Ticket from the movie, "The Endless Summer" released in 1966: Museum Object and Cultural History
Ticket from the movie, "The Endless Summer" released in 1966: date made: 1966. Object Name: ticket, surfing. Object Name: ticket.
The object in the museum catalogue
This is a $1.50 ticket for the movie The Endless Summer. The movie was written, produced and directed by Bruce Brown. Brown also served as the narrator of this surf ‘diary’ following two young surfers for one summer, around the globe, in search of the “perfect wave.” It was in limited release in 1964 and released worldwide in 1966 grossing $5 million domestically and over $20 million worldwide. Its simplicity was part of its enduring appeal and while naïve and corny to today’s audiences it was an integral part of surf history. The Endless Summer introduced the world to surfing, a nation of bored teens to the idea of travel and created a popularity of surf culture that endures today.
Materials, dates and provenance
- date made: 1966
- Object Name: ticket, surfing
- Object Name: ticket
- Physical Description: paper (overall material)
- Measurements: overall: 2 in x 1 in; 5.08 cm x 2.54 cm
- web subject: Motion Pictures
- name of sport: Surfing
- Subject: Movie
- Subject: Entertainment, Film
- ID Number: 2015.3122.05.1
- nonaccession number: 2015.3122
- catalog number: 2015.3122.05.1
- Credit Line: Gift of R. Paul Allen
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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