Where the Mountains Meet the Sea: Santa Monica, California (1959)

[uscmoth]

Great vid.... That kid could be me!!!!

[neilmory]

I love how he flicks his cigarette butt onto the ground at 5:52. Way to keep the neighborhood clean buddy.

[MeMeDaVinci]

I loved this...made the year after I was born, though I did not live in Santa Monica then. As an adult, I lived in Santa Monica for eight years, right off Cloverfield and never knew that the airport was called Clover Field. I worked at the Miramar Sheraton, then at UCLA--two places featured prominently...but everything else is gone: Douglas factory (where was that?), POP, most of the restaurants and motels, light years from when this was filmed. The promenade was a dump when I lived there...

[nsteers]

The year I came to Santa Monica!

[mrpitv]

Really wonderful. Thanks for posting. Fun to watch over Labor Day weekend while sitting a couple of blocks away from the old Douglas factory and remembering all those great middle class jobs that once helped Santa Monica soar.

[sweetduck420]

I was 3 years old living in Pacific Palisades when this was taken

[ElleEmBee67]

17:26...ample parking??? In Santa Monica? I had to replay it to make sure I was hearing the narrator correctly. A quarter at a street meter won't get you 10 minutes now a days.

[BLONDEAGUA]

Thank you so much for this post.. the best on YouTube! Let's see more please!

[BLONDEAGUA]

No violence, no gang bangers, no homeless. Clean, peaceful, decent...it is a shame what Santa Monica has become.

[casualclicks]

A fine production. It brought back many great memories. Thanks for posting!