Gig Harbor Frozen! 1950 (year corrected)

This is a family video of Gig Harbor frozen over! I believe the year is 1950 (not 1949 as the captions state). The music is my own composition.

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  Film & Animation

[jeffea1]

Not Yoko and Lennon. It's me. I made the music. I can understand why some people think it's irritating. I'm proud of it, though.

[Dianne K.]

How did color appear ....Color WAS NOT in films back then.Was it restored by someone?

[jeffea1]

It's color film. Color film existed well before 1950.

[Butch Cassidy]

I would love to hear from ppl who remember this.... contact me via FB. MUSIC = that music is wonderful it expresses the thoughts of the children who were there at the time. If you dont like the music --- TURN THE SOUND OFF!!

[Butch Cassidy]

Even from the wx reports I cant see if this was 1949 or 50? I WAS THERE. I REMEMBER IT WELL. I REMEMBER SEEING TWO CARS OUT ON THE ICE..... FOR CERTAIN!!! MAYBE 3. I am 73 now, I was 9 or 10. From the wx reports it was in Jan, but it is not clear if it was 49 or 50.

[James Corboy]

My mother skated across Gig Harbor during this same period with her own skates as she was always prepared for fun. Bright lights, music playing, and one of her highlights of growing up in Gig Harbor. Thanks for the video, as it is one memory that she will never forget.

[allanglos]

I'm surprised so many people had ice skates since ice is rare in GH. That one guy skating backwards is really good:)

[wyod253js]

this is crazy to think about being 18 and have been living here my whole life. great video! so cool

[davidborgert]

my father told me about someone driving their car across the harbor around this time, had you heard anything like that?

[shannabaldwin]

looks like one of the finholm"s  I do remember even stelicome lake froze over and we skated to the ice arena yeaaaaa

shanna

[Ken Malich]

Actually, I was on the bay when I was 4 years old. I wasn't in this movie but I can remember ice skaters using flares out in the distance. My mother would not let go of me while I was on the ice. I still remember my older brother falling through the ice next to this dock in the video. He thought he was jumping on a log covered with snow. It wasn't there in the water. So he fell through. It was one of the reasons I remember the experience.

[hockanocka]

haha what are you talking about! half those people are probably still alive...............

[Charlie Phillips]

this is 1950. Do you know when in 1950? And I love the music! Perfect for this video