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  1. The film posters in the opening shot of Mexico City includes an advertisement for the film "The Song of Bernadette", which was released in 1943. Although it may have taken some time later than 1943 to get to Mexico.
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  2. I can't get over how light the traffic is.
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  3. The second angle has better focus/fidelity than the first. It's crazy seeing those billboards for those brands i've never heard of (and are probably long extinct). And it's crazy seeing that general lack of automobile traffic. No wonder those vintage cars with those crash gearboxes didn't bother them...
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  4. I found the stretch of street on google maps. It's the McCarter highway between Lafayette St and Pennington St. And most of those buildings are gone as the streetcar tracks, especially the timber weatherboard housing. Although it's interesting to see that some of those big old industrial buildings are still there, but most are repurposed & renovated as offices. And that some of where that old timber housing stood is now just empty lots. Most of it seems to be either gas stations or car sales yards. Not an improvement in my opinion, but we can't turn the clock back.
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  5. Depressing? Maybe for you and I'm sure many others. But I can see some positives. I expect that there was a local community that lived there amongst the factories they worked in and that it was pretty tight-nit, they all belonged to the same unions and their kids went to the same schools and they all looked out for each other. I personally find what's replaced it, what's depressing: The suburbs of crappy detached houses where there's nowhere near as much community.
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  6. I like the light traffic too. But bear in mind: That was because automobile ownership & usage was far lower in those days. Go back to those times and you might have to make do with living around taking public transport.
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  7.  @beeqool  That's not true at all. Quite the opposite, At that time; American automakers had not conceived of planned obsolescence, and instead made automobiles tom be as robust and over-engineered (and too overweight) as possible. If the automobiles from that era rust; it's because back then they didn't have the steel treatment and paint technology that we've had since the 1980s. The grades of steel they used back then were still of the types where rust can often be sanded off anyway.
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  8. The film posters in the opening shot of Mexico City includes an advertisement for the film "The Song of Bernadette", which was released in 1943. Although it may have taken some time later than 1943 to get to Mexico.
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  9. Most people didn't have a car. Especially working class people who worked in factories.
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  10. It looks like it was shot during work hours. during rush hour there would've been more people.
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  11.  @TricksterDa  That's very pleasing to hear. So many American cities were ruined after the second world war.
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  12. I looked at this area on google maps, and it looks really dire now. The tractor factory is basically abandoned as are some houses (and other houses have been demolished, leaving strange gaps in the row houses). Do you have any explanation as to what actually happened? I understand that American industry has declined, but how did a formerly prosperous neighbourhood not retain prosperity? It looked like a nice enough place for middle class and upwardly-mobile working class people to live in 1947.
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  13. That's because the values and ethics were still for looking tidy. That changed between the late 50's and early 70s; when youth had increasingly disposable income. So fashion started to cater for them and their more casual & comfortable tastes. The thing is; by the time they were becoming adults in the late 60s and early 70s; they still kept dressing in their personally lives as they did as teenagers. And over the years it became the norm.
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  14. I just looked at it on google maps. You may disagree but I get the impression that it may have changed for the worse with a big ugly parking space where the row houses once were.
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  15. I looked at this area on google maps, and it looks really dire now. The tractor factory is basically abandoned as are some houses (and other houses have been demolished, leaving strange gaps in the row houses). Do you have any explanation as to what actually happened? I understand that American industry has declined, but how did a formerly prosperous neighbourhood not retain prosperity? It looked like a nice enough place for middle class and upwardly-mobile working class people to live in 1947.
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  16. Can anyone from the Bronx tell me:How much of this survived the 70s and early 80s?
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  17. So it must be the George Washington bridge at the beginning of death of a salesman...
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  18. More importantly: Nowhere near as many automobiles...
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  19.  @beeqool  Actually 1940s bodies were still around in the 1980s, making the basis of hot rods. This was over 75 years ago. How many cars from 30 years ago do you see around now? But aside from their extreme age; there’s also the fact that they were powered by the old v8 engines that couldn’t be produced after the late 70s and for which parts for became increasingly rare.
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  20. Probably because spraycans weren't a thing.
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  21.  @josephconsoli4128  News flash: Some young people were committing vandalism at that time. But hey feel free to indulge in the fantasy of “society breaking down”, “nihilism” and “minorities”….
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  22. Ah, I've seen more proper documentaries than you're probably aware of. Here's something you might learn from a proper documentary: In 1945 "minorities" included people with surnames like Consoli.
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  23. The streetcars look like older models also.
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  24. You've got a great eye there. I just looked on google maps, and you're correct. Even though many of the buildings in tis video have been completely demolished in the 75 years since it was shot, the remaining ones confirm it.
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  25.  @MargaretLeber  Okay I see I wasted my time asking you...
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  26.  @MargaretLeber  Nope it’s more complicated than that. You’re clearly a sad person who can’t think beyond political partisanship, as an escape from actual personal problems.
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  27.  @MargaretLeber  LOL I only read the first paragraph and then the final line. The irony in you telling anyone else to grow up. I mistook you for someone who might give an intelligent honest answer to a question I’m curious about. But nope; clearly you are a child-mind who indulges in political partisanship. You probably let Fox News brainwash you. And maybe you let yourself fall into becoming a “born again [evangelical] Christian”. I am not from your country and laugh at this ridiculous GOP vs Democrat divisive nonsense you have allowed yourselves to devolve to. And I have no interest in wasting my time engaging with you further. Thus I will not read whatever reply you post.
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  28.  @TransitAngst  I agree. All goes to show: Progress isn’t always an improvement.
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