A great, old-school way of introducing/reinforcing some social studies concepts at primary-grades level back in the day. Lots of material in here that a teacher would expand upon and get conversations started and lessons planned. I love PeriscopeFilm!
Born in 1960 in Boston, I grew up in a suburb a few miles south of the city, stores were more personable, mom and pops stores, the mega stores started and everything changed, the big chains were cheaper but it's a sterile environment, there's no chatting with the owners, I loved hardware stores, my first job was Bellingham hardware in Weymouth, Massachusetts, someone would come in and explain their situation and I'd really interact and help them with their projects or problems, sometimes I'd save them money by explaining how to fix it themselves, maybe they need 1 inch woodscrew, we'd sell them 1, not a package of 30, I loved that job, those days obviously are long gone.
There are still hardware stores like that. I can think of several close to me. You walk in, there is usually someone very knowledgeable at the front door. You can tell them what your project is and they'll know what you need and take you around the store. Stores like this are not the cheapest but I think it's worth it to save time and aggravation.
"And over here we have the toy store where men and women can come in and find something extra special for their loved ones. It's called The Pleasure Chest."
I was thinking they were buying the hammer and nails to build something for a certain member of the family who wasn't with them: Would it have been a doghouse?
"And he has free balloons! one for each of the children." No. They're not free. Their cost is included in the price paid for the shoes. Whether you get a balloon or not, you pay part of the price of it in the shoes you buy there.
This reminds me of a chain of supermarket in my area. They sell five-gallon plastic buckets. The buckets are emblazoned with the store's logo, huge, so you'll never forget. The buckets all come with lids. Also printed on every bucket is a statement that it comes with a free lid. It's absurd. It's like saying that a house comes with free walls, a car comes with free doors, a restaurant sandwich comes with free bread, a package of Oreos comes with free filling, a book comes with free pages, a pencil comes with a free eraser. Gimmick for idiots by idiots.
Shame those that should watch this and actually learn something are too busy talking about celebrities on social media, its even explained at their childish level 👍🏼
This film is actually a treasure. It will be able to show all future generations what it was like during the peak of the United States. The 1950s were the peak of American culture. Everything was made in America for Americans. The American dream of owning your own business or even a large department store was alive and well. This film was shot in Chicago and kids could safely go shopping by themselves and the parents didn’t have to worry about their safety. Now look at Chicago. A crime infested murder capital of a once great city. A city now run by corrupt mindless people who have no business running a city with their self interests, radical politics and racism. Future generations need to see what America was like at its peak.
Don't forget to mention that during that wonderful time taxes on the wealthy and corporations were a lot higher and labor unions are at the peak of their strength and thus our middle class was larger than it is today. The population of cities and our country and the world was a fraction of what it is today. The military industrial complex hadn't gotten so out of control as it is today sucking so much of our tax dollars away from healthcare, education, and infrastructure. Lots of stuff is different.
I'm from Wi use to have stores like that i in the 60s i they were pretty good back then to bad they went out of business that all the supermarket Walmart drove them out of business
The suburban shopping centers began putting downtown small shops and bigger department stores out of business in the 1960's. WalMart then put the last nails in the coffin in the 1980's - 1990's with its deep discounts on everyday merchandise and its cheaply made foreign sourced shoes, clothing, household goods and toys. In the 2000's, WalMart and Amazon went after the local, regional and national supermarket chains with discount groceries.
''Toy Store'' , says, mother, hurry children bring all your toys down here to the Toy Store and you can play like your buying and selling Toys! doesn't that sound like fun? Mother had ulterior nefarious motives to have the children and all their toys in the basement. Can you guess what they might be? That's right, imprisoned children to be sold.
Wal-Mart has a bakery and a hardware department but they're all out of $1 hammers. They also have a do-it-yourself shoe department without the deadly radiation machines and the Al Bundys.
@@alshotrodsandratrods8780 The United States occupied Japan from 1945 to 1952 and rebuilt the country in its image. We helped Japan become a thriving modern nation and a capitalist powerhouse. By the mid 1960s there were few things they couldn't make better than us. Japan has been in the doldrums since the 90s but at least they never became the brutal totalitarian dump that China has.
![Chicago 1940s in color [60fps, Remastered] w/sound design added](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/WbQ0tVx-DA0/mqdefault.jpg)
A great, old-school way of introducing/reinforcing some social studies concepts at primary-grades level back in the day. Lots of material in here that a teacher would expand upon and get conversations started and lessons planned. I love PeriscopeFilm!
Born in 1960 in Boston, I grew up in a suburb a few miles south of the city, stores were more personable, mom and pops stores, the mega stores started and everything changed, the big chains were cheaper but it's a sterile environment, there's no chatting with the owners, I loved hardware stores, my first job was Bellingham hardware in Weymouth, Massachusetts, someone would come in and explain their situation and I'd really interact and help them with their projects or problems, sometimes I'd save them money by explaining how to fix it themselves, maybe they need 1 inch woodscrew, we'd sell them 1, not a package of 30, I loved that job, those days obviously are long gone.
There are still hardware stores like that. I can think of several close to me.
You walk in, there is usually someone very knowledgeable at the front door. You can tell them what your project is and they'll know what you need and take you around the store.
Stores like this are not the cheapest but I think it's worth it to save time and aggravation.
@@johnreitz5676 I grew up in Weymouth, and Justice Hardware is still in Jackson Square
And what's the first thing we see in the shoe department? One of those lethal foot X-ray machines!
This was unintentionally hilarious!
How so?
It was made for children.
Vintage Coronet, from the giddy music on down to the giddy narrator: How that is not an MST3K short, beats the cherry pie out of me
I always think mst3k when I see these
As a chicagian, i cant believe chicago used to be so clean
It was cleaned before making this film.
😀
There were still plenty of problems just not covered in this film :)
Back when "King Richard" was in charge.
The Daily’s had dynastic rule over Chicago. You didn’t see a cigarette butt or a gum wrapper on the street.
@@diedonner299 Just people sleeping on the streets.
"In a drunken rage, Father smashes the kids' cherry pie with the 99 cent hammer he bought earlier in the day"
Lol… Father knows best. They don’t show you all the bad shit that went down in the 50’s
I can't confirm, but it looks like the stores, including Wiebolt's, is in Downtown Evanston, IL
Not many customers for the store in the basement.
"And over here we have the toy store where men and women can come in and find something extra special for their loved ones. It's called The Pleasure Chest."
LMAO You are hereby banished from the 1950s😁
@@gabriellen.2886 is he really banned or are you making foolishness as my Grandma Annie would say???????!!!
@@sherryhannah9262 Huh?? Are you not an English speaker??? Jesus. Read both jokes again.🤪
@@gabriellen.2886 you do not say Jesus unless you’re praying to HIm
@@sherryhannah9262 Okay, now I know you're messin' with me. Let's leave Jesus alone.
Ashtaroth demands pain; Asmodeus demands sacrifice!
Better now...?
Where’s all the greaser gangs in these films? Surprised I didn’t see a rumble going on somewhere.
"We're gonna have to take this shoe back to the factory, there's a foot sticking out"
A novelty or toy store would be the most fun.
I was thinking they were buying the hammer and nails to build something for a certain member of the family who wasn't with them: Would it have been a doghouse?
"And he has free balloons! one for each of the children." No. They're not free. Their cost is included in the price paid for the shoes. Whether you get a balloon or not, you pay part of the price of it in the shoes you buy there.
This reminds me of a chain of supermarket in my area. They sell five-gallon plastic buckets. The buckets are emblazoned with the store's logo, huge, so you'll never forget. The buckets all come with lids. Also printed on every bucket is a statement that it comes with a free lid. It's absurd. It's like saying that a house comes with free walls, a car comes with free doors, a restaurant sandwich comes with free bread, a package of Oreos comes with free filling, a book comes with free pages, a pencil comes with a free eraser. Gimmick for idiots by idiots.
This sure was keen
A buck fifteen for a hammer and a bag of nails. Crazy.
Why can we re balance everything to low cost/price, everything.
Dad gets hammered and Mom gets nailed....
@@alphaomega8373 Inflation.
Surprised they didn’t show the X-Ray machine they had in the shoe stores back then
I wonder if that was the big cabinet against the column you see as the scene begins...
Mall : I'm about to end these stores' whole careers!
Shame those that should watch this and actually learn something are too busy talking about celebrities on social media, its even explained at their childish level 👍🏼
Imagine sending your 3 children to the bakery all by themselves now days!? They'd get kidnapped for sure!!!!
$1.15 for a hammer and nails. Now you can go to Home Depot and only buy 1 3/8 bolt, nut and lock washer for that price
Inflation.
5:30 Children going on their own, shopping? That's illegal these days according to many states.
This film is actually a treasure. It will be able to show all future generations what it was like during the peak of the United States. The 1950s were the peak of American culture. Everything was made in America for Americans. The American dream of owning your own business or even a large department store was alive and well. This film was shot in Chicago and kids could safely go shopping by themselves and the parents didn’t have to worry about their safety. Now look at Chicago. A crime infested murder capital of a once great city. A city now run by corrupt mindless people who have no business running a city with their self interests, radical politics and racism. Future generations need to see what America was like at its peak.
Miami is another poophole city. Don't go there...you won't miss it.
Ah, yes...when America was white
Don't forget to mention that during that wonderful time taxes on the wealthy and corporations were a lot higher and labor unions are at the peak of their strength and thus our middle class was larger than it is today. The population of cities and our country and the world was a fraction of what it is today. The military industrial complex hadn't gotten so out of control as it is today sucking so much of our tax dollars away from healthcare, education, and infrastructure. Lots of stuff is different.
@@tomservo56954 and ran by white men
The rich hated this time, the "peasants" having acces to luxury and independence, its unnatural for them twisted little minds.
You used to get full service when you bought shows now day you got to do everything yourself even at the cleckout. No service anymore.
This is the way it was.
And the way it outta be . Again.
Are you meaning that post to be taken seriously?
I'm from Wi use to have stores like that i in the 60s i they were pretty good back then to bad they went out of business that all the supermarket Walmart drove them out of business
The suburban shopping centers began putting downtown small shops and bigger department stores out of business in the 1960's. WalMart then put the last nails in the coffin in the 1980's - 1990's with its deep discounts on everyday merchandise and its cheaply made foreign sourced shoes, clothing, household goods and toys. In the 2000's, WalMart and Amazon went after the local, regional and national supermarket chains with discount groceries.
The trade deal made with China ended it.
Kenneth Johnson I hate Walmart
That's part of why I've boycotted Walmart for more than twenty years.
Darn corpos.
''Toy Store'' , says, mother, hurry children bring all your toys down here to the Toy Store and you can play like your buying and selling Toys! doesn't that sound like fun? Mother had ulterior nefarious motives to have the children and all their toys in the basement. Can you guess what they might be? That's right, imprisoned children to be sold.
Back when most of it was made in USA
I'm going take the family out to Home Depot. We're going to buy a brand new hammer....
😄
Why didn't they just buy all that crap at the department store?
Wal-Mart has a bakery and a hardware department but they're all out of $1 hammers. They also have a do-it-yourself shoe department without the deadly radiation machines and the Al Bundys.
Not every department store had a bakery, or hardware department.
why didnt they just go to walmart like everyone else???
Let's get some shoes.
Life was so naive back in the 1950's.
it still is for the majority
Unlike you right?
Only for films like this, all the bad stuff was swept under the rug
So we just watched the directors home movies of his weekend didn't we...
In Russia shoe wear YOU.
No China here.
A lot of toys back then were made in Japan.
@@alshotrodsandratrods8780 The United States occupied Japan from 1945 to 1952 and rebuilt the country in its image.
We helped Japan become a thriving modern nation and a capitalist powerhouse. By the mid 1960s there were few things they couldn't make better than us.
Japan has been in the doldrums since the 90s but at least they never became the brutal totalitarian dump that China has.
@@pacather Japan makes quality products now but during the rebuilding they mostly made cheap tin toys from old beer cans.