I moved to LA in 1971 to go to school. Little Tokyo was known as Japan Town or J-Town. Brings back memories. Now I'm retired and living in Hawaii but still missing Los Angeles.
This is insane. I went to the Universal Studios tour around this time. I was maybe six or seven. I'm looking at the exact buildings, the broken bridge, and that tunnel, and all are exactly like I remember them. It's hard to describe the feeling of seeing a contemporary video of images I've only had as memories, barely even recalled in the last forty years until now. It's like I stepped into a time machine.
I worked at a restraunt in the corner of Village plaza and further down at Sushi and Teri when I was in high school.. Brings back old memory. Thanks for the uploads.
We were there in 1981 and already most of those Big Cars from the 70's were absent from the roads of LA. Replaced by smaller Japanese and other compact cars. The biggest hire car we could get, was the Ford Granada. Which in the US was a mid sized car and not really enough boot (Trunk) space for all our luggage. We are from the UK. Enjoyed LA though, and driving thru the Mojave desert. The weather was to die for. Las Vegas and the Grand Canyon unforgettable.
I was a very young guy in 1980 . Back then LA was still a pretty great place to live . Turn the clock ahead nearly 40 years ! Now you can have it ! Many parts of the city now resemble a wasteland . Driving 5 miles takes you an hour and crime (LOL) let's not even talk about that !
I was 15 then and it was an amazing time, but I’d still rather be you. There are so many more choices these days for people your age. If I could start over, I would in a heart beat.
I was 15 then also, and you couldn't pay me enough to trade times with the younger generation. I feel sorry for the young people in the times we live in now. This is a crazy, screwed up world today. Where is a time machine.
Serial killers to the best of my knowledge never struck my town. We were very low population and everybody knew each other. It was also a heavily armed town and no mass shootings.
Cool video. I first thought the video started on Broadway where today there's a restaurant called Howlin Rays, but then I noticed the Japanese Village sign at the beginning. The tram ride brought back a lot of memories.
Wow.....No homeless tents, shopping carts, drugged out, mentally needed folks, etc. cardboard cut out sleeping bags around....wow.......if they only knew what a shittt hold many parts of LA became 40 yrs later.........and back then , 1980, at 10 yrs old we thought the Jetson's cartoons would be life in 40 yrs
George Jetson 40 years old he was born 2022, The Jetsons took place in 2062. The program came out in 1962, So you will have to wait 40 years in the future to live The Jetsons! 😁
I was done when the tour guide began to explain that the Capitol Tower was not supposed to represent a stack of records, which is exactly what it was supposed to represent and was and still is known as the "House that Nat built."
I always wanted to go to Disneyland back in that era, was jealous of my school mates saying they went there during the summer. I finally went to Disney in the early 90s as a 20 something year old. Oh Universal Studios. I think ticket cost was like $60.00 to get in to Disney land. I'm from Canada. Been to LA 3 times in my life. Was an Okay place to visit but said to myself wouldn't want to live there.
Wondering what camera and tape combo was used? Looks incredible. Guessing there was a stabilizer put in w/ something like Premiere? Thanks so much for uploading.
the universal studios tour was about 2.5 to 3 hours long when this video was shot. a lot of those facades are gone. now the tram tour is roughly about a hour long.
Notice there's no POELPLE over weight 😮 none I loved L.A way back when, we had an awesome time there growing up, I lived 30 minutes to the east but we we're always going to L.A Alvera Street to eat 😋😋😋😍🥰
I wasn't even in Cali yet in 1980. I'd be three years old in 1980 though. Its weird to see Little Tokyo then and now. Its more like little Korea now. The Japanese people if there are any left are in Santa Monica now.
Back in time where people werent wearing masks and be true themselves God why didnt i lived in 80-ties can someone please builld time machine to send us all there
Going back to a normal society people not addicted to their phones very few vagrants on the street in that time period people didn't tolerate it completely totally different city and country that we live in today.
Thats because they didnt have wide open borders. LA today is a bizarre mix of ethnic groups now. You know something is wrong when many Mexicans there supported Trump and the Wall.
@@andredupuis5461you’re wrong LA in 1980 had over 1000 homicides, majority gang related. Most of those murders were in South Central, the gangs were much worse then, you wore the wrong color during these times and it would have cost your life.
@@de5163 Well, being 6 years old at the time I wasn't really aware of gangs. Probably the section where I lived too didn't see this problem. But have to admit neighbors were closer too. But again depends on where people lived; in 1982 after that we moved to Perris, CA. Where it was nothing. In 1984 is where I noticed on the news how LA was violent.
I moved to LA in 1971 to go to school. Little Tokyo was known as Japan Town or J-Town. Brings back memories. Now I'm retired and living in Hawaii but still missing Los Angeles.
Hawaii 🌴
WOW NICE
I love being in California, but would much rather be in Hawaii. :)
Trust me,you wouldn't want to live in LA now. It's looks like a third world country now.
This is insane. I went to the Universal Studios tour around this time. I was maybe six or seven. I'm looking at the exact buildings, the broken bridge, and that tunnel, and all are exactly like I remember them. It's hard to describe the feeling of seeing a contemporary video of images I've only had as memories, barely even recalled in the last forty years until now. It's like I stepped into a time machine.
back when people actually smiled, talked and touched each other.
I agree today people don't talk to you they text you today people don't even look at you they stare at their phones.
The reason why people acted so normal in front of the camera, is because they never thought they'd be on something called the internet!
2:25 I am in love.
interesting for sure, how the early 80s were an in between time in that regard...in the 60s and earlier people seem very aware of video cameras
@@aintplayinggames7086 she's probably in her 70s now lol
@@shaunsteele8244 Yes. Hopefully she is still alive and well.
@@shaunsteele8244No she 62 and still hot ❤
I worked at a restraunt in the corner of Village plaza and further down at Sushi and Teri when I was in high school.. Brings back old memory. Thanks for the uploads.
I love your first name OMG
takes me back!! I was at Universal Studios the follow year (1981), looked a LOT like this video, brought back some great memories!
I walked down this very street 2 days ago still looks the same as then.
Ahh 1980, where everything still looked like the 70s. Also, the year I was born. 😁
@TTFPouyi I’m technically gen X. And what holier than thou smug bullshit generation do you come from?
Holy shit I can't believe Little Tokyo looks almost exactly the same 40 years later. I'm glad they decided to preserve most of the buildings
Agreed
We were there in 1981 and already most of those Big Cars from
the 70's were absent from the roads of LA. Replaced by smaller
Japanese and other compact cars. The biggest hire car we could
get, was the Ford Granada. Which in the US was a mid sized car
and not really enough boot (Trunk) space for all our luggage. We
are from the UK. Enjoyed LA though, and driving thru the Mojave
desert. The weather was to die for. Las Vegas and the Grand
Canyon unforgettable.
Yeh, the west coast & grand canyon - Las Vegas used to be a cool area.not so much now.
I was a very young guy in 1980 . Back then LA was still a pretty great place to live . Turn the clock ahead nearly 40 years ! Now you can have it ! Many parts of the city now resemble a wasteland . Driving 5 miles takes you an hour and crime (LOL) let's not even talk about that !
It was pretty cool in 85-86 for me.Nowadays it just isn't worth it.Too expensive, crime,homeless...
Earnest Borgnine served in the Pacific in WW2.He didn't just play ,he was the real deal.
Seems like 1980 would have been a great year to be living in. Shame I had to be born in 1992 and not earlier....
I was 15 then and it was an amazing time, but I’d still rather be you. There are so many more choices these days for people your age. If I could start over, I would in a heart beat.
I was 15 then also, and you couldn't pay me enough to trade times with the younger generation. I feel sorry for the young people in the times we live in now. This is a crazy, screwed up world today. Where is a time machine.
It was more violent then.
1980 was one of the most violent years in LA, over 1000 murders.
80’s was the best for a teen.. technology, music, malls, clothes etc etc
the golden age of serial killers in this area at this time..i was 1 year old
There were several serial killers working the Los Angeles area in the late 1970's and early 1980's.
Serial killers to the best of my knowledge never struck my town. We were very low population and everybody knew each other. It was also a heavily armed town and no mass shootings.
@@aintplayinggames7086 Night Stalker waa killing people in the late 80s
Was you.
@@Iceis_Phoenix mid... even the east area rapist was done (so we know of) by 1986... but you still had a lotta other weirdo's running around.
Today in 2019 it cost me $500 for 4 adults and that's not even the upgraded one just to get in the universal studios
AWFUL
Painful.
Cool video. I first thought the video started on Broadway where today there's a restaurant called Howlin Rays, but then I noticed the Japanese Village sign at the beginning. The tram ride brought back a lot of memories.
Wow.....No homeless tents, shopping carts, drugged out, mentally needed folks, etc. cardboard cut out sleeping bags around....wow.......if they only knew what a shittt hold many parts of LA became 40 yrs later.........and back then , 1980, at 10 yrs old we thought the Jetson's cartoons would be life in 40 yrs
George Jetson 40 years old he was born 2022, The Jetsons took place in 2062. The program came out in 1962, So you will have to wait 40 years in the future to live The Jetsons! 😁
The population doubled and many third world immigrants. The Iranians in LA are a bunch of crooks.
I was done when the tour guide began to explain that the Capitol Tower was not supposed to represent a stack of records, which is exactly what it was supposed to represent and was and still is known as the "House that Nat built."
The people seen in this video are now 40 years older! That is crazy 😱
Someday they'll see you on a video and you'll be 40 years older.
it's hollywood home of cinema, people in the streets don't give a shit being filmed, even in 1980
I was 10 yrs old, but we lived in Nor Cal.
I always wanted to go to Disneyland back in that era, was jealous of my school mates saying they went there during the summer. I finally went to Disney in the early 90s as a 20 something year old. Oh Universal Studios. I think ticket cost was like $60.00 to get in to Disney land. I'm from Canada. Been to LA 3 times in my life. Was an Okay place to visit but said to myself wouldn't want to live there.
Now it's even got worse in 2019 middle class Democrats are moving out in droves. Rat infested, list goes on Tent cities.
whoa, Little Tokyo looks almost exactly the same now too... I did not expect that at all...
Pretty cool tour. I see why Universal Studios made a mint with it.
1980 is basically the 70s
Still was until 1982
Note how L.A. life and Universal Studios' tour are indistinguishable. Derelict old buildings, flash floods, monsters, etc.
The beautiful girl at 2.26, wow! wonder how she looks now
And your so ugly ...old perve...
I see you in disneyland♡ Says the person with one of the creepiest usernames ever.
@@iseeyouindisneyland1262 🤣
She was probably a masseuse that gave happy endings. She love u long time 😆
Thats beautiful?!!
This look like downtown LA Little Toky.
It issss
Wondering what camera and tape combo was used? Looks incredible. Guessing there was a stabilizer put in w/ something like Premiere? Thanks so much for uploading.
I was so young and naive
the universal studios tour was about 2.5 to 3 hours long when this video was shot. a lot of those facades are gone. now the tram tour is roughly about a hour long.
Rip 2 everyone on this film
That camera must have had an LSD mode.
@3:46 “Nine inch? You ain’t gonna find any of us that long.”
Женщины как женщины
Wow!!! There's that little hole in the wall porn shop!!!.....and the pawn shops!! Shiny shiny shiny!!!....I was 11 years old..... everything is gone🥺🥺
WONDER LITTLE TOKIO
Notice there's no POELPLE over weight 😮 none
I loved L.A way back when, we had an awesome time there growing up, I lived 30 minutes to the east but we we're always going to L.A Alvera Street to eat 😋😋😋😍🥰
I wasn't even in Cali yet in 1980. I'd be three years old in 1980 though. Its weird to see Little Tokyo then and now. Its more like little Korea now. The Japanese people if there are any left are in Santa Monica now.
There was only 3 million people in los angeles then! now theres how many 12million!
There would millions more if Aids didn't kill off the population
12 million is greater metro area, not L.A itself.
@@Iceis_Phoenix Its estimated that 700,000 have died in the United States from 1981 till 2018. No way millions died of AIDS in L.A alone.
L.A. City has 3 million people. But the Metro Area has 15 million...
That the first hand held VHS recorder 1988.
Most of those people are dead now. It's been 40 years already.
They must be in their 70's
I was there Japanese town in L.A.
You mean China Town 😆
Looks about 1983-84... Maybe 85. By vehicles...
Never visited LA. But im depress in any city i lived in so it would probable be the same.
You got to have a positive outlook!
At times that is hard to do.
Look for the besy.
At 4:43, it appears to be the interior of an old-look GM bus that the person was riding in. Was RTD still using old look buses in 1980?
Yes it is. But I don't think that bus was an RTD one.
One - Adam 12 ,,,see the man
Yotam Amit 2029
@2:43 Ted Bundys VW Bug! Lol
10:14 pre Back to the Future
Look like little Tokyo.
hola busco sobre los asesinatos en los Angeles california sobre el muñeco Tails Doll(T.D.)
EXCELENT VIDEO. Is very away the movie, than good not parents reality. Is Science Fiction Reality. Is Amazing GOOD FILE
Back in time where people werent wearing masks and be true themselves God why didnt i lived in 80-ties can someone please builld time machine to send us all there
Hi.. Have you any relation with Lloyd probably? Just asking... 😁
I was in LA in the early 80's...great music of that era, LA was a nice place to live at that time... I hope it still is now...
+Arf Android nah LA is not a good place anymore to live in, back then in the 80s and 90s it was great place to live..it's sucks now days👎
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Not a tent in site, yet 2Xs the homicides. 1980 was LAs 2nd most violent year in the city’s history, over 1000 murders.
Shut up
I think I'm in this video
Me too😝
Yes,I saw you driving a bus.
Going back to a normal society people not addicted to their phones very few vagrants on the street in that time period people didn't tolerate it completely totally different city and country that we live in today.
Thats because they didnt have wide open borders. LA today is a bizarre mix of ethnic groups now. You know something is wrong when many Mexicans there supported Trump and the Wall.
wait, 1980 has...color?!
brandon chen Yes absolutely.
@@tsakiree people are clueless. Unreal.
Agh, yes!
where are the gangs? 🔫
Not as bad then.
@@andredupuis5461you’re wrong LA in 1980 had over 1000 homicides, majority gang related. Most of those murders were in South Central, the gangs were much worse then, you wore the wrong color during these times and it would have cost your life.
@@de5163 Well, being 6 years old at the time I wasn't really aware of gangs. Probably the section where I lived too didn't see this problem. But have to admit neighbors were closer too. But again depends on where people lived; in 1982 after that we moved to Perris, CA. Where it was nothing. In 1984 is where I noticed on the news how LA was violent.
@@andredupuis5461 correct by the mid 80s LA was getting spooky, 84-85 crack cocaine starts flooding South Central and other areas.
@@de5163 Yep, glad we moved out by that time.