Fantastic! Thanks! The movie came out the year before I was born and I'm now 76! A film classic with a lasting message!

Amazing. I'm happy to see that a few of the locations-the high school gym and "Bailey Park"-are still recognizable. Thanks.

TImes change, but that movie still stands the test of time and remains a Christmas classic. I tend to watch it every year. Thank you for sharing the movie locations. Then and Now.

WOW...a big mystery for 50 years now I can rest and revisit these places. What a load of research and devotion!! AND SO WELL DONE WITH MOVING MATCHUPS Thank you so much..

Incredible that the "swim gym" still is in operation! And the gym recently got a full renovation/restoration, so it should be around for years to come.

As a filmmaker and someone who loves this kind of stuff I must say this was well done ..absolutely fabulous

One of the finest videos of this type I have ever seen. Not only do we get to see the modern of look of the sites in question, but the split screen portions try to show the relevant movie scene vs the location today at the same angle, even moving in step as the scene moves. Also, the clip is not overly long, time wise. Very well done.

I'm a huge movie fan and I love finding out locations. This was by far one of the best I've ever seen

Thank you so much for this. You did an incredible job.

One of the best movies ever, be it Christmas or not. It's an amazing story and a staple of my household every Christmas.

Wow! Thank you for this. I am a studio backlot fanatic and a huge devotee of Its a Wonderful Life. I’ve studied every aspect of this film but have never seen anyone take the time to go the the neighborhood where the RKO Encino Ranch was and do a side by side “then and now” comparison. That took An extraordinary amount of research and effort to create. I salute you and thank you again for this wonderful work!

This video is a masterpiece, like the movie it talks about🏆👍🎞

Very nicely done. I knew there wasn't much left in the case of filming locations. For some reason I thought the gym/pool area was on a set too. So cool to find out it was/is a real place. Wonderful match-ups. Really cool to see Bailey Park as well. Looks so different but - at the same time - the same. Thanx for posting. Take care.

Thank you so much for showing these locations from my favorite movie. Since I was a child, I have watched this movie every Christmas season. Glad to see the gym with the pool is still intact! Simply amazing!

One of the best movies ever,what a film & a massive thank you for this,love from England ❤

Very cool, thanks for putting this together.I watch this every year on Christmas Eve

my fave movie ever by far... I loved it so much I wrote my only fan letter ever to JIMMY STEWART not long before he passed. He wrote me right back and thanked me for my kind words and said, HAVE A WONDERFUL LIFE, GREGG. 'Nuff said about the man.

WONDERFUL and profoundly sad and nostalgic - AT THE SAME TIME. ♥🤩😭😢

Wonderful job! I loved it. So many terrific old movie lots gone forever. A shame. The Warner Ranch was the most recent casualty.

Your work on this was truly amazing! Thank you.

This is in my top 5 films of all time

I love seeing where movies were filmed and what it looks like today. Thanks.

Thank you for doing such a wonderful job. The way the building were back then was so much better then the houses now.

This movie is in my DNA, it's so cool to see this video after having watched the movie 18 days ago.....freakin' fantastic, thanks.

Best Christmas Movie

Well done!!!!! One of the greatest movies ever....

This was much better than it had to be. Very enjoyable.

One of the best movies ever, watched every Xmas for the last few decades, pity they couldn't leave the town as was but that's life, wonderful 👍

MR. GLUECEMENT,, GREAT JOB PUTTING THIS VIDEO TOGETHER ,,A WONDERFUL X-MAS TO YOU!!! MY SON MAX 8 YR.S AND I LOVED THE DANCE GYM WITH A POOL!!!!! GREAT ,,... LOVE THAT ... THANKS!!!!!

Thank you, you've made this film even better for me.

i wonder how many people live in those houses where the set was and watch the movie every year, maybe without even knowing it was once all right where they are? great video!

I always enjoy these, even for films I’ve not seen (such as this). Happy holidays.

Wow, excellent job! I can't imagine the work that had to be done to match up all of that.

WOW!! First rate, productions at work here. Well done!!

So wonderful!!!!! Thank you.

Fantastic! It’s amazing you got BH High to open the gym floor for you.

That was pretty cool seeing that Martini’s house is not only real, but still there, and with the same address. Thanks!

Thank you for this travel back to a simpler time. Merry Christmas to all. 🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲

Thank you for that , video was awesome . It’s a wonderful life is my favorite movie of all time .

So very well done. Many, many thanks.

That was brilliant... KZfaq exists for videos like this...

Well done! I have always wanted a then and now on this movie.

awesome video, Thank you. Happy holidays.

Wonderful video, thank you! Love, love, love the split screen approach. Wow!

Thank you. This brought tears to my eyes though I'm not sure why.

Wow that is so well done Can I wish you very merry Christmas and Thank You

Best movie I have ever watched! I love Donna Reed.

Incredible! Thank you so much

Very enjoyable and informative. Thanks for posting.

Thanks for posting your excellent video!

Thank you and God bless you for sharing.

Excellent job putting this together...

This was an awesome Christmas present to KZfaq. Thanks for brightening our holiday.

Wow this is incredible. Thanks

I wish that they would make a lot more movies about the building of the decor and the sets and effects in movies, they might even be more intersting than the finished movies !!

Fantastic video!! Thank you for doing this.

This was awesome thank you. Loved it

Thank you for your miracle movie locations of “It’s a Wonderful Life.” It’s a masterpiece ❤️❤️❤️‼️ My wife thank God for your beautiful video

Outstanding research. Thank you👍

Thank you very much for this, I really enjoyed it.

This was AMAZING Thank You 😍😊🇺🇸🙏😇👍

Very well done thank you for all your hard work

There was a gymnasium pool at Byrd High School in Shreveport until a girl drowned in it, circa 1940s, then it was filled in. Thanks for the video!

Wonderful. Thank you.

Awesome!

this was amazing! Thank you!!!

One of the biggest financial blunders of all time was the total disregard the major motion picture entities had for the value of movie props. Up to just a couple decades ago, astonishingly fabulous props were simple thrown into the nearest trash hopper or given away to whomever would haul it away. Some props that today would no doubt be worth astronomical amounts. What's even worse than the wasting of individual props is the wasting of whole movie lots. The lost tourist income and general enjoyment potential for future centuries is sickening. They raised those sights for what? Some fast dimes at the loss of billions of dollars.

THANK YOU!!!

Thank you

A great movie, and interesting film locations

Great work.Thanks.

Fantastic video and brilliant research you did to find all this out......

Very cool.Its amazing the Martini house and the pool at Beverly Hills High are still there ..

Just watched this movie and how relevant this to this time of the world also

"Great Memories !!!"

Going into this - I was wondering what you would be able to show since so much was on a backlot. WOW. this was incredible. Thank you doing the deepest dive - it’s very impressive. What a great way to kick off Christmas morning!! ESP - since I will be watching this movie today!!

Just great !

Wow (liked), very good work on your efforts with this, this movie is an icon in festive entertainment on a yearly basis (here in the UK) but to see locations as they are now is a delight, thanks so much for sharing 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻.

The one about the pool exciting me the most

Frank Capra was my great uncle. Grandmother’s brother

Excellent job matching the sets and real setting!

Good work, and top class line ups !

Very well done!!

I remember reading that a couple of trees from the old Encino Ranch are still growing near the corner of Burbank Blvd and Wish Ave.

wow, fantastic job

Thank u. For nice job. Must have taken along time

Great video!

Very nice research and filming done for this video thank you! As Im sure it took some time to find these few little traces of this iconic movie that still stand today as most are gone.I would love to run through it one day & Pottersville

If I lived near Los Angeles I would go to Ostrom Avenue at Christmas and run down the street screaming "Merry Christmas...Merry Christmas movie house....Merry Christmas Emporium....Merry Christmas you wonderful old Building and Loan!!!!" until the paddy wagon came to pick me up. Because "Happy New Year to you....In Jail!"

This was nicely done!

much appreciated...

Excellent job, thanks! It feels much better subscribing to your channel where you've put so much research into this, rather than some of these other channels where people just repost others' work and expect likes.

Really well done.

Love this movie now but I don’t remember it being shown on t.v. In the 1960s or early 1970s. Thank you for your research.

This video is awesome. Great work! S So well done!

That's awesome they still have the gym

Merry Christmas everyone! 🎄

I don’t know, seems a sin to have one of the most beloved movies and set gone forever! America is lost.

Well done.

The town that inspired Bedford Falls is in upstate New York. “Seneca Falls.”