This has nothing to do with model trains, but it's a fun video. The recent promo video for the railroad crossing rubber flangeway system I posted reminded me of this one a bit, same chipper upbeat voice, telling you just how wonderful the product is.
This is promo for Brunswick Gold Crown Bowling lanes. For me, it's a real trip down memory lane. My local bowling alley had everything you see in this video. Every last bit of it. The pinsetters, the lanes, the ball returns, the racks, those plastic chairs, scoring desk and overhead systems, complete with ashtray and beer holders of course, ball lockers, clothing lockers and even the matching ball washer. Apparently the guy who built the place watched this video in 1958, said 'Give me one in Coral (Orange), 20 lanes worth!" and built exactly what is shown in the video. It almost could have been filmed there, but it's obvious most of this is in a studio. If they'd have made a matching toilet, we'd have had it!
What's funny is that in the 1960's, when I was a kid, the place already seemed "dated". The plastic benches and bright colors screamed "modern" but in a George Jetson type of way that already seemed out of date even though it was probably less than 10 years old by then. As far as I know, it's how the place looked until the day it closed though I vaguely recall them may have gotten computer scoring systems at some point. Then again, I moved away in the 1980's and don't think I ever visited the bowling alley again.
This is promo for Brunswick Gold Crown Bowling lanes. For me, it's a real trip down memory lane. My local bowling alley had everything you see in this video. Every last bit of it. The pinsetters, the lanes, the ball returns, the racks, those plastic chairs, scoring desk and overhead systems, complete with ashtray and beer holders of course, ball lockers, clothing lockers and even the matching ball washer. Apparently the guy who built the place watched this video in 1958, said 'Give me one in Coral (Orange), 20 lanes worth!" and built exactly what is shown in the video. It almost could have been filmed there, but it's obvious most of this is in a studio. If they'd have made a matching toilet, we'd have had it!
What's funny is that in the 1960's, when I was a kid, the place already seemed "dated". The plastic benches and bright colors screamed "modern" but in a George Jetson type of way that already seemed out of date even though it was probably less than 10 years old by then. As far as I know, it's how the place looked until the day it closed though I vaguely recall them may have gotten computer scoring systems at some point. Then again, I moved away in the 1980's and don't think I ever visited the bowling alley again.