1979 Wall Street Workers Answer Questions. Are They Any Different From Now?

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  • Опубликовано: 27 май 2015
  • I found this collection of “outtakes” in my archive. I shot these interviews on the streets of New York in the late 1970s when I was doing a documentary on the coming of the information age -We called that the information society. The documentary I made was presented on PBS in the prime time in 1980. You can see the entire film by searching the words "information society" on my RUclips channel. Unfortunately, my soundman and I asked people to give one word answers. It would've been much more interesting to hear much more from them but we had a job to do and just a few hours on Wall Street to film it. . As I look at it, it shows me that in a way, little has changed on Wall Street and probably on every street in an American city where workers are interviewed. But in other ways much has changed. Remember when you see this that most people at that time had never been filmed so this was a new experience which is why so many hung around our crew and watched what was happening. With the coming of cell phone video, very few can say that today.
    #NYC #wallstreet #1970s
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  • @DavidHoffmanFilmmaker
    @DavidHoffmanFilmmaker  Год назад +32

    This is a longer version. Fun to watch. -ruclips.net/video/2hYpoMPltTU/видео.html

  • @mustafasaglam7035
    @mustafasaglam7035 4 года назад +6843

    What’s your job?
    1979:Typing, I don’t know :)
    2020: Key Accounts Manager Assistant and Marketing Executive Officer

  • @ryanshahi7732
    @ryanshahi7732 4 года назад +6299

    It’s funny that all people look little shy but not insecure
    But now every body look confident but so insecure

    • @vincentgurus2601
      @vincentgurus2601 4 года назад +95

      Thats so true

    • @howardlam6181
      @howardlam6181 4 года назад +112

      Because Computer!

    • @alanmorales1500
      @alanmorales1500 4 года назад +31

      Because actual people suck

    • @koan__23
      @koan__23 4 года назад +59

      Interesting observation

    • @WindiChilliwack
      @WindiChilliwack 4 года назад +57

      Camera's were sort of not everywhere to people back then, wasn't really known to citizens for special social media. Like from being a rockstar, to youtubers, future cycles.

  • @Dan-dn9vk
    @Dan-dn9vk 11 месяцев назад +79

    My grandpa appears in 2:40, had no clue he was in this until I watched it. He died in 03 and miss him very much ! RIP

    • @nate4z
      @nate4z 3 месяца назад +3

      may God rest his soul 🙏🏾

    • @FM-tn5pk
      @FM-tn5pk Месяц назад

      The one that said bureaucracy?

  • @boopah4365
    @boopah4365 3 года назад +540

    "How do you feel about repeating every thing I ask you?"
    "How do I feel about...............?"

    • @ekfylobifteki
      @ekfylobifteki 3 года назад +8

      😅🤣🤣

    • @mikecherri
      @mikecherri 3 года назад +16

      Noticed that too haha

    • @L4wr3nc3810
      @L4wr3nc3810 3 года назад +2

      ❤️

    • @mariaager1924
      @mariaager1924 3 года назад +4

      Lol I was thinking the same lol

    • @Fischar99
      @Fischar99 3 года назад +21

      trick..gives one time to think over the answer.

  • @James7796ify
    @James7796ify 8 лет назад +29970

    They all went home that night and had to wait another 36 years for me to write this comment

    • @adams1458
      @adams1458 7 лет назад +65

      hahahhah

    • @supercooled
      @supercooled 7 лет назад +230

      It really is. We're all kind of connected cosmically and in a totalitarian which should blow your mind to think the most minute detail can affect us. My comments to you for example is also very powerful because of the millions of people seeing your comment, I took the time to comment thus giving it credence and validity. Without it, it would seem to be existing and non-existing like Schroedenger's cat paradox where we wouldn't know the state of the cat without opening the box.

    • @rafaellastracom6411
      @rafaellastracom6411 7 лет назад +20

      Good stuff, good stuff!

    • @josephdykes1820
      @josephdykes1820 7 лет назад +10

      James7796ify but, it was well worth the wait!

    • @carlosmatos9848
      @carlosmatos9848 7 лет назад +16

      John Doe, I was gonna say the same thing... Smokin' hot... they're probably in their mid 60s by now though :(

  • @givemepizzaorgivemedeath3983
    @givemepizzaorgivemedeath3983 6 лет назад +1900

    pretty funny how people in 1979 thought society was overwhelmed with information. it was literally a millionth of what it is today.

    • @crate2819
      @crate2819 6 лет назад +31

      I know...makes me LOL.

    • @pgroove163
      @pgroove163 5 лет назад +12

      exactly...and they are correct !!.........along with the fake news

    • @ajs41
      @ajs41 5 лет назад +89

      The amount of information hasn't increased since then, just its ease and speed of access. You could find everything out in 1979 but you had to go to a big library.

    • @michaelmichaelson6766
      @michaelmichaelson6766 5 лет назад +10

      there are many fake news but it is funny that the narcissistic president who is lying all the fucking time calls anything "fake".
      Back to topic: the problem is habituation, we get used to all this stuff over decades and it is already too late. i wish we could go back, because it is really way too much now, information, entertainment too much makes people dumb.

    • @ajs41
      @ajs41 5 лет назад +17

      It's not compulsory to own a smartphone. I don't have one, I just use a laptop. That does make life more pleasant because you can't check a laptop all the time like you can with a smartphone.

  • @PokerMikeLuzzi
    @PokerMikeLuzzi 4 года назад +2649

    People in background
    1979 - Let me check this out, I may be on TV.
    2020 - get that thing out of my face

    • @jayaseto
      @jayaseto 3 года назад +21

      I noticed too haha

    • @yajnalgibno6536
      @yajnalgibno6536 3 года назад +25

      More like people in US

    • @danolix
      @danolix 3 года назад +126

      It's because cameras were so rare back then that people wanted to actually appear in them because they might appear in something important, now everyone has them and can share the footage anywhere.

    • @jackischilling9435
      @jackischilling9435 3 года назад +15

      A couple of them are probably dead now

    • @jayaseto
      @jayaseto 3 года назад +2

      @Jackis Chilling94 nope, even if they were in their 30s they are now in their 80s

  • @TheBlackMambaa248
    @TheBlackMambaa248 Год назад +240

    I find it extremely interesting that a lot of these people repeated the question before answering. It seems like people during this era were more careful with their words. They all seem to be thinking really critically about their answers. People shoot from the hip now.

    • @lemonstrangler
      @lemonstrangler 7 месяцев назад +9

      idk i found it weird they took so long and didnt say much

    • @reconwhopper
      @reconwhopper 6 месяцев назад +16

      They were asked to repeat the question since the camera cant pick it up

    • @iche9373
      @iche9373 4 месяца назад

      Most of these people are academics. Try an interview in a MAGA cave including Trump shamans.

    • @hectorpuente316
      @hectorpuente316 4 месяца назад +1

      I still do the same thing… I’m only 36 years old but that generation was the one who taught me how to speak like that. Talking more was mainly based on life experiences which unfortunately the “bureaucrats of academia” will deem unworthy, unfavorable, un-fact checked, etc..

    • @Drey_doll
      @Drey_doll 3 месяца назад

      ESP that deformed dude that David bar stools creator. Dude flushed like 98 consecutive shots. And dudes built like a question mark

  • @TempeSoldier123
    @TempeSoldier123 5 лет назад +3427

    Imagine randomly searching videos and seeing yourself in a video from 1979.
    That would be crazy.

    • @Wuzzapy
      @Wuzzapy 4 года назад +40

      TempeSoldier123 underrated comment

    • @kali4967
      @kali4967 4 года назад +9

      that's exactly what I was thinking

    • @_blackheartemoji_2189
      @_blackheartemoji_2189 4 года назад +57

      @@kali4967 there was a dude from another similar video that found himself in one of the vids, had heaps of likes

    • @tobiasmanfred2579
      @tobiasmanfred2579 4 года назад +3

      top 10 anime accounts It was the 90s in HD

    • @andy3949
      @andy3949 4 года назад +25

      He is the guy that turns around and checks the blond girl out. Has a ponytail.

  • @HuzaifaKhan-tk4yh
    @HuzaifaKhan-tk4yh 4 года назад +3961

    1979: People surrounding the interviewer 's
    2020: Huh, another RUclipsr

    • @gamerboy5908
      @gamerboy5908 4 года назад +7

      Huzaifa Khan 😂😂😂😂

    • @joeldoxtator9804
      @joeldoxtator9804 4 года назад +74

      Was going to say this. They look like a flock of sea gulls surrounding someone eating french fries.

    • @WDMurphy
      @WDMurphy 4 года назад +24

      Right now It would be hey, hey, hey stay 6ft away.

    • @karnakmonroe5740
      @karnakmonroe5740 4 года назад +3

      @@joeldoxtator9804 agreed

    • @samkellig
      @samkellig 4 года назад +10

      They are like Caveman who have never seen a camera before

  • @MostPowerfulPMofIndia
    @MostPowerfulPMofIndia 4 года назад +368

    I absolutely love old and vintage interviews. It's a time machine

  • @mishi144
    @mishi144 4 года назад +1276

    They walk slower, they react and speak slower, they're more reserved, refined and calm, there's less people, it's generally quieter, they dress up and seem neater in appearance.

    • @cesarcueto1995
      @cesarcueto1995 3 года назад +66

      Yeah, somehow we walk faster and talk faster. Ridiculous

    • @CLLEON
      @CLLEON 3 года назад +21

      They are being vox popped on subjects they have limited experience or knowledge about but yes it is wonderful to see a different time.

    • @thelastroman7791
      @thelastroman7791 3 года назад +55

      This made me reflect upon how I talk and walk. I’m so strung out from all the stress of the modern world that I practically string my sentences together. IspeaklikethisbecauseIknowthatifIdontsayitfastenoughthennoonewilllisten.

    • @dulceloveselvis4539
      @dulceloveselvis4539 3 года назад +7

      Less Graffiti !
      Dress NICE!❤️
      💥❤️🌹❤️

    • @allanhenriques2694
      @allanhenriques2694 3 года назад +6

      and they hate black people lol

  • @RyanAustinDean
    @RyanAustinDean 5 лет назад +1960

    “Computer? Tape.”
    “Bureaucracy? Red tape.”
    This man knows his tape.

    • @EddieLobanovskiy
      @EddieLobanovskiy 5 лет назад +115

      - Do you have a lot of paperwork
      - Paper tape

    • @cobra8888
      @cobra8888 5 лет назад +43

      "Hey where are you going?"
      "I have to return some video tapes". ---Patrick Bateman.
      That explains a lot.

    • @juantwotree5710
      @juantwotree5710 5 лет назад +5

      That was such boss answer imo.

    • @milesba4
      @milesba4 5 лет назад +10

      i was waiting for you to type "Hotel? Trivago"

    • @jimlthor
      @jimlthor 5 лет назад +9

      -Food
      -Tape worm

  • @drumstick74
    @drumstick74 8 лет назад +694

    What was most interesting was all the people crowding behind the people being interviewed...Today, people would just walk by, if someone was filming on the street, I think.

    • @adams1458
      @adams1458 7 лет назад +2

      it was so cool to see i would LOVE to have a crowd like that to be interviewed.

    • @YPO6
      @YPO6 7 лет назад +20

      Camera was so new invention, only 100 years old.

    • @SevenFootPelican
      @SevenFootPelican 7 лет назад

      drumstick74 people act different these days... We're less connected today... Even though we're more "connected" through superficial social networks.

    • @LazyGameAssHD
      @LazyGameAssHD 7 лет назад

      Joseph Markovich mcgregor huh haha

    • @somerandomname3124
      @somerandomname3124 6 лет назад +1

      I mean if you're filming with a small camera yeah, but film with a large hollywood one and you'll get as many reactions.

  • @dejiadeleye5697
    @dejiadeleye5697 3 года назад +124

    It's incredible how in the old days people used to gather around camera interviews in the streets like it was some remarkable and ground breaking new thing, vs now a days where people just walk by thinking, eh it's just a street interview.

    • @MC32595
      @MC32595 2 года назад +3

      we’re used to it now 🤷‍♀️

    • @rustshoo5068
      @rustshoo5068 14 дней назад

      Very few people as recently as the 1980s had any cine image of themselves. People had very little money back then.

  • @part4963
    @part4963 3 года назад +684

    In 1979: People were actually confident to say "I don't know"
    In 2020: Everyone thinks or want to know or say everything.

    • @desertguy1362
      @desertguy1362 3 года назад +3

      How sad idk is now the thing in the past. Now they say it is what is.

    • @hariputter
      @hariputter 3 года назад +16

      True. Many People nowadays have way too much confidence and see themselves as a know-it-all.

    • @jaezus9553
      @jaezus9553 3 года назад +6

      The dunning-Kruger effect

    • @hariputter
      @hariputter 3 года назад

      Jae Zus Interesting thanks bro. Was not aware with this theory yet.

    • @bublehnoodlez4469
      @bublehnoodlez4469 3 года назад +4

      hariputter I wish you could see the stuff people your age post online. Ive noticed lots of older people in today’s generation take the term “the older you get the wiser you are” too literally

  • @jasminelav.332
    @jasminelav.332 4 года назад +815

    I love how there's a cloud of 70's people curiously staring at us, staring at them from 2019.

  • @cooleobrad
    @cooleobrad 5 лет назад +6046

    Wow, all these people gathered around just to see someone with a camera on the street. So different from modern society!

    • @siukong
      @siukong 5 лет назад +212

      CooleoBrad not really. People will still tend to gravitate towards a camera.

    • @cooleobrad
      @cooleobrad 5 лет назад +170

      Depends on what they're filming. But people are generally snapchatting or taking selfies or whatever pretty frequently in public and it doesn't draw a crowd

    • @siukong
      @siukong 5 лет назад +135

      Well yeah, when I said camera I wasn't counting Joe Blow taking a selfie on his phone, but meant more of a traditional looking film crew setup with a producer, sound guy, etc. For newcasts, documentaries, movie shoots and so forth. One where people see it and some get curious/nosy while others get the "I could get on TV!" bug.

    • @tayjones8552
      @tayjones8552 5 лет назад +16

      That's because everyone carrying around their own little camera now, which is a phone.

    • @Hugga51
      @Hugga51 5 лет назад +1

      oooh sorry ard' @@Deguu68

  • @viktorreznov4718
    @viktorreznov4718 4 года назад +400

    I like the smile the passing woman gives at 3:33. We’ll never know anything about her beyond that smile. How fascinating.
    Then a man comes along and stops to take a bite while staring into the camera! Haha!

    • @lasmeninas9667
      @lasmeninas9667 3 года назад +41

      I find this kind of comment precious. Thanks for pointing those lovely details.

    • @redarX
      @redarX 3 года назад +12

      Kade Corvinus yea i have same opinion, its a mystery but we r never gonna know anything more of that lady ever

    • @mynameiscool397
      @mynameiscool397 3 года назад +2

      Hiii human.

    • @MagnusVittalletti
      @MagnusVittalletti 2 года назад +3

      The same can be said for all the unknown people who walk in the background of the video. We'll never know more about them than the brief moment they appeared in the video. This is so fascinating!

    • @googleuser2609
      @googleuser2609 2 года назад +1

      Human nature is fascinating!

  • @o.liveil7111
    @o.liveil7111 3 года назад +35

    I don’t know why, but there’s something so endearing and wonderful about capturing an unscripted conversation from everyday people. The purest form of time capsule

  • @MrGreen2802
    @MrGreen2802 5 лет назад +3967

    If nobody does this already, I may have to do it myself. But 2019 is coming up aka the 40 year anniversary. Someone should ask the same exact questions to people in New York and compare the change in 40 years.

    • @Admiralgrusbil
      @Admiralgrusbil 5 лет назад +102

      I live in Norway so I'd love for somebody to do that

    • @ViciouzMigz
      @ViciouzMigz 5 лет назад +161

      YES so do this! So smart and interesting would love to see the difference between the two. From style, accents, diversity, technology. Go awf bitch

    • @Philflash
      @Philflash 5 лет назад +76

      I would try to find these people if they are still living and reinterview them!

    • @tsheavenly
      @tsheavenly 5 лет назад +10

      do it! I cant wait to watch it.

    • @demarcjw
      @demarcjw 5 лет назад +7

      Looking forward to the video!

  • @Shinobi33
    @Shinobi33 5 лет назад +2822

    I love these. It's like time traveling

    • @jeangibsonmedley
      @jeangibsonmedley 5 лет назад +27

      Agreed, now looking for more little time capsule interviews

    • @charliewoodall7159
      @charliewoodall7159 5 лет назад +40

      when you couldn't get arrested and get sued for thinking somebody is a different gender

    • @scottmorrison466
      @scottmorrison466 5 лет назад +3

      The closet we can get unfortunately.

    • @TehUltimateSnake
      @TehUltimateSnake 5 лет назад +3

      This is gonna be us one day 😥

    • @tassap9355
      @tassap9355 5 лет назад +1

      It's more like we haven't changed lol We're stock.

  • @mal_3157
    @mal_3157 3 года назад +24

    These are the most confident shy people I’ve ever seen

  • @BS-lq8gm
    @BS-lq8gm 4 года назад +311

    I actually want one of the interviewees to drop a comment here.

    • @DavidHoffmanFilmmaker
      @DavidHoffmanFilmmaker  4 года назад +104

      I would love it if that happened.
      David Hoffman-filmmaker

    • @girmonsproductions
      @girmonsproductions 3 года назад +9

      @@DavidHoffmanFilmmaker Hi David did you film that interview on a film camera? or was it a digital vhs c or hi 8 ?

    • @DavidHoffmanFilmmaker
      @DavidHoffmanFilmmaker  3 года назад +46

      @@girmonsproductions 16mm.
      David Hoffman - filmmaker

    • @hussein7517
      @hussein7517 3 года назад +42

      @@DavidHoffmanFilmmaker i wish someone filmed Pakistan in the 70s and 80s the same way u filmed America Mr Hoffman. Thank you for this clip

    • @joeyjonson8637
      @joeyjonson8637 3 года назад +25

      @cera ten who tf cares about your moronic comment?

  • @DavidMatine
    @DavidMatine 5 лет назад +16116

    I want to jump in there and buy Apple stock.

    • @haddoxnh
      @haddoxnh 5 лет назад +154

      100th like

    • @UnitedPacci
      @UnitedPacci 5 лет назад +261

      Or you could focus on now so of day you'll be in that comforable position

    • @MrBeast1901
      @MrBeast1901 5 лет назад +828

      @@UnitedPacci Please stop speaking

    • @sapaducy1
      @sapaducy1 5 лет назад +341

      i just want to buy bitcoin at 1 cent

    • @devina8812
      @devina8812 5 лет назад +12

      Izuku Midoriya
      Why are you calling him ignorant

  • @jonavr1
    @jonavr1 4 года назад +1974

    "Did everyone repeat the question back to you in the 70s?"
    "Did everyone repeat the question back to you in the 70s? Why, yes they did."

    • @hamiltonharper
      @hamiltonharper 4 года назад +92

      "Did that comment make you laugh?"
      "Did that comment make me laugh? Yes, that comment made me laugh."

    • @MisterPotter
      @MisterPotter 4 года назад +57

      People should do this now too, would avoid some dumb answers maybe....maybe not.

    • @HexxuSz
      @HexxuSz 4 года назад +8

      sales man often do this

    • @SHx589
      @SHx589 4 года назад +49

      It’s a form of active listening.

    • @alexandremota1981
      @alexandremota1981 4 года назад +1

      jonavr1 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @HarleyKeen
    @HarleyKeen 3 года назад +271

    "Democr... bureaucracy". Freudian slip at its finest.

    • @DasKarussel
      @DasKarussel 3 года назад +12

      I had to scroll a lot for this comment

    • @Cassxowary
      @Cassxowary 3 года назад +1

      @@DasKarussel one of the top comments now!

    • @sleeplessdev7204
      @sleeplessdev7204 3 года назад

      He was going to say democracy then corrected to bureaucracy - that's a pretty vanilla mistake

    • @Zhilkin
      @Zhilkin 3 года назад +1

      There is too much democracy going on today!

  • @danielkrome6640
    @danielkrome6640 2 года назад +60

    Crazy how this people had no idea that 43 years later people will be watching them.

  • @Jameswilllee
    @Jameswilllee 4 года назад +4624

    Interviewer: Why do you feel the need to repeat every question you’re asked?
    Random person: Why do I feel the need to repeat every question I’m asked?.......well uh.........

    • @SpaceGodX
      @SpaceGodX 4 года назад +72

      your comment is the best lol

    • @NeoKailthas
      @NeoKailthas 4 года назад +102

      Well that guy actually listened and tried to answer. If it was I would probably freeze. Am jealous.... smart dude.

    • @TheKiller1922
      @TheKiller1922 4 года назад +265

      Actually, it's a good method of searching through your mind for an answer. When you repeat the question you make the brain go into it deeper and this, in turn, helps to find the better solution. Also, when you pronounce it in your own voice for yourself it's easier to comprehend as you always recognize your own voice and also spell it in your head. The interviewer can be not really well-articulated sometimes.
      Plus it helps the viewers a lot, at least helped back then, because you can easily miss the question from the interviewer - no dedicated microphone, windy weather etc.

    • @pablolinazi3859
      @pablolinazi3859 4 года назад +2

      😂

    • @biancalmg
      @biancalmg 4 года назад +12

      @@TheKiller1922 thanking you for this explanation two years later 🤣 this works with written questions but i never thought of trying to repeat spoken ones.

  • @KellyODo
    @KellyODo 4 года назад +1991

    I think humans weren't as trained to have a camera filming them back then. Their behavior is fascinating.

    • @drewb3665
      @drewb3665 4 года назад +18

      I was just thinking same thing. Why are they acting like video cameras are brand new?

    • @KellyODo
      @KellyODo 4 года назад +83

      @@drewb3665 I think camcorders weren't mass produced yet so most of the cameras were probably very large and expensive, so only professionals and serious hobbyists had them. How wonderful that old footage like this exists for us to learn about human behavior and history!

    • @rashadbrown6744
      @rashadbrown6744 4 года назад +8

      This was refreshing

    • @andyramos8878
      @andyramos8878 4 года назад +6

      @Bort The Builder I thought the same thing. The recorder just spouted words to them. I'd be confused too if it happened to me now in 2019

    • @sushimamba4281
      @sushimamba4281 4 года назад +53

      ​@Mr.Gamer001 Nowadays when I see a big camera pointed in people's faces on the street they suddenly transform into the happiest people on earth "livin' the dream", huge fake smiles, fashion poses, peace signs, shouts of "woooooo!" and worst of all... duck lips. As soon as the camera is turned off, they go back to walking down the street like a zombie, head down looking at their phone posting their next IG.

  • @basilodira4423
    @basilodira4423 3 года назад +30

    I wonder if any of them know this video exist.
    Kinda cool to see how confidence and content some of these people were.

  • @federicofanelli952
    @federicofanelli952 3 года назад +20

    I got a sense of relax and peace while watching this video. These people are conveying very good vibes with their polished talk and manners.

  • @thefreakinjoeshow4828
    @thefreakinjoeshow4828 5 лет назад +8224

    When New Yorkers actually sound like they are from New York

    • @Irish0wl
      @Irish0wl 5 лет назад +264

      Alot of them aren't anymore

    • @likenl4508
      @likenl4508 5 лет назад +760

      When people actually sounded educated

    • @israel6187
      @israel6187 5 лет назад +149

      @@likenl4508 did you hear half the people here?

    • @lipat97
      @lipat97 5 лет назад +246

      JOE SHOW Lol Im usually against a lot of the jerking off of the past but this one I agree with. Even my own New York accent is barely there. I think its because television made American accents more homogenized. It was also mostly a thing for working class whites, who are now moving out to the suburbs and being replaced by hipsters from out of state. Although I did hear one girl there say “OD”, I was surprised I thought that was more recent slang. New York is starting to come up with a new accent though in the Bronx, people don’t like it because it sounds too peurto rican but I like it it’s more flavorful than the stale accent we all got now.

    • @teddyjones3093
      @teddyjones3093 5 лет назад +105

      @Realist yeah that's happening in many parts of the world because of globalization. In France for example, a lot of the regional accents are disappearing and people are sounding more Parisian.

  • @bruisley709
    @bruisley709 6 лет назад +518

    I love all the people in the background just looking at the camera like it is magic.

    • @jinxd511
      @jinxd511 5 лет назад +17

      In reality the cameras were pretty common even since WW2 start so idk why they do it.

    • @gorinrevalandro6083
      @gorinrevalandro6083 5 лет назад +8

      @@jinxd511 maybe they want to know what the interviewer guy asked about?🤔

    • @Capeau
      @Capeau 5 лет назад +19

      They just wanna see what's going on.
      They just want to see what is going on. Back then when someone was filming on the street, that meant it was either for TV or for a movie.
      Quite different from today where everywhere you can find some idiot filming something useless he/she'll post on the internet, which noone cares about.

    • @theworldoverheavan560
      @theworldoverheavan560 5 лет назад

      @@Landstalker1999 lol

    • @RiasatSalminSami
      @RiasatSalminSami 5 лет назад +2

      Still happens in poor countries here. In fact it's more aggressive. They will push and squeeze in if they have to.

  • @terencelutre6195
    @terencelutre6195 3 года назад +19

    1979 was an amazing time to be alive. So much opportunity.

  • @ishmael802
    @ishmael802 3 года назад +28

    Everyone appears well mannered and actually puts thought into their answers. A complete 180 from today.

  • @toucansam3
    @toucansam3 7 лет назад +2457

    Back when being on camera was a huge novelty.

    • @thaddeusjameson500
      @thaddeusjameson500 6 лет назад +40

      Mr. Chopsticks a big deal exactly simpler times now sucks

    • @SpooksMcGhie
      @SpooksMcGhie 6 лет назад +3

      Mr. Chopsticks wild to think about

    • @abhaymishra30
      @abhaymishra30 6 лет назад +20

      In my country India it still is

    • @zzzbbbooo
      @zzzbbbooo 5 лет назад +25

      It's 1979 not 1929...

    • @ajs41
      @ajs41 5 лет назад +6

      Nearly everyone owned a camera back then, but you only used it for special occasions like vacations/holidays.

  • @TheWoodfordreserve
    @TheWoodfordreserve 4 года назад +2181

    Many of these people are grandparents, many of them are dead.
    I love watching these time capsules, they remind you how quickly life passes by.

    • @gaminglegend
      @gaminglegend 4 года назад +107

      Yeah, imagine in 40 years, people will be watching footage from 2019

    • @bob15479
      @bob15479 4 года назад +56

      I think you'd be surprised how many are alive. Probably 80+%

    • @nathanmedina2809
      @nathanmedina2809 4 года назад +20

      S. J. A lot are probably grandparents or middle age but I wouldn't say many of them are dead lol just the old ones in the video

    • @MrSupernova111
      @MrSupernova111 4 года назад +29

      I know. I watch this vintage videos with sadness and nostalgia as it reminds me how fragile and short life is.

    • @Supernova1.980
      @Supernova1.980 4 года назад +7

      @@MrSupernova111 wow, how are u twin?

  • @cooganbeggs4942
    @cooganbeggs4942 Год назад +155

    So weird to imagine there was once a time in Americas history when people didn’t act like they were auditioning for a hollywood movie when a camera was put in front of them

    • @Geert365
      @Geert365 9 месяцев назад +1

      The one dude kinda looks like Rambo though (before rambo ever was even).

    • @lemonstrangler
      @lemonstrangler 7 месяцев назад

      this looks more unnatural tho lol

    • @blueblaze9862
      @blueblaze9862 6 месяцев назад

      It's called social media editing. Ppl back then we're more eloquent so they didn't need to be fake. These ppl look more like actors bc they carry themselves nice

  • @sgnmath1234
    @sgnmath1234 3 года назад +16

    I worked in WS in the mid '80's and I noticed one thing that existed in the 70's that is eroding....dressing well. Today, even in the Wall Street area, the dress code has been relaxed to the point of people looking sloppy.

  • @077di6
    @077di6 5 лет назад +604

    It's just amazing the attitude of people more humble more shy

    • @soyboy3833
      @soyboy3833 5 лет назад +54

      These people's parents were a part of great generations.

    • @AmericanWay72
      @AmericanWay72 5 лет назад +46

      These peoples minds were not yet affected by the psychological impact of the internet and then social media. It has changed us drastically. Whatch how we get in even the next 10 years.

    • @Ramxie35
      @Ramxie35 5 лет назад

      Adam Buentello lmao

    • @OUrNit03
      @OUrNit03 5 лет назад

      Kay InMaine l see you've been drinking from that fountain of youth, looking good! 😉😎

    • @OUrNit03
      @OUrNit03 5 лет назад +1

      Kay InMaine I noticed the 80s look. Feeling the swag!!:) 80s baby here 😎

  • @wwb2081
    @wwb2081 7 лет назад +336

    Everybody seems so much more laid back. They took their time.

    • @callum7171
      @callum7171 5 лет назад +2

      Wyatt Button its because of 9/11

    • @ajs41
      @ajs41 5 лет назад +7

      No, people were already stressed out by the late 1990s.

    • @eddiebacon127
      @eddiebacon127 5 лет назад +4

      Wyatt Button now they are on a phone and think you should get out of the way

    • @Rob-ue6ij
      @Rob-ue6ij 5 лет назад +16

      No, people have always been lonely, felt underpaid, stressed etc. These people are acting humble and normal because at least they didn't have the sickness of people today trying to get their 15 minutes of fame. It wasn't an opportunity for them to try and get something out of, they were just answering questions honestly and not trying to put on an act because there was no reason or benefit to put on an act.

    • @ajs41
      @ajs41 5 лет назад +3

      Until smartphones were first available, I always bought the latest technological gadgets, but I decided not to buy a smartphone. I just had a hunch that it wasn't a good idea. Now I think I made the right decision. All you need is a laptop, which is what I use.

  • @YoreHistory
    @YoreHistory 3 года назад +15

    I love how people were very mindful of what they were saying...in todays age of Twitter and other social media we seem to speak/type first in general...then think about ramifications after. The patience and calculating is very evident here...would love to see some of these people how they are today (the ones still alive).

  • @georgesbugs6664
    @georgesbugs6664 3 года назад +86

    3:50 Someone give these guys a sitcom.

  • @rylanrussell9595
    @rylanrussell9595 4 года назад +556

    As a 27 year old it's definitely odd to see some of the younger woman in this video and think "damn, she's hot" followed by "she's like 70+ now...."

    • @jonyD143
      @jonyD143 4 года назад +37

      lmao same, girl on the right at 4:12 was looking like a snack

    • @carlt7167
      @carlt7167 4 года назад +10

      @@jonyD143 She kinda looks like Aubrey Plaza

    • @HypothesisI
      @HypothesisI 4 года назад +2

      @@carlt7167 Was going to say the same thing - we should show this to Aubrey

    • @Ballsack44
      @Ballsack44 4 года назад +10

      G W bruh u did not just say u find old people attractive 😳

    • @zoso73
      @zoso73 3 года назад +2

      @@jonyD143 She's was sexy then, and i bet still sexy today.

  • @ItsAllGoodGames
    @ItsAllGoodGames 6 лет назад +263

    "my job... its a living"
    LIKED

  • @lauralishes1
    @lauralishes1 3 года назад +158

    Guy with the specs on repeats every single question he's asked.

    • @Yeoldepube
      @Yeoldepube 3 года назад +28

      Laura Walker because it gives him a better understanding and time to think

    • @kopfnicker5346
      @kopfnicker5346 3 года назад +18

      1:28 the reporter probably asked them all to repeat the questions before answering them

    • @slipknotfya
      @slipknotfya 3 года назад +9

      He posted some outtakes and he specifically says they need to repeat the question they were just asked.

    • @boxcarent.3147
      @boxcarent.3147 3 года назад +2

      Hes processing the question. Then he will give you an answer.

    • @blubbTee
      @blubbTee 3 года назад +3

      Back when people actually trying to answer probably and don't start talking some unrelatable bs, because they don't admit they don't know something.

  • @stanko4333
    @stanko4333 3 года назад +12

    I love how these people do not ramble on about stuff that is not important. They just answer what they were asked for hahaha. It is so fascinating looking at them.

  • @SnavEtheCraM
    @SnavEtheCraM 5 лет назад +762

    4:41 "Who has the power" and the random guy yells out "THE MAFIA!"

    • @thesophisticatedtarzan1797
      @thesophisticatedtarzan1797 5 лет назад +70

      I guess...
      “that just how Mafia works”

    • @GeopoliticsDaily538
      @GeopoliticsDaily538 5 лет назад +30

      He’s not wrong 😂 the mafia were in control of the most of the unions, they had police on their payroll.. judges and jury’s payed off. In a way they were almost at par with the government, until of course the RICO came in to change it all..

    • @Jdaminbf4
      @Jdaminbf4 5 лет назад

      Well after all Kennedy was brought into office by the mafias. Look into history, the Kennedy crime family was all around the mafia business

    • @amyntut
      @amyntut 5 лет назад +4

      It was probably Richard Kuklinski " The Iceman" himself yelling, jk lol . ;-)

    • @jjstratford
      @jjstratford 5 лет назад +2

      2019: “FACEBOOK!”

  • @MrSloika
    @MrSloika 8 лет назад +1188

    I was 16 years old in 1979. I wanted a Radio Shack TRS-80 computer. I approached my father and asked him if he'd buy me one for 'school work'. My father didn't know what a computer was. I handed him a Radio Shack catalog and told him it was a machine that processed data. He didn't get it. He wanted to know how it did this. I told him you programmed it. He still didn't understand it. He asked me how much it cost. I think I told him $400. He didn't say a word, and handed me back the RS catalog, and looked at me like I was insane. :(

    • @mikeelwll5946
      @mikeelwll5946 8 лет назад +70

      +MrSloika That's funny shit. I remember the same looks from my Old Man too. Miracles for sale in the back of comic books

    • @MrJimbo327
      @MrJimbo327 7 лет назад +108

      I was making $8.10/hr plus benefits in '79 as an apprentice pipefitter. Rent was $325/mo. Thought I had the world by the ass.

    • @MrJimbo327
      @MrJimbo327 7 лет назад +74

      You think the world has got me by the ass? LOL Dream on. Happily retired and traveling the world. Don't foist your personal problems onto others.

    • @MrJimbo327
      @MrJimbo327 7 лет назад +34

      You're welcome.

    • @cinqo7
      @cinqo7 7 лет назад +11

      I'm laughing to tears reading your post 😄

  • @LosianOne
    @LosianOne 3 года назад +56

    4:43 "Power, who has the power"
    One guy yells the Mafia, oh that changes pretty soon...

  • @anntmwski5085
    @anntmwski5085 3 года назад +6

    I love how well mannered they are and how well groomed they look.

    • @bethannada6486
      @bethannada6486 3 года назад +1

      Yes, this was before the fabric of society was corrupted from immorality and the sin of abortion. That's how I see it. I was 18 then and our country was productive prosperous peaceful and less corrupt! Please pray for God's help to restore faith and morals. Love to all.🥰

  • @ElInextricable
    @ElInextricable 5 лет назад +1927

    Wow those people looked so..... NORMAL!

    • @tyler7828
      @tyler7828 5 лет назад +95

      El Inextricable if by normal you mean white then yes

    • @Azukaisa
      @Azukaisa 5 лет назад +104

      Yeah for sure, wish New York was still like that.

    • @ElInextricable
      @ElInextricable 5 лет назад +195

      ​@@tyler7828 Hahaha well to be fair, the black person here 3:41 looks like a serious businessman. I respect that. Drug abuse and the constant victimhood are messing with people's minds nowadays. Get a job, be respectful, be professional, respect the law, build a family is asking too much?

    • @marcc.3513
      @marcc.3513 5 лет назад +39

      I agree, everyone plays to the camera these days, and these folks (even though New Yorkers) don't seem that interested in showing off. It seems like they maybe figured they'd likely never see the footage, whereas now someone would be instantly putting it on FB or something, and so would have to sound more clever.

    • @mrsilveri
      @mrsilveri 5 лет назад +11

      @@tyler7828 I mean I see plenty of people who weren't white but they (with the exception of one gentleman) weren't being interviewed. That seems to be because they were talking to the working professionals of the area (in professional attire).

  • @TheSeanm102
    @TheSeanm102 8 лет назад +1175

    funny how all the passer bys stop and stare for the camera lol

    • @paulk5311
      @paulk5311 6 лет назад +26

      cameras everywhere. welcome to 1984 and big brother.
      also the nazis had citizens spy on people but thanks to facebook you all spying on yourselves.

    • @bmona7550
      @bmona7550 6 лет назад +8

      TheSeanm102 Cameras were huge back in then

    • @klin1klinom
      @klin1klinom 6 лет назад

      NEVER_AGAIN then it's ok, or what?

    • @0x5CE
      @0x5CE 6 лет назад +19

      It's almost like modern day developing country (Pakistan for my case) where people still stare. It is amazing that I shrugged off these differences as some kind of genetic/cultural thing before I saw this video.

    • @klin1klinom
      @klin1klinom 6 лет назад

      NEVER_AGAIN change of subject detected. Go fuck yourself.

  • @MyMelody5
    @MyMelody5 3 года назад +5

    There’s something about the colour grading of old videos that is just so nostalgic. I grew up in the early 90s and I remember the TV screens used to be like this.

  • @Mimi-tu4fd
    @Mimi-tu4fd 3 года назад +102

    If only the people being interviewed here were found today and asked how their life went since then. That would be awesome!

    • @droprelease4820
      @droprelease4820 2 года назад +12

      Only 42 years ago! The younger looking ones, if we assume are 30 years old at the time, would be 72 now. If they were younger, say 21, then they’d be 51 now! So may be that a few of them survived! Sadly the older folk in the video may not be around today :(

    • @vacantile
      @vacantile Год назад

      they’re dead bro

    • @daustin8888
      @daustin8888 10 месяцев назад +1

      ​@@vacantileMaybe not all of them

    • @mr.mister4110
      @mr.mister4110 7 месяцев назад +2

      I was around in 79. It was a mess in America with the energy crisis and gas lines. Carter was president and he was very weak. 79 was a time of crisis. We had hostages in Iran held by the same kind of terrorists we see today. Carter made a terrible failed attempt to rescue the Americans being held. Gas was like .69 cents a gallon. We were still driving beastly huge luxury cars that got 6 mpg and we smoked on planes and in grocery stores.
      As far as how my life went? I've had a wonderful life! Went into the military in 82, served my country. Worked hard at many different jobs to make my way. Married and divorced twice. Lived on Maui for 9 years. Lost both my Dad and Mom and their entire families, but I'm still here. I live in NY now and plan on retiring to the Philippines in the next two years if God gives me life. I want to go there to help people who are poor and doing without. I plan on living out my years there and then, farewell to this life and on to heaven. God Bless!

    • @spirituallysafe
      @spirituallysafe 3 месяца назад

      @@mr.mister4110Are you born again in Jesus? 😊

  • @william07122
    @william07122 4 года назад +1255

    Is it me or you feel the same? The energy from people’s eye contact and smile is much more innocent and friendly than nowadays.

    • @Edon445
      @Edon445 4 года назад +57

      people didnt lie and backstab back then as much

    • @rodolfotsang4327
      @rodolfotsang4327 4 года назад +30

      Now people dont say hi or look at you

    • @FirefighterBuell
      @FirefighterBuell 4 года назад +128

      Less distractions. Nobody is tweeting , taking pics, or using their phones. They are all engulfed in what is going on at the current moment in time. It’s beautiful

    • @ajs41
      @ajs41 4 года назад +19

      In Europe it's still the same as that in a lot of places. Not London so much but elsewhere.

    • @Nihilistic_Soul
      @Nihilistic_Soul 4 года назад +5

      @@ajs41 oi mate where are u from?

  • @schnappsundbier2096
    @schnappsundbier2096 4 года назад +942

    They looked relaxed. Curious, decent people who speak clearly.

    • @schnappsundbier2096
      @schnappsundbier2096 4 года назад +92

      Most importantly they listen.

    • @acsentu8
      @acsentu8 4 года назад +19

      Relaxed oñ Wall Street. Today's oxymoron.

    • @dukenukem6137
      @dukenukem6137 4 года назад +32

      The age before Hyper-normalization... ☠

    • @Religious_man
      @Religious_man 4 года назад +3

      Even walking by putting something in their mouths without a care.

    • @LTV746
      @LTV746 4 года назад +8

      @@schnappsundbier2096 For the most part they could afford a roof over their heads

  • @tomjr.8665
    @tomjr.8665 8 месяцев назад +4

    "Numbas 😄" that was adorable

  • @CanadianPrepper
    @CanadianPrepper 3 года назад +537

    Lol if only they knew what was coming 4:19

    • @andrewdawson3029
      @andrewdawson3029 3 года назад +28

      it has always been a problem ever since it came out

    • @JoseAndCode
      @JoseAndCode 3 года назад +29

      Her analysis was spot on

    • @yossilevin1359
      @yossilevin1359 3 года назад +3

      Who else went back to 4.19?

    • @SkyreeXScalabar
      @SkyreeXScalabar 3 года назад +17

      Girl in the blue looks like Aubrey Plaza

    • @zfvr
      @zfvr 3 года назад +2

      Just think about much did television change... suddenly you could see places far away

  • @herbiehusker1889
    @herbiehusker1889 5 лет назад +1039

    That one guy was obsessed with tape. Computer tape, red tape...

  • @TubersAndPotatoes
    @TubersAndPotatoes 4 года назад +1435

    4:14 "I think we're an information oriented society, overdosed on information"
    She knew what's going on even in 1979.

    • @pablocejas01
      @pablocejas01 4 года назад +38

      Information has always meant power in history actually

    • @zatoichiMiyamoto
      @zatoichiMiyamoto 4 года назад +52

      She looks like Aubrey Plaza

    • @NewGameMultimedia
      @NewGameMultimedia 4 года назад +16

      gave me the chills

    • @RamiroBelmaresJr
      @RamiroBelmaresJr 4 года назад +4

      @@zatoichiMiyamoto I think that's why I had a crush on her lol If I were in that book 11.22.63, I wouldn't be able to even start trying to save JFK lmao

    • @Akhibrass
      @Akhibrass 4 года назад +12

      I was going to say she ain't seen nothing yet. She thinks they were overloaded on information in 79' give it another 15 years.

  • @thebonkera1221
    @thebonkera1221 3 года назад +25

    79: "information age"
    20: bruh you don't know lmao

  • @datakan1343
    @datakan1343 Год назад +3

    It's amazing that you put these videos on RUclips after tens of years of aging

    • @DavidHoffmanFilmmaker
      @DavidHoffmanFilmmaker  Год назад +1

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  • @user-zg5kx4ts5y
    @user-zg5kx4ts5y 4 года назад +2254

    this video is so pure. they all look like children that are excited and happy.

    • @amna6024
      @amna6024 4 года назад +117

      That's what I thought too! And I loved how people surrounded around them bc they were probably excited to see a camera.

    • @wartem
      @wartem 4 года назад +21

      Loneliness

    • @user-zg5kx4ts5y
      @user-zg5kx4ts5y 4 года назад +4

      wartem curiosity

    • @gabrielmoreno9455
      @gabrielmoreno9455 4 года назад +23

      that's because they live in a pre corona era

    • @eyuelgorfu9404
      @eyuelgorfu9404 4 года назад +8

      They never see a camera on the streets

  • @sebastiangruszczynski1610
    @sebastiangruszczynski1610 7 лет назад +1863

    why does it feel like the interviewer is from the future? ....

    • @shadowfox6438
      @shadowfox6438 6 лет назад +25

      Sebastian Gruszczynski lol ikr

    • @mastershake886
      @mastershake886 6 лет назад +297

      Because you’re projecting yourself in his place

    • @SeaMonkey187
      @SeaMonkey187 6 лет назад +120

      Maybe because he was interviewing these people with the intent of showing it to an audience way into the future

    • @viniciusmiranda1847
      @viniciusmiranda1847 5 лет назад +9

      Exactly my thought on it

    • @shamicentertainment1262
      @shamicentertainment1262 5 лет назад +35

      Sebastian Gruszczynski
      Because the questions he asks are still kind of relevant today

  • @matgranado4381
    @matgranado4381 3 года назад +6

    It’s so interesting to see people who are living their every day lives, walking to and from work, pass by these ppl having an Interview and stopping to see what is going on and giving the look for pure curiosity... just goes to show how much times have changed

  • @supahdupahplayahmacknumbah7791
    @supahdupahplayahmacknumbah7791 3 года назад +5

    This is one of the best videos on RUclips. It's a time capsule.

  • @mkhatri007
    @mkhatri007 4 года назад +1884

    In my country people on street still surround a camera man like this Lol

    • @theyellowbrad8168
      @theyellowbrad8168 4 года назад +83

      It means it's stuck in time.
      My country to. (Pakistan)

    • @taalatchouf5427
      @taalatchouf5427 4 года назад +23

      And Philippines

    • @hinduskigaandchodo336
      @hinduskigaandchodo336 4 года назад +8

      @@theyellowbrad8168 Only in rural Pakistan. In urban areas, Most people don't care about public interview nowadays Inc me

    • @onev2486
      @onev2486 4 года назад +28

      Here in Sweden, people awkwardly realize they're being filmed and hurry out of frame haha

    • @yoyomodiji
      @yoyomodiji 4 года назад +9

      @@hinduskigaandchodo336 abey tere channel ka name batata hain ki mathersa main padhai ke kya asrat hote hain ....

  • @ShyRage1
    @ShyRage1 5 лет назад +487

    I remember in the early '80s if you had a big cam recorder that took in VHS cassettes, you were a badass

    • @billycasper3351
      @billycasper3351 5 лет назад +6

      I love cassettes more than CDs, DVDs or USBs. I still having an operating VCR in my home with dozens of cassettes.

    • @zerohour2703
      @zerohour2703 5 лет назад +11

      look at their hair its all normal good clothing no weird holes in jeans or piercing or half cut head and the women are covered up not like today you can see her nipple in the street

    • @TeeHeeWinning
      @TeeHeeWinning 5 лет назад +1

      Zero Hour ye, just imagine us in 100 years from now.

    • @SpaceCattttt
      @SpaceCattttt 5 лет назад +3

      @@TeeHeeWinning There is no 100 years from now. There never will be.

    • @cloudridermrbliss7085
      @cloudridermrbliss7085 5 лет назад

      @@billycasper3351 You are just cheap.

  • @halfdan1211
    @halfdan1211 2 года назад +4

    @3:02 the person doing the closed captions thought she was cute haha

  • @meritahrustanovic2359
    @meritahrustanovic2359 2 года назад +1

    I couldn't help but laugh at how curious people are in the background. they always stare directly into the camera and stop and watch and listen.

  • @taejun9017
    @taejun9017 5 лет назад +1876

    Compudah? Whddya mean compudah? Get outa here!

  • @otrwushurichard381
    @otrwushurichard381 5 лет назад +761

    Lol when they nice girl says "My job? Typing, I dunno" lol epic

    • @Piggy991
      @Piggy991 5 лет назад +44

      corporate slavery havent changed much

    • @zerohour2703
      @zerohour2703 5 лет назад +66

      look at their hair its all normal good clothing no weird holes in jeans or piercing or half cut head and the women are covered up not like today you can see her nipple in the street

    • @IndieThePotato
      @IndieThePotato 5 лет назад +10

      Zero Hour Fashion changed

    • @jesterthelegend926
      @jesterthelegend926 5 лет назад +8

      thats literally my job... Fucking numbers and typing all day.

    • @zacharycarrier2890
      @zacharycarrier2890 5 лет назад +28

      @@zerohour2703 Bro where the fuck do you live?

  • @luckyotter623
    @luckyotter623 3 года назад +2

    I lived in NYC in 1979, I was looking for myself in the background lol. People were so curious, but seemed a little shy. Everyone was so dressed up too.

  • @jimbarrofficial
    @jimbarrofficial 3 года назад +26

    People, especially women, looked more natural and at ease in those days. Our society has devolved in many ways. There are times I would love to go back to the way things were.

  • @GoldoMania.
    @GoldoMania. 4 года назад +506

    For some reason I could trust Every single person I saw in this video.

    • @helpmeget100subs
      @helpmeget100subs 3 года назад

      Very last second. The guy with the mustache. I don’t think you saw him.

    • @SuperAwesomeWeirdGuy
      @SuperAwesomeWeirdGuy 3 года назад +5

      That’s because they weren’t brainwashed by whichever ideology they had

    • @jaylaw.7660
      @jaylaw.7660 3 года назад

      True lol

    • @Douglas8244
      @Douglas8244 3 года назад +1

      Yeah, because they arent in anger like today, and they treat everybody by their actions, not their opinions

  • @sjiz
    @sjiz 4 года назад +1324

    4:19- She says - 'We are OD on information', Oh darling, you have no idea what's coming!

    • @TheCulturalCompass
      @TheCulturalCompass 4 года назад +1

      Nuh'in Much but the will wonder how mush negativity they are seeing. Be the loce

    • @robindear5043
      @robindear5043 4 года назад +3

      Ikr!!👍👍 Today's society has information overkill.

    • @kathyfowler7511
      @kathyfowler7511 4 года назад +1

      I didn’t really notice that.My eyes were glued on the hunk behind her

    • @michaelreilly3513
      @michaelreilly3513 4 года назад +6

      @@PiranhaJaw22 I would say No, Ash K is not 200 years old, but your reaction is akin to a 4 year olds.

    • @mauriciolandos1173
      @mauriciolandos1173 4 года назад +2

      @@EnnesX Dude how the fuck they have more capacity? you are saying the average genetical intelligence declined in the last 40 years, lol

  • @xw591
    @xw591 4 года назад +69

    The woman at 4:20 is brilliant wish we could have heard more

    • @desertguy1362
      @desertguy1362 3 года назад +1

      She was forward thinker for sure

    • @tinmanslickgreasy999
      @tinmanslickgreasy999 3 года назад +1

      She definitely nailed it!
      Way ahead of her time!

    • @tomlxyz
      @tomlxyz 3 года назад

      She didn't really say anything

    • @ethernet389
      @ethernet389 3 года назад +6

      She looks and acts like Audrey Plaza and im here for it

  • @frankbailey6013
    @frankbailey6013 6 месяцев назад +3

    I like these folks. They seem more relaxed and less stressed. Wish we could get back there.

  • @jesse76th96
    @jesse76th96 4 года назад +1101

    computer:
    "NUMBAS"

    • @thisisntsergio1352
      @thisisntsergio1352 4 года назад +38

      If you turn on captions at that moment you get a (≧▽≦) face (2:55)

    • @SandraLand
      @SandraLand 4 года назад +9

      That's a really right answer, actually! =)

    • @DSan-kl2yc
      @DSan-kl2yc 4 года назад +9

      Kinda unexpected but kinda a cute inflection

    • @StudiosRick
      @StudiosRick 4 года назад +1

      @@thisisntsergio1352 I laugh SO HARD when i find this, and i don't know why, is too unexpected xD

    • @b_f_d_d
      @b_f_d_d 4 года назад +2

      *Mason what do the fuckin numbers mean* ?!

  • @MiskyBoyy
    @MiskyBoyy 8 лет назад +3070

    Did everyone repeat the question when you asked them back in the 70's?

    • @IamSuperEffective
      @IamSuperEffective 7 лет назад +104

      Luke Horror Loooool

    • @tommymiddlefinger1283
      @tommymiddlefinger1283 7 лет назад +817

      Did everyone repeat the question when you asked them back in the 70's? Um... seems like it.

    • @user-fu4jl1es1b
      @user-fu4jl1es1b 7 лет назад +259

      idk but im glad they did becouse its hard to hear the interviewer.

    • @TigerMeadows
      @TigerMeadows 7 лет назад +21

      Dumb questions btw.

    • @ToxicxChex
      @ToxicxChex 7 лет назад +133

      Shows they actually put thought into what you were asking tbh

  • @fheiz8802
    @fheiz8802 3 года назад +33

    Damn the fact that the old people in this video could be from the 1800s feels pretty cool.

    • @Michael89240
      @Michael89240 3 года назад +5

      60 year old people were probably ww2 vets.

    • @wyattnyfeler7270
      @wyattnyfeler7270 3 года назад +2

      My dad used to visit his great grandmother in the mid 70s who was born in the 1870s

  • @gladysbinion8029
    @gladysbinion8029 3 года назад

    This is awesome, good job Mr. David. Looking back in time is so awesome. Thanks for this.

  • @seanlynch4354
    @seanlynch4354 4 года назад +687

    The difference is that they’re actually able to go on the street

    • @noor-yp2vk
      @noor-yp2vk 4 года назад +1

      Trueee that!

    • @brett6905
      @brett6905 4 года назад

      What do you mean? Like its less crowded?

    • @stefbaws
      @stefbaws 4 года назад +1

      Cool I'm still able

    • @kurdaitcha5806
      @kurdaitcha5806 4 года назад +9

      @Steven Price He's talking about the quarantine ya goose

    • @briandavenport8971
      @briandavenport8971 4 года назад

      What’s a street?

  • @PatJLonie
    @PatJLonie 4 года назад +2901

    I’m gonna come back to this comment in 2060, and tell you how my life is. See you in 40 years.

    • @priteshs3357
      @priteshs3357 4 года назад +180

      Patrick Lonie really optimistic of you to think you'll survive another 40 years in these times !!

    • @kosoff99
      @kosoff99 4 года назад +63

      Ok just poke me when u will comeback

    • @vincentglass2970
      @vincentglass2970 4 года назад +36

      Hey poke me too

    • @meerahmed14
      @meerahmed14 4 года назад +25

      Poke me too

    • @karankewat1.10
      @karankewat1.10 4 года назад +19

      Poke me too.

  • @SaqibAli-km3ot
    @SaqibAli-km3ot 3 года назад +4

    The way they are repeating questions before answering them is awesome

  • @samson5791
    @samson5791 3 года назад +8

    So interesting that so many were saying information society. Honestly thought that phrase became popular in the early 2000s

    • @inahaze76
      @inahaze76 3 года назад

      I remember a pop band in the late '80s called The Information Society

  • @whyrurunning8867
    @whyrurunning8867 4 года назад +802

    4:50 that girl in the back waved us 40 years in the future, not probably knowing at all.

    • @DontTellGus
      @DontTellGus 4 года назад +9

      My god she looks like Jennifer Carpenter

    • @brokeguy5607
      @brokeguy5607 4 года назад +2

      @@DontTellGus it's her

    • @lucascorreaaa
      @lucascorreaaa 4 года назад +4

      Everything was fine with the video, until I see this comment... fuuuckk O.O

    • @mcmu1011
      @mcmu1011 4 года назад +6

      I wonder if she's still hot right now

    • @xcsege
      @xcsege 4 года назад +2

      @@mcmu1011sad to be the one to tell ya: She is a grandma now

  • @artisstje
    @artisstje 7 лет назад +908

    They had excellent fashion style back then...

    • @KCCCX
      @KCCCX 6 лет назад +3

      everyone dressed similar. I dont how that's cool

    • @vintage_hart6392
      @vintage_hart6392 6 лет назад +4

      Johnny K thats the 90s tho...

    • @deckofcards87
      @deckofcards87 6 лет назад +16

      maccollectorZ I think the suits from the 30s and 40s looked better personally, stuff my grandad wore.

    • @devonleblanc9152
      @devonleblanc9152 6 лет назад

      LOL your nuts man

    • @aq4623
      @aq4623 5 лет назад +3

      It’s not simply fashion, people dressed formally, gave an air of sincerity and gave an impression that the world is important and put in the effort.

  • @juanmanuellinares3083
    @juanmanuellinares3083 3 года назад +25

    2:58 she's beautiful, yet also reminds me of a young Dave Murray, from Iron Maiden

  • @markwestwriter
    @markwestwriter Год назад +7

    Thank you for posting. I love this kind of thing, seeing people in their prime and living their lives and now they're grandparents or passed away because time flies.

  • @wyliesalimeno9602
    @wyliesalimeno9602 4 года назад +493

    3:35 The kid with the popcorn stopped dead in his tracks. It cracks me up how fascinated the people in the background are over the camera.

    • @osarsaph
      @osarsaph 4 года назад +2

      I was thinking the same they are so curious about it! wondering what it is!

    • @frontxxrunner
      @frontxxrunner 4 года назад +1

      He wasted his time. That guy getting interviewed had nothing to say, no good answers.

    • @Lekirius
      @Lekirius 4 года назад +1

      He looks like the young Henry Hill from Goodfellas.

    • @basedcat2349
      @basedcat2349 2 года назад +1

      I was thinking the exact same! He seemed to fascinated!

    • @user-wi9hv2pb2q
      @user-wi9hv2pb2q Год назад

      A huge change is now everyone has a camera, and the ability to photograph or film. This was a time when few people owned film cameras - to be on the television was a huge deal. You'd tell your friends and family what channel to watch, 'the channel 4 news tonight i think I'm on it' and someone would always refuse because their show was on or it wasn't their channel news 😂

  • @aurelmatthews4164
    @aurelmatthews4164 5 лет назад +614

    4:20 That woman thought american society was already overdosing on information back in 1979.

  • @estebangomez7024
    @estebangomez7024 3 года назад

    Thank you for sharing, David. This is HISTORY!

  • @Boner_Jamz
    @Boner_Jamz 2 года назад +1

    It's funny to watch the interest and curiosity of the people in the background.

  • @deemore
    @deemore 7 лет назад +403

    "Overdosed on information" yup

    • @beflygelt
      @beflygelt 5 лет назад +7

      Prophetic statement

    • @klaasj7808
      @klaasj7808 5 лет назад +4

      indeed

    • @billbelzek6748
      @billbelzek6748 5 лет назад +5

      Kinda spooky how that girl nailed it 100% --- 40 years ago, too!

  • @nathankoroush7918
    @nathankoroush7918 7 лет назад +255

    back in 1979 1 camera would stop everybody in the street, today 1 person acting out has everybody's phone camera on them.

    • @khoalee8618
      @khoalee8618 7 лет назад +3

      nathan koroush it's sad really how society has transformed over the years

    • @RobSeg91
      @RobSeg91 6 лет назад +16

      It's not sad, it's just evolution, people back in 79 were nostalgic about those post war years where all men wore hats and the street were safe and the subway was graffiti free, just to give an example.

    • @marybetheby5184
      @marybetheby5184 6 лет назад

      nathan koroush 1000 percent true!

    • @etchedinstone7562
      @etchedinstone7562 6 лет назад +1

      The way people are looking at the camera, you'd think it had just been invented. Really, really weird.

  • @shantanu925
    @shantanu925 Год назад +2

    3:35 That guy trying to eat fries infront of camera lmao