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1939 New York in HD Color - Looks Like Filmed Yesterday!

 
Adventus Domini

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 Quoting: Chip


Crap that one was scary :)

I bet 20 people died an hour on those streets.
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Interesting footage. So much hadn't happened then -- including two world wars.
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In 1940, my grandfather bought a Bell and Howell 16mm movie camera and began 30 years of documenting our family. My mom has a closet stacked floor to ceiling with the reels. This post has really made me want to get on her about transferring them all to DVD before the film decays. They are all so cool! Not your typical family movies - grandpa was a pilot and the family traveled a lot.
 Quoting: Rev StarGazer


Do it!!

You (and your kiddo's) will not ever regret it. Wait too late and you certainly will.

cheers
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i'd like to do that with our super 8mm film but it is too expensive.
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Some University of Film Institute could be interested if the stuff is sociologically or historically interesting.
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I believe these folks in NYC looked alive since they were eating good wholesome food. Not this GMO crap and a list of other chemicals in foods today. They looked better and more on the ball mentally.

Modern day Mr Know It All must think shoppers at WalMart with their sloppy clothing, heavy bodyweight, and tattoos all over the ying yang being the norm of the day is quite exceptable.
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The people look healthy,well dressed with self pride in their appearance and the city looks clean and orderly. doesn't look like it was filmed yesterday to me. if it was yesterday it would be load with the decay,filth and vermin we suffer from in our current society.
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A few years from now it will look like Blade Runner.
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Summary:

Every single Man would like to go back to the period of their "Wonder Years" typically age 10-16 and relive life in that period carrying the accumulated wisdom they have currently obtained.

Women don't seem to have this fantasy.

I'd be curious to break that down and see what the difference is.

I think it's because women need to feel protected and secure, and at the point in their lives where men start to wax nostalgic, the Women are finally feeling that sense of security and wouldn't trade it.
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Wrong
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Trust, it doesn't just happen to men. Where the hell did you get that from?
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Re: 1939 New York in HD Color - Looks Like Filmed Yesterday!
From the Romano Archives. Scenes of the Spanish Civil War and Franco's victory...

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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^​^

And soon scenes from the Long Island/NY metro Civil War..

You'll see!

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Awesome! Thanks for sharing.
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Do you imagine the viewers of the future watching footage about our present times...and with a feeling of romantic, idealized nostalgia? Go figure...

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What I got from that is the lack of 'menace' there seemed to be, everbody it seemed knew their place and didn't step out of line, else there would be real and swift consequences.

Nowadays there just isn't that faith - you dare not look askance at anyone acting out on a street, because they will be in your face in a heartbeat, no-one will come to your aid and the police if they turn up will likely as not give you a hard time out of some P.C insanity.

Nowadays you only get that sort of peace in rural villagey places
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Hard to believe we were in the midst of the deadliest military conflict ever, in which mankind murdered 70 million of their own, and that the nuking of Japan by the US was only a few short years away.
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Your Brit parents and grandparents were an inspiration to the world when the endured the blitz and didn't buckle under. I've watched quite a bit of the old film footage and it's amazing they could be so resilient and keep their spirits high.
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My point was quite strong. Your own rules could mean anything. This modern way of thought is rotting traditional culture into oblivian. You should have more respect for history and it's effect on modern society.
 Quoting: Chip


No disrespect but your point is complete lost with your lack of eloquence in sharing.

For the record I have not shown any disrespect for the past. The point was not to disrespect today. Love the past, but not at the expense of today if it is not true.

I agree if you go out and think you can do whatever you want without a moral code to adhere to it can be a significant problem. But as a previous posted stated, part of the moral code of society was to segregate and keep woman quiet and in the house.

I feel my morals are much stronger when I have to answer to myself and not society.
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Brainwashed by history revisionist aren't you? And now you are one of them. My grandmother wasn't in the house segregated when she worked in a ordnance plant and then ran her own cafe for 35 years after the war. My own mother was one of the fist female peace officers in Kentucky[deputy constable civil process job but still not in the home quiet as you claim}Oh and if you want to get into the plight of blacks then remember far more blacks owned their own business and home back then,more far two parent homes and the church{whatever you think about religion} was central to the black community and instilled moral values and decency. It was better in everyone way even during the harshest times. Communities really did rally together and respect and value one another but go ahead believe and spout you BS history revisionism. Tell your lies and try and sell it.It's what you people do.
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Right, and you are trying to spout your own version of history, your mother was one of the first dipshit. Says it all....
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And with that comment you have made my point perfectly.
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Re: 1939 New York in HD Color - Looks Like Filmed Yesterday!
Do you imagine viewers of the future watching footage about our present times...and with a feeling of romantic, idealized nostalgia? Go figure...
 Quoting: Inerrancia


They'll view our time like we view the Dark Ages. "There was a time when it was legal to kill the unborn, and... What a horrible time that was."

Or, we'll be extinct. Because, there's only room for improvement at this point.

Last Edited by Adventus Domini on 06/03/2013 03:19 PM
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pennywise


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Holy Crap! That damned clown is creepy. As a kid in the 60s I would have ran screaming out the door if I had seen it.
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Re: 1939 New York in HD Color - Looks Like Filmed Yesterday!
Do you imagine viewers of the future watching footage about our present times...and with a feeling of romantic, idealized nostalgia? Go figure...
 Quoting: Inerrancia


They'll view our time like we view the Dark Ages. "There was a time when it was legal to kill the unborn, and... What a horrible time that was."

Or, we'll be extinct. Because, there's only room for improvement at this point.
 Quoting: Adventus Domini


Maybe the Dark Ages are the future, and these times are the Fall of the Roman Empire revisited...
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In the words of the immortal Billy Joel:

"The good ole days weren't always good and tomorrow aint bad as it seems...."
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In the words of the immortal Billy Joel:

"The good ole days weren't always good and tomorrow aint bad as it seems...."
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Despite the great Billy Joel is a depressive guy...
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The people look healthy,well dressed with self pride in their appearance and the city looks clean and orderly. doesn't look like it was filmed yesterday to me. if it was yesterday it would be load with the decay,filth and vermin we suffer from in our current society.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 39486926


A few years from now it will look like Blade Runner.
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Yep. I watch alot of those dystopian future films just to get a heads up as to what it might all look like. Blade runner is a favorite. I think it might look like code 46 early on then blade runner and at some point a boy and His dog or escape from new york or god knows what.
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Re: 1939 New York in HD Color - Looks Like Filmed Yesterday!
Do you imagine viewers of the future watching footage about our present times...and with a feeling of romantic, idealized nostalgia? Go figure...
 Quoting: Inerrancia


They'll view our time like we view the Dark Ages. "There was a time when it was legal to kill the unborn, and... What a horrible time that was."

Or, we'll be extinct. Because, there's only room for improvement at this point.
 Quoting: Adventus Domini


Maybe the Dark Ages are the future, and these times are the Fall of the Roman Empire revisited...
 Quoting: Inerrancia


Could be. Only one difference: Today we have the ability to destroy ourselves completely.

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Re: 1939 New York in HD Color - Looks Like Filmed Yesterday!
old west photos


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old west photos



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Thanks again, OP. The "Mythical Times" of your wonderful country...
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Speaking of the past..can you still call the local bank to get the current time? Years ago that's how we set our clocks but i was wondering if banks still have a recorded message that says"the current time is....temperature....whater.
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I love old films like this. Wouldn't it have been great to live in the real America? {{{SIGH}}}
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it's the old west for me!
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pennywise


 Quoting: Mia41


Holy Crap! That damned clown is creepy. As a kid in the 60s I would have ran screaming out the door if I had seen it.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 39486926


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Much better (below)

[link to www.youtube.com]

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But then again, I heard Bozo the Clown was a big porno aficionado...(this is what I heard)..

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Re: 1939 New York in HD Color - Looks Like Filmed Yesterday!
Moscow 1945, the end of the Patriotic War and Victory Parade


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Re: 1939 New York in HD Color - Looks Like Filmed Yesterday!
Chicago.. late 1950's


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1956 Grooming Essentials for women..
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I'm pretty sure that those "conformities" were what the hippies of the 1960s and 70s were rebelling against. I have never figures out what was so bad about life that they had to feel so unsatisfied.

It's not like they had Angelina Jolie to instruct them that they had to wear tats or anything like that.

rolleyes
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Nice video. A sobering thought, that seems to always surface with me, is that most of those people you're watching, going about enjoying there daily routines, are probably now all dead and gone from this earth.
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Yeah, I have a drawer full of pictures of dead relatives. It is creepy in a way.
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Thank you for posting the video, OP, simpler life back then, that is certain.

We need more simplicity.
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The people look healthy,well dressed with self pride in their appearance and the city looks clean and orderly. doesn't look like it was filmed yesterday to me. if it was yesterday it would be load with the decay,filth and vermin we suffer from in our current society.
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clappa
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Re: 1939 New York in HD Color - Looks Like Filmed Yesterday!
damn that was cool
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Real Cool... Brought back some memories from when my father was young and growing up in NY. I grew up in NYC from the 70's till the 90's. Miss every bit of it.
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