“ ATLANTIC CITY ” 1951 CASTLE FILMS TRAVELOGUE - BOARDWALK, MISS AMERICA PARADE, RACE TRACK XD45524

Want to support this channel and help us preserve old films? Visit Visit our website This black and white travelogue film from 1951 showcases Atlantic City, New Jersey. You’ll see the famous boardwalk and beach, scenes from the 1951 Miss America parade, the nearby Atlantic City Race Track, boats for both sight seeing and sport fishing, and general amusements and attractions for all ages. Released by Castle Films, copyright United World Films, Inc. Atlantic City is a coastal resort city in Atlantic County, New Jersey, United States, known for its casinos, boardwalk, and beaches. Beginning as a popular “health resort” in the 1870’s, railroad companies and land speculators constructed grand hotels along a seven mile long boardwalk that drew thousands of visitors each year. The region’s golden era arrived in the 1920’s, with tourism at its peak, and as Prohibition went largely unenforced city-wide. Like many older east coast cities after World War II,