l was born in '72 and lived in Houston all my life. Wish l was born in the 50s so l could have enjoyed the 70s.

As someone who lived in Houston for 40 years, This video is priceless!!!! Thank You.

*That was a long time ago and things have changed now,but we keep the tree just in case*

I like the creepy Moog music they play during the morgue sequence. Houston was a VERY different city in the early 70’s than what it’s like today.

Everything was very brown in the 70's wasn't it

I miss Houston. I grew up there in the '70's. Wasn't an easy life but I managed to get through it. RIP José Torres.

Its so weird seeing the skyline missing all these new buildings, especially the market square tower with the pool all the way in the top

1:25 The skyline looks sooo different. Amazing wow

Based on the downtown skyline, this is more like 1975, 1976 not 1973. Two Houston Center and Pennzoil Place are already there, both came after 1973

This is great. Thanks for uploading.

🤘🏼hustle town my city

Born a little bit south of Houston at "Galveston County Memorial Hospital" in Texas City in 1974 and grew up in Arcadia aka Santa Fe. Houston and the surrounding communities are in my blood and it's hard to believe how much I miss the place. My family & I moved up to the hill country back in the early 2000s and yes, the Austin area is much more beautiful & clean, but it isn't home. How I yearn to smell those muddy bayous & the salt water of West Bay! Sigh.....

My family settled here in Bellaire in 1972, from Buffalo, NY. We left for Beaumont in 1974, but returned here in 1976, eventually relocating to northwest in March 1978, where our parents stayed for next 23 years. I moved out to Southern California in July 1989, although I frequently visit H-town since 1993. The sheriff's patches & badges were changed in 1990 and reads: "Sheriff - Pride of Texas: Harris County", issued by what is now the HCSO.

Back when PR films were mostly informative and devoid of any political leniency. Times long gone.

Thanks for posting this online! Who knew that we all own the Lynchburg Ferry!

Back when there was no traffic lol

That's when Sharpstown was nice!

What a delightful microcosm of time and space

I wish I was born in 50’s or 60’s to see this Houston.

Back when the speed limit was 50 mph

I been in texas since 2014. Amazing how time flies

There was a mass murder in Houston in 1973.

4:59 is that truck on the run? Lol. Some y'all grandparents were wilding out 😂😂😂😂😂

Life looked so much better back then. Why can’t I be rich mannnnnn!!!!

Year Dean Corrl was killed...1973' Aka candyman , inept Houston police

I was in the third grade Attending Shadydale Elementary when this film 🎥 was made about my Hometown of Houston Texas

I want to go to Houston. Wait I live in Houston

Such a casual mentioning of a hanging tree.

looking at the terrible car dependency 😭

I notice, lack of obesity. Now days every other person is grossly over weigh

i was born in this part of houston since 1990 wish i wouldve exprience this like my parents did in the 70s and 80s

i was born in 1986 at Jefferson Davis hospital. funny how this video has better quality than camera phones now a days

Some areas still look like this

Htown baby 🤘

The guy who did the theme song and opening for DALLAS Tv show was probably inspired by this video

why was this originally made? was it on TV?

Born in 67 this is my Houston. I'm old bah humbug.

04:40 "Now we use that other tree over there."

I was waiting for SHAFT to show up.

We used to tell people that were running their mouths that if they kept it up they were going to go to Ben Taub😂

2:41 Damn baby.

Houston’s 1973 skyline still better than modern day Dallas 😂

That is NOT 300 million dollars.

I came to Houston from New York in 2012 and I wish I could bring my friend from New York here and show them the 2012-2016 Houston the city vibe is changing now 😕

You can drive an hour away and you're still in Houston!

@22:29 There was a sign there for Kay Bailey, which I think is future senator Kay Bailey Hutchinson.

I was 6 years old & lived in Southside Place. Our house is one of the few original houses still standing.

Everything was small back then.

3:48 that's a good dog looking out for his boy

I see the River oaks area. wow. I see the Avalon Square Apartment at 2:27 close to the start.

Born in 1979 and from San Antonio Texas But i like Houston Texas.. i only been to Houston stay a night or 2..then off to New Orleans 😂

I’m currently sampling audio from this film to use in a metal song would I get into a issue with using this as a form of audio sampling I can’t find any site giving me info if this is in the public domain

Back when our county, city and schools were still run by qualified adults instead of clueless amateurs put in office purely because of identity politics.

4:33 This was the official Harris county hanging tree. WOW!!!!! Where is this??

21:00 i wonder what year were those powelines build around houston

I remember them Fury III gold and white sheriff cars that look as big as the Lynchburg ferry

The Astrodome is still standing there today.

Houston Rockets!!!!

Fuck. I was born 15 years late. Shout-out to the all men's commish court. Damn that look cool af

Katherine Brown looks like a good time

I was a freshman At A&M in 73. Harris Co. has really changed, and not for the better.

Houston looks so green

I love my city

lol @3:10 caught me off guard

The hangin tree was interesting 🤔

At 4:35 mark looks Ike old Jack laments them days.

Lol I highly doubt that was 300 million dollars

Not the lynching tree 😭😭😭

I was working sacking groceries for $1.50 hr at weingartens on 43rd n oak forest after school during early 70s

Decent vid

Now Houston is drenched with Mexican and Hispanic immigrants as well as outsiders of other states. We need to keep the tejano culture alive in our city 😭

I was born in Sharpstown Hosp 1972.

Counting out 3 million on the open title...

We Harris county residents don't own the Astrodome because it after all these years, still isn't paid for.

Glad we don’t have to buy our license anymore

And reap. Lmfao. Showed Tdcj

Harrisburg County huh? Who knew..

Texas made

Wow the police use to be human like back than that was the most kind of arrest for a car chase that I've ever seen even if it was fake

3:33 you can see the fake money just under the cover bill

11:07. Is that Marvin Zindler?

1973' Houston mass murders, inept police dept of Houston😒😒😒

In 1973 i was 4 years and you ?

I wasn't even born yet.

Great scriptwriting! “Then the ball is in our lap.”(8:24)

Kids that no one wants.....damn LOL

2:33 LMAO

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I Born In 1975 Houston

2019 and Harris Co is more populated

Hey who owns this footage? Would like to license a clip

my home sweet home has turned into pure shit!!!

There was no freeways too.

When everything was white good old days!!

Los que fundaron barrió magnolia Litle México si cómo Sam hoston tx.historia.

Child support? What a joke, my dad…When he lived in south Houston more than 20 years ago my grandma made him and his siblings clean up offices and other buildings, even the police station and nobody… ABSOLUTELY *NOBODY* CARED!…

If I had my way 80% of these county offices would close. It just enables people to to continue to live in poverty.

Living hear 57 years.We don't own anything not even the homes we purchased.We all don't have access to everything. Places were low income residents forced to live lived torn down and replaced with rent 3 times or 4 times normal rent.Now we have a different type of homelessness.A guilty until proven innocent.Must realabiltate themselves. Over charge residents on utilities bills, but all business lights on all night all year around. Toke prayer out of school from kids but invite rappers that rap about sex and drugs also invite drag queens to read to kids.Control sex trafficking but women and son allegedly cought trafficking kids in school 2024.Video outdated .Not the image we see. Story maybe true then not today.

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I am extremely apalled. Not ONE individual here on the comments section.. Not ONE... Harris County is in bad shape. I wish I could volunteer in EVERY S.I.N.G.L.E field tittle there is in my county. All these judges and elected people show absolutely no class and no humanity. I actually dont want the money. I actually want to see MY county thrive to the point that every individual is given the task to volunteer in water testing, air checking, tittle registration, libraries..guys? We had actual busses filled with knowledge. Um. I dont want money. I actually want to make individuals unleash their fullest crrativity and implement it in our county. Im so sick and tired of reading " wish i was rich". You got nothing to offer as a poor, and you wont have shit to offer if your rich. I can only dream of what my county woyld look like: Every single ashthmatic person in USA woyld come here and breathe the real oxygen, we would have bird centers and people singing in union, we woukd have curtains in the streets when there was a holiday. We would cheer parades every single holiday. No wonder our kids are stealing in Dollar Trees and women crying at apartnent complex in their cars because the man just cheated with her down stairs neighbors. Im so sick and tired of this. Lots of AmericNs have given up their citizenship because they find some of this in countries you'd never thought could have it. I am appalled by all of you. Shame on EACH and every single individual watching an old video of our county and not wonder what the hell is actually happening TODAY. You wash your hands and your toilet bowl and you dont do shit but expect others do it for you? You fat lazy American!?