This is great! God, I should've lived back then! Cruisin' around in a cool (old) car and checking out the American landscape of the time. I should've been born around 1900, fought two world wars, help rebuild the country in the '50s, and died peacefully in my sleep around 1989, before this country went completely to the dogs!
COOOL!. i live in Tallapoosa and the reason I moved here is because this town is very proud of its history.Nice to see it back in the day,really hasn't changed much and hope to keep it that way....
Chad, I work in Tallapoosa one day of the week, and this film most likely denotes a trip along US Highway 78, which was the main route between Birmingham, Al and Atlanta, GA before the interstate was constructed.
US 78 runs alongside the railroad tracks through downtown Tallapoosa.
I can tell you that little has changed since then..the highway is still 2-lane.I will see next week if the railroad station and water tower still exist.
Wow, thanks for that information! Do you know the places where some of the other buildings are, like the church or the one which looks like a courthouse with clock tower or the one with the Georgia Life sign on top? These may have all been in totally different towns though.
This is great! God, I should've lived back then! Cruisin' around in a cool (old) car and checking out the American landscape of the time. I should've been born around 1900, fought two world wars, help rebuild the country in the '50s, and died peacefully in my sleep around 1989, before this country went completely to the dogs!
southwriter 1 year ago 2
The car they are riding in is a 1955 Pontiac convertible. The car at the end is also an early 1950's Pontiac.
firstyearta 1 year ago
COOOL!. i live in Tallapoosa and the reason I moved here is because this town is very proud of its history.Nice to see it back in the day,really hasn't changed much and hope to keep it that way....
1dabirdman 1 year ago
ARE YOU MAKING VIDEO'S
STEVETRAGS 2 years ago
I am a Tallpoosa Police Officer. The railroad station is gone, but the water tower (standpipe) depicted is still there.
ki4fkw 3 years ago
@ki4fkw well then you've probibly chased me around then haha!!! i live in tallapoosa to.
cacity40 1 year ago
The music, Henry Mancini's "High Time," is definitely appropriate here!
batterymaker 3 years ago
Chad, I work in Tallapoosa one day of the week, and this film most likely denotes a trip along US Highway 78, which was the main route between Birmingham, Al and Atlanta, GA before the interstate was constructed.
US 78 runs alongside the railroad tracks through downtown Tallapoosa.
I can tell you that little has changed since then..the highway is still 2-lane.I will see next week if the railroad station and water tower still exist.
kjm1983 3 years ago
Wow, thanks for that information! Do you know the places where some of the other buildings are, like the church or the one which looks like a courthouse with clock tower or the one with the Georgia Life sign on top? These may have all been in totally different towns though.
retrochad 3 years ago
Interesting! Is the music part of the film?
Trance88 3 years ago
No, it was a silent film, I just played a theatre organ record for an accompaniment.
retrochad 3 years ago