Aerial Views of Treasure Island, FL (1968)

[kissfan003]

Thanks for this. It's a little before my time as I mived there in 78,but it brings back many memories.

[TheRedneckGamers]

Wow thats crazy. I go to treasure Island for spring break and im only 14 and it seems alot different. Great video!

[MistyClendenen1]

Thank you for sharing this!!!!! We Vacation frequently at The Sea Chest and hope to call this wonderful place our home one day!!!!

[enrique68]

For this pilot who was born the year this footage was taken and who just moved to Treasure Island, this video is a Treasure indeed.

[katswind]

Albert Whitted airport, it looks like....flew out of there myself , many times. Love this rare footage, thanks!

[375GTB]

What happend to "The Sands Bar"??

It was next to a small public beach, on the island.

I used to feed the rays, there,... they never hurt anyone...

We had dolphins, too... no sharks!!

J.C.

[PaulaKruger]

January 2010, not 2019

[PaulaKruger]

As a teenager (about 16) who visited treasure island in 1968, this vid provided a link for me to that time. Does anyone remember a HoJo somewhere on the beach?Thanks -- this helps me in the discovery process. (I'm from Chicago -- then and now --january 2019).

[cessnaverdi]

@PaulaKruger Yes, there certainly was a HoJo on Gulf Blvd at one time - I remember it well. It's now a Waffle House, and the portion of the property that housed the hotel rooms is now a 'condo-hotel.'

[kissfan003]

@cessnaverdi There was also a Hojo on North Redington Beach which now houses The Conch Republic Grill

[adamberk07]

Its a shame the Buccaneer was demolished...

Its funny, I just got back yesterday, and its seems like all my childhood destinations had dissapeared overnight; Gulf Golf, The fun Center, The Fargo and the Buccaneer

Amazing vid, a great find for people who vacation there frequently, and residents

[ERD1277]

Hadn't known the Buccaneer was gone. Yes, so sad!

[adamberk07]

I know!

They got (so i hear) 17 million for the lot

YIKES! so watch out for a new condo

[iceemann21]

crazy compared to today good video

[SouthernProvidence]

Notice how close the ocean was to the Thunderbird then, looks like around 75 feet tops.(1:45 and 2:30) Today on Google Earth it shows 760 feet. Our family station wagon could have been there, we went in July each year from '68 to '74.

[KKD1247]

Yes...I too noticed the difference - in person - in the size of the beach from when I was a tourist until I became a FL resident.

[anythingtile]

That is beause it is a Man Made Island, I lived there for years and all that sand was dredged or trucked in at some point, If you live there you know the dirt in your yard is sand and shells. It was at some point a simple mangrove Isalnd.

[pianodon]

Great video. What was the airport where you landed? And what was the music? Thanks!

[KKD1247]

Thanks! I can't remember where the nearby airport was, but I believe it was a county airport around St Petersburg, FL.

[jediphong]

I'm positive that's Albert Whitted Airport (SPG); that looks like runway 6/24. It pretty much services the same kind of traffic now as then.