Los Angeles early 50's,60's in color, Freeways [60fps,Remastered] w/sound design added
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- Опубликовано: 6 сен 2022
- I colorized, restored and created a sound design for this video of the Los Angeles freeways from the early 1950's to the mid to early 1960's, you can clearly see what is going on during the day, the first part is from the 1950's the latest model cars seen here are 1954 Buicks and 1954 Cadillacs, After 2:30 the second part is the early 1960's, lots of cars with Mercury Comets and Plymouth Valiant's. Otherwise, some Packard's, Caddy's Fords, Mercury Turnpike Cruiser and Buick's.
Video Restoration Process:
✔ FPS boosted to 60 frames per second
✔ Image resolution boosted up to HD
✔ Improved video sharpness and brightness
✔ Colorized only for the ambiance (not historically accurate)
✔sound design added only for the ambiance
✔restoration:(stabilisation,denoise,cleand,deblur)
Please, be aware that colorization colors are not real and fake, colorization was made only for the ambiance and do not represent real historical data.
B&W Video Source from: Internet Archive
B&W Video Source: archive.org/details/pet5187pe...
Rights to the black and white 35mm Video Source are held by Internet Archive. under the Creative Commons Attribution License
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Do You want to live in Los Angeles in the 50s or 60s??
50s!
nnnope, computers are life!
A time where whites and blacks still where seperated.
No sir
@@Paultje118 great time
Amazing to see that LA has made no progress curbing freeway traffic in 60 years.
That is because they lie. It never will get better.
With thousands leaving Cali every day, at least part of the traffic today is people leaving for better places.
@@jenniferwhitewolf3784 Let me guess-places like Texas and Florida?
@@andytaylor5476 Yep all is lost......
@@andytaylor5476 Arizona and Nevada mostly, according to the Post Office.
that first half would have to be sometime around 1953-1954, but that second half would be from 1961-1962. awesome to see the transition from delightful tubs to towering tailfins in only a decade. I'd kill to drive any one of them!
I think the first half is from 1954, several model 1953 cars appeared during the video and some model 1954 as well.
@@gabrielcalebe8959 you're right, saw a 54 ford this time
Sterling silver, I agree.
They did look great. Don't forget tho - modern cars are about 100x's more reliable and safe. Unfortunately most modern cars look like cr/\p.
@@jimmydee1130 absolutely, not to mention far more fuel efficient. They just don't have that charm though
This is just surreal. I imagine most of us have daydreamed of traveling back in time and seeing thousands of these classics filling the roads, but I’ve never been able to fully comprehend what it’d look like. It’s like watching the biggest antiques car show convoy in history
So deep
A lot more white people and a lot nicer
@@allaansnackbar4269 actually less white people
@@allaansnackbar4269 you sound like a racist..
Everyone is just cruising stress-free and the way those old cars float over the road all add to the surrealism from our perspective
It's nice to see, after 60 years no one has yet figured out how to use their turn signals.
I did notice that also
Or arm signals!
At 2:04 a kid, sitting in the middle of the front seat in a 1950 Buick, waives at the camera. Simply AMAZING!
He could've NEVER IMAGINED that almost 70 years later, 100,000 + people would witness his act of kindness. Simply AMAZING!
back when there was a front bench seat and you sometimes had one or two kids sitting up front in the middle!
@@djmips "Bench seat?" What's that? A seat in a car that looked like a bench...made of wood?
@@12345682900 go and learn from google what it is. Also look for bucket seat.
@@berkinerengurman1401 It was a joke. I'm well aware of and quite familiar with bench seats.😏
@@12345682900 😂
Excellent video ! Note the dark lines in the middle of the lanes , those are almost gone now, since vehicles do not leak so much oil anymore.
Interesting point.
When I was a kid I remembered those dark lines in between lanes.
OOPS! I did not see your comment, just left another, same observation.
It's not "leaking" oil. It's from exhaust venting from the crankcases on the cars, and tires naturally will lighten the road, except for the middle. You can still see it today.
@@FordHoard Yes, venting the fumes from the crankcase directly out on the ground, was also a part of it. Either way, the vehicles was spilling more oil back then, than today. Also, i said that the dark lines are ALMOST gone now.
It's so amazing to see all the old cars -- it looked to be about 1960 in most scenes. I was a child in the 1950s -- it looked like my childhood
mine too..
We are looking at a bunch of people that have passed on, so fascinating to look back in time with such clarity
The clarity of all of your videos makes me feel like I’m back in that actual time of the video! Truly amazing work! There’s always been traffic in my former home town no matter the decade!
Fun little game to spot the "foreign" cars in traffic. 1:57 Porsche 356, 2:03 MG roadster, 2:30 Autobianchi or Fiat?, 2:39 Renault Dauphine, 2:45 VW T1 microbus, 2:54 Alfa Romeo Giulietta?, 3:00 might be Peugeot 403?, 3:01 Austin Healey roadster, 3:03 VW Beetle, 3:23 VW Beetle, 3:25 Rootes Group something - Hillman Minx/Singer Gazelle?, 3:29 Renault Dauphine, 3:36 Citroen DS/ID, 3:50 Mercedes 220S?, 4:07 Renault Dauphine, 4:16 VW T1 panel bus. Note how the imports become much more prevalent in the later footage as they became more accepted in American culture- especially the German cars.
3:50 is a Mercedes 180 (W120). The 220S doesn’t have the extra openings near the headlights :)
I was there in 1965 and rented a Mustang. I did not spot any so I suppose this was before 65.
Looks so "old" now but fellt very modern then.
the days when every car was cool. sort of
Good eye!
Those were the communist drivers.
To them it was an annoying traffic jam, to me it's a dream to see that many classics all on the road at once.
Totally agree with you! This video is like a beautiful time machine!
It's amazing how they were able to gather all those old cars together to make this video.
I saw a 1993 Buick LeSabre on this video.
@@billiebobbienorton2556 That was a '92.
@@martitinkovich4489 🤣👍
@@billiebobbienorton2556 correction 94*
@@k-town8163 Correction 1963 🤔
Southern California from the 20’s to the 60’s had to be the best time and place to be alive in the history of your world.
Agreed
95% Agree. (Born in Ventura County in '58, so I sorta missed it.) 50's and 60s had hellacious smog tho. That's the 5%.
It was the Golden state then. Now a bonifide Sh!thole State.
@JRG The Great War (WWI) was 1914-1918. Everyone should know that. Depression started in 'late '29
@JRG WW1 was over in 1918 long before the 1930s. Viet Nam vets will tell you the 60s was not peaceful. The early 60s was fairly peaceful on the home front, became less so in the late 60s with lots of protesting and civil rights and assassinations. If you compare it to today's sh!thole it was heaven. The hippies were late 60s and 70s. Over all the 50s and 60s were a great time for most kids though who were growing up. My mom who was a young adult agrees with me when I say that era was much better than todays crime ridden corrupt society we have today.
It was wonderful to see so many 50's Cadillacs and so few foreign cars.
I saw a Renault Dauphine, a Citröen and a Beetle. Amazing!
Foreign cars are goofy plastic junk....... Gimme a 1950's lead sled all day long
@@MrHurricaneFloyd You can't argue with a fool. The cars of today are vastly superior in every single way but the old timers still mistakenly think these old lead sleds were safer and lasted longer. And styling is subjective. There are a few design standouts from back then, the tri-five Chevys come to mind. But overall all the cars looked the same back then, just like they do today.
@@JuniorJr... I noticed a Austin A30 or A35, didn't realise they were sold in USA.
Well, when US cars only lasted two years, what do you expect?!?
With how heavy these cars are and how terrible the brakes were, I’m amazed how close they all follow each other.
not to be that person... However, cars of this era, especially the early 50's were significant lighter than cars today.
E.G. 1951 Studebaker - Common car in this video : 2695 pounds
2023 Toyota Corolla - 3252
Brakes and tire technology has definitely gotten better..
Manual transmission were the norm. You can always emergency down shift for them pucker factor moments. Just pump you breaks too. No abs system to do it
@@STFUSTi The tubby contours of early '50s cars tended to make them look weightier than they really were. A bigger car, like c. 1950 Cadillac, Buick Roadmaster, or Packard might weigh in the lower 4000s. (Bringing one of those to a stop in the era before power brakes still took some advance planning!) AC and other accessories added a lot of weight to cars as the 50s & 60s progressed, as well as increased size.
0:13 Earlier appearance of the traffic maneuver where you cross multiple lanes to take your exit in one smooth motion now commonly known as the Jersey slide.
Thank you for making these video's.
I wonder how many fender benders happened back then. Everyone tail gates each other, turn signals don't seem to exist. Amazing footage
I'm amazed by the level of polite cooperation.
No signaling required.
There would have been 10 road rage fatalities in this video, nowadays
It's nice to see videos like these and not vandalized with a watermark.
The days before PCV valves came into use. You can see the dark, oily film down the center of each travel lane from the oil mist being discharged from the crankcase breather.
Lol, you don't know what you're talking about.
@@20alphabet You're probably not old enough to remember those days.
Road draft tube
@@tenhoruohoranta Aka crankcase breather.
I'd still pick these over the electric nonsense. No ABS, No driver assist of any kind...Those were actual Drivers.
It's like the entire metropolis of LA is putting on a car show.
this is great footage :-) thank you for sharing and uploading, looks really good in color and the time speed is perfect.
The freeway scene from 2:30 on reminds me how bad the smog was in the 60s. Thank you for uploading these films. I’m 71 now, these scenes really light up my memories!
I arrived in SoCal in 1962 at 10 years old. To me it was paradise. Although my mom who grew in Van Nuys told me it really was a paradise, until WWII began, people moved to SoCal to work in defense plants, many service men and families moved there after the war. In 1939 population was almost 7 million, in 1946 almost 10 million then climbed steadily through the 70s. In 1962 population was 17,07200. In 2022 was 39,29032. I guess the thoughts of paradise are relative to the individual. My dad was in the building trades in ‘62, my mom stayed home. My siblings and I grew up in a four bedroom house and parents had 2 cars. I don’t know if it’s possible to do that in an L.A. suburb in 2023. My heart goes out to the younger people trying to get a home and start a family.
Thanks for sharing your memories! It was just like being there!
So many amazing cars! While I was watching, I was trying to name the cars as they passed by, pretty tricky without pausing 😂. Loving these videos!
I saw a few nice Chevy's, some Customlines and a T-Bird.....ah the good old days lol
such a cool channel NASS! Thank you and keep up the good work!
thank you so much
Awesome, thanks for posting! Looks like green was a common color on cars back then. Wow more traffic on highways then I thought it would be.
The colors aren't accurate, the film was colorized so who knows exactly what color some of those cars were
They needed eight lanes each way back then too! Looks like the 101 or the 5 freeway. The first segment is 1951, ‚52 and the latter is about 1961. Saw a couple of „compact“ cars with Mercury Comet and Plymouth Valiant. Otherwise, some Packard’s, Caddy‘s Fords, Mercury Turnpike Cruiser and Buick’s. Good clip NASS.
That's the 101 South, after passing through Hollywood and is about to enter downtown Los Angeles. That was before they had Interstate Numbers, but the "Santa Anna Freeway" is the I-5, the "Arroyo Seco Freeway" is the I-110 North, the "Harbor Freeway" is the I-110 South.
One can tell that is the 101 and not the 5 because the south side of the 5 looks very different. And it shows how confusing it was at that time, before the Highway and Freeway numbers were presented clearly. One literally had to know the name of the freeway and what places were in which direction.
The later segment is also the 101. This is obvious at the 4 minute mark as in the background you can identify the "Western Extermination Company" building, with their iconic sign and logo.
@@michaelmartin4552 Martin, thanks for the Update. I was trying to zoom in on the sign. I believe the Arroyo Seco was the first freeway during the early forties. I know this clip is heading South with the tank in the background and wasn’t North on the old Arroyo called the Pomona Freeway sixty, seventy years ago? I forget if that was the 110 and yes, South is The Harbor Freeway and 5 south of DTLA was the Santa Ana I believe. I’m not a native Los Angeleno but have driven the network many times. It’s quite fascinating when it all moves at 3am. Too bad there’s not a capture of City Hall.
@@OSTARAEB4 Not Pomona, you are thinking Pasadena Freeway. That is the name the 110 North (Arroyo Seco Parkway) is normally known as today (CalTrans officially renamed it back to the AS in 2010 but not many call it that).
And yes, that is the first "Freeway" in LA, but it was called a "Parkway" then. But the Pomona is State Route 60, that runs East from Downtown LA
But having once driven that freeway daily, the Western Exterminators sign is iconic. And it looks the same way even today as it did in 1952 when they moved to that location.
@Usual Suspect William Hamilton Need better public transport
There was no 5 freeway back then. US99 or US101 was how we got from NorCal to LA. I started driving there back in 63.
I saw a MG roadster and only a couple of SMALL semi-trucks. Most were box trucks.
Cool. I learned to drive in a 1960 DeSoto - it was great looking at some of the 'newer' cars later in the video - you can tell when the decade changed.
my friends father had a 59...two tone salmon and cream
Yep, that’s LA traffic alright. Some things never change.
Amazing to think that the vast majority of these motorists have passed away now. Their commutes preserved for all time.
Or they're probably in their 80's or 90's!
There is no doubt about that the first half of this video shows the early 1950s ( the newest/latest car models seen here are 1954 Buicks and 1954 Cadillacs) while the second half of the video clip shows the early 1960s.
The last couple of seconds showed a T-Bird. It looked completely out of place because of its styling. It was so modern and futuristic that it stands out against all of the other cars on this video. Thanks, Ford Motor Company. You did a great job.
When I was a kid I had a model of that T-Bird.
The '61 Ford/Lincoln car line blew everyone's mind.
I noticed that to.
Also, I see a Citroën DS at 3:36 - very futuristic looking as well
@@dudethebrojohnson7018 Yeah man, those were really cool.
This is so incredible, reminds me of the stories my grandparents told me about cars driving by or the traffic on the highways. ❤❤❤
Very cool. Easy to spot the imports. Love the styling of the old cars but don't miss their pollution or that they crumple badly on impact. Very nice footage.
they dont crumple at all, crumple zones were added into new cars to protect you LOL
@@ThreeDaysOfDan lol look up Chevy Malibu vs bel air
@@ThreeDaysOfDan your confused day.
@@ThreeDaysOfDan at least the new cars actually protect you. They may look horrific when in collisions but unlike old cars which come out fine in crashes practically yet it's a death sentence....
@@ARDG89 Did i ever say they didn't ? New car's crumple to protect you, old car's don't crumple and you get bashed around in them .
Awesome video so cool to see all the awesome cars and trucks .
Mesmerizing. Lord, take me back to that time.
And to think many kids of this era are still alive today, any old man you meet might remember these days
Notice that dark, wide strip down the middle of each lane? That's all the oil all these oid leakers used to drip onto the freeways. It really did get very slick after a sudden rain and add no anti-lock brakes at that time led to a much more interesting driving experience. I'm glad I lived mostly in the country back then.
I don't believe you
@@hermanvonshaft4662 According to some sources, oil leaky cars were more common in the 1950s and 1960s because of the type of oil used, the quality of the seals and gaskets, and the lack of proper crankcase ventilation systems. Some of these issues were addressed by using synthetic oils, which were introduced in the 1970s. However, oil leaks were still a problem for many classic cars and required regular maintenance and repair.
@@hermanvonshaft4662 The breather tube for all blowby gases from the engine vented directly downward on to the road from the engine. All those grease fittings on driveshaft and all over the car just oozing out grease over time. Plus all aforementioned seals, gasgets and goop and stuff from the dirty engines.
So great to go back in time. I noticed a few Renaults in there. I owned one back in the 70's. It was 32 horsepower and had oversized winter tires on it. It had a crank to start the engine in the rear. One winter the battery was dead and I used the crank. Instant start!
At 45 cents a gallon or less, peopel still worried about the cost of gas.
@@1940limited
But the cars were much cheaper as was housing, clothing, food and appliances.
in the 1950s a 10 pound bag of potato would have cost about 35 cent and today it costs about $4. When that 35 cent is adjusted for inflation it comes out at $1.25 which is much cheaper.
@@bighands69 gallon of ga cost 10x as much, bag of potatoes cost x10 as much
Esses vídeos nos levam a um tempo que a gente não viveu! São uma verdadeira máquina do tempo!!😁👍🏼
I got startled at 2 minutes and 2 seconds when I saw the black MGTD. We lived in the SF Valley and my dad had a black MGTD and wore the same style and same color hat and drove this same freeway everyday. It was not him though as we moved to California in 1957 and this a a few years before that.
Your videos are wonderful. Thank you.
Quite a number of 20 to 30 year old automobiles seen in the early 60s footage ...
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At 3:20 it looks like Christine in blue coming right at you. 😄
These videos help me a lot with my study of car design, seeing so many different old cars at once lets me compare them side by side. And knowing which years the footage is from helps me greatly but usually I can gleam that info on my own simply by looking at the car models. The first clip has both pontoon styled bodies as well as older models with protruding running boards and fenders. Single glass windshields as well as partitioned ones can be seen, as the invention of curved glass for cars became available after WW2. This puts the first clip in the early to mid 1950s for sure.
The first part ( the traffic jam) is from the mid to later 50s. The flowing traffic is in the 60s already, as there are several VW vans and beetles, and a Citroen DS on the road.
There were a ot of 50 Buicks in these scenes, even one in the 60s video. Try IDing cars today. You can tell what almost every one of these cars is.
3:54 center lane - a '58 Mercury Turnpike Cruiser, baby!! 😍😍😍
I recognize one shot as near the Pasadena and Hollywood freeway interchange, facing south. Haven’t seen it much in the last 15 years but it looks like not much has changed other than the center divider.
I'm glad videos like this exist. Sometimes I think I was born too late.
Less diversity must have been really nice too
Yeah! It does feel that way! My mother was in her mid to late 20's back then and she still misses the 50's and 60's so much! And from seeing how things were back then, I see her point! We were born too late! 😁
@@allaansnackbar4269There you go!
Dang! Except for the cars, nothings changed I guess. Cool vid man 💯👌
I can’t believe how close everybody is driving
I would bet people back then were dreaming of a better road system like we do today
What a beautiful sea of classic American cars that once devoured our freeways. The color enhancement and added sound really helps give you a feel of the environment as if you were actually there. What I've noticed are two things that haven't changed. One: the amount of traffic seems to be just as dense back then as it is today. Two: lots of last minute decisions are made in the very first clip that occur on a regular basis or worse today. I've noticed a lot of cars making last minute lane changes and even cutting across multiple lanes to catch their exit. The only difference between then and now is the lack of road rage. Nowadays that would turn into a brake check and a harsh verbal conversation whereas back then, it was just another day and life goes on. Plus, I'm sure people were just more patient back then.
Don't forget about people getting screwed up because of bugs in gps or not being able to hear what she said 2 miles before the exit or 800 feet etc. or not knowing at all then almost or causing a wreck to make their exit instead of being smart and patient and going and turning around.
@@MGarrison You must have have missed the Citroen, also looking completely out of place
Every single car is a thing of beauty… imagine it.
Back them people respected one another, nowadays social media and the internet has turned everyone against each other now that people can spend so much time worrying about how people they will never meet live their lives, instead of socializing with the local community.
How do you know? are you some time traveler? I can guarantee there was road rage. Cars were just slower back then.
Beautiful cars
Thanks for the video. I noticed that no one was using turn signals to cross lanes or exit.
Cars were so cool! I noticed they did not signal when they changed lanes. And you don't see many foreign cars on the road.
Look how clean the freeways are!
Cars back then were sculpture on wheels, works of art.
So are cars now
@@ptingz9307 BS!
@@1940limited The cars back then were built way better yes, but they were all show, no go with too much chrome and huge tail fins that made fuel economy worse, cars these days are designed with better aerodynamics.
@@ptingz9307 I'd rather have the show, ta.
and polluting death traps that only lasted 60,000 miles before their engine or transmission gave out
Офигенные кадры, буквально другая реальность.
Wow! All those cool cars! What a gold mine!! 😀
_Thank you for your work_
It feels so peaceful compared to 2022
A highway isnt peaceful no matter what the year
It looks like you can't even breathe
70 years later and the traffic is still the damn same smh
The same? Don't you see the cars are moving smoothly. Today it is a damn standstill and significantly worse.
come to houston where traffic is just a wall of metal moving at 90 mph. good luck changing lanes.
The solution is to stop building freeways and make cities more densely populated.
@@hsun7997 LA is already the most dense metro area in the US and there's less freeway miles per person than average.
@@hsun7997 More densely populated? That'd make things worse! Get people out of the LA, and finally build some things in California City. Then you'd have less traffic in LA, and a city that can actually be a city.
Oh!!! Those are real cars!!! Beautifull lines!!! I love 50 and 60's cars..not today the so call "cars". Even if I'm 28 I prefere these cars!!!!. Another wonderful video from you!!!!🌹
Surprising to see vast majority of cars are all within same rough age. 10-20 year old cars back then were basically just model T and A, but just about all of these look only few years old at most. It used to be a lot more common for people to get a new car ever 2-5 years, now most people only can afford a “new to them” car every 5-10 years. Economy from 1950-60s far better than what people today experience
I just love the old cars.
The 1960s roadways is just how I remembered it. Many of the cars looked so cool. I like how people just stayed in their lanes and not a constant weaving in and out of lanes like the assholes today.
I'd disagree, one thing I noticed when watching is that oh, people did wait until the last minute to take an accident, or would cut people off to get into a faster lane. It's all still there.
From what I just watched it looks like nobody can stay in their lane properly lol
@@beerosaurusrex I said 1960s. Few lane changes in the early 60s clip.
@@psychedelicprawncrumpets9479 I said 1960s. Few lane changes in the early 60s clip. The 1950s were different. They drove more dangerously in the 50s because of so many Rebels.
If people would stay in THE PROPR LANE, this wouldn’t be a problem!
YOU GET 3 COLOR CHOICES! Very cool video
Just sounds of V8's in literally everything, what an era
wow, LA is capable of being respectful on the highway
The first part of this film was done (up to 2:30) no later than 1954. Almost all of those people are dead now. If they were 20 back then, they would be 88-89 years old now. How time flies.
Oh yeah! Somehow, whenever I watch old videos of freeways, I always think of where the drivers would be by now. Thus, just like you said, only some of the young ones must still be alive! Fortunately, my mother's 90 making us happy and proud and sharing how the world used to be back then without all the movie sugarcoating! Thanks for sharing!
That interchange has been jammed since I was born.
In regards to US Highway 99 over the Ridge Route do you have any 1950s or 60s videos of that
Thanks... Blast from the past
It's the closest thing to time travel. The past brings back so many memories,
Its Pretty cool someone recorded this
Seeing all these classics on the interstate almost makes it look like a carshow
I definitely prefer the 50s style.
Полный эффект присутствия в тех годах, так здорово!
dont miss that oil slick dead in the centre of each lane,caused from the old vacuum breather tubes that just dumped oil mist from blow by directly onto the road,worn out motors would drip heaps of oil,soon as it rains you have a slick over the entire road surface,PCV valves are a good thing!
I never seen a classic car show held on the freeway awesome
It would be amazing to see a side by side to contrast the then and now videos!
@@octavius8562 how the roadway has changed, lol the traffic certainly hasn't.
@@uwillnevahno6837 the only interesting comparison would be the cars themselves, but yeah, the actual setting is exactly the same.
@@hectora7479 Well the road construction and buildings are also going to be different
probably way more rudeness and aggression in modern day driving :(
theo only thing different is thw cars
concrete will be concrete asphalt clouds trees buildings
etc etc
Take me back.
@@ErikThomasMusic I need the DeLorean time machine
Damn i want a time machine, would sit there for hours just watch those awesome cars.
Holy smokes! It had that much traffic back then , I can’t imagine how bad it is now . 😮
it is hard to believe most of the people in the video are no longer with us but beautiful video indeed!
At 3:30 there's a Citroen DS! That's the last car I'd expect to see on an early 60s LA Freeway!
Wow great video.
Area looks smoggy.
Gotta love the haze of leaded gas exhaust!
Some things never change
I know these intersections and ramps well. Nothing has changed in 60 years - other than scores of hobo encampments and gang graffiti.
You can imagine what the air quality was like with all of that fully loaded gasoline being used.
Yeh...look who is running the state. Used to be the Golden State...now called the ShIthole State and people leaving in droves.
I like leaded gas.. don't breathe anything you can't see!
Yes .. Good point . LEADED GASOLINE
It's not directly leaded gasoline... cars have reduced pollution vastly over the years. I don't have actual numbers but I think like 98%. The catalytic converter is essential to this and it *needs* to avoid lead in gas.
I remember the smog in the 70's was UNREAL. Air quality much better now!
That's amazing! I've driven over that same pothole.
Happy and elated to see LA when life was simpler, cars were outstandingly gorgeous and people in general dressed and groomed themselves in an orderly fashion, a sense of patriotism was felt at this time from the majority of men and women.
On the other side of the coin I’m horrified and mortified as to how in a few decades it has become a cesspool of filth and crime, even mayor streets are overloaded with hobos, bums and graffiti.
Sire Nass I thank you for showing us a glimpse of once upon a time a very important, beautiful and successful city,🌆 Love your work.
@@filmbuff000 Clean it up then. It's a shithole in 2022 because Liberals ruin everything they are involved in.
Definitely true what you're saying. Paternal grandparents arrived in the L.A. area in the early or mid 20s and my father grew up in a suburb (now dangerous ghetto) a few miles away from downtown from the 30s to early 60s. He saw the negative changes beginning in the early 60s. An entitled group with a chip on their shoulder arrived from across the border, filling the neighborhoods with violence and refusing to become part of the mainstream culture. Demographics changed for the worst.
@@egmjag I Wholeheartedly concur with your sentiment, and those of your paternal grandparents and your father, I’ve seen in person the effects that mass migration has had on the once mighty city, there are some areas in LA where police don’t even bother go to as they themselves are also understaffed.
I understand how supposedly progress and Father Time operates, but in the majority of cases in major cities that progress is hindered by horrible people, same thing happened in Paris and London, I lived a few years on each of the aforementioned cities.
Wow. Even in the 50s, nobody knew how to use the highway.
They don't even have blinkers from what I can tell
It looks awesome, I love old cars. But I was on the road behind a classic pickup the other day, and now all I can think about is how much those highways must've smelled.
But nothing like your underware. YIKES!
Nobody noticed
It's amazing all those people could afford to have all those vintage cars!
Back in those days, when you were stuck in traffic and came home, your clothes and hair reeked of exhaust fumes.
That's right and you probably had a headache from sucking in all the exhaust fumes. God forbid if somebody got into an crash, those old cars would fold up like a tin can.
and cigarettes' ...everyone smoked..
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh the smell of Leaded Premium I would love to smell it again
@@madmanmechanic8847 good and good for you
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Everyone is nostalgic for a time that was literally identical, so surreal to watch this. It sucked back then too! This actually makes me feel way better about LA traffic now, it's not really worse! Somehow that's a strange positive!
It was a lot cheaper to live back then with more career opportunities. Starting a family was a much cheaper and easier thing to achieve.
That could all be achieved on one income. A Buick in 1958 which would have been built to the standard of a mercedes would have cost $3000 and that today would be about $10000.
Life was of a much higher standard back then.
When you convert gray to color, how do you know the correct rgb color of it?
No honking. No yelling. No road rage. No car jacking. No police chase. Simpler times.
Oh man, to have some of those cars today would make a nice collection.
You could tell all that from a 4 minute reel?