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1939 New York in HD Color - Looks Like Filmed Yesterday! | |
beeches
 User ID: 28167778  United States06/03/2013 08:19 PM  Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | no chemtrails in the blue sky. no lots of things....not much litter, the needlework on the dresses was impressive. Yet they had primitive things compared to what we have today. So why are we so much more primitive? Liberalism is totalitarianism with a human face – Thomas Sowell |
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| Yes I Did !!!!
User ID: 12593074 United States06/03/2013 08:36 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | It really makes me sad to think that the world has turned to CRAP... in MY lifetime. I remember when my mom would never go shopping without her hat and gloves. Ladies were ladies and men were gentlemen. Don't despair, though. We can each change our own little PERSONAL world, by being and doing what we believe is right and proper. We don't have to "conform" to the BS being shoved down our throats !! I, for one, have never followed "trends". I have always set my own standards, and then TRIED to live up to them as best I can. Can you imagine the CHANGE.... if each one of us refused to conform to this sick society ? If you want change - then BE change.  "Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds." ~ Albert Einstein |
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| doomsucker
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| Vixi
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| Yes I Did !!!!
User ID: 12593074 United States06/03/2013 08:51 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Was "eating" invented after 1939? Everyone is so skinny by today's standards. Wonder what they used to sustain their bodies? Surely they would not have the energy to do all that walking. Quoting: Mikiee 40332495 Skinny because they were just coming out of the Great Depression. - Not everything in the 30's was "beautiful" !! "Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds." ~ Albert Einstein |
| Phillip J. Fry
User ID: 22941969 United States06/03/2013 08:53 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | 1939 little did they know..WW2 just around the bend. 2013 little did they know..WW3 just around the bend. Maybe..maybe not. Enjoy life..be grateful for what you got. . "Don't do anything that affects anything. Unless it turns out you were supposed to do it, in which case for the love of God. Don't not do it!" |
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| Eagle # 1 User ID: 41058579 United States06/03/2013 09:10 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | MOSAT fascinating thing I remember was going into a round room. where you had a TV camera taking your picture, but only sent to other room around the corner. Saw my brother 'on camera', not myself ! Yes, they HAD the technology, but not the stations, broadcasting ability, just closed circuit. Eagle |
| truthwillsetyoufreeagain
User ID: 23952927 United States06/03/2013 09:17 PM  Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Beautiful! fashion, manner, atmosphere.. beautiful! Quoting: Anonymous Coward 39562039 also, notice how everybody walks! so cool and chiled. like enjoying every step. Nowadays i see only zombies rushing everywhere, blind to the world, more often than not staring at a screen.. numb. siiigh.. That's all I see walking down the street, people texting or looking at their phone. It's getting worse all the time.  ______________ As long as I am an American citizen and American blood runs in these veins I shall hold myself at liberty to speak, to write, and to publish whatever I please on any subject.” - Elijah Parish Lovejoy(1802-1837) All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent...Thomas Jefferson The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government...Thomas Jefferson When the people fear their government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty...Thomas Jefferson Truth will ultimately prevail where there is pains to bring it to light...George Washington |
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| truthwillsetyoufreeagain
User ID: 23952927 United States06/03/2013 09:19 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I was there in 1939, as part of the Boy Scout Jamboree, with my brother, at 11 years old. Quoting: Eagle # 1 41058579 MOSAT fascinating thing I remember was going into a round room. where you had a TV camera taking your picture, but only sent to other room around the corner. Saw my brother 'on camera', not myself ! Yes, they HAD the technology, but not the stations, broadcasting ability, just closed circuit. Eagle Wow. Nice story. Any other memories of the '39 WF? ______________ As long as I am an American citizen and American blood runs in these veins I shall hold myself at liberty to speak, to write, and to publish whatever I please on any subject.” - Elijah Parish Lovejoy(1802-1837) All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent...Thomas Jefferson The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government...Thomas Jefferson When the people fear their government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty...Thomas Jefferson Truth will ultimately prevail where there is pains to bring it to light...George Washington |
| beeches
User ID: 28167778 United States06/03/2013 09:33 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Everyone has such nostalgia for the past... Anyone remember what was going on in Europe at this time. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 40334276 Also everyone looked the same, go to the financial district all the shirts will be tucked in. Not a lot of character if you ask me... Weren't blacks still at the back of the bus at this point. Wake up people, yes it was a cool place and a cool time, but so is today and it is what you make, just imagine the discussions on GLP at the time, not much different than today, war, coming out of depression, segregation. It is fine to think of the past, but don't idealize things that are not true. It's true that in 1939, black couples were married at the SAME RATES as white couples. The black family disintegrated MUCH later, in the 1960s, due to the emergence of The Great Society under democrat Johnson. In 1939, black AND white families could live comfortably on the one income. The educational gap between blacks and whites in America also did not exist in any way near the form it does today . . blacks have lost so much ground since this was filmed. The glory days of Harlem are long gone, too. For more info, read Thomas Sowell's history of the viability of the black family, a main theme of his that runs through all his works. Last Edited by beeches on 06/03/2013 09:34 PM Liberalism is totalitarianism with a human face – Thomas Sowell |
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| Useless Cookie Eater
User ID: 29696048 United States06/03/2013 09:41 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | 1885-1960 was awesome. Quoting: Dr. Acula Best time period in history. These days right here... the present... blows goats. I would have included up to about 1990. That was when it all started going to hell in earnest. ...the food....the economy....the abusive regulations /laws....the culture....the music.....etc etc.  |
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| Useless Cookie Eater
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| Revo/elation
User ID: 1278834 United States06/03/2013 10:00 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Great video. One thing that caught my attention was I didn't see any obese people. How Amerika has changed, sad! Quoting: Martin Farbles Excellent observation. I looked specifically for someone overweight and I don't think I saw any! We have fallen so far in every possible way. full of chemical and also sht. How far this society has fallen in such a short time. Loved the brick streets. Awesome vid. |
| Mia41
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| Anonymous Coward User ID: 13903016 United States06/04/2013 07:15 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Thanks for sharing. I would have loved to have lived back then. What struck me was how relaxed everyone looked and how slowly they moved even on the busy streets. No frantic rushing and crowds even in a big city. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 32062218 Strange thing is, you did live and enjoy those days back then, only you don't recall your past life. |
| truthwillsetyoufreeagain
User ID: 23952927 United States06/04/2013 09:48 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | 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. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 41065342 It was more that most people were polite and had a respectful way of going about their business. They didn't even think twice about it. That's the way they were wired (and brought up). Rude people, people walking around cursing, and so much of the distasteful behavior we see today were just in the very small minority. And when it came to sex, people were private about it. They didn't let the whole world know what they did in their bedrooms. Last Edited by truthwillsetyoufreeagain on 06/04/2013 09:49 AM ______________ As long as I am an American citizen and American blood runs in these veins I shall hold myself at liberty to speak, to write, and to publish whatever I please on any subject.” - Elijah Parish Lovejoy(1802-1837) All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent...Thomas Jefferson The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government...Thomas Jefferson When the people fear their government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty...Thomas Jefferson Truth will ultimately prevail where there is pains to bring it to light...George Washington |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 21946957 United States06/04/2013 10:00 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Was "eating" invented after 1939? Everyone is so skinny by today's standards. Wonder what they used to sustain their bodies? Surely they would not have the energy to do all that walking. Quoting: Mikiee 40332495 I always find it fascinating to find passages in old books/magazines/etc. where the person "couldn't eat a bite". It seems that people had to almost be coaxed into eating. Appetizers were just that, to STIMULATE the appetite. Women particularly seemed to NOT want to eat when emotionally upset - completely the opposite of the "emotional eating" that women claim today. Also, particularly in the South, people often complained that it was just too hot to eat. Air conditioning was not widespread in the South until the late 1950s. I wonder if that has increased obesity in the South. |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 21946957 United States06/04/2013 10:05 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | 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. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 41065342 It was more that most people were polite and had a respectful way of going about their business. They didn't even think twice about it. That's the way they were wired (and brought up). Rude people, people walking around cursing, and so much of the distasteful behavior we see today were just in the very small minority. And when it came to sex, people were private about it. They didn't let the whole world know what they did in their bedrooms. Etiquette books were very popular with the middle class. People WANTED to do the right thing the right way. The whole "Do your own thing" mentality of the 1960s got rid of the idea of standards. Most Americans abandoned the idea of high standards and we have what we now have today. |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 7057471 United States07/31/2013 04:49 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | That film is priceless. No traffic controls whatsoever. Jaywalking everywhere. The ABSOLUTE FREEDOM and ENERGY that WAS America is what provided the inertia that created the economic powerhouse that we no longer are. We were the shining light upon the hill. We now have a police state, reigning over an immoral lazy, wicked nation, where freedom is doled out, and rigidly controlled by evil men. If those men from 1906 could have looked a hundred years into the future, they would have all cut their balls off. |
...and we were not just referring to NYC.