That is Greenleaf Street and that school ground is Sherman Oaks Elementary School which I attended and graduated, from the 1960s to 1971. I am in tears. Sherman Oaks is my home town. I love Sherman Oaks.
If anybody wonders why so many of these are filmed in Southern California, there is a good reason why. There was a union rule that movies had to be shot within 30 miles of Hollywood to avoid paying extra. And within that distance you had almost any kind of setting at the time, from rural and farms, to small towns and mountains, beaches, and desert. This is called the "Thirty Mile Zone", and where the gossip source "TMZ" got their name.
@@guizot2010 NASS has lots of films just like this. I'm guessing the original intent behind them was to have B-Roll on hand for movies and television. Maybe also for location scouting.
@@guizot2010 Actually, this was for commercial use. This is the kind of footage they would film for use in creating the rear projection effect for filming inside of a car in a sound studio. Hollywood filmed thousands of hours of this kind of footage, in all kinds of conditions and locations.
Can’t help but think where people are going in their vehicles as they drive past, and that they don’t know we’d be seeing them in the year 2023. These videos are beautiful.
For at least the first half of the video, I believe this is being filmed on Greenleaf Street in Sherman Oaks as it passes by Sherman Oaks Elementary School (now SO Charter School), turns around at Sepulveda Boulevard, and then heads back east on Greenleaf again. Not sure if it continues on Greenleaf after passing the school again. Using Google and maps, I confirmed where Valley Oaks Cleaners was once located (shown in the distance on Sepulveda as the camera car/truck turned around) and then was able to match up a unique house on Greenleaf shown in the film that is still there. Thanks for sharing this and bringing some life to it with the remastering!
The newest automobile I saw in this film was a 1949 4-door Cadillac Series 61 at the 2:36 mark. Therefore, this film is showing a neighborhood of Los Angeles in approximately 1948 or 1949. I love these films and I greatly enjoy taking trips back in time and seeing places and things as they once were. Thanks so much, Nass!!
Awesome time stamping! Thanks. I watch these and wonder, are we at war, getting ready for war, or recovering from war? People were probably so happy when this was shot. Some people and dogs in the film, would be so cool if somebody knew one of them as their grandparent. Heck my parents would be alive and running around in the yard when this was made.
0:13 video starts at 14600 Greenleaf going westbound, Sherman Oaks. 3:06 Sepulveda BLVD in the distance, vehicle goes left on Saugus Avenue 3:14 turned around, now going eastbound on Greenleaf. Valley Oaks Cleaners is now the 405 Freeway. 3:30 15237 Greenleaf 3:42 15207 Greenleaf 4:57 14915 Greenleaf 5:15 14839 Greenleaf 5:17 14837 Greenleaf 6:03 14623 Greenleaf
Thank you for the addresses, I literally Google mapped these addresses and this is great footage, thank you for uploading, the Lampposts are still there today:-) 3/8/23
Your videos are the closest thing to time travel and in my eyes, some of the most valuable content on UA-cam. Thank you so much for your work on these and sharing it with us.
@@kbanghart Lawn darts, fire crackers, asbestos, second-hand smoke, lead paint, suntan lotion, PCB in the air, lobotomies, segregation, no persecution for domestic violence, & legal narcotics, for starters.
It's crazy to think that those kids playing in the school yard have since gone on to live full lives and many could be now passed away. It's scary how short our stay here is
Filming starts on Greenleaf Street, Sherman Oaks looking towards San Diego Freeway. The houses seen at 5.17 can be seen righthand side of Greenleaf St and Kester Ave, the two house do not appear to have changed since the film was taken. The car continues to the top of Greenleaf St and then turns into Saugus Ave and then drives back down Greenleaf St. In the last part of the film they are driving down North Maple Street crossing West Victory Blvd.
When i watch these videos i love seeing ordinary people going about their lives. I always wonder what lives they went on to live. The quality of these videos makes it feel like it was only yesterday, not 80 years ago
Indeed. It’s also amazing to think about how they could never have imagined they’d be viewed by many thousands of people around the world on something like UA-cam one day. Makes me wonder what the people filming intended for the footage as well.
I wonder what gender identity these kids have, and did they get to at least experience drag queen story hour at the library? Where's their introduction to racial theory and white fragility? These kids are passing classes without acknowledging their privilege and scaling the curriculum for equity. Can we send Greta Thunberg back in time to reach them? Too many kids playing outside without a face mask.
@Al gee I think it's more the higher framerate. It makes it look like a modern broadcast. When you watch movies with motion interpolation (soap opera effect) you get a similar effect, even if they are old black and white movies.
Wouldn’t it be incredible if there were different neighborhoods that you could go back in time w/ all of the cars, decor, clothing etc.? I love the 40’s. Thank you for uploading this!
Thanks, NASS, for the sentimental journey. In the late 1940s I lived in San Bernardino County about an hour's drive from Sherman Oaks. In the 60s I worked in North Hollywood about 15 minutes away from that area. It's fun to go "home" again. I really appreciate your work. So, thanks once more.
@@phucfakku5667 I went to hollywood in 1937, on a long trip with my father. I'm very aware for my age, unlike the rest of the drooling unawares that were once people.
Honestly love this kind of restoration, because it makes the past feel more real. It shows that the world has really been the same for all of history, only we have changed.
A human being from a thousand years ago would be the same as a human being currently. How have we changed? or are you referring to things like technology and social conditioning?
Personally, I feel so lucky to have grown up as a kid during the late 40's and 1950's! When the population in SoCal was 40% of what it is today and car traffic was minimal! Even visited Disneyland the first year it opened!
Watching this film is like going back in time. I was born in Long Beach, CA in 1962. Seeing these neighborhoods some 20 years before I even existed is just amazing!
You can tell it's the old days, the way the oncoming motorist politely pulled over instead of insisting the right of way and making a scene. Love the trailer at 3:22. The old school at 5:30 like I went to as a kid. It was great someone thought to do this, and a great restoration.
People still do that in the Midwest and the south . And north. U know, I keep hearing how this world today is so awful. But it just doesn’t jive with what I see. I travel a lot. I have never seen racism , but once, and that was a comment in college. We are living in the safest times that parallel the 1950s. Where we are screwing up is the political correctness and the con job of the war on drugs. And our judicial systems and government need overhauled. Other than that we r great😂😂😂
1940s Los Angeles has this bustling yet peaceful vibe to it. Its warm and things are happening, people seem happy and its not over crowded yet. Looks really clean too.
@Hard in the paint even the older black people agree apartheid were better, way-y-y-y less crime and so much more opportunity, our money had plenty value, NOW ONE OF THE WEAKEST IN THE WORLD. Our whole infrastructure had come to a standstill since the 90's. There is not a day that goes by you don't hear about corruption in the government or municipality.... All our small towns are full of illegal foreigners doing drugs, crime and murder are almost normal....let alone the big cities, can't walk alone anymore, not even the blacks.... Potholes everywhere and the police are incapable of doing their job affectively.... They lied to the world in the news all over the world about apartheid... I have faith we will have our neighborhoods back in shape ONE DAY 😢
This is awesome! It’s crazy to see those kids playing outside at school. They looked to be around 10 years old or so, which means they were born around 1938 or 1939. The most fascinating part is they were living that brief moment in their life having NO IDEA they were being recorded and people would be watching that exact moment of their lives 72 years later. I have home movies of me playing on a tee ball team in Prescott, AZ when I was in second grade back in 1978. Every few years I’ll pull that tape out and watch it. I’m always amazed when I see the other kids in that video, both teammates and opponents, and know that they have absolutely no idea I have them on video from 45 years ago and I’m watching them. It’s just too bad I have absolutely no idea who they are today.
Cool, you must be about my age, 50? An aunt of mine has a wedding video from about 1977 and myself and my sister (aged 5 and and 7) are in it. It really did feel like something from “Back to the Future” when I saw it. Good to know I’m not the only one intrigued by the past.
@@johnflavin1602 Yup…. I’m 52. I am definitely intrigued by the past. It seems that every song that comes on instantly takes me back to some point in my life. I do a lot of reminiscing, lol
@@lishsc3 Have you watched the episode of the original Twilight Zone called “Walking Distance”? It’s all about a guy revisiting his past, literally. Great episode.
This is so much more fascinating than just watching old movies because it truly is like a time portal back to real life. Love the guy in his tan trousers doing lawn work and the lady in a skirt even though she's at home :) That era was pretty classy! Thanks for adding the sound of an old 40s pick-up truck too; that was a great touch!
It's really like time traveling when watching your videos. I couldn't help to think as that car passed those kids in the park playing, that could be my dad there. He was born in the early 40s, so it's like a glimpse of what it was like when he was a young kid. Thank you for your videos!
There were no TVs back then, no computers, no laptops, no iPhones, no CD players, no DVD players. Heck, there were no cassette and Betamax tapes either. Just a newspaper and a radio. Life was much simpler and people were more civil back then. Great video.
Mannn!! I’d give anything to be able to walk in one of those homes and just explore the house decor, their furniture, and the objects they used during that time. Lovely neighborhood. Seems like ever yard was well kept. Loved seeing the different type of light posts and traffic signs. Also the laundry services vehicle and the Van Nuys transfer storage truck.
This is 1949. At the beginning there is a 1949 Ford custom and then a 1949 Cadillac. I believe there is also a 1949 Chevy at one point. Everything else is older. Great video.
i would love to see one old video like this where they stopped and walked inside a house seeing what it was like inside a house in the 40's and the families
I bought a house in 2002 that was built in 1948. This video reminds me of that neighborhood. I sold the house in 2020. It is very interesting to see that not a lot has changed much between now and then.
Beautiful landscaped homes!! No mega mansions with large fences. It would be fun to time travel back to then and see a much different LA. An LA my Mom grew up with.
There's still a handful of them around the Valley. I live not far from Sherman Oaks, in a house built in 1950. Huge yard. While there's some big mansions, there's a scattering of homes very like mine in the area, and they look much like this. Thanks for the video, it was fascinating!
This looks a lot like the San Gabriel Val looked. I grew up nearby in the San Fernando Valley of LA. It’s amazing to see so few vehicles there were, parked on the streets at the time. Today it would be challenging just to find a spot to park. These are the style of houses and streets I recall growing up. Just wow!!! Thanks so much for posting. It’s hard to explain the sense of nostalgia these scenes can trigger. Amazing!
I grew up around the SGV, lived in Temple City in the mid 80s. Currently living in Arcadia. Talk about change. Those cute little family homes are knocked down to build oversized McMansions. If I didn't have a tiny studio in an old back duplex unit and a great landlord, I would be priced out of the area.
The cleanliness, order, landscaping, tidy yards and well-kept if modest homes all part of the culture. Beautiful. You CA folks who grew up around there back then were blessed.
@@cd3694 baloney, mostly black neighborhoods back then had the same attributes I described. Their family lives revolved around the church and good morals prevailed. Stop attributing everything to skin color.
Beautifully restored,thank you for sharing your treasures and hard work with us,amazing film and a glimpse into time which may have been forever lost. Best wishes to yourself,family,friends and fellow viewers.
What a gem! I love this glimpse into the past when things weren't right on top of one another. I would say post a today of the same neighborhood, but I think we would all just get depressed. I like to watch all the old shows on t.v to get the perspective, so this is even better! Thank you!
This is so very cool! I hope you have more of these historical footages. How you remastered them to 60fps and colorizing them really transport the viewers to that era. The sound design also helps tremendously. Thank you!
This is JUST AMAZING! I was so fascinated by this video. The neighborhood could be one today with only different cars, etc. I thought “suburbs” weren’t really a “thing” until the 50’s.
Great job! So neat to see history preserved. I was amazed at how quiet it was back then. Today, there would have been hordes of cars and people everywhere.
Well for one this is CGI this is not real as cameras were far too large to be put inside of a vehicle and filmed mobile. Besides the amount of power and batteries that it would take to run a camera absolutely be too much of an undertaking. You would basically have to have a truck and a trailer on the back of the trailer be the camera and all of the power equipment and such and there's no way it would be this stable this is 40s supposedly and it looks like it was shot with a GoPro
@@TombstoneChris Youre talking out of your ass, my man. Handheld 8mm film cameras existed in 1952. And this video looks to be from at least 1951 at the oldest, going off of the cars on the street.
The thing that struck me in this video is the similarities in the housing styles compared to Christchurch, New Zealand. There is a bit less of a Spanish influence in Christchurch, but we even have some Spanish-style housing. The other difference is the fencing; in Christchurch, boundary fencing between properties is standard as is street-side fencing or hedging. Christchurch is a flat, spread-out city too. Over time, much of the housing stock has been replaced, but enough remains to be seen. Great video; very nostalgic.
I assure that has nothing to do with Spanish style. They never would use that roof tiling or style. Wood is never used in constructions except for interior beams and even that is not used since long ago. That structure of windows is purely English, and never seem etc. I guess by Spanish style is the style created by California and they call it Spanish eve its not. Having said that California has some houses that copy Mexican style, a lot less often Spanish. But its not the case here. Mexican style derivates from spanish but from very specific areas of spain as the south and canarias. .
Very cool footage. This film was actually from probably mid fifties. Indeed, most cars are late thirties or mid forties. However, there at least 2 1950 Chevrolets and 1 '53 or '54 Ford. The dressing of the houses also strongly suggests latter '50s.
All that sunshine and all those beautiful 40s cars. As a fan of Raymond Chandler I can't help but imagine Philip Marlowe driving about those streets chasing down clues.
Imagine taking this same video now to be watched in 60-80 years from now. The comments section would look a lot different. It's a shame what California has turned into, such a beautiful state.
It must have been so much more attractive at night. Better than the ridiculous bright led street light. Or disgusting sodium light. I imagine it must be so much better mow with tons of wall mounted flood lights on every house and 100s of overly bright street lights. I am sure you suggest lots of 20k lumen wallpacks so you can flood the side of building or a house with daylight. So much more enjoyable to enjoy the evening with spotlights flooding the neighborhood.
@@michaelmartin4552 Thank you! I`m from north Spain and I love US American noir film from 1942-1955, the Golden Age of Film Noir. Many of those movies were set and filmed in LA. .
Just imagine a country where you didn't have to worry about your car being stolen, your house being invaded, your store being robbed, your life being threatened & your city being looted & burned down to the ground. Imagine
Yeah, but it was not woke, gay men couldn't prey on children via drag queen story time, families were intact and children had two parents. I could go on and on, but it was a really horrible time. Thank heavens all of it is gone and LA is now the shining star that every city wants to be and every person wants to live in.
You’re kidding yourself. I don’t know if you live in SoCal or not but our residential areas still look practically the same as this video aside from modern street lamps and no more obviously fake bright green turf.
I think this is one of my favorites. Like a Time Machine. What’s sad to me though is thinking how so many of these old neighborhoods around the country, which were once decent, are now neighborhoods you wouldn’t want to live in.
Actually, that is one of the few that are still nice. South and just north of Ventura is still one of the nicest neighborhoods in the San Fernando Valley. It is when you cross the 101 and head north that they can take a fast dive.
You do some absolute amazing work. It shows that you love what you do to restore history (that's what these time pieces are) Thank you for sharing your art with all of us as it's much appreciated
That would be considered racist portraying one side a peaceful friendly area thats prospering from the other thats like a trip through a Zoo safari baboon enclosure .
Another incredible vid. A wonderfull era of color, glamour, respect, decency and quietness. No ugly, overweighted, bad-dressed, bad mooded, sex-indetermined people. Women were real women, Men were real men and kids were real kids. No Tv antenas are visible over the houses. People gathered with their families to chat together, read books and listen to radio. What a beautiful conservative era. All looking at each other`s eyes and not at a cellphone screen. A postwar country was emerging into the progress of the coming 1950`s decade, full of hopes and eagerness. Some people think that is a cliche to say 1940-1950`s was the best years to live on and that this feeling comes from a nostalgic pyscological point of view . We know there was polio, racism and other bad things around. But in spite of it all THOSE WERE THE BEST YEARS TO LIVE ON... Residential areas videos are the best ones because they show how americans really lived in these years. Thanks a lot again for this time-machine experience.
@@MarinCipollina nor am I sure of what yours is. I think of liberal as a Kennedy liberal. What we are seeing today is nothing more than a disruptive liberal. They have nothing more on their agenda than the deconstruction of the country. And that was not FDR either.
OMG I wish I had a time machine 😞I loved how that young woman was dressed AWESOME. Takes me back to the times when me and my siblings would play outside till dusk with our friends with no worries, never a dull moment. this was in the late 50's and early 60's. Oh my gosh I miss those days so much and the MUSIC. We would walk to the neighborhood store with no problems , we would run up and down our neighborhood streets to each others houses with no worries about crime. Man It was so awesome. I hate these times.
I lived in socal for many years. I'm guessing this is the San Fernando Valley, block after block of cookie cutter houses in a flat landscape. Not high end neighborhoods, the cars in the driveways are from the late 1930's and many of the yards aren't maintained too well.
this video is absolutly gorgeous I love the brightness and the color, car color is off but what the heck. I just love this. From 1 to 10, this is way beyond 10 thanks for this.
Another beautiful piece. I love 1945 to 1950. A short period, I know. Because it was at the end of the war, and before the giant marketing machine took over our lives. The 50s is where all of the cookie-cutter suburbs, home and auto loans, canned food and TV dinners kicked off. I just feel like it was one of the few, modern quiet periods...that we will no longer see again. I guess, until the dust settles. 😢
We will see it again, resources are dwindling, environment is dying, the age of wealth and excessive abuse of mother nature will eventually come to an end. Then we will see an age of austerity where everything is self grown and self made...the party has to end eventually.
I grew up in the 50s, in the San Gabriel Valley and eastward. It really didn't look much like this, because for 1) every street in every neighborhood we lived in had really tall Royal palms, and 2) loads of trees. But it's really fun to see old neighborhoods
Neat! Brings back feelings early '60s as a sm child - visiting grandmothers. What my parents grew up in. Homes were kept well, clean, nice yards, gardens, streets.
I'd say this is my absolute favourite video of yours 😊 Reminds me of the South Africa I used to live in. Very comforting to watch it. You do a great job! The colours are amazing ❤
Je suis toujours fasciné par ces vidéos intemporelles, une classe moyenne prospère, du soleil, de belles voitures, pour un français de l’époque qui sortait de la guerre, c'était l’exacte représentation qu’il se faisait du paradis sur terre.
with everything going on in the 40s, the 1930s-1970s must have been some pretty nice and peaceful times to live in. I really wish I could experience them
Best time to grow up! Peaceful, able to play and explore (be home when the streetlights start coming on!!), everyone had a well kept yard....miss those days.
So cool. People lived much simpler back then and there were way fewer cars in driveways. There were definitely issues back then with inequality and such, but it was a simpler way of life.
My aunt had pictures of Compton looking a lot like this. My grandparents had a home in Compton and a beach house right on the sand in Newport Beach. My grandfather was the treasurer of the Newport Beach Moose Lodge. My mom told me Compton in the 1950s was really nice, very green lots of trees, nicer than most parts of Long Beach. During the opening shots, seeing old pictures of Compton, I thought it was Compton. Cheers
Thank you for doing this awesome job. It's a remarkable (until not long ago, even unthinkable) thing to be able to go back in time and see footage like this in such high quality. An experience like this is quite a treasure.
I think it would be great, if possible, to make a modern-day video of the same route/views. It would be an impactful revelation of how we have changed life.
There's a Fox Radio station, an El Pollo Loco, Mobile gas station, a huge parking garage and a glass building all on 3:06 Sepulveda BLVD & Saugus Ave now. Nothing is the same, it's crazy.
Depression was far less common back then. People then always saw a brighter future. For decades now, we have been forced to helplessly watch the world around us decline as we're told by media to lower out expectations. The future then looked bright. Now - every message out there is all doom and gloom. Try to find joy in simple things and live one day at a time.
@@nassar57 Wrong. That's like saying down syndrome was less common. Throwing people away to asylums made it look like things weren't common, but they were. And some became unchecked alcoholics or abusers to deal with inner pain. Those things were OK.
@@nassar57 Not true. People have always had to deal with these things. There just wasn't overwhelming media, constantly reminding everyone how bad things were then, and still are today.
@@C.Church It appears that all of you have been loyal, faithful modern media clones, absorbing all the negativity the media feeds you nowadays. I can't speak for Los Angeles - only Chicago where I grew up. All things were better then, and anyone I know who was alive then reports being both significantly happier then and more enthusiastic about the future of America.
Rational houses, well-designed and unobtrusive adds, no flashy cars, green spaces, no trash. The end of modernity and it's common demeanor was a catastrophe for the west.
If anyone lived around this area back then and got to see it before it changed....I know they are so excited. I thought we'd see more people outside though. I only seen one woman and a little boy on a bicycle. It's still cool to see what it looked like in color back then. It made me think about my grandparent's and probably around the time my parent's were born or fixing to be born. Thank you for sharing this, it was awesome!! 👍💞
@@davecrupel2817 no, but I'll go back and watch. I assumed that's probably why we didn't see children out playing was because they were in school. Thanks.
Thank you to HighwayLand, I went to maps and followed the same path switching back and forth. The road is narrower but overall the same vibe to the neighborhood. Of course the "men at work" are still working. The biggest difference is that people today went bare or cemented over instead of grass. Still a pretty neighborhood with nice lawns and gardens.
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in which city in the world do you want to live in 1940s???
San Francisco
Montego Bay
Newport Beach
Warwick, RI.
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That is Greenleaf Street and that school ground is Sherman Oaks Elementary School which I attended and graduated, from the 1960s to 1971. I am in tears. Sherman Oaks is my home town. I love Sherman Oaks.
Look radically different today?
May Sherman Oaks Rest in Peace.
Wow !that's Amazing!!
Ya..I'M in tears, and I'm from 'old' Long Beach, Alhambra, and Torrance. Robert at 68.
With all the 40s ranch style houses, my guess was going to be somewhere in the San Fernando Valley! Sherman Oaks it is!
If anybody wonders why so many of these are filmed in Southern California, there is a good reason why. There was a union rule that movies had to be shot within 30 miles of Hollywood to avoid paying extra. And within that distance you had almost any kind of setting at the time, from rural and farms, to small towns and mountains, beaches, and desert.
This is called the "Thirty Mile Zone", and where the gossip source "TMZ" got their name.
Why would this be a union film? It's clearly not for commercial use. It looks like someone just testing a rig.
@@guizot2010 NASS has lots of films just like this. I'm guessing the original intent behind them was to have B-Roll on hand for movies and television. Maybe also for location scouting.
@@guizot2010 Actually, this was for commercial use. This is the kind of footage they would film for use in creating the rear projection effect for filming inside of a car in a sound studio. Hollywood filmed thousands of hours of this kind of footage, in all kinds of conditions and locations.
Thanks
Didn’t know that.. thanks for sharing.
Can’t help but think where people are going in their vehicles as they drive past, and that they don’t know we’d be seeing them in the year 2023. These videos are beautiful.
Makes me want to jump into this scene and start wandering around..unbelievable...
For at least the first half of the video, I believe this is being filmed on Greenleaf Street in Sherman Oaks as it passes by Sherman Oaks Elementary School (now SO Charter School), turns around at Sepulveda Boulevard, and then heads back east on Greenleaf again. Not sure if it continues on Greenleaf after passing the school again. Using Google and maps, I confirmed where Valley Oaks Cleaners was once located (shown in the distance on Sepulveda as the camera car/truck turned around) and then was able to match up a unique house on Greenleaf shown in the film that is still there. Thanks for sharing this and bringing some life to it with the remastering!
Thank you
Thank you!
Impressive!
You nailed the cleaners part. I was thinking it was Burbank/Toluca. At one point I could swear I saw the AP control tower.
COOL !! 😎Now we need a side by side comparison trip. 😉
The newest automobile I saw in this film was a 1949 4-door Cadillac Series 61 at the 2:36 mark. Therefore, this film is showing a neighborhood of Los Angeles in approximately 1948 or 1949. I love these films and I greatly enjoy taking trips back in time and seeing places and things as they once were. Thanks so much, Nass!!
I noticed the Cadillac too.
Or maybe early 1950?
There was a 1949 Ford on the street earlier.
That's the exact post I wanted to find, thank you
Awesome time stamping! Thanks. I watch these and wonder, are we at war, getting ready for war, or recovering from war? People were probably so happy when this was shot. Some people and dogs in the film, would be so cool if somebody knew one of them as their grandparent. Heck my parents would be alive and running around in the yard when this was made.
0:13 video starts at 14600 Greenleaf going westbound, Sherman Oaks.
3:06 Sepulveda BLVD in the distance, vehicle goes left on Saugus Avenue
3:14 turned around, now going eastbound on Greenleaf. Valley Oaks Cleaners is now the 405 Freeway.
3:30 15237 Greenleaf
3:42 15207 Greenleaf
4:57 14915 Greenleaf
5:15 14839 Greenleaf
5:17 14837 Greenleaf
6:03 14623 Greenleaf
6:08 14615 Greenleaf ✅
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Thank you for the addresses, I literally Google mapped these addresses and this is great footage, thank you for uploading, the Lampposts are still there today:-)
3/8/23
Wow some streetlights still there.
@@michaelwhite2823 yes I noticed thats as well :-) that pretty amazing
3/29/23
Your videos are the closest thing to time travel and in my eyes, some of the most valuable content on UA-cam. Thank you so much for your work on these and sharing it with us.
I agree
I agree too. It's like watching a nickelodeon.
Magnificent...a lot has been lost in modern urban living.
@@enigmasvids9615 such as?
@@kbanghart Lawn darts, fire crackers, asbestos, second-hand smoke, lead paint, suntan lotion, PCB in the air, lobotomies, segregation, no persecution for domestic violence, & legal narcotics, for starters.
Wow, seeing the kids play like that was truly like a time traveling experience.
It's crazy to think that those kids playing in the school yard have since gone on to live full lives and many could be now passed away. It's scary how short our stay here is
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Filming starts on Greenleaf Street, Sherman Oaks looking towards San Diego Freeway. The houses seen at 5.17 can be seen righthand side of Greenleaf St and Kester Ave, the two house do not appear to have changed since the film was taken. The car continues to the top of Greenleaf St and then turns into Saugus Ave and then drives back down Greenleaf St. In the last part of the film they are driving down North Maple Street crossing West Victory Blvd.
Correct
Thank you for all this information
Thank you for that info!
thanks, you saved me so much time to look this all up....totally amazing!
It would be fun to film the same location today and put them side by side!
When i watch these videos i love seeing ordinary people going about their lives. I always wonder what lives they went on to live. The quality of these videos makes it feel like it was only yesterday, not 80 years ago
The color really makes the difference.
Indeed. It’s also amazing to think about how they could never have imagined they’d be viewed by many thousands of people around the world on something like UA-cam one day. Makes me wonder what the people filming intended for the footage as well.
I wonder what gender identity these kids have, and did they get to at least experience drag queen story hour at the library? Where's their introduction to racial theory and white fragility? These kids are passing classes without acknowledging their privilege and scaling the curriculum for equity. Can we send Greta Thunberg back in time to reach them? Too many kids playing outside without a face mask.
Yeah its very surreal to watch these kind of videos
@Al gee I think it's more the higher framerate. It makes it look like a modern broadcast. When you watch movies with motion interpolation (soap opera effect) you get a similar effect, even if they are old black and white movies.
Wouldn’t it be incredible if there were different neighborhoods that you could go back in time w/ all of the cars, decor, clothing etc.? I love the 40’s. Thank you for uploading this!
Cuba?
I’ve thought about this too, and for people who love different kinds of architecture. Art Deco City, Victorian Era-Ville, etc.
Thanks, NASS, for the sentimental journey. In the late 1940s I lived in San Bernardino County about an hour's drive from Sherman Oaks. In the 60s I worked in North Hollywood about 15 minutes away from that area. It's fun to go "home" again. I really appreciate your work. So, thanks once more.
Thanks
Must be interesting for someone to look back like this and be reminded of how things were. It must be a sharp contrast to how things are today.
Wait. So you were born before 1940? Whoa. You have lived a very long life until now....
Dude, you must be in your late 80s now!!
@@phucfakku5667 I went to hollywood in 1937, on a long trip with my father. I'm very aware for my age, unlike the rest of the drooling unawares that were once people.
Middle class suburbia circa 1948 or 49. Incredible restoration almost makes it look like yesterday! Thanks again NASS.
Thanks
The car parked on the left side of the street at 00:53 is a 1949 Ford Tudor.
@@alexandermoon8883 Correct, but keep in mind the 49 Ford's were first exhibited in June of 1948 and went on sale in the fall. Good eye Alex!
Based on a couple newer cars and their styling I was thinking 1948 or 49.
Not Middle Class, it's has always been the Working Class...
Honestly love this kind of restoration, because it makes the past feel more real. It shows that the world has really been the same for all of history, only we have changed.
I like how you worded that
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A human being from a thousand years ago would be the same as a human being currently. How have we changed? or are you referring to things like technology and social conditioning?
@@rowds civilization in general mostly. It's incredible how much we are adapted to the artificiality of our man made environment
Honestly it’s like only technology changed I don’t think people changed a bit
Personally, I feel so lucky to have grown up as a kid during the late 40's and 1950's! When the population in SoCal was 40% of what it is today and car traffic was minimal! Even visited Disneyland the first year it opened!
Cool! I have an old buddy who went to opening day at Disneyland. Was it like 1956 or something ??
You must have been a white man then lol
Damn how old are you if you don’t mind me asking ?
@@geezyla1151 Probably late 70s
that place at that time looks more modern and beautiful than my horrible country of central america
The children playing in the first minute is just astounding. Slice of life from the 40's. Some of them likely still alive
They would all be in their mid to late 80s by now. Raquel Welch who just passed away at 82 would have been 7 years old at the time.
Could've been my mom or dad on that playground. Wow.
@@timothyo718 your math is off on Raquel.
@@uncletony6210 oops yeah she would have been 9. Thought DOB was 1942 at first.
@@timothyo718 she wouldn't have been born yet.
Watching this film is like going back in time. I was born in Long Beach, CA in 1962. Seeing these neighborhoods some 20 years before I even existed is just amazing!
Cool my grandfather was a longshoremen in Long Beach back then. In the 50s and 60s after the war
You can tell it's the old days, the way the oncoming motorist politely pulled over instead of insisting the right of way and making a scene. Love the trailer at 3:22. The old school at 5:30 like I went to as a kid. It was great someone thought to do this, and a great restoration.
As a European i experienced this polite traffic behavior in CA still in the early 80's.
People still do that in the Midwest and the south . And north. U know, I keep hearing how this world today is so awful. But it just doesn’t jive with what I see. I travel a lot. I have never seen racism , but once, and that was a comment in college. We are living in the safest times that parallel the 1950s. Where we are screwing up is the political correctness and the con job of the war on drugs. And our judicial systems and government need overhauled. Other than that we r great😂😂😂
1940s Los Angeles has this bustling yet peaceful vibe to it. Its warm and things are happening, people seem happy and its not over crowded yet. Looks really clean too.
Here in South Africa up to the 80's our neighborhoods looked like that, NOW!!!!
ONLY THE SUPER WEALTHY HAVE THAT
My town in pennsylvania literally looks like this still , just with sidewalks. LA doesnt look like this now...druggies and thugs everywhere.
@Hard in the paint even the older black people agree apartheid were better, way-y-y-y less crime and so much more opportunity, our money had plenty value, NOW ONE OF THE WEAKEST IN THE WORLD. Our whole infrastructure had come to a standstill since the 90's. There is not a day that goes by you don't hear about corruption in the government or municipality....
All our small towns are full of illegal foreigners doing drugs, crime and murder are almost normal....let alone the big cities, can't walk alone anymore, not even the blacks....
Potholes everywhere and the police are incapable of doing their job affectively....
They lied to the world in the news all over the world about apartheid...
I have faith we will have our neighborhoods back in shape ONE DAY 😢
Why do these videos become havens for racists?
@Hard in the paint thank you, yes I believe once America is free again under Trump, the rest of us would follow. I HAVE FAITH !!!!
This is awesome! It’s crazy to see those kids playing outside at school. They looked to be around 10 years old or so, which means they were born around 1938 or 1939. The most fascinating part is they were living that brief moment in their life having NO IDEA they were being recorded and people would be watching that exact moment of their lives 72 years later. I have home movies of me playing on a tee ball team in Prescott, AZ when I was in second grade back in 1978. Every few years I’ll pull that tape out and watch it. I’m always amazed when I see the other kids in that video, both teammates and opponents, and know that they have absolutely no idea I have them on video from 45 years ago and I’m watching them. It’s just too bad I have absolutely no idea who they are today.
Cool, you must be about my age, 50? An aunt of mine has a wedding video from about 1977 and myself and my sister (aged 5 and and 7) are in it. It really did feel like something from “Back to the Future” when I saw it. Good to know I’m not the only one intrigued by the past.
@@johnflavin1602 Yup…. I’m 52. I am definitely intrigued by the past. It seems that every song that comes on instantly takes me back to some point in my life. I do a lot of reminiscing, lol
@@lishsc3 Have you watched the episode of the original Twilight Zone called “Walking Distance”? It’s all about a guy revisiting his past, literally. Great episode.
@@johnflavin1602 Actually, no. I might have to look that one up.
So amazing, it's like being there. Thanks!
This is so much more fascinating than just watching old movies because it truly is like a time portal back to real life. Love the guy in his tan trousers doing lawn work and the lady in a skirt even though she's at home :) That era was pretty classy! Thanks for adding the sound of an old 40s pick-up truck too; that was a great touch!
Back when it was safe to walk most streets in la. Great job! Thanks for including the originals.
Yes, you dmb americans threw your country away 🤣
Walk? Where? So few sidewalks!
@Life with Rob mexicans
@Life with Rob whites handed over their country to the blatts, now it's destroyed
Feel free to give some actual credible stats backing up the contention that it was safer.
It's really like time traveling when watching your videos. I couldn't help to think as that car passed those kids in the park playing, that could be my dad there. He was born in the early 40s, so it's like a glimpse of what it was like when he was a young kid. Thank you for your videos!
thank you
I get shocked everytime I go into an antigue store, and find I'm older than the merchandise!
There were no TVs back then, no computers, no laptops, no iPhones, no CD players, no DVD players. Heck, there were no cassette and Betamax tapes either. Just a newspaper and a radio. Life was much simpler and people were more civil back then. Great video.
sounds lame
Civil? This is like 5-10 years before mass genocide. Lol. People have never been civil.
Civil... Not to blacks. (Civil rights movement)
@@goldinthefurnace Not all whytes treated blcks bad, its greatly exaggerated by politicians agenda.
@@goldinthefurnace He knows... just doesn't care.
Mannn!! I’d give anything to be able to walk in one of those homes and just explore the house decor, their furniture, and the objects they used during that time. Lovely neighborhood. Seems like ever yard was well kept. Loved seeing the different type of light posts and traffic signs. Also the laundry services vehicle and the Van Nuys transfer storage truck.
Love these videos
It's like I can see the world my parents lived in but I haven't spotted them yet
this comment. wow.
I think this may have to be one of your best videos! The colors look amazing. ❤️
Thx!!!
@@NASS_0 Yup!
I thought the same thing....one of the best of NASS's uploads....just fantastic quality and so much detail!
@@OsbornTramain And for YOU to say that, Mr Tramain, is amazing, because you usually b*tch about EVERYTHING!!
As much credit as the footage improvement deserves let’s not forget the audio! It’s fantastic and adds so much to the experience. Thank you.
This is 1949. At the beginning there is a 1949 Ford custom and then a 1949 Cadillac. I believe there is also a 1949 Chevy at one point. Everything else is older. Great video.
I saw those, too, but caught a fleeting glimpse of a 51 Ford.
The clip that starts at 6:08 seems to be older than the rest, though, during the war years perhaps?
1951 Ford at 2:34
Good eye
i would love to see one old video like this where they stopped and walked inside a house seeing what it was like inside a house in the 40's and the families
There would probably be some greaser like Fonzie posing about how cool he is with the fridge door open.
@@GrumpSkulllol ayyyy
I know America was not perfect back then but take me back there anyway.
I bought a house in 2002 that was built in 1948. This video reminds me of that neighborhood. I sold the house in 2020. It is very interesting to see that not a lot has changed much between now and then.
I had noticed that the houses didn't have any gutters or down spouts in the film.
Did they have them when you bought your home?
What’s funny is your house was probably $7000 back then when built and now worth like 900k if in that area of LA.
Nass, your image processing is getting more and more advanced -- wonderful footage. Thanks for posting this video!
thank you
Love your channel, NASS. You are a visual time machine outlet. It's as close as we'll ever get to an actual time travel experience !!
Beautiful landscaped homes!! No mega mansions with large fences. It would be fun to time travel back to then and see a much different LA. An LA my Mom grew up with.
No black thugs hanging on the street ....
There's still a handful of them around the Valley. I live not far from Sherman Oaks, in a house built in 1950. Huge yard. While there's some big mansions, there's a scattering of homes very like mine in the area, and they look much like this. Thanks for the video, it was fascinating!
back when woman werent slutty
They weren't beautiful at all. Quite run down. Not even middle class.
Only if you were White.
This looks a lot like the San Gabriel Val looked. I grew up nearby in the San Fernando Valley of LA. It’s amazing to see so few vehicles there were, parked on the streets at the time. Today it would be challenging just to find a spot to park. These are the style of houses and streets I recall growing up. Just wow!!! Thanks so much for posting. It’s hard to explain the sense of nostalgia these scenes can trigger. Amazing!
Its Sherman Oaks just south of Ventura Bl. Some of those homes are still there on Greenleaf.St.
I grew up in West Covina!
@@peetie25 Good call!
@@peetie25 I grew up in Sherman Oaks!
I grew up around the SGV, lived in Temple City in the mid 80s. Currently living in Arcadia. Talk about change. Those cute little family homes are knocked down to build oversized McMansions. If I didn't have a tiny studio in an old back duplex unit and a great landlord, I would be priced out of the area.
The cleanliness, order, landscaping, tidy yards and well-kept if modest homes all part of the culture. Beautiful. You CA folks who grew up around there back then were blessed.
When it was still white .
Yeah, when neighborhoods had restriction codes that kept neighborhoods lily white
@@cd3694 baloney, mostly black neighborhoods back then had the same attributes I described. Their family lives revolved around the church and good morals prevailed. Stop attributing everything to skin color.
@@MTknitter22 Real estate laws that restricted people of color buying homes in certain neighborhoods in LA were a fact back then.
@@purdy9170 Inaccurate! There was other races living in there at the time
Beautifully restored,thank you for sharing your treasures and hard work with us,amazing film and a glimpse into time which may have been forever lost. Best wishes to yourself,family,friends and fellow viewers.
This video was especially beautiful. Well done.
thank you
What a gem! I love this glimpse into the past when things weren't right on top of one another. I would say post a today of the same neighborhood, but I think we would all just get depressed. I like to watch all the old shows on t.v to get the perspective, so this is even better! Thank you!
These clips are tiny little time machines. The design aesthetics at that time on these homes were fantastic.
This is so very cool! I hope you have more of these historical footages. How you remastered them to 60fps and colorizing them really transport the viewers to that era. The sound design also helps tremendously. Thank you!
This is JUST AMAZING! I was so fascinated by this video. The neighborhood could be one today with only different cars, etc. I thought “suburbs” weren’t really a “thing” until the 50’s.
I am Brazilian and I subscribed to the channel , I really like these old videos . Everything is beautiful , as it always was in the United States .
Thx!! ;)
I think the same can be said for everywhere. Everything is going down hill.
Great job! So neat to see history preserved. I was amazed at how quiet it was back then. Today, there would have been hordes of cars and people everywhere.
Well for one this is CGI this is not real as cameras were far too large to be put inside of a vehicle and filmed mobile. Besides the amount of power and batteries that it would take to run a camera absolutely be too much of an undertaking. You would basically have to have a truck and a trailer on the back of the trailer be the camera and all of the power equipment and such and there's no way it would be this stable this is 40s supposedly and it looks like it was shot with a GoPro
Not to mention homes did not look like that back in the 40s.
Its not the original audio. The original clip likely had no sound, they added all the audio.
@@TombstoneChris Youre talking out of your ass, my man. Handheld 8mm film cameras existed in 1952. And this video looks to be from at least 1951 at the oldest, going off of the cars on the street.
@@TombstoneChris bruh. They had small handheld video cameras back then.
Your channel is definitely, the most useful and most accurate thing that we have today to a time-travel machine.
I absolutely love these old residential videos, feels like I'm back in time cruising around in my car.
You sure would with the lack of sidewalks
Would be really cool to see a side by side comparison today.
its crazy to see how drastically some stuff has changed while others (like fence designs, sidewalks, etc) have all stayed incredibly similar over time
The thing that struck me in this video is the similarities in the housing styles compared to Christchurch, New Zealand. There is a bit less of a Spanish influence in Christchurch, but we even have some Spanish-style housing. The other difference is the fencing; in Christchurch, boundary fencing between properties is standard as is street-side fencing or hedging. Christchurch is a flat, spread-out city too. Over time, much of the housing stock has been replaced, but enough remains to be seen. Great video; very nostalgic.
Thanks
I assure that has nothing to do with Spanish style. They never would use that roof tiling or style. Wood is never used in constructions except for interior beams and even that is not used since long ago. That structure of windows is purely English, and never seem etc. I guess by Spanish style is the style created by California and they call it Spanish eve its not.
Having said that California has some houses that copy Mexican style, a lot less often Spanish. But its not the case here. Mexican style derivates from spanish but from very specific areas of spain as the south and canarias. .
Very cool footage.
This film was actually from probably mid fifties. Indeed, most cars are late thirties or mid forties. However, there at least 2 1950 Chevrolets and 1 '53 or '54 Ford. The dressing of the houses also strongly suggests latter '50s.
Took me a while to figure out the 1949 Cadi at 2:37.
I can't figure out why there's so few new cars with 1937 stuff. LOL.
I love the car getting an engine job done in the drive at 8:03. Thanks for this Nass, there is so much to pause and ponder!
Thx ;)
I noticed that, too. Lovely!
Looks like a 1932 Plymouth.
that caught my eye too..back when we didn't have to be a computer tech to repair a car
All that sunshine and all those beautiful 40s cars. As a fan of Raymond Chandler I can't help but imagine Philip Marlowe driving about those streets chasing down clues.
I once lived in Los Feliz, around the corner from a house where Raymond Chandler once lived.
Big Sleep was Hollywood Hills!
Imagine taking this same video now to be watched in 60-80 years from now. The comments section would look a lot different. It's a shame what California has turned into, such a beautiful state.
As a young electrician, it amazes me looking at them street lights could just imagine how dark it was
As somebody from Canada, currently for few weeks near LA, it was quite remarkable for me and my wife how dark LA streets are after sunset
Current trend is to keep neighborhoods dark to minimize light pollution.
Yeh and imagine ..no homies trying to crawl through your windows !!
@@space_114v2 yeah or people sagging. Disrespecting their elders.
It must have been so much more attractive at night. Better than the ridiculous bright led street light. Or disgusting sodium light. I imagine it must be so much better mow with tons of wall mounted flood lights on every house and 100s of overly bright street lights. I am sure you suggest lots of 20k lumen wallpacks so you can flood the side of building or a house with daylight. So much more enjoyable to enjoy the evening with spotlights flooding the neighborhood.
This is AWESOME to see in color! It makes it seem so much more real and not that long ago.
You've done an excellent job. Thank you so very much.
All the houses and yards look so neat and clean.
White's owned them
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@NASS Do you offer video editing classes?
@Lomogrammaton It is Sherman Oaks in the San Fernando Valley.
40`s ? 41 or 49? Diring the War or after the War. The approximate year date is very important. Thank you.
@@lauramartin-bk9nr Most place this as 1951 or 1952 based on the cars.
@@michaelmartin4552 Thank you! I`m from north Spain and I love US American noir film from 1942-1955, the Golden Age of Film Noir. Many of those movies were set and filmed in LA. .
Thanks!
thank you so much!!
Shocking how clean and beautiful it was back then.
The low resolution of the original helps in that.
Just imagine a country where you didn't have to worry about your car being stolen, your house being invaded, your store being robbed, your life being threatened & your city being looted & burned down to the ground. Imagine
Yeah, but it was not woke, gay men couldn't prey on children via drag queen story time, families were intact and children had two parents. I could go on and on, but it was a really horrible time. Thank heavens all of it is gone and LA is now the shining star that every city wants to be and every person wants to live in.
Ah yes….before hippies and wokeism ruined it. That’s “progressivism” for you. Enjoy it.
You’re kidding yourself. I don’t know if you live in SoCal or not but our residential areas still look practically the same as this video aside from modern street lamps and no more obviously fake bright green turf.
These houses are now north of 2 million if they are in an area that is safe.
I love how all the trees are natural and not professionally trimmed by giant new age machinery. It’s relaxing
Relaxing? I suppose so. Never even thought about it. But when a branch hits your window it's probably not very relaxing.
Whatever machinery was used back then would be called "new age."
the bushes are trimmed tho
@@Nuriil yes because you can trim the bushes with a manual hand hedger . People could only do what they were able
Yes, "relaxing" as opposed to the noise and pollution of leaf blowers and other unnecessary lawn equipment.
I think this is one of my favorites. Like a Time Machine. What’s sad to me though is thinking how so many of these old neighborhoods around the country, which were once decent, are now neighborhoods you wouldn’t want to live in.
thank you
Actually, that is one of the few that are still nice. South and just north of Ventura is still one of the nicest neighborhoods in the San Fernando Valley. It is when you cross the 101 and head north that they can take a fast dive.
Ya, I wonder why...
What makes those neighborhoods decline?
@@santaclaus3077 Because t-rumpers ruin everything with their t-rump flags and guns. Disgusting.
You do some absolute amazing work. It shows that you love what you do to restore history (that's what these time pieces are) Thank you for sharing your art with all of us as it's much appreciated
I love it! If you take out the cars, I don't think you could tell how old this footage is! Amazing.
Which is showing the stagnation occured not many has changed since 70 years ago. 😧
@@harukrentz435 Not mechanically anyways.
Please do a side by side driving through the same streets to compare what it is like there now. Would love to see that!
That would be considered racist portraying one side a peaceful friendly area thats prospering from the other thats like a trip through a Zoo safari baboon enclosure .
@@5664788 Says something is racist, proceeds to make a racist statement. You sure are a special kind of lowlife.
@@5664788 How is that racist? he just wanted to see what it looks like today lol
@@Insomniac_tv Its a joke,....but ill spell it out to you since you didnt get it,.. it would look like a fuckin dump full of black people now vs 1940
@@5664788 This is Greenleaf Street a vary wealthy neighbourhood north of the city lol
Another incredible vid. A wonderfull era of color, glamour, respect, decency and quietness. No ugly, overweighted, bad-dressed, bad mooded, sex-indetermined people. Women were real women, Men were real men and kids were real kids. No Tv antenas are visible over the houses. People gathered with their families to chat together, read books and listen to radio. What a beautiful conservative era. All looking at each other`s eyes and not at a cellphone screen. A postwar country was emerging into the progress of the coming 1950`s decade, full of hopes and eagerness. Some people think that is a cliche to say 1940-1950`s was the best years to live on and that this feeling comes from a nostalgic pyscological point of view . We know there was polio, racism and other bad things around. But in spite of it all THOSE WERE THE BEST YEARS TO LIVE ON... Residential areas videos are the best ones because they show how americans really lived in these years. Thanks a lot again for this time-machine experience.
Thx!
Not sure why you would refer to it as a “conservative era”, this was peak FDR era. It was a very progressive time.
@@MarinCipollina They were FDR progressive, far different than today's radical progressives.
@@W7DSY FDR was well to the political left of anyone in high office today.. Not sure what your idea of a "radical progressive" is.
@@MarinCipollina nor am I sure of what yours is. I think of liberal as a Kennedy liberal. What we are seeing today is nothing more than a disruptive liberal. They have nothing more on their agenda than the deconstruction of the country. And that was not FDR either.
OMG I wish I had a time machine 😞I loved how that young woman was dressed AWESOME. Takes me back to the times when me and my siblings would play outside till dusk with our friends with no worries, never a dull moment. this was in the late 50's and early 60's. Oh my gosh I miss those days so much and the MUSIC. We would walk to the neighborhood store with no problems , we would run up and down our neighborhood streets to each others houses with no worries about crime. Man It was so awesome. I hate these times.
Wow this is amazing. Seeing the old houses and stuff when they were new is a weird experience.
One thing thats very noticeable in this one as well as the city ones, how clean everything is. Gee i wonder why its not like that now.
As culture and morals dipped into the gutter, the environment began to reflect it. Not just CA, of course.
@@MTknitter22 yep, completely agree
It is also incredible to think the time lapse between the civil war and the era depicted in this film is about the same time from this film to now.
I lived in socal for many years. I'm guessing this is the San Fernando Valley, block after block of cookie cutter houses in a flat landscape. Not high end neighborhoods, the cars in the driveways are from the late 1930's and many of the yards aren't maintained too well.
I see a 1949 or 1950 Ford Coupe parked in the street...
Still looks better than most of todays trashworld. Very sad.
Remember, when one income could support a family.
this video is absolutly gorgeous I love the brightness and the color, car color is off but what the heck. I just love this. From 1 to 10, this is way beyond 10 thanks for this.
I'm fascinated by watching these videos. I wish I could go back in time to experience the world back then.
Another beautiful piece. I love 1945 to 1950. A short period, I know. Because it was at the end of the war, and before the giant marketing machine took over our lives. The 50s is where all of the cookie-cutter suburbs, home and auto loans, canned food and TV dinners kicked off. I just feel like it was one of the few, modern quiet periods...that we will no longer see again. I guess, until the dust settles. 😢
We will see it again, resources are dwindling, environment is dying, the age of wealth and excessive abuse of mother nature will eventually come to an end. Then we will see an age of austerity where everything is self grown and self made...the party has to end eventually.
Just rewatch the video and look for the houses with bad roofs. There’s your older neighborhood.
You got that exactly right!
@@indowneastmaine and Jon
Amazing video, someone must preserved that film in a controlled environment for the quality to be so good. Great video!
I grew up in the 50s, in the San Gabriel Valley and eastward. It really didn't look much like this, because for 1) every street in every neighborhood we lived in had really tall Royal palms, and 2) loads of trees. But it's really fun to see old neighborhoods
Neat! Brings back feelings early '60s as a sm child - visiting grandmothers. What my parents grew up in. Homes were kept well, clean, nice yards, gardens, streets.
I'd say this is my absolute favourite video of yours 😊 Reminds me of the South Africa I used to live in. Very comforting to watch it. You do a great job! The colours are amazing ❤
Je suis toujours fasciné par ces vidéos intemporelles, une classe moyenne prospère, du soleil, de belles voitures, pour un français de l’époque qui sortait de la guerre, c'était l’exacte représentation qu’il se faisait du paradis sur terre.
Merci
with everything going on in the 40s, the 1930s-1970s must have been some pretty nice and peaceful times to live in. I really wish I could experience them
They were awesome!!!! Sorry you missed them. At least you’re aware they existed. You can imagine.
Best time to grow up! Peaceful, able to play and explore (be home when the streetlights start coming on!!), everyone had a well kept yard....miss those days.
Not in Europe. Cold war really did affected us especially my parents
Not sure if this is sarcasm or not 😂
So cool. People lived much simpler back then and there were way fewer cars in driveways. There were definitely issues back then with inequality and such, but it was a simpler way of life.
My aunt had pictures of Compton looking a lot like this. My grandparents had a home in Compton and a beach house right on the sand in Newport Beach. My grandfather was the treasurer of the Newport Beach Moose Lodge. My mom told me Compton in the 1950s was really nice, very green lots of trees, nicer than most parts of Long Beach. During the opening shots, seeing old pictures of Compton, I thought it was Compton. Cheers
Compton was an all white town back then,
@@tomfields3682 No, it was not. My dad’s Compton high school yearbook would prove you wrong
Would be much cooler if you can caption the name of the street so we can compare what it's like now. Thank you for sharing
compare what its like now? are you sure you want that level of depression?
Thank you for doing this awesome job. It's a remarkable (until not long ago, even unthinkable) thing to be able to go back in time and see footage like this in such high quality. An experience like this is quite a treasure.
if you could ever find old videos of anywhere on Long Island, I would love to see that. I grew up there.
ok ;)
I think it would be great, if possible, to make a modern-day video of the same route/views. It would be an impactful revelation of how we have changed life.
There's a Fox Radio station, an El Pollo Loco, Mobile gas station, a huge parking garage and a glass building all on 3:06 Sepulveda BLVD & Saugus Ave now. Nothing is the same, it's crazy.
I've been struggling with with anxiety and depression. Watching your videos helps me to relax and feel a little better. Thank you for what you do!!
Thank you ;)
Depression was far less common back then. People then always saw a brighter future. For decades now, we have been forced to helplessly watch the world around us decline as we're told by media to lower out expectations. The future then looked bright. Now - every message out there is all doom and gloom. Try to find joy in simple things and live one day at a time.
@@nassar57 Wrong. That's like saying down syndrome was less common. Throwing people away to asylums made it look like things weren't common, but they were. And some became unchecked alcoholics or abusers to deal with inner pain. Those things were OK.
@@nassar57
Not true. People have always had to deal with these things. There just wasn't overwhelming media, constantly reminding everyone how bad things were then, and still are today.
@@C.Church It appears that all of you have been loyal, faithful modern media clones, absorbing all the negativity the media feeds you nowadays. I can't speak for Los Angeles - only Chicago where I grew up. All things were better then, and anyone I know who was alive then reports being both significantly happier then and more enthusiastic about the future of America.
Rational houses, well-designed and unobtrusive adds, no flashy cars, green spaces, no trash.
The end of modernity and it's common demeanor was a catastrophe for the west.
Such a lovely street. Manicured lawns and gardens. That White House next door to the caravan was in the 1967 film A Guide to the married man.
If anyone lived around this area back then and got to see it before it changed....I know they are so excited. I thought we'd see more people outside though. I only seen one woman and a little boy on a bicycle. It's still cool to see what it looked like in color back then. It made me think about my grandparent's and probably around the time my parent's were born or fixing to be born. Thank you for sharing this, it was awesome!! 👍💞
Kids are all in School.
Didn't you see them playing in that soccer game at the beginning of the video?
I saw a young man going in a door and I believe another one working on or near a car.
@@davecrupel2817 no, but I'll go back and watch. I assumed that's probably why we didn't see children out playing was because they were in school. Thanks.
Notice how clean and well kept the neighborhoods are? People took pride in both their personal and surroundings appearance back then.
America wasn't an emasculated clown show like it is now.
No fast food restaurants. People dump their trash everywhere now. Even is so-called good neighborhoods.
Thank you to HighwayLand, I went to maps and followed the same path switching back and forth. The road is narrower but overall the same vibe to the neighborhood. Of course the "men at work" are still working. The biggest difference is that people today went bare or cemented over instead of grass. Still a pretty neighborhood with nice lawns and gardens.
Would be neat to see someone film this drive now