Hong Kong! Was born in L.A. in 1949, BTW, so the sights are very familiar. Many of these sequences were shot just outside Union Station. At 05:28: We're now at the Beverly Hills city hall -- albeit for only a few seconds. Then it's back to downtown L.A., until at 07:68, we're on Wilshire Blvd. near Beverly Hills (believe that drive-in in the distance was at Wilshire and La Brea).
More footage of my hometown. This was shot about 4 years before I was born but most of the buildings were still standing and many of the automobiles were still on the road well into the 60’s. Thanks for the journey back to my childhood.
@@matthewwilliams3827 I haven't lived in Southern California since my early teens so I can't offer an informed opinion but if you read some of the comments regarding this video you will probably get a better sense of how things are these days.
Have you ever seen a video from around the 1920s and there's a sea of men wearing boaters, or a sea of men wearing fedoras. There might have been some different hats in the crowd, but none of them were unique.
I used to take the train from San Diego to Los Angeles, and I loved arriving in Union Station! And it made me think of Phillipe, up the street, and the glorious French dip. Also great cup custard. I live in Michigan now, and this really tugged at my heartstrings. I saw a '49 Hudson and Studebaker, so that nails the date. Thanks so much!
Yup! Live in Oregon ow; when I was in the Naval Reserve (the L.A. Naval Reserve Center was nearby) in the early 1970's, we'd go over to Phillipe's for lunch! Great memories.
That was enjoyable to watch. It always is whenever stepping into "Nass's Time Machine". Well done. (as usual) The smile on my face belongs to you. Thank you Nass.
0:48 this part of Union Station where the cab is pulling in is where Ubers drop you off today. Was just in this exact spot the other day. Crazy how things are basically the same.
Very nicely done! Most likely originally background plates for some movie, shot in 35mm at 24 fps. Just a note, the playback speed seems slow. Playing it at 1.25 normal rate looks more natural. Almost certainly shot at 24fps, seems like it might have been played at 18 fps (standard for silent film) for conversion, which means it really should be played 1.33 times faster for normal speed.
Marvelous... I often think I was born 25-30 years too late. This mid-40's version of L.A. was when it was at it's best, IMHO. Both my Mom & Dad came here from other states about this time, met, married in '46 and along came me in 1951. If one day time travel tech becomes possible - never say never - a trip back to this time in history just post-WWII L.A. would be a worthwhile adventure. Cheers!!
I googled the meaning of nostalgia. Among other things, it said the feeling of being homesick. Dispite being raised in LA county, in the 60's, seeing this footage makes me " homesick" for THOSE times, when I wasn't even alive yet 😢 thanks Nass
Me as well, in West Hollywood.. some of these cars where still around, we called them boats. My parents got a Cadillac with fins in 1968, pretty sure on year. That car was a boat. Santa Monica Blvd still had train tracks on it and in 60s, I have a memory of a red train still running. Wilshire Blvd had the Carnation factory and we would go get the freshest ice cream. There was a permanent small fair that had children’s rides and I think some animals. At Fountain and Vine the old CBSbInthink it was and Lawrence Welk was filmed there. Does anyone else remember the huge Ranch Market on other corner of Fountain Ave and Vine St. It had dirt and hay on the ground, stalls with veg and fruit. My Mom used to get warm peanuts there and other bags of nuts. I remember strings of lights and as a kid I was in awe.. I think it closed in early 1970s, I think. I haven’t been able to find anyone that has been to Ranch Market. I could go on but I won’t. lol. I love these old time videos.. I have some 8millimeter of Universal Studios and Disneyland, it was 1967. We wore dresses and patent leather shoes. My hair in braids. Another world and sometimes I don’t recognize this one and feel like I don’t belong. Great memories flood back, bittersweet.
Wow, this is the L.A. my dad enjoyed as a young boy. He said people still wore suits in downtown in the 50s. I think Olvera Street/La Placita is across the train station shown at the beginning of the film. And I think part of old Chinatown is visible on the left across the train station. Most of the original Chinatown was demolished when they made that train station. Those were indeed glorious times to live in L.A. even though there was crime and some gangs in the eastern sections of L.A.
@@MarinCipollina Yes. And did you notice how well dressed people were? In particular, the Black family getting out of the car to meet a train. I remember EVERYONE in those days would not go out in public except dressed nicely. Today's people are mostly slobs, both in dress and manners, from my perspective of 8 decades.
The federal courthouse, the L.A. County Hall of Justice, Olvera Street/Plaza de Los Angeles, and the Central Post Office, too. All of those buildings are historical landmarks, and they're still standing.
I think this was shot at 24fps (a background plate for some movie) and he most likely mastered it at 18 fps, so 1.33 times too slow. Set the YT player to 1.25 times normal and it looks about right.
The problem today is holding on to these great old buildings. City Hall and Union Station aren't going anywhere, but practically everything around them has since been replaced.
Meanwhile in Europe, they will rebuild 99% of these buildings after a world war, to look exactly the same. I lived in England and they also had entire towns from Shakespeare's day completely untouched.
The license plates were dark numbers on a lighter background. California plates were black on yellow from 1947-1950. This would agree with you seeing autos from the late 1940s.
@@bardo0007 Well, with those two cars the earliest it could have been filmed is in late 1948 when new cars were introduced, or 1949. Possible it could be 1950, but I don’t see any 1950 cars as evidence of that.
Yeah. If I could live in any time or place it would probably be late 40s to late 60s California. If I had a time machine with just enough of the era cash that is 😎 I know all ages had their down side. But what a twenty period that must have been.
This had to be around end of 47 or 48, or 49! As the sign at the beginning shows an advertisement for the U.S. Air Force which became a Military Branch of service in September of 1947. So it is the late 40's!!
California plates from 1947-1950 were black numbers on a yellow background, and the tags of the vehicles captured are dark on light, so I agree that this film was from the late 1940s.
Your work and attention to detail is very much appreciated by this viewer. Thank you for another great look back in time. When men were proud to be manly, and women were ladies. These folks in this video would not believe their eyes if they could see these same scenes today! America has fallen so far.
The last shot showing a Mercury convertible on Sunset Blvd. at night is possibly an outtake from "In a Lonely Place" (1950) starring Humphrey Bogart and Gloria Graeme.
Thank you again Sir! Another 8 minutes of ecstasy watching this lovely clip. I belong to the 1950 era. It is really interesting to observe this part of the world ten years before I was born.
Once again, excellent footage. What's funny to me is the city hall building. As the city constantly changes around it, that building NEVER changes and it's hard to believe now, but that building was once the tallest building in Los Angeles. Now, it looks like a "small child" as it is dwarfed by massive skyscrapers. City Hall was there at the begining of this city, having been seen in many many movies and t.v. shows, and it will always be there. That's good to know
Yay. starts with the corner of Spring st and Temple st. Then Union Station, panning all around from there. We see the old plaza (fort moore hill in the background) and the still existing LA city hall. Only the end shows the Berverly Hills city hall and a bit of Wilshire. Thx for sharing!
Glad you picked blue for the 4 door Hudson at the 3 minute mark. That is identical to the first car I ever rode in. (Although it was not brand new). Great video!
Thank you for sharing such a Beautiful video 👏 👏 👏. I Love Los Angeles. People were so elegant ❤. If you have more old videos about Los Angeles, I would Love to see it , Thank you ❤
Really nice and rather amazing, but the whole thing feels like it's just a little bit slo-mo. Like maybe just a little faster and the people would look more natural.
Very interesting video.. Nice to see the classic old buildings. Also nice to see how people dressed and to see how clean the city was back then. Sadly, it has changed so much and not for the better.
Parts of Downtown L.A. used to be very hilly. Almost all of them were either lowered or removed completely in about a 20 year span after this footage was shot.
@@tomanderson6335Bunker Hill redevelopment possibly did more harm than good. In the view looking north from the front of Union Station, you can see the hills in Elysian Park. At least those hills are still there.
This happens when I visit some European countries such as Iceland, Switzerland, and the Scandinavian region. No worries of crime, good roads, and kind people. Japan too!
Interesting footage. My guess is that is was shot as "background" for rear or frontal projection on film sets. Any idea what the original source is? I don't think it's tourist footage, from the fixed position and relatively bland "action" and sparse passersby; seems like professionally shot film.
During the '60's, I would go to the observation deck at City Hall which had spectacular views of the city. It was once the tallest building in L.A. until the mid 60's. It's still open to the public, but there are restrictions and tight security.
You went a little overboard on the traffic noise. LA never had the same level of downtown hustle and bustle as The City, or Chicago, or Detroit, or New York since it was mostly spread out, and spacious.
Getting the timing right on these old film clips is very challenging. Sometimes it's just going to look a little slow or a little fast. But folks then did have a more formal gait to the way they walked. Back then people were raised differently. You didn't dress or walk like a shiftless bum. You didn't slouch or walk around with your hands in your pockets. Adults who were out of their homes were expected to carry themselves and behave like civilized human beings.
@@jec1ny That's quite correct. Young people were taught at an early age, how to walk, how to stand, how to sit, how to speak.. Hollywood set the standard for that. People paid a lot more attention to the social conventions of the era.
@@lwilton It's different now. There is no single Hollywood standard for any of this anymore.. How people dress, how they carry themselves.. All of that has been lost to time. Anything goes now, in movies and in real life..
Most of this is downtown LA, including Union Station. At 7:44 You're looking west toward Robertson on Wilshire Blvd. South side of the street. Webb's was 8767 Wilshire. Not a single building remains, sadly.
NOT REALLY. Virtually Everybody Smoked. Polio Was Still A Public Health Hazard. SMOG Choked Cities Like L.A. And The Korean War Was On The Horizon In A Few More Years...
Fantastic document from LA . Unfortunatly, the cars and other moving objects changes color with this tecnique. Also seems like all people floating along. Seem a tad slow. But I love these videos. Takes me back to a time long before I was born :) witch should be around 1949/1950 if all clips are from the same take.
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Which city in the world would you like to visit in the 1940s??
Bucharest
Miami
Berlin 🙂
Hong Kong! Was born in L.A. in 1949, BTW, so the sights are very familiar. Many of these sequences were shot just outside Union Station. At 05:28: We're now at the Beverly Hills city hall -- albeit for only a few seconds. Then it's back to downtown L.A., until at 07:68, we're on Wilshire Blvd. near Beverly Hills (believe that drive-in in the distance was at Wilshire and La Brea).
Miami Beach or NYC
How clean and beautiful it is!!! The L.A. we loved and miss! Thank you for posting this great video!
It still is depends were you go in what time of day
Very clean, no graffities!
Great job, Nass! 🎉
Thx!
More footage of my hometown. This was shot about 4 years before I was born but most of the buildings were still standing and many of the automobiles were still on the road well into the 60’s. Thanks for the journey back to my childhood.
Where was this filmed. Thank you
What’s the look and vibe like now in comparison?
@@matthewwilliams3827 I haven't lived in Southern California since my early teens so I can't offer an informed opinion but if you read some of the comments regarding this video you will
probably get a better sense of how things are these days.
@@gregmctevia5087 okay awesome, thanks for reply! 🙂
What's an automobile? You mean a car?
Hats.
I really wish men's fashion hadn't given up on hats. And I am not talking about baseball caps.
Hats were stylish and unique.
I use hats :)
To each his own
@@jakobcz6981Stupid answer.
@@patman5591 Come on.. you know jakobcz6981 has stupid tats, face shrapnel and blue hair.
Have you ever seen a video from around the 1920s and there's a sea of men wearing boaters, or a sea of men wearing fedoras. There might have been some different hats in the crowd, but none of them were unique.
I used to take the train from San Diego to Los Angeles, and I loved arriving in Union Station! And it made me think of Phillipe, up the street, and the glorious French dip. Also great cup custard. I live in Michigan now, and this really tugged at my heartstrings. I saw a '49 Hudson and Studebaker, so that nails the date. Thanks so much!
I have not been to Phillipe's since before Covid! I got to get back up there....
Phillipe's is still there!
Yup! Live in Oregon ow; when I was in the Naval Reserve (the L.A. Naval Reserve Center was nearby) in the early 1970's, we'd go over to Phillipe's for lunch! Great memories.
I used to take the Metrolink or Amtrak from Oceanside to L.A. Union Station. I loved the site seeing.
That was enjoyable to watch. It always is whenever stepping into "Nass's Time Machine". Well done. (as usual) The smile on my face belongs to you.
Thank you Nass.
Hi!! Thank you ;))
0:48 this part of Union Station where the cab is pulling in is where Ubers drop you off today. Was just in this exact spot the other day. Crazy how things are basically the same.
Some things
Another great video from NASS. The scenes are gorgeous! They look as though they were taken yesterday.
The last clip @7:37 is the 8800 Block of Wilshire Blvd., South side of the street, by Robertson near the Miracle Mile section.
Very nicely done! Most likely originally background plates for some movie, shot in 35mm at 24 fps.
Just a note, the playback speed seems slow. Playing it at 1.25 normal rate looks more natural.
Almost certainly shot at 24fps, seems like it might have been played at 18 fps (standard for silent film) for conversion, which means it really should be played 1.33 times faster for normal speed.
Thankyou. Absolutely correct on 1.25 playback speed. Walking gait and speed then appears normal, rather than overly languid.
@@gonzoexpress9885 Yes, I don't understand the process but the walking gait looks bizarre. Like they are shuffling.
I never seen streets so clean in LA like this.
and you never will…
It was almost this clean up until Governor Pete Wilson was in the office, even when Gray Davis was in the office, even when Schwarzenegger was.
Because the demographics changed LA went from being a space age European city to just an extension of 3rd world Latin America
@@orangekilla3374LA used to be Mexico, you racist dumbass.
Marvelous... I often think I was born 25-30 years too late. This mid-40's version of L.A. was when it was at it's best, IMHO. Both my Mom & Dad came here from other states about this time, met, married in '46 and along came me in 1951. If one day time travel tech becomes possible - never say never - a trip back to this time in history just post-WWII L.A. would be a worthwhile adventure. Cheers!!
Reading the comments tells me one thing. The people love Nass. The videos take us back to a simpler time. For that, I'll always be grateful.
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I'm good with what everybody else said, and now I know the "skate walk" is due to the playback speed. Great job on this video - Thanks!
Thank you so much for your support, God Bless you.!!
I googled the meaning of nostalgia. Among other things, it said the feeling of being homesick. Dispite being raised in LA county, in the 60's, seeing this footage makes me " homesick" for THOSE times, when I wasn't even alive yet 😢 thanks Nass
Me as well, in West Hollywood.. some of these cars where still around, we called them boats. My parents got a Cadillac with fins in 1968, pretty sure on year. That car was a boat. Santa Monica Blvd still had train tracks on it and in 60s, I have a memory of a red train still running. Wilshire Blvd had the Carnation factory and we would go get the freshest ice cream. There was a permanent small fair that had children’s rides and I think some animals. At Fountain and Vine the old CBSbInthink it was and Lawrence Welk was filmed there. Does anyone else remember the huge Ranch Market on other corner of Fountain Ave and Vine St. It had dirt and hay on the ground, stalls with veg and fruit. My Mom used to get warm peanuts there and other bags of nuts. I remember strings of lights and as a kid I was in awe.. I think it closed in early 1970s, I think. I haven’t been able to find anyone that has been to Ranch Market. I could go on but I won’t. lol. I love these old time videos.. I have some 8millimeter of Universal Studios and Disneyland, it was 1967. We wore dresses and patent leather shoes. My hair in braids. Another world and sometimes I don’t recognize this one and feel like I don’t belong. Great memories flood back, bittersweet.
Very realistic restoration. Most of the signs letterings are clear and readable.
Wow, this is the L.A. my dad enjoyed as a young boy. He said people still wore suits in downtown in the 50s. I think Olvera Street/La Placita is across the train station shown at the beginning of the film. And I think part of old Chinatown is visible on the left across the train station. Most of the original Chinatown was demolished when they made that train station. Those were indeed glorious times to live in L.A. even though there was crime and some gangs in the eastern sections of L.A.
Union Station, City Hall etc. CLEAN. Was there then.
Very clean, nearly immaculate. Different era.
@@MarinCipollina Yes. And did you notice how well dressed people were? In particular, the Black family getting out of the car to meet a train. I remember EVERYONE in those days would not go out in public except dressed nicely. Today's people are mostly slobs, both in dress and manners, from my perspective of 8 decades.
@@richardcathcart2952I agree with you. They don't even groom before they step out of the house. Don't bathe often, either
@@richardcathcart2952 Totally agree.
The federal courthouse, the L.A. County Hall of Justice, Olvera Street/Plaza de Los Angeles, and the Central Post Office, too. All of those buildings are historical landmarks, and they're still standing.
Another fine clip! I do think the film speed is a tad too slow judging by some of the pedestrians.
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I think this was shot at 24fps (a background plate for some movie) and he most likely mastered it at 18 fps, so 1.33 times too slow. Set the YT player to 1.25 times normal and it looks about right.
I sped it up to 1.5 in settings. Looks a little more natural.
The problem today is holding on to these great old buildings. City Hall and Union Station aren't going anywhere, but practically everything around them has since been replaced.
Meanwhile in Europe, they will rebuild 99% of these buildings after a world war, to look exactly the same. I lived in England and they also had entire towns from Shakespeare's day completely untouched.
This just showed up an hour ago.. Thanks as always, NASS.. This one captured a great era, LA Noir, 1947 or so..
Thanks^!! ^^
I see a ‘49/Ford at 5:25 and a ‘49 Mercury Convertable at 7:25. That Merc is beautiful.
The license plates were dark numbers on a lighter background. California plates were black on yellow from 1947-1950. This would agree with you seeing autos from the late 1940s.
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So this was filmed in 1949 ?
@@bardo0007 Well, with those two cars the earliest it could have been filmed is in late 1948 when new cars were introduced, or 1949. Possible it could be 1950, but I don’t see any 1950 cars as evidence of that.
Don't forget the Hudson, Packard, Studebaker and Kaiser in this video!
You do amazing work. thanks!
thanks ;)
The drivers in this video had no idea they were driving classic cars.
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I just don't why but i love LA in 40's 50's and 60's Thank you for the video
Yeah. If I could live in any time or place it would probably be late 40s to late 60s California. If I had a time machine with just enough of the era cash that is 😎 I know all ages had their down side. But what a twenty period that must have been.
LA Streets have never looked so clean!
So clean I thought I was right there in the clip. Superb job.
Life looked so peaceful, so calm. People didn’t look anxious. Wow.
Law and order
Everyone was well dressed and thin.
...and slowed down by 25%
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This had to be around end of 47 or 48, or 49! As the sign at the beginning shows an advertisement for the U.S. Air Force which became a Military Branch of service in September of 1947. So it is the late 40's!!
That 1947 Silver Streak Pontiac Chieftain that shows up around 4:00 stands out.
California plates from 1947-1950 were black numbers on a yellow background, and the tags of the vehicles captured are dark on light, so I agree that this film was from the late 1940s.
Great eyeballs! You're right!
Your work and attention to detail is very much appreciated by this viewer. Thank you for another great look back in time. When men were proud to be manly, and women were ladies. These folks in this video would not believe their eyes if they could see these same scenes today! America has fallen so far.
Thanks!! ^^
This one is really AMAZING!!!!!! GOOD JOB ON THE REMASTERING
Thx ;)
The last shot showing a Mercury convertible on Sunset Blvd. at night is possibly an outtake from "In a Lonely Place" (1950) starring Humphrey Bogart and Gloria Graeme.
Another great job, Nass! Speed is a bit to low. I put it on 1,25.
Thank you again Sir! Another 8 minutes of ecstasy watching this lovely clip. I belong to the 1950 era. It is really interesting to observe this part of the world ten years before I was born.
Thanks
Great videos!! I am from Brazil. Congratulations!
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Adjusted speed to 1.25 and that seems perfect. Another fabulous video!
Once again, excellent footage. What's funny to me is the city hall building. As the city constantly changes around it, that building NEVER changes and it's hard to believe now, but that building was once the tallest building in Los Angeles. Now, it looks like a "small child" as it is dwarfed by massive skyscrapers. City Hall was there at the begining of this city, having been seen in many many movies and t.v. shows, and it will always be there. That's good to know
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Est-ce que vous pouvez faire de même avec l'évolution de Nice (de 1900 à 2024), s'il vous plaît ?
thanks as always for taking us in your time machine NASS❤
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Hola 😊
Yay. starts with the corner of Spring st and Temple st. Then Union Station, panning all around from there. We see the old plaza (fort moore hill in the background) and the still existing LA city hall. Only the end shows the Berverly Hills city hall and a bit of Wilshire. Thx for sharing!
Glad you picked blue for the 4 door Hudson at the 3 minute mark. That is identical to the first car I ever rode in. (Although it was not brand new). Great video!
Thanks
Super awesome history of L.A. Thank you for sharing.
Thank you for sharing such a Beautiful video 👏 👏 👏. I Love Los Angeles. People were so elegant ❤. If you have more old videos about Los Angeles, I would Love to see it , Thank you ❤
Another good one showing the good ole days. TY
These videos are blowing my mind. So fascinating seeing places I've been to and streets I've walked on... in a whole other lifetime
The frame interpolation sure make the walking people look funny! 😛 It also created some weird artifacts...
I think the walkers were acting
Definitely watch at 1.25 speed for natural walking movement.
Really nice and rather amazing, but the whole thing feels like it's just a little bit slo-mo. Like maybe just a little faster and the people would look more natural.
Very interesting video.. Nice to see the classic old buildings. Also nice to see how people dressed and to see how clean the city was back then. Sadly, it has changed so much and not for the better.
1949 Ford at 5:24.
They used to have a more relaxed walk back in the day. 😁
Seems to be in slow motion. I adjusted playback speed to 1.25, and the movement looks much better.
Another gem restored. Great job, NASS
Thanks!!!
They were already playing L.A. Noire before it came out
Where is Cole Phelps at?
Nah. /
They same😂
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look at the hills with trees!
Parts of Downtown L.A. used to be very hilly. Almost all of them were either lowered or removed completely in about a 20 year span after this footage was shot.
@@tomanderson6335Bunker Hill redevelopment possibly did more harm than good. In the view looking north from the front of Union Station, you can see the hills in Elysian Park. At least those hills are still there.
The shot from Union Station showed hills in the distant background where L.A. Dodger Stadium now stands. Many folks were displaced as a result.
Blissful. My blood pressure dropped at least ten points.
This happens when I visit some European countries such as Iceland, Switzerland, and the Scandinavian region. No worries of crime, good roads, and kind people. Japan too!
@@BradThePitts Some of us are stuck here. lol
Back when LA was safe and clean.
Elvis Presley can be seen at 1:31
They were just people like us. Living a similar life, just without the niceties we have today. Very interesting.
Interesting footage. My guess is that is was shot as "background" for rear or frontal projection on film sets. Any idea what the original source is? I don't think it's tourist footage, from the fixed position and relatively bland "action" and sparse passersby; seems like professionally shot film.
Often times these would not be for a specific movie, but would be worked into multiple films.
During the '60's, I would go to the observation deck at City Hall which had spectacular views of the city. It was once the tallest building in L.A. until the mid 60's. It's still open to the public, but there are restrictions and tight security.
Everyone walks calmly and composedly and not a moment of stress anywhere and what a balance people have been in.
Very good video.
Thx
Bonsoir
NASS Et merci pour ces belles Vidéos, tu es le meilleur.
Merci!
I saw a couple cars that were from the 30s and possibly the 20s! They were still relatively new then! Great job as usual NASS!
Thanks
You went a little overboard on the traffic noise. LA never had the same level of downtown hustle and bustle as The City, or Chicago, or Detroit, or New York since it was mostly spread out, and spacious.
I noticed that too
WHAT A GRAND CITY LOS ANGELES WAS BACK IN THE DAY! IT'S A SHAME OUR CITY LEADERS COULD ACTUALLY CARE LESS-AND WORK AGAINST IT 24/7 !
They are interested in what best serves what they want. People in LA are subjects to be ruled.
The time machine
They didn’t merely walk in the 40s like we do today. They glided and sort of levitated.
Need to watch at 1 25 to see natural walking gait.
This makes me sad.....as an LA native it's DISGUSTING how bad LA has become over the years
Maybe it's just you.
@@TheDanEdwardsMaybe you’re delusional.
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This is what “diversity” does to a city
Another great job, thanks. Obesity rates were much lower back then.
Brilliant quality. Thanks
Thanks
I love to see these videos everything so clean.
The walk like floating on a cloud.
The world before plastic. Thank you.
Bakelite, a kind of early plastic, was common at that time. Clocks, knobs, handles, radios, and many other household items were made of it.
Thank you 😊. This lovely.
Just beautiful ❤
GREAT VIDEO SUPER NASS BIG SUPPORT FROM CROATIA
Thx bro!
GOOD OLD DAYS MOM AND DAD Lived in Cali early 60s. Sister born there so beautiful long ago
NASS!, Thanks for posting this video
Thanks bro!
So Awesome ! Well done
Thanks! Did you like it?
Everyone walked smoooth in the 40s. Elvis cameo @ 1:30.
Getting the timing right on these old film clips is very challenging. Sometimes it's just going to look a little slow or a little fast. But folks then did have a more formal gait to the way they walked. Back then people were raised differently. You didn't dress or walk like a shiftless bum. You didn't slouch or walk around with your hands in your pockets. Adults who were out of their homes were expected to carry themselves and behave like civilized human beings.
I see him too Pete! He was born in 35 so he must of been time traveling
@@jec1ny That's quite correct. Young people were taught at an early age, how to walk, how to stand, how to sit, how to speak.. Hollywood set the standard for that. People paid a lot more attention to the social conventions of the era.
@@MarinCipollina Sadly Hollywood is still setting the standards for behavior.
@@lwilton It's different now. There is no single Hollywood standard for any of this anymore.. How people dress, how they carry themselves.. All of that has been lost to time. Anything goes now, in movies and in real life..
Most of this is downtown LA, including Union Station. At 7:44 You're looking west toward Robertson on Wilshire Blvd. South side of the street. Webb's was 8767 Wilshire. Not a single building remains, sadly.
Thanks ;)
The condition of these films is incredible
I can't believe this is what life used to look like. It looks like another universe
6:38 Finis Brown LAPD Detective
1:25 Ann Toth?
These guys were the first RUclipsrs and they didn't know it.
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No one walked fast. No rush...
Iam from Los Angeles and Born on April 9 1969 this is cool to see la back in 1940😮
I spotted a 1949 Ford!
10 years of Great Depression, 4-5 years of WW II and was better then than now. People have self-degraded since those late-1940s days, for sure.
"and was better then than now. "
Absolutely 👍
Over population and the availability of far worse drugs have put everything on a downward spiral...sorry to be so pessimistic!
NOT REALLY. Virtually Everybody Smoked. Polio Was Still A Public Health Hazard. SMOG Choked Cities Like L.A. And The Korean War Was On The Horizon In A Few More Years...
@@TheDanEdwards True.
The good ol' days. No tagging, no homeless, no trash, no tents, no junkies.
Skid Row was & still is a few blocks South of The L.A. Union Train Station- but it's a lot worse today.
this would have been late 40's, as the U.S.Air Force was not formed until 1947...as noted at 0:21 by the sign at sidewalk for Recruiter
Buen video. Se aprecia que por la poca población en ese entonces, se vivía sin tanto estrés. Además, circulaban muy pocos vehículos 🚗. ❤❤❤❤
0:34 - 0:39 Wow, I didn't know they had suits that changed colors back then. 🤯 They were ahead of their time!
That automobile color shifting paint was all the rage too.
@@MarinCipollina I'm learning so much from this channel! And I'm sure all of it is correct!
Fantastic document from LA . Unfortunatly, the cars and other moving objects changes color with this tecnique. Also seems like all people floating along. Seem a tad slow. But I love these videos. Takes me back to a time long before I was born :) witch should be around 1949/1950 if all clips are from the same take.