RIPON is the “Almond Capital”. I grew up there, class of ‘67. The first Almond Blossom Festival was held in 1961, and in the parade my three sisters and I won First Prize trophy with Hula Hoops on our own little trailer. How times have changed. One of my sisters and her husband have called Oakdale “home” for many years.
In the 50s, in the L.A. area, My uncle with his Airforce buddies started a toy company.. This was in a garage. He got out of the enterprise. . Which became Wham-0 .. hoola loops, slip& Slide.... Fresbee.. My cousins were in those commercials .. I got Wham-0 gifts.
@@longcycler8832 And easy to spot! How? The paint schemes on the buses and other vehicles do not match the actual colors that were used. I am a New Yorker who grew up in NYC during the Mad Men era of the 1960s. 😁
@@luislaplume8261 Me too, I'm from what used to be called the lower east side. We had a Keystone 8mm windup camera with a 3x zoom, worked with no batteries and projector that used a 24hr 500 watt bulb, lol. The Ektachrome 160 cartridges were mailed back to Kodak for processing then returned about 2 weeks later. I still have them when we were as kids between 1962 through 65.
@@adrianwalton6117Foolish. It’s not diversity. It’s the way the people of this era raised kids! Boomers ushered in the attitude to rebel against this culture filmed here in 1942. And changed the world for better or worse 😢EAT IT!!! 😅
3:03 Oakdale Union High, Victory is yours well-nigh. We'll hit the line for points every time. The orange and blue will try, try, try, try, And when the victory's won, You'll be our favorite son. Proud waves your banner in the sky! Oakdale Union High🎵
I look at that group of kids walking towards the camera 3:00 and if any of 'em are still here, the youngest would be 90 plus in age. Time waits for no one.
Its like stepping right back in time to that day! This is superb quality for color movie film...the town still looks rather quaint. Modernish, yet a quaintness to it still. My grandfather was living in San Diego right around the time this was filmed, 1941-42. Loved it out there, but he decided to return to New England after the war. But he said Cali was just wonderful at that time... and cheap to live.
I do not remember Oakdale being "The City of Almonds" I remember it being "The Cowboy Capital, or "The Rodeo Capital of the World" or something like that. Nearby Riverbank was "The City of Action" where literally NOTHING ever happened and dancing was illegal as late as 1980,, but im pretty sure it was 85 before the law was changed.
I don’t recall the almond reference either (born/lived there ‘58-‘78). The entrance to town from Hwy 120 has the nice sign “OAKDALE the West at its best”. 👍
Lots of rodeo cowboys frequent the area. Oakdale sets on the edge of the valley and at the base of the Sierra foothills. Nice ranchette properties in the surrounding area and a man made reservoir with camping. Knights ferry is a good place to hang out and swim in the river. Down Orange Blossom Road.
I went K-12 in the Oakdale school system. It wasn’t until around JR High (1971-72) that girls were allowed to wear pants/jeans. Prior to that, the only day of the school year they could wear pants was on Friday before the annual Oakdale Rodeo weekend.
@@thebeav7874 I just watched one of the RUclips shorts,it was about this young woman saying"Why can't I get a job" she was covered in tattoos,some of them were demonic in nature,a huge hog ring in her nose,can you imagine if these teens from this time saw this tattooed feak,how freaked out they'd be.
Notice how clean cut everyone was and dressed? How vibrant and happy they were? Notice how orderly the kids themselves organized the bus boarding line? Today, California is a hell hole.
@@bonniegaither3994 yeah whatever……but people are leaving the most beautiful state in the union by the thousand and the socialist leaders of that crap fest just keep adding to the corrupt ignorance with not a care for stopping the collapse and insanity.
Wonderful to see. Look at Google Maps and see what Oakdale Union School looks like now, it's the same building structure. It looks like the 1942 Memorial Day ceremony they were marching to which was mainly honouring the soldiers killed in WWI but the first Memorial Day since America entered WWII on Dec 8, 1941. There was still Civil War Veterans still alive somewhere in America. One of the most shocking things to see in this is that there were almost no fat people like nowadays. (BTW, a professional service can restore to better clarity. I had some 1950's film done and the result is amazing)
Some background music or, a little narration wouldve been nice, but still looking just 82 years back, how much weve changed since then,not just cars and technology, but in the way people treated each other, more civil overall, of course this was fairly early during WW2, and there wad still lots of virulent racism around.
Might have something to do with the Depression era. a 10 year old in 1942 was born in 1932 and lived his/her entire youth through the ravages of that time.
![1950s - Driving in California in color [60fps,Remastered] w/sound design Added](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/IrBvQJEfH9Y/mqdefault.jpg)
RIPON is the “Almond Capital”.
I grew up there, class of ‘67. The first Almond Blossom Festival was held in 1961, and in the parade my three sisters and I won First Prize trophy with Hula Hoops on our own little trailer.
How times have changed.
One of my sisters and her husband have called Oakdale “home” for many years.
Modesto native here. Growing up in Stanislaus Co. in the 1960s-70s, I always associated Oakdale with their Hershey Plant.
In the 50s, in the L.A. area, My uncle with his Airforce buddies started a toy company.. This was in a garage. He got out of the enterprise. . Which became Wham-0 .. hoola loops, slip& Slide.... Fresbee.. My cousins were in those commercials .. I got Wham-0 gifts.
My family, the Stuarts and the Colemans helped found Oakdale. They planted the first Almond Orchards.
I wish this had sound.
Where did the Stuarts and Coleman’s come from - was it Scotland or Ireland!
Extraordinary vintage color footage of an era long gone. Beautiful 👍👍
Such an awesome thing to see. Thank you for sharing this
Interesting motion photography of the area. Enjoyed viewing older automobiles/gas stations/side walk stores & the likes-!!!😉
That was great! Thank you so much.Please tell Andrea I said hello.
Life long Southern California resident here. This is before my time, but it's always very interesting to see a bit of California's past. Thank you!
This is incredible! Never knew this video existed… and colorized no less.
No it is not colorized. It was filmed in color film. There were already several movies and documentaries in color by the 1940s.
@@luislaplume8261 That's correct, thanks for mentioning that. And colorized films is not the same thing.
@@longcycler8832 And easy to spot! How? The paint schemes on the buses and other vehicles do not match the actual colors that were used. I am a New Yorker who grew up in NYC during the Mad Men era of the 1960s. 😁
@@luislaplume8261 Me too, I'm from what used to be called the lower east side. We had a Keystone 8mm windup camera with a 3x zoom, worked with no batteries and projector that used a 24hr 500 watt bulb, lol. The Ektachrome 160 cartridges were mailed back to Kodak for processing then returned about 2 weeks later. I still have them when we were as kids between 1962 through 65.
Excellent video
Awe yes.... a time when parental authority reined. Thanks.
@Anti-Fake-ul9oe 'reigned"
It also reigned.
Also before "Animal House" was a thing and school was just like school should be.
My dad was 10 yrs, and my mother was 9 yrs old
When all those kids were being filmed...
Unreal !!!
This is an absolute treasure! Thanks for uploading. 👍
This is my hometown. I wasn’t there until 1953 but I still live here
Thanks Don 👌
Thanks Don. The Oakdale I remember.
Thanks Don.....Great video 👍
The world 82 years ago looks much better than the present time.
it looks strangely familiar even though I wasn't born until the 1970s. I could still feel the 1940s California in the 1980s.
Yes it does, look how their is no damned diversity to Jack it all up.
World War 11.
@@adrianwalton6117Foolish. It’s not diversity. It’s the way the people of this era raised kids! Boomers ushered in the attitude to rebel against this culture filmed here in 1942. And changed the world for better or worse 😢EAT IT!!! 😅
what a time to be young. i had no idea my grandparents live in such a paradise. pre war, wow.
Pre-war? Not 1942.
3:03 Oakdale Union High,
Victory is yours well-nigh.
We'll hit the line for points every time. The orange and blue will try, try, try, try, And when the victory's won, You'll be our favorite son.
Proud waves your banner in the sky!
Oakdale Union High🎵
Wow ! Thanks for sharing !
I look at that group of kids walking towards the camera 3:00 and if any of 'em are still here, the youngest would be 90 plus in age. Time waits for no one.
Many of them joined the military right after highschool and served in WWII.
WWII killed our best men, and made their wives single mothers who raised the dysgenic boomer generation
@@dr.migilitoloveless2385 But i swear, if id did it would wait for you :)
Back when people actually owned businesses instead of everything being corporate
Its like stepping right back in time to that day! This is superb quality for color movie film...the town still looks rather quaint. Modernish, yet a quaintness to it still. My grandfather was living in San Diego right around the time this was filmed, 1941-42. Loved it out there, but he decided to return to New England after the war. But he said Cali was just wonderful at that time... and cheap to live.
I do not remember Oakdale being "The City of Almonds" I remember it being "The Cowboy Capital, or "The Rodeo Capital of the World" or something like that. Nearby Riverbank was "The City of Action" where literally NOTHING ever happened and dancing was illegal as late as 1980,, but im pretty sure it was 85 before the law was changed.
I don’t recall the almond reference either (born/lived there ‘58-‘78).
The entrance to town from Hwy 120 has the nice sign “OAKDALE the West at its best”. 👍
Just fabulous ! And those colors are real , as this footage hasn't been overlaid with artificial colorising technology .
Amazing t see how it was back then, thanks!
Lots of rodeo cowboys frequent the area. Oakdale sets on the edge of the valley and at the base of the Sierra foothills. Nice ranchette properties in the surrounding area and a man made reservoir with camping. Knights ferry is a good place to hang out and swim in the river. Down Orange Blossom Road.
Noticed all the girls and women back then are wearing skirts. No jeans or pants.
I went K-12 in the Oakdale school system. It wasn’t until around JR High (1971-72) that girls were allowed to wear pants/jeans.
Prior to that, the only day of the school year they could wear pants was on Friday before the annual Oakdale Rodeo weekend.
@@thebeav7874 👍 much simplier times
yep. women wanted to be female back then.
@@thebeav7874 I just watched one of the RUclips shorts,it was about this young woman saying"Why can't I get a job" she was covered in tattoos,some of them were demonic in nature,a huge hog ring in her nose,can you imagine if these teens from this time saw this tattooed feak,how freaked out they'd be.
@@johnbravo7542 No, they would just think the carnival is in town
.....The kids are All in their 80's and 90's Now.
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Notice how clean cut everyone was and dressed? How vibrant and happy they were? Notice how orderly the kids themselves organized the bus boarding line? Today, California is a hell hole.
Immigrants ruined it
@cosmo1eleven855
Yes sir... first from the south then from the far East. You can thank those God d@mn politicians
Yeah, it was the good days. No drugs no homeless, no gangs. It was wonderful
Oakdale is still a nice small town in Stanislaus County California.
Peoples way of walking was totally different from today. Especially young people.
When California was still part of America
🙄
@@bonniegaither3994 yeah whatever……but people are leaving the most beautiful state in the union by the thousand and the socialist leaders of that crap fest just keep adding to the corrupt ignorance with not a care for stopping the collapse and insanity.
Where's all the brown people?
@@Notown-lj5nq segregated
@@Notown-lj5nqsegregated
Oakdale still looks like that.
Oakdale Union School is Magnolia Elementary today and still looks the same.
The good ole days. Don't see this going on in America any more
It had to be, let's look on the bright side and help one another, especially now
Ahhhhh. California before Gavin Newsome. Ahhhhh! 😊
Gruesome.
Out of curiosity, I found out the governor at that time was a man named Culbert Olson. He lost the election that year to Earl Warren. He died in 1962.
Wonderful to see. Look at Google Maps and see what Oakdale Union School looks like now, it's the same building structure. It looks like the 1942 Memorial Day ceremony they were marching to which was mainly honouring the soldiers killed in WWI but the first Memorial Day since America entered WWII on Dec 8, 1941. There was still Civil War Veterans still alive somewhere in America. One of the most shocking things to see in this is that there were almost no fat people like nowadays. (BTW, a professional service can restore to better clarity. I had some 1950's film done and the result is amazing)
No fatties cause there wasn't near as much processed food like today. Also, people went outside and did things. Much more active than today!
Is that your biggest issue fat people. Contrary to propaganda there aren`t that many fat people today.
@@gloriatg100everyone is fat
@@gloriatg100some people express their disdain for others by focusing on body size difference as a means of showing superiority.
@@chrishultgren777are you fat focused? Why would you be so concerned?
Les belles années bien avant internet, plus calme avec beaucoup de respect, d amour et de contact humain.
That’s a cgood video cowboy capital of the world salute🫡✨🇺🇸
Oakdale California a girl name Tanya in whites chapter
JAKE McCLURE IS FROM OAKDALE, THAT IS AWESOME!!!!!!!
❤😎👍👋
Oakdale is still a nice place to live. It has a nice cool vibe.
Tanya knew hunter ex was at Waterford California house
it must be hard sitting on a fire hydrant.
Some background music or, a little narration wouldve been nice, but still looking just 82 years back, how much weve changed since then,not just cars and technology, but in the way people treated each other, more civil overall, of course this was fairly early during WW2, and there wad still lots of virulent racism around.
There was no virulent racism at that time.
Oakdale!!
Audio heard says she knows Darrell a diplomat Santiago Dominican republic Lord mecca age 13 he became diplomat
Her girl Leslie told Tanya owes standards
Make California Great Again
So Mercedes and Mike stole identity
There's some weird @ss comments in here
The number of overweight kids in this video is practically zero.
Might have something to do with the Depression era. a 10 year old in 1942 was born in 1932 and lived his/her entire youth through the ravages of that time.
This is on Kodachrome film.
Tanya knew Darrell was part kc indian tribe American naitive indian
Was
Becomes blurry half way through. No longer watchable
California when it was all-White American folks.
you forgot the red skins.
Very blurry!
It was 82 years ago. No HD back then.
She drives a white ss camaro
what the hell are you talking about???
@@kirkmacarthur8003He hasn’t the slightest idea.
Where was that swimming pool? At the park near the old Nutcracker?
Uncle Chet(of Owen and Price) ran the Feed Store.