WOW I was 17 then where the hell did my life go? My parents are gone my sisters are gone my brother is gone, but I'm still going good thank GOD. I was living in Watchung NJ then. Ive had some up and downs in my life mostly good, been with the same company for the past 34 years, I can happily say my life is very good. thank god. BUT I WILL ALWAYS MISS THE 70'S.

Who would love a time machine to go back and spend a long weekend exploring in 1976. Just blend in and wander anonymously soaking it all up.

I liked 1976 because I spent so many evenings watching Barney Miller and the Rockford Files with my dad. Dont ever take that time for granted.

It was like watching an episode of Taxi or Welcome Back Kotter with the 70's NY city sites.

My parents are gone. My two sisters are gone. All my aunts and uncles are gone. Many of my friends are gone. They all loved NY tremendously.

When I was a kid in the 70's the entire neighborhood was lit up with beautiful Christmas lights. We would go downtown and every store played Christmas music -- times have changed.

I was just a little big head skinny child at the very tender age of 5... My whole family was here and now they are someplace else ... And now at the age of 52 I am sober and clean I have a beautiful woman in my life and a good job and my other family and friends are giving me the attention and love that has been missing for so long... Thank you God for believing in me and blessing me ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

I love the old checker cabs, phone booths, and the fact that nobody is walking looking at the palm of their hands. This were the days.

Nothing like Christmas in NYC in the 70s and 80s. It was pure magic. I miss those days. People actually cared for one another then.

1976 was the best 4th of July celebration ever in New York. I was only 9, but still remember. The whole city all 5 boroughs. It was a colossal block party never to be repeated

I was 16 in that times, Now im 64 and really miss the 70s and80s, beauty view of New York just know by pics, its amazing and modern City, I live inlove of New York, thanks for sharing huges from Perú 🇵🇪🤗🌲☃️⭐🌌❄️🎈🎉🗽🌉🌃🌇🌆🎆🏙️

I'm 60 today, and I grew up in NY during this time. It feels surreal watching this today. My health is not good these days, so if I die today, at least I got to see a memory of my past. I was 12 going on 13 in '76, and it was one of the best years of my life.

Love seeing the old cars

My mother was pregnant with me Christmas 1976. I was born February 1977. Thank you for sharing this amazing film of NYC.

I absolutely love those 70s era buildings. Something about that aesthetic is so comforting.

The best part of 1976. No Internet.

Moon River always makes me sad. In 1976, I was 11 years old. I miss my mom and dad, our house, my old neighborhood, and being a part of a family.

Hard to believe the world has changed so much. It's almost as if this footage is from another universe or something...

It is amazing how time changes. My dad used to play football in the park and he would let me wonder around by myself. Told me to go to this bar across the street and wait for him if I got bored. He new the bartender there. I would walk in and get a coke and hot dog. Talk to all the people in the place. I was 10 and it was awesome. I miss my dad!!

Drove a cab in NYC from '73 to '84. They were the bad old days. The city was nearly bankrupt, crime was getting worse, a general lawlessness pervaded everywhere. It all changed with Giuliani being elected mayor and Bratton becoming police commissioner.

My heart breaks over and over, we lost so much mostly the simplicity of just being humans with flaws and all! I love you NYC forever in my heart.

I am crying. I just miss NY in the 70s. The best time ever.

I was 10 back then in England and we used to dream and wish to go to New York as we watched so many American tv programs like starsky and hutch, kojak, charlies angels.... what a time... its a lifetime away 😢

Oh how I wish it was still 1976. That was one of the best years of my life.😢

So many memories. Its tough seeing the towers. People born after 2001 can never really know how big a loss they are. A true wonder of the world. Love the music

I'm 55 years old. Every day, the future look a little bit darker, but the past, even the grimy parts of it, keep on getting brighter.

Gets me a little emotional to see how drastically things have changed. This is the New York I remember growing up as a kid. When things were so simple.

I was 10 in 1977 in NYC. What a great time. Movies, food , toy shops etc. Priceless.

In ‘76 I was a N.Y.C. cabbie. Memories.

People often romanticize a time when they were growing up, emphasizing the good times and putting the not-so-good times in the back of their minds. If you would have asked older people in 1976 living in NYC they would have said how the city had changed for the worst and how great it was 40 years prior.

That’s the New York I’ll never forget; dirty, grimy, and gritty but it was home. I was 12 when this was taken. Thanks for the walk down memory lane, much nostalgia,and some melancholy.

Incredible how, despite being in New York, life then went at a completely different pace, a time when a policeman didn't mind stopping and smiling for the camera, how different now when anyone gets suspicious if someone films this or that. A lost world truly

American made cars, the garment industry, phone booths, yellow cabs including checker, small stores. I miss it all. Guess my time is getting short. The NY you’re born into is not the one you die in.

Man I miss that era . Today sucks

I was 9 yrs old then and it was a terrific time to be a kid in NYC - Life has changed so much today , I Miss those times.

1976 , simplicity, less stress, real people, more character, friendlier, optimism, more freedom, real conversations, respect and morals, better music.

I started as a freshman at NYU in the fall of '76. I lived at 8th between B and C. My apartment had a bathtub and toilet but no sink, so I washed dishes in the tub. Once, in class, a girl behind me said there was something stuck behind my ear. It was a piece of lettuce. McSorley's was very popular among the students, with their miniature beer bottles and lousy sandwiches. I ate a lot of perogies at a milk bar on Ave. B between 8th and 9th, I think. At that time, Mamoun was sitting on a stool behind the counter and taking 75 cents for a falafel. The Sex Pistols made their first appearance in the US at the Palladium that winter ('76-'77). I didn't have money for a ticket. It was one of Sid's first appearances on stage with the band. Someone was selling loose joints for a dollar on every block. I went occaisionally up to Riverside Church to hear William Coffin give a sermon. In the early hours of Thanksgiving that year, I went up to the Museum of Natural History and watched the Macy's Day balloons getting inflated. A little after midnight on Sunday mornings, a few of us would stand outside One Fifth Avenue, which was a restaurant where the original cast of Saturday Night Live had their cast parties.

Is anyone watching in 2022? I'm loving this music and taking the road down memory lane. It's literally bringing tears to my eyes ❤🥰

I was 28 in 1976 and I was living in the Lower East Side, NYC. I remember that Christmas, and the years I lived there with great fondness (1970 to 1990). I lived through the bankrupcy crisis of NYC, gas shortages, several garbage strikes, and a lot of changes in culture and so on, yet they were exciting and creative years for the most part. The younger people today don't realize that my generation is all around them and we didn't have computers, the internet or cellphones. And we were definitely happier because of it. As I am much older now, I can personally compare the tech years to those years before. People were nicer, kinder, friendlier, happier in the 60s and 70s. I know I am generalizing, but you get the point. And let me add that I have lived in many countries in my life, and wasn't born in NYC, but if I'm asked where's my home, I always reply Manhattan.

I was 4 years old in 1976. Born and raised in the Bronx, those were one of the happiest days. My mom and dad used to take us to the city/downtown almost every weekend. Some of the best hot dog spots. Miss the 80's as well. 😢❤

Wow, this brings back so many memories, when my mom and dad was still living.

I was born in 1992 and watching this makes me “miss” the 70s. Seemed like a cool time. My dad was a child in the 70s and he told me he misses it.

My mom was 10 here lol…. I wasn’t even born until 1991. It’s just so incredible to see how life looked back then, especially for me since I am infatuated with the 70’s era. Thank you so much for sharing 💙

I was born 20 days before this video insane time flys when NYC was a great place to live visit etc

Damn...I feel like crying.

NYC back then had grit and glamour, style and substance. There was no other city like it. Miss those days!

I Was 9 In 1976 I Truly Miss Thoses Day's Gone By But Most Of All I Truly Miss My Family And Friends Who Have Passed On If I Could I Would Go Back In A Heart Beat Just Two Be With Them All Again ❤💔

I was born 10 years later but wow beautiful. Super 8mm PHENOMENAL quality

The simplicity of NYC back then was beautiful. And that music reminds me of the kind of music that would be playing in a little mom n' pop pharmacy when I was a little kid. 😁

I’m nostalgic for a time I never knew. Can’t get enough of these old NY videos. If time travel was possible I’d do it in a heartbeat. Back when America was knit together by common morals and values and loved by her people.

This was so lovingly filmed. Sending love to the person who filmed it and also to those who brought it to KZfaq. Have been watching videos of NYC decade by decade. It's mind-boggling.

To think that was 47 years ago. Wow, how time has flown. I was 12 then. Good memories and times.

In 1976 I was 19 years old and I had just chopped a couple of fingers off at my job. Such is life. On the plus side there were no SUV’s or cell phones yet. There was a sense of discovery checking out museums and libraries as there was no internet either. Ironic that I’m communicating this on the internet. But it’s not the same as getting out and doing the leg work myself. Those fond and not so fond memories fade a little more each day. Such is life.

This is one of my favorite videos of NYC. It’s probably because I was a young man when this footage was shot, about 21 years of age. It was an especially wonderful time of life for me and seeing this video really takes me back to it.

I was 22 and living in the East Village. This is the New York I loved. Almost breaks my heart to watch this.

A heartfelt thank you to the person who shot this film and to the person who’s sharing it on this channel. You’re making me weep with the best memories of a time in my life and in this world that’ll NEVER exist again. 🌹

The cars alone could tell anyone that it was the 70s. Ah, what an amazing time in history. 👍🏼

I was born and raised in Queens N.Y. My father would take my brother and I to watch 1st run movies on 42nd St. in the 60's for like a couple of bucks ( carfare, TWO movies & candy included ) for the three of us and spend an afternoon watching the latest Bond or Eastwood flick plus cartoons! Sweet memories...💕 New Yawk, New Yawk, a city so nice they hadda name it twice! In 1976 I was a year from the end of my 4yrs in the U.S. Navy. 👍🏻💙🇺🇸

As a hard core Beatles fan, I am aware that John Lennon lived in New York during this time, and when I watch videos of New York during this time...I always keep my eyes open, of people in the background, wandering around. You never know...John Lennon may just be walking by. RIP John Lennon. 1940-1980. Liverpool-New York.

Wow, I was a West Coast kid growing up in San Francisco, and always wanted to go to New York to see the Statue of Liberty and Yankee Stadium and Madison Square Garden. I made it there 10 years after this film was shot. I went in October of 1986, and boy oh boy was it an impressive trip. I stayed in Queens right near the tennis stadium. Got to climb the stairs to Liberty's crown, saw Shea Stadium and Yankee Stadium, and finally got to see the "Worlds most famous Arena" Madison Square Garden!!!!!!!! Loved my trip and stay in New York. Also enjoyed all the great pizza and Nathan's hot dogs too!!!!!!!!!!!! 👍🗽

If I had a time machine.....

Those were beautiful days not coming back anymore, even families are not the same.

I was six years old in 76, the best time for a kid to grow up the 70s, and 80s. What a blast it was, never to be repeated again.

I was 18 at the time this was filmed. I remember this NYC well, and I miss it.

I think about all the people that I love who were still alive when this footage was shot. Makes me kinda sad. I was two in 76. It's crazy how time changes so many things, & waits on no one.

new york in the 70’s was wonderful

Awww my mom was 13, I always tell her she lived in the best times 😊

I remember this time so fondly as a kid.

Thank you for the memories, I grew up in NYC during the 70's and this was a wonderful time of the year to be in NY, I can still recall the smell of pine in the streets around my home since on almost every block they used to sell pine trees. I miss those days, the city had soul and a very very big heart.

We miss you and love you. 💜 Love Always, A Citizen of New York

I was 9 yrs old. 1976 was a great year. The Bicentennial celebration on the 4th of July, Led Zeppelin was still putting out great music and American cars were getting worse! No cellphones, laptops, tablets, gps. Great times

Awesome footage. I was a junior in high school on that day. Thanks for sharing.

Although I was born in 1998, I find it fascinating to see what life was like before my time.

Christmas 1976? I was 7 months old... hi thank you for this video.. brought me to tears. My folks loved the city so much. They were in their 40s then. My beloved mom passed away this year 2020. Its December 2020 and can't believe how it all went so so fast.time does fly especially as you get older. Thabks again and stay safe!

Good job…I beat you guys ! I’m 94, born in Paris, landed in NYC in 49…stationed in Ft. Manmouth in 52, spent week ends off here ! Yes they were good years !!..Have shot many S-8 movies here too.Thank you ! I wish you all many good years….

I was one in 1976 growing up over the water in the uk, I love watching stuff from the 70s👌😃

No people walking around like zombies and staring at cell phone screens. Wish we could go back to that.

I was there for Thanksgiving 1976...spent a week in Manhattan for a high school band trip...so much fun.

I was a year old. Just passing through the 70s. Hello 1980s!

I remember visiting my Uncles Disco in Manhattan in the 70s called The Inferno, he sadly passed away in 1980 but what memories we had. I love the video as it brings back so many memories.

Not only I love those films; I also love the music. Beautiful, sentimental and jazzy.

I moved to NYC on December 31st, 1976. This was shot less than a month from my arrival. This brings back so many memories!

This video shows the grit and rawness that was the New York of the 70s. A walk along 42nd Street from 8th to 5th Avenues was life-risking endeavour.

Я в те последние декабрьские дни участвовал в первенстве района по хоккею с шайбой на призы клуба "Золотая шайба". Мы победили в районе и затем в январе 1977-го года выиграли зональный турнир севера нашей области. Потом в январе победили в областном финале и поехали на поезде на республиканский финал. И там среди 18-и команд мы неожиданно заняли 5-е место. Это была настоящая сенсация. Простые дворовые мальчишки стали героями)).

we tend to look on the past with great nostalgia, but there were problems then just as there are now, but still it is wonderful to see the city as it was in the 70's. Thank you.

My birth year “looks like a hundred years ago”..according to my 5 year old. When I watch this, I feel a kind of a sad nostalgia. Like I’m looking at it from a post apocalyptic point of view.

I was 9, it’s weird to watch these & realize how long ago it was. Almost have a century, life goes by so quickly.

Please please please keep the restorers hands OFF this video. It's wonderful as it is. It does NOT NEED YOUR RUINOUS TECHNIQUE. This is a gem. ❤

To this day, nothing tops Christmas in New York.

This brings back good memories, I was living there in the '70s. NYC now has nothing to do with the spirit of these days. Thanks for sharing this movie.

I wish I could go back to 1976. I loved that year so much. What a great time in history. Obviously, I was young. I remember playing Little League baseball that year. Our team won the championship in 76 and in 77, what an amazing time. I remember the fireworks. The city put on a show on the field where I played baseball. It was awesome. That whole year was magical when I think back on it....

Thanks for the great memories! Went to university and fashion school in NYC and worked there as a fashion illustrator in the late 1960s and early 1970s and lived on the Upper East Side! By 1976 I was married, living in the suburbs and my oldest first born daughter, one of three girls was born in 1976, the Bicentennial year since 1776. Miss my old stomping ground! Have always loved the iconic Chrysler building a fabulous example of Art Deco architecture! And so thankful that the late beautiful inside and out Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis was instrumental in saving the equally iconic gorgeous Grand Central Station! We must all try and preserve the great beauty of the past of old New York if and when we can! Once we take a wrecking ball to the great old buildings, they're gone forever and we can't get them back! I wonder how many remember that before the gorgeous Beaux Arts building The New York Public Library that always has Christmas wreaths around the necks of those famous statues of lions there was the massively huge Croton Resevoir that looked like a looming Egyptian temple! I brought the water down from upstate NY into the city and it had a walking promenade around the perimeter where it's said that the late great poet and America's first short story writer Edgar Allan Poe used to walk! There are great old photos of that on Google Images and Dover publication has great books of old photos of old NYC, from the 19th century , the 1920s and 30s etc. Once you see those photos of the Croton Resevoir Egyptian temple it will haunt you! Today, the library and beautiful Bryant Park would have been under water in the 19th century! You can still see some of the foundation of the temple in the basement of the library that they've preserved! Support the National Preservation organization in Washington D.C. to get buildings preserved on the National Registry before we lose even more!

What a great video. This is the Manhattan of my teens and the one I will always remember and love.

Best cars ever. Such a different vibe with these beautiful 70s cars.

Ode to the days when you could walk into a Dept. Store and do your Christmas shopping without breaking the bank, carols playing on the radio, towns lit with beautiful decorations*sigh* I miss it. We live in a screwed up era where you can't even get a Merry Christmas from a cashier for fear of someone being offended. The 70s & 80s were LIFE. Thank you for sharing!

I want to jump inside the video and just walk around to look at all of the awesome cars and feel that grimey 70s new york and if not new york, new jersey just to meet young version of those charming folks I know maybe even meet my great grandmother I was too young to even remember.

Thanks for the look back in time. I was born in NYC in 1976. Amazing to see how everything was the year I was born. I miss my hometown so much but it will never be the same. Society has changed so much due to technology and not for the better.

All those beautiful big automobiles. I noticed the phone booths had no one using them. People walking around talking to each other.

I was 9 years old in 1976. I remember this era with great fondness. I truly miss it, and wish I had paid more attention to my surroundings, just soaking up the aura. It was a stress-free time. No worries, and everyone was respectful. Times change...but memories stay the same.

Thank you so much, I'm a native NewYorker who moved away, this made me very home sick, I would Like to remember NYC like this to be honest, thanks again