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Vintage Venice Reel to Real Tours

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Experience Venice like a local on Los Angeles Magazine's "Best Walking Tour."

The only tour using an iPad to show Venice Beach movie clips going back to 1910 takes you right to the filming locations to see long-gone piers, canals and roller coasters return to life where they actually stood.

Just like a Venice Beach time machine!

Film clips feature Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, Jim Morrison, Peter Fonda, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jack Tripper and more, shown right where they walked, biked and swam.

The sites of the Eagles' very first performance (April 2, 1972) and Chaplin's first film (January 10, 1914) are viewed 100 feet from each other, accompanied by the actual films.

The location of the world's first surfing exhibitions, a Manson Family murder site and the hangout of beatniks Allen Ginsberg and Jack Kerouac show why Venice has been LA's most exciting neighborhood for 110 years.

 

You'll also see Venice attractions like Muscle Beach, Ocean Front Walk, the Graffiti Pit, the Basketball Courts, the Bike Path and the Canals -- and what was there before!


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