Residential area of Los Angeles 1940s in color [60fps,Remastered] w/sound design added

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Жыл бұрын

I colorized, restored and created a sound design for this video of Residential area of Los Angeles 1940s, we can see the neighborhoods, the cars parked on the sidewalks with a passage in a neighborhood stadium, many people living their daily life
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)
✔sound design added 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.
B&W Video Source from: Internet Archive
B&W Video Source: archive.org/details/pet1068r2
B&W Video Source: archive.org/details/pet1182r1...

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@NASS_0 Жыл бұрын

in which city in the world do you want to live in 1940s???

@cannonkruk2794 Жыл бұрын

San Francisco

@gatheringleaves Жыл бұрын

Montego Bay

@phxmateo Жыл бұрын

Newport Beach

@zoltore23 Жыл бұрын

Warwick, RI.

@XDMIIIIIIIII Жыл бұрын

New York

@bigstar75 Жыл бұрын

That is Greenleaf Street and that school ground is Sherman Oaks Elementary School which I attended and graduated, from the 1960s to 1971. I am in tears. Sherman Oaks is my home town. I love Sherman Oaks.

@chrisfi3d Жыл бұрын

Look radically different today?

@calartian85 Жыл бұрын

May Sherman Oaks Rest in Peace.

@choward874 Жыл бұрын

Wow !that's Amazing!!

@bobmalack481 Жыл бұрын

Ya..I'M in tears, and I'm from 'old' Long Beach, Alhambra, and Torrance. Robert at 68.

@Rick_Hoppe Жыл бұрын

With all the 40s ranch style houses, my guess was going to be somewhere in the San Fernando Valley! Sherman Oaks it is!

@michaelmartin4552 Жыл бұрын

If anybody wonders why so many of these are filmed in Southern California, there is a good reason why. There was a union rule that movies had to be shot within 30 miles of Hollywood to avoid paying extra. And within that distance you had almost any kind of setting at the time, from rural and farms, to small towns and mountains, beaches, and desert. This is called the "Thirty Mile Zone", and where the gossip source "TMZ" got their name.

@guizot2010 Жыл бұрын

Why would this be a union film? It's clearly not for commercial use. It looks like someone just testing a rig.

@steves7896 Жыл бұрын

@@guizot2010 NASS has lots of films just like this. I'm guessing the original intent behind them was to have B-Roll on hand for movies and television. Maybe also for location scouting.

@michaelmartin4552 Жыл бұрын

@@guizot2010 Actually, this was for commercial use. This is the kind of footage they would film for use in creating the rear projection effect for filming inside of a car in a sound studio. Hollywood filmed thousands of hours of this kind of footage, in all kinds of conditions and locations.

@jackjohnson7396 Жыл бұрын

Thanks

@ujayet Жыл бұрын

Didn’t know that.. thanks for sharing.

@Davey1522 Жыл бұрын

Can’t help but think where people are going in their vehicles as they drive past, and that they don’t know we’d be seeing them in the year 2023. These videos are beautiful.

@Mike-vd7ee Ай бұрын

Makes me want to jump into this scene and start wandering around..unbelievable...

@durrance Жыл бұрын

It's crazy to think that those kids playing in the school yard have since gone on to live full lives and many could be now passed away. It's scary how short our stay here is

@gader2023 Жыл бұрын

In order to obey God

@kirk638 Жыл бұрын

@@gader2023 Yeah 👏

@gader2023 Жыл бұрын

@@kirk638 Thanks

@shockme156 Жыл бұрын

@@gader2023god worship me

@lukapopovic8639 Жыл бұрын

And many deployed to vietnam

@DanMan869 Жыл бұрын

For at least the first half of the video, I believe this is being filmed on Greenleaf Street in Sherman Oaks as it passes by Sherman Oaks Elementary School (now SO Charter School), turns around at Sepulveda Boulevard, and then heads back east on Greenleaf again. Not sure if it continues on Greenleaf after passing the school again. Using Google and maps, I confirmed where Valley Oaks Cleaners was once located (shown in the distance on Sepulveda as the camera car/truck turned around) and then was able to match up a unique house on Greenleaf shown in the film that is still there. Thanks for sharing this and bringing some life to it with the remastering!

@NASS_0 Жыл бұрын

Thank you

@billm92646 Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@mrn13 Жыл бұрын

Impressive!

@xray606 Жыл бұрын

You nailed the cleaners part. I was thinking it was Burbank/Toluca. At one point I could swear I saw the AP control tower.

@donaldduncan7095 Жыл бұрын

COOL !! 😎Now we need a side by side comparison trip. 😉

@gabrielhalston6726 Жыл бұрын

The newest automobile I saw in this film was a 1949 4-door Cadillac Series 61 at the 2:36 mark. Therefore, this film is showing a neighborhood of Los Angeles in approximately 1948 or 1949. I love these films and I greatly enjoy taking trips back in time and seeing places and things as they once were. Thanks so much, Nass!!

@ffarmchicken Жыл бұрын

I noticed the Cadillac too.

@judebarnes9209 Жыл бұрын

Or maybe early 1950?

@roydrink Жыл бұрын

There was a 1949 Ford on the street earlier.

@brazilchem Жыл бұрын

That's the exact post I wanted to find, thank you

@BrisLS1 Жыл бұрын

Awesome time stamping! Thanks. I watch these and wonder, are we at war, getting ready for war, or recovering from war? People were probably so happy when this was shot. Some people and dogs in the film, would be so cool if somebody knew one of them as their grandparent. Heck my parents would be alive and running around in the yard when this was made.

@HighwayLand Жыл бұрын

0:13 video starts at 14600 Greenleaf going westbound, Sherman Oaks. 3:06 Sepulveda BLVD in the distance, vehicle goes left on Saugus Avenue 3:14 turned around, now going eastbound on Greenleaf. Valley Oaks Cleaners is now the 405 Freeway. 3:30 15237 Greenleaf 3:42 15207 Greenleaf 4:57 14915 Greenleaf 5:15 14839 Greenleaf 5:17 14837 Greenleaf 6:03 14623 Greenleaf

@cesarguevara3750 Жыл бұрын

6:08 14615 Greenleaf ✅

@Angellady11 Жыл бұрын

True

@vibeofthee80s_ Жыл бұрын

Thank you for the addresses, I literally Google mapped these addresses and this is great footage, thank you for uploading, the Lampposts are still there today:-) 3/8/23

@michaelwhite2823 Жыл бұрын

Wow some streetlights still there.

@vibeofthee80s_ Жыл бұрын

@@michaelwhite2823 yes I noticed thats as well :-) that pretty amazing 3/29/23

@johnnyv.5142 Жыл бұрын

Personally, I feel so lucky to have grown up as a kid during the late 40's and 1950's! When the population in SoCal was 40% of what it is today and car traffic was minimal! Even visited Disneyland the first year it opened!

@col.cottonhill6655 Жыл бұрын

Cool! I have an old buddy who went to opening day at Disneyland. Was it like 1956 or something ??

@suphee Жыл бұрын

You must have been a white man then lol

@geezyla1151 Жыл бұрын

Damn how old are you if you don’t mind me asking ?

@SplinterAce Жыл бұрын

@@geezyla1151 Probably late 70s

@anarcocapitalista3700 Жыл бұрын

that place at that time looks more modern and beautiful than my horrible country of central america

@garykramermusic Жыл бұрын

Your videos are the closest thing to time travel and in my eyes, some of the most valuable content on KZfaq. Thank you so much for your work on these and sharing it with us.

@jmills1549 Жыл бұрын

I agree

@florante4991 Жыл бұрын

I agree too. It's like watching a nickelodeon.

@enigmasvids9615 Жыл бұрын

Magnificent...a lot has been lost in modern urban living.

@kbanghart Жыл бұрын

@@enigmasvids9615 such as?

@duncanhoward6648 Жыл бұрын

@@kbanghart Lawn darts, fire crackers, asbestos, second-hand smoke, lead paint, suntan lotion, PCB in the air, lobotomies, segregation, no persecution for domestic violence, & legal narcotics, for starters.

@All_Good_Things Жыл бұрын

When i watch these videos i love seeing ordinary people going about their lives. I always wonder what lives they went on to live. The quality of these videos makes it feel like it was only yesterday, not 80 years ago

@algee8415 Жыл бұрын

The color really makes the difference.

@namelessjedi2242 Жыл бұрын

Indeed. It’s also amazing to think about how they could never have imagined they’d be viewed by many thousands of people around the world on something like KZfaq one day. Makes me wonder what the people filming intended for the footage as well.

@thejokerspeaks Жыл бұрын

I wonder what gender identity these kids have, and did they get to at least experience drag queen story hour at the library? Where's their introduction to racial theory and white fragility? These kids are passing classes without acknowledging their privilege and scaling the curriculum for equity. Can we send Greta Thunberg back in time to reach them? Too many kids playing outside without a face mask.

@nekow1785 Жыл бұрын

Yeah its very surreal to watch these kind of videos

@alexk9295 Жыл бұрын

@Al gee I think it's more the higher framerate. It makes it look like a modern broadcast. When you watch movies with motion interpolation (soap opera effect) you get a similar effect, even if they are old black and white movies.

@DrHotelMario Жыл бұрын

Honestly love this kind of restoration, because it makes the past feel more real. It shows that the world has really been the same for all of history, only we have changed.

@lilbabytears Жыл бұрын

I like how you worded that

@Ahmed_Feik Жыл бұрын

Это шутка наверное, не думаю что вы бот человек😄

@rowds Жыл бұрын

A human being from a thousand years ago would be the same as a human being currently. How have we changed? or are you referring to things like technology and social conditioning?

@DrHotelMario Жыл бұрын

@@rowds civilization in general mostly. It's incredible how much we are adapted to the artificiality of our man made environment

@keyverrse Жыл бұрын

Honestly it’s like only technology changed I don’t think people changed a bit

@thereseember2800 Жыл бұрын

Wouldn’t it be incredible if there were different neighborhoods that you could go back in time w/ all of the cars, decor, clothing etc.? I love the 40’s. Thank you for uploading this!

@dwbiggly6907 9 ай бұрын

Cuba?

@CB-nv8bs 8 ай бұрын

I’ve thought about this too, and for people who love different kinds of architecture. Art Deco City, Victorian Era-Ville, etc.

@depletable Жыл бұрын

Wow, seeing the kids play like that was truly like a time traveling experience.

@citizenronin Жыл бұрын

This is 1949. At the beginning there is a 1949 Ford custom and then a 1949 Cadillac. I believe there is also a 1949 Chevy at one point. Everything else is older. Great video.

@1940limited Жыл бұрын

I saw those, too, but caught a fleeting glimpse of a 51 Ford.

@jaysverrisson1536 Жыл бұрын

The clip that starts at 6:08 seems to be older than the rest, though, during the war years perhaps?

@peters8758 Жыл бұрын

1951 Ford at 2:34

@johnedwards1580 Жыл бұрын

Watching this film is like going back in time. I was born in Long Beach, CA in 1962. Seeing these neighborhoods some 20 years before I even existed is just amazing!

@col.cottonhill6655 Жыл бұрын

Cool my grandfather was a longshoremen in Long Beach back then. In the 50s and 60s after the war

@frisk151 Жыл бұрын

Back when it was safe to walk most streets in la. Great job! Thanks for including the originals.

@MrTruth-vk5by Жыл бұрын

Yes, you dmb americans threw your country away 🤣

@eltiochusma Жыл бұрын

Walk? Where? So few sidewalks!

@TheDarkCheese Жыл бұрын

@Life with Rob mexicans

@squish2913 Жыл бұрын

@Life with Rob whites handed over their country to the blatts, now it's destroyed

@cliqist Жыл бұрын

Feel free to give some actual credible stats backing up the contention that it was safer.

@MischievousImp540 Жыл бұрын

Filming starts on Greenleaf Street, Sherman Oaks looking towards San Diego Freeway. The houses seen at 5.17 can be seen righthand side of Greenleaf St and Kester Ave, the two house do not appear to have changed since the film was taken. The car continues to the top of Greenleaf St and then turns into Saugus Ave and then drives back down Greenleaf St. In the last part of the film they are driving down North Maple Street crossing West Victory Blvd.

@bigstar75 Жыл бұрын

Correct

@NASS_0 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for all this information

@westy40 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for that info!

@OsbornTramain Жыл бұрын

thanks, you saved me so much time to look this all up....totally amazing!

@ds1868 Жыл бұрын

It would be fun to film the same location today and put them side by side!

@richmeyer2064 Жыл бұрын

Middle class suburbia circa 1948 or 49. Incredible restoration almost makes it look like yesterday! Thanks again NASS.

@NASS_0 Жыл бұрын

Thanks

@alexandermoon8883 Жыл бұрын

The car parked on the left side of the street at 00:53 is a 1949 Ford Tudor.

@richmeyer2064 Жыл бұрын

@@alexandermoon8883 Correct, but keep in mind the 49 Ford's were first exhibited in June of 1948 and went on sale in the fall. Good eye Alex!

@KameraShy Жыл бұрын

Based on a couple newer cars and their styling I was thinking 1948 or 49.

@jairomunoz4191 Жыл бұрын

Not Middle Class, it's has always been the Working Class...

@lishsc3 Жыл бұрын

This is awesome! It’s crazy to see those kids playing outside at school. They looked to be around 10 years old or so, which means they were born around 1938 or 1939. The most fascinating part is they were living that brief moment in their life having NO IDEA they were being recorded and people would be watching that exact moment of their lives 72 years later. I have home movies of me playing on a tee ball team in Prescott, AZ when I was in second grade back in 1978. Every few years I’ll pull that tape out and watch it. I’m always amazed when I see the other kids in that video, both teammates and opponents, and know that they have absolutely no idea I have them on video from 45 years ago and I’m watching them. It’s just too bad I have absolutely no idea who they are today.

@johnflavin1602 Жыл бұрын

Cool, you must be about my age, 50? An aunt of mine has a wedding video from about 1977 and myself and my sister (aged 5 and and 7) are in it. It really did feel like something from “Back to the Future” when I saw it. Good to know I’m not the only one intrigued by the past.

@lishsc3 Жыл бұрын

@@johnflavin1602 Yup…. I’m 52. I am definitely intrigued by the past. It seems that every song that comes on instantly takes me back to some point in my life. I do a lot of reminiscing, lol

@johnflavin1602 Жыл бұрын

@@lishsc3 Have you watched the episode of the original Twilight Zone called “Walking Distance”? It’s all about a guy revisiting his past, literally. Great episode.

@lishsc3 Жыл бұрын

@@johnflavin1602 Actually, no. I might have to look that one up.

@artisticskye Жыл бұрын

Mannn!! I’d give anything to be able to walk in one of those homes and just explore the house decor, their furniture, and the objects they used during that time. Lovely neighborhood. Seems like ever yard was well kept. Loved seeing the different type of light posts and traffic signs. Also the laundry services vehicle and the Van Nuys transfer storage truck.

@moniquedeitz4356 Жыл бұрын

Thanks, NASS, for the sentimental journey. In the late 1940s I lived in San Bernardino County about an hour's drive from Sherman Oaks. In the 60s I worked in North Hollywood about 15 minutes away from that area. It's fun to go "home" again. I really appreciate your work. So, thanks once more.

@NASS_0 Жыл бұрын

Thanks

@ds1868 Жыл бұрын

Must be interesting for someone to look back like this and be reminded of how things were. It must be a sharp contrast to how things are today.

@phucfakku5667 Жыл бұрын

Wait. So you were born before 1940? Whoa. You have lived a very long life until now....

@reckz420 Жыл бұрын

Dude, you must be in your late 80s now!!

@WitchKing-Of-Angmar Жыл бұрын

@@phucfakku5667 I went to hollywood in 1937, on a long trip with my father. I'm very aware for my age, unlike the rest of the drooling unawares that were once people.

@xxxYYZxxx Жыл бұрын

As someone who drives around LA quite a bit, I keep my eyes open for areas that remind me of these old videos. Many old neighborhoods in LA still look this way, and the yet undeveloped urban and retail streets of 1940's LA look roughly similar some outlying, "underdeveloped" or unincorporated areas like in Riverside or Ventura counties. What I wouldn't give to drive around in LA 70+ years ago, just once!

@e.g.truthseeker4673 Жыл бұрын

We with sentimental nostalgic hearts suffer the most 😂 How times have changed 😢

@sew_gal7340 Жыл бұрын

@@e.g.truthseeker4673 Meh, i am in my 30s and i watch only vintage movies and tv...i never knew what it was like but i dream all the time that i am there and not being a child living through the 2000s...which sucked heavily.

@zonzillamagnus5902 Жыл бұрын

@@sew_gal7340 I am sorry. I really am. I experienced Cali in the 80s and 90s and it kills me to see what it and so many places I liked became. We are past the demoralization phase that Yuri Bezmonoff talked about. Personally I moved to Japan.

@Metal0sopher Жыл бұрын

@@zonzillamagnus5902 Japan is nothing like California. What a weird reaction. Didn't like how much California is changing, so moved to Japan which is completely alien and even more different. Hmmm... the human capacity for cognitive dissonance...

@markme4 Жыл бұрын

I'll come with you on that ride !

@socalsal627 Жыл бұрын

This is so much more fascinating than just watching old movies because it truly is like a time portal back to real life. Love the guy in his tan trousers doing lawn work and the lady in a skirt even though she's at home :) That era was pretty classy! Thanks for adding the sound of an old 40s pick-up truck too; that was a great touch!

@MTknitter22 Жыл бұрын

The cleanliness, order, landscaping, tidy yards and well-kept if modest homes all part of the culture. Beautiful. You CA folks who grew up around there back then were blessed.

@purdy9170 Жыл бұрын

When it was still white .

@cd3694 Жыл бұрын

Yeah, when neighborhoods had restriction codes that kept neighborhoods lily white

@MTknitter22 Жыл бұрын

@@cd3694 baloney, mostly black neighborhoods back then had the same attributes I described. Their family lives revolved around the church and good morals prevailed. Stop attributing everything to skin color.

@JohnSmith-bo3fn Жыл бұрын

Race and skin color aren't the same thing.

@JohnSmith-bo3fn Жыл бұрын

Keep denying race. Let's see how well that's working.

@pcatful Жыл бұрын

You can tell it's the old days, the way the oncoming motorist politely pulled over instead of insisting the right of way and making a scene. Love the trailer at 3:22. The old school at 5:30 like I went to as a kid. It was great someone thought to do this, and a great restoration.

@Tubemanjac Жыл бұрын

As a European i experienced this polite traffic behavior in CA still in the early 80's.

@Bone89 Жыл бұрын

People still do that in the Midwest and the south . And north. U know, I keep hearing how this world today is so awful. But it just doesn’t jive with what I see. I travel a lot. I have never seen racism , but once, and that was a comment in college. We are living in the safest times that parallel the 1950s. Where we are screwing up is the political correctness and the con job of the war on drugs. And our judicial systems and government need overhauled. Other than that we r great😂😂😂

@jeffhext Жыл бұрын

The children playing in the first minute is just astounding. Slice of life from the 40's. Some of them likely still alive

@timothyo718 Жыл бұрын

They would all be in their mid to late 80s by now. Raquel Welch who just passed away at 82 would have been 7 years old at the time.

@-108- Жыл бұрын

Could've been my mom or dad on that playground. Wow.

@uncletony6210 Жыл бұрын

@@timothyo718 your math is off on Raquel.

@timothyo718 Жыл бұрын

@@uncletony6210 oops yeah she would have been 9. Thought DOB was 1942 at first.

@uncletony6210 Жыл бұрын

@@timothyo718 she wouldn't have been born yet.

@craigf2696 Жыл бұрын

Very cool footage. This film was actually from probably mid fifties. Indeed, most cars are late thirties or mid forties. However, there at least 2 1950 Chevrolets and 1 '53 or '54 Ford. The dressing of the houses also strongly suggests latter '50s.

@GordoGambler Жыл бұрын

Took me a while to figure out the 1949 Cadi at 2:37. I can't figure out why there's so few new cars with 1937 stuff. LOL.

@wolfeadventures 8 ай бұрын

As much credit as the footage improvement deserves let’s not forget the audio! It’s fantastic and adds so much to the experience. Thank you.

@bryansteele832 Жыл бұрын

1940s Los Angeles has this bustling yet peaceful vibe to it. Its warm and things are happening, people seem happy and its not over crowded yet. Looks really clean too.

@e.g.truthseeker4673 Жыл бұрын

Here in South Africa up to the 80's our neighborhoods looked like that, NOW!!!! ONLY THE SUPER WEALTHY HAVE THAT

@sew_gal7340 Жыл бұрын

My town in pennsylvania literally looks like this still , just with sidewalks. LA doesnt look like this now...druggies and thugs everywhere.

@e.g.truthseeker4673 Жыл бұрын

@Hard in the paint even the older black people agree apartheid were better, way-y-y-y less crime and so much more opportunity, our money had plenty value, NOW ONE OF THE WEAKEST IN THE WORLD. Our whole infrastructure had come to a standstill since the 90's. There is not a day that goes by you don't hear about corruption in the government or municipality.... All our small towns are full of illegal foreigners doing drugs, crime and murder are almost normal....let alone the big cities, can't walk alone anymore, not even the blacks.... Potholes everywhere and the police are incapable of doing their job affectively.... They lied to the world in the news all over the world about apartheid... I have faith we will have our neighborhoods back in shape ONE DAY 😢

@joseherrera8489 Жыл бұрын

Why do these videos become havens for racists?

@e.g.truthseeker4673 Жыл бұрын

@Hard in the paint thank you, yes I believe once America is free again under Trump, the rest of us would follow. I HAVE FAITH !!!!

@Samuel-7418 Жыл бұрын

I think this may have to be one of your best videos! The colors look amazing. ❤️

@NASS_0 Жыл бұрын

Thx!!!

@Samuel-7418 Жыл бұрын

@@NASS_0 Yup!

@OsbornTramain Жыл бұрын

I thought the same thing....one of the best of NASS's uploads....just fantastic quality and so much detail!

@Nunofurdambiznez Ай бұрын

@@OsbornTramain And for YOU to say that, Mr Tramain, is amazing, because you usually b*tch about EVERYTHING!!

@KingK9 Жыл бұрын

its crazy to see how drastically some stuff has changed while others (like fence designs, sidewalks, etc) have all stayed incredibly similar over time

@dm95422 Жыл бұрын

Love your channel, NASS. You are a visual time machine outlet. It's as close as we'll ever get to an actual time travel experience !!

@williamwatson4625 Жыл бұрын

There were no TVs back then, no computers, no laptops, no iPhones, no CD players, no DVD players. Heck, there were no cassette and Betamax tapes either. Just a newspaper and a radio. Life was much simpler and people were more civil back then. Great video.

@eatsnakes1895 Жыл бұрын

sounds lame

@Techfanatic73 Жыл бұрын

Civil? This is like 5-10 years before mass genocide. Lol. People have never been civil.

@goldinthefurnace Жыл бұрын

Civil... Not to blacks. (Civil rights movement)

@suzk1804 Жыл бұрын

@@goldinthefurnace Not all whytes treated blcks bad, its greatly exaggerated by politicians agenda.

@Rob774 Жыл бұрын

@@goldinthefurnace He knows... just doesn't care.

@richardsoutdoorworld5284 Жыл бұрын

i would love to see one old video like this where they stopped and walked inside a house seeing what it was like inside a house in the 40's and the families

@GrumpSkull Жыл бұрын

There would probably be some greaser like Fonzie posing about how cool he is with the fridge door open.

@RemoWilliams1227 Жыл бұрын

@@GrumpSkulllol ayyyy

@txJoJo55 Жыл бұрын

OMG I wish I had a time machine 😞I loved how that young woman was dressed AWESOME. Takes me back to the times when me and my siblings would play outside till dusk with our friends with no worries, never a dull moment. this was in the late 50's and early 60's. Oh my gosh I miss those days so much and the MUSIC. We would walk to the neighborhood store with no problems , we would run up and down our neighborhood streets to each others houses with no worries about crime. Man It was so awesome. I hate these times.

@peterm1826 8 ай бұрын

Such a lovely street. Manicured lawns and gardens. That White House next door to the caravan was in the 1967 film A Guide to the married man.

@skibee50 Жыл бұрын

Love these videos It's like I can see the world my parents lived in but I haven't spotted them yet

@kaymeauxss4377 Жыл бұрын

this comment. wow.

@ericlindenmuth7517 Жыл бұрын

Beautiful landscaped homes!! No mega mansions with large fences. It would be fun to time travel back to then and see a much different LA. An LA my Mom grew up with.

@clarissaturcios2346 Жыл бұрын

No black thugs hanging on the street ....

@Silver_Owl Жыл бұрын

There's still a handful of them around the Valley. I live not far from Sherman Oaks, in a house built in 1950. Huge yard. While there's some big mansions, there's a scattering of homes very like mine in the area, and they look much like this. Thanks for the video, it was fascinating!

@tednguyen7258 Жыл бұрын

back when woman werent slutty

@biancahotca3244 Жыл бұрын

They weren't beautiful at all. Quite run down. Not even middle class.

@westcoastplinkin6559 Жыл бұрын

Only if you were White.

@jasonwilliams4159 Жыл бұрын

It is also incredible to think the time lapse between the civil war and the era depicted in this film is about the same time from this film to now.

@justathought1971 Жыл бұрын

I love how all the trees are natural and not professionally trimmed by giant new age machinery. It’s relaxing

@kbanghart Жыл бұрын

Relaxing? I suppose so. Never even thought about it. But when a branch hits your window it's probably not very relaxing.

@eltiochusma Жыл бұрын

Whatever machinery was used back then would be called "new age."

@Nuriil Жыл бұрын

the bushes are trimmed tho

@justathought1971 Жыл бұрын

@@Nuriil yes because you can trim the bushes with a manual hand hedger . People could only do what they were able

@Armistead_MacSkye Жыл бұрын

Yes, "relaxing" as opposed to the noise and pollution of leaf blowers and other unnecessary lawn equipment.

@IAMTheNiteOwl Жыл бұрын

It's really like time traveling when watching your videos. I couldn't help to think as that car passed those kids in the park playing, that could be my dad there. He was born in the early 40s, so it's like a glimpse of what it was like when he was a young kid. Thank you for your videos!

@NASS_0 Жыл бұрын

thank you

@robertchilders8698 Ай бұрын

I get shocked everytime I go into an antigue store, and find I'm older than the merchandise!

@errose5967 Жыл бұрын

One thing thats very noticeable in this one as well as the city ones, how clean everything is. Gee i wonder why its not like that now.

@MTknitter22 Жыл бұрын

As culture and morals dipped into the gutter, the environment began to reflect it. Not just CA, of course.

@errose5967 Жыл бұрын

@@MTknitter22 yep, completely agree

@dannxcool7321 Жыл бұрын

Your channel is definitely, the most useful and most accurate thing that we have today to a time-travel machine.

@davidcarvalho5003 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for doing this awesome job. It's a remarkable (until not long ago, even unthinkable) thing to be able to go back in time and see footage like this in such high quality. An experience like this is quite a treasure.

@doncarpenter1040 Жыл бұрын

This video was especially beautiful. Well done.

@NASS_0 Жыл бұрын

thank you

@bocagoodtimes1460 Жыл бұрын

Shocking how clean and beautiful it was back then.

@joseherrera8489 Жыл бұрын

The low resolution of the original helps in that.

@flaccidego4291 Жыл бұрын

Just imagine a country where you didn't have to worry about your car being stolen, your house being invaded, your store being robbed, your life being threatened & your city being looted & burned down to the ground. Imagine

@jeffpiatt3879 Жыл бұрын

Yeah, but it was not woke, gay men couldn't prey on children via drag queen story time, families were intact and children had two parents. I could go on and on, but it was a really horrible time. Thank heavens all of it is gone and LA is now the shining star that every city wants to be and every person wants to live in.

@johnbrubaker2033 Жыл бұрын

Ah yes….before hippies and wokeism ruined it. That’s “progressivism” for you. Enjoy it.

@SearchableUsername Жыл бұрын

You’re kidding yourself. I don’t know if you live in SoCal or not but our residential areas still look practically the same as this video aside from modern street lamps and no more obviously fake bright green turf.

@amandaamossaa Жыл бұрын

What a gem! I love this glimpse into the past when things weren't right on top of one another. I would say post a today of the same neighborhood, but I think we would all just get depressed. I like to watch all the old shows on t.v to get the perspective, so this is even better! Thank you!

@jillgregoryhypnotherapy2422 Жыл бұрын

I'd say this is my absolute favourite video of yours 😊 Reminds me of the South Africa I used to live in. Very comforting to watch it. You do a great job! The colours are amazing ❤

@rondelltefrazier3557 Жыл бұрын

Would be really cool to see a side by side comparison today.

@JS-cs8gz Жыл бұрын

I bought a house in 2002 that was built in 1948. This video reminds me of that neighborhood. I sold the house in 2020. It is very interesting to see that not a lot has changed much between now and then.

@briansmith48 Жыл бұрын

I had noticed that the houses didn't have any gutters or down spouts in the film. Did they have them when you bought your home?

@_kass3939 Жыл бұрын

What’s funny is your house was probably $7000 back then when built and now worth like 900k if in that area of LA.

@SkoolConnor Жыл бұрын

with everything going on in the 40s, the 1930s-1970s must have been some pretty nice and peaceful times to live in. I really wish I could experience them

@LucitaBrown Жыл бұрын

They were awesome!!!! Sorry you missed them. At least you’re aware they existed. You can imagine.

@laureldevine Жыл бұрын

Best time to grow up! Peaceful, able to play and explore (be home when the streetlights start coming on!!), everyone had a well kept yard....miss those days.

@ElonMasks Жыл бұрын

Not in Europe. Cold war really did affected us especially my parents

@danielwolfe4169 Жыл бұрын

Not sure if this is sarcasm or not 😂

@metalformer4851 Жыл бұрын

Amazing video! A virtual trip in time to take a glimpse what back in the day! Thanks for this wonderful work of art!

@janiesippel225 Жыл бұрын

All the houses and yards look so neat and clean.

@squish2913 Жыл бұрын

White's owned them

@_Peremalfait Жыл бұрын

All that sunshine and all those beautiful 40s cars. As a fan of Raymond Chandler I can't help but imagine Philip Marlowe driving about those streets chasing down clues.

@georgekrpan3181 Жыл бұрын

I once lived in Los Feliz, around the corner from a house where Raymond Chandler once lived.

@theartist124 Жыл бұрын

Big Sleep was Hollywood Hills!

@vvx897 Жыл бұрын

I love it! If you take out the cars, I don't think you could tell how old this footage is! Amazing.

@harukrentz435 Жыл бұрын

Which is showing the stagnation occured not many has changed since 70 years ago. 😧

@vvx897 Жыл бұрын

@@harukrentz435 Not mechanically anyways.

@robertdavis2017 Жыл бұрын

this video is absolutly gorgeous I love the brightness and the color, car color is off but what the heck. I just love this. From 1 to 10, this is way beyond 10 thanks for this.

@danschechter9069 Жыл бұрын

Nass, your image processing is getting more and more advanced -- wonderful footage. Thanks for posting this video!

@NASS_0 Жыл бұрын

thank you

@lorigetz4489 Жыл бұрын

This looks a lot like the San Gabriel Val looked. I grew up nearby in the San Fernando Valley of LA. It’s amazing to see so few vehicles there were, parked on the streets at the time. Today it would be challenging just to find a spot to park. These are the style of houses and streets I recall growing up. Just wow!!! Thanks so much for posting. It’s hard to explain the sense of nostalgia these scenes can trigger. Amazing!

@peetie25 Жыл бұрын

Its Sherman Oaks just south of Ventura Bl. Some of those homes are still there on Greenleaf.St.

@kristineh8654 Жыл бұрын

I grew up in West Covina!

@gavanwhatever8196 Жыл бұрын

@@peetie25 Good call!

@bookmouse2719 Жыл бұрын

@@peetie25 I grew up in Sherman Oaks!

@mikecarter8880 Жыл бұрын

I grew up around the SGV, lived in Temple City in the mid 80s. Currently living in Arcadia. Talk about change. Those cute little family homes are knocked down to build oversized McMansions. If I didn't have a tiny studio in an old back duplex unit and a great landlord, I would be priced out of the area.

@WaltsChiliBowl Жыл бұрын

This is just so amazing this exists. Thank you so much, @NASS 🥰

@TinaJohnson59 Жыл бұрын

This is JUST AMAZING! I was so fascinated by this video. The neighborhood could be one today with only different cars, etc. I thought “suburbs” weren’t really a “thing” until the 50’s.

@Scorchy666 Жыл бұрын

These clips are tiny little time machines. The design aesthetics at that time on these homes were fantastic.

@NelsonClick Жыл бұрын

My Mom always said those old cars (which she loved) were harder to drive and were never comfortable or reliable compared to newer cars (which she hated) which were less sturdy, more reliable and refined in design.

@DouglasUrantia Жыл бұрын

I lived in that area from 1943. People were just a mean and cruel then as they are now. Little has changed. People were not nicer then.

@nassar57 Жыл бұрын

Cars were definitely less safe in highspeed collisions back then, but there was less traffic, and everyone was in less of a hurry. The most dangerous part of any car? A loose nut behind the wheel. Despite all the modern safety features people still die in car wrecks. Although modern cars are made more idiot-proof - they've just made bigger idiots since then, too.

@mchaggis622 Жыл бұрын

@@DouglasUrantia Hi Douglas. It’s easy to romanticize the past. While I’m sure food was relatively cheap, flavorful and plentiful,there would still have a lot of lawlessness back then. Case in point: the driver drove straight through at least three stop signs. Lol.

@romanval69 Жыл бұрын

Cars in the 40's were a lot different back then. Power steering was rare. Automatic transmissions didn't exist for most-- manual transmissions had a layshaft that had to be "spun up"-- otherwise you'd be grinding gears all day. And if you sat in traffic for too long the car would stall from "vapor lock" -- engine heat would cause gasoline to vaporize in the carburetor before reaching the cylinder. There's old pictures of Cahuanga Pass showing of dozens of cars stalled due to vapor lock.

@sew_gal7340 Жыл бұрын

@@mchaggis622 It's easy to romanticize the present and the future too but whoever you are it is important to be romantic at heart no matter what. it isn't harmful to day dream and fantasize, i'm an immigrant who just discovered vintage american and vintage clothing, i am full of delight...i also watch old vintage films that most americans have already watched...it is a world of surprises and beauty and oddly even though i am from another culture i can fully understand the people, visions, and art of those times ....it translates beyond age and cultures..it is magnificent. Americans truly do not understand what a gem their history is, i hope it stays alive forever (the beautiful parts and the ugly too which are equally beautiful in its own way)

@Travel_anand Жыл бұрын

Super duper thanks for yet another amazing work of art

@bonniebrown6960 Жыл бұрын

If anyone lived around this area back then and got to see it before it changed....I know they are so excited. I thought we'd see more people outside though. I only seen one woman and a little boy on a bicycle. It's still cool to see what it looked like in color back then. It made me think about my grandparent's and probably around the time my parent's were born or fixing to be born. Thank you for sharing this, it was awesome!! 👍💞

@davecrupel2817 Жыл бұрын

Kids are all in School. Didn't you see them playing in that soccer game at the beginning of the video?

@collnss Жыл бұрын

I saw a young man going in a door and I believe another one working on or near a car.

@bonniebrown6960 Жыл бұрын

@@davecrupel2817 no, but I'll go back and watch. I assumed that's probably why we didn't see children out playing was because they were in school. Thanks.

@JoseRocha-zx1lr Жыл бұрын

I am Brazilian and I subscribed to the channel , I really like these old videos . Everything is beautiful , as it always was in the United States .

@NASS_0 Жыл бұрын

Thx!! ;)

@ds1868 Жыл бұрын

I think the same can be said for everywhere. Everything is going down hill.

@marvelguy8101 Жыл бұрын

Great job! So neat to see history preserved. I was amazed at how quiet it was back then. Today, there would have been hordes of cars and people everywhere.

@TombstoneChris Жыл бұрын

Well for one this is CGI this is not real as cameras were far too large to be put inside of a vehicle and filmed mobile. Besides the amount of power and batteries that it would take to run a camera absolutely be too much of an undertaking. You would basically have to have a truck and a trailer on the back of the trailer be the camera and all of the power equipment and such and there's no way it would be this stable this is 40s supposedly and it looks like it was shot with a GoPro

@TombstoneChris Жыл бұрын

Not to mention homes did not look like that back in the 40s.

@AltimaNEO Жыл бұрын

Its not the original audio. The original clip likely had no sound, they added all the audio.

@AltimaNEO Жыл бұрын

@@TombstoneChris Youre talking out of your ass, my man. Handheld 8mm film cameras existed in 1952. And this video looks to be from at least 1951 at the oldest, going off of the cars on the street.

@datvik7187 Жыл бұрын

@@TombstoneChris bruh. They had small handheld video cameras back then.

@tomcat501976 Жыл бұрын

Amazing video, someone must preserved that film in a controlled environment for the quality to be so good. Great video!

@markk3652 Жыл бұрын

I'm fascinated by watching these videos. I wish I could go back in time to experience the world back then.

@Pinchedanny47 Жыл бұрын

As a young electrician, it amazes me looking at them street lights could just imagine how dark it was

@dmitripogosian5084 Жыл бұрын

As somebody from Canada, currently for few weeks near LA, it was quite remarkable for me and my wife how dark LA streets are after sunset

@oldtwinsna8347 Жыл бұрын

Current trend is to keep neighborhoods dark to minimize light pollution.

@space_114v2 Жыл бұрын

Yeh and imagine ..no homies trying to crawl through your windows !!

@Pinchedanny47 Жыл бұрын

@@space_114v2 yeah or people sagging. Disrespecting their elders.

@ban80 Ай бұрын

It must have been so much more attractive at night. Better than the ridiculous bright led street light. Or disgusting sodium light. I imagine it must be so much better mow with tons of wall mounted flood lights on every house and 100s of overly bright street lights. I am sure you suggest lots of 20k lumen wallpacks so you can flood the side of building or a house with daylight. So much more enjoyable to enjoy the evening with spotlights flooding the neighborhood.

@pickleballstudent8523 Жыл бұрын

This is so very cool! I hope you have more of these historical footages. How you remastered them to 60fps and colorizing them really transport the viewers to that era. The sound design also helps tremendously. Thank you!

@frenchmarky 2 ай бұрын

This is the first one of these types of restorations where it's so sharp and steady it literally looks like it could have been recorded last week by a dashcam!

@enjolras76 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for giving new life to this footage NASS!

@SunShine-dk6rk Жыл бұрын

Beautifully restored,thank you for sharing your treasures and hard work with us,amazing film and a glimpse into time which may have been forever lost. Best wishes to yourself,family,friends and fellow viewers.

@cdnpont Жыл бұрын

I love the car getting an engine job done in the drive at 8:03. Thanks for this Nass, there is so much to pause and ponder!

@NASS_0 Жыл бұрын

Thx ;)

@1940limited Жыл бұрын

I noticed that, too. Lovely!

@rickpowers4356 Жыл бұрын

Looks like a 1932 Plymouth.

@davediamond7228 Жыл бұрын

that caught my eye too..back when we didn't have to be a computer tech to repair a car

@charliehorse8686 Жыл бұрын

2:14 I love the octagonal "slow" sign... Octagons always mean STOP today. And the car was already under 10mph.

@martinblevins9442 Жыл бұрын

I'm guessing this might be early 50s do to the fact that the caddy at the 2 minute 36 seconds mark is a 49 model. AWSOME VIDEO!

@marinedrive5484 Жыл бұрын

The thing that struck me in this video is the similarities in the housing styles compared to Christchurch, New Zealand. There is a bit less of a Spanish influence in Christchurch, but we even have some Spanish-style housing. The other difference is the fencing; in Christchurch, boundary fencing between properties is standard as is street-side fencing or hedging. Christchurch is a flat, spread-out city too. Over time, much of the housing stock has been replaced, but enough remains to be seen. Great video; very nostalgic.

@NASS_0 Жыл бұрын

Thanks

@karlpj1 Жыл бұрын

I assure that has nothing to do with Spanish style. They never would use that roof tiling or style. Wood is never used in constructions except for interior beams and even that is not used since long ago. That structure of windows is purely English, and never seem etc. I guess by Spanish style is the style created by California and they call it Spanish eve its not. Having said that California has some houses that copy Mexican style, a lot less often Spanish. But its not the case here. Mexican style derivates from spanish but from very specific areas of spain as the south and canarias. .

@chuckf6163 Жыл бұрын

I absolutely love these old residential videos, feels like I'm back in time cruising around in my car.

@goldenhourkodak Жыл бұрын

You sure would with the lack of sidewalks

@ewbait Жыл бұрын

The cars were so beautiful back then. I would love to own a car from that era.

@0924Stve Жыл бұрын

It’s like looking through a time machine window thank you so much for this with Video

@tvtek Жыл бұрын

You do some absolute amazing work. It shows that you love what you do to restore history (that's what these time pieces are) Thank you for sharing your art with all of us as it's much appreciated

@tobystamps2920 Жыл бұрын

I think this is one of my favorites. Like a Time Machine. What’s sad to me though is thinking how so many of these old neighborhoods around the country, which were once decent, are now neighborhoods you wouldn’t want to live in.

@NASS_0 Жыл бұрын

thank you

@michaelmartin4552 Жыл бұрын

Actually, that is one of the few that are still nice. South and just north of Ventura is still one of the nicest neighborhoods in the San Fernando Valley. It is when you cross the 101 and head north that they can take a fast dive.

@santaclaus3077 Жыл бұрын

Ya, I wonder why...

@HansDunkelberg1 Жыл бұрын

What makes those neighborhoods decline?

@billiebobbienorton2556 Жыл бұрын

@@santaclaus3077 Because t-rumpers ruin everything with their t-rump flags and guns. Disgusting.

@TheChktechs Жыл бұрын

Wow! Amazing work! Love it!

@kendannon4435 Жыл бұрын

Look how clean and tranquill everything is.

@phxmateo Жыл бұрын

These houses are now north of 2 million if they are in an area that is safe.

@Dolphin_Terrace Жыл бұрын

7:42 boy on a bicycle looks at the camera. Fantastic video.

@chimom7112 Жыл бұрын

Looks so clean. Other than the vehicles, ofcourse, and the cool street lights this cld have been filmed today.

@bullitts Жыл бұрын

I would’ve thought this was a Hollywood movie… Wow! What an incredible piece of video! Thank you for sharing this!

@ArcherBowman Жыл бұрын

Another beautiful piece. I love 1945 to 1950. A short period, I know. Because it was at the end of the war, and before the giant marketing machine took over our lives. The 50s is where all of the cookie-cutter suburbs, home and auto loans, canned food and TV dinners kicked off. I just feel like it was one of the few, modern quiet periods...that we will no longer see again. I guess, until the dust settles. 😢

@sew_gal7340 Жыл бұрын

We will see it again, resources are dwindling, environment is dying, the age of wealth and excessive abuse of mother nature will eventually come to an end. Then we will see an age of austerity where everything is self grown and self made...the party has to end eventually.

@indowneastmaine Жыл бұрын

Just rewatch the video and look for the houses with bad roofs. There’s your older neighborhood.

@tomfields3682 Жыл бұрын

You got that exactly right!

@cliffstewart2746 Жыл бұрын

@@indowneastmaine and Jon

@jaydenp4975 Жыл бұрын

Please do a side by side driving through the same streets to compare what it is like there now. Would love to see that!

@5664788 Жыл бұрын

That would be considered racist portraying one side a peaceful friendly area thats prospering from the other thats like a trip through a Zoo safari baboon enclosure .

@chrisc6680 Жыл бұрын

@@5664788 Says something is racist, proceeds to make a racist statement. You sure are a special kind of lowlife.

@Insomniac_tv Жыл бұрын

@@5664788 How is that racist? he just wanted to see what it looks like today lol

@5664788 Жыл бұрын

@@Insomniac_tv Its a joke,....but ill spell it out to you since you didnt get it,.. it would look like a fuckin dump full of black people now vs 1940

@Insomniac_tv Жыл бұрын

@@5664788 This is Greenleaf Street a vary wealthy neighbourhood north of the city lol

@swimlaps1 Жыл бұрын

Neat! Brings back feelings early '60s as a sm child - visiting grandmothers. What my parents grew up in. Homes were kept well, clean, nice yards, gardens, streets.

@kristineh8654 Жыл бұрын

I was born in Burbank just a few years later and grew up in the Los Angeles area. This is what life was like when I was a little girl, before I started school!

@Brandi_Aguilar_Funny_Vlogs Жыл бұрын

This is AWESOME to see in color! It makes it seem so much more real and not that long ago.

@OsbornTramain Жыл бұрын

I love all your uploads, but this one seem particularly great....it's like a Time Machine.........It's so cool to see that guy working in his flower garden, totally oblivious to the camera car driving by. It's newer than you think in terms of dating, I saw a Step down Hudson at the Cleaners and a 1950 Ford and 1948 Studebaker, so this is more than likely, 1949 or 1950 or 1951. Just amazing.....I wanted to do a google search on the street to see what it looks like today! This is only a few years before I was born, so it's not long ago in reality but seems like a time machine as I mentioned already.

@NASS_0 Жыл бұрын

thank you

@kimberly7166 Жыл бұрын

Back in time... what a treat. Thank you

@PhilNY15 Жыл бұрын

Thank you to HighwayLand, I went to maps and followed the same path switching back and forth. The road is narrower but overall the same vibe to the neighborhood. Of course the "men at work" are still working. The biggest difference is that people today went bare or cemented over instead of grass. Still a pretty neighborhood with nice lawns and gardens.

@victormarie525 Жыл бұрын

Je suis toujours fasciné par ces vidéos intemporelles, une classe moyenne prospère, du soleil, de belles voitures, pour un français de l’époque qui sortait de la guerre, c'était l’exacte représentation qu’il se faisait du paradis sur terre.

@NASS_0 Жыл бұрын

Merci