Nothing in all history had ever succeeded like America,and every American knew it.Nowhere else on the globe had ever nature been at once so rich and so generous,and her riches were available to all who had the enterprise to take them and the good fortune to be white.Progress was not,to him,a philosophical idea but a commonplace of experience:he saw it daily in the steady rise of community and nation to wealth and power.I love American history.
the folks in this clip may not have had a lot of money but they had something more important , they had a connection to the land and their neighbors that is missing today , also people did with a lot less , and did not have all of the tech junk we have today i think they were better for it . how many family sit down at the kitchen table with their kids today ? too busy working to pay for a 60,000.00 dollar kitchen they never even eat in
this video depresses me. There is something about today's culture that feels so distant. In a world where technology brings us all closer virtually, I feel more distant than ever from everyone around me.
I look at the blacks and I look at the whites. Everyone seems so happy. But then I have to remind myself that this is still the period where racism is rife and lynchings took place against people of a different colour... And for me, any period in any country which contains something so terrible cannot be called a "Golden Age".
We wont blame the faults of a few on the many of us that live here in North America! I live in Canada, and I LOVE America and Americans! For it is important to note and remember their administration truly is not representative of the people! As we have persevere in the past so shall we again! The times are coming for great change you can feel it :D GOD BE WITH US ALL**
"The Library of Congress recently released color photographs of everyday citizens taken during America's Great Depression and it's early recovery. The images posses a great deal of character and evoke the essence of what it means to be an American, perseverance."
its sad but i feel that in the next 2 years you will see this all over again. in the 1930's people helped each other out. what do you think that the me generation will do? god forbid
All logic to the contrary. President Bill Clinton left office in 2001 with a federal budget surplus of $127 billion. President George Bush ran a deficit of $319 billion in 2005. This numbers are from the non-partisan Office of Management and Budget. In what way is Bush's record "conservative"?
In no way at all is boy George conservative. (in case you're thinking there is a real difference between the big players in each party, know that they are both controlled by the same people)
Again, politics is irrelevant. The next president, whoever that may be, will preside over an economic collapse because that is what our actual rulers desire.
most of us are extremely arogant, stupid and selfish and so are the rich people. serves us right to let them criminals rule over us, they rob us every time. visit onegod. us maya bell
There were about 265,000 Asians in America back in 1930. That's about 2/10ths of 1 percent of the entire population. More chance in photos from the West and not the South or Midwest like these photos.
oh you americans and your great depression... there is still hope, this video shows that even in so hard times there still is hope!!! tell that to ppl in subsaharian africa and show them how hard it was during the "depression"
Its all relative... this was a horrific period of time for these people. If you were watching your children die of malaria and malnutrition while your government stood by and yelled at you to keep moving, would you be thinking about people in Africa? I think not.
Poor, self-absorbed kayakto: remember that next time you lose a loved one, or go broke and end up on the street, that what happens to you doesn't matter. You don't matter. Everyone on earth lives a perfect life, because there are people in "subsaharian" africa... Seriously, why do you little people with little minds make yourselves so easy to ridicule?
While I respect the right of every non-American to use every YouTube video that mentions America as an opportunity to bash the country, I think you ought to use a little more discretion. This video does not promise scenes from The Great Depression, and is not about The Great Depression. It's called "America's Golden Age." Thanks anyway.
Nothing in all history had ever succeeded like America,and every American knew it.Nowhere else on the globe had ever nature been at once so rich and so generous,and her riches were available to all who had the enterprise to take them and the good fortune to be white.Progress was not,to him,a philosophical idea but a commonplace of experience:he saw it daily in the steady rise of community and nation to wealth and power.I love American history.
blueskyhighblue 1 month ago
very thought provoking. Thanks for posting this.
SwingBandHeaven 1 year ago
the folks in this clip may not have had a lot of money but they had something more important , they had a connection to the land and their neighbors that is missing today , also people did with a lot less , and did not have all of the tech junk we have today i think they were better for it . how many family sit down at the kitchen table with their kids today ? too busy working to pay for a 60,000.00 dollar kitchen they never even eat in
bearcub410 2 years ago
erm... this defiantly was not the golden age o.O
jkyl100000 2 years ago
this video depresses me. There is something about today's culture that feels so distant. In a world where technology brings us all closer virtually, I feel more distant than ever from everyone around me.
mhaggs 2 years ago
I look at the blacks and I look at the whites. Everyone seems so happy. But then I have to remind myself that this is still the period where racism is rife and lynchings took place against people of a different colour... And for me, any period in any country which contains something so terrible cannot be called a "Golden Age".
Josephontheball 2 years ago
We wont blame the faults of a few on the many of us that live here in North America! I live in Canada, and I LOVE America and Americans! For it is important to note and remember their administration truly is not representative of the people! As we have persevere in the past so shall we again! The times are coming for great change you can feel it :D GOD BE WITH US ALL**
mzjwright 3 years ago 6
I wish to live in america
Anger20008 3 years ago
Nice.
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Bubbleboii 3 years ago
The color photos make this appear that it could be from a much more recent time.
This is good stuff! Thanks!
farmboy00000 3 years ago
Incredible sights. The 1930s are most interesting part in the American culture in my opinion.
lurynowicz 3 years ago
"The Library of Congress recently released color photographs of everyday citizens taken during America's Great Depression and it's early recovery. The images posses a great deal of character and evoke the essence of what it means to be an American, perseverance."
Not an American, a Human Being.
duba3988 4 years ago
Nice selection of photos! I agree with those who said it shows American perseverance. Thanks for the video!
EmmeeLog 4 years ago
Nice video but you can't eat sentimentality. America wasn't great then and it surely isn't great now.
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nubukfreeker 4 years ago
its sad but i feel that in the next 2 years you will see this all over again. in the 1930's people helped each other out. what do you think that the me generation will do? god forbid
bearcub410 4 years ago
2010: The Greater Depression and Hillaryvilles
neothomist1275 4 years ago
All logic to the contrary. President Bill Clinton left office in 2001 with a federal budget surplus of $127 billion. President George Bush ran a deficit of $319 billion in 2005. This numbers are from the non-partisan Office of Management and Budget. In what way is Bush's record "conservative"?
k8fan 4 years ago
In no way at all is boy George conservative. (in case you're thinking there is a real difference between the big players in each party, know that they are both controlled by the same people)
neothomist1275 4 years ago
That's become the default position of the people who bash Clinton - they pretend that GW Bush is not one of theirs.
You just implied that a Hillary Clinton administration would cause a depression. I pointed out that Bush has trashed surplus.
Sorry, you cannot have it both ways. I'm no great fan of Hillary, but it is impossible to do worse than this administration.
k8fan 4 years ago 2
Again, politics is irrelevant. The next president, whoever that may be, will preside over an economic collapse because that is what our actual rulers desire.
neothomist1275 4 years ago
most of us are extremely arogant, stupid and selfish and so are the rich people. serves us right to let them criminals rule over us, they rob us every time. visit onegod. us maya bell
gurumayabell 4 years ago
Times were hard - but people were harder, we survived thank GOD we had a FDR...
HarborGuy 5 years ago
Why not current music? These images prove that people didn't actually live in sepiatone.
k8fan 5 years ago
the color makes them "real"...
artbychristine 4 years ago
the song is Imogen Heap - Just For Now
Photik 5 years ago
nvm, XD
dmjarrington 5 years ago
Hello digg dot com users :) We are lucky that we don't have to go through a great depression.
mkline718 5 years ago
2:29, LOL it's Napoleon Dynamite's Sister
zenbyo 5 years ago
stills:
clayrab 5 years ago
Why was this flagged as inappropriate?
drenader 5 years ago
No asians.. depressing.
rgaane 5 years ago
Yeah. I didn't see any Brazilians either. Or Senegalese. Totally depressing...
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ayeroxor 5 years ago
There were about 265,000 Asians in America back in 1930. That's about 2/10ths of 1 percent of the entire population. More chance in photos from the West and not the South or Midwest like these photos.
sdjnet 5 years ago
Music is alright, but definitely extremely anachronistic...
ayeroxor 5 years ago
Wow - that was cool. Thanks for uploading. Dug the music too!
garrockas 5 years ago
oh you americans and your great depression... there is still hope, this video shows that even in so hard times there still is hope!!! tell that to ppl in subsaharian africa and show them how hard it was during the "depression"
kayakto 5 years ago
Its all relative... this was a horrific period of time for these people. If you were watching your children die of malaria and malnutrition while your government stood by and yelled at you to keep moving, would you be thinking about people in Africa? I think not.
jessejericho 5 years ago
Poor, self-absorbed kayakto: remember that next time you lose a loved one, or go broke and end up on the street, that what happens to you doesn't matter. You don't matter. Everyone on earth lives a perfect life, because there are people in "subsaharian" africa... Seriously, why do you little people with little minds make yourselves so easy to ridicule?
ayeroxor 5 years ago
While I respect the right of every non-American to use every YouTube video that mentions America as an opportunity to bash the country, I think you ought to use a little more discretion. This video does not promise scenes from The Great Depression, and is not about The Great Depression. It's called "America's Golden Age." Thanks anyway.
guswatkins 5 years ago
yeah what the fuck is up with flagging this that doesnt make any sense.
bfayer 5 years ago
Interesting. You never see a fat person from that time period.
Amazing quality.
ttraider82 5 years ago
Well, people were generally a lot poorer, and (one of the big contributers) they didn't have artificially enhanced and highly processed food.
rchaos00001 5 years ago
No shit.
Crilen007 5 years ago
I meant this comment in agreeance, not as sarcastic.
Crilen007 5 years ago
some of it looked colorized artificially
anagai 5 years ago
sounds like imogen heap from frou frou.
lostcaliyorker 5 years ago
it is
jinx4848 5 years ago
She went single. Now she's just Imogen Heap.
charmedguy18 5 years ago
she was single before frou frou, it was a project with Guy Sigsworth then they broke up.
modafekshen 5 years ago
You people are idiots. Turn the volume down and turn on your radio to whatever crap you usually listen to.
libertariandeist 5 years ago
Aww come on, Imogen isn't /that/ bad.
Aratsu 5 years ago
I like the music. Piss off haters.
fireindresden252 5 years ago
Why do people always have to put MUSIC over everything they post on youtube or google video? :-X
bombm 5 years ago
no, I love the music. Nothing inappropriate either. It shows that during hardtimes there is hope, and that humans are capable of so much.
ceresian 5 years ago
awful music
analfwopnoise 5 years ago
Where do you get pictures that old and of that high quality? My parents pictures from the 60's don't even look that good.
bvarkonda 5 years ago
yeah i agree with stinkstank, why would you choose this imogen heap song? its not fitting at all.
getYourFeltOn 5 years ago
wat song is this?
Revel4tions 5 years ago
Imogen Heap - Just for now
joerodness 5 years ago
Lose the music. Ugh.
stinkstank 5 years ago
Very Nice. It captures the past, very well. Part of history.
Trunks6 5 years ago
I wonder who "flagged" this video as "inappropriate"? Someone doesn't want this video seen by minors for some stupid reason.
The video is great - those photos are very cool.
file83 5 years ago
Those photos are amazing they really bring that time period to life.
IScarebabies 6 years ago