Crazy to think my grandma was 13 years old… Seeing a video like this where you’re put in first person perspective really makes that time feel not so long ago
@@leemiera84 i tried looking for a price atthe Shell station. It was around 30¢ and teens would take up a collection then cruise. Cigarettes were 40¢ when I started. Lol, hack hack.
The first Dash-Cam in history, and it record's its own driver run a Red Light and nearly cause a crash... and it was at this point that the self-incriminating dash-cam vanished, never to be seen for another 60 years.
@@AntwhaleNearfar Look for Poverty in the 50s or 60s, 70s, 80s ... It was never better .. And probably never will, until the world would be equal, everybody will work to make the society better, not just to get rich as an individual..
I remember this drive, it was 1962 my parents took me on vacation to stay a while with an aunt and uncle, they took us for a drive around town, Sunset, Pch, Mulholland dr, and other places, fantastic!
Agreed. This film predates me by a decade. I've shot similar scenes of 'nothing special' from the late nineties through to the recent past as well. Maybe I'll go through the old reels and tapes and put together a small montage sometime. Sort of an unspoken but visceral truth to footage for the sake of footage. No polish, no filter, just existence.
James they are now able to use Artificial Intelligence to bring things like this back their original glory. With AI, they can break it down to bits, enhance the product and re-assemble it with bits that have been corrected.
It looks like Kodachrome movie film, which has no negative. The film that was in the camera was the film that was processed into a transparent color image. At the beginning of the film, a billboard for the Ambassador Hotel is seen - where candidate Robert ("Bobby") Kennedy was assassinated immediately after he clenched the Democratic presidential race.
@Gray Storm In 1963, you could have bought a Kodak Brownie spring wind movie camera for about $30. After you finished filming on both sides on the roll (about $5), you sent the film reel to Kodak. They processed the film, slit it down the middle, and joined both of the narrower 8mm strips together, and mailed the processed film back to you, which is why all old 8mm home movies had an intermission.
@Gray Storm Gray Storm ... they didn't have video cameras when this was made in 63. It was a film camera and a shit load of people had them. Kennedy was killed in 1963 and the Zapruder film shows you the assassination. Super 8 film cameras were everywhere dude
This is so neat that somebody actually kept this video. What a difference to how people are today. First the street is not as busy as it is now. Second if you ran a red light now, you risk road rage.
0:31 "come to the party" is the The Whisky A Go Go. The Whisky opened January 16 1964. So this video was made right before the building was renovated into The Whisky. The Rainbow Room would be at 1:03 what was then Villa Nova. The Roxy now was LARGO next to Villa Nova Pretty cool.
And the Melody Room on the left is now the Viper Room. That’s where River Phoenix died. Johnny Depp (who was also present) owned the club at the time. Bugsy Siegel used to own the Melody back in the day. Marylin Monroe’s blind date with Joe Di’Maggio was at the Villa Nova.
Gosh great! only i wish this would of started a little sooner so i could see my grandparents restaurant 'The Marquis' @Hayvenhurst... it was the Spago of its time
@@DiogenesNephew well, they did awesome at their job. All the signs are so vibrant and really catches your attention. They knew what they were doin. There was alot of red back then and now. Really pops.
It’s so crazy how in a matter of 60 years almost every car on the road is now looking different and driving way different. And majority of those older cars that can be found are rare. Pretty dope.
Funny that I see a lot more of the old pickups, than the old cars. Maybe not THIS old, but seeing a 70s pickup tooling around on a nice summer day is probably more common than seeing a car from the 80s doing the same thing.
@@Illusionyary rusted away in junkyards, the good ones parted out and the crashed ones keeping little critters dry from rain. At some point most of these cars had as much value as a 90's beater currently has
Thank you for uploading this. I was born in Los Angeles in 1963. It's amazing how normal Sunset Blvd looked back then. No big buildings, glitz, glamour or bright lights. Just a normal business district.
@@kennethj1956 Your smoggy and dirty. Everything you say is smog. Talking about boomers dying off, not giving a shit, their cars being worthless, your day will come too and some jerkoff will be saying the same thing about your generation, wait.
@@Mr_Tecumseh Why are you attacking me? Honestly; What did I ever do to you? I was born in 1935 so I'm a silent or beat generation. I remember when 1930's cars were new and Los Angeles was so smoggy your lungs would burn. Most of my generation is gone now, just like your generation is passing away.
With the exception of the cars not a lot has changed. Funny too, considering it was expected that we would all have robots doing all the heavy lifting while we sat back and lead a Wall-E lifestyle by now. I think they'd be sorely disappointed if they knew how little things would really change.
Some of the modern car designs are boring but we made tremendous gains in safety and aerodynamics. Most of these older cars were death traps compared to modern cars!
Imagine if during this time someone would have said, one day you would be able to go into a store and just take whatever you wanted and if someone tries to stop you...they would be arrested or fired.
They would still laugh at you if you say that today. No one in their right mind would fire someone for trying to stop a shoplifter, let alone have them arrested.
Excellent choice of music. I can image hearing that on the car radio in '63. This takes me back to a more confident time, but the wild streak in me makes me want cruise the Strip three years later and watch louder bands perform.
In 1966 you could have seen and heard most of the best L.A. rock bands at some of the nightclubs on Sunset Blvd.The Doors,The Mothers Of Invention,Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band,Love,Canned Heat,The Music Machine,and Clear Light are just some of the more well known bands that come to mind. Also,I have to mention the house band at Filthy McNasty's.They were all really good bands.
0:00 @ Holloway Drive, heading West 0:27 @ Clark Street - "Come to The Party", now "Whisky a Go Go" 0:58 @ Hammond Street - "Largo" theater, now the "Roxy" 1:25 @ Doheny Drive - the light colored 2-story on the left is still there 1:47 @ Prince Street - the green bldg. on the right is now a pizza place 1:58 @ Doheny Road continues straight, as Sunset bends left
You sure? The vehicle was headed West on Sunset, which continues to Beverly Hills/Holmby Hills/Westwood. But, veering left at Doheny is South, also through BH towards Wilshire.
The T-Bird, the Nomad, the red Falcon sedan delivery. Finned Mopars. I own an original ’61 Impala that’s very similar to the one that pulled out at the end. Mine is a different turquoise, but the interior is probably identical to the one in this car.
Brand new Chevy Impala. My grandma's 1964 Chevy station wagon with 34,000 miles on it is still in a garage 18 miles Northeast of here. Dad's 1950 Chevy plumbing panel truck sits outside gathering patina. I remember 1963 well. We used to go to Griffith Park quite often.
Less people are interested in those cars as all the boomers are dying off. Nobody cares if they go to the scrapyard or given to a homeless family to live in.
Look at how much blue was present in the sky’s back then…also it’s amazing to see a dash cam from the 60s with this kind of resolution…. Didn’t know they possessed such tech back then
Methinks the clarity of the film is way too clear and sharp. Only two delivery trucks in a busy city like that? How close to being a movie set are we? Someone said that there was a lot of those old cars in Southern California. It would be possible to put out a "cattle call" for vintage vehicles. Having never set foot in California, I have no proof of my theory, but it just don't look right to me, it just don't look right.
Post war America at it's best. Great weather, affordable real estate, affordable rentals, lot's of varied industries, beaches/mountains/deserts, not crowded for a cosmopolitan city and great weather.
I was born in late 1963. How things have changed! The streets look cleaner, but I bet many of the older folks back then thought to themselves that Hollywood aint what it used to be.
You'd see bumper to bumper 24/7. I was in LA on wilshire last week to visit The Peterson Automotive Museum, and every street was a crawl not a drive. Im sure sunset blvd is the same!
@@guerralg63 For sure. I was in LA on a work trip in 1990 and saw how they would switch some of the streets in Hollywood to one way for the morning/afternoon commute. I would like to see the then/now differences in the storefronts and landmarks type of thing.
Are you kidding? It's not the same. It's full of drug addicted homeless people who crap on the streets. Back then they had the decency to at least hide some of it.
Back when cars were legit. No warning systems or butt warming seats. Heck, you barely wore a seat belt back then, you were pretty safe in your boat sized car. Good chance you shifted with a 3 on the tree transmission back then too. Killer.
I was 15 and I recognize EVERY ONE of those cars!! In fact, took my driver's test in that Merc Comet at .16 seconds! It was actually kind of a spooky throwback if that makes any sense.
How surreal it must feel seeing the stark difference between the 1960's and now! Simpler times, I imagine. In a way, I feel bad for Gen Z, because they will never understand what life was like without the internet and social media. People weren't as detached.
@@malloryg4251 Spot on, Mallory. There are a ton of book out by sociologists who are both appalled and deeply worried about this generation and their ability to socialize. How many times do you look on a bus, campus, park, or walk with EVERYONE, heads down, staring into their phone and texting.
I could literally watch this all day. Imagine time travelling back to this era for a week and just cruising around telling people all sorts of crazy stories about the future.
They should recreate this as an amusement park/resort. Only allow a certain # of people per day, pick the car you want to cruise around in, and just hang out. Offer hotel rooms, bars and dining a pleasant and safe walk away.
what a fun time to be in, the spinning shell sign is awesome, its weird how gradually the fun has been taken out of things, its almost like all the hope has been boiled out of society for drops in a bucket of wealth owned by ceo's
Yes they were. Although I was quite young n 63, I was still able to experience and still remember those nostalgic times. It would be great if we could get back to some of the more simpler pleasures in life.✌🏿
😎 how cool is this you commented on my channel. I am a subscriber of yours , I started following you for your GoPro and drone reviews and now I watch your bus build. Have a great day!
My first car was a VW 1967 bus. Purchased in Santa Monica in 1976 on a lot on Lincoln near Ocean Park, if you folks know the neighborhood. I think I paid $700 for it. I wish I still had it. It eventually started to pop out of fourth gear, so I went for a 1967 Sq.back, which was a great car too.
😂 Love how the driver just casually blew through the red light at the beginning. Edit...and the end! 😂 Was this driver still alive at the end of this day of filming?? I biked this exact same route back in January 2001 on a detour during a ride down the coast while visiting friends out there....thanks for posting!
Having been to L.A. more than once I came to the conclusion that most L.A. drivers think that any form of traffic sign was a minor inconvenience so they hedge their compliance. Things like, "But officer the light was yellow when I entered the intersection." or "Honest Officer, I did slow down for the red light when I made that right hand turn so I should get some credit shouldn't I?" California, the lotus land of the east Pacific.
Interesting how all of the infrastructure looks identical to today. Only differences are decoration and cars. Also good to know California drivers never change.
I just love looking at old photos and video footage! You can’t help but imagine yourself back in those times and think about all your family that lived before you during certain time eras. This is so awesome. And seeing that Sparkletts water truck was pretty cool. Just the evolution of things like that, and just life in general. You can’t help but feel so appreciative and grateful. And so damn curious! I mean, that’s how it is for me at least.
The 1:01 Bank of America was painted Black and White right after Villa Nova That building was so small! I remember the mail box being Red and Blue! Our outing was driving Hollywood Blvd on Saturday night looking at all people dressed up in their best! Thanks for the memories!
Hahahahaha! Care and precision? if any of those cars had even gaps or trim that lined up perfectly, it came out of a body shop where some obsessive spent hours hand fitting panels and parts. Not to mention the sometimes haphazard carb and timing adjustments. Don't forget, this is the era in which "lemon laws" were first conceived.
@@21stcenturyfossil7 Yup. I had cars from 50s - 60s. The fit and finish was horrendous. Don't forget they didn't have computers. It was all done by hand. Molds were made from wood and clay models. Definitely I love these old cars, but they were not built with quality and precision in mind.
Wow, I recognize this stretch of Sunset. At 0:07, that light is Horn and Sunset, which is where the famous Tower Records was located. At 0:30, that building that says, "Come to the Party" will become the Whisky a Go-Go the following year (that's Sunset and San Vicente). At 0:56, "Largo" will become the Roxy Theater in 1974. Next door, the building that says, "Villa Nova" will become the Rainbow Bar and Grill in 1972. Lastly, at 1:06, that empty lot with the sign that says, "Archer 5-5555," that's N Wetherly and Sunset, that will become Gazzarri's in 1967. This is truly amazing footage, just a year before the Beatles were on Ed Sullivan. You think about all of the bands/artists that came thru those clubs during the 60s, 70s, 80s, and 90s...remarkable....and I was very lucky to have been able to play all three of those clubs in the mid 80s. :)
S@@andrewz4537 It depends on which way you come up/down Sunset. From San Vicente to Doheny (which is west on Sunset from the 101), it's the Whisky, the Roxy, the Rainbow and then Gazzarri's...or what used to be Gazzarri's. It closed in 1993 and then the building was torn down in 1994. It was rebuilt in 1995 and then went thru several name changes - The Key Club being one. Of course, if you go east on Sunset (from the 405), then the order is reversed and Gazzarri's would be first. :)
It looks cozy, quietly no mobile phones etc .. and watch all the cool cars i get completely envious .. Thank you for sharing this. May the force be with you 🤟 all ways
Man, those heavy irons back then. That Cadillac that made the lane change would be one to have today on that condition. ALL the cars in this scene would be something to have today.
And you LITERALLY could bump into real STARS at the grocery store or gas station. Only a handful exist today and the latest generation, they're just pretenders honestly.
It's interesting to know that even in the 1960, LA drivers were still a-holes to each other on the roads! I'm so glad we can relate to our "Silent Generation" pre baby boomer ancestors.
31 years of dealing with butt holes in Los Angeles. I’m beginning all of the worst drivers in the country migrated to L.A.! Fun seeing the strip back then despite the butt holes!
Looks like they were even crazier back then. Blowing through the red light at sunset & doheny seems pretty nuts. But my parents say that traffic was nowhere near as bad during the 1960s. I think there is some good color footage of westwood in the 1950s on here too, if anyone is interested.
This was two years before the first big combat units arrived in Vietnam and the Doors got their first audiences at the Whisky A-Go-Go right along that street. Marilyn Monroe had just died, JFK was about to die, and the Beatles were only recently born. Nobody had heard of Woodstock or Charles Manson, that wasn't for another 6 years. So much craziness was right up ahead but I'd still go back to that time, at least as a tourist.
Such an awesome video and fantastic to go on that cruise! Those 2 minutes flew by as I rubbernecked every detail I could. I could’ve done a 2 hr Hollywood dash cam ride. Love it!
Those cars - wow! I had relatives living there in the 1950’s through 1980’s - I know that area well. I didn’t think it was special then - but now I really wish I could go back to that place and time. The photographer was probably using 16mm Kodachrome. As a kid I made “home movies” there in 1964 on 8mm Kodachrome II (ASA 25!) and those film reels still have their beautiful colors even today - nearly 60 years later.
@Tarantulaturtlemonkey dude.. come on man. The idiot runs 2 reds and held up traffic in the right lane. Obviously shouldn't be on the road. Of course i was being sarcastic 😒
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Can't beat it opening up with them running a red light, and then ending with the same.
The guy was probably filming and driving at the same time that’s why he ran the light probably
He almost wrecked at the end
@@Defender78 And.... DON'T Forget Drinking! It Was Practically Legal Too Back Then!!
lmao exactly
Hey we're multi "taskin" here....
Love how it starts out with the driver casually blowing the red light and then ends almost causing a crash blowing another one
I counted 15 traffic violations in total -- including the guy j-walking into the middle of traffic. funny how things don't change.
I was looking for this
@@wills8288 Hell, looks even worse than today to be honest.
And to think Boomers have the nerve to talk shit smh lol.
Jerk didn't even slam on the brakes, almost gave the other car a tap. Reminds me of someone under the influence.
Keep in mind, in 1963, his camera was as big as the passenger seat.
Would love to see a side-by-side of someone driving the same route today.
Can someone in the area please do this?
Instead of a 2 minute ride it would be 20 minutes.
you would be like why are they showing footage of some 3rd world country? Oh...
@@born2biscuit Man, you must hold 3rd world countries in really high regard
0:24 that's Clark & Sunset, where Whiskey A Go Go is. Turners is still there on the corner of Doheny though.
Crazy to think my grandma was 13 years old… Seeing a video like this where you’re put in first person perspective really makes that time feel not so long ago
My grandma was in her 30s when this took place
grand mama
My dad was 7 🥺
My grandma was 13 in 1946
My grandma was 42 when this was filmed
Crazy how everyone had perfect collectible vintage cars back then.
"Wow! In 1955, everyone was on fire. I didn't know that." - Peter Griffin
And they all got about 7 miles per gallon.
@@martinphilip8998 but it was cool cause gas eas probably 5 cents. And oil flowed like water
@@leemiera84 i tried looking for a price atthe Shell station. It was around 30¢ and teens would take up a collection then cruise. Cigarettes were 40¢ when I started. Lol, hack hack.
vintage is just a word people use to sell old stuff..because if i tell u i got an old shirt for sale you wont buy it.
Driving like a true California driver, running red lights.
And when getting into a crash, they get out of their cars and start laughing.
You don't understand how infuriating it is to hit every led light! A mile end up taking 10+ minutes because of those damn lights
"these are suggestions" lmao
@@nirajdhawan So it's a reason to run it and risk having an accident ? nice thinking m8
@@MolkoKillStyle id gladly sacrifice every other life on the road if it means i can get to my destination 1 minute earlier
Being someone born and raised in Los Angeles seeing this street back then and how the layout hasn’t changed much is such a trip
yeah i presume the buildings in this look much the same a few of them at least.
Seeing just one of these cars on the road nowadays would make almost anyone excited, it’s wild to think that they were just *everywhere*
The first Dash-Cam in history, and it record's its own driver run a Red Light and nearly cause a crash... and it was at this point that the self-incriminating dash-cam vanished, never to be seen for another 60 years.
😃🧐🤣😁🕺✌😎
Very good..
The guy at the end sees this - See Mabel! I really did see an idiot in a car driving around and almost hit me with a big old camera!
Kinda doubt the lapd will be using the footage to identify the driver.
He's been fleeing and eluding authorities for decades...
He was widely known as the "psycho dash cam red light running Bandit"😎
In the days where you could run a red light and know that everyones so slow you'll never crash !
What?
This video is too funny lol, they run red lights like it's nothing
Henry ruggs be like
Must of been amazing to just take a relaxing drive without 20mfers on your ass and in a hurry
You would still crash just not do much damage.
Nostalgia for something I've never witness is a feeling I never understand. Yet I long for it and miss it.
Because you think then was better than now.
It was probably not.
Dan _ Umm...yes it was. A lot better.
And there’s a word for the feeling of nostalgia for a time you’ve never known: anemoia.
@@AntwhaleNearfar
Look for
Poverty in the 50s or 60s, 70s, 80s ...
It was never better ..
And probably never will, until the world would be equal, everybody will work to make the society better, not just to get rich as an individual..
Maybe somethings might have been better .like less people clogging up the earth..thats about it....
@@AntwhaleNearfar come on now. you can't just say things were better and not give examples...
Imagine being able to leave a car parked in L.A., with the top down, and, it still being there when you got back!
Well the city was 85% white back then
@@youtubehasbigcringe bro huh🤨
@@choppawontmiss7065 just report as hatespeech
@@weppwebb2885 that’s not hate speech
@@weppwebb2885 truth cannot be “hate speech” (not that anything can)
... that nail-biting finish! LOL! Totally unexpected!😆
They started off running a red light.
The camera car ran a red light.
@@gandr.e.5136 Dash cam driver ran the red.
@@brainscott8198 Preoccupied with cam Thanks for the video though. Glad no one was hurt.
Yeah, the car ran every red light it came across. What was _that_ about?
Funny, this video starts with the camera car going through the red light and ends with near crash 2 min later when he goes through another red light.
Film was expensive back then and to have to stop at red light meant losing precious film.
@@age_of_reason : Yeah, because car accidents are cheap. 🙄
I didnt even notice the first one till i came to the comments and saw this
Because the driver is texting on his cell phone.
Driver is probably too busy reading his dam newspaper as usual
This was so satisfying to watch. I wasn't even born then, so how am I wishing I could go back to this time? 😂🤷🏾♀️
I remember this drive, it was 1962 my parents took me on vacation to stay a while with an aunt and uncle, they took us for a drive around town, Sunset, Pch, Mulholland dr, and other places, fantastic!
I love videos like these. They were pure nothing at the time and yet so fascinating today because they captured the things everyone took for granted.
Its john - the man himself in the flesh
Like available parking spaces
Like stopping at red lights?
So true!
Agreed. This film predates me by a decade. I've shot similar scenes of 'nothing special' from the late nineties through to the recent past as well. Maybe I'll go through the old reels and tapes and put together a small montage sometime. Sort of an unspoken but visceral truth to footage for the sake of footage. No polish, no filter, just existence.
The film quality is incredible. Someone took very good care of the print or negative.
James they are now able to use Artificial Intelligence to bring things like this back their original glory. With AI, they can break it down to bits, enhance the product and re-assemble it with bits that have been corrected.
It looks like Kodachrome movie film, which has no negative. The film that was in the camera was the film that was processed into a transparent color image.
At the beginning of the film, a billboard for the Ambassador Hotel is seen - where candidate Robert ("Bobby") Kennedy was assassinated immediately after he clenched the Democratic presidential race.
@Gray Storm
In 1963, you could have bought a Kodak Brownie spring wind movie camera for about $30.
After you finished filming on both sides on the roll (about $5), you sent the film reel to Kodak. They processed the film, slit it down the middle, and joined both of the narrower 8mm strips together, and mailed the processed film back to you, which is why all old 8mm home movies had an intermission.
Yes and filmed not using a potato.
@Gray Storm Gray Storm ... they didn't have video cameras when this was made in 63. It was a film camera and a shit load of people had them. Kennedy was killed in 1963 and the Zapruder film shows you the assassination. Super 8 film cameras were everywhere dude
I love videos like this, it's so surreal to see actual nonscripted footage from the decades past. It's like taking a time machine.
This is so neat that somebody actually kept this video.
What a difference to how people are today. First the street is not as busy as it is now. Second if you ran a red light now, you risk road rage.
I think you risk a bit more than just road rage haha
Now someone needs to do that exact same drive today with a dash cam so we can see all the changes over the past 58 years.
Look at Justin Topilow,,,I believe he does
The Biggest change is that the Borders opened up! There at least I said it!!!
I just did a street view version on Google Maps of what you're saying, but an actual video would be good.
The cars have changed...
There's a guy that takes old 3 stooges and little rascals and isolates the backround structures then and now, to show how much, or little has changed,
0:31 "come to the party" is the The Whisky A Go Go. The Whisky opened January 16 1964. So this video was made right before the building was renovated into The Whisky. The Rainbow Room would be at 1:03 what was then Villa Nova. The Roxy now was LARGO next to Villa Nova Pretty cool.
I thought the shape of the building looked familiar. What greatness in live music was yet to come!
That's interesting. I wouldn't have known that. This is just before all those world famous bands played there.
Thank you! Legendary clubs!
And the Melody Room on the left is now the Viper Room. That’s where River Phoenix died. Johnny Depp (who was also present) owned the club at the time.
Bugsy Siegel used to own the Melody back in the day.
Marylin Monroe’s blind date with Joe Di’Maggio was at the Villa Nova.
Gosh great! only i wish this would of started a little sooner so i could see my grandparents restaurant 'The Marquis' @Hayvenhurst... it was the Spago of its time
I've driven this a million times, but never before 1991. Amazing. I wish it was longer.
me too
The ending was hilarious. The music track so lovely and captures fully that drive.
I’m more amazed at the logos of everything . So bold and lively
Bleak with almost no trees, not a place I'd want to be but very interesting.
Ad men would be wacking off in their board rooms if they read what you just typed.
@@DiogenesNephew well, they did awesome at their job. All the signs are so vibrant and really catches your attention. They knew what they were doin. There was alot of red back then and now. Really pops.
@Darkfarfetch A dash-cam is a camera on the dashboard. Someone holding the camera close to the dashboard still counts... probably.
It's funny how everyone in the old days had a vintage car.
... LAUGHED OUT LOUD ON THAT ONE- PROPS!
😄👍
And the vintage cars were in such good shape back then.
I'm a vintage car too. Plenty of dings tho.
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just so so great that someone took this video and it has been saved...such great history into a different time!
Сool! Thanks to technological progress and the people who took such pictures, we can enjoy these views after many years.
It’s so crazy how in a matter of 60 years almost every car on the road is now looking different and driving way different. And majority of those older cars that can be found are rare. Pretty dope.
Are you serious lmao. You said 60 years and you’re surprised 😂😂😂 🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️
Funny that I see a lot more of the old pickups, than the old cars. Maybe not THIS old, but seeing a 70s pickup tooling around on a nice summer day is probably more common than seeing a car from the 80s doing the same thing.
Makes you wonder where'd they all go? I've always thought about this, at the time there were millions of them, but now you barely see any.
@@Illusionyary rusted away in junkyards, the good ones parted out and the crashed ones keeping little critters dry from rain. At some point most of these cars had as much value as a 90's beater currently has
@@Illusionyary Like everything that gets a new model, the old ones get destroyed and repurposed for other things.
I was 3 years old when this was shot. These films are priceless. Captures things exactly the way it was. Love it!!!
@Chris yea lmao
I thought I saw a 2nd shooter on the grassy knoll
I was three years old too n 63!!😁
+Ken W. I was too, 3. :-)
If that's you in the profile pic you're lookin' damn good for 61!
Came here to see all the vintage cars I was not disappointed great video
The year we came out here. So nice of you to post.
Thank you for uploading this. I was born in Los Angeles in 1963. It's amazing how normal Sunset Blvd looked back then. No big buildings, glitz, glamour or bright lights. Just a normal business district.
Oh please, Mildred. You were at least 40 when that brat of yours killed Monte, and that was back in 1945! You do look great for a 115 y/o, though.
Dr. Nigsop McChortlefag 😆thanks for compliment. I like to keep our family secrets hush hush.
Oh you cultured avocado-loving people of LA are quite something.
can you point out where you are in this video please?
And no homeless encampments!
It's amazing how simple photos and film appreciate in value over time. The mundane becomes incredibly nostalgic for those who lived back then.
I didnt live this however i still find this nostalgic. Iv always found it interesting different times of places man has been.
@@aegisreflector1239 It was smoggy and dirty back then.
@@kennethj1956 Your smoggy and dirty. Everything you say is smog. Talking about boomers dying off, not giving a shit, their cars being worthless, your day will come too and some jerkoff will be saying the same thing about your generation, wait.
@@Mr_Tecumseh Why are you attacking me? Honestly; What did I ever do to you?
I was born in 1935 so I'm a silent or beat generation. I remember when 1930's cars were new and Los Angeles was so smoggy your lungs would burn. Most of my generation is gone now, just like your generation is passing away.
With the exception of the cars not a lot has changed. Funny too, considering it was expected that we would all have robots doing all the heavy lifting while we sat back and lead a Wall-E lifestyle by now. I think they'd be sorely disappointed if they knew how little things would really change.
Thank you for posting this video I love the cars shop's e everything !!!
Everything looked so lively, wow. And colorful! Wow!
You really do get the feeling of peering through a little window and looking back in time, thanks for sharing 👍
Probably one of the greatest times to live in California.
And the greatest music.
It was all about to change in the late 60s, the race war and the bloods and the cribs gang fighting.
@@kakashi101able Watts riots.
seems it never rains in Southern California...
Depends on who you are..
The year my father was born, two years before my mother. Thank you for this peek into the past. Different, but the same.
Love seeing the classic and antique cars in their natural habitat!! Beautiful!!
Where did our styling of cars go? This is literally like watching art driving by. All of those vehicles are so cool looking.
Efficiency
Safety regs lobbied for by special interest groups
Seriously can’t make a comment with out some pretentious know it all in the comment section.
@@P1983sche Really didn't mean to sound pretentious, sorry it came off that way
Some of the modern car designs are boring but we made tremendous gains in safety and aerodynamics. Most of these older cars were death traps compared to modern cars!
Damn. That Bank of America is still there. So is Turner's liquor store.
Just drove by the BofA location today. It's now closed. Crazy to think it was in that same location for over 50 years.
most of the tall buildings are still there too!
The 2 businesses that will never go bankrupt...banks may have to tweak things but they'll be around.
@@jonathanblaze1648 ikr? Just walked down there Thursday and the doors are closed. I work in the Sunset/ Dohney building.
Hey
Imagine if during this time someone would have said, one day you would be able to go into a store and just take whatever you wanted and if someone tries to stop you...they would be arrested or fired.
They would still laugh at you if you say that today.
No one in their right mind would fire someone for trying to stop a shoplifter, let alone have them arrested.
Excellent choice of music. I can image hearing that on the car radio in '63. This takes me back to a more confident time, but the wild streak in me makes me want cruise the Strip three years later and watch louder bands perform.
Actually it was all about the girl groups in 1963 and the Beach Boys!
In 1966 you could have seen and heard most of the best L.A. rock
bands at some of the nightclubs on Sunset Blvd.The Doors,The
Mothers Of Invention,Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band,Love,Canned Heat,The Music Machine,and Clear Light are just some of the more well known bands that come to mind.
Also,I have to mention the house band at Filthy McNasty's.They were all really good bands.
0:00 @ Holloway Drive, heading West
0:27 @ Clark Street - "Come to The Party", now "Whisky a Go Go"
0:58 @ Hammond Street - "Largo" theater, now the "Roxy"
1:25 @ Doheny Drive - the light colored 2-story on the left is still there
1:47 @ Prince Street - the green bldg. on the right is now a pizza place
1:58 @ Doheny Road continues straight, as Sunset bends left
Bomb slices at prince st
Could you please point out the spot where the Social House is today? It’s located at Sunset & Holloway.
But still a liquor store on Doheny 😉
You sure? The vehicle was headed West on Sunset, which continues to Beverly Hills/Holmby Hills/Westwood. But, veering left at Doheny is South, also through BH towards Wilshire.
@@Fakename70 Doheny _Drive_ goes N-S and crosses Sunset; a few blocks farther West, Doheny _Road_ goes straight like I said.
I couldn't take my eyes off all those cars that are worth a fortune now.
Mark Key.....I was looking at them wondering if any of them still exist (parked in someone's driveway/garage) right now🤔
The T-Bird, the Nomad, the red Falcon sedan delivery. Finned Mopars. I own an original ’61 Impala that’s very similar to the one that pulled out at the end. Mine is a different turquoise, but the interior is probably identical to the one in this car.
Brand new Chevy Impala. My grandma's 1964 Chevy station wagon with 34,000 miles on it is still in a garage 18 miles Northeast of here. Dad's 1950 Chevy plumbing panel truck sits outside gathering patina. I remember 1963 well. We used to go to Griffith Park quite often.
A fortune in rust repair!
Less people are interested in those cars as all the boomers are dying off. Nobody cares if they go to the scrapyard or given to a homeless family to live in.
Showed this to my grandma because my dad was born in the 60s and she loved it
Glad to hear she liked it.
Look at how much blue was present in the sky’s back then…also it’s amazing to see a dash cam from the 60s with this kind of resolution…. Didn’t know they possessed such tech back then
No chemtrails back then...
Kodachrome
Rob Ford These upvotes…RUclips really is a club for insane people.
Methinks the clarity of the film is way too clear and sharp. Only two delivery trucks in a busy city like that? How close to being a movie set are we? Someone said that there was a lot of those old cars in Southern California. It would be possible to put out a "cattle call" for vintage vehicles. Having never set foot in California, I have no proof of my theory, but it just don't look right to me, it just don't look right.
Time travel just ask John Titor
Post war America at it's best. Great weather, affordable real estate, affordable rentals, lot's of varied industries, beaches/mountains/deserts, not crowded for a cosmopolitan city and great weather.
I was born in late 1963. How things have changed! The streets look cleaner, but I bet many of the older folks back then thought to themselves that Hollywood aint what it used to be.
@@guerralg63 Agreed. After all 1963 L.A. was vastly different from 1923 L.A.
And mostly whites.
Beatiful cars in beautiful colours! Far away from that desert of SUVs (and PickUps) from today.
@@Romiman1 so true!!!
Would love to see a split screen of this, then and now.
Here, its kinda hard to watch:
ruclips.net/video/GJ20Wbg-roA/видео.html
It looks like a shithole now
You'd see bumper to bumper 24/7. I was in LA on wilshire last week to visit The Peterson Automotive Museum, and every street was a crawl not a drive. Im sure sunset blvd is the same!
@@guerralg63 For sure. I was in LA on a work trip in 1990 and saw how they would switch some of the streets in Hollywood to one way for the morning/afternoon commute. I would like to see the then/now differences in the storefronts and landmarks type of thing.
@@JohnShinn1960 You're the best!
And I’m once again reminded how much I adore vintage signage
This place looks so different and yet, still the same, in many ways.
Are you kidding? It's not the same. It's full of drug addicted homeless people who crap on the streets. Back then they had the decency to at least hide some of it.
@@TheDamageinc81 So true LMAO
Nope looks different completely
when life was amazing and these cars are worth tons now
Every car is a classic…omg
Back when cars were legit. No warning systems or butt warming seats. Heck, you barely wore a seat belt back then, you were pretty safe in your boat sized car. Good chance you shifted with a 3 on the tree transmission back then too. Killer.
@@METALFAN4EVS Cars back then actually had style sure, but heated seats are *fucking lit*
Funny, first thing I noticed too. Huge variety too. That was a fun video.....the ending though, whoops!
Check out the Jeep wagoneer at 1:31 parked on the right.
Back then they weren't classics, they were just....cars. 😁
So nice 👍🏼 😊 and fascinating to watch this cars and people back in the 60s
It's cool seeing stuff like this. Thanks for uploading!
I was 15 and I recognize EVERY ONE of those cars!! In fact, took my driver's test in that Merc Comet at .16 seconds! It was actually kind of a spooky throwback if that makes any sense.
How surreal it must feel seeing the stark difference between the 1960's and now! Simpler times, I imagine. In a way, I feel bad for Gen Z, because they will never understand what life was like without the internet and social media. People weren't as detached.
@@malloryg4251 Spot on, Mallory. There are a ton of book out by sociologists who are both appalled and deeply worried about this generation and their ability to socialize. How many times do you look on a bus, campus, park, or walk with EVERYONE, heads down, staring into their phone and texting.
@@tomperkins5657 that's cause you were all too busy bullying minorities
@@user-vx3hv1wx2b Wha??? Must be a Millennial with everyones favorite: The Race Card.
@@user-vx3hv1wx2b You're such a hero
When you can run a red light, almost crashing into someone, and there’s no vulgar language or rude hand gestures. Road-rage wasn’t invented yet.
He was black😊
That old Goofy cartoon says otherwise.
....or film doesn't record sound
Not like today, but I remember my father yelling at people back then.
@@dawgs72 huh?
I could literally watch this all day. Imagine time travelling back to this era for a week and just cruising around telling people all sorts of crazy stories about the future.
The very beginning of the footage is the block where Book Soup currently lives (on the left side.) What a great video, thanks
They should recreate this as an amusement park/resort. Only allow a certain # of people per day, pick the car you want to cruise around in, and just hang out. Offer hotel rooms, bars and dining a pleasant and safe walk away.
The streets so clean!!!!
And I would love to have one of those classic cars thats on the road!
yes back when people respect their country
Check out that paddy wagon on the corner of Dohany dr.
Those cars! Such beautiful and creative designs
what a fun time to be in, the spinning shell sign is awesome, its weird how gradually the fun has been taken out of things, its almost like all the hope has been boiled out of society for drops in a bucket of wealth owned by ceo's
Try politicians
The Vietnam War, President was assassinated, super fun times.
Very well said, my friend.
Yes they were. Although I was quite young n 63, I was still able to experience and still remember those nostalgic times. It would be great if we could get back to some of the more simpler pleasures in life.✌🏿
That Shell station was full service too.
Oh, man! That Woodie parked on the right at 1:30! Actually, I’d love to have any one of these gorgeous classic automobiles!
They still bring them out to the coastal areas.
I saw that gorgeous vehicle.
Back in the 60s that was a classic car now every car is like that 90s and below
It’s crazy to think about my 1967 VW bus being out there on the road… so glad I am restoring it to get it back on the road again soon!
😎 how cool is this you commented on my channel. I am a subscriber of yours , I started following you for your GoPro and drone reviews and now I watch your bus build. Have a great day!
My first car was a VW 1967 bus. Purchased in Santa Monica in 1976 on a lot on Lincoln near Ocean Park, if you folks know the neighborhood. I think I paid $700 for it. I wish I still had it. It eventually started to pop out of fourth gear, so I went for a 1967 Sq.back, which was a great car too.
@@lowhombre small world, that’s awesome! 🤙🏼🤙🏼🙏🏼
@@BCBlue oh man that’s amazing, yeah I wish you still have it!
The VW type 2 was mechanically the worst VW made... hoepfully it 's going to be an electric vehicle ready for the future
Look at everyone driving nice and slow. Man I kinda wish I lived during this era, I love how everything looks.
Now look at the shit hole 🕳 of a world we live in. Progress isn't always a good thing.
@@Mike-hz4jp
Would you have supported black and women’s rights back in the day??
@@disposable3167 I commented before I saw that lmao
True the cars looks so bright and eye catching, in a good way!
You know seeing this it’s really cool to know that future generations will be able to look back at our time in hd
😂 Love how the driver just casually blew through the red light at the beginning.
Edit...and the end! 😂 Was this driver still alive at the end of this day of filming??
I biked this exact same route back in January 2001 on a detour during a ride down the coast while visiting friends out there....thanks for posting!
I know, right? Did red lights mean _nothing_ to this guy? 🚦💥🚗
Having been to L.A. more than once I came to the conclusion that most L.A. drivers think that any form of traffic sign was a minor inconvenience so they hedge their compliance. Things like, "But officer the light was yellow when I entered the intersection." or "Honest Officer, I did slow down for the red light when I made that right hand turn so I should get some credit shouldn't I?" California, the lotus land of the east Pacific.
Fuck red lights!
All my homies hate red lights!
Back in the good old days ... There were no such thing as drivers license or tickets even the theory of traffic lights was new
Are you kidding, these are Californians. They run red lights all the time! LOL
He just ran the hell out of that light.
Twice!
Driving and holding a large movie camera was all the rage back in the early '60s. Kinda like texting and driving today.
wasnt born yet but this made me sad and feels so nostalgic
Interesting how all of the infrastructure looks identical to today. Only differences are decoration and cars.
Also good to know California drivers never change.
I just love looking at old photos and video footage! You can’t help but imagine yourself back in those times and think about all your family that lived before you during certain time eras. This is so awesome. And seeing that Sparkletts water truck was pretty cool. Just the evolution of things like that, and just life in general. You can’t help but feel so appreciative and grateful. And so damn curious! I mean, that’s how it is for me at least.
You would be hot in 1963 too
I was 3...little did I know how things would turn out...not for the better lol
Same was jus looking at what my uncle might have. Been looking at the year before he went to vietnam and was a young marine
Very cool! Living here in LA, I recognize so many of the buildings that still stand today.
Still kinda looks the same to be honest a lot cleaner and no graffiti and homeless but yeah.
That was before the Capitol Records building was built?....I didn't see it.
@@gunplaygaming6830 there's no homeless on the strip
@@SA-hz1rs you don’t see tents ⛺️ but trust me there’s homeless on the strip.
@@gunplaygaming6830 very few
A handful at best
I'm there all the time
The 1:01 Bank of America was painted Black and White right after Villa Nova That building was so small! I remember the mail box being Red and Blue! Our outing was driving Hollywood Blvd on Saturday night looking at all people dressed up in their best! Thanks for the memories!
I once saw a video of Sunset beginning at Vine, which followed the route of the drag race in "Dead Man's Curve". It was so cool!
The cars are things of beauty ! Made with precision, care and pride in those days. Great video
Care pride and Imagination
Gas guzzling pollution machines!!
There wasn't much precision in that era. Care maybe yes, but not precision.
Hahahahaha! Care and precision? if any of those cars had even gaps or trim that lined up perfectly, it came out of a body shop where some obsessive spent hours hand fitting panels and parts. Not to mention the sometimes haphazard carb and timing adjustments. Don't forget, this is the era in which "lemon laws" were first conceived.
@@21stcenturyfossil7 Yup. I had cars from 50s - 60s. The fit and finish was horrendous. Don't forget they didn't have computers. It was all done by hand. Molds were made from wood and clay models. Definitely I love these old cars, but they were not built with quality and precision in mind.
that welcome to the party building by the shell sta. is the whisky a go go
You can tell this was a world where people cared, look how clean it is
This gives me wierd nostalgia even know I wasn't nearly alive back then.
Wow, I recognize this stretch of Sunset. At 0:07, that light is Horn and Sunset, which is where the famous Tower Records was located. At 0:30, that building that says, "Come to the Party" will become the Whisky a Go-Go the following year (that's Sunset and San Vicente). At 0:56, "Largo" will become the Roxy Theater in 1974. Next door, the building that says, "Villa Nova" will become the Rainbow Bar and Grill in 1972. Lastly, at 1:06, that empty lot with the sign that says, "Archer 5-5555," that's N Wetherly and Sunset, that will become Gazzarri's in 1967. This is truly amazing footage, just a year before the Beatles were on Ed Sullivan. You think about all of the bands/artists that came thru those clubs during the 60s, 70s, 80s, and 90s...remarkable....and I was very lucky to have been able to play all three of those clubs in the mid 80s. :)
I believe, but not certain that it was Gazzari's before the Whiskey. I saw some shows at Gazzari's. Procol Harum for one.
S@@andrewz4537 It depends on which way you come up/down Sunset. From San Vicente to Doheny (which is west on Sunset from the 101), it's the Whisky, the Roxy, the Rainbow and then Gazzarri's...or what used to be Gazzarri's. It closed in 1993 and then the building was torn down in 1994. It was rebuilt in 1995 and then went thru several name changes - The Key Club being one. Of course, if you go east on Sunset (from the 405), then the order is reversed and Gazzarri's would be first. :)
Ok boomer
Great stuff -thanks!!
Thank you for the history.
It looks cozy, quietly no mobile phones etc .. and watch all the cool cars i get completely envious ..
Thank you for sharing this.
May the force be with you 🤟 all ways
This is amazing. Thank you
I love seeing all those old cars
Man, those heavy irons back then. That Cadillac that made the lane change would be one to have today on that condition. ALL the cars in this scene would be something to have today.
It seems a real world, a calm wold, where there was no hurry with peace of mind, thanks for sharing this, Admin!
well, look a the smog. Vietnam is about to heat up.
@@janetannerevans2320 no one said it was perfect. My goodness
And you LITERALLY could bump into real STARS at the grocery store or gas station.
Only a handful exist today and the latest generation, they're just pretenders honestly.
@Stranded NYer now all those problems are a hundred times worse. communism is in place, certain people in power have sold us out to evil
Don't know how you got that from a video with no sound, but ok 👌🏿
beautiful cars.. and that clear blue sky, just awesome
Look at how clean the city looks.
So clean and kept back then.
No bums people had some pride
Yep then the democrats F it up !!
@@WPOD354 No, mankind has fuck it up
@@antwanalex4147 mainstreaming of drugs did that
@@antwanalex4147 Democrats are in charge of almost EVERY major US city for the past 50 years. Hard to not blame them.
It's interesting to know that even in the 1960, LA drivers were still a-holes to each other on the roads! I'm so glad we can relate to our "Silent Generation" pre baby boomer ancestors.
And the look on that guy's face "what are you doing" my light was green! And we think dash cams are today's novelty.
31 years of dealing with butt holes in Los Angeles. I’m beginning all of the worst drivers in the country migrated to L.A.! Fun seeing the strip back then despite the butt holes!
Yeah, I was wondering -- still am, actually -- what's up with this guy just casually running every red light in town?
Looks like they were even crazier back then.
Blowing through the red light at sunset & doheny seems pretty nuts.
But my parents say that traffic was nowhere near as bad during the 1960s.
I think there is some good color footage of westwood in the 1950s on here too, if anyone is interested.
no seat belts in cars back then. Or air conditioning for that matter
Ahhh 50+ years and sunset blvd has never changed. Everyone still running lights
This was two years before the first big combat units arrived in Vietnam and the Doors got their first audiences at the Whisky A-Go-Go right along that street. Marilyn Monroe had just died, JFK was about to die, and the Beatles were only recently born. Nobody had heard of Woodstock or Charles Manson, that wasn't for another 6 years. So much craziness was right up ahead but I'd still go back to that time, at least as a tourist.
Such an awesome video and fantastic to go on that cruise! Those 2 minutes flew by as I rubbernecked every detail I could. I could’ve done a 2 hr Hollywood dash cam ride. Love it!
You were paying better attention than the driver, who didn't even notice red lights!
The music is soothing to the soul
... some people liked it so much they invented elevators to play it in!!
@@redcaddiedaddie Nice one!
Better footage than modern dash cams
Gonna show this to my dad. By this time, he had been in L.A. for a couple of years I believe. A teen from the Philippines.
I love how he completely blew thru the red light in the beginning
At the end too and almost wrecks lol
Film must of been short and expensive. Anyone have an outlook on this with how much in todays dollars film would of been then?
Those cars - wow! I had relatives living there in the 1950’s through 1980’s - I know that area well. I didn’t think it was special then - but now I really wish I could go back to that place and time. The photographer was probably using 16mm Kodachrome. As a kid I made “home movies” there in 1964 on 8mm Kodachrome II (ASA 25!) and those film reels still have their beautiful colors even today - nearly 60 years later.
Driver is a model citizen. Knows what hes doing and definitely got it going on..
@Tarantulaturtlemonkey dude.. come on man. The idiot runs 2 reds and held up traffic in the right lane. Obviously shouldn't be on the road. Of course i was being sarcastic 😒
Loving the scenery and the music!