Kennywood Memories

Sep 30, 1988

0h 59m

★ 0.0

The WQED classic documentary about Pittsburgh’s premier amusement park!

Overview

It’s roller coasters! French fries! And lots of good times! It’s a high-flying, double dipped, screeching, squealing, scream-your-eyes-out documentary about one of America’s greatest amusement parks, Kennywood!

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

WQED

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Cast

Narrator

Rick Sebak

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Kennywood Memories

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