Who would have known that a hundred years later the people there would be some of the rudest in the world and and in most spots a smelly crime infested hell hole. Born and raised in Brooklyn and the second I had enough money to leave I did !
1:46 just imagine that this young lady, so ironic and joyful, that in those exact moments was probably thinking about her marriage, her future kids and plans, that was probably confident about a modern, comfortable life, and not even thinking about aging, is now dust.
just imagine that this young lady, so ironic and joyful, that in those exact moments was probably thinking about her marriage, her future kids and plans, that was probably confident about a modern, comfortable life, and not even thinking about aging, is now dust.
if humanity is not dislodged by economic problems and natural disasters your ancestors will probably watch your home videos
@bortkoppladpunktse Here's the solution: "Due to a ban on overhead trolley wires in Manhattan, streetcars collected power from a conduit in between the rails, by means of a plow, a method also used in Washington, D.C. and London." (Wikipedia - Third Avenue Railway)
I bet somewhere in this footage there is an American Civil War veteran. Maybe at 1:18 the old man just walking right in front of the camera. I just love history!
Wow, just thinking that every soul in this footage is no longer among us. It is really sad that we all must leave mother earth eventually. I hoped these people lived long and happy and joyful lives. It would of been great if the cameras were audio capable during those days, just to listen to the city streets and crowds people chatting of old times past.
wow people really dressed their best to go out. There has to be a happy medium between then and what we have now, with people leaving the house looking like they have given up on life.
If only I could go back in the past with an I-pad/phone... and see how the beautiful girls would react when I show them and tell I am an engineer lmao
0:22 what the, What is in that man's hand? ... and why is that boy not moving and just looking at the camera? 0:52 why does that women have 2 purses? and why does she have the 1 style Mens hat of 1901?... And 0:51 why is that man waiting at the street? and theres many more.. In charlie chapman's circus, there is a women who seems to be using a cell phone, or a phone out of a building in general..?
@ProductionsHead0:22 because he maybe had never seen a camera before? 0:52 where do you see two purses, its a purse in one hand and a tissue in the other? 0:51 when did standing still mean anything.
Try harder, oh and the one in charlie chapmans circus it was only a man scratching his head.
Another thing we are reminded of, watching this century-old footage, is how magical a simple smile can be. The immediate connection we feel to the couple, or the smiling boy entering the scene from the right corner, looking curiously into the camera before everything goes dark... the mere facial expression just melts down a 100-yr-old barrier, isn't that something?
So next time you are being filmed, remember to smile, so that the future generations finding your footage won't freak out ;-)
I was born in Brooklyn, NY and those are my peeps from the past in that clip. The wonderful thing about the Northeast is that so many old buildings from the late 1800's and early 1900's still stand. You can actually go into the past just by standing on one of these old streets! I live in South Florida now, and if you can find a building older than 50 years old, its a true antique.
Really nice, but remember: that view was just as real to them as what we see today is to us. It's just how it looked then.. They thought nothing about it.
@Sloppy998 Nu uh. There was ONE fat (or well, chubby) person and it was when the woman was about to walk across the streeth to your right. But again, out of all the people we just saw, that was it. My my, how much things have changed.
I know they'd wouldn't care in New York City, or most northern major cities with diversities. It was mostly during the southern states at this time. Unusual to see them, pass by to see similar reactions from then to now generations , and finally far beyond the future.
@evxdaddy not everything in new york at that time was as classy as it looked here. this was in the east upper 20s and a more upper class working people but if you went to the lower east side it was all slum areas and very poor. also there was very high crime in new york at this time yes, believe it or not; and the air and streets were even more polluted then even now due to the use of coal and a poor sanitation system. a great time to visit but be careful what you wish for...lol
@darkkoolman1 wonderful observation, those hats are called straw boaters. do a street shot of NYC today & most people wear dungarees (blue jeans) that's how it goes, baby. besides the people at that time had much more class & sophistication. greetings from N.Y.
@nebechadnezzar64 I know they wouldn't care in New York City, or most northern major cities with diversities. It was mostly during the southern states at this time. Unusual to see them, pass by to see similar reactions from then to now generations and maybe finally, far generations beyond the future.
@nebechadnezzar64 Of course, I don't believe they would care in New York City, most northern cities didn't care about so much diversity, only industry, innovation, class, and progress. Most of the problem was in the southern states, especially, Birmingham. Strange, the way they act compared to now and beyond the future phenomena.
@Hersheys11 shit man i feel the same alll those people r dead and just imagine 100 years later future humans will c us in a similar way dunno what technology will b thr then
I can`t get enough of this movie. Just think; Mark Twain was living there in New York city when this was filmed. You could actually go and say hello to Mark Twain. 1901 is also the year he received a Doctor of letters from Yale. The next year in 1902 he visited Hannibal Missouri for the last time where he grew up and where all those ideas for Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn came from. Abraham Lincolns son Robert Todd Lincoln was also alive at 58 and in 1901 they moved his fathers grave
What went on in 1901: McKinley begins second term as US President with Teddy Roosevelt as VP. New York becomes first state to require license plates on cars (that figures) 71 Vincent Van Gogh paintings are shown in Paris which creates a sensation (11 years after Van Goghs death) Leon Czolgosz assasinates U.S. President William McKinley. Roosevelt becomes Pres. Queen Victoria dies (thus truly ending the Victorian age) Adolf Hitler is running around at only 12 years old, sadly he doesn`t die.
The music sounds creepy, but it's nice to see footage from 1901. Wow. Times have changed since women wore dresses. Now days, it's...I wonder what people from 1901 are thinking about today's fashions and today's lifestyle. They're probably thinking...WTF? What's a cell phone? What's a computer? Gas is EXPENSIVE now?
We always think of people from this era as being fairly prudish, but this proves that they liked a bit of innocent, saucy humour. The girl may be acting but her good-natured laugh after exposing her legs is great.
can't believe all of these people are dead, and who would have known that more than a 100 years later, they'll be up in a video on youtube haha. i wish i lived in those times
this was staged by Porter...you can see the boy to the left always looking at the camera...and when the woman whose skirt goes up hits the grate..she stands and pauses..almost posing. If this were an accident caught on camera..her instincts would not be to stand and let her skirt rise more..but to get off asap...remember this was a very uptight generation. but still fun to watch.
But, I mean, okay maybe I will accept it was just an act, but was it an act from that exact year???
It doesn't realy mater if it was an act or not because you still get to see the people from that time & the world, & stuff, but if it was staged was it still acted on that year???????
@santoro2020 I know, isn't that just amazing. I think of things like that as welll.. Or I think at that time whilst this was being filmed what was my Grand Mother doing? You know, weird things... Cool to see someone else with these deep thoughts..
I wonder what was causing that updraft. Subways were not around. It must have been a special industrial vent. You still experience those warm drafts on NYC sidewalks, over subway grates.
I love the music, together with the kid in the background staring at the camera it is incredibly creepy. Look how he just stands still in the last few moments as everyone else is moving around.
LOL @ 1:09 those ravers looked happy... imagine how its gonna be when we die and people in the future start watching videos of us. when we were happy!! WE BETTER ENJOY OUR LIFES TO THE FULLEST!!!..... I'm going clubbin' later!!
Wow, this was uuber cool!!! I think it's cool just to see people from over 100 years ago...it makes me think if someone will be watching old videos or looking at pictures of me 100 years from now...geez I hope not!!! lol It's still really cool though!!
....Just amazing, And most likely all the people you see here are probably dead! But the film, and record kept living long enough for us to see them....
For anyone to have been on this film that remembers it they would had to have been born in the 1890s.they would be over 120 years old to have any recollection of this.They are all gone my friend.
Although it's blurry, I would put the age of the boy in the white shirt at about 12, judging by his height compared to all the other folks walking by him. While I'm sure he is wondering what that contraption that the man is cranking does, I'll bet that's not his primary reason for standing there. He has probably seen this scenario played out a couple of times before in an unstaged manner, and finds it worth his while to just stand there all day on the chance of getting a glimpse of some calves.
@catgumart ...I think (90% sure) this is the place (use Google Earth) :
40-44'48.38 N
74-00'08,22 W
The camera is looking to the North West. About 300 feet behind the camera is the corner of 9th avenue and West 23rd St. Way in the back (in the video) you can see a low overpass, that still exists and is called High Lane Elevated Park. In front of it is 10th Avenue. A LOT has changed, since !!
Wow.....this is SO cool !!
But please...if I got the wrong location I would like to be corrected.
Its so great just studying peoples movements those days,I have a passion for old pictures and anything documented in late 1880', early 1900's,I bought a book full of pictures of 1800's,and the book is called :Julia Margaret Cameron's women.Simply beautiful and transporting to that time,I feel very greatfull that im 23 years old and i love history and its earliest photographs.......
this was staged, notice how the couple slows down a few steps before crossing the grate. Notice also that at 1:10 the man side steps off to allow her dress to billow up. also take notice at 0:40 how the man walking does not cross over the grate, but side steps it completely
Grates are dangerous. People fall through all the time. I'll bet that's why the man side stepped it. The couple was probably from out of town. Also I'll bet the camera in the street wasn't a common image so that would explain the people looking into the camera. I'm just saying .. it's possible!
Even if it was staged, which I don't know, isn't it just awesome to see people who lived 108 years ago having fun? THAT is rare... they always look so serious on old pictures and film... But look at this couple having fun, it's just like my girlfriend and me, from a century ago. It's amazing.
They say that they looked so unhappy because they had to wear a brace to stay still for about 10 seconds, it was very uncomfortable to wear that brace. It was until in 1900 the Kodak "brownie" camera where unhappy faces non-existent.
I got this from a history movie about George Eastman
imagine some folks in future say 250 years from now watching a movie of all of us driving down a new york street with cell phones in our hands and laughing their lungs off at our primitive technology as they would be flying
I don't think they'd be laughing. Do we laugh at people from 250 or even 2000 years ago? If they didn't go through all those stages of technology, than we would still be living as they did, today. I'm always kinda impressed with what people had already invented 250 years ago, they had quite a lot of complicated gizmo's. Think about all the various types of clocks and watches for instance, they must have been absolute geniuses to be able to build those with the rough tools they had back then.
@1981Myname - If it`s staged then that`s some pretty damn good timing. I live in NYC and it`s really hard to hear subways coming above ground until they are right below you, and even then that rush of air only lasts a few seconds.
@1981Myname -that is a generalization that holds no validity. you are comparing two different situations, a formal portrait session where the picture would be displayed so they would take a dignified pic, & jovial fun in front of a motion picture camera. wow you & your girlfriend great thanx for that enlightening expose' into your life. Greetings from NY,enjoy.
I love old movies like this, I love looking at the styles and cars and mannerisms of the time. Were these people actors or normal everyday folks he caught on film?
The dresses seem to close to the ground considering they are walking on street that are full of horse poo. I notice one lady has her dress a few inches of the ground. Smart lady. I notice an rail cars. I guess they are electric. I dont see an above wires though. I wonder what the two signs say.
its like everyone back then was Omish or something. Im glad I live in a more modern society. 100 years from now they'll be saying the same thing about us..or will they??
Great footage, But i thought something "Happened" theres OLD pictures of my Town from the 20's & 30's on the wall in several Buildings. I reconize the
downtown area & some Buildings, its strange & cool to Look at the pictures
the traditional observance of mine is that it's so sad that everyone in this video is no longer here , they have gone as we all will but it's so beautiful to see a glimpse of their lives , what did they look really like,how did they behave,it's touching n beautiful.
the second thing is their body language is just different from nowadays , slower , more calm , reflects the relaxed lifestyle they led, look at how the lady laughs , a bit theatrical like in movies :)
Don't be ridiculous. The youngest person in this clip is the boy in the background, who was around 10 or so. He'd be 118 now, and no one now alive is that old.
Look at all those hats!!
MattTheSaiyan 1 week ago
Notice: No cell phones!
jpsned 2 weeks ago
Seems, the air was blowing up from under the sidewalk through that iron grate.
Maybe subway is there!
Very funny moment as the skirt blows up.
szaki 1 month ago
@szaki The subway didnt come until 1904.
liduck52 5 days ago
@liduck52
Any way, I think the hole thing is staged!
Notice how the couple slows down much, before walking over the iron grate.
szaki 5 days ago
What is the song i like it !
brunomj1997 1 month ago
Someone might say that exact same thing about you one day.
JohnKrismanick 1 month ago
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Omg I almost saw someone's ankle! Flagged for sexual content! lol
MrHarvardGuy 1 month ago
just look how nice the people used to dress
BeFairToYourself 2 months ago
xD I prefer seven year itch :D
aftkm 2 months ago
I'm suprised the didn't arrest her for showing her ankles.
peteo100 3 months ago
Who would have known that a hundred years later the people there would be some of the rudest in the world and and in most spots a smelly crime infested hell hole. Born and raised in Brooklyn and the second I had enough money to leave I did !
nichols4326 5 months ago
why does it have the creepy music
1loveshop 7 months ago
@1loveshop well, the video itself doesn't have any sound at all. The music was added much later, so you could just turn the speakers off.
Amazing video.
Dirtfire 5 months ago
The music is scary.
BSNFabricating 7 months ago
1:46 just imagine that this young lady, so ironic and joyful, that in those exact moments was probably thinking about her marriage, her future kids and plans, that was probably confident about a modern, comfortable life, and not even thinking about aging, is now dust.
sanctainquisitio 7 months ago
@sanctainquisitio I know!!! its crazy but it will happen to us too life is short
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just imagine that this young lady, so ironic and joyful, that in those exact moments was probably thinking about her marriage, her future kids and plans, that was probably confident about a modern, comfortable life, and not even thinking about aging, is now dust.
if humanity is not dislodged by economic problems and natural disasters your ancestors will probably watch your home videos
menacinghat 1 month ago
@bortkoppladpunktse Here's the solution: "Due to a ban on overhead trolley wires in Manhattan, streetcars collected power from a conduit in between the rails, by means of a plow, a method also used in Washington, D.C. and London." (Wikipedia - Third Avenue Railway)
Terascon 7 months ago
WOW. NO TAXI'S.
chadberry75 8 months ago
Looks like someone yelled something at her that made her laugh so loud! I wonder what it was?
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I bet somewhere in this footage there is an American Civil War veteran. Maybe at 1:18 the old man just walking right in front of the camera. I just love history!
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Wow, just thinking that every soul in this footage is no longer among us. It is really sad that we all must leave mother earth eventually. I hoped these people lived long and happy and joyful lives. It would of been great if the cameras were audio capable during those days, just to listen to the city streets and crowds people chatting of old times past.
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Baskiskg 9 months ago
It's funny in these early moving pictures seeing people standing still or posing, thinking their picture is being taken.
John27346 9 months ago
what!...I dont get it.
vulkein 9 months ago
1:17 see how when the black man gets into the view it cuts off? See in 1901 even experimental cameras hated black people. Rough life, rough life.
eexot 9 months ago
wow people really dressed their best to go out. There has to be a happy medium between then and what we have now, with people leaving the house looking like they have given up on life.
ITHEREONETHATHASNT 9 months ago
marilyn monroe was born in june 1 1926
her mother ( galdys pearl baker was born in may 27 1902 )
this just married woman and man celebrating their marriege in 1901 are without
doubt the parents of Gladys and the grand mother and father of marilyn monroe!
tamtamtiger 10 months ago
lol kid standing there and man passing by are going WTF is that lol
GrizzPaul 10 months ago
If only I could go back in the past with an I-pad/phone... and see how the beautiful girls would react when I show them and tell I am an engineer lmao
Wintendows 11 months ago
theres always suspicious people who seem like time travelers....
example: Charlie Chapman's circus.
ProductionsHead 11 months ago
@ProductionsHead I always keep an sharp eye when looking at aold pix and videos.
ScionLo 9 months ago
@ScionLo
0:22 what the, What is in that man's hand? ... and why is that boy not moving and just looking at the camera? 0:52 why does that women have 2 purses? and why does she have the 1 style Mens hat of 1901?... And 0:51 why is that man waiting at the street? and theres many more.. In charlie chapman's circus, there is a women who seems to be using a cell phone, or a phone out of a building in general..?
ProductionsHead 9 months ago
@ProductionsHead yeah yeah your like a horse in front of a parade getting ready to shit everywhere. But you have a good eye.
ScionLo 9 months ago
@ProductionsHead 0:22 because he maybe had never seen a camera before? 0:52 where do you see two purses, its a purse in one hand and a tissue in the other? 0:51 when did standing still mean anything.
Try harder, oh and the one in charlie chapmans circus it was only a man scratching his head.
Mynthon 9 months ago
@Mynthon
you mean woman?
ProductionsHead 9 months ago
@ProductionsHead man/woman whatever
Mynthon 9 months ago
Looked like some of the frames were removed when the lady's dress blew up. Someone probably kept them for personal "enjoyment".
highschoolveggie 11 months ago 3
apparently they only had 1 style of men's hats in 1901
cookieicxc 11 months ago
@cookieicxc FASHION!!
crocetti1984 11 months ago
Anyone notice the kid standing there the whole time?The worlds first camera whore.
KingIguanza 11 months ago 15
@KingIguanza LMFAO!!!!!
deathbynoone 10 months ago
Anyone notice the kid standing there the whole time?The worlds first camera whore.
@KingIguanza
that kid is older than your grandfather , show respect to your elder :)
hayvanadam 10 months ago 8
@hayvanadam
You took the words out of my mouth ;)
HFburn 3 months ago
Ambient noise music goes extremely well with B&W footage. Just like in Eraserhead.
Parkinson9999 11 months ago
Needs 1080p
Left2KiII 1 year ago
Why did every old Film of edison's made people walk like they had leprecy? they always walked fast.
ProductionsHead 1 year ago
Is this the first Porn Movie ever made?
PeterFileMoeLester 1 year ago
This is BETTER than some of todays 720 high definition. JUST LOOK HOW CLEAR IT IS for 1901 !!!!!
PeterFileMoeLester 1 year ago
Another thing we are reminded of, watching this century-old footage, is how magical a simple smile can be. The immediate connection we feel to the couple, or the smiling boy entering the scene from the right corner, looking curiously into the camera before everything goes dark... the mere facial expression just melts down a 100-yr-old barrier, isn't that something?
So next time you are being filmed, remember to smile, so that the future generations finding your footage won't freak out ;-)
RoyKa2010 1 year ago 2
@RoyKa2010 This so true. The couple & the boy smiling instantly desolves a 110 year old barrier. they don't seem so distant here in this footage.
rockyrmt 11 months ago
The standing boy's a time traveler I'm sure of it.
EMPPT 1 year ago
notice how people of that time walked differently and had different gestures
DonFourtonfour 1 year ago
That time these people knew where is the Pakistan
I need the answer plz Thanks
Malikchohan 1 year ago
I was born in Brooklyn, NY and those are my peeps from the past in that clip. The wonderful thing about the Northeast is that so many old buildings from the late 1800's and early 1900's still stand. You can actually go into the past just by standing on one of these old streets! I live in South Florida now, and if you can find a building older than 50 years old, its a true antique.
rolex452 1 year ago
Really nice, but remember: that view was just as real to them as what we see today is to us. It's just how it looked then.. They thought nothing about it.
67rml 1 year ago
What is the name of the music playing?
87165nick 1 year ago
Love it! :D
salmynka 1 year ago
How funny - I didn't see a single fat person.
Sloppy998 1 year ago 3
@Sloppy998 Nu uh. There was ONE fat (or well, chubby) person and it was when the woman was about to walk across the streeth to your right. But again, out of all the people we just saw, that was it. My my, how much things have changed.
Travsterable 9 months ago
So i believe all these people are dead now..
BrooklynFilmLover 1 year ago
There was a tramway in manhattan??
thatsdisgusting 1 year ago
1:09 Marilyn Monroe 50 years before!!! LOL!
JakeandElwoodBlues 1 year ago
I absolutely loved the way they dressed! Such class. Just jeans and a t-shirt nowadays. I wish I could've lived back then.
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I know they'd wouldn't care in New York City, or most northern major cities with diversities. It was mostly during the southern states at this time. Unusual to see them, pass by to see similar reactions from then to now generations , and finally far beyond the future.
invalid000able 1 year ago
I liked the part where the guy goes to cross the street then changes his mind and walks away.
PolyesterMoustache 1 year ago
Look how well everyone dressed back in the days. Such class :)
evxdaddy 1 year ago 2
@evxdaddy not everything in new york at that time was as classy as it looked here. this was in the east upper 20s and a more upper class working people but if you went to the lower east side it was all slum areas and very poor. also there was very high crime in new york at this time yes, believe it or not; and the air and streets were even more polluted then even now due to the use of coal and a poor sanitation system. a great time to visit but be careful what you wish for...lol
kyolym 1 year ago
if u look carefully every man wheres the same hat
darkkoolman1 1 year ago
@darkkoolman1 wonderful observation, those hats are called straw boaters. do a street shot of NYC today & most people wear dungarees (blue jeans) that's how it goes, baby. besides the people at that time had much more class & sophistication. greetings from N.Y.
JRussoBuffaloNY 1 year ago
@JRussoBuffaloNY they also are known as a basher, skimmer, cady, katie, somer, or sennit hat.
JRussoBuffaloNY 1 year ago
I wish i could have spent some time back then, even if it wouldnt be a good idea for me lol. (im African-American)
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@nebechadnezzar64 I know they wouldn't care in New York City, or most northern major cities with diversities. It was mostly during the southern states at this time. Unusual to see them, pass by to see similar reactions from then to now generations and maybe finally, far generations beyond the future.
invalid000able 1 year ago
@nebechadnezzar64 Of course, I don't believe they would care in New York City, most northern cities didn't care about so much diversity, only industry, innovation, class, and progress. Most of the problem was in the southern states, especially, Birmingham. Strange, the way they act compared to now and beyond the future phenomena.
invalid000able 1 year ago
Everyone wore black and white.
IncredibleHwum 1 year ago
Aw, all those people are dead now.
Hersheys11 1 year ago
@Hersheys11 shit man i feel the same alll those people r dead and just imagine 100 years later future humans will c us in a similar way dunno what technology will b thr then
thescorpionking2020 1 year ago
What's with the spooky music?
Morahman7vnNo2 1 year ago
Wow. All those people are dead.
cagerat 1 year ago
100 years after this film, the WTC twin towers fall.
Weldboy1974 1 year ago
I can`t get enough of this movie. Just think; Mark Twain was living there in New York city when this was filmed. You could actually go and say hello to Mark Twain. 1901 is also the year he received a Doctor of letters from Yale. The next year in 1902 he visited Hannibal Missouri for the last time where he grew up and where all those ideas for Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn came from. Abraham Lincolns son Robert Todd Lincoln was also alive at 58 and in 1901 they moved his fathers grave
JamesTKirkCobain 1 year ago
What went on in 1901: McKinley begins second term as US President with Teddy Roosevelt as VP. New York becomes first state to require license plates on cars (that figures) 71 Vincent Van Gogh paintings are shown in Paris which creates a sensation (11 years after Van Goghs death) Leon Czolgosz assasinates U.S. President William McKinley. Roosevelt becomes Pres. Queen Victoria dies (thus truly ending the Victorian age) Adolf Hitler is running around at only 12 years old, sadly he doesn`t die.
JamesTKirkCobain 1 year ago 3
I like how the picture is shaking so much.... I assume that`s from the guy cranking the handle on the camera.
JamesTKirkCobain 1 year ago
they all wearin the same hats. LOL
PhildeCritic 1 year ago
that was the grandmother of Marilyn monroe !!!!
tamtamtiger 1 year ago
The music sounds creepy, but it's nice to see footage from 1901. Wow. Times have changed since women wore dresses. Now days, it's...I wonder what people from 1901 are thinking about today's fashions and today's lifestyle. They're probably thinking...WTF? What's a cell phone? What's a computer? Gas is EXPENSIVE now?
Ant29 1 year ago
That's sad but I'm 100% sure those ordinary people lived goo lives. Bless them
Whinestee 1 year ago
How are the trams powered?
luckystrke 1 year ago
@luckystrke ethanol
Blinkwing 1 year ago
noways all christian ladies are naked what a shame
doukkali125 1 year ago
We always think of people from this era as being fairly prudish, but this proves that they liked a bit of innocent, saucy humour. The girl may be acting but her good-natured laugh after exposing her legs is great.
layde1 1 year ago 3
now we know where marilyn got her inspiration
ConfusedSponge 1 year ago 17
Wow, the Twin Towers were really small back then.
TheOildrumsofVagisil 1 year ago
That lady has nice legs.
DarthCormac 1 year ago 2
that will be us in 100 years lol we will all be dead
kaydenparsons 1 year ago
@kaydenparsons
Strange to think of isn't it?
ToothpickMcBrainy 1 year ago
@kaydenparsons speak for yourself buddy hahah. Hell maybe with science progressing as fast as it is, who knows plenty of us could still be around.
crk416 1 year ago
today its usual , that there are cameras in the street ...
stephanweidner94 1 year ago
can't believe all of these people are dead, and who would have known that more than a 100 years later, they'll be up in a video on youtube haha. i wish i lived in those times
MirandaInClouds 1 year ago
1:09 upskirt FTW
hellonpluto 1 year ago
23 skidooo
SpookyStregaAL 1 year ago
You know, I would Loooooooove to travel back into that seting & show all these people my ipod nano & hear from what they would say.
I would show the my Beatles music, hahaha.
Alien8990 1 year ago
louis armstrong is born in 1901
MosDiced 1 year ago
this was staged by Porter...you can see the boy to the left always looking at the camera...and when the woman whose skirt goes up hits the grate..she stands and pauses..almost posing. If this were an accident caught on camera..her instincts would not be to stand and let her skirt rise more..but to get off asap...remember this was a very uptight generation. but still fun to watch.
MPL029 1 year ago
But, I mean, okay maybe I will accept it was just an act, but was it an act from that exact year???
It doesn't realy mater if it was an act or not because you still get to see the people from that time & the world, & stuff, but if it was staged was it still acted on that year???????
Alien8990 1 year ago
wtf
TheGayestGuyOnEarth 1 year ago
the days that there were no cars, airplanes, laptops, dvd's
japeeisalwaysthebest 1 year ago
Hard to believe everyone you just saw, is dead
santoro2020 1 year ago 24
HAHA.
BoiledBlackMilk 1 year ago
@santoro2020 That's the first thing I think of when I see films like this.
crocetti1984 11 months ago
@santoro2020 I know, isn't that just amazing. I think of things like that as welll.. Or I think at that time whilst this was being filmed what was my Grand Mother doing? You know, weird things... Cool to see someone else with these deep thoughts..
proudfreemason 10 months ago
Música genial, pegadiza para causar sensación de seres extraños pululando por ahí. je, je.
castrullas 1 year ago
That kid is creeping me out! What's up with the large shoesl
lukeallyn 2 years ago
I wonder what was causing that updraft. Subways were not around. It must have been a special industrial vent. You still experience those warm drafts on NYC sidewalks, over subway grates.
Ortzmet 2 years ago
fuck me that kid is creepy. cool video.
xananadu 2 years ago
I love the music, together with the kid in the background staring at the camera it is incredibly creepy. Look how he just stands still in the last few moments as everyone else is moving around.
TheSprawll 2 years ago
@TheSprawll you have to remember that cameras back then were a novelty...he was simply staring at something he may have never seen before.
MPL029 1 year ago
first porno!
DocWyoming 2 years ago
Love the smiling kid at the end.
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yennerkatiefier 2 years ago
Note to self " I really must remember to read the blurb before commenting.
LukeCoulson 2 years ago
Epic. Was the mother (of all) Marilyn Monroe(s) in "the final scene"?
LukeCoulson 2 years ago
LOL @ 1:09 those ravers looked happy... imagine how its gonna be when we die and people in the future start watching videos of us. when we were happy!! WE BETTER ENJOY OUR LIFES TO THE FULLEST!!!..... I'm going clubbin' later!!
omarf13gmail 2 years ago
I have one question:
Why can't we dress like this anymore :(
MTMFan456 2 years ago 3
Oh my God... i like histroical things
trbossdoggy 2 years ago
Wow, this was uuber cool!!! I think it's cool just to see people from over 100 years ago...it makes me think if someone will be watching old videos or looking at pictures of me 100 years from now...geez I hope not!!! lol It's still really cool though!!
Deppcrazy01 2 years ago
....Just amazing, And most likely all the people you see here are probably dead! But the film, and record kept living long enough for us to see them....
AlreadyEddie 2 years ago
@AlreadyEddie
what probably, they are all DEAD and the photographs keep them alive.
olebaj 2 years ago 2
For anyone to have been on this film that remembers it they would had to have been born in the 1890s.they would be over 120 years old to have any recollection of this.They are all gone my friend.
jaysea32 2 years ago
Omg! They were able to survive without mobile phones, cars and computers! How did that work???
dancingwithfrogs 2 years ago
....the guy at the end walking w/ the lady looks to have a 'hard~on...!
yedon68 2 years ago
hahaha
omarf13gmail 2 years ago
its amazing to watch , like wat exactly was in the womans bag at 0:55 where was she going.. this type of thing drives me crazy i love it
tomdalton88 2 years ago
Although it's blurry, I would put the age of the boy in the white shirt at about 12, judging by his height compared to all the other folks walking by him. While I'm sure he is wondering what that contraption that the man is cranking does, I'll bet that's not his primary reason for standing there. He has probably seen this scenario played out a couple of times before in an unstaged manner, and finds it worth his while to just stand there all day on the chance of getting a glimpse of some calves.
IDLERACER 2 years ago
Does this corner still exist? If so Id like to see a modern day photograph from the same spot and angle!
catgumart 2 years ago 11
@catgumart ...I think (90% sure) this is the place (use Google Earth) :
40-44'48.38 N
74-00'08,22 W
The camera is looking to the North West. About 300 feet behind the camera is the corner of 9th avenue and West 23rd St. Way in the back (in the video) you can see a low overpass, that still exists and is called High Lane Elevated Park. In front of it is 10th Avenue. A LOT has changed, since !!
Wow.....this is SO cool !!
But please...if I got the wrong location I would like to be corrected.
telescopereplicator 1 year ago
Amazing!
Gothxha 2 years ago 2
lol @ 1:10
XBo3D13X 2 years ago
Its so great just studying peoples movements those days,I have a passion for old pictures and anything documented in late 1880', early 1900's,I bought a book full of pictures of 1800's,and the book is called :Julia Margaret Cameron's women.Simply beautiful and transporting to that time,I feel very greatfull that im 23 years old and i love history and its earliest photographs.......
jefarr85 2 years ago 2
So, this is actually a porn movie from 108 years ago...
hispula 2 years ago
Just one of the earliest movies ever made. The first from 1888. And no, it's not shit. It's history. Beautiful history!
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ardencoulte 2 years ago
this was staged, notice how the couple slows down a few steps before crossing the grate. Notice also that at 1:10 the man side steps off to allow her dress to billow up. also take notice at 0:40 how the man walking does not cross over the grate, but side steps it completely
BaConBLuES 2 years ago 2
Grates are dangerous. People fall through all the time. I'll bet that's why the man side stepped it. The couple was probably from out of town. Also I'll bet the camera in the street wasn't a common image so that would explain the people looking into the camera. I'm just saying .. it's possible!
fokeet 2 years ago
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lumbo 2 years ago
Even if it was staged, which I don't know, isn't it just awesome to see people who lived 108 years ago having fun? THAT is rare... they always look so serious on old pictures and film... But look at this couple having fun, it's just like my girlfriend and me, from a century ago. It's amazing.
1981Myname 2 years ago 38
I like yer attitude kid.
The only thing better than having fun is being fun.
Consider thyself blessed by LOL spirit of the 816FUN!
lordopen 2 years ago
Hey thanks.
1981Myname 2 years ago
They say that they looked so unhappy because they had to wear a brace to stay still for about 10 seconds, it was very uncomfortable to wear that brace. It was until in 1900 the Kodak "brownie" camera where unhappy faces non-existent.
I got this from a history movie about George Eastman
chris613123 2 years ago
@1981Myname
imagine some folks in future say 250 years from now watching a movie of all of us driving down a new york street with cell phones in our hands and laughing their lungs off at our primitive technology as they would be flying
olebaj 2 years ago
I don't think they'd be laughing. Do we laugh at people from 250 or even 2000 years ago? If they didn't go through all those stages of technology, than we would still be living as they did, today. I'm always kinda impressed with what people had already invented 250 years ago, they had quite a lot of complicated gizmo's. Think about all the various types of clocks and watches for instance, they must have been absolute geniuses to be able to build those with the rough tools they had back then.
1981Myname 2 years ago 2
@1981Myname - If it`s staged then that`s some pretty damn good timing. I live in NYC and it`s really hard to hear subways coming above ground until they are right below you, and even then that rush of air only lasts a few seconds.
JamesTKirkCobain 1 year ago
@1981Myname -that is a generalization that holds no validity. you are comparing two different situations, a formal portrait session where the picture would be displayed so they would take a dignified pic, & jovial fun in front of a motion picture camera. wow you & your girlfriend great thanx for that enlightening expose' into your life. Greetings from NY,enjoy.
JRussoBuffaloNY 1 year ago
1:08 so this is how Marilyn Monroe got the idea.
webboffin 2 years ago 6
At 1:10 - Disgusting filth! ...and yet highly arousing...
PoutinePete 2 years ago
great film. awful music
quadbravo 2 years ago 4
I would love to spend a few years back in those days.
whathoney73 2 years ago 16
me too!! but not more than a few days please :)
brotmann86 2 years ago 4
I love old movies like this, I love looking at the styles and cars and mannerisms of the time. Were these people actors or normal everyday folks he caught on film?
kataisa3 2 years ago 3
I wish it had sound
jesusantoniogb 2 years ago
The Marylin Monroe of the early 20th century.
UofLCardFan08 2 years ago 4
The dresses seem to close to the ground considering they are walking on street that are full of horse poo. I notice one lady has her dress a few inches of the ground. Smart lady. I notice an rail cars. I guess they are electric. I dont see an above wires though. I wonder what the two signs say.
YouSpamTard 2 years ago
its like everyone back then was Omish or something. Im glad I live in a more modern society. 100 years from now they'll be saying the same thing about us..or will they??
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Granini400 2 years ago
1:10 WOW, she would have been my dream girl back then! Here's to you lovely lady, whomever you were!
CrummyCurtis 2 years ago
That's the most gigantic sidewalk I've ever seen. lol
Thanks for posting this. It's great stuff.
olivej1914 2 years ago 3
That footage is the reason why i'm obcessed with history!!
SpaceFlapper1925 3 years ago 3
Wonderful! Thank you so much for posting this!!
megchristie1 3 years ago
Great footage, But i thought something "Happened" theres OLD pictures of my Town from the 20's & 30's on the wall in several Buildings. I reconize the
downtown area & some Buildings, its strange & cool to Look at the pictures
MetalHeart8787 3 years ago
very beautiful footage.
the traditional observance of mine is that it's so sad that everyone in this video is no longer here , they have gone as we all will but it's so beautiful to see a glimpse of their lives , what did they look really like,how did they behave,it's touching n beautiful.
the second thing is their body language is just different from nowadays , slower , more calm , reflects the relaxed lifestyle they led, look at how the lady laughs , a bit theatrical like in movies :)
AmrVamp 3 years ago 6
Actually this is a staged scene and that woman was acting. But still, it is cool.
ArmesPryein 3 years ago
Acting ?
quite a good joke :)
AmrVamp 3 years ago
@AmrVamp i agree with everything you say.i couldnt have described the way i felt watching this any better than the way you described it.
jaysea32 2 years ago
=] i bet one of them are still alive cause my grandpa is and he was born 1919
yuniieXyuniie 3 years ago
Don't be ridiculous. The youngest person in this clip is the boy in the background, who was around 10 or so. He'd be 118 now, and no one now alive is that old.