The first shot of the bridge over the Merritt was instantly recognizable.

Lifelong CT resident here. It is so sad to see where the state has gone... I love CT and its beauty and rich history.

"Unspoiled rural charm". I wish the makers of this could see connecticut now.

I'm 93, born and raised in New Haven. This video tugged at my heart strings because Ct. has changed so much. I left Ct when I was 33. Up to that time it was a great place but one could see the unfortunate changes gaining momentum. It is not just Ct., it is the whole country. You can see it all on You tube.

Amazing that Fairfield County was totally ignored: No Bridgeport (or PT Barnum) or Stamford mentioned at all! Also skipped over Mark Twain, the Shakespeare Festival in Stratford and so much more. Well, it's all gone now anyway. CT is a shell of what it once was.

I wish I could have known that Connecticut

They forgot to mention that the Naugatuck River was an open sanitary and industrial waste sewer flowing into the brown, not blue, Long Island Sound.

I remember when I was kid in the early 70s going with my mom to go for a walk to get my grandma. Who lived on wood st. In West Haven and worked at Armstrong rubber company. All I really remember is how many people poured out of that big factory at the end of the day. Amazing to me still to this day. Where did those big beautiful factories go. Oh let me guess over seas!!! What a shame

Very interesting look at my home state's history. Fast forward 71 years and I can't wait to move out of here!

Back when Connecticut was an industrial State and before the government bought out most of the dairy farms. Before the endless miles of strip malls and box stores and junk food suppliers. Interesting that the narrator mispronounced both the name of Groton and the Thames Rivers?!

im from RI and windham county and north new london county still have this charm.

a Tobacco field here in south windsor is now a Golf Course, and others now have houses built on them

Wow there is a lot of Anger..

I moved to CT 42 years ago. While all of the world has changed my 70 years on the planet, our lovely town on the Connecticut River is still beautiful and a real place to live.

It all went to shit... I wish I could see the state back when Waterbury didn’t look like Detroit. It just seems like that the state is loosening more people then we are gaining, it’s a downward spiral and it doesn’t look like it’s going to get better.

Anything can be glamorous through film.

I’m 13 and I think my grand parents were lucky to live in this Connecticut

I go to Nathan Hale's home every Sunday in the summer for the Coventry Farmers Market....voted the best farmers market in New England!

Wow ! A very different Connecticut!

At the time of this film, it made you proud of CT. Now, not so much to be proud of what with all the political in fighting. I moved to Hartford in 1972 and saw first hand the demise of downtown with the closing of the once great retail stores like G. Fox, Sage-Allen etc. I hope they can do something to rejuvenate downtown Hartford and make it inviting to visit. Friends in the suburbs still don't like to come into downtown. There are still rowdy kids and gangs hanging around. Disturbing.

I live on the edge it is very pretty and I know a spot to swim the water is so pure , nice scenic cruise roads.

So cool! Thanks.

best way to see ct is in the rearview mirror.

0:43 for a view, albeit quick, of the classic Merritt Parkway

"blue water of long Island sounds" lol.

My grandma lives in bethany near new haven. Love going up there. Pepes, Sally's, moderns, earnies gooood aff

I just got excited when they mentioned New London

Wow hartford used to look so beautiful. Sad to see what can happen :/

Still some nice landscape around.

Thanks for the upload!! Actress Glenn Close was born in Greenwich in 1947.. XD

I was born and lived in. Bpt conn when everybody knew everybody and ball in the street hide n seek it was a time of greatness what happened it's a sin

Can I use clips from this video ?

Grew up in Meriden CT and it has become slum, had to leave. So sad to see what has become of CT today. Nice place if your very rich but the 99% are struggling. Even with my many degrees, I couldn't afford to live there, so had to move. Use to work in Hartford at law firm, had a bum throw a beer on my coworker as we walked to our car after work. Not safe for even walking. People work insane hours to keep up, causing them to drink for fun on days off. Then there's the large population that don't even work, very much a welfare state. Lots of drug use. They don't care about having nice yard, they throw trash everywhere and like it that way. No way any farms can last there, all gone now, land and taxes way too high. Also lived in New Haven for few years while going to college and it's so crime filled now and dumpy, poor Yale. Jobs are long gone. CT will never be what it use to be. Makes me so very sad. We're headed in wrong direction.

Thanks a lot Malloy

What about Waterbury and all the brass works?

Connecticut, so little to mention, we'll go over it all twice! Long Island Sound... "unparalleled" thrills. LOL!!!!

These old documentaries sure made life look swell

Connecticut used to be a state of unparalleled beauty and prosperity,... what happened? :(

My home state... before I-95 was built. I wonder if Fairfield County is in the video.

I'm from Washington (the state.) I'm amazed there was absolutely no mention of Miles Standish or John Mason. My 9th great grandfather fought in the Pequot war, which resulted in Uncas befriending the English and selling land to the settlers, thus founding Norwich.

As we say in Connecticut, "That was thoroughly enjoyable."

Being from Connecticut, I can just say that I'm embarrassed

peaceful hahaha go to bridgeport or new haven

I love CT I really do born n raised but it hard to make a living these days. Tax's n rent r too high n to even make it here u either got to have a good job or ur working three job just to have and apartment n pay for utilities n food n rent

Living here in CT is much different than in real life

We lost the tobacco barns this year 😢. Farms in Litchfield county are just something pretty to look at, owned by the filthy rich, you can count the real farms there on 1 hand. One farm on dark entry road even has a motion detector which turns on a makeshift conveyor and moves the same hay all summer !😂

This video was obviously produced in honor of my birth year there, so I want a cut of the royalties. :-):-) :-)

I wish we still had a real manufacturing presence here. Changing from an industrial to services based economy is # 1 biggest mistake this country has ever made.

Tobacco is definitely not the most profitable crop these days in Connecticut...

peace and love to all

My home state. It used to be lovely and prosperous. Sad what has become of it.

Conn.is now the plywood state.everything is boarded up.

I cant believe I recognize these places

Why is it shaped different back then

lol... I wish it was as charming as it is in this video

My dad was 1 years old!!

A lot of the fields are still there and are active tobacco farms

Sickening to see how are state WAS!

Back in the day when we were relivent

Change yourself. You can do it with work and one day at a time!

"Grow-tin" rofl

Bridgeport was the 3rd largest city back then and Hartford was the biggest. And Bridgeport was never even that much of a booming city. That just shows how far downhill Hartford went. No one dares move to Hartford anymore. people only move out of Hartford.

I went to school in storrs. At e o smith

WOW !!! You Learn Sumthin New Every Second 😏

narrator spelled "Groton" different than we do today

Want to bet the Tobacco farm is now a subdivision ?

My home state and I can't wait to sell and get the hell out.It is finished.

Not like that anymore , i left forever 10 years ago . Sad where i grew up is a shithole now

2:25 looks like the Montgomery building in Windsor Locks

Connecticut was shaped like a home plate back then.

Look at Connecticut now...

You know, you talk about the slummy cities, etc. but it hurts me to see what a lovely little town like Glastonbury has become since the 50s. Now it’s all “developed” with commercial sprawl everywhere and it’s really ruined what was once a sweet little town.

Unchecked suburban development has destroyed most of Connecticut's beauty. Even in its most rural areas home building and commercial highway development has made a unblemished Vista impossible. No farms along the Merritt or any turnpike anymore.

This state was so beautiful what happened :(

Connecticut should start require to show gold star id to use public transportation ie buses and trains. This would eliminate the ones breaking the law and force them to legally identify themselves or sign up for citizenship. I got no problem with legal US citizens of any color race or nationality.

Rhode Island too

4:15 “seventeen one”

7 days before I was born

Where was I at the moment? WTF?

Wow what happened

Pretty much all of Windham county besides Willimantic and Putnam is still unspoiled, Most of New London County besides New London, most of Groton and Norwich, and Most of Tolland County and Plenty of Litchfield is still like this,

So sick of everyone putting down CT. I love it here.

going through ellis island legally is lawful entry.

What the hell is Grooton. lol. Thought it was Groton.

“Blue water of Long Island sound” i think he means emerald green waters 😂

facial recognition is coming to a town near you folks.

That's my birth place and year. It's spelled wrong though. I spell it Connectishit.

Litchfield County is still gorgeous

Bridgeport

Connecticut, a bastion of WASP lore before it became what it is today....

Birthplace of Benedict Arnold as well!

i live in norwalk, unfortunately. this video looks amazing i hate CT so much it is nothing like this i cant even believe what im seeing

I’m born and raised in sorry ass CT. High taxes, boredom, etc..

"The War Between the States." Nobody uses that term these days.

came legally. but nice name.

Home sick for the longest time wonder what it is.

This is the kind of crap we saw in school in the sixties... for real.

I LIVED THERE FOR 32 YEARS... WORKED THERE AS A POLICE OFFICER.. I MOVED OUT AFTER I RETIRED.. I JUST COULD NOT AFFORD TO LIVE THERE ANYMORE.. IT'S A BORING STATE, THE ONLY THING CT HAS TO OFFER IS THE CASINOS... AND THAT'S PLACED OUT IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE STATE IN THE FREAKING WOODS...

The top income tax rate during the 50s was 91%. It was Republican DEREGULATION, due to out of control capitalism, mostly starting with the Reagan years that has cause a lot of problems all over the country. Giant corporations come in and wipe out small business and build on land that should have been preserved.

Bridgeport before the nightmare