yesteryear.