NYC 1956. I was there. Queens, flushing, NY. Those were the places where I found myself full of optimism, unafraid to walk down the street, and the need to look back in fear never occurred to me. Good Lord! What have we done!
I'm a new elvis fan and i feel so nostalgic for this time period. I highly recommend In The Twilight of Memory. Best elvis book and gives a great insight into the 50s south
Your opinion can be backed up by factual data: a much higher portion of the population DID report being happier then, AND - people had more discretionary income then than ever before or since.
@@soisaidtogod4248 Yea - on the most popular prime time TV show - The Nat King Cole Show; and Nat was black as coal, too, btw.. Nat himself ended the series because the show's producers in Hollyweird (it's vision just as confused then as it is now) had to pretend that only blacks watched the show. Big time advertisers wanted to sponsor it because it was the most popular show on TV. Instead, they shorted both Nat and themselves of major money by only allowing products to be advertised that were exclusively marketed to black people. Unfortunately, all were penny-ante sponsors, so the show lost millions of potential advertising dollars. Nat eventually got frustrated and gave up, but not before he had contributed a much greater sense of racial understanding. He was more than a singer. He was also a great jazz pianist. Jazz itself was the quintessence of American culture. No other art form is so uniquely American as jazz, which celebrates true merit - REGARDLESS OF ONE'S RACE - and which so clearly exemplifies that within a set of rules (the chord changes) there is still infinite freedom.
I grew up in Newark, NJ in the 50s. A mini-Manhattan without the hassle. Great downtown area, five major dept stores, fine restaurants, movie palaces with plush seats, safe streets, a city of distinctive neighborhoods...yes, give me a time machine, set the dial to 1955 and goodbye 21st century America.
Born as generation Z I'm wondering. If there's a chance I can go back I would like to listen to radio like everybody does and forget terrible internet👿
I was born in 1951. How I miss those times of peace, and the beauty of a country of freedom my dad and countless others fought for. Today, our unique culture is nearly gone.
Great presentation, and it was a whole lot better to live in the US then. Today, I certainly worry about what the future will be for my children and theirs. These films bare out a great big difference.
I truly believe people were happier in those days. Unlike today they were optimistic about the future. When I see films of this era the thing that stands out the most to me is how over weight we are today.If you filmed this today you would see the difference. It’s massive.
They were A LOT MORE HAPPY BECAUSE LITTLE DID THEY KNOW IT, THERE WAS REASON FOR THEIR HAPPINESS. Just one reason, there weren't the distractions like the internet... The internet is a BIG TIME WASTER !! Back then people came home and enjoyed their hobbies (most people of today who spend MORE time than LESS on the internet probably do not even know the contentment WE had back then with hobbies. When I was ten years of age in the summer of 1970, I was already enjoying hobbies of researching different far away places via books, brochures, postcards... This turned into collecting things like these to include Road maps, and other paraphenalia (sp?)... In 1971 I started to collect United States coins, US postage stamps, rocks, shells. I started building car models with the first one being a car I had adored since the time my parents built our second house in Saddle River, NJ... One of the builders, whose name was "Rich" had a 1955 Chevrolet Bel Air convertible. I remember hearing "Georgy Girl" on his radio speakers one day, so not only did I build my first car model (a '55 Chevy Bel Air Monogram model)... I later started collecting records which helped me over the years to put music to my wonderful childhood memories. I did not stop collection records until 1985 when as a 25, and in the military, I shipped off to Germany with my (second of three ultimately) 1967 Chevelle Malibu 2dr hardtop coupe in Mountain green and an in-line 6... The optional one for 1967, the 250 cid engine with 155 hp. The base 6 was a 230/140 hp. The base V8 was the 283/195 hp, with optional engines on the Malibu including a 327/275 hp and 325 hp. YES, THOSE GONE FOREVER TIMES WERE TRULY WONDERFUL. I do try and find the good still to be found in our dying world, and have made my goodbyes to Fossil Fuel cars in favor of the care that we all need to exercise towards our planet. Y'all watch David Attenborough's "Our Planet"... Quite sad, but I am afraid is true, we are destroying our planets natural ecosystems which help to sustain the Human race... Only, the Human race is only interested in building Billionaire's Row, and FAST cars, and Megamansions to show off their wealth. Not caring about the things that should be cared about. Have you ever heard of the name, Jesus Christ? YOU may want to check him out between videos!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! God bless you.
So many of us are overweight because of computers and High Fructose Corn Syrup. People today are not optimistic about the future because each year is worse.
Great video!!!My son Max and I liked seeing the old cars 🚗 we drive old cars these days also 50s and 70s.. we like seeing the buildings and the neon lights and the way the people dressed in those days again great 👍🎥 video and Music 🎼🎶🎶🎶. Thanks..
Thanks for your comments, Ronald - that's awesome! I love old cars too, although I'm not as knowledgeable as I'd like to be. I really enjoy looking at these old photos too for all the reasons you mentioned.
The fact of the matter is - "we" DIDN'T give it up. A future that sacrifices the lives of the many in order to benefit an exclusive few was foisted upon the unsuspecting masses, who swallowed the bait dangled before them by the media, social engineers, and global financiers behind the movement to destroy America. Only now do we see their intentions sown long ago in full bloom.
@@michaelbenardo5695 But one party is trying to SAVE America while the other party HATES America, constantly ATTACKS & DISRESPECTS America, & wants an OPEN border because they no longer believe we're a SOVEREIGN nation with a BORDER!!
Sad thing about it was in the 70d 80s 90s was that people were doing drugs, you had serial killers and men are not gentleman anymore the new borns deci to dress what ever they want and don't respect a stranger young teenagers back in a day would go hitchhiking to get away from their families 1930s 1940s 1950s were the real beautiful time in America ❤
Siempre me ha gustado la estética de los 50s; colores, vehículos, viviendas, ropas, etc. A mí entender fue el mejor momento de USA, la sensación era que los estadounidenses eran imparables. Saludos
If I am to get there somehow would be a very unique and peaceful experience. No one knows me at all. My parents weren't even born! I would just walk around exploring in silence & joy and of course smiling quietly at them and move on.. untill I'm done and get back to 2023 again. Thinking like wow! What a beautiful escape!! 😊 I really wish time travel was something real and tangible.
That was the style, even at the ballgames, they 'dressed up' whenever they out. No processed food, all home cooking basically, no feeding the crops growth hormones, and very active people made for a much healthier society. Then greed took over....
@@duckduckgoismuchbetter I’m fairly certain no one in 1960, 1970, not even 1980 was considered autistic ever in highschool I never heard of it until 2000 when grandson was diagnosed, especially non verbal autism was un heard of. I can see some high IQ autism being passed up as normal but odd. And ADD was passed as behavioral issues. Now we have entire schools dedicated just to autism.
In the 50s Detroit was a major power city at that time. And no mention of it. But we got to see the usuals like NYC, San Francisco, Chicago multiple times . Disappointed former Detroit resident
Cool - thanks for letting me know. I've got a small collection of Miami photos, but so far they're all really similar to each other. I think it'd be great to do a video of Miami Beach during it's heyday when all of those art deco buildings were new.
My parents moved to No Miami Bch in the 30s after they were married, when Miami was "new," and pristine. The looks on all those young faces told the story of the beautiful Miami Beach before the crowds descended from the North, before the concrete jungle was built and when Ft Lauderdale was a hot Naval base.
Folks, if you admire this sort of era and the way people were rich other, practice what you preach and treat others well, as well as the places you go to. It doesn’t take much to be pleasant. Too many people would be willing to let someone die just because of a small inconvenience. Practice what you preach. Be pleasant. Look pleasant. Act pleasant.
Even though the 50s had the civil right movement and segregation stuff happening I liked the 50s for the style. The cars, clothing, adds, tv, toys, music and anything in general. It just looked so much simpler than what we have now. So newer stuff is nice but I like the old times.
What are you learning about segregation? Look at those cities. Theyre nice because blacks aren't there yet. Everywhere blacks go they destroy what someone else built.
If only we could have stayed like this. Kids respected adults. Everyone was kind and there was no garbage everywhere. No CELL PHONES and computers. Cars that could move . Not sounding like hot wheels . Yes there was problems . The good out weight the bad
That's when I want to live, we had real rights back then and America was not the laughing stock of the world as it is now. I wish I could go back to the 50s.
What about Washington D C? What about Richmond Virginia? What about Miami Florida? What about New Orleans New York in San Francisco aren’t the only two cities in the 50s and 40s.
Yes, the cities seemed to be much more colorful and exciting in those days - they had character. Many more folks attended church in those days and there was also prayer in the schools. Maybe that had something to do with it being a much more decent society? That's not to say there were still evil people around tho...
The US population in 1958 was 175million. It has since doubled to 340million. You tell me: has the number of, say, housing units kept up? Affordable and available housing is one reason why people look back at this decade with fondness.
Your narrative that after the war people flocked to the cities may be true in some cases. I grew up in a suburban New York City community which saw a boom in population in the 1950s caused by people LEAVING the city for life in the suburbs. Living in the suburbs and commuting to NYC for work was also a popular option during that time. The 1950s was a great decade to grow up in.
You realize that the 1950s boom was just the 1940s boom delayed because of WW1. The only downside was we now had the atomic bomb and our possible annihilation handing over our heads. I still remember that feeling of dread.
There were some great things about the 1950's. But there were also some things that few (even those who think the 1950's were great) would NOT want to go back to.
Uh huh. Now go back to 1929 and see all the people sitting on the streets in ghettos and 1939 when everyone went to get shot at. America was so great. What happened?
Back then coming to America and being American was very patriotic.. we had American values passed on by the greatest generation that ever lived… Now all we have is men wanting to be women and women wanting to be men. A sign of a failing society.💯‼️
At 0:30 seconds, I am done listening to this video. The pictures I am sure are nice so I will continue to watch it in hopes that some will make videos with really appealing music from the same period... And I don't mean the usual Johnny B. Good, etc!!!!! I really watch these videos to see more pictures, and scenes that I have not yet seen... I do not entertain being given misinformation about what happened back then which is all too OFTEN the case!!! Bye.
@Damien Sisco Well, without a set of morals or values that are absolute, any judgment that one culture uses to judge another is only relative and probably more about feelings than anything else. Likely white unionized males had it fine in 1950s USA, and so did many other people. Sharon Wright speaks with too broad a brush, and betrays her point of view as nothing more than modern falsehood. Things were better for blacks in the northern states compared to the south, and all were better than under slavery, and you can argue that blacks then had it better for having intact families than what they have now. Viewing gender roles through only a feminist lens is narrow-minded. Gender as we define it today simply didn't exist then. Different ethnicities have always strove for power and security for their families, so it's not always by racism that one group happens to be first and the others are not. The problem there is that the dominant group tends to put its faults onto everyone else. You can fault the West for its white patriarchal capitalist ways, but it's the toxins within that are the problem. Simply switching to, say, a black-and-brown matriarchal socialist culture is no guarantee of a toxin free life. Solzhenitsyn said that the line between good and evil runs through every human heart. So every culture is flawed, and those who merely see the world as oppressor-oppressed are ignorant of their own power to be the tyrant. One will need either a strong religion or philosophy, held by nearly all, in order to govern oneself and a society for the greatest good to all and to each person.
I was born in 1949 and grew up in the 50's and 60's. I remember how it all looked with the cars, buses, trucks, and signs. However, everything was very conservative and society was quite racist, even in the north. I remember older people remarking that they thought that black people were making trouble and they should stop. They also though Martin Luther King was a troublemaker. The Catholic church had a "legion of decency". If a movie was not approved by it, you couldn't go to it if you were Catholic. PERIOD. Therefor, movie makers catered to it to guarantee financial success. TV shows showed married people slept in single beds. And forget about women getting abortions. They had to go to Sweden. Compared to then, we have much more freedom to do what we want today.
"Freedom"-- so you equate getting abortions with freedom? And remind me again of which race is responsible for 85% of violent crimes even though they are about 15% of the population? You think things aren't "racist" now? It's just the other way around now, white people being assaulted and murdered (like a mother being shot and killed in front of her family for saying "all lives matter"; or a 5 year old boy being shot in the head by his black neighbor; or white old women being run over in a Christmas parade); but I don't see rioting in the streets over these incidents, nor do I see any outrage or reporting on it in the media. If the races of those involved were reversed, cities would burn to the ground during "mostly peaceful" protests. Yeah, so much "freedom" now you can steal in many cities without fear as long as you keep it under, what is it now, $1000? You're free to just walk across the border and get a ticket to go wherever you want - just promise to show up at your immigration hearing- which only about 15% do. You're free to put all kinds of crap in movies and even kid shows, with all kinds of debauchery and perversion. And let's not forget drag queen story time in public schools and libraries. Your "free speech" is likely to be censored if it "offends" one of the fragile, protected species our society has created; but these same ones are allowed to attack and vilify anyone who doesn't condescend to their delusions. We have the "freedom" to run our country in the ground while smugly telling everyone how virtuous and accepting we are-- as we rot from the inside out.
@@mh53j Virtually all the mass murders in this country are committed by white people. Want to stop them? Outlaw assault weapons and handguns with large clips. Second, go tell your story to all the black people killed by police. Third, being black in this country puts you at severe risk. Personally, I am very happy I was born white and middle class. I grew up in a small town that was safe, attended a good school. won a scholarship that paid full tuition, got a job where I wanted, and was not discriminated against when I bought my house. You got it wrong Bubba. You are privileged. Lastly, when you are retired, collecting Social Security and having your medical bills paid, thank all the immigrants who are paying into the system so you can have those benefits, because eventually they or their kids pay into the system. Places like Japan, Russia, and many Western countries with no immigration and low birthrate are going to struggele. We are fortunate to have immigration. What do you think? They are taking your job away. I got news. Employers cannot fill all the jobs they have, and the jobs the immigrants get are the lowest level manual labor. I have a new house. Mexicans built it. It is a beautiful house in an upscale retirement community. They worked their asses off to build this place. Look yourself in the mirror. You are a a classic racist. You are repeating the same crap that was said for centuries. In closing, I will say this. I was recently in the hospital. I would guess that 2/3 of my nurses were minorities. You are wrong and most crime is a result of poverty. You are aruging with the wrong dude Bubba.
@@jmgonzales7701 Were you alive then? I was in elementary school. I grew up in a small town in New York. There was racism then. Lots of it. And if a black person or family was going to travel by car through the south, they needed the little green book which told them which towns to avoid, where to eat, where to stay, etc. You couldn't just walk into any hotel, motel, or restaurant and expect to be accepted. Before the Civll Rights era, black people kept in their place, so to speak, so it was peaceful, but they had virtually no rights, almost all were very poor, very few were in colleges anywhere, and you never saw a black person on TV or the movies unless they were in a job subservient to white people. It is true there was not drug crime, gang wars, etc., but there was plenty of police brutality and crimes by white society against black people. The way they avoided it was to stay where they were supposed to be, and answer yes sir, no sir, to white people. Is that better? If you were a white person, you ruled. It was a good time to be white. There are still people around who think they can do what whites got away with back then, thus you see black kids being shot for being on a white person's lawn or ringing their doorbell. Were there school shootings, other mass murders, AR15's, large magazines, and Republicans bashing Democrats like they do today? NO. It was more of a civil society. If those things happened, it was a huge shock. I could name about 6 that shocked me. They were studied by psychologists and were studied n in college. Today, they wouldn't raise much of an eyebrow. That is sad, three things are causing it in my opinion. 1 Politicians are going more conservative to attract the forgotten poor and conservative white voters. 2. Social media is spreading lies and myths. 3. Fox News, News Max, and certain TV personalities have found they can become rich by repeating and telling their own lies. They created an atmosphere that breeds hatred and violence. And it isn't the Democrats doing it. Democrats want more inclusion, more rights, more freedom, more social justice, more financial aid to the underpriviliged, and movemet toward a more equal and just society. I was educated during the Kennedy, Johnson, Bobby Kennedy and era of free love. It was idealistic. Sadly, it was shut down and stomped out by Nixon, Vietnam, the assassination of MLK and Bobby Kennedy, and the shooting of four students at Kent State. Since then, it has virtually all been downhill or no progress because of Republican and conservative opposition. We could have had a different country, but the conservatives killed it in my opinion. Don't try to educate or convince me of something else. I believe what I believe and I believe in the Declaration of Independence, US Constitution, and Bill of Rights. I also believe something needs to be done about the over 300 million guns out there, especially assault weapons and handguns that shoot more than six rounds.
This is the America that people around the world dreamed of. Now it’s become a nightmare.. insecurity, crime rate, weirdos, homelessness and now freaking woke people to top it off.
NYC 1956. I was there. Queens, flushing, NY. Those were the places where I found myself full of optimism, unafraid to walk down the street, and the need to look back in fear never occurred to me. Good Lord! What have we done!
What democrat s giving our money away
I was born in 1985 England but this makes me nostalgic. Families having fun, smiling, what life is about. Wish i was born n this era
I'm a new elvis fan and i feel so nostalgic for this time period. I highly recommend In The Twilight of Memory. Best elvis book and gives a great insight into the 50s south
Everyone looked clean cut and well groomed.
Everyone was so well dressed no matter what city
Wish I could go back and live in that time America at its best in my opinion
Your opinion can be backed up by factual data: a much higher portion of the population DID report being happier then, AND - people had more discretionary income then than ever before or since.
Where the colored knew their place? LOL yanks!
@@soisaidtogod4248 Yea - on the most popular prime time TV show - The Nat King Cole Show; and Nat was black as coal, too, btw.. Nat himself ended the series because the show's producers in Hollyweird (it's vision just as confused then as it is now) had to pretend that only blacks watched the show. Big time advertisers wanted to sponsor it because it was the most popular show on TV. Instead, they shorted both Nat and themselves of major money by only allowing products to be advertised that were exclusively marketed to black people. Unfortunately, all were penny-ante sponsors, so the show lost millions of potential advertising dollars. Nat eventually got frustrated and gave up, but not before he had contributed a much greater sense of racial understanding. He was more than a singer. He was also a great jazz pianist. Jazz itself was the quintessence of American culture. No other art form is so uniquely American as jazz, which celebrates true merit - REGARDLESS OF ONE'S RACE - and which so clearly exemplifies that within a set of rules (the chord changes) there is still infinite freedom.
I wish you could too
I agree
The USA looked amazing in the 1950's! It is very sad that we can't recreate something like this.
I grew up in Newark, NJ in the 50s. A mini-Manhattan without the hassle. Great downtown area, five major dept stores, fine restaurants, movie palaces with plush seats, safe streets, a city of distinctive neighborhoods...yes, give me a time machine, set the dial to 1955 and goodbye 21st century America.
Born as generation Z I'm wondering. If there's a chance I can go back I would like to listen to radio like everybody does and forget terrible internet👿
Newark used to be amazing now it's dumb. However, they are trying to make the downtown core nice again.
@@user-qo5eg7ly5u Gotta be some old radio 📻 broadcasts online 📱, or find that DeLorean 🚘🎥. 😉
You didn't mention fleeing to suburbans.
I feel like women's hair was much better at that time, music was way better.
What a wonderful world.
it was
I was born in 1951. How I miss those times of peace, and the beauty of a country of freedom my dad and countless others fought for. Today, our unique culture is nearly gone.
It is tragic the way things have gone downhill since the 1960s.@@joesell2565
I def have a past life from the 40s & 50s…. I miss it.
Note how clean the streets were and how well dressed the people were. A better time.
Do you dress like that everyday? Didn't think so
Hope you dress up well when you go out. No point in complaining about the present state of things if you contribute to it.
@@thecapone45I mean the standards are lower now. But it was respectable then.
wonderful cars wonderful country wonderful wear wonderful music
Best time in America history. Been on a downhill slope ever since.
Such a shame that all those beautiful cars are gone and so many beautiful buildings have been torn down. Paradise lost.
Ten years later things started going to the rats.
Great presentation, and it was a whole lot better to live in the US then. Today, I certainly worry about what the future will be for my children and theirs. These films bare out a great big difference.
I truly believe people were happier in those days. Unlike today they were optimistic about the future. When I see films of this era the thing that stands out the most to me is how over weight we are today.If you filmed this today you would see the difference. It’s massive.
Weight gain is correlated with smoking cessation.
They were A LOT MORE HAPPY BECAUSE LITTLE DID THEY KNOW IT, THERE WAS REASON FOR THEIR HAPPINESS. Just one reason, there weren't the distractions like the internet... The internet is a BIG TIME WASTER !! Back then people came home and enjoyed their hobbies (most people of today who spend MORE time than LESS on the internet probably do not even know the contentment WE had back then with hobbies. When I was ten years of age in the summer of 1970, I was already enjoying hobbies of researching different far away places via books, brochures, postcards... This turned into collecting things like these to include Road maps, and other paraphenalia (sp?)... In 1971 I started to collect United States coins, US postage stamps, rocks, shells. I started building car models with the first one being a car I had adored since the time my parents built our second house in Saddle River, NJ... One of the builders, whose name was "Rich" had a 1955 Chevrolet Bel Air convertible. I remember hearing "Georgy Girl" on his radio speakers one day, so not only did I build my first car model (a '55 Chevy Bel Air Monogram model)... I later started collecting records which helped me over the years to put music to my wonderful childhood memories. I did not stop collection records until 1985 when as a 25, and in the military, I shipped off to Germany with my (second of three ultimately) 1967 Chevelle Malibu 2dr hardtop coupe in Mountain green and an in-line 6... The optional one for 1967, the 250 cid engine with 155 hp. The base 6 was a 230/140 hp. The base V8 was the 283/195 hp, with optional engines on the Malibu including a 327/275 hp and 325 hp. YES, THOSE GONE FOREVER TIMES WERE TRULY WONDERFUL. I do try and find the good still to be found in our dying world, and have made my goodbyes to Fossil Fuel cars in favor of the care that we all need to exercise towards our planet. Y'all watch David Attenborough's "Our Planet"... Quite sad, but I am afraid is true, we are destroying our planets natural ecosystems which help to sustain the Human race... Only, the Human race is only interested in building Billionaire's Row, and FAST cars, and Megamansions to show off their wealth. Not caring about the things that should be cared about. Have you ever heard of the name, Jesus Christ? YOU may want to check him out between videos!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! God bless you.
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Thank you so much for your interesting reply. I appreciate the effort you went to in detailing your story. 😀
So many of us are overweight because of computers and High Fructose Corn Syrup. People today are not optimistic about the future because each year is worse.
@@michaelbenardo5695
I agree with you. Well said 😀
A good time to live.
Really?
Definitely.
Relly@@jmgonzales7701
Really
@@jmgonzales7701Yep
Beautiful colors. Thanks to Kodak 📷 😳.
I love all the signage!!! Excellant color pics..they are just amazing!!!
Wonderful America before the decline!
Back when america was unstoppable
That's a point with the word "decline", before the liberalism that began in the 1960's.
Great and nostalgic photos; the colors are outstanding. I miss my Kodak film camera!
Great video!!!My son Max and I liked seeing the old cars 🚗 we drive old cars these days also 50s and 70s.. we like seeing the buildings and the neon lights and the way the people dressed in those days again great 👍🎥 video and Music 🎼🎶🎶🎶. Thanks..
Thanks for your comments, Ronald - that's awesome! I love old cars too, although I'm not as knowledgeable as I'd like to be. I really enjoy looking at these old photos too for all the reasons you mentioned.
HOW on earth were we INSANE enough to give all that up??
Ask the people who pushed for it
Were? We STILL are.
The fact of the matter is - "we" DIDN'T give it up. A future that sacrifices the lives of the many in order to benefit an exclusive few was foisted upon the unsuspecting masses, who swallowed the bait dangled before them by the media, social engineers, and global financiers behind the movement to destroy America. Only now do we see their intentions sown long ago in full bloom.
@@michaelbenardo5695 But one party is trying to SAVE America while the other party HATES America, constantly ATTACKS & DISRESPECTS America, & wants an OPEN border because they no longer believe we're a SOVEREIGN nation with a BORDER!!
Sad thing about it was in the 70d 80s 90s was that people were doing drugs, you had serial killers and men are not gentleman anymore the new borns deci to dress what ever they want and don't respect a stranger young teenagers back in a day would go hitchhiking to get away from their families
1930s 1940s 1950s were the real beautiful time in America ❤
Siempre me ha gustado la estética de los 50s; colores, vehículos, viviendas, ropas, etc. A mí entender fue el mejor momento de USA, la sensación era que los estadounidenses eran imparables. Saludos
And they were indeed unstoppable. Ussr was nothing compared to them.
If I am to get there somehow would be a very unique and peaceful experience. No one knows me at all. My parents weren't even born! I would just walk around exploring in silence & joy and of course smiling quietly at them and move on.. untill I'm done and get back to 2023 again. Thinking like wow! What a beautiful escape!! 😊
I really wish time travel was something real and tangible.
Not very many chubby people back then. They even seemed to care how they looked and dressed up when they went out.
That was the style, even at the ballgames, they 'dressed up' whenever they out. No processed food, all home cooking basically, no feeding the crops growth hormones, and very active people made for a much healthier society. Then greed took over....
@@MoMoMyPup10 somewhere after the 1950’s there began autism in kids …still think there is cause.
@@candykane4271Autism always existed. It just wasn't diagnosed before.
@@duckduckgoismuchbetter I’m fairly certain no one in 1960, 1970, not even 1980 was considered autistic ever in highschool I never heard of it until 2000 when grandson was diagnosed, especially non verbal autism was un heard of. I can see some high IQ autism being passed up as normal but odd. And ADD was passed as behavioral issues. Now we have entire schools dedicated just to autism.
Another fantastic video. God bless 🙏
Very nice! Great paint colours on the cars.
I love the two-tone paint jobs!
All of those 50's cars were beautiful.
@@johnbockelie3899 Agreed!
as a 45 year old former Dallasite, this is fascinating
I'm glad you liked it - thanks for watching!
I wish I could go back & spend a week in the 1950s...
Already in 70's the 50's were the "Happy Days".
Absolutely splendid ! The colors are stunnig, indeed.
I've already watched it twice in a row. THANKS.
Greetings from Belgium.
In the 50s Detroit was a major power city at that time. And no mention of it. But we got to see the usuals like NYC, San Francisco, Chicago multiple times . Disappointed former Detroit resident
It was indeed, until crusty politicians ran it into the ground
Thank you for all your work in putting these wonderful videos together. You give a glimpse into life before I was born, and I appreciate it!
You're very welcome, @trainsupporter9088. Thanks for your kind words!
@@TheHistoryLounge First.. I love your channel. secondly.. is that jamaica ave in the queens section?
Great job putting this together!
Thanks, Roger!
Your videos make me feel all "warm and fuzzy"! Thank you for all you do...
I'm so glad to hear that, Cinda! I really appreciate it!
Congratulations to the channel for the spectacular videos, we end up traveling in time. Greetings from Brazil.
Thank you History Lounge. These are beautiful.
Great photos and solid narration.
Thank you!
Would’ve loved to have lived in the 50s. Life was affordable, carefree and honest.
Excellent video!
Thanks, Ted!
Perfect time for all in USA.
Salt Lake City, nice to look back in the past of the city I'm in.
great job !
Thank you!
These were optimistic times!
That's a great way to describe it - I totally agree!
@@TheHistoryLounge : Thanks, my friend!
I look forward to seeing the next video. Stunning , is correct.
Thanks again, Joey!
@@TheHistoryLounge Sure
The days that are no more.
I'm a little upset I was born in the end times... These souls were so lucky.
Would like to have seen Miami Fl, Columbus Ohio and several others.. maybe in the next video, I hope!
Cool - thanks for letting me know. I've got a small collection of Miami photos, but so far they're all really similar to each other. I think it'd be great to do a video of Miami Beach during it's heyday when all of those art deco buildings were new.
My parents moved to No Miami Bch in the 30s after they were married, when Miami was "new," and pristine. The looks on all those young faces told the story of the beautiful Miami Beach before the crowds descended from the North, before the concrete jungle was built and when Ft Lauderdale was a hot Naval base.
When did we as a nation stop caring about our cities being clean😢
Folks, if you admire this sort of era and the way people were rich other, practice what you preach and treat others well, as well as the places you go to. It doesn’t take much to be pleasant. Too many people would be willing to let someone die just because of a small inconvenience. Practice what you preach. Be pleasant. Look pleasant. Act pleasant.
Even though the 50s had the civil right movement and segregation stuff happening I liked the 50s for the style. The cars, clothing, adds, tv, toys, music and anything in general. It just looked so much simpler than what we have now. So newer stuff is nice but I like the old times.
The segregation stuff aint a problem. Just live with whoever is you belong with.
What are you learning about segregation?
Look at those cities. Theyre nice because blacks aren't there yet. Everywhere blacks go they destroy what someone else built.
I can remember riding the Washington DC trollies.
I be watching more later I really enjoy your channel
Eu gostaria de vir vivido nesta década.
If only we could have stayed like this. Kids respected adults. Everyone was kind and there was no garbage everywhere. No CELL PHONES and computers. Cars that could move . Not sounding like hot wheels . Yes there was problems . The good out weight the bad
50年代～60年代のアメリカの車が好きです🙌
All those old cars makes it look like cuba today.
... but Cuba's food markets were more like those in Moscow!
Nothing lasts forever folks.
That's when I want to live, we had real rights back then and America was not the laughing stock of the world as it is now. I wish I could go back to the 50s.
If you go back to the 50s, you'll be bored out of your mind because there is no internet and smartphones. 😅
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Thanks, Dominique!
What about Washington D C? What about Richmond Virginia? What about Miami Florida? What about New Orleans New York in San Francisco aren’t the only two cities in the 50s and 40s.
You didn't watch the whole thing, did you?🙄🙄
I was never there but take me back anyway...
Anyone noticed how dangerous those Tramway stops were ? i mean cars are passing by so close....
4:21 deano and jerry
I wish i could go back to those times, im sad living in this time!
No trash in the street, no drug Zombies, no homeless in tents, no spray paint on buildings and NO DEMOCRATS IN CHARGE!
It seems like a very optimistic time for US.
The best of times. If we never change I'd be happy. Progress?
Yes, the cities seemed to be much more colorful and exciting in those days - they had character. Many more folks attended church in those days and there was also prayer in the schools. Maybe that had something to do with it being a much more decent society? That's not to say there were still evil people around tho...
1:08See Rebel Without a Cause and then get a yellow cab to Idlewild to fly to Europe in a Lockheed Super Constellation 😢
The US population in 1958 was 175million. It has since doubled to 340million. You tell me: has the number of, say, housing units kept up? Affordable and available housing is one reason why people look back at this decade with fondness.
Have you been out west??
Over crowding seems to be a big problem and crime
It’s like a different world. How things have changed.
It’s the same nowadays, but like you are squinting, not seeing the true colour of the world.
Your narrative that after the war people flocked to the cities may be true in some cases. I grew up in a suburban New York City community which saw a boom in population in the 1950s caused by people LEAVING the city for life in the suburbs. Living in the suburbs and commuting to NYC for work was also a popular option during that time. The 1950s was a great decade to grow up in.
They left the cities because the blacks were coming north and police didn't know how to keep the crime down.
Most people loved living in the city.
Ovni
If we would dress like 40s or 50s maybe things would change.
I, for one, would love to see this kind of style come back to the country. I tip my fedora to you, ma'am!
You realize that the 1950s boom was just the 1940s boom delayed because of WW1. The only downside was we now had the atomic bomb and our possible annihilation handing over our heads. I still remember that feeling of dread.
Looks like we are devolving......
It doesnt just look like it - WE ARE...
There were some great things about the 1950's. But there were also some things that few (even those who think the 1950's were great) would NOT want to go back to.
Wow. America used to be beautiful. What happened ?
Check out San Francisco today.That gay bay thing worked out about as well as you would think.
But now they are merely combat zones.
Uh huh. Now go back to 1929 and see all the people sitting on the streets in ghettos and 1939 when everyone went to get shot at. America was so great. What happened?
Back when cars were not jellybeans like they are now.
Please pray for protection over social income deposit..
The music is okay but the narrative is unneccessary!!!!!!!
I don't know but it just seems like there wasn't much to this.
Back then coming to America and being American was very patriotic.. we had American values passed on by the greatest generation that ever lived… Now all we have is men wanting to be women and women wanting to be men. A sign of a failing society.💯‼️
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I knew black people had nothing to do with New Orleans. Tell them to leave.
Skip the narration, please. It does nothing to enhance the quality of the videos.
Before forced integration.
At 0:30 seconds, I am done listening to this video. The pictures I am sure are nice so I will continue to watch it in hopes that some will make videos with really appealing music from the same period... And I don't mean the usual Johnny B. Good, etc!!!!! I really watch these videos to see more pictures, and scenes that I have not yet seen... I do not entertain being given misinformation about what happened back then which is all too OFTEN the case!!! Bye.
... and women wore DRESSES and skirts!!! ... I am so sick of seeing women in slacks.....
Same.
Thats a problem?
@Nomen Clature i dont
they wore slacks back then lol
If you like dresses so much, then wear them and admire yourself in the mirror.
Assuming you were a white unionized male it was a great era. Any other ethnicity or sex or sexual orientation....not so great.
Almost as if a country made by whites was for whites 🤔
Being unionized is not a sexual orientation.
Every culture in its time has its faults. One set of values vs. another set. Unless you actually believe in absolute values....
@@delftfietser What do you mean?
@Damien Sisco Well, without a set of morals or values that are absolute, any judgment that one culture uses to judge another is only relative and probably more about feelings than anything else. Likely white unionized males had it fine in 1950s USA, and so did many other people. Sharon Wright speaks with too broad a brush, and betrays her point of view as nothing more than modern falsehood. Things were better for blacks in the northern states compared to the south, and all were better than under slavery, and you can argue that blacks then had it better for having intact families than what they have now. Viewing gender roles through only a feminist lens is narrow-minded. Gender as we define it today simply didn't exist then. Different ethnicities have always strove for power and security for their families, so it's not always by racism that one group happens to be first and the others are not. The problem there is that the dominant group tends to put its faults onto everyone else. You can fault the West for its white patriarchal capitalist ways, but it's the toxins within that are the problem. Simply switching to, say, a black-and-brown matriarchal socialist culture is no guarantee of a toxin free life. Solzhenitsyn said that the line between good and evil runs through every human heart. So every culture is flawed, and those who merely see the world as oppressor-oppressed are ignorant of their own power to be the tyrant. One will need either a strong religion or philosophy, held by nearly all, in order to govern oneself and a society for the greatest good to all and to each person.
I was born in 1949 and grew up in the 50's and 60's. I remember how it all looked with the cars, buses, trucks, and signs. However, everything was very conservative and society was quite racist, even in the north. I remember older people remarking that they thought that black people were making trouble and they should stop. They also though Martin Luther King was a troublemaker. The Catholic church had a "legion of decency". If a movie was not approved by it, you couldn't go to it if you were Catholic. PERIOD. Therefor, movie makers catered to it to guarantee financial success. TV shows showed married people slept in single beds. And forget about women getting abortions. They had to go to Sweden. Compared to then, we have much more freedom to do what we want today.
"Freedom"-- so you equate getting abortions with freedom? And remind me again of which race is responsible for 85% of violent crimes even though they are about 15% of the population? You think things aren't "racist" now? It's just the other way around now, white people being assaulted and murdered (like a mother being shot and killed in front of her family for saying "all lives matter"; or a 5 year old boy being shot in the head by his black neighbor; or white old women being run over in a Christmas parade); but I don't see rioting in the streets over these incidents, nor do I see any outrage or reporting on it in the media. If the races of those involved were reversed, cities would burn to the ground during "mostly peaceful" protests.
Yeah, so much "freedom" now you can steal in many cities without fear as long as you keep it under, what is it now, $1000? You're free to just walk across the border and get a ticket to go wherever you want - just promise to show up at your immigration hearing- which only about 15% do.
You're free to put all kinds of crap in movies and even kid shows, with all kinds of debauchery and perversion. And let's not forget drag queen story time in public schools and libraries.
Your "free speech" is likely to be censored if it "offends" one of the fragile, protected species our society has created; but these same ones are allowed to attack and vilify anyone who doesn't condescend to their delusions.
We have the "freedom" to run our country in the ground while smugly telling everyone how virtuous and accepting we are-- as we rot from the inside out.
@@mh53j Virtually all the mass murders in this country are committed by white people. Want to stop them? Outlaw assault weapons and handguns with large clips. Second, go tell your story to all the black people killed by police. Third, being black in this country puts you at severe risk. Personally, I am very happy I was born white and middle class. I grew up in a small town that was safe, attended a good school. won a scholarship that paid full tuition, got a job where I wanted, and was not discriminated against when I bought my house. You got it wrong Bubba. You are privileged. Lastly, when you are retired, collecting Social Security and having your medical bills paid, thank all the immigrants who are paying into the system so you can have those benefits, because eventually they or their kids pay into the system. Places like Japan, Russia, and many Western countries with no immigration and low birthrate are going to struggele. We are fortunate to have immigration. What do you think? They are taking your job away. I got news. Employers cannot fill all the jobs they have, and the jobs the immigrants get are the lowest level manual labor. I have a new house. Mexicans built it. It is a beautiful house in an upscale retirement community. They worked their asses off to build this place. Look yourself in the mirror. You are a a classic racist. You are repeating the same crap that was said for centuries. In closing, I will say this. I was recently in the hospital. I would guess that 2/3 of my nurses were minorities. You are wrong and most crime is a result of poverty. You are aruging with the wrong dude Bubba.
We need a legion of decency. Freedom? Freedom for immorality and the taking of life in abortion? Without God you have nothing.
Time was better back then. Thou i do acknowledge people like me arent welcomed especiallly im from texas😅
@@jmgonzales7701 Were you alive then? I was in elementary school. I grew up in a small town in New York. There was racism then. Lots of it. And if a black person or family was going to travel by car through the south, they needed the little green book which told them which towns to avoid, where to eat, where to stay, etc. You couldn't just walk into any hotel, motel, or restaurant and expect to be accepted. Before the Civll Rights era, black people kept in their place, so to speak, so it was peaceful, but they had virtually no rights, almost all were very poor, very few were in colleges anywhere, and you never saw a black person on TV or the movies unless they were in a job subservient to white people. It is true there was not drug crime, gang wars, etc., but there was plenty of police brutality and crimes by white society against black people. The way they avoided it was to stay where they were supposed to be, and answer yes sir, no sir, to white people. Is that better? If you were a white person, you ruled. It was a good time to be white. There are still people around who think they can do what whites got away with back then, thus you see black kids being shot for being on a white person's lawn or ringing their doorbell. Were there school shootings, other mass murders, AR15's, large magazines, and Republicans bashing Democrats like they do today? NO. It was more of a civil society. If those things happened, it was a huge shock. I could name about 6 that shocked me. They were studied by psychologists and were studied n in college. Today, they wouldn't raise much of an eyebrow. That is sad, three things are causing it in my opinion. 1 Politicians are going more conservative to attract the forgotten poor and conservative white voters. 2. Social media is spreading lies and myths. 3. Fox News, News Max, and certain TV personalities have found they can become rich by repeating and telling their own lies. They created an atmosphere that breeds hatred and violence. And it isn't the Democrats doing it. Democrats want more inclusion, more rights, more freedom, more social justice, more financial aid to the underpriviliged, and movemet toward a more equal and just society. I was educated during the Kennedy, Johnson, Bobby Kennedy and era of free love. It was idealistic. Sadly, it was shut down and stomped out by Nixon, Vietnam, the assassination of MLK and Bobby Kennedy, and the shooting of four students at Kent State. Since then, it has virtually all been downhill or no progress because of Republican and conservative opposition. We could have had a different country, but the conservatives killed it in my opinion. Don't try to educate or convince me of something else. I believe what I believe and I believe in the Declaration of Independence, US Constitution, and Bill of Rights. I also believe something needs to be done about the over 300 million guns out there, especially assault weapons and handguns that shoot more than six rounds.
This is the America that people around the world dreamed of. Now it’s become a nightmare.. insecurity, crime rate, weirdos, homelessness and now freaking woke people to top it off.
What does woke mean again?
@@NoleguPeople who can’t wander five feet away from their safe space without a safety leash and a pacifier.
Let's talk about life as a minority, brutal in those days.
Found the Debbie Downer 😂
"Everything the Left touches, it destroys." Dennis Prager