John Wayne's Alamo - ABANDONED - Movie Set & Village
http://www.AdamTheWoo - PLEASE SUBSCRIBE - In the desert of Texas sits a wonderful place full of movie history. Closed since 2010. I was given access to the property and escorted thru the acres of amazing history by the caretaker. The property is currently up for sale and is still rented out occasionally for film shoots and commercials. Hopefully it remains around forever and eventually re-opened for tours. Amazing experience and place. Enjoy
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I don't know.
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We don't even ask
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you
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Welcome everyone. I'm deep in the heart
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of Texas.
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He's in the heart of Texas. Right here
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on this barren road in the middle of
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nowhere, thoroughly protected by border
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patrol. I'm not even kidding. I was
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stopped many times in the last couple
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days.
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Border Patrol everywhere out here
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at the former filming locations of John
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Wayne's 1960 classic, The Alamo. Yeah.
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Later, it was converted into a roadside
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attraction and then closed in 2010.
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What's left of it? I'm going to go check
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it out. Join me, shall you?
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The entryway has these doors now 54
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years old. The original doors from the
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John Wayne film just sitting here.
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These exact stairs played a key scene in
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the film. You would think after all
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these years the stairs would be gone,
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but they're not. They're still here,
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just like these walls and this
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courtyard.
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Filming history right here in the
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desert. And of course, there's this.
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This was the spot of John Wayne's death
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scene in the film. To the left of the
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front door, a bayonet to the chest.
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It blows my mind that a place like this
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still exists now unseen by public eye,
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closed to the world. Movie history in
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Texas.
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This is the courtyard area behind the
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main wall known as the cross as seen in
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this photo here. I almost feel like I'm
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at the real Alamo, only it's not. It's a
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reproduction,
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but the sense you get inside these walls
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is pretty amazing. Very hard to
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describe.
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Awesome.
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In the film Barbar Roa, starring Willie
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Nelson, this dark room was used also as
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Mrs. Dickinson's room in the Alamo.
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This backside of the Alamo set was used
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in the Drew Berrymore Western Bad Girls.
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Pretty cool.
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Down the hill lies an exact black
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reproduction of old San Antonio. The old
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Alamo Village roadside attraction now
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closed. Let's go down there and see what
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remains.
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in the 1967 movie Bandelero.
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Jimmy Stewart was to be hung in this
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courtyard before escaping.
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This bank has been used in countless TV
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shows, commercials, and feature films. I
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don't know why there's a deer head now,
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but I'm not asking any questions.
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This is still very cool.
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I wonder how much money's in there.
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This area full of carts, wagons, and
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stage coaches were all used in all the
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movies filmed out here, including other
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movies that were not filmed on property.
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These were rented out by movie studios
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and movie makers all over the world.
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Thanks for watching everyone. I really
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hope I did this wonderful place justice
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through my video. In my opinion, no
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amount of photographs or video clips
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that I've edited together can really sum
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up the feelings I had checking this
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place out on this day. So many wonderful
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TV shows and movies filmed here on this
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location and of course later the
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roadside attraction it became. So let's
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not forget, in fact, let's always
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remember the Alamo.
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One last thank you as well. Please
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disregard the wanted poster he's mounted
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on. Without him, this video would not
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have been possible. Thanks so much,