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San Francisco in 1958
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- Опубліковано 28 жов 2009
- Beautiful scenery of San Francisco in 1958 shot in 16mm and colorized.
"Jeff Altman of Chicago discovered this beautiful old film reel of his grandfather's, entitled "Alameda 1958." Altman's grandfather, who is pictured in front of the camera and behind the scenes, had traveled to San Francisco via a navy aircraft. Altman also has a reel documenting his grandfather's voyage to SF, which he will be posting on Vimeo soon. Background music by Air -- "Alone In Kyoto.""
What a gorgeous city at that time.
Parts are, but it has lost it natural integration into its surroundings. Dodging human feces and needles is not fun. Feels really unsafe.
As big cities go, it will always be a beautiful one. But, it's gotten so over-crowded and congested and the cost of everything is through the roof, starting with the one over your head. I'll always have an affection for SF and will like to be able to visit it once in a while, but living there is just not for me anymore...
Not anymore.Paradise Lost.
Yes "AT THAT TIME" you are so right, but not now. STAY AWAY FROM SAN FRANCISCO!
I can smoke cannabis on the streets on that given year with no worries I'll bet.
Surprisingly pristine 60 year old footage.
I couldn't watch. It's so sad what's happened to this City.
I left. Spent half my life there, and left! Loved her the way she use to be! She just is not the city I once fell so madly in love with, sadly.
And what oasis did you choose to more to?
@@Me97202 probably somewhere in Texas
Yep keep electing Democrats for more horror! 🙈🖖🏼🇺🇸
I moved away from my hometown Portland Oregon for the same reasons. Lunatic democrat leadership.
@@Me97202 I left the country.
When I was just about 2 years old, my parents and younger sister stayed in SF while getting ready to board a gigantic Navy ship to go to the Phillipines for 2 years. I still have some hazy memories from that time, but the MOST redolent memory was the smell of the diner where we ate breakfast. I can still catch a whiff in my mind, and sometimes walk past a diner that smells like what I recall. Potato hash, bacon and eggs... DONE RIGHT!
I moved back to the Bay Area in 1991 and relocated in 2011 to the Pacific Northwest.
Don't miss the city that much, but it was very dear to my heart and continues to hold so many treasures.
@Durango DeCarlo Democrats ruined it.
a beautiful moment in time,wish it was all over again thank
San Francisco was a great place to grow up in during the ‘50s and ‘60s.
I remember as a kid going to visit my uncle in San Bruno in the late 50s and driving down Lombard street. My 7 year old mind couldn't fathom all the twists and turns when a straight line would make more sense. I guess I'm still the same way.
Everyone was so well-dressed then.
Yes very well groomed. Another reason why I love You Tube to escaped the 21st Century and watched older Gem Videos. I love Glamour🌹 I wished we had the same Glamour and Etiquette Mannerism in this Century.
Yes they were well dress. Men wore hats and dress shoes. Now men of all ages wear ball caps and tennis shoes.
Long hair on a women is her glory.
Our morals have deteriorated. What ever someone does is widely accepted.
Only a remnant will be saved. Come to the Spirit and the Bride, Revelation 22:17. GodBlessU much on your spiritual journey through the desert of faith.
The most precious thing in the desert of faith is, water, spiritual water.
Who ever gives us this water is our Elohim God, the Spirit and the Bride.
@Durango DeCarlo I still dress in suits all the time ,I take pride in how I look people look at me funny or always ask me why am I dressed up but I just tell them because I enjoy looking nice and my mother and father were always so proud off me because they loved how I really loving dressing up no matter the occasion
After the Hippies showed up, people started dressing like slobs
Take a look at some pictures of people going to baseball games in the old times. Hockey games may be on football games... everyone is dressed up everyone. That talks a lot about the culture when people can’t get dressed up and they look like they’re going everywhere in their pajamas. It’s one sign that were are the end of civilization😓
I do miss living there ! My years there was '69 to '82.
What city do you live in now?
Your timing could not have been more fortunate. It (SFO) and the surrounding region - as well, that time in general within the USA - was wonderful, magical in many respects. No more. Cherish your luck. North Beach in toto, Chinatown,........, Charles McCabe, the Sausalito ferry (and Sausalito), Ocean Beach, the air...., the weather, the food, the people, the music. Take care.
Back in the 60s when I was teenager there, which was indeed a great time and place to be a teenager, people would talk about how much better SF was in the 20s, 30s, and 40s. There werelots of problems there in the 60s and early 70s that old timers didn't like, including hippies, drugs, and a crime wave during the early 70s that was all people seemed to talk about. Its easy to be nostalgic about a time one didn't live through, but those of us who were there remember it as it was.
Very true
It certainly looks like a better place than now.
A step back in time. How very cool!
Thanks for posting this. I saw San Francisco for the first time when I was eleven in 1958 and this is exactly how I recall it.
Height of the "Pax Americana" (roughly 1953-1964) absolutely beautiful time to live in the U.S.
Before the Boomers took over and ruined the world
@@aunch3 Which happened because small brained humans went out into the world and futsed it all while they're kids grew misguided and stupid.
I've been to several "China Towns" across the country, this one has to be the most authentic.
It's the biggest outside of China
I was born in this City in 1959. Ohhhh... how it has changed over the years.
Imagine the heaven that was California in the 50s
I wish we could go back now it's full of illegals, drugs, homeless and scum
@@vegasyo11 i was homeless so u can kiss my ass
Domino oh yea go into San Francisco and Los Angeles and tell me how liberalism has worked?
No character no morals no boundaries
Now it’s druggies and shit and needles everywhere
I arrived in California as a one year old in 1957. California was heaven for a boy growing up there in the 50's, 60's, and 70's. As a boy I spent time in southern and northern California. I saw the slow decline after the 1990's mainly from the invasion of people from the other side of the southern border. The crime from my home town just north of San Francisco is coming mainly from one group. Dangerous gangs like MS13 run around free, illegals on street corners with stolen SSN numbers wait to get picked up for work, millions of immigrants refusing to speak English, refusing to assimilate into American culture, and millions of immigrants refusing to pledge allegiance to the nation and flag. In the past immigrants loved the USA, today's invasion hate America and the people who created it. I spent a lot of time in San Francisco mainly in the parks and saw a lot of freaky things like hundreds on hyperdermic needles on the ground, tents in the bushes, people in brood daylight pulling their pants down and taking a dump in front of other people. Homeless tent cities are everywhere in the bay area.
I moved out of California 4 months ago to another state. So glad I left, but it's sad what they did to it.
@@Cokguzelyadidi Woke loony.
I first visited SF as a freshman in high school, having just moved out with my mom from Appalachia. That was in late 1962. It was a magical, fascinating city then, truly an international village with lots to do, and see. It's been ruined since. Someday this gem will be re-polished. But not in my lifetime.
The SF I wish still existed.... can we bring back our Golden State! Born and raised in Cali , we were so proud of it when I was kid. Thank you for sharing.
I was 3, and I'm still here
Rough!
From your view point why is SF such a shit hole now I lived there in the 80s on 21st and Guerrero it was beautiful then !
A classic look at vintage San Francisco, a 'home made' movie that really brings smiles and memories
It’s quite amusing to see Lombard Street with one car on it! The last time I drove past at the bottom, I had to wait for all the tourist standing in the intersection to move out of the way- a young woman taking a photo with her back to me, backing up for the perfect shot, fell backwards onto the hood of my car. I had to laugh.....
My Dad was born in San Francisco in 1951. So, he was about the same age as those kids on the Trolly car. Unreal...
@ 1:35 is a view of Huntington Park at the intersection of Taylor & Sacramento Streets on Nob Hill in San Francisco.
I visited SF for first time in 1999 from Scotland,fell in love with the place,visited every year up until 2011,can’t believe the changes.I’m coming to California again next may.I used to stay at a motel on union and van ness and felt safe,walking most places,next trip I have a hotel booked in Burlingame,don’t feel safe to stay in SF city.shame on politicians for ruining this beautiful city.
great footage...
So beautiful
Some reflection, my parents were just engaged, two years later my sister was born Plattsburgh NY, one year later SanAntonio TX my parents saw me for the first time, five yrs later an ‘oops’ happened, little Sis joined us Glen Burnie MD. Fast Fwd to two years ago, Dad passed…Mom still with the living at 85yrs…big Sis like little Sis are Grandma’s and myself, blessed, with a wonderful wife, two daughters and a dog. And so, life has been good, with its tears and laughter, joys and sorrows, love and resentments, with much forgiveness. God has been good and always will be Good! Life is fleeting…we learn from our past, grow in wisdom, and as we take our last breath, by Gods grace, we know where our eternal soul is going, but if there’s any doubt or we just don’t know, seek Christ, He is faithful.
Amazing! I live here and everything looks pretty much exactly the same. Only the models of cars and wardrobes are different. We should all start wearing suits again!
Yet, now - homeless tents, lots of urine odor, & mass looting. I lived there 3 yrs in early '90s - lots of homeless who can get aggressive... begging -or try to con.
I live within a 3 hour drive of San Francisco yet I try my best to avoid going to that area as much as possible. Its just become such a sad place. The entire bay area really...
Very well done, great music used, thank you so much!!
It so sad to see what California has become since back then. It wasn't perfect but was sure 1 hell of a lot better than the filthy mess it is now. I remember when I used to tell people years ago I was from CA they were so jealous now when you tell them they are like "better you than me."
no matter what those people have to say, California is still a great state. Unparalleled beauty and diversity. San Francisco is, and always will be the most beautiful city in America.
beautiful shit on the streets. tenderloin crackhead barbeque party. lots of stores closing because of free robberies. a very cartelish methy feeling, Hip and Cool!
@ *Yup* No amount of diversity will mask over the poo and crackheads
@ Cultural enrichment
I lived in "The City" from the late 70's to the mid 80"s. What a way to spend my 20's!!!! Many fond memories of this very unique place.
Wonderful times to be alive
Thank you
Love these videos before I was born
Look at that… And that’s the cultural disconnect today. The one dude actually helped turn the trolley around. People are so dumb and lazy today they couldn’t care less. I just want to get into a Time Machine and go back to that time. Forget all this technology forget all those other stupid crap. I leave all the technology behind for a little peace of mind.
tupacamaru2 what the hell are u talking about ? They have just less diseases than today
San Francisco was a lot cleaner people were very respectful things were very cheap,rents ,houses,no filthy streets and homeless...👍🏼😎
I mean the guy that spun the trolley was the driver... I agree people seem to be getting stupider by the decade.
Yep, sure would like to visit Twilight Zone's Willoughby.
me too
The Golden Era of San Francisco
The year l was born in San Francisco 1958 lol
Me too! I attended Paul Revere School in Bernal Heights, 1964-1967. What grade school did you go to?
Back when the craziest thing about SF was Rice-a-Roni. The Transamerica Pyramid would not show up for another 14 years.
The old Chinese lady that you saw climbing the steep sidewalks in Chinatown (on your vacation) with her bags of fresh fish was just a teenager.
Humanity reached its pinnacle around the time that trolley car hit the top of the street. It's been downhill ever since.
The Greatest Generation, who created the America in this video, were followed by the Boomer generation who are the worst generation in history and they created the America you see today.
Every new generation that comes along wants to fix the world their parents broke. Except the Millennials who do nothing but whine and complain.
@@aunch3 beautiful ❤️❤️ you are so right. Lost the respect for others when the boomers came onto the scene. Sad for all of us. Give me the time machine, I will go back gladly and stay there.
I did enjoy this video, thanks!
this was when SF was not run by crazies
What happened was the Boomers came along and ruined the place, voting corrupt idiots into office while they dropped acid and danced around in circles like idiots
@@aunch3 I have noticed that...the last good generation was those born in the 30s. The boomers definitely effed things up and were handed a great economy and quality of life that didn’t even make it to their grandchildren. I do think there were other actors involved in getting some of those movements going but in the end the boomers bought into them.
@@BFaluup you have zero idea what you're talking about dickhead
100% correct!! Nancy Pelosi and her Nephew Gavin Newsom have destroyed San Francisco.
@@dodoboodrough6044 lol...Pelosi is a FEDERAL congresswoman dipshit.
Wow! California back when you didn't slip all over the place on human excrement.
Went under the GG bridge to Hawaii Dec 1958
Beautiful music
Wow. People actually cared how they dressed, and had manners. I didn't spot one pile of shit on a sidewalk anywhere!
Yes, truly disgusting today.
@Domino I guess you are right and all the rest are wrong. Must be a conspiracy, eh?
Nice views of SF!
These type of videos actually make me sad. No going back to such glorious times! Rather, we are now witnessing the down fall of humanity and quality of life.
Back when San Francisco was still habitable for human beings, and even (in some places), quite pleasant! HAPPY DAYS!
Oh boy thats a good Time!
For some stunning footage of San Francisco in 1957, also see Alfred Hitchcock's masterpiece "VERTIGO".
Yes!
Although black and white, 1958's The Lineup has good footage too. With both movies have remote in hand so you can pause and zoom.
Perfect adding Air.
By mid-60’s the Streetcars were packed!!
Those were the days from 1950s to 2009 when SF was a romantic city where you can take your date in any neighborhood.
Has my first date in Haight Ashbury and then afterwards went to Union Square.
Too bad it has change for the worse 😔
The innocence....
Not a scrap of litter anywhere!
I can't help feeling that the human race has had it's Golden years. From the end of WW2 to the early 1990's...the best time to be alive?
I get the feeling that what's ahead for mankind is not as good. As a Father of 2 Teenage daughters it troubles me.
Lovely video by the way.
Not if you were Vietnamese or Cambodian...
Klasse Aufnahme von 1958.
Hello! Do you own this footage? I'm working on a documentary about San Francisco and there are some great shots here, do you have any interest in licensing some of it?
Fond memories of SF when I was a kid. People behaved much better then than they do today.
The golden 50s best cars,president ike.and a damn good economy my mother told me.....she said people respected each other and had morals.
This beautiful song was in the movie "Lost in Translation" with Bill Murray.
Oh my man I've missed this video... Is there any way you could post here / PM me a link for DL of an HQ of this vid??? It made me so sad to find it missing from vimeo :/ :/
Where's the needles and street bowel movements?
SF was classy. Hi from the Bay Area
.....That's when my city was clean and beautiful...now its a stinking garbage can......
I was born at UC hospital over looking Keizer stadium in ‘52. My grandma was cool, she like the hippies. Haight Ashbury was something that the world was talking about in ‘69.
There was always something cool about the haight, even before the hippies.
Back when Frisco rocked. Today it's a dump.
Paradise on eath
I believe at end of film below where he is standing is the red roofs of Fort Cronkite ? But, not positive if someone knows let me know. Thanks
It's what you don't see that makes it so nice.
SF pre-pelosi & company
The chickens are coming home to roost.
Of course people native to SF back then were jealous of the city in the 80s, all the Superbowls that came the city's way!! 😁
A very atmospheric and interesting piece with a well chosen modern soundtrack. I don't believe this has been 'colorized'. It looks like genuine 16mm colour film of the period.
No crowds on Lombard disturbing the residents and no crowds trying to bike and walk along the sidewalk of the Golden Gate bridge at the same time. All changed thanks to the people having to post their image on social media. So sad.
Ah yes, that's the SF I choose to remember. Jack Kerouac's white city. When you could see Coit Tower. But where are the folks? I guess it is from a tourist point of view. Lovely film. I do believe that is the year that Kruschev got away from his handlers and went to Stonestown and SF State for a look-see.
this was one of the largest rides at Disneyland see how realistic it is .it was shutdown because a small child was run over by a cable car
Imagine a time when most people were well mannered, Respectful, and disciplined !!!!
I wonder if people back then felt the same way about the Trans America Pyramid as I do about the Salesforce Tower today...
The pyramid was built in 1972 14 years after this film. There was vocal objection to it at the time, including by me. However, I worked for a TA subsidiary at the time it opened in early 1973 and we were among the first to occupy the pyramid. I actually enjoyed working in it at the time.
I was born in January of 58 so I my not be here yet.
I dont think a video of San Francisco in 2021 should be shown in 2080....
Well, we all know what ruined this fine city.
Liberals
Democrats
Beautiful pics 👍
Best ending
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Vertigo
Best time to live in USA: from 1945 to 1980.
I love these old films of San Francisco but I never see any films of Haight St. pre hippie days. I guess it was the hippies themselves that make Haight St. noticeable.
Well it looks a bit different in 58 than it dies in 2009 when I visited there!
I did enjoy my trip but judging by this video clip I’d have preferred being there in 1958’
Mind you a trip to Alcatraz would have been out of the question then!
Great footage, but why colorize it?!?
R.I.P California
Great footage! So clear and another world so many years ago! I love films like this. I saw the black man pushing the trolley around to go probably back up the hill. Blacks had jobs like that and you sure didn't see them smoking cigars and eating in probably 5 star dining... or if blacks were even allowed in such restaurants. Thanks for sharing this film!
Goes for Asian people and indigenous people as well as Jewish people and just about any race or culture on earth! Each race has certain cultures and places they tend to gather that can’t be shown in every video! But way to keep racism alive in your mind and spread it like butter.
@@spaceexplorer6636 I mean in 1958 in general in the USA and wasn't meaning the whole world, but I'm only amateur and casual observation but not far-fetched by any means - but maybe not a problem that far north.
When the neighborhood where San Francisco City Hall was not a junkie neighborhood!
The days before you had to worry about getting anyone on your shoe.
Alcatraz still had inmates when this was filmed
El año q nací yo
So many pessimistic comments here about California grapes being sour. I was in SF for a concert last week, and they’re still just as sweet!
GOOD FOR YOU ...
GOOD FOR YOU ...
Do u not know all the looting? All the homelessness all the joblessness all the stores being closed for being robbed too many times, all the garbage in many of the streets all the zombies walking around now holding phones and mindlessly scrolling on instagram snapchat?
SF looks almost exactly the same
SF before the hippies arrived and started the down trend.
Hippies added charm; the downfall starts in the mid 00s.
Can't believe what happened to San Francisco. Total destruction of a time we will never see again!!! Blows my mind.
@@mrgerbeck Drugs started the downfall which has led to the destruction of the human race. This has hit every city. Look at Kensington in Philadelphia.
@@patriciacolombini6567 At what point in history were people not on drugs?