Shooting the Chutes, Luna Park, Coney Island 1903
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Uploaded by TigerRocket on Mar 5, 2009
Filmed July 3, 1903.
American Mutoscope and Biograph Co.
Cameraman, G.W. ''Billy'' Bitzer
The ride known as Shoot the Chutes was first introduced in 1895 by inventor Captain Paul Boyton at Sea Lion Park, the first enclosed outdoor amusement park in Coney Island. He billed it as ''the King of All Amusements.'' In 1902 he sold the park to a couple of young sharps, Fred Thompson and Elmer ''Skip'' Dundy. One year later the new gates opened and Luna Park was in operation.
The success of Luna Park would allow Thompson to build and open the 'Hippodrome Theatre' in Manhattan two years later. For a view of the Hippodrome see the film ''Panorama from the Times Building, New York'':
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5b0vekSI_k&feature=g-upl
According to historian Woody Register, the birth of the idea was inspired by Boyton ''watching boys skipping stones across a pond".
Here's a three part moving picture of Steeplechase and Luna Park in their glory with Rube and Mandy at Coney Island 1903: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3q7TI9ud6ro
Recommended reading:
The Kid of Coney Island / Fred Thompson and the Rise of American Amusement - Woody Register
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It looks like a guy on a bicycle decided to join in the fun right at the end of the clip.
SFPsychoDane 1 month ago
wow this is just amazing
DreamlyAwake 1 year ago