It is clear that people were happier without social networks and gadgets. They danced, talked, and loved

"A time before smartphones, Ipads, and the internet screwed everything up " How true.

It's obvious that the difference between the views and the likes would be the age differences. I’m 82 years old and I remember and miss the 50's. Simple times that could never be explained to anyone who didn’t live through it.

Growing up in the austere '50s in a small Scottish mining town,I saw 1950s America in movies and magazines and I longed to be there. Even now in 2023 I still do!

I was 18 years old in 1954 You really captured my heyday! Video brought back a lot of good memories. Thanks for posting.

Wonderful as always . I was in my teens during the 50s . The best decade of all time. The music , the fashions , the cars with big fins . Record players . Excitement was in the air . I met my wife in 58 . A magic era . Most people today don't know what they missed .... And all without the internet too !!! Thanks for uploading and best wishes for Christmas 🎄

The kids are all well-dressed and slender back in the 50's.

The Silver Skylark @ 3:45 is one sharp looking car.

Before the days of crappy fast food, social media and game stations. People actually talked to each other, were active and not an overweight person to be seen.

Fantastic age!!

I 'm 75 ( 76 next month ) - I remember the late 50's and early 60's - great times ! Please take me back !!

Thank you for sharing this. I grew up in the 1950' and 1960's.

SPECTACULAR presentation!!!

The 50's and 60's were great times. Men looked like men women acted like women. Clean cut, no tattoos no green or blue hair no nose rings....and to top it off....no weight issues. We ate what was supposedly the wrong stuff but it was the right stuff. Unlike the fast food garbage now, Families ate at home ......home cocked meals and good company no cell phones no computers. So much has been lost.

My partner is 82, and he was a teenager in the 50s. I see some of these kids and I know they are the same age as he is. Wow, times flies! Teens in the 50s and 60s were always so well dressed and behaved. I miss those times and wish I could go back into again. I was born in 1961.

My mom, class of '54, has a lot of photos like this. She lived the movie Grease! Also, guys were so much better looking then - maybe because they looked CLEAN AND NEAT!!

The good old days. I’m glad I grew up in the 50s, it was such a great time!

5:11 "A white sports coat, and a pink carnation, I'm all dressed up for the dance." Marty Robbins, 1957.

Thank you for the memories, thank you for bringing me back to a time of innocence, optimism and freedom (before the war that is). That is truly the way we dressed in an era when and where respect was taught by one's nuclear family and reinforced by boys/girls groups (BSA, GSA, 4H...), the community, the church, the schools/colleges, the community and the media at large. I am very grateful for having lived those decades, married my high-school Sweetheart (until CA took her away), still have my first car (vintage Mustang), ... Happy New Year, Ciao L (Veteran)

I became a teenager in 1962 but these photos bring back some great memories. Greetings from Australia.

These 50's pictures of young people, recalls me the characters and vibe of the "Archie" comics! Back then they didn't have flat screen color tv's or CD's or KZfaq, but neither kids were fed with the rude and foul-mouthed "Simpsons" cartoons on their black and white tv's, nor teenagers were fed with dirty pornographic music freely sung by supposed "artists"! 😊

Excellent as always, if we could only bring back simpler times and all enjoy the time we have. We still have bon fires every other weekend, it keeps us young at heart.😊

For everyone here who thinks these were the good old days: in future people will look at pictures of today and imagine they were the good old days

Thanks for another priceless video. I was born in 1956 but I can still relate to those times.

Look at what we have lost! This is so upsetting that the America of our fathers and mothers is gone!

I was born in 53, but I remember malt shops, drive-ins(both kinds)DAs and some girls wore saddle shoes.I remember the BrylCreme and Wildroot commercials. My cousin was born in 39 and had arguments with her father(my uncle) about being able to wear a strapless gown when she 18-19.

Wonderful time.

Thank you for posting 👍👍

Thanks, Kevin! You knocked it outta the park once again! Speaking of which, while not in a park, but on the streets of Brooklyn, I recall playing stickball (sometimes even baseball, if there weren't too many cars parked where we might hit them) into the night till we couldn't see the ball anymore. While not a teen yet in the '50s (I went from 1 to 10 years old in the decade), I went to the beach (Coney Island, of course), dug the diners with the personal little juke boxes in every booth, and always, always playing outside...ball, skating, biking, skelly (might be unique to Brooklyn, not sure, big chalk box in the middle of the street with smaller boxes within and by flicking bottle caps through the boxes you become a "Killer" and can blast everyone else's cap out of the game...or something like that, it's been a while😁), flipping baseball cards, clothespinning (gotta be the spring-loaded ones) baseball cards to our bikes so the wheel spokes hit the cards to sound like a motocycle, building scooters or soapbox racers out of scraps of wood, a wooden milk box, and either roller skates or an old carriage for wheels...jeez, good times! And oh yeah, no girls! They still had cooties at that age!😊😂😄😀

I see these kids, and then I picture the kids of today....so depressing.

Like I stated before, I would give up everything today to live in the 50&60s as a young adult. Simple, clean, and families were pretty much all together. I absolutely love and adore the 50s. People cared how they looked, acted and had respect not just for one another but also our great country USA. Today, politicians, leaders and corporations sold us out. it is so sad and to think the generations after us will have no idea how good we as a people, society and country had it! Yes, there were hard times and poverty however life was like a snow globe back then!

The fifties house my most precious memory - that of my big sister Karen. I remember her pretty slim figure beautiful dresses and gowns - the crinolines she wore under them. Curling her hair, hiding her bra straps using pins under sleeveless blouses - dancing to records with friends and boyfriends Always on the phone, sharing sodas - her boyfriend's jalopy. her excitement over a dance or a movie date. She was good to me, letting me wear her crinolines, teaching me to dance - laughing at her kissing her boyfriend. The times were beautiful, innocent and so alive - just like her. Then came the morning in1959, when I woke to my Daddy sitting on my bed. He told me that Karen, her boyfriend, and another couple had been killed the night before in a car accident. That was it. In those days, no one would be so ill bred as to mention your dead. This video made me cry - I pray that there is a heaven like the fifties and sixties - and Karen will be there waiting for me. Sorry - just felt I had to write.

Everyone looks so healthy

Saint Paul Minnesota definitely is not like that anymore. Sad days in the USA, hopefully moral people will be able to stop the decline. Thank you for sharing another outstanding video. God bless you 🙏🎄

As a Child born in the 60s raised in the 70s to early 80s is Holidays both on TV and our culture was special. Bob Hope, and many others are gone. You would maybe get Blake Shelton instead of Red Skelton.

I want a time machine so I can travel back in time

well dressed, clean, nice hair. today we get dirty smelly wrinkled clothed kids in pajamas

I totally agree with you in regards to a care free life. Thank you so much for posting these videos. Keep up the great work!

No McDonald's, Burger King, Long John Silvers, KFC, Taco Bell... etc. Nobody's fat... What a coincidence!

This production is a testament to your artistic brilliance, effortlessly connecting the glamour of 1960s Hollywood with the genuine and heartfelt stories of these actors. *DO YOU AGREE WITH ME*

The luckiest people on the planet. Even today at their ages for so many very obvious reasons! They now have all the very best memories too. What memories will You have?

I miss the drive ins, some people like of today never seen them, gone almost.

Thanks for the memories. One thing though, I don't know of anyone having a milkshake in the 50's. We had malts not shakes.

Times were hard in the 50’s. Korea (1950-1953).

Eine wunderbare Zeit! Stil und Eleganz, und heute?

Lovely video I must say! ❤

This was right before the mass production of our food. Look how healthy they all look! Today you go outside and see all sorts of deformed creatures wandering around

Really cool commercial stock images♥

Thanks!

Thank you. 👍🏻😊

I was 13 in 1958 so remembering all of this especially because we had just moved to NZ

I would loved to have taken a spin in that silver 1953 Buick Skylark convertible.

Ironically this and the following generation invented most of the electronic stuff that "screwed up the way we all interact with one another"

:30>...before cell phones..".'screwed up"..... I LOVE IT. 2:22>Looks like it could have been early 60s

Love it. Sorry I missed it.

The fifties were the best of times Glad i was a teenager back then. Lucky i guess. Certainly the music was the greatest

Seeing these pic I wish I was born about 10 years earlier. Where is the background music from, enjoyed that just as much!

AH..... The happy days before social media......

Teens in those days knew how to dress when they took their girlfriends out. The music complements the video. The girls look like ladies and the clean cut boys look like gentlemen. In those days they were expected to behave in a certain manner and everyone was down to earth. Everyone in those days had their share of problems but they knew how to make the best of it. People were happy dispite there was a Cold War threat between the East and the West. That didn’t stop people from having fun and enjoy life.

Was purple really such a predominant color in the 50s, or are most of these "rare color photos" just colorized black and white pictures? I'm thinking the latter, because even some of the shadows and white shirts have a purplish hue.

Only two obvious genders made life simple, efficient and logical. The 50s was the first real time, where the pressures of survival weren't demanding much of your day's efforts, but left a decent amount of time to enjoy life and pursue friendships and relationships. Instead of chopping firewood, the gas heater, stove, and oven would do the heating in its stead. Instead of feeding and butchering your own livestock or grow your own vegetables, now you spent a tiny amount of time at a store. Because there was very little TV, reading and homework were often utilized, which meant the population was smarter. The 50s was a relative time of peace, growth, unparalleled prosperity and physical health. To me, it was the golden age of America.

What gorgeous music! What is it called please?

I miss the country I grew up in.

Best time in America, ever. No drugs, and we were raised Christian..

hola saludos desde España,tengo 64 años y no se hablar ingles( uso el traductor)me encanta U.S.A. hasta el punto de que tengo la bandera y locomotoras en escala HO,siempre he creido que esa epoca a sido la mejor,la gente era feliz porque creo que habia trabajo para todos.me pregunto donde estaran esas chicas ahora y si alguna verá este video?

At 6:50, those two people on the top row are kind of creeping me out. (Look up, right between the conductor's hands.) Where's her neck and is that a guy next to her?

Sorry, only watched half of the video. Prefer naturel pictures, rather than staged, pictures and or models. Reminded me of old movie studio shots. First time a little disapointed. I am a subscriber and definitely still like this channel.

Basically what being shown is the good memories. The negative ones such as the McCarthy hearings and the threat of a nuclear war are absent. But one thing about the 1950's was we had a great economic time. Only one income was necessary to live comfortably,people were able to buy houses. Our nation was at its greatest with Eisenhower as President

I think I saw Biff!

I wonder if this guy does live streams.I know a bunch of ppl would be crackin wise to some of these .

Pretty girls back then!

First of all, these photos are mostly posed, like for advertising. Judging the fifties by these photos is the same as judging someone’s life by the photos they post on social media. If you do fondly remember the fifties and want to go back there, don’t forget to remember the Cold War, McCarthyism, polio, the huge gap between parents who lived through WWII and their progeny who rebelled and would die in Vietnam. Forced marriages due to pregnancy and a time when a man could rape and beat his wife while no laws protected her and society looked the other way.

Women always wore dresses, that was so nice, everybody looked good.

Back before texting ruined lives...

It's a shame that these things are foreign to the youth of today. As a boomer I can attest that these were the best of times in a teens life. Cell phones should only used to answer necessary calls. I actually miss the corded phones.

It's funny how many of these teenage girls looked like mid 30's women.

Great video!!! Maybe a video of the Jim crow south in the 1950’s would reveal another reality that most reminiscing of the “fabulous 50’s” are afraid to show.

Wow/.....everyone was slim.

These were the good old days my father told me about - he has been gone for 8 yrs and i miss him terribly- i will see you on the other side

Wow!!! No phones & no FATTIES!! 😮

Maybe its me but it sure seems like the "teens" in these pics look like they're about ten years older than teens of the same age look today.

The pics don’t seem natural. All posed.

. . ✨ stunning faces, hair styles and smiles too ✨ . .the crew cut was easy enuf to manage, it kept hair lice free but it was an informal way where boys/young men could emulate military men➖UNTIL➖things REALLY changed in ‘56 with ELVIS’S delicious scooped up pompadour and quiff . . he was an ice cream float ✨DREAMY✨

We've really destroyed the food supply, hey?

Now this is not the America I came to, almost a banana republic

❤

When America was great.

People were generally better than people of today. Maybe parents gave their kids more of their time Less distractions.

I wanna head out with my girl little Suzy in my 55 convertible to a diner, gonn get some fries and pops, who’s coming ?

Rare color snapshots indded....hard to believe given the color film emulsions availble and papers lsting this long with zero fading of colors...have most of these been colorized?

Whatever happen to wholesome teenage mischief? Those days are long gone it seems. I grew up without gadgets, gizmos and video. I wouldn't trade my memories for any kid living these days. I was also around when the internet was still decent. An inbetweener I guess is what I am.

Lord just grant me one wish…

Ah yes the good ol days. I wonder where they all are now for sure. Kids today have no respect what so ever and like a bunch of idiots. I am 77 years old myself.

Even though this is a beautiful sentiment. This is only a depiction of one side of people. I love looking back at the 50’s and 60’s, but I’m also sad to not see my people enjoying themselves here. Great Video overall

These are amazing photos :) I think it might be an idea to acknowledge that this is from a very white person lens. Would be lovely to see typical American teens of color in the 50’s, too.

A golden period where America peaked in terms of quality of life and decency and then declined rapidly.

Nobody looks overweight at all!

If you don't know how to use process/upscaling neural networks, don't use them. After all, most of these photos are a parody: the colors are distorted (often red is black - typical artifacts when user do not know how use NN), peoples with the faces of Martians, sometimes the number of fingers is a little more than 10. Don't take on something you don't understand.

Wouldn't be nice to have a time machine & a youth serum so we could go back to those wonderful days before immigration, cell phones & thier death towers?

I see all these comments about the 1950s being so great and carefree, but I’m curious did anyone feel it to be a little bit of a facade? Almost like you needed to act a certain way and dress a certain way? Was life rigid and boring like that in some ways? Especially for women, did men not look at you as equals? That must have been frustrating. And for those who were not Caucasian, life must have been very very different. And please don’t come at me with comments like “But you young kids will never understand” or “stupid liberal snowflake”