The Year Was 1912

[Pitcairn2]

Amazing. My Dad was born on January 1st 1912.. just seems I was chatting with him yesterday-though he died 20 years ago..

[nerko96D]

when i see those people and i think man´ those people are all dead now but it looks so amazing there is only the screen between us but then i think everyone in this video is now dead :/

[flon5flon]

Lots of birds had been killed in those days (watch the hats)!

[SuperMarioBrosX1231]

Olympic is in 4:52

[ChrisHealyTV]

Happy New Year 2012. I hope and trust that humanity is not on Titanic.

[britishredneck1]

Its exactly 100 years later. Hello 2012.

[wrudy14]

fantastyczne materiały. Super że można odtworzyć atmosferę tamtych lat.

[parcdebagatelle]

4.52 Was that Titanic?

[ma230195]

@parcdebagatelle no, it's her sister Olympic, titanic had the A Deck windows closed in the bow.

[alejandronskiy]

The most impressive part of this video is from 0:37 - 0:42 , someone saw that lady get on her carriage in the Paris of 1912, and now im watching that same moment even if i was never there...

[cher128bx]

Thank you so much for your quick reply....I absolutely adore this song but never knew the title. Now I know thanks to you!

And, a great video. Thanks for posting it.

[cher128bx]

What is the name of the first song played in this video?

[Aaron1912]

Bethena



[cher128bx]

What is the name of the first song played in the opening of this video?

[forevershining1]

can't believe this is almost 100 years ago. it'll be amazing to see how much the world will change from 2012 to 2112

[testermanish]

I was there for the filming of this :-) I'm actually in one of the clips! I was back observing the time of the Titanic. Yes, I'm a time traveler. No I don't worry about altering history. I'm no more important than the guy you don't remember seeing at the market today. Very strange to see how the old footage makes everything look different. Like it was from a distant planet.

[Linkage1992]

@testermanish You have a vivid imagination.

[ofelita44]

¡¡¡Belle epoc!!

[baghend]

Thanks so much for this- My Dad was born in 1911, and passed away many years ago. I have a better idea now of what life was like a hundred years ago, thanks to you and Utube. great quality, music- very nicely done.

-Bill in Canada

[victorbrunswick]

Aaron's videos are the closest thing to a time machine!

[OneTeamOneMission]

i mean the 1st 2 pic.'s

[OneTeamOneMission]

titanic is a pic. look at the water and the tugboats steam!

[sixstoriesfall]

Back when people dressed with class and dignity. Oh how I would have like to travel back in time.

[ziggycat999]

1912 okay......but were is everybody busy going around with .....what?

[phillippatterson1]

Bit difference is styles just 15 years later.

[EvolutionOfTrance]

very energetic

[BrandonTxOthor]

Fantastic job,and I loved the shot of the Titanic's captain smiling. Haunting in the end all the happy prospering people wanting new and "better" things,the Titanic declared "unsinkable". Sigh! But hey-as a woman I loved the Paris models doing their fashion shows.

[gerzolin]

Hey! I have a question for you! I´m making a Titanic´s documental...so.... Can I take some parts of your video to make it? This Video it´s GRAT!

[OneTeamOneMission]

i like the titanic and her sisters the most!!!!!!!!

[freebeerfordworkers]

Excellent and the lyrics of the songs are so amusing. I am not beating the left wing drum but in the 1960's an upper class Englishwoman who was a child in this era regretted its passing but she was honest enough to compare the young woman of the 60's with their smart clothes and healthy well fed children with the half starved children of the period and admit "the lights were much brighter now than they were back then"

[tamagotchiplanet27]

5:10 - 5:12 ~ hi capt. Smith!

[tamagotchiplanet27]

which vessels titanic? titanic & olympic r so similar in looks.....

[Commodorian]

@tamagotchiplanet27 The Titanic is the vessel with the enclosed forward promenade deck....

[Aaron1912]

Bruce Ismay gave Titanic a forward deck enclosure because too many passengers on Olympic complained about the amount of water that sprayed onto the deck during rough seas. The enclosure was added on Titanic just before her maiden voyage. There are many photos of Titanic with no deck enclosure and photos with Olympic and Titanic sitting side by side with both ships not having a deck enclosure.

[Commodorian]

@Aaron1912 Correct and there were many other differences too as you know. Thanks for this upload..

[tamagotchiplanet27]

hey look an iceberg! Now the vessel's sinkin'! April Fools!

[frsdonahue]

The clothing of both genders is fantastic. Knew all the songs, and was especially gratified that my favourite, 'Meet Me Tonight in Dreamland,' is here. What a wonderful video!!! Wish I could have been there. Thanks so much. Keep up the good work.

[nauort23]

@ 3:35  Is that Queen Mary, the second woman getting out of the open carriage?

[angelbrat3468]

I really like these videos. I wish I could live in that era for a day.

[MariktheChao]

4:04 The man turning his head to look at the camera looks like Lon Chaney.

[duchessbidwell]

I love all of your video vignettes. I like the colours and fonts that you have used in your inter titles. The creamy words on black are very suggestive of the old films.  What font did you use?

[duchessbidwell]

I love all of your video vignettes.  I like the colours and fonts that you have used in your intertitles. The creamy words on black are very suggestive of the old films. What font did you use?

[Linkage1992]

Can you please put the names of the songs in the description? Thanks!

[wa1ufo]

Love the music track! Thanks Captain!

[MariktheChao]

The lyrics to the songs like Mr. Moon are really hard to learn.

[HarborGuy]

Love the video, especially the end - it truly was the "end of an era". Meet Me Tonight in Dream Land was so great to end it with........

[CupboardNinja]

Is this footage from the U.S?

[Aaron1912]

The footage was shot in London and Paris

[OneTeamOneMission]

@Aaron1912 and southampton cuz titanic was in southampton



[OneTeamOneMission]

@CupboardNinja no england that can you know at 4:10 you see titanic and olympic and that ships where from liverpool / southampton

[boxing2289nymx]

@CupboardNinja how is it from the us it never got to new york it was the ships first trip..gosh.!!! idoits!!

[ArcticRalph]

Love to see the early cars/ horses traffic mix. And how majestic people dressed and behaved, real gentlemen and fine ladies lol

[CrazyJustin2006]

It's crazy to think everyone in this has long been dead.....

[saigonpunkid]

@CrazyJustin2006 Also all the clothes, horses, vehicles, flowers and shop fronts have been long turned into dust, metal from the ships might have been melted into guns and bullets for WW1 and WW2 and have been subsequently recycled for how many times? Perhaps all that survived are the buildings.

[MrBlake004]

it would be immensly helpful to know who shot this

[RoscoMalosco]

This video sure takes me back. I miss 1912.

[broadwaylove52]

Wow. This is amazing. I can hardly even believe the world was like this...it's crazy. This stuff fascinates me :)

[speedstakerguy]

i like the suits and hats lol

[artsylovelylady]

I like how women carried themselves with such dignity at 2:51.

[bobbobato]

It's interesting how the instrumentation of Ragtime Music has changed since it's heyday. Today, there's such a heavy use of Classical Instruments and the pacing is generally slower. But if you listen old records, the sound is closer to early Jazz, there's more of a force, the sound isn't so soft, and there are... odder elements, like those clappers.

[chkjns]

Just to say thanks again, Aaron ! ! !

Saw this video in the favorites of my newest subscriber!

Turn Off Your Light Mister Moon was from the 1911 Broadway show Little Miss Fix-It.

Everybody's Doin' It Now by Irving Berlin, Nov 1911.

FANTASTIC job matching the music to the year ! ! !

[lileatziz]

congratulation excelent video :D

[reikwai]

Wonderful videos! Can you make ones for 1915 through 1920? Love it!

[RalphVasquez49]

Such a beautiful time so it seems. I cannot believe that was only 98yrs.ago. It's like taking a step back into time. I really enjoyed this video. Thank You!

[chkjns]

@RalphVasquez49 I just recently learned the price of that beauty & elegance - up to 75 cents each for Egret plumes, a FORTUNE back then. Everglades Egrets & other birds were clubbed & shot by the 10s of thousands, until they were nearly extinct. Egret plumes were most beautiful as the mothers were nesting, so each dead mother meant all the babies died as well.

Heavy on my mind, just finished reading Everglades, River of Grass, a complete history of Florida, should be a textbook in Florida!

[Sebizzar]

Today's my 18th birthday... i feel old... but watching this makes me feel so young again xD

I wish sooo badly to time travel & see what life was like in every decade ;(

[captainjjb84]

4:23 my god! Magnificent!

I just realized that was a photo with smoke effects

[arc27]

What a charming era.

[iBook3503332]

What are the songs from 3:00 to the end?

If anyone could please help me.

[19florydory00]

Well, that was fun. The sing-a-longs made me laugh (and I sang along).

Nice to see film from the year that my great grandpa Stanley started making eyes at great grandma Nellie. ; )

[JoseEduardoNZ]

Another wonderfuly crafted clip. Pure Bliss !!!

[chkjns]

You are SOOOOOOO right, Aaron is a video wizard, even including the words to 100-yr-old songs ! ! This is a prized addition to my music playlists for each of the past 100 years, 4 generations of pops.

A trip to any past year is only clicks away . . . . . . .

[rolko52]

Great footage and some clever special effects with the Titanic and the Olympic.. It appears that part of the footage was shot in Paris, with the Arch de Triomphe in the background, but was other footage shot in London? The ads on the double decker buses suggest England.

[Aaron1912]

Yes. The footage was taken in London and Paris.

[OneTeamOneMission]

@Aaron1912 noo southampton you can see it on titanic she was in southampton liverpool

[luvebug21]

Aaron youre an expert at these kind of stuff arnt you:)

[TitanicExpert]

Ah, the Gilded Age...

[molon1ip]

Progressive Era

[bearcub410]

when i was a little boy i used to visit two elderly sisters who live across the street from me , they both played the piano during the silent film days , they told me when they were younger they both wore hobble skirts . it was very difficult to walk in and impossible to get up on street cars in them . they used to wait and have gentlemen push them up onto the trams . i bet they had a laugh over that LOL

[luvebug21]

so you were born in 1945.how old were your parents when they had you lol

[luvebug21]

the hobble skirt first came out in trend in 1910 so if your grandmother wore it how old does it make you now? 70?

[carrotville]

I'm 64. I was raised by my grandparents and they talked a lot about turn of the century life. My grandfather was a violinist in the French restaurant at the 1904 Louisiana Purchase Expo in St Louis.

[carrotville]

The ladies at 1:50 are wearing "harem pants". This fad was very short-lived. Trousers for women did not become acceptable until the 1930's.

[carrotville]

My grandmother mentioned wearing a hobble skirt. Uncomfortable but very stylish. The big hats were called Merry Widows.

[luvebug21]

plus to add to that,,,make up was very new in its early stages which means it was pale white and it was used for silent films and vaudeville.

[luvebug21]

This video is in the early 1900s im not talking about the 1930s or 40s.Yes people(women children and men) did dress elegant and all, but do you see almost all the women dont have makeup on,thats because up until 1920s makeup and red lipstick was seen as immoral/taboo.Anyways but actually in the 1920s makeup became more acceptable thats when the flappers were .Bottomline im sure there were all kinds of people even fat back then.:)

[OS253]

Where did they get this music? It's absolutely beautiful! It's tradtional american music.

[prettyparisian]

It's Scott Joplin's : Bethena (1st one anyway)

[luvebug21]

Well women wore corsets to be slimmer and to achieve a certain figure,,the tight corsets were in fashion until aroud 1918. As for men i think some men had some sort of thing to flatten the belly but yes youre right people were definately more active back then.

[OS253]

That's not it! People in the old days have always look slim and beautiful. Check out the movies of the 1930's and 1940's. The ladies were slender and petite. The men were tall and sleek. Ever heard of the actress Mae West? She's a delicate little thing. She stand only 5'0 feet tall. But she's was hot!

[carrotville]

Not as many overweight people then.

[OS253]

Of course they don't have fat people in the old days! People took great pride in their personal appearance. Every man, woman, and child seem to dress elegantly at home and in public. Today, we all look like slobs or sluts. When was the last time you comb your hair? When was the last time your teenage daughter dress humble without looking cheap?

[classicalgirl01]

Wonderful answer. Made me smile. It is very true. I try to dress as according to historical era's as I can, although it can be hard, seeing all cheaply dressed men and women.

[Rufflefeathers]

There looks to be a fairly portly woman at about 4:05, FYI.

[OS253]

@Rufflefeathers

Are you sure? The woman looks pregnant to me.

[luvebug21]

Beyond exellent i say :D

[TheKipperRunsAgain]

Excellent video.

Who's performing that version of "Everybody's Doin' It Now" ?

[Aaron1912]

The Salonisti Orchestra

[Foxery99]

I think the most transient feature here is the cars. This video was definately taken during a "transition" period. Still lots of horses and buggies in 1912, but skip ahead to a late 1920s city scape and it's all cars. It's interesting how quickly automobiles replaced animal transportation.

I love this video - watched it several times already!

[mysticmagic4760]

Beautiful!!! Your videos are terrific!!

[finsfan90]

Awesome

[Tadd1925]

I'm happy to hear that :-)

[TheSunRecords]

Thank you Aaron1912 for this excellent video!

[burnleyfan11965]

Fascinating but little did any of these know that the horrors of the trenches were only 2 yrs away.

[classicalgirl01]

Very true and upsetting.

[Tadd1925]

Something wrong with being gay?

[yedon68]

...there is NOTHING at all wrong with being gay...! i didn't mean to offend...i though it was cool...

[yedon68]

...check~out the guys at 1:44...how gay..?

[cunardwhitestar34]

Excellent video! I liked the video trickery with the smokestacks on Olympic and Titanic.

[Shangas]

1:25 - Schweppes soft drinks!!

[bobbobato]

I find the early 1910s to be such an interesting time. They had these radical new technologies, such as cars, planes, phones, electricity, & movies, and yet their culture was out of sync, and wasn't that different from what it was 30 or 40 years before. It remind of the early '60s and our own time.

[GuyverFan95]

Where did you get this version of music? I love the beat of it than the one I already have.

[Aaron1912]

ebay

[GuyverFan95]

I mean was what was the name of the CD(s)?

[Aaron1912]

Dan Levinson and his Canary Cottage Dance Orchestra Steppin Around

[GuyverFan95]

I can't find that CD online. I don't suppose you remember where you got it from?

[Aaron1912]

I bought it on ebay about a week ago.

[GuyverFan95]

So is this classical or jazz? Maybe it's both.

[Aaron1912]

It's Ragtime

[RahmSifr]

By the way: who plays "Bethena" at the beginning? This version sounds really interesting.

[Aaron1912]

Dan Levinson and his orchestra

[RCAradio]

I enjoy watching, what like in 1912 society and life. I have family who were on the Titanic my Grandfather is name George Wright.

[bashmahs]

Thank you Aaron, that was such an enjoyment to watch.

[idasynco]

Great music you chose. I of course liked the Castle House Rag! Favs!

[neverknewtillnow]

Thank you for a fascinatingly delightful mating of audio and video from times past

[RahmSifr]

Beauuutiful!

In spite of the fact that most of "us" are primarly interested in the Roaring Twenties, we must not forget, that the Belle Époque (1885-1914) was full of fascinating progress in art, society and everyday life -

for example, the Art Nouveau (one of the most beautiful styles ever), the Ragtime (THE archetype of Jazz) and the women's fashion craze were born in this absolutely exciting time which is unfortunately forgotten or ignored by big parts of today's society!

[Revolucionario1931]

Yes, that were a beautiful years, but fot that people with money!

[ClassicMovieFan96]

Wow, thank you for this video! It's VERY fascinating! 1912... I don't know how to describe this, but... I've never seen moving pictures from before the late 1910s with such a high quality, it's like a completely new experience to see this, life in 1912...

[CHAS1422]

Life for high society 100 years ago. The street scenes were very down to earth.

I wonder if the camera man knew he was documenting life in time for us to view so many years later. Thanks for putting this together, I will show to my children.

[hawkmoon03111951]

Nice video but it was only life for a few. For the majority life was a hard slog. No sign of the slums, factories or pitfaces.

[MichaelJacksonFan000]

Wow.

[copperjones1915]

just as I remember it was. But I wasnt one of them fancys, no But remember seein them though.

[Shangas]

A wonderful video, Aaron! Fitting to end the film with a reference to the most famous event of 1912.

[Whatalovelyday90]

Wow great job!

[dukesgal39]

Thank you, Aaron, for another great video! Your videos are wonderful!  Please continue to entertain us .....

[Portis1Luv]

The rose colored glasses only work with a bottle of Absinthe.

[crabbster21]

great footage, and the full-bodied stereo sound is beautiful!

[azzx96]

Thanks you so much! I would give all the money in the world to have one day in this period.

[yedon68]

...this was the year my mother was born...she told me about seeing her first automobile....!

[gurl1687]

Wow :o

[yedon68]

.....and what does Wow :o mean?

[Revolucionario1931]

I suppose that he/she is surprised at your comment

[Philinspaces]

What a window into the past. I find this to be the most interesting period of recent history. My Grandfather was born in 1882 and was deaf. He played football for the deaf school in 1904, 5,6, and 7. The photos I have are priceless. This really brings the period to life. Thank you.

[abrarose]

Thankyou that was great. My Grandfather was 2 years old, it is interesting to take a look at what it was like back then.