California 1950s, Driving Wilshire Blvd in color [60fps, Remastered] w/sound design added

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2 жыл бұрын

I colorized, restored and created a sound design for this video of California 1950s, We're on Wiltshire Blvd. we can see Mayco building anywhere. Actually, the first big giveaway was that Prudential sign, and then things were immediately familiar. We take several trips down here. Not to worry, there's lots to look at here. Plus they go on the other side of the street too, that's a mighty big Arthur Murray sign
Video Restoration Process:
✔ FPS boosted to 60 frames per second
✔ Image resolution boosted up to HD
✔ Improved video sharpness and brightness
✔ Colorized only for the ambiance (not historically accurate)
✔added sound only for the ambiance
✔restoration:(stabilisation,denoise,cleand,deblur)
Please, be aware that colorization colors are not real and fake, colorization was made only for the ambiance and do not represent real historical data.
Thanks to A/V Geeks for share the amazing B&W Video Source
B&W Video Source from: A/V Geeks on archive.org
B&W Video Source: archive.org/details/pet983r1la
Rights to the black and white 35mm Video Source are held by Internet Archive. under the Creative Commons Attribution License
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@NASS_0 Жыл бұрын

Would you like to visit the 1950's? Which city would you like to visit?

@MrLeh81 Жыл бұрын

Las Vegas !

@patriciawatkins9539 Жыл бұрын

New York

@marthagomez7335 Жыл бұрын

Anaheim, California

@redflipper992 Жыл бұрын

any of them. the coloreds knew their place back then.

@isaacsrandomvideos667 Жыл бұрын

Vegas, definitely.

@haineshisway 2 жыл бұрын

Incredible. This is, to be precise, the week of August 1, 1951. Just about a year prior to this, my father owned the restaurant that would become Du-Par's - it was called the Kiru Cafe. Was there from 1948 through January 1950. By June, it was Du-Par's. Amazing how empty Wilshire was in 1951. And equally amazing that some of the buildings west of Fairfax are still there.

@charliekilo8944 2 жыл бұрын

Looked like a nice place!

@pgannon1948 2 жыл бұрын

I got 1951 from "The Frogmen", but how did you get the exact week?

@haineshisway 2 жыл бұрын

@@pgannon1948 Movie section of the LA Times - that was the only week that double bill played there :)

@W7DSY 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent. I would date this in the latter part of 1950, account the latest model cars I saw were 1951 Fords, but not many of those, which would indicate the 3rd quarter of 1950 to me. Saw no 1952 model Fords. Might you be off a year?

@haineshisway 2 жыл бұрын

@@W7DSY Nope, I was able to pinpoint the exact week because of the double bill that was playing at the El Rey - that double bill only played there the week of August 1, 1951.

@r.c.anderson5632 2 жыл бұрын

I was raised in Los Angeles in the 1950s and this was amazing to watch. Most of this footage was made as background for movie scenes which show a driver and the passing scenery outside the windows, but how wonderful just to see the city as it was back then! WOW! Everyday people wearing nice clothes doing everyday things. We had great style back then and the architecture and storefronts were so charming and clean! The "MAYCO" building was actually "The May Company Department Store", so the sign actually says "MAY CO"... and that same building today is the newly remodeled and revitalized ACADEMY MUSEUM (which shows movie props, costumes and sets from famous movies over the years). It looks as beautiful as ever. My mother worked for the MAY CO. Department Store for over 30 years. They were still in business in the 1980s. THANKS FOR SHOWING THESE! I'm a fan!

@steveanacorteswa3979 2 жыл бұрын

It's amazing how beautiful all the Art Deco style buildings don't exist anymore, even MayCo looked fab, we need to stop tearing down history but too late for that.

@siddrajput1029 2 жыл бұрын

Yes, I remember going to May Co. in the mid '80s.

@EvelynnLandrum 2 жыл бұрын

@@siddrajput1029 May Co, Robinsons, The Broadway, Bullocks, Montgomery Ward 😊

@angelo_giachetti 2 жыл бұрын

Thought I seen Perry Mason!

@Mostlyonoff 2 жыл бұрын

I had the pleasure of doing work on Mrs. May's house in Beverly Hills late eighties. Very nice lady

@hiddenmanna3683 2 жыл бұрын

The most striking thing is how fresh and new everything is without litter and people screaming on the corner. Good times.

@chadfren 2 жыл бұрын

no gang violence or taco stands. it's beautiful

@milkdud0 2 жыл бұрын

@@chadfren enjoy your burgers and hotdogs btw your sister is waiting for you on your bed

@chadfren 2 жыл бұрын

@@milkdud0 your mad at something beautiful... lol. you people fuck everything up

@nslouka90 2 жыл бұрын

Yet people were still stupid enough back then to bolt across the street in traffic even though there was a crosswalk 50 ft away. Some things never change!

@karimmoop9560 2 жыл бұрын

Alot of these buildings & so forth were newly built; they weren't as settled in as other places in LA.

@GeorgeVreelandHill 2 жыл бұрын

The real Los Angeles. The one everyone dreamed about and the city we wish we had back today.

@bobcuster8930 Жыл бұрын

#Nonsense. I love history, but we need to move forward.

@bobcuster8930 Жыл бұрын

#Nonsense. I love history, but we need to move forward.

@etherealtb6021 Жыл бұрын

This is my neighborhood. Except for the 20- storied buildings where the parking lots were - it isn't that different.

@charliereed9925 Жыл бұрын

Indeed!

@quentindaniels7460 Жыл бұрын

@@bobcuster8930 We most definitely did "move forward", and look where that ended.

@alexk7656 2 жыл бұрын

Is it just me that thinks the cars of that era blend in so well with the surrounding architecture and scenery?

@fretho8410 2 жыл бұрын

I think part of the reason is that reds are poorly rendered with this type of film-coloring.

@youchris67 2 жыл бұрын

Lot's of Art Deco everywhere.

@stuartculshaw5342 2 жыл бұрын

@@youchris67 Yes, Art Deco starting in the 30's transformed cities across the US. Such a vibrant and exciting style.

@jamesshea897 2 жыл бұрын

iT'S JUST YOU.

@youchris67 2 жыл бұрын

You are so right. Everything has that 50's look we all see on old TV shows and movies of that era.

@alphaphoenix55 2 жыл бұрын

From a French point of view, it seems to be a much more civilized and prosperous era for everyone. The streets are clean, the people well dressed and elegant, you can also recognize the "Art Deco" architecture used for almost every building, the streets were really classy back them. I would have loved to walk in the streets of that time.

@leemoore9933 2 жыл бұрын

At 4:28 bomb shelter I guess $795.00 wow. Maybe they thought China was coming.

@stevenfetzer4911 2 жыл бұрын

This is after ww2. The United States was still experiencing the benefits of the war machine and every other industrialized nation was destroyed.

@Pimp-Master 2 жыл бұрын

Yep, technology has made the world a less interesting place, less creative, and far more authoritarian.

@nicholaslittlefield4424 2 жыл бұрын

Because our culture was not centered around sports and joggers.

@danfrench3861 2 жыл бұрын

@@nicholaslittlefield4424 Not a jogger in sight.

@puckvoice 2 жыл бұрын

Clean, uncongested, great weather... no wonder so many moved out there in the 50s!

@dhalsim-1 Жыл бұрын

That's how it became dirty and congested

@armandobroncasegura1608 Жыл бұрын

Ahora está llena de negros 😃

@GridnetGaming Жыл бұрын

what decade did california go downhill?

@Plikten Жыл бұрын

They certainly made solid cars in the 50s but the downside was they smelled a lot

@onesaucynougat7471 Жыл бұрын

@@GridnetGaming I’d say 80’s

@JohnMcaulay-gp6nb Жыл бұрын

At 4.38 when the camera car pulls over and the 3 generation family, kids, mother & grandmother notice the camera , it feels like you're seeing it in real time as they look right at you . this is only made possible by the magnificent restoration & presentation of this film . I get a wee sad feeling when I think that if the 2 kids are still with us they will be well into their eighties. Some have commented that it's like looking at ghosts, but I actually feel that the quality of the restoration makes us the ghosts visiting them in their lifetime , and I love that feeling that as we watch in wonder , they are all alive again and going about their daily lives. So, my fellow ghosts let us journey back with a big contented smile .

@briansmith48 5 ай бұрын

My mother is 82 and a half right now. So those kids could still be around.

@DavidBrown-dj7tw 3 ай бұрын

You made a great reply to this film.My compliments.

@AaronandKat 2 жыл бұрын

This totally feels like a nostalgic familiar dream, even though I wasn't here yet, it feels so familiar and comforting. It's like a live painting into another world. The 50's era is awesome!

@AlltelJohnny12 2 жыл бұрын

Maybe in a past life 😉

@byte01010101me 2 жыл бұрын

And you could feel safe in your very own bomb shelter 4:28

@richpryor9650 2 жыл бұрын

Unless you were Black, gay, Asian, crippled, Latino, Arab, or just about anything that wasn't white and Christian.

@ballaking1000 2 жыл бұрын

@@richpryor9650 Why are you saying that like it's a bad thing?

@richpryor9650 2 жыл бұрын

@@ballaking1000 Don't cut yourself on that edge bro.

@snazz1158 2 жыл бұрын

My 94 year old grandpa watched this and really enjoyed seeing his memories again, so clear. Thank you from felix

@michaelchapman4955 2 жыл бұрын

Both my folks grew up in this area during the 30s & 40s, My dad in Hollywood & West Hollywood & My mother a little further east

@AnsweringMusic 2 жыл бұрын

Wow that is amazing! God bless him.

@fox_den 2 жыл бұрын

Was this a Jewish neighborhood back then too?

@PND1719 2 жыл бұрын

Твоему дедушке очень повезло жить в то время!

@saintjabroni 2 жыл бұрын

Thank your grandpa for his service.

@yahstino Жыл бұрын

That windmill on the Van De Kamp's sign is absolutely incredible! It's a shame they don't make signage like that anymore. Way more thought was put into the architecture even for simple places like coffee shops

@nmm190 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing how clean and fresh Wilshire Blvd was back then, and the art deco buildings so very cool. Born there in the 50's, what a great city it was then

@rafachrzaszcz6997 Жыл бұрын

Art Deco and Streamline Moderne were the best architecture styles!

@etherealtb6021 Жыл бұрын

It is still clean. I live in this neighborhood. Thankfully, many of the Art Deco buildings are still here, but we keep an eye on them, as everything is being torn down for ugly apartment buildings!

@01FUMBLE 2 жыл бұрын

The buildings, cars, billboards, the way people dress is a form of art.

@zacrl1230 2 жыл бұрын

Just as it is today, was then, and has always been.

@glennhankins6927 2 жыл бұрын

@@zacrl1230 As it is today?? lol.... urine and excrement on LA streets, frumpy women going to the mall in pyjamas and messy hair....

@zacrl1230 2 жыл бұрын

@@glennhankins6927 "frumpy women" That comment says more about you than it does the current state of LA. . . And hey, you can do something to improve that situation, think about it.

@SPACECOWBOY_Hej 2 жыл бұрын

is not was

@unrealmagic6519 2 жыл бұрын

@@zacrl1230 keep coping.. LA is a dump

@kharakim 2 жыл бұрын

Lived it! Built a "fort" with neighborhood buddies up in the framework behind one of the double billboards just west of Fairfax. The underbrush of the La Brea tar pits was our playground. Got caught one night (underage) working as a doorman at the El Rey theater by one of the office staff at my junior high school. We walked to school and hitchhiked everyone, without incident or concern. Looking back 70 years, everything seemed much more human, both in scale and even kindness.

@bannedheretic2971 2 жыл бұрын

Wonderful memories, thanks for sharing

@JErnst-pl5xk 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing! 😊✨

@Alexander_l322 2 жыл бұрын

Very cool thanks for sharing 😄

@None-zc5vg 2 жыл бұрын

Today, half of your taxes go on paying for the debt run-up on funding the enormous military build-up (on such things as the giant disfunctional 'Gerald Ford' aircraft-carriers, 'F-35' fighters that cost $40,000 an hour to maintain...) while jobs are 'outsourced' and the country falls apart.

@winklestiltskin 2 жыл бұрын

Crazy! This video starts out at the 5600 block Wilshire Blvd & Ridgeley. The camera starts out facing west & just to the right you can see a side street. That's Hauser St. I used to work on the 5th & 6th floors of Hauser & Wilshire (where the windmill is) . It's just crazy that the video starts looking directly at the place I used to work. It's not the same building, but it's just fascinating. Thank you NASS for this, it's just incredible.

@maurits4606 2 жыл бұрын

Born in 1980. But when I look at this beautifull scenery, I would loved to be 18 in those Californian 50's ❤️❤️

@broman7271 2 жыл бұрын

I feel same way I'm 34

@matrox 2 жыл бұрын

The street were spotlessly clean back then. Everything looks so sane.

@1990758 2 жыл бұрын

Lol That's only what you see on this particular video

@SixpackLeanStrongMind 2 жыл бұрын

@@1990758 yeah? You think so, well how about, In this particular video, what you’ll see in this video today is shit AND litter all over the city while the recording of this in 1950 was NOT shit AND littering. At least this recording showed cleanliness, go there now at the location and you won’t be able to say that

@1990758 2 жыл бұрын

@@SixpackLeanStrongMind Oh and this video is very clean. It's a shame some things can't stay the same. Other than the segregation I'll take those days over today

@based9930 2 жыл бұрын

@@SixpackLeanStrongMind Another win for diversity.

@Superstarseven 2 жыл бұрын

@@based9930 Now there's some of that subtle racism I was expecting when I clicked on this. 👏

@oldgypsytap 2 жыл бұрын

It is hard to believe that ordinary people actually dressed well simply to go on errands or to work. How refreshing! Seems the 'fashion" industry has managed to make everyday citizens look like slobs, or freaks. L.A. looked so clean...even though we were having our terrible SMOG days. This footage is glorious! Takes me back to my time and neighborhood. WOW! Well done! and thank you!

@wurok871 Жыл бұрын

Ikr, now Los Angeles is turning into Detroit. The houses are crappy and they're expensive, and the value of those houses are only increasing and there will be more homeless people and soon people will move out.

@briane173 Жыл бұрын

@@wurok871 Already happening. My memories of growing up in L.A. were _so_ great compared to now. Now, whenever I drive to SoCal I go outta my way to avoid L.A. proper, and I keep my head on a swivel when on the freeways down there.

@TomSpeaks-vw1zp 9 ай бұрын

Can’t push the blame onto someone else for looking or dressing like slobs. Its on us as individuals.

@feurigerStern 10 ай бұрын

This sure brought back memories. I lived in Hollywood in the 1950s as a very young child. Names long forgotten: Ontras, Standard, Richfield, Innes Shoes, Ohrbachs, Van DeKamps, DuPars, Foreman & Clark's. Can you hear the manual clutches on the cars? My dad drove us up and down Wilshire back in the day.

@valfletcher9285 2 жыл бұрын

The most beautiful time to have lived in California ... really until the late sixties. Gorgeous.

@jrbleau 2 жыл бұрын

The decline began when the Clampetts moved in...

@shrimpflea 2 жыл бұрын

Yes, as long as you were white.

@reptiliandomination1 2 жыл бұрын

@@shrimpflea Good old days

@gplunk 2 жыл бұрын

@@shrimpflea white; and well to do....

@erebus79 2 жыл бұрын

@@shrimpflea go back to CNN, buddy.

@T77pt 2 жыл бұрын

I grew up in the 1950’s and it was quite different, better in some ways, yet not so good in others. People valued work and the American dream of owing ones own home. Everyone dressed up much more than today

@jdthegreat1238 2 жыл бұрын

This wonderful time capsule takes us Back to when plastic bags weren’t flying across the street or every building on the street being lined with graffiti. This was truly California at its best

@richarddegen6184 Жыл бұрын

Was is right

@joycebevins6014 2 жыл бұрын

I was born in 1950. Enjoyed the video and would love to go back to that year at the age I am now. Thank you for sharing.

@deannemencher 2 жыл бұрын

brings back memories: Having milk shakes at VanDe Kamp's; shopping at Ohrbachs, and visiting the swamp land in La Brea Pits before the museum existed. Also this Ralph's architecture is the same as the first one in Westwood - The architecture of that building is stunning.

@oceanlover3530 2 жыл бұрын

Is that a Ralph’s grocery store? So cool to see things from back then that still exist today! ✌🏻🙂✌🏻

@leslieharris9088 2 жыл бұрын

We ate pretty often at Van DeKamps as well as Orbachs and May Co. I still drive along this section of Wilshire Blvd.

@deannemencher 2 жыл бұрын

@@oceanlover3530 yes

@AntiMasonic93 2 жыл бұрын

What is the cross street where the Ralphs is at?

@deannemencher 2 жыл бұрын

@@AntiMasonic93 I don’t know but it isn’t there anymore

@daggerman12 2 жыл бұрын

It’s almost dreamlike, it baffles me that this was 60 years ago

@newfie-dean5803 2 жыл бұрын

More like closer to 70 years ago.

@ronemoboy 2 жыл бұрын

Дружище, учись считать мой папа родился в 1963 и ему сейчас 60+

@reptiliandomination1 2 жыл бұрын

Now its a nightmare with all of the Tent cities, crime, drugs, Gangs, high taxes, cost of living, Sky high real esate.

@LAwoman1956 2 жыл бұрын

@@reptiliandomination1 The Powers that be opened the flood gates too much. L.A. isn't really that large to hold 4 million people who are mostly scavengers.

@hereforit2347 2 жыл бұрын

@@ronemoboy: This was 1951.

@goat2503 Жыл бұрын

This is absolutely amazing, it makes these earlier times so much more relatable to me, I was born about 30 years after this footage and I am so envious that I wasn’t alive during this wonderful period of history.

@uncletrick1 2 жыл бұрын

Beautiful. My mom was a teenager in the 50s. What a time to be a kid!

@leoniedejong9549 Жыл бұрын

So refreshing!! There was no one with a smartphone and people were socializing with each other. That's how human life should look like. What have we done!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@vdsilva6806 2 жыл бұрын

These were the “wonder years” of American History. Back in 51, my Dad tells me everyone was working and enjoying the best life. All the guys would show up in work clothes, use the company showers after, and walked out wearing a suit. He was a “Blue collar” at Bethlehem Steel which had a workforce of over 1000 strong. We were a family of 6, living in a modest home where my Mom was a “housewife”. We even had milk and bread delivery. Those were the days.

@deannemencher 2 жыл бұрын

Yes so true

@kyselykovac2477 2 жыл бұрын

this makes me revel in nostalgia

@kevinharris7902 2 жыл бұрын

except if you were black

@kyselykovac2477 2 жыл бұрын

@@kevinharris7902 nah the blacks were doing fine back then

@JENDALL714 2 жыл бұрын

@@kevinharris7902 In California Black people had it good, stop listening to your liberal teachers. Did you know Compton, California was a very nice upper middle class Black neighborhood, until the Democrats got a hold of it?

@BrotherMJ808 2 жыл бұрын

At about :48 seconds in, they drive by the El Rey theater. It was showing "Fugitive Lady" (aka La strada buia) which was released in the U.S. on July 15, 1951 (not to be confused with the 1934 film of the same name). "The Frogmen", the other film playing, was released in the U.S. on May 24, 1951. The two films played the week of Aug. 1, 1951 at that location.

@matrox 2 жыл бұрын

Exactly!

@brentsummers7377 2 жыл бұрын

Good spotting!

@3DBlastDotCom 2 жыл бұрын

Now THAT is how you do your research, kids! Bravo.

@GUITARTIME2024 2 жыл бұрын

I see several more buildings just past El Rey that still exist on Streetview.

@troybabs 2 жыл бұрын

Fugitive Lady, starring Janis Paige... whom is still alive today at 99 years old! Cool.

@ageoff684 Жыл бұрын

Everything is so clean well kept,and people dressed with class!

@FortniteOG420 Жыл бұрын

I wish these times would come back, most people are slobs now

@ugaais Жыл бұрын

No filth was let into the country then

@BruselskySluzebnik Жыл бұрын

@@ugaais cmon, only filfth in America are Americans and ur christianity and baptism. Don’t you think that natives consider you for a filfth tho? Wake up 😂

@ugaais Жыл бұрын

@@BruselskySluzebnik no they would have fought harder

@HoIIandC Жыл бұрын

@@BruselskySluzebnik How can you say Americans were filthy whilst looking at a pristine city in the 1950s compared to what it is like today?

@northmaineguy5896 2 жыл бұрын

My Dad was born in 1925 and passed away in 2019; I'm sad to say that I'm almost glad he missed seeing the mess we are in today.

@patriciawatkins9539 Жыл бұрын

My dad was born in 1927 and passed away in 2018 and like you I feel the same way. He loved this country. He would be heart broken to see the direction it's going.

@isaacsrandomvideos667 Жыл бұрын

My grandad was born in 25 and died in 2019 aswell.

@skywishr1313 Жыл бұрын

@Mister Google Haha no

@patr70 Жыл бұрын

@@mistergoogle1951 You think? Wow. You must not be paying attention.

@acidfrogs10 Жыл бұрын

The mess were in today? He was born in 1925 I dont think he missed much

@Nicefoolkilla 2 жыл бұрын

5:33 I'm in complete awe at how clean those windows of that appliance store were, they gleamed! Everything around it, like everywhere else in this scene was immaculate!

@SoCalSeaChaser 2 жыл бұрын

Today it would have graffiti from one end to the other and the areas that were clean will have scratch marks all over. 🤦‍♂️

@jess4metoo 2 жыл бұрын

@5:28 that’s the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures! Amazing!

@TomSpeaks-vw1zp 9 ай бұрын

That’s when people took pride in themselves and their work. They put their heart & soul into making a living, and their kids took over and pissed it all away.😢

@anthonyhaycox1561 2 жыл бұрын

The streets and sidewalks are so clean and tidy - and no graffiti to ruin and bring down the area. Some lovely cars, and stores that lend character to the place. Thanks for sharing - I loved watching it.

@See_through866 Жыл бұрын

Your gayness is hearting my soul

@etherealtb6021 Жыл бұрын

This neighborhood is still clean and tidy. There's no graffiti. This is still an upscale area. Who thinks every inch of L.A. is covered in graffiti? 🤷‍♀️

@See_through866 Жыл бұрын

@@etherealtb6021 people who only study the media

@paulrevered4136 Жыл бұрын

Mass and illegal immigration changed everything.

@Suspicious-Cat Жыл бұрын

It looks amazing, better than the present. I like the fonts of the lettering on the stores and restaurants, the design of the cars, and the mix of foliage and buildings.

@leemoore9933 2 жыл бұрын

Very cool, everything looked so clean, every one dressed nice, the street was even clean. It looks like art. My parents always said LA or Cali period was paradise back then, I can see why.

@fraufarbissina9870 2 жыл бұрын

It's NOT the city, it's the people. When people are disciplined, courteous, respectful and kind. You get a clean and beautiful city, period.

@troelembiid6970 2 жыл бұрын

The city only looks clean because of the poor quality. Cleanliness on the street wasn’t taken seriously till the 70s.

@euphoricmonk 2 жыл бұрын

@@troelembiid6970 Man your IQ must be below 80 to write that lol

@troelembiid6970 2 жыл бұрын

@@euphoricmonk It’s not lol. streets in the 50s were literally filthy. just because they shown you sunny side california on a perfect day doesn’t mean it was clean.

@euphoricmonk 2 жыл бұрын

@@troelembiid6970 literally no trash on the streets in this film lol. Today almost every street in LA has / is trash. It's the people period wake up to the regression political parties.

@kyucklebeans 2 жыл бұрын

Indeed. What were the demographics of LA back then?

@mookytc 2 жыл бұрын

Everything looks so clean and well kept.

@whyyeseyec 2 жыл бұрын

@Proper There was still no garbage on the streets.....

@stevenfetzer4911 2 жыл бұрын

The CIA psychology movement of the 60s aka hippie movement had not yet destroyed society.

@voiceofreason7856 5 ай бұрын

2:32 in - Movie on the theatre marquee is " The Frogmen " - released in 1951 !!! That's how old this wonderful street scene is ! Look how clean everything is - no litter, people dressed nicely ..those were the days.

@irish115 2 жыл бұрын

Life back then looked Slower Safer Cleaner…In all these videos I see no trash or graffiti the place looks immaculate and every car cruising no one in a hurry Never a DeLorean with a flux capacitor when you need one….1950s America 🇺🇸 looks Amazing!!! ☘️

@Skyrilla 2 жыл бұрын

Never knew California could be clean and neat

@amunra4015 2 жыл бұрын

This is back when California was republican and 90% white. The floodgates of Mexico hadn't been open yet.

@Ghostleakchannel 2 жыл бұрын

@@amunra4015 let’s not forget California was once Mexico.

@amunra4015 2 жыл бұрын

@@Ghostleakchannel How many Mexicans were there in 1821 when it was still part of Mexico? Oh, almost none? So that means Mexicans didn't want to come here until whites made it great.

@moisesojeda1085 2 жыл бұрын

@@Ghostleakchannel When USA annexed California in 1849 there where less than 5,000 Mexicans in the entire state

@V1AbortV2 2 жыл бұрын

…clean and neat with NO MINORITIES. Go figure!

@OB-LA 2 жыл бұрын

Man I really love these old Los Angeles restorations, it’s wild to see places I know SO well looking so different. Is it odd to feel nostalgia for a time in which you never lived…?

@NASS_0 2 жыл бұрын

thank you very much🙏

@roberto1519 2 жыл бұрын

I feel the same, even for places I don't know well, some more than others, while other places there's no nostalgia whatsoever, it really depends on the "click" while watching. Apart of that, it's amazing how these old times feel more serene, fraternal, calmer, at least, it's my impression.

@mgtowacademy8433 2 жыл бұрын

There a word for it: Anemoia “Anemoia is a new and nearly unheard-of word. Its meaning is just as the title would suggest; a nostalgic sense of longing for a past you yourself have never lived. It is nostalgia for the “good ol' days”; more specifically, the good ol' days you are too young to have known.”

@Bebe7077 2 жыл бұрын

@@mgtowacademy8433 Anemoia is a greek word and I know exactly what it means and all that strange feeling. Greetings from Greece!

@mgtowacademy8433 2 жыл бұрын

@@Bebe7077 good to know; greetings from Florida!

@jeffbarnes54 2 жыл бұрын

You have done a fantastic job on this project. I have never seen such clear movies of real life from the past. It is really interesting and you can pause it and really look at things. Thank you for creating this documentation on what our country was like back in whatever decade. I often wish I could go back to that time and live, much happier and easier times then what we are dealing with today.

@peterhladky5481 2 жыл бұрын

Your videos are awesome ... and that's a massive understatement. Thank you for sharing!

@notlistedgreminger8873 2 жыл бұрын

"They" say you can't go home again. You've just disproven that. Thank you for giving me the opportunity to stroll the streets of my childhood pretty much as it was when I was born. You have literally brought tears to my eyes.

@tessy1111 2 жыл бұрын

Love both comments 🙏

@ueau 2 жыл бұрын

Why is it they say "you cant go home again"

@craigsanderson4330 2 жыл бұрын

I would give everything to be able to walk around in this era, experience life like that.

@briane173 Жыл бұрын

I did -- was born in L.A. in 1956; some of the best times in America at that point. Something we didn't take for granted; we were only 11 or so years removed from a world war and rebuilding an economy that was second to none by the time I entered school in the 60's. Back then it was all about the new cars that came out every September, the new TV shows that came out in September, and a middle-class lifestyle enjoyed by almost everyone there. Plus I had brand-new Disneyland and Knott's Berry Farm practically in my backyard. Being a kid back then was heaven. Wouldn't have traded it for anything.

@zyzyila5438 Жыл бұрын

how old are you

@TomSpeaks-vw1zp 9 ай бұрын

It still had its problems. But not the problems we have today. We can see for ourselves how sad we’ve become.

@yt_energy 7 ай бұрын

black kids may have disagreed @@briane173

@yt_energy 7 ай бұрын

he is 67@@zyzyila5438

@dante340 3 ай бұрын

Love this 💯 Wilshire is still one of the prettiest streets to drive on in LA, even today. It's definitely nowhere near as clean and classy as this was lol but it's still a nice cruise. Especially around the holidays when there's very minimal traffic

@richardbeaver9836 9 ай бұрын

I remember those street lights along Wilshire Blvd, they still had some of them up when I moved here in 1966.

@TWTexasA1 2 жыл бұрын

Now there’s something you’ll never see these days …People actually walking across the street at a brisk pace like you should. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

@goldenhourkodak Жыл бұрын

That's a good thing. People should be prioritized over cars. The 1950s was the beginning of the ideal that cars should rule the worlds and we're still suffering from to this day.

@mariocabello3285 2 жыл бұрын

I was born in 1949, many of these things are very familiar to me, others I had forgotten, the person who filmed these images had no idea that 70 years later they would be more widely publicized than then, NASS… thank you! Everything looks peaceful, LA after the 60 'changed drastically, those people almost and all of them already deceased couldn't imagine that this city would be as it's today with drugs and other vices, with so much violence, what a shame!

@tommycat1213 2 жыл бұрын

This is like going back in time. One thing though - it wasn't as peaceful as we'd like to remember. Note the sign for "Bomb Shelters'" for only $789.00!

@monteceitomoocher 2 жыл бұрын

Filmed apparently one month before i was born, it looks so clean and beautiful, everything on a human scale, no drugs or violence and vagrants, we have super technology today but we've lost an awful lot of nice stuff on the way.

@constitution_8939 2 жыл бұрын

America Was Paradise.....before Our and the Western World's Enemy Screwed Our Great Country with their "Hart-Celler Immigration (Invasion) Act of (Treason) 1965" thank's to the "'Tribal"' Members of Emmanuel Celler & Jacob Javit's. Anyone who neither understands or believes this was Always the Biggest Problem for America, the Freedom and Liberty We had and the Traitor Scumbag and Freemason Franklin D. Roosevelt who brought us into WW 2 Just so We could Destroy Germany and Uncle Adolph who Only wanted to Destroy Communism and prevent it's further infiltration of Europe. Look it up and know Who and What the World's Greatest Enemy Really is. Here's a hint: "'They"' are the Deniers of Jesus Christ and had him Crucified because He was Exposing "'Them"' for what and Who they really are; the Synagogue of Satan!!

@Pimp-Master 2 жыл бұрын

I believe that the beginning of the end was 1967 when the GI generation simply gave up trying to educate the youth then. Now those same youth have political jobs and are imprisoning the world.

@kestas7433 2 жыл бұрын

thats because USA walked away from gold standard in 1971. everything changed for the worse.

@genexxer1 2 жыл бұрын

The background noise is perfect. It gives the video depth. I love the old signage, too.

@c0nquadr0 2 жыл бұрын

Just seeing the streets and sidewalk being clean and empty fills me with so much joy… things could still be like this but for some reason humans decide to keep advancing to their literal doom

@mufdiver9406 2 жыл бұрын

Unless you're an older person you just don't get it these were awesome times and you'll never have it again

@mattkierkegaard9403 2 жыл бұрын

We could have it all again tomorrow, if we got back to the political policies and social morals of those times.

@TECHLOVER_91 2 жыл бұрын

It's Gone get over it you had 10 long years to enjoy that decade

@fultonyt8989 2 жыл бұрын

No one in my life seems to understand exactly how much I want to have experienced the 40’s through the 80’s

@user-ik4kh9lt6d 2 жыл бұрын

Late 40's to late 90's - best era to be alive.

@guerralg63 2 жыл бұрын

Me too! Actually, just the 40s, 50s and early 60s. I remember this street and the rest of Los Angeles and Southern California, from about 1966 on. Wilshire blvd remained the same up until the mid to late 80s. It was white flight, especially Jewish flight was the death of the wilshire miracle mile area of Los Angeles.

@Limosethe 2 жыл бұрын

But instead you get to experience the 20s... The shitty 20s

@manila1909 2 жыл бұрын

I do understand you because I would’ve loved to live during the early 40s- the early 60s

@DoomJoy666 2 жыл бұрын

@@user-ik4kh9lt6d for a white man for sure

@robertmandell526 2 жыл бұрын

I know that drive well. Drove right down onto Wilshire at 4:14 from my studio apartment on 1st Street, headed west every morning on my motor bike most of mid-60s as I raced to school at UCLA, miles out in Westwood. Nothing like biking it early mornings almost alone on the boulevard, ten or twelve miles to school. And even better in the dark of night, heading home to study into the wee hours. Air in my hair. Mind racing with new vista's. A beautiful place. A beautiful time. I knew it was special and I knew it wouldn't last.

@stewartteaze9328 Жыл бұрын

The '51 Fords look so cool and modern in comparison to all the older cars... they go PERFECTLY with all the newer art deco buildings. I owned a house by SDSU, built in 1951, from 2003-2017, and I could NEVER imagine what it would have looked like back then no matter how hard I tried... now I can! I used to think those rounded 50's busses looked so frumpy in the 70's (I had to take a "special" one every morning to Jr. High in San Diego); but seeing them in this context, they look so cool.

@spajda02 2 жыл бұрын

The clean architecture of the buildings is amazing...

@lindawilson2589 2 жыл бұрын

I have always considered that architecture to be ugly.

@kennethnero2011 2 жыл бұрын

It really is beautiful

@jacksuggs9078 2 жыл бұрын

@@lindawilson2589 No one cares.

@mrn13 2 жыл бұрын

@@lindawilson2589 Its ok to be different.

@jessewolf6806 2 жыл бұрын

And No Graffiti!!!

@MothGirl007 2 жыл бұрын

Cars from this era were soooooooooo much more attractive than modern day ones.

@trevorjameson3213 2 жыл бұрын

Well, they actually had style, were made of steel instead of plastic, and didn't have to conform to all the government BS.

@xavier3211 2 жыл бұрын

@@trevorjameson3213 ahhh yes. Safety=bs

@xavier3211 2 жыл бұрын

@@trevorjameson3213 crash one of those cars at 20 mph and you die

@FlyingKipperEh 2 жыл бұрын

After they invented car designed by the wind tunnel, all style went out of the window

@jonp2338 2 жыл бұрын

@@xavier3211 nah - made of american steel - strong - clearly youve never driven in one or crashed one

@lukaku10832 Жыл бұрын

the only difference in sound design is the fact that you put people voice background in streets without people in the streets. :) despite this old-man observation... this is an AMAZING VIDEO!!!

@DanPackard Жыл бұрын

Incredible restoration! So much cleaner and steadier than the original B&W. It would be interesting to film the same passage today to compare and contrast.

@IndyCrewInNYC 2 жыл бұрын

30+ years before I was alive and it's magnificent. So CLEAN! That Ralphs store facade at 6:55 is gorgeous! Thank you, once again, for a five-star job!

@richhenderson4541 2 жыл бұрын

I’m noticing how clean the streets are.

@trondog8503 Жыл бұрын

I’ve never even been to the states but can’t get enough of looking at these amazing images, what an amazing place the USA must have been back then.

@bond0666 2 жыл бұрын

I was born in 70's, but love the 50's era, I love movies from 50"s, and the cars

@geosophik9369 2 жыл бұрын

LA's and America's Golden Age without a doubt. Everything clean, spotless, people well dressed and mannered... Treasures long gone and forgotten. Today driving between La Brea and Fairfax is a different story.

@huy2800 2 жыл бұрын

demographics lol

@andyanderson6522 2 жыл бұрын

I'm glad I left LA

@SA-hz1rs 2 жыл бұрын

Lmao That area is great now

@SA-hz1rs 2 жыл бұрын

@@andyanderson6522 nobody cares

@patrickgallegos113 2 жыл бұрын

@@SA-hz1rs Not so great. Traffic is a nightmare, good luck if you can find parking, very expensive and homeless people everywhere.

@JoaquimGonsalves 2 жыл бұрын

Love seeing these. With the current advancements in visual media and AR, this is the closest we've been to time travel.

@LAwoman1956 2 жыл бұрын

I am so fortunate to have been here since then. But now it's a mess since the early 90s.

@Strange_Man1911 Жыл бұрын

It's so cool how are are able to see glimpses of the past in live action through our phones. Back then that was almost impossible.

@middleclassic Жыл бұрын

At 04:28 only $795.00 for a Bomb Shelter! This footage is really exceptional for anybody familiar with the area. Such as that area a short distance before the bomb shelter sign that looks like a large park is the La Brea Tar Pits. Some buildings are still there and very recognizable such as the original May Co (Saban building) on the corner of Wilshire and Fairfax, a short distance past the tar pits. It’s now the Academy of Motion Pictures Museum, directly across from the Peterson Automotive Museum which won’t be built for years later … very futuristic design. If it weren’t for the hellacious traffic in that area I’d visit more often for the museums as well as Canters deli of Fairfax, that stretch of Ethiopian restaurants on Fairfax as well. There’s so much cool LA in that area.

@felineth56 2 жыл бұрын

I wish I had known this era in the US!...Definitely my era! The music, the clothes, the cars and people!

@paulhewson4600 2 жыл бұрын

So clean,,,and people actually dressed for the day and not wearing Pj's and Flip flops into stores

@artoo45 2 жыл бұрын

If you think the sky in LA was that color in 1951, you're living in a fantasy land. That said, people did dress a lot better in those years.

@monkeysfromvenus 2 жыл бұрын

@@artoo45 I think he's referring to there being no trash on the streets.

@Allan-et5ig 2 жыл бұрын

@@artoo45 Horrendous air pollution was not an everyday thing in 51.' That came later. There were certainly weeks of it for sure in 51' but I just read a thing recently about the smog index and the 'insufferable,' bit didn't start until later in the decade.

@MikeyRedNose 2 жыл бұрын

I wish vintage fashion was still seen on the streets. I'll sometimes go out wearing a brimmed hat and overcoat etc but feel out of place... one kid even asked me if I was from WW2 😂

@randomvintagefilm273 2 жыл бұрын

Or with nasty tats all over there bodies and metal things hanging out of every orifice and their pants hanging below their underwear 😁😂😁😂

@davegoldspink5354 2 жыл бұрын

Although I was born here in Australia way this film was made like all the other films like this I’ve seen it still makes me smile. Thanks for sharing.

@Nystromj1 2 жыл бұрын

A different time! Born in LA in the 50's, grew up mostly in the 60's/early 70's before leaving. Wouldn't have traded that experience for anything ... the L.A. area was the best place to grow up then. As a teen, we used to build bonfires at the beach in the evening, hang out ... and spent a lot of time on a surfboard. But, things change. Had an opportunity to go back and live there, but as a frequent visitor over the years, it was clear that the entire L.A. area was in serious decline, so said no! Could never understand how the area could become so expensive at the same time it was becoming a 3rd world slum!

@hereforit2347 2 жыл бұрын

Lived and went to school in Ocean Park just a couple of blocks from the beach in the 60s through early 70s. Need I say more? ❤️

@richarddegen6184 Жыл бұрын

right on!!

@1940limited 2 жыл бұрын

The newest car I see is a 51, so that must be when the movie was shot. I don't know who took all these street scene movies but I wish there was even more of them. Lots of pre-war cars still on the road back then. Fascinating! Thanks for posting.

@Zalnut1 2 жыл бұрын

See my post above, the El Rey was showing the Frogmen, released 1950-1951.

@eedoamitay3341 2 жыл бұрын

The newest car I see is a 52 actually, so that must be when the movie was shot. I don't know who took all these street scene movies but I wish there was even more of them, also. Lots of pre-war cars still on the road back then. Fascinating! Thanks for posting

@dday9257 2 жыл бұрын

@@eedoamitay3341 What 52 did you see? I didn’t see any car over a 51 either.

@1940limited 2 жыл бұрын

@@dday9257 52 Cadillacs are tricky to spot. Not much different from 51; wheelcovers, emblems under the headlights.

@peashooterc9475 2 жыл бұрын

@@1940limited 1950 Willys Jeepster at 2:53.

@Oneinazillion1 2 жыл бұрын

No starbucks on every corner yet, just good ol’ coffee shops

@markwaldron8954 2 жыл бұрын

The general lack of chain stores, restaurants, etc in this video is really striking.

@bobmyers5924 2 жыл бұрын

America was built on small businesses, and still is to this day. They employ 47.1% of the people. And surprisingly they make up 99.99% of u.s businesses! Some info for ya

@No_Deal 2 жыл бұрын

no homeless encampments on every sidewalk.

@guerralg63 2 жыл бұрын

Yes, and the time to sit and have a cup. My grandmother used to work in downtown Los Angeles and when she had a coffee break she would go downstairs to the coffee shop and have her coffee and danish.

@hurryandleave9680 2 жыл бұрын

@@guerralg63 Plus you could smoke.

@BigBoy74X 2 жыл бұрын

I google mapped this same scenery side by side and wow!! What a big change, first thought that came to mind was. Life goes on after you're gone. Merry Christmas everyone and a Happy New Year...Remember to always make the best of your time because your time is limited the second you're born. Cheers!!!

@2msvalkyrie529 Ай бұрын

I'm not American but , growing up , this is how I imagined California would look like . It was a dream become Reality. Something we could all aspire to equal. I've never been there and probably never will but in my mind it STILL looks like this... ( Yes , I DO know it doesn't. But I prefer the " Dream " version..) 🙏🙏🙏

@xpurg8d 2 жыл бұрын

This was right after my fifth birthday. My dad worked at a gas station on Wilshire -- I don't remember which one, but I thought it was really cool that his name was embroidered on his shirt -- and I do remember this is what it looked like whenever we went down that street. Thanks for the memories!

@NASS_0 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you

@greg5011 2 жыл бұрын

Standard stations were big at that time. Also Mobil and Seaside. 27 Cents per gallon and you got a dinner plate...what a deal. I was six at the the time of this film.

@TheChrisEMartin 2 жыл бұрын

Wow! We have lost something, nowadays, haven't we? How well-dressed everyone looked and everything was clean and well ordered... I can just about remember the feeling from the late 1950s

@massivebeatzz 2 жыл бұрын

this is early 1950 (1951 exactly), so a big difference to Elvis, Rockn Roll, Fonzie lifestyle of 56/57 and onward!

@V1AbortV2 2 жыл бұрын

This is what happens when minorities move into an area. They DESTROY it.

@artistnyc123 2 жыл бұрын

@@V1AbortV2 you are completely ignorant if you think this is about minorities coming in and destroying everything. Imagine if they actually paid minorities a living wage back then we wouldn't have the problems that we have now. Of course, now the majority of people are being paid the way minorities were being paid back then so now everybody's fucked

@artistnyc123 2 жыл бұрын

And all of those clothes were super affordable and sold at JCPenney's, Sears, and Montgomery wards, they were manufactured in the USA, primarily in New York City's garment district. Now everything is manufactured in China by slave labor and everybody's running around in basically underwear (T-shirts) and all the profits are being funneled up to a very few.

@sergeant2039 2 жыл бұрын

@@artistnyc123 yeah I'm sure throwing cash at minorities will magically make them act like us. LOL.

@chuckf6163 Жыл бұрын

I love these videos so much!

@okboomer1340 10 ай бұрын

It's comforting to know everyone in this video are still with us.

@zichbold 2 жыл бұрын

Everything looks so clean and tidy, and everything has style. The architecture, the cars and the clothes. Women wore fancy dresses and every man wore a suit and tie.

@georgesealy4706 2 жыл бұрын

A lot of the building had an 'art deco' style. They added to the character of LA. It's a free for all now, and LA looks ratty.

@drscopeify 2 жыл бұрын

@@georgesealy4706 Well it still clearly has the old world character pretty much anywhere you go, just compare it to the modern suburbs like Irvine or Costa Mesa, yes they are all brand new and clean and shiny but they have the 2000s tech design and high end feel but no old world character.

@gplunk 2 жыл бұрын

Even the 'bums' wore suits....

@andrewk2996 2 жыл бұрын

California looks vastly different now. I love seeing how life was back in those days

@richarddegen6184 Жыл бұрын

degenerate toilet now

@johnwright291 2 жыл бұрын

Really gives you the feel of being in that time.

@jeeptransport-tutorials7761 Жыл бұрын

I love how clean the streets are

@DylansPen 2 жыл бұрын

A film or video, any video whether shot a hundred years ago or an hour ago, is a true time capsule. It captures things as they are in a precise moment and a precise manner and holds on to it for decades until it's opened at a later date.

@zflynn2 2 жыл бұрын

One of the best street shots from the 1950s I've seen as an avid LA aficionado/historian. I love figuring every location out in each shot. Great stuff! Great restoration!

@NASS_0 2 жыл бұрын

thank you very much🙏

@eduarvargas6056 2 жыл бұрын

@@NASS_0 6:54 Elvis Presley

@moniquedeitz4356 2 жыл бұрын

At 0:48 is the El Rey Theatre which is still in existence: "The El Rey Theatre is a live music venue in the Miracle Mile area of the Mid-Wilshire region in Los Angeles, California. This art deco building was designed by Clifford A. Balch. Much of the theatre, including the lobby, still retains its art deco roots, admired for its Zigzag and Streamline Moderne design. Address: 5515 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90036" Shown at 4:00, the old May Company building, where I shopped many times during its long life as a department store, is on the corner of Fairfax Avenue and Wilshire Boulevard. It was completely renovated and now houses the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures collection.

@AAZEDLARC Жыл бұрын

Thank you! This is my neighborhood and you've done an amazing job!!

@kingz9916 2 жыл бұрын

Wonderful video. Brings back many memories of Wilshire Blvd in the 1950s and 1960s. At about 1:03 of the video is a BBQ restaurant called the Flying Saucer. Pretty much the only restaurant my parents took us kids to when we went out for dinner. Dad sure loved those ribs. 😂

@helaine625 2 жыл бұрын

Out of all the wonderful old places in this film, The Flying Saucer is the one I got the most excited about, I think! It was SO SO SO good I can almost taste it, just thinking about it!! I'm glad others remember it too.

@tagbarzeev3571 2 жыл бұрын

@@helaine625Down the street from the Flying saucer was a barber shop shoe repair and a small parking lot.

@drscopeify 2 жыл бұрын

Indeed I think it is like how when I go to the Starbucks or Subway next to where I worked you become a "usual". Heh

@helaine625 2 жыл бұрын

@@tagbarzeev3571 Those places I don't remember.... it wasn't VERY close to where I lived, so I didn't do barbering or shoe repairing right there. But good to know! 😃

@Ardyen317 2 жыл бұрын

When we used to visit my grandparents about this time we would go to a bbq place just off of Century Blvd, either on Normandie or Vermont. I used to love to sit at the counter and watch the cooks pull the ribs off the racks in the pits. The best food and memories.

@tcxiv3767 2 жыл бұрын

The future of this city has become like a dystopian sci-fi movie,sadly it's not the only city.The 50's weren't a utopia either,but clearly better than the present.Great remaster!

@SA-hz1rs 2 жыл бұрын

Wrong

@chibiromano5631 2 жыл бұрын

would love to see a movie about that; guy from 2040 LA goes back to 1950s LA, tells one person what the future is like Ele Geh Beh communities, favelas, China is now a super power , Texas is on the brink of sucession, All our youth wants to be Japanese , spanish is now mainly spoken in LA, a Maya ah te president, the dems like upton sinclair now rule the state. Gosh, they would think that guy was just joking and laugh their a55es off ...but its haunting to know that he wasn't kidding. But the ending would be like him not wanting to leave to 2040 and to remain in 1950 ; meanwhile in the 2040 world, the world is going into chaos. He goes back but instead to 2080, and know people like him are being held in museums and amusment shows and hes being showcased like ISHI the Yahi. .. and people of the future study him and record him as a last relic of a peaceful great era.

@plpfctn2007 2 жыл бұрын

Those days were not better than today. Too much leave it to beaver. There were so many broken families. Women weren’t happy. Wives wanted to leave abusive husbands but couldn’t because they has less rights and opportunities as men. Extreme inequalities regarding Black communities. Black schools received pennies compared to white schools. Black HS graduation rates were almost zero. Today it’s much better.

@chibiromano5631 2 жыл бұрын

@@plpfctn2007 No manches guey. .. you just described the golden age minus the womens rights parts , rights for latina, white and asian women are a good thing.

@brianfeller6142 2 жыл бұрын

@@plpfctn2007 Hate to break it to you but feminists definitely aren't ever happy.

@DavidBrown-dj7tw 3 ай бұрын

The marquee at the El Rey theatre seen @ 2:33 reads,"Richard Widmark--Dana Andrews the Frogmen", and "Fugitive Lady" which starred Janis Paige with Binnie Barnes co-starring, which came out in 1950. The Frogmen came out in '51.

@dlk7003 Жыл бұрын

According to the movies playing at the El Rey theater, this was filmed approximately July 1951. The Frogmen was released June 29th, and Fugitive Lady July 15th, 1951.

@kellycoleman715 2 жыл бұрын

What a remarkable time capsule! The streets and buildings were so clean and neat. Almost pristine. No homeless druggies or prostitutes. The signage on the businesses was amazing. My how we have fallen morally in 70 years. So sad.

@hugoramirez9622 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks gob Gavin nu

@JordanWilliams-ix2td 2 жыл бұрын

Meanwhile black people were treated as second class citizens in their own country at this time

@kellycoleman715 2 жыл бұрын

@@JordanWilliams-ix2td The black family was stronger by far though. LBJ’s so-called ‘Great Society’ programs set in motion the rapid decline of the nuclear black family with responsible fathers. That’s an undeniable fact. But yes, I am old enough to remember Jim Crow in the South and segregation. Now liberals are pushing for segregation again. Hmmm.

@theFurDeficit 2 жыл бұрын

There were plenty of homeless, "druggies", and prostitutes. They were deeply marginalized and cast out of the public view in order to keep up the idyllic American image. I'm not denying that this footage shows some stunning urban scenery. Now every city feels the same, lacks character, and feels disorganized.

@kellycoleman715 2 жыл бұрын

@@theFurDeficit Nothing like today. Moral decay is destroying our nation.

@mtgentry 2 жыл бұрын

Wow, the corner at 9:39 is where I saw my wife for the very first time (in 2014). We wouldn’t meet until several years later but I vividly remember seeing her there waiting to cross the street.

@Megacooler96_ Жыл бұрын

Wow, everything looks so nice and clean

@TechnoKid_ Жыл бұрын

First thing I thought as well - solidly built too.

@kbobdonahue1966 2 жыл бұрын

My family lived there in the 1950s. This was before my time, but it's so cool to watch.

@mildredpierce4506 2 жыл бұрын

I love vintage footage of places I'm currently familiar with. I love seeing how things looked "back then" which was before my time.

@eliseonicolasbouquez5167 8 ай бұрын

hermoso! realemente tengo el mismo sentimiento y eso que soy y vivo en Argentina, pero ver la EEUU de la post guerra, y esa properidad, el glamour, lo vanguardistas que eran con la arquitectura y esos super carteles, me fascina! que bueno que lo hayan filmado. saludos

@nthdegree1269 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome! I like looking at the shops and advertisments along the drive.

@HJ-eb7jv 2 жыл бұрын

Same...its amazing

@lucianosantelli1076 2 жыл бұрын

Shops looked so modern

@theophilhist6455 2 жыл бұрын

Everything looks fresh and clean. When California was a dream. Wonder what this area looks like now?

@judya8392 Ай бұрын

That era was certainly not without problems and social issues but, WOW, what a simpler time. Look how clean everything is!!!! A City you would love to visit. I wish true travel travel was real but if I went back, I would never return.