@fortiesnutcase You'rte welcomed. Great video. I was walking down that street yesterday afternoon and a lot of the buildings are still there but there sure is a strange crowd hanging out there these days. lol
@DeWittAlbright Yes, I have other footage from the 40s from the same person who took these. Mostly travel home movies but the same great quality. I will be putting more in sometime within the next couple of months,. Thanks so much for your interest!
Great stuff! Thanks for posting! What amazes me is when you watch this from the 40's and then look at some other film from the 70s... How much of a radical change had taken place in terms of architecture, cars, clothing etc.
If you look at film of LA or other cities from the 80's to now .. there is a change but I don't think it was nearly as drastic as the 40's to the late 60s and 70s were.
@westy40 Thank you for watching this video. I fully agree with what you said. There is such a dramatic difference in films of that era compared with later films. Such different lifestyles and ways of life. Thanks again!
The first 30 seconds were shot next to downtown L.A.'s Biltmore Hotel with views of Pershing Square and 6th Street. This is probably what tragic Elizabeth Short (aka "The Black Dahlia") saw when she was last seen alive while entering the Biltmore Hotel's lobby in 1947.
Its funny how peoples' old home movies were once seen as the epitome of boredom, but today a lot of these 8 & 16 mm home movies have evolved into vital historic and cultural documents. Thanks for collecting and posting these.
@JillnRe I know. It is amazing to see those films in color. I always think of the forties in black and white probably from most of the movies that were made in black and white. Thanks so much for watching!
This is great! Are these personal home movies Paul or someone elses? I just love seeing the old cars! Funny to see red and yellow cars from that period. I mean I'm so used to seeing that period in B&W drab. This one's going in my favorites!
It's a friend of mine's films that he picked up years ago at an estate sale. I'm so glad you are enjoying them. I have a bunch more I am going to put on. Watching the originals is amazing. The kodachrome color is so brilliant and vivid. I feel the same way about the period. I was so used to seeing that era in black and white. More on the way. Thanks so much!
you could literally plug your home movies straight into your brain and experience them as if you were there.Wouldn't that be great.I don't think it'll be in our lifetime though paul :).
That's some great footage,paul and great colours.3D seems to be the big thing now(Avatar is supposed to be really good).There was a tv programme here in the 60's/70's called TOMORROWS WORLD and i've never forgotten this.They confidently predicted that we would soon have holographic films and tv where you would be part of the action.Not here yet but i know 3D tv's are in production so maybe one day.I'm a big sci-fi fan.Maybe one day in the future when there is direct brain/computer connection
It is so funny that you mention that because I just got a 3-D movie DVD the other day at the library. I had to use some 3-D glasses. I had no idea 3D tv's are in production. I also heard the same thing you did years ago about holographic films. So glad to hear someone else heard the same thing. That is so exciting to think what is coming in the future. Thanks so much for providing this information to me and the viewers!
Thanks so much for watching and commenting. Yep, I was amazed when I started viewing the footage last week. You are right. It is private footage home movies - one of a kind - and never seen before publicly. That's what I love about home movies - the uniqueness of it. Much more to come! Thanks again!
wonderful footage! looks great. THANKS
rme2121 3 months ago
@rme2121 Your welcome. Thanks so much for watching!
fortiesnutcase 3 months ago
Thank you very much. I love to watch old home movies from different eras.
fortiesnutcase 3 months ago
The guy talking sounds just like Henry Fonda
RetroTony1959 7 months ago
@RetroTony1959 Thank you so much. I consider that a compliment since he is one of my favorite actors. Thanks for watching this video.
fortiesnutcase 7 months ago
@fortiesnutcase You'rte welcomed. Great video. I was walking down that street yesterday afternoon and a lot of the buildings are still there but there sure is a strange crowd hanging out there these days. lol
RetroTony1959 7 months ago
thank you soooo much for this
devnorton 7 months ago
@devnorton You are most welcome!
fortiesnutcase 7 months ago
@sasasa5ify Thank you very much! I should be putting some more of this footage up over the next couple of months. Thanks again!
fortiesnutcase 7 months ago
Stunning footage. Will you be putting up the rest of it or other 40s home movies?
DeWittAlbright 7 months ago
@DeWittAlbright Yes, I have other footage from the 40s from the same person who took these. Mostly travel home movies but the same great quality. I will be putting more in sometime within the next couple of months,. Thanks so much for your interest!
fortiesnutcase 7 months ago
this is great and in colour too love this era in hollywood
TheSeanm102 8 months ago
@TheSeanm102 Me too! It was a great era. Thanks for watching!
fortiesnutcase 7 months ago
What no baggy pants showing the underwear, no tatoo parlors, no graffitee, woman really dressed in dresses.......men in suits..........
califgirl11 8 months ago
@califgirl11 Yep, things sure have changed in 70 years! Thanks for watching this video.
fortiesnutcase 8 months ago
Great stuff! Thanks for posting! What amazes me is when you watch this from the 40's and then look at some other film from the 70s... How much of a radical change had taken place in terms of architecture, cars, clothing etc.
If you look at film of LA or other cities from the 80's to now .. there is a change but I don't think it was nearly as drastic as the 40's to the late 60s and 70s were.
westy40 11 months ago
@westy40 Thank you for watching this video. I fully agree with what you said. There is such a dramatic difference in films of that era compared with later films. Such different lifestyles and ways of life. Thanks again!
fortiesnutcase 11 months ago
Awesome! I love the look of kodachrome.
westerneagle87 11 months ago
@westerneagle87 Thanks for watching!
fortiesnutcase 11 months ago
The first 30 seconds were shot next to downtown L.A.'s Biltmore Hotel with views of Pershing Square and 6th Street. This is probably what tragic Elizabeth Short (aka "The Black Dahlia") saw when she was last seen alive while entering the Biltmore Hotel's lobby in 1947.
duupapolska 1 year ago
@duupapolska Thank you for the fascinating information. Thanks also for watching this video!
fortiesnutcase 1 year ago
FANTASTIC !!!!!!!
Johnnyboy792 1 year ago
@Johnnyboy792 Thanks so much for watching!
fortiesnutcase 1 year ago
Its funny how peoples' old home movies were once seen as the epitome of boredom, but today a lot of these 8 & 16 mm home movies have evolved into vital historic and cultural documents. Thanks for collecting and posting these.
Xervosh23 1 year ago
@Xervosh23 You're welcome. Old home movies are such great pieces of history! Thanks for watching!
fortiesnutcase 1 year ago
@Xervosh23 And thanks for subscribing!
fortiesnutcase 1 year ago
Keep it up - I can't wait to see the rest.
sudaev 1 year ago
@sudaev Thanks so much. I should be uploading more soon.
fortiesnutcase 1 year ago
I always thought the 40's were so depressing and sad but it turns out it looks like it isnt!
Its so colorful and great
JillnRe 1 year ago
@JillnRe I know. It is amazing to see those films in color. I always think of the forties in black and white probably from most of the movies that were made in black and white. Thanks so much for watching!
fortiesnutcase 1 year ago
LA in the 40's is the best!
skydogz1 2 years ago
Thanks so much for watching!
fortiesnutcase 2 years ago
This is great! Are these personal home movies Paul or someone elses? I just love seeing the old cars! Funny to see red and yellow cars from that period. I mean I'm so used to seeing that period in B&W drab. This one's going in my favorites!
celebrityimpressions 2 years ago
It's a friend of mine's films that he picked up years ago at an estate sale. I'm so glad you are enjoying them. I have a bunch more I am going to put on. Watching the originals is amazing. The kodachrome color is so brilliant and vivid. I feel the same way about the period. I was so used to seeing that era in black and white. More on the way. Thanks so much!
fortiesnutcase 2 years ago
you could literally plug your home movies straight into your brain and experience them as if you were there.Wouldn't that be great.I don't think it'll be in our lifetime though paul :).
impbr 2 years ago
Wouldn't that be amazing? I sure hope we live to experience that or at least the holographic films. Thanks so much again!
fortiesnutcase 2 years ago
That's some great footage,paul and great colours.3D seems to be the big thing now(Avatar is supposed to be really good).There was a tv programme here in the 60's/70's called TOMORROWS WORLD and i've never forgotten this.They confidently predicted that we would soon have holographic films and tv where you would be part of the action.Not here yet but i know 3D tv's are in production so maybe one day.I'm a big sci-fi fan.Maybe one day in the future when there is direct brain/computer connection
impbr 2 years ago
It is so funny that you mention that because I just got a 3-D movie DVD the other day at the library. I had to use some 3-D glasses. I had no idea 3D tv's are in production. I also heard the same thing you did years ago about holographic films. So glad to hear someone else heard the same thing. That is so exciting to think what is coming in the future. Thanks so much for providing this information to me and the viewers!
fortiesnutcase 2 years ago
This is very interesting stuff Paul because I assume that it is private footage and never been seen publicly before?
bluenazz 2 years ago
Thanks so much for watching and commenting. Yep, I was amazed when I started viewing the footage last week. You are right. It is private footage home movies - one of a kind - and never seen before publicly. That's what I love about home movies - the uniqueness of it. Much more to come! Thanks again!
fortiesnutcase 2 years ago
very cool
would love to be able to go back in time and walk
around.
chompo7 2 years ago
Me too! Thanks for watching!
fortiesnutcase 2 years ago