I miss Rocky Point and only wish my children shared in the excitement! I should learn how to surf at 60 always wanted to! Did not know old blue eyes visit Newport during the summer. Thank you and God bless.

The Newport bridge opened in 1969. My family was from Newport but moved to Narragansett in 1967. We use to take the Jamestown to Newport Ferry when going to visit relatives. The day the Newport Bridge opened we were one of the first to drive over it. It cost $1.00 my Dad said they will never take the toll off. He was right.

It's so sad to see all this dissapeared

@jamesconnolly5164

12 күн бұрын

That's white erasure for you.

Great video! A lot of red skin on the beach at the beginning, might have been before the discovery of sunblock lol

Great clip of Pete Seeger at 10:41.

Great video

There was a brief section with video of cars driving over the Newport Pell Bridge. The Bridge opened in June 1969, so the c. 1967 date is inaccurate.

@randykirby2866

3 жыл бұрын

I noticed that as well. If you watch it again you can tell that it was spiced in the film. I would imagine that they had added that later.

@RIHistoricalSociety

3 жыл бұрын

9:46 ; ) Honestly, that is a good catch! We had similar thoughts ourselves. It does seem apparent that the footage was spliced for that portion, as you can hear a distinct difference in the narrator's voice. As the collection of scenes in this video may come from a number of years around that time, we use "circa" to denote that fact.

@deb16acres20

3 жыл бұрын

C. Is an an abbreviation for circa Vocabulary: related words and phrases Approximate (a) sort of idiom -ish about approx. approximate approximately in the neighborhood of sth idiom in the vicinity of idiom loose loosely So stop trying to be a know it all, lol

@pornsakpongthong1092

Жыл бұрын

@@RIHistoricalSociety this is from 1997

Che atmosfera meravigliosa. Dobbiamo lavorare affinché si possa respirare la stessa aria della Newport di quell'epoca

Also ...during WWII, the pond was used for aerial dive bombing practice with dummy bombs, a number of which I have seen while fishing

magnificent

The first few seconds the old Jamestown Bridge. I almost got killed on that bridge twice. Both times it was pure luck that I walked or drove away. If anyone wants to hear the story let me know. Was born in Newport Love R.I.!!

@ivansepulveda854

2 жыл бұрын

What happened ??

Great vid....Do you have any more from that time ????

@RIHistoricalSociety

3 жыл бұрын

We do! We are working to digitize them. It is our goal to get as much of our archives up on KZread for people to enjoy : )

Cumberland in there yay, DH park, and the former ski area there too

@didntknowyoucouldchangethi

8 ай бұрын

I was surprised to see Diamond Hill Park there

wow. i am exhausted after watching this video, and need a recovery vacation :)

Bathing suits for so classy back then

This was amazing. Great to see.

Rhode Island "went," all right.

Any videos of Cranston Dyer ave ?

Nice ..seems like life was a little easier back then

@didntknowyoucouldchangethi

8 ай бұрын

Maybe for white people

What a goof ❤️😁 who is the narrator? I've heard his voice before. And I wonder which of these events are still in operation. Besides the obvious like Rocky point

1970 because Newport bridge wasn't built until 1969

The beach guys look a bit burned….

Is that Paul Desmond at 0:32 ?

Wtf RI use to have so much going on, it seems like not much but overcrowded beaches and tourist that don’t give a shit about locals now, big shame.

Notice everyone on the beach is sunburned

Wooow,no mention of east Greenwich,its only where our country's navy was formed and started at

So here’s a tip if you want to go somewhere for a vacation go somewhere else

Liberals destroyed R.I.

Such liar's.....not an island at all! Very small... Rhode Island is about the same size as most other states landfills!! 🤔🤣