All videos are at Youtube.com. People without Internet at home can watch these videos at the Leisure World Library. Library visitors must bring their own headphones / earbuds to the library. Videos can be launched from the list below. Clicking on the name of the film will open Youtube.com in a new tab and the film will begin playing.
1963 - 1965
1963 Leisure World sales film. This film shows clips of groundbreaking and the building of the first mutual of the Leisure World Seal Beach complex. This was the first Leisure World built by Ross Cortese.
1965 Leisure World Seal Beach, Laguna Woods, and Walnut Creek. This sales film shows multiple Leisure World retirement complexes being built by the Leisure World developer Cortese. The host is Harry Babbitt.
1983 - 1989
1983 Golden Age Foundation Introduction to programs and services. Golden Age VP Tom Barratt and Publicity Manager Jeannie Brueggeman talk about the programs Golden Age hosts in the Leisure World Seal Beach community. Then the film tours a few of these programs. The Life Line office is visited and then the film crew visits Hospitality in Club House 6 and talks to residents socializing there.
1984 V.P. George H.W. Bush visits Leisure World. Vice President (and later President) of the United States, George H. W. Bush, visited Leisure World while campaigning for the 1984 presidential election. Several speakers proceed him. At the end of his speech the vice president answers questions from the audience.
1986 Highway to Heaven TV Show behind the scenes at Leisure World
1986 Orientation H McCurdy President
1988 Fred Cooper Interviews Barbara Boylan and Bobby Burgess
1988 Leisure World Seal Beach sales video. As the Seal Beach, CA, Leisure World was expanded the sales videos were updated to reflect the current community.
1990 - 1999
1990 Leisure World Seal Beach sales video. Very similar to the 1988 sales video.
1990s Interview with Swim Club President, Jerry Bender. Part of Inside LW series.
1991-05-01 Superbowl 3 LW Bowling Club
1992 Lions Club Kiwanis Easter Program
1992-06-01 Backstage with Buddy Geco 22min
1992-06-01 Coastline classes at LW
1992-07-11 Backstage Nanette Fabray
1992-07-16 Backstage Impersonators
1992-08-07 Leisure World Whirlers Barn Dance
1992-08-08 Backstage with John Raitt
1992-08-22 LW Democrats Award Dinner
1992-09-02 Billy Barty Variety Show
1992-09-06 Backstage with Nelson Riddle Band
1992-09-11 LW Disaster Prep George Bedford with Los Alamitos JFTB Chopper landing at LW
1992-11-07 Sports Hall of Fame 4th Annual
1993-04-21 Emergency Prep History and Drill
1993-07-01 Basckstage with Roberta Sherwood and Harry Babbitt 16min
1993-07-24 Lawrence Welk Musical Group
1993-11-18 Heralds Quartet at the Leisure World Baptist Church Thanksgiving Banquet 1993.
1994 Famous Women Anna Carroll 32min
1994-04-10 Earthquake Prep Bill Narang and George Bedford
1994-04-15 Prepare for Big Quake
1994-06-23 Backstage with Four Lads and Four Aces
1994-07-01 Backstage Bobby Burgess and Barbara Boylan
1994-07-01 Backstage with Mills Bros
1994-08-07 Backstage Home Savings Band
1994-08-18 Backstage with Roy Rogers Jr and Candy Carter
1994-08-27 Backstage with Tex Beneke 23min
1994-11-16 Recognition Ceremony 30 year resident award
1995 Around the Amphitheater Square Dancing on the new stage. Many clubs use the Amphitheater stage as a meeting place because of it's large space for dancing. The Square Dancing club had to stop their meetings when the Amphitheater was flooded in 1995. This film shows clips of the flood and then shows the Square Dance club holding their first meeting in the Amphitheater after it is restored.
1995 Flood Footage from the Amphitheater. In 1995 Seal Beach, California, Leisure World was flooded when the channels could not drain properly. The Amphitheater has a stage one floor below street level. It was flooded and became a pond that had to be drained. The film footage is bad but there are a few ducks swimming in the new 'pond'. If you want to go straight to the flood the footage starts at 1:40 .
1995-01-04 LW Flood Documentary by Hal Robertson
1995-06-01 CHP Westminster 25th Anniversary
1995-06-24 Backstage with Kay Starr 19min
1995-09-18 Kate Pedigo and Walter Allison Art Show
1995-09-22 Library Grand Opening
1995-11-01 Mildred Sprouse tribute
1995-11-14 HCC Admin Linda Heller and Dr Mary Sherman
1996-01-14 Westys 100th birthday. Westy was a member of Barracks 2860 for WWI veterans. He documented the Barracks in a scrapbook which was given to the Historical Society by his family after his death.
1996-06-27 Backstage with Beryl Davis 16min
1996-07-13 LW and Historical Society History by Ethyl Anderson
1996-08-31 Backstage with Shrine Potentate Richard Hughes
1996-10-08 Senator Barbara Boxer at Leisure World. Senator Boxer is brought to Leisure World by the LW Democratic Club. She speaks and then takes questions submitted to the Club ahead of time.
1996-10-14 Paul Morse interview
1997 Flowers and Gardens of Leisure World
1997-00-00 5th anniversay of historical 3 churches give lw history
1997-02-11 Health Center Today and Tomorrow GAF President
1997-03-28 INSIDE LW A and B Coleman and New Hist Soc Dr Walker Music H Barto
1997-04-21 INSIDE LW 11 Garden Club
1997-05 LW Hobbycraft Facilities
1997-05-21 Coastline College 20th Anniversary LW classes
1997-06-28 Backstage with Abe Most and Judi Wallace
1997-07-12 Backstage with Tommy Sands and Michael Callan
1997-08-16 Backstage with Barbara McNair
1997-08-28 INSIDE LW 15 Med Ctr Bill Narang Mildred Tuttle
1997-09-17 Glenn Ash BACKSTAGE
1997-09-19 Health Care Center HCC demolition of old center and framing of current HCC.
1997-09-19 to 1999-06-25 Demolition and Construction LW Medical Center
1997-09-27 Table Tennis Seal Beach vs Laguna Woods 38min
1997-11-01 LW City of Hope Teen Perf
1998 INSIDE LW 26 Tom Barratt and Satin Dolls
1998 INSIDE LW 27 PHY PROP and BACKSTAGE KAYE BALLARD
1998 INSIDE LW28 Library Open House
1998 SBPD Sgt Don Dye accused of theft. A Leisure World resident contacts the Seal Beach Police Department when an officer comes to her house on a false premise and takes drugs out of her medicine cabinet. The Seal Beach Police Department conducted an internal investigation.
1998 Susan Edwards performing at City Of Hope fundraiser. Producer Irving Wasserman.
1998-01-22 Marian Waldren's Kitchen
1998-03-21 Spring Flowers in Leisure World
1998-03-25 Chorus Line Dancers
1998-04 Theater Club POTPOURRI
1998-04-06 Sound Wall Ground Breaking
1998-04-28 Flood of 1995 Redux at Historic Society Meeting. At this Historical Society meeting different leaders in the community review the Seal Beach, CA, flood of 1995 and how plans have been made to avoid the problems that resulted from the flood. Many of the Mutuals south of the channel that runs through Leisure World had to be evacuated. Residents with small boats in the RV lot used their boats to retrieve stranded shareholders and bring them to a temporary shelter set up in Clubhouse 4.
1998-04-29 GRF Presidents interviews: Mildred Tuttle and Howard McCurdy. The Leisure World Historic Society interviews two past presidents of the Golden Rain Foundation (GRF), Mildred Tuttle and Howard McCurdy.
1998-04-29 LW Friends of the Library
1998-05-04 LW Garden Club Flower Show
1998-05-27 LW Theater Club Potpourri
1998-06-19 Inside LW Electrical Dereg and Sound Wall
1998-07-15 Backstage with Wilford Brimley and Bobby Bruce
1998-07-25 Backstage Tex Beneke
1998-08-01 Backstage with Anita O Day
1998-08-03 LW Lutheran Church new organ Ken Saliba
1998-08-11 Hanging obects in LW. A video collage of hanging flowers, wind chimes, and bird feeders.
1998-08-29 Backstage with Adrienne Barbeau
1998-09-03 Backstage with Gloria DeHaven 26 min
1998-09-05 LW Garden on display
1998-09-10 Backstage with Kaye Ballard 21min
1998-10-10 Autumn in Leisure World
1998-10-10 Golden Age Fdn 25th awards banquet with Harpist. The film covers the 25th Golden Age Foundation awards dinner and show. The speaker, LW Administrator Bill N., talks a little about the history of the foundation. Awards are given. At 32 min Harpist Paul ? gives a 45 minute performance on the harp playing a mix of Broadway tunes and classical music. At 1:18 the performance ends the dinner closes with door prizes.
1998-11-16 LW Medical Center Opening Day with Tour. The opening ceremony and a tour of the medical center offices and staff.
1998-12-01 INSIDE LW 30 XMAS lights K Pedigo and B Lukenbill
1998-12-31 Inside LW 25 Lifeline
1999 Basketball Freethrow Champ Dr Tom Amberry of LW
1999 INSIDE LW 36 Lawn bowling and Billiards INSIDE LW 37 Herbal med
1999 Leisure World Seal Beach Sales Video. A tour of the community and views of event centers in the surrounding area such as Disneyland.
1999-00-00 INSIDE LW 38 H Gutkin INSIDE LW 39 A Seifert tied
1999-02-01 INSIDE LW 31 Clowns
1999-02-01 INSIDE LW32 Amateur radio Merv Smith Carl Carlson
1999-05-01 INSIDE LW33 Cantor Levy Congr Shalom
1999-05-16 Golden Age Fdn Walk a thon
1999-11-11 Veterans Day American Legion
2000 - 2009
2000-01-01 Inside LW Episode 41
2000-02-01 Inside Leisure World #42
2000-02-05 Chinese Friendship Club, Inside Leisure World #44. Host Betty Martin talks to guest Matilda Tsao, the Chinese Friendship Club President, about the club and its history. Clips are shown from the dinner dance the club held in 2000 to celebrate the Chinese new year. Then the host visits a club meeting and interviews members. The host also visits artists in the club who are painting in traditional water color and writing calligraphy.
2000-03-01 Inside Leisure World #43
2000-04-28 first Golden Rain Tree labeling ceremony on Arbor Day 2000. GRF President Mildred R. Tuttle and plant expert Helen Gutkin stand by as Richard DeSchwander hammers the plaque into the tree. The Historical Society and the Garden Club of Leisure World place a label on the first Golden Rain Tree that was planted in Leisure World. This event kicks off a tree labeling project by the two groups. The tree is at 1841 St. John Road 39-A. Pictures of the event ran in the Golden Rain News, May 4, 2000.
2000-05-11 (Web) Surfing Seniors at Leisure World. This short news clip talks about seniors learning to use the Internet (web surfing) and where classes are available. Part of the clip visits the Internet class at Leisure World Seal Beach. Shareholders talk about what they use the Internet for.
2000-11-29 HS Presents William Williams LW Attorney
2000-12 INSIDE LW 50 Dutch Italian Scandinavian Clubs
2000-12-31 Creative Writers Club
2001-04-01 INSIDE LW 54 D Davies B Narang GRF info
2001-11-28 Tom Barratt interview as GRF President
2002-06-22 40th Anniversary Celebration of LWSB
2002-06-22 LW 40th Parade & Fair
2002-09-01 LW Historic Society Museum Tour by Tom Barratt. Leisure World Historical Society president Tom Barratt talks about some of the items in the LWHS museum.
2003 Tom Barratt GRF President, Inside Leisure World #69. Host Bob Slater interviews 2003 GRF President Tom Barratt about Leisure Worlds management, the differences between mutuals, how the Golden Rain Board works, how the mutual boards work, and the process of buying a home in Leisure World.
2003-0-27 Hospitality Center Joan Shramek
2003-07-21 Clubhouse Six Tour and opening ceremony
2003-09-22 Irving Wasserman about Video Producers Club
2003-10-01 Inside LW 76 Host Reunion
2003-11-03 Veterans Day 2003 with Tom Barratt
2004 Ann Schulze Health Care Center Administrator. Administrator of the Health Care Center, Ann Schulze, talks about the history and function of the Health Care Center at a meeting of the Leisure World Historical Society.
2004-01-01 LW information sales video
2004-03-01 Leisure World Seal Beach sales video. This video includes the 1999 Sales Video and adds footage showing interviews with shareholders. The shareholders are shown throughout LW as they use the amenities and discuss why they like living here.
2004-05 Club House 6 Mural Dedication
2004-07-22 Inside LW87 P Morse LW Chorale 29min
2004-11-11 Veterans Memorial Dedication Ceremony in Leisure World Seal Beach. In 2004 the Veterans Memorial inside Leisure World Seal Beach was completed. The memorial is a large circle of flags representing all the Services. The dedication ceremony was on Veteran's Day 2004. During the ceremony the flag for each service was raised and the names of local veterans lost in that service were read. At the end of the ceremony the deed to the memorial is transferred from the Leisure World Veterans outpost to the Golden Rain Foundation.
2005 LW Clubs Ballroom dance Historical Society TGIF
2006-03-01 SBLW introduction for new residents to LW departments and Boards not a sales video
2007-06-01 LW information sales video
2007-08-15 Trailer Club at Historical Soiety by Joe Osuna
2007-11-09 Inside LW 117 producer Joe Osuna second source disk
2007-12-16 Podhale Dancers at LW Slavic Club
2008-01-09 North Gate Opening Ceremony. The North Gate was built to create additional access to residents of Leisure World Seal Beach at the north end of the complex. This gate cannot be used by visitors, it is only for residents.
2008-03-27 Garden Club with Tom Barratt producer Joe Osuna
2008-05-28 Computer Club history Roberta Raymond
2008-11-13 Historical Society Meeting presents Tom Barratt
2009-02-01 Interviews with WWII veterans producer Joe Osuna
2009-02-02 WWII veterans producer Joe Osuna HEALY BIEL DEWITT BRETT GRECKO WARREN
2009-02-25 Video Producers Club at Historical Society Meeting
2009-05-27 Radio Club History presented at Historic Society Meeting. Guest speaker Roberta Raymond talks about the history of the Ham Radio club in Leisure World Seal Beach.
2009-08-26 Jack Ogden LW Community Church History
2010 - 2019
2010-02-10 LWHS H Goldberg Congergation Shalom
2010-02-10 Steve Rice on Davis Stirling. Producer Jan Jareck.
2010-06-02 HIST SOC Photo Arts Club
2010-06-02 Photographic Arts Club History present at Historical Society. The Photographic Arts Club talks about their club's history. Several members speak at the meeting.
2010-06-09 LW Friendly Couples Club History
2010-11-24 Kate Pedigo , Artist, talks to the Historical Society about her life and career
2011-03-09 Fay Cummings talks to the Historical Society
2011-05-25 Fred Cooper at Historical Society
2011-05-25 Historical Society presents Fred Cooper
2011-08-24 LW Hist Soc Italian Amer Club M Dodero
2011-10-29 Golden age 38th annual dinner Mask A Rode clubhouse 2
2012-01-01 Marty Silbergling sculpture CROWDED ELEVATOR producer Deanna Sciaraffa
2012-02-18 Golden Age Benefit Jazz Show CH2
2012-04-01 Jean Diamond artist by producer Deanna Sciaraffa
2012-05-31 50th Anniversary REMEMBERING Residents memories Part 1 producer Joe Osuna
2012-05-31 50th Anniversary REMEMBERING Residents memories Part 2 producer Joe Osuna
2012-06-21 50th Anniversary REMEMBERING Residents memories Part 3 producer Joe Osuna
2012-06-21 Leisure World 50th Anniversary Producer Kim Do
2012-06-23 Leisure World 50th Anniversary Saturday parade and festival
2012-07-30 Hui O Hula annual picnic and party
2012-08-10 Hui O Hula Hawaiian Dancers at OC Fair
2012-09-01 Filipino Assoc. Anniversary Luau
2013-02-27 Historial Society presents Sunshine Club Anna Derby producer Chuck Burnett
2014-01-01 Taco Tuesday truck producer Joe Osuna
2014-08-08 Multicultural MCC Festival
2014-08-27 Golden Age donates new access bus producer Joe Osuna
2014-09-16 Carole Damoci interview producer Joe Osuna
2016-10-08 Saturday. Globe unveiling video by Paul Bassett hosted by GRF President Carole Damoci.
2019-06-27 golden age volunteer lunch at clubhouse 2
2020 - 2021
2020-05-11 The Beginning of Leisure World by video producer Owen Hughes
2021-03-29 solidarity rally at Leisure World response to Asian hate mail producer Joe Osuna
Playlists on Youtube.com
These playlists use videos from the Historical Society grouped by themes. The most popular lists are Hollywood Stars and Michael Landon.
Big Band , Blues, Country, Jazz, Pop, Swing -- singers of this music performing at Leisure World Seal Beach.
Backstage with the performers at the Leisure World Seal Beach Amphitheater by Fred Cooper
Carole Damoci, past Historical Society President 2013 - 2015, past Golden Age V.P., past Golden Rain Fdn Board President 2016-2017, current Golden Rain Fdn Board Member.
Golden Age Foundation
Guinness World Record holders
Hollywood Stars performing live in Seal Beach Leisure World
Inside Leisure World series
Michael Landon filming HIGHWAY TO HEAVEN in Leisure World Seal Beach, Season 3, Episode 6: Love at Second Sight. The first video follows the crew around as this episode is being filmed. The second video is the final edited episode as it was broadcast on TV.
Veterans in the Leisure World Community
Video Producers Club Channels
The videos in our archives came from members of the Video Producers club whose films were broadcast on SB3 in the 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s, before there were Internet video channels. Video Producers continue making videos of Leisure World today and it is worth investigating their channels to see more of Leisure World. Producers are listed alphabetically by Last Name.
Bonnie Zelda Cooper. Bonnie Zelda Cooper.
Owen Hughes. Owen Hughes1
Michael Oh. Michael Oh
Joe Osuna. JoeSeniorVideo Video
Joseph Valentinetti. Joseph Valentinetti