Wonderful footage and storytelling. I wish I could have experienced it back then! It's still a wonderful place with lots of natural beauty and human quirkiness, but much less of a "working" town and more catered to tourists and wealthy summer home owners than to working-class people and fledgling artists.
Like the East Village in Manhattan, the culture is all different today. There isn't a house under a million in town. When the young artists with no money are squeezed out, the place isn't nearly as interesting. I guess it's not the place, but the time I miss.
Thanks for the feedback, I think you might be incorrect, however the provenance of the film is credited in detail here archive.org/details/ProvincetownTheFirstSummer1953 and the date is put in context several times. Perhaps double check...
@@ChristopherSeufert17 I saw a few late 50's cars but so what if there is some mixed footage. Provincetown had the same sequences of events every year.
Wonderful footage and storytelling. I wish I could have experienced it back then! It's still a wonderful place with lots of natural beauty and human quirkiness, but much less of a "working" town and more catered to tourists and wealthy summer home owners than to working-class people and fledgling artists.
Very interesting video.
Freedom. Bring it back.
Like the East Village in Manhattan, the culture is all different today. There isn't a house under a million in town. When the young artists with no money are squeezed out, the place isn't nearly as interesting. I guess it's not the place, but the time I miss.
Very nice but the video is newer. I saw a 1961 Pontiac Tempest on Bradford Street.
Thanks for the feedback, I think you might be incorrect, however the provenance of the film is credited in detail here archive.org/details/ProvincetownTheFirstSummer1953 and the date is put in context several times. Perhaps double check...
@@ChristopherSeufert17 I saw a few late 50's cars but so what if there is some mixed footage. Provincetown had the same sequences of events every year.