Wildwood In 1915

This is believed to be the oldest video of Wildwood-By-The-Sea New Jersey. The Wildwood Video Archive would like to send a big THANK YOU to John Conning of MovieMice for donating this video to us to add to the collection. We would also like to thank the Library of Congress for digitizing it and recording it in HD.
Enjoy Wildwood in 1915

[@eblackwell]

This is fantastic! My favorite shot was the car driving up. And it's very interesting to see that the Firemen's weekend goes back that far.

[@pauli6043]

Absolutely fascinating footage. Noted the 48-star flags in the first scene, which were brand new in 1915

[@mmcgahn5948]

My father was born in Cape May in 1915

[@marymccloskey9450]

This film is fascinating. Is it possible that you can do a version of this with narration on where the events took place in each scene and interesting facts?

[@feelingokayband1824]

I love wildwood, my family has been going there since the 50s. this is TOO cool! Thank you for sharing

[@50sgroupharmony16]

Glad this was recovered, loved it! WILDWOOD #1 !!

[@KayFabe87]

Beautiful architecture on those buildings.

[@UFO4X]

Very interesting! I remember walking right by that congressman’s house in the early 90’s.

[@OMsince81]

What caught my eye is the filming of private residences of important people. Do that today with social media, they'll get a lot of "visitors" stopping by their homes.

[@markjerno]

Sad to think all the teenage boy and young men seen here would soon be shipped off to WWI.

[@WildwoodVideoArchive]

I honestly never thought of that before. Interesting

[@christophermirkovich7290]

Thank you

[@soupysails1373]

Beautiful, classy, hardworking, Patriots.

[@apocyldoomer]

What ArtwothMaddy said, all of these people are now taking a dirt nap, wow, this was cool AF! North Wildwood for me, one of the original piers was burnt to the ground by a careless night watchman, I forget the name of the Pier??

[@assateaguecottage8378]

Someone wakeboarding at 6:52!

[@OMsince81]

Yep, noticed that too. Was going to comment on it. Wakeboarding in it's infancy.

[@mr.lambfries3236]

if you run it at half speed, its more realistic

[@WildwoodVideoArchive]

Not a bad idea!!!

[@apocyldoomer]

Aquaplane, never heard of, a precursor to a Sea Doo, a jet Ski, I dunno, I’m not a water person but that was cool AF, I’m a landlubber, pools for me only. Haha. I was in the USAF, no U.S. Navy for me! Haha.

[@davidhibbs6989]

Back when people got all dressed up just to go out and the beach also 😅

[@KayFabe87]

Had to be ridiculously uncomfortable in the summer. No A/C either.

[@richardmckrell4899]

Careful of the parade horse shit.