Comments by "g bridgman" (@1940limited) on "NASS" channel.

  1. I can just imagine what those houses look like now if they're still standing.
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  2. The newest car I see is a 51, so that must be when the movie was shot. I don't know who took all these street scene movies but I wish there was even more of them. Lots of pre-war cars still on the road back then. Fascinating! Thanks for posting.
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  3. The newest car I see is a 51, and lots of them. Imagine driving around back then! Many pre-war cars still on the road, too. I'd love to look around the used car lot they passed.
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  4. 48 Packard at 0:12; 48 Buick Special at 0:20; and 48 Kaiser at 2:27. All appear to be new. That must be the year.
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  5. I love how the trolley tracks cross over one another. What a feat of engineering. This was America and we threw it all away. I hope everyone's happy.
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  6. The best car show you could possibly ask for. All you had to do was walk out into the sidewalk and look around. No homeless tents, either. Wow!
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  7. Yes, no trash, including the 2-legged kind!
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  8. Excellent video! I wish it could have gone on for ever!
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  9. I don' 'know who shot all the footage of street scenes in various cities but I sure am glad he did. Looks like 46-7-8 to me and a nice place to visit.I like the pedestrians in the middle of the street with no protection from errant automobiles. We didn't worry about stuff like that back then. We did all right.
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  10. Fabulous! Thank you for posting. The car next to the 40 Buick in the opening scenes looks like a 34 Lafayette. The camera car was obviously burning a lot of oil.
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  11. The newest cars I saw were 1937 so I'm think that's the year. I love the trolleys, too.
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  12. Some of the best vintage footage I've ever seen. Thanks for posting. Did anyone notice all the Checker taxi cabs?
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  13. Absolutely beautiful. Everyone's well dressed, just going about their business. No blurred out faces. No one seems concerned about being on film. I didn't know Southern Pacific cab forwards were used in passenger service. I thought they were a freight engine. And What do these neighborhoods look like today?
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  14. The infrastructure is amazing. All that had to be transported to this island nation far from the US mainland.
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  15. Hard to believe what we once had and threw it all away.
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  16. There is a disclaimer not historically accurate. Even with no sounds it's great to watch.
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  17. Money went a lot further back then. We were also on the gold standard. A coin had real value. A 2-1/2 dollar gold piece was about the size of a dime.
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  18. Interesting how many pre-war models wee still on the road in 1950. My grandmother was still driving a 1931 Ford Model A at that time. She kept it until 1962.
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  19. I love the cars!
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  20. Culture change and not for the better.
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  21. The newest car I saw was a 49 Pontiac, so I guess that's the date. Does it still look like this today?No wonder people wanted to go to CA back then. Not so much today, I think.
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  22. Was.
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  23. Customers can have any color they want as long as it's black - Henry Ford.
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  24. Rather embarrassing for the nation's Capitol, wouldn't' you say?
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  25. Homeless encampments, devoid in this video, add such a nice touch to today's LA.
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  26. Motorists in this video could use some driving lessons. I see a lot of passing on the right and no one yielding to pedestrians. The cops in the street are really taking their lives in their own hands. The newest car I saw was 1937 so I assume that's when the movie was taken. I saw some very expensive cars as well as more common models. I think a fleeting glimpse of a Duesenberg went by, but not sure. Can anyone ID the car at 5:04? There's a good shot of it but I'll be damned if I can figure it out.
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  27.  @davido5058  Don't expect any logic or common sense from a Trump hater. The ass clown in the White House now, who's sure to lead us to war, is what America voted hell bent on "Getting Trump." Enjoy the monster you've turned loose, guys. Smart move.
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  28. The newest car I see is a 51 so I guess that's the date. Whose bright idea was it to allow this beautiful place to degenerate to what it is today?
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  29. St. Petersburg.
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  30. Absolutely!
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  31. I was wondering whee the trolleys got their power from and though it might be that slot between the tracks. Thanks for clearing that up.
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  32. Incredible infrastructure. We had all that manufacturing capability even back then.
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  33.  @WitchKing-Of-Angmar  OK, whatever. I enjoyed the film.
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  34. I was thinking the same thing.
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  35. Lots of kids out playing without worrying about being kidnapped or shot. What's this neighborhood like today? It must be around 1946 or '47. Those are the newest cars I saw but most are pre-war. New cars probably weren't readily available yet.
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  36. Are you being serious or sarcastic?
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  37. Newest car I saw was 1954.
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  38. Looks like 1948 to me. Interesting hOw many Model A FoRds wee still on the road then. My grandmother bought a used on in 1946 and drove it until 1962.
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  39.  @hepphepps8356  BS on you!
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  40. All in China now thanks to the geniuses in the White House starting with Clinton.
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  41.  @cozmorio  Nice to know the house and tree are still around.
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  42.  @santosbanuelos6661  Right.
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  43. I wouldn't want to put up with winters like this but they seem to love it. Everyone's getting around just fine in their old, rear-wheel-drive cars. Nice 58 Buick convertible at 3:13.
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  44. Back then, yes. I wonder about now.
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  45.  @AutomatedPersonnelUnit_3947  The liberals today wouldn't like that!
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  46. What's wrong with what we see here?
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  47.  @islandprincess9666  I see the liberals have laid their guilt trip on you.
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  48. They weren't. They got it good in the end. 😞
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  49. Ugly but fascinating. Probably al ot of nice people of European descent lived in this neighborhood then.
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  50. No processed foods.
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  51. People were more formal and dignified back then. All the women are in dresses.
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  52.  @jptaylor  Lots of older pre-war cars people wee hanging on to.
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  53.  @PK-uh2yz  Wow! I'm sorry you had such an experience after making an effort to do something kind. I'll remember your story if I ever contemplate helping out a homeless person.
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  54. What do these streets look like today? People dressed like slobs, homeless encampments and not a car anywhere worth looking at. How much we let slip away.
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  55.  @NASS_0  Thank you. I have a 50 Buick to do when I get to it.
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  56.  @songwriter124  The honking horns are dubbed in and I presume by your critique you think today's LA is an improvement; just what I'd expect from a left coast liberal or at least one who thinks that way. How do you know the guy on the bench is homeless? Today's 2-legged trash, I presume, is preferable?
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  57.  @songwriter124  I took my que from you!
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  58. Everyone nicely dressed. No litter on the streets. Interesting how many pre-war cars were still on the road then. I wonder if anyone in this video is still alive and might recognize themselves?
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  59. I think it's a 49. The limo used the old body style for one more year.
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  60. I haven't seen any cars newer than '49, so I guess that's the year. Between car and trolly traffic, the rails embedded n the pavement stay nice and shiny. I suppose these sidewalks are littered with trash and homeless vagrants today; not well dressed people going about their business feeling perfectly safe.
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  61. I'm sure it's worse today. Haven't been in the Ironbound Section in years and doubt I'll ever go back.
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  62.  tai’s magical audio potions  Says who? There's way more to it than a trolley.
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  63. @LVΡΝ 1 That's what I was thinking.
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  64.  @philbooth4384  Glad to hear it.
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  65. The newest car I saw was 46 or 47.
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  66. The newest car I saw was a 50.
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  67. They wanted total war. They got it. Hitler's gone and your new masters are here.
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  68. Beautiful. Id' sure like to pay a visit back there for a while. Maybe sty forever. I saw a new 47 Buick in one shot. I guess that's the year.
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  69. Yellow is actually a much easier color for the eye to discern than red or green.
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  70. Truck didn't even slow down.
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  71.  @michaels.5878  Oftentimes I do, too.
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  72. It would make me sick. I'd like to jump into this scene and look around for awhile.
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  73. You listened to the radio back then, if you had one.
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  74. The only drawback might be mandatory military service.
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  75. Everyone seems to want to get back to Buffalo. Of course at that time there were good jobs to be had.
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  76. My father lived through the depression and used to complain about it a lot. He pumped gas for $1/day, 7 days a week and played in a 4 piece band on Saturday nights at a local club. 50 some years later he stated things weren't all the bad, they had a lot of fun and he'd like to relive some of those days.
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  77.  @PK-uh2yz  CA doesn't have to welcome them.
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  78. The newest car I saw was 1954 so I'm assuming that's the year.
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  79.  @culturehorse  You noticed that, too!
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  80. The only thumbs down I gave to any comments on this video.
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  81.  @songwriter124  I can't believe what an issue you're making over history footage of LA and mostly the cars people enjoy watching. Go to hell!
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  82.  @sonnycorleone2602  I noticed Ambush on the Marque, but am not familiar with it.
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  83. Not a vagrant, an addict, discarded hypodermic needles or a pile of human feces to be seen! There aren't even any parking meters!! What the hell is wrong? I know: The mayor, Elmer Robinson, was a Republican.
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  84.  @clintonflynn815  And nobody games the system today?
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  85. Very nice image quality. Someone had a good camera.
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  86. They're working.
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  87. IKR! What a shame!
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  88. Kids in baby carriages would be the only ones still alive.
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  89. Newest car I saw was a 64.
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  90. I like how they hang onto the trolley running boards and don't even wait for it to stop to get off. How would ha go over today?
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  91. Not hard to understand.
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  92. The early part of the video showed Checker taxi cabs. The NY section was DeSotos.
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  93. Why am I not surprised? It was solid middle class here.
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  94. Anyone notice the Bomb Shelters advertised for $795?
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  95. Amazing there was so much traffic back then. The cars certainly are crowding out the trolleys.
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  96. I wonder what line he's riding on? Some kind of elevated subway?
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  97. It's really tough identifying the pre-war cars from behind, but I was able to pick out a few of them.
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  98. The newest car I see is 1962 so I guess that's the yar.
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  99.  @aaronvadovic4023  Interesting. Makes sense.
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  100. I wonder if it could be lightened up?
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  101. A few blacks are out and about, well dressed and going about their business unfettered. What's all the BS about "white supremacy" these days?
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  102. Good jobs at the moment.
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  103. I thought so. the military men far outnumber the residents.
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  104. Who needs them?
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  105. Yes! I saw that too!
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  106.  @polycrase  Late 60s on that and the Vietnam war ongoing.
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  107.  @thankthelord4536  I was around back hen and the blacks weren't doing so bad, at least not up north.
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  108. People in this video seem to be doing all right.
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  109. I saw a '54 Buick. The Kaiser police car is a 53.
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  110.  @dday9257  52 Cadillacs are tricky to spot. Not much different from 51; wheelcovers, emblems under the headlights.
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  111.  @peashooterc9475  That's a good catch. I don't know how you tell them apart year-to-year.
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  112. Good jobs.
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  113. We had a very advanced and mechanized society even back then. Notice how people run out in front of cars to cross the street while drivers didn't even slow down. I never liked the hats women wore in the 20s. Very stupid looking.
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  114. What rail line is it?
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  115.  @Cwra1smith  Where did you see that one? I saw a 54 Buick and a 53 Kaiser.
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  116. I many ways not for the better.
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  117.  @lino1139  Brains? You could have fooled me at times.
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  118.  @lino1139  I question if we're wiser than animals at times.
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  119.  @lino1139  I don't think we are.
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  120.  @lino1139  I don't think we are.
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  121. What a nice highway with no traffic. 38 Buick parked curbside in the beginning of this film. I'd love to take a ride in that on this road.
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  122. Newest car I saw was a 49 Pontiac, so I guess that's it.
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  123. You had to know what you were doing to drive those cars. No automatic transmissions, power steering AC or air bags.
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  124. Look at all those fossil fuel burning cars! Has the statue of George Washington been torn down since this movie was made?
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  125. So many of our cities dont' look much different today. Interesting all the physical activity kids engaged in instead of staring at a smart phone.
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  126.  @odietamo9376  If so he did a good job spicing them together. Sorry I committed the mortal sin of "assuming wrong" based on the cars. Horrors!
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  127. In Hollywood.
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  128.  @bescheuerterbruder719  That doesn't look anything like a Rolls to me. I can ID quite a few cars in this video. The funny looking car in the beginning is a Checker.
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  129.  @culturehorse  Thank you for the kind reply. Thumbs up. Still wondering about the car ID at 5:04! :-)
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  130.  @bescheuerterbruder719  I'm not kidding. That is no Rolls Royce!
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  131.  @bescheuerterbruder719  The car looks American to me but with some kind of modified radiator shell.
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  132.  @bescheuerterbruder719  If you know these cars well you can tell apart at a glance. I know a lot of them, but not all.
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  133. The newest car I see is 37.
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  134. Neat, clean, orderly, safe, a nice place to live, work and visit. What's it like now guys?
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  135. Many of them are rust colored on the hoods and roofs.
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  136. Beautiful. And how does it look now?
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  137. Most of them were probably black. In the 20s Henry Ford's motto was you can have any color you want as long as it's black.
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  138. I saw a 50 Buick.
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  139.  @mohasi3  Good point. The bullet nose Studebaker was 50 and 51 so that puts us up to at least 1950.
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  140. Lots a pre-war cars still on the road then. Looks like right after WWII. CA sure was a nice place back then. Even the poor neighborhood in the beginning does't look so bad. I wonder what these streets look like today? Probably full of drugs and homeless encampments.
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  141.  @erebus79  Never underestimate the number of stupid people out there that can't tell the difference between fact and propaganda.
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  142. I wonder what these areas look like now and what's left of them?
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  143.  @davemckolanis4683  You deny that most of our industry, starting in the 80s, was shipped to China? Looked at all our ravaged and abandoned cities lately? I think you're the goof.
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  144.  @davemckolanis4683  I think you're describing yourself better than me. Good bye!
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  145.  @MrSloika  You jerks can't engage in any conversation without childish insults, can you? You're all the same and probably voted for Joe Biden. I suppose you think it's perfectly OK to kill American jobs? Good luck.
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  146.  @njlauren  I won't deny the short comings of the GOP. Wealthy businessmen want cheap labor. Democrats want votes. Both parties are corrupt and out for themselves only. At this point, I'll still take my chances with the GOP since we have only 2 choices.
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  147. It looks like 1954 to me.
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  148.  @mschiffel1  Newest I saw was '54.
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  149. I was thinking that, too.
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  150. I thought I saw a 50 Chevy, too, but it wasnt' a godo enough shot to be sure if it was 49 or 50. This film must be 1950 at the latest.
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  151. Simply amazing. I saw what looked like a brand new 46 Ford so I'm thinking that's the year.
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  152. Traffic jams are what pushed them out.
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  153. It's probably all homeless encampments now.
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  154. Too bad there isn't a way to slow this down for a better look at all the parked cars and the car lots.
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  155. What a vibrant, goring city. Population didn't peak until 1950.
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  156.  @ROYALP100  I'm not sure what you're talking about.
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  157.  @HansKlopek  Good point.
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  158.  @ROYALP100  Everyone!
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  159.  @HansKlopek  Liberals will never admit that.
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  160.  @islandprincess9666  Yeah, it happens to me all the time.
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  161. The row houses.
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  162. Congratulatiosn on that. Plus this sort of film can help you in recreating the era and the details you need.
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