Would you like to live in the 1920s????

@Timothy1976

5 ай бұрын

Oh yes absolutely

@olrikm

5 ай бұрын

No. Healthcare was abysmal, poverty was rampant and basic utilities like electricity and phones were just for the rich. I'd prefer the end of the 30's till the beginning of the fifties. But all in all, the end of the sixties and the 70's were the best years for humanity, IMO.

@TheCynicalTuber

5 ай бұрын

Actually, my favorite eras are the 1980s and 1940s.

@sonnycorleone8352

5 ай бұрын

Hi Nass, I would rather have my own Time Machine going into the 1920's Summertime for a month or two tops. I am a Yankees fan and would love to see Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig play some baseball games in New York City. And even go to Chicago and look at from a safe distance Big, Al Capone and his mob. I was always into Gangster lore too! Thanks for asking a good question friend.😊

@Ivan_Afanasev1974

5 ай бұрын

Yeah. It was a time of a big possibilities.

Much of this is the "Delaware River Bridge." It opened in 1926. Name changed to "Ben Franklin Bridge" in 1955 as a second bridge over the Delaware River was being build a couple of miles downstream. That one was called the "Walt Whitman Bridge," honoring the poet who spent much of his life in Camden, NJ (where he is buried). Original toll on the Delaware River Bridge was 25 cents, and that was unchanged for 40 years. There were 15 deaths in bridge construction. The toll booths you see are on the Camden side (since there had been a raging battle about tolls --- PA wanted it free and NJ wanted tolls to pay for it). The mountainous areas are not Philadelphia. There are tracks along a rocky area along the Schuylkill River, but not mountains like you see in the distance. Fascinating to see the differences between then and now. Thanks.

@TWELS20

4 ай бұрын

The train is traveling on the Reading line, made famous as one of the four railroads in the original Monopoly.

This blows my mind. Reminds us how short life really is ❤

@yanakey953

Ай бұрын

Short and endless at the same time.

These restored videos really help me understand how all the different parts of the world worked. Seeing them in action and use. Not just a snapshot or drawing. How the world has changed in the interim.

@Timothy1976

5 ай бұрын

The streets were clean back then and people smartly dressed even the poor

@daviderickson2072

5 ай бұрын

Same thing with me

I was born and raised in Philadelphia. So this is very familiar to me. The double decker Yellow Coach buses seen on the Delaware River Bridge were owned and operated by the PRT {Philadelphia Rapid Transit Co.}. Some of the single deck buses on the bridge were probably Public Service. Public Service bought the double deck buses from the PRT. Some of the other single deck buses seen on the bridge were in service for small bus lines that operated from Philly to suburban New Jersey towns in South Jersey. I question the street running scene with the steam locomotive and coaches actually being in Philly. I might be wrong, but it looks like Atlantic City to me. I can't think of any street running passenger trains in Philly in the 1920's. Passenger trains did go to the Boardwalk on Georgia Avenue and on Mississippi Ave. in Atlantic City After 1929, those tracks were used for freight to Atlantic City Convention Hall. At 5:06, that's the Market-Frankford Subway/Elevated in Philly operated by the PRT., seen going Westbound underground under Market Street. At 6:00, that's the bridge over the Schuylkill River that had four sets of tracks. The inner set was for Market-Frankford trains and the outer set was for subway.surface streetcars operated by the PRT. In 1955, the subway was extended and that bridge was removed.

Hi NASS, Thank you for uploading these great films and the work you do restoring them along with adding sound. Wishing yourself,loved one's and fellow viewers a Happy 2024❤❤❤.

@NASS_0

5 ай бұрын

thank you very much , Happy 2024

@SunShine-dk6rk

5 ай бұрын

@@NASS_0 My pleasure.

As we all welcome the New Year, I look at the yesteryears in just awe and wonder… how such a time it was just so different

The restoration work you provide is stunning. I would love to see what you could do to classic silent films like Phantom of the Opera or Nosferatu. 🔥🔥🔥

@NASS_0

5 ай бұрын

thank you very much ;)

NASS your work is appreciated...channels like yours are the reason I still use KZread and haven't moved to Rumble 100%

@NASS_0

5 ай бұрын

thank you very much ;)

@illmerica322

5 ай бұрын

@@NASS_0 def

WOW!!!! The added color\improved resoluton made this film extraordinary. May be your best work yet. Whatever you're doing please keep doing it. I loved it. Thank you Nass for brightening my day (as usual) May 2024 be kind to you.

@NASS_0

5 ай бұрын

Thank you ;)

These are really cool! Thanks for the work you've put into this! Kinda strange in some ways to think almost everyone in this has likely passed on, but I love history regardless... Thanks!!

This is the nearest thing to travelling back in time. Yes I would just have loved to have been there. Thank you so much for all your hard work restoring this video. Your efforts are much appreciated.

Its interesting to see a steam engine go right down the middle of a street with storefronts on either side of it. People obviously had to take more personal responsibility to stay safe.

@buckykattnj

5 ай бұрын

There are still places in the US where trains ride right down the middle of streets... like in Ohio and other spots in the midwest. Not a surprise to see the trains in the street, though it still is jarring to see them in motion, it was common in parts of New York and Atlantic City, as well. In Atlantic City, the trains once went right down Virginia Ave to the boardwalk to drop passengers... and down Georgia Ave to supply the original convention center.

@Jeff-uj8xi

5 ай бұрын

Shore Fast Line trolleys went to Virginia Avenue and the Boardwalk in Atlantic City, not trains. But passenger trains did go to the Boardwalk on Georgia Avenue and on Mississippi Ave. After 1929, they were used for freight to Convention Hall. I question the street running scene with the steam locomotive and coaches actually being in Philly. I might be wrong, but it looks like Atlantic City to me. I was going to mention this to NASS. I can't think of any street running passenger trains in Philly in the 1920's.

@glenonoko4918

5 ай бұрын

Most of the railroad-in-the-street scenes are the Reading Railroad's Franklin Street station in Reading, Pa. The scenes of the passenger trains moving at speed along a river and rocky cliffs are also on the Reading Railroad at a place on the southeast outskirts of Reading known as Klapperthal.

@bardo0007

5 ай бұрын

@@buckykattnj That makes sense, no need for a train station.

Thank you for making these video's.

@NASS_0

5 ай бұрын

thank you very much ;)

Hey this is awesome! When I walk down this very street today in 2023 (soon to be 2024) I often use my mind's eye to envision what the city looked like in the past. This is perfect!

@kathleenking47

5 ай бұрын

Almost like you're there. B&W is too "dreamlike"

Nass, Another fabulous job. LOVE the scenes here! I never tire of your awesome videos! I heard in the 1920's Philadelphia was the second most populated City in America behind New York City!

@NASS_0

5 ай бұрын

thank you very much

@sonnycorleone8352

5 ай бұрын

@@NASS_0 You are welcome my friend. 😊

@paullewis2413

5 ай бұрын

I believe by the late 50’s it was 3rd or 4th largest by population.

@sonnycorleone8352

5 ай бұрын

@@paullewis2413 Yes, Paul, I agree. Because you had Chicago take second place in population by the 1930's. Then Philadelphia or so.

It`s hard to believe this was as much as a hundred years ago, Thanks so much.

Looks so nice and clean thank you so much for this video

@NASS_0

5 ай бұрын

thank you

@normrosen9404

5 ай бұрын

Looks kind of smoggy

Love the old cars always fascinating to watch!

@NASS_0

5 ай бұрын

;)

This must have been mostly shot in the summer of 1926...when the Ben Franklin Bridge between Philly and and Camden was opened to the public. I keep hoping NASS restores some Rochester NY footage, where all the damn film was made.

Philadelphia,it’s History,it’s monuments,important history of this nation trapped on its street and its soul. For how long people will be able to preserve the history, and life of the nation. Thanks for those priceless views.!👏👏

thanks nass. happy new year! maybe in a 100 years people will be watching videos of our lives today. thanks for all ur hard work my talented friend

@NASS_0

5 ай бұрын

thank you very much my friend

Brilliant footage.

@NASS_0

5 ай бұрын

thank you very much ;)

Now it's 2024..going far day by day from these clips😢

Beautiful! These are like time machines.

Great, as always....for reference, the Ben Franklin bridge opened in July 1926 so this film dates from after that.

Thank you for this upload on one of the most iconic and foundational cities of the United States of America. Much appreciated

@NASS_0

5 ай бұрын

thank you very much ;)

@alleswirdanders

5 ай бұрын

99,5% drive the same car 😂

@bardo0007

5 ай бұрын

@@alleswirdanders Where can I buy one= Must be a lot of them still around

@alleswirdanders

5 ай бұрын

@@bardo0007 Most of the treasures have now been recycled and are now called Tesla. Unfortunately.

Excellent restoration as always NASS, nice work!!! 👍😉

@NASS_0

5 ай бұрын

thank you very much ;)

Solche historischen Aufnahmen sind echt toll. 👍 guten Rutsch ins neue Jahr 2024 🍾🙂🥂🥳🎉

GREAT GREAT VIDEO...THANK YOU FOR POSTING

Like And Share Please, If you like what I do please consider helping us on: www.buymeacoffee.com/NASS

@moode122all4

5 ай бұрын

I have a simple question. Is it true that Israel takes the American people’s money from taxes from homes? It goes to Israel. The American people do not benefit from it. ‏أنا عندي سؤال بسيط هل صحيح أن إسرائيل تأخذ فلوس الشعب الأمريكي من الضرائب من المنازل تروح لإسرائيل الشعب الأمريكي ما يستفيد منها شي

@ReckCenidoza-hl7vh

5 ай бұрын

👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎

This looks so cool. So much better than still black and white photos.

Ben Franklin Bridge is open so the film dates after 1 July 1926

Wonderful restoration, as usual! At 4:02...I can fathom a train coming down your street. Probably easy to say, "got hit by a train..."

You do such a fantastic job😊

Amazing footage! Thanks!

Qué lindos videos, gracias por mostranos ésos tiempos tan bellos!🥰🚂🚃👍

Thank you for your efforts. I wish you a good New Year and productive work. I look forward to new shows 😉

@NASS_0

5 ай бұрын

Thank you ;)))

Bellissimo... complimenti e felice anno nuovo 👋👋👋

GREAT VIDEO SUPER NASS PHILADEPHIA WAS GREAT IN 1920 BIG SUPPORT FROM CROATIA HAPPY NEW YEAR BRO

great job

@NASS_0

5 ай бұрын

thank you very much

Nice one Nass and a happy new year ahead 👍

@NASS_0

5 ай бұрын

happy new year

I had a Great Uncle who lived near there during the 1920s. Nice to see what his daily life might have been like.

NASS! , ThanksMuch for sharing !

That's so awesome!!!

@NASS_0

5 ай бұрын

^^

The roaring Twenties 🎉 Thank you very much

Great video nass, amazing footage,love seeing the steam train going down the street 👍👌😀

I like how everything looks so dirty and covered with soot.

Buenas noches. Feliz Año Nuevo y espero que esto continúe durante mucho tiempo (los vídeos). ¿Sería posible ver alguna filmación de época navideña?😊

Olde city Philadelphia has remained the same.

Happy 2024 Nass!

I'm having such a good time scrolling through your channel. I was wondering if you have any videos coming out including footage of Milwaukee?

I love those old cars!

That bridge must've really been something back then.

Great job my town is waiting for a philly vibe

One complaint. No American steam locomotive whistle sounded like that of the European steam locomotives. C'MON MAN!

Very Nice.

NASS, GREAT VIDEO.. WE LIKE THE BRIGDES AND TRAINS AND CARS,,.. THANKS,,, HAPPY NEW YEARS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@NASS_0

5 ай бұрын

thank you very much

0:58 couple of guys riding in the rumble seat. First time I've noticed that in one of these videos.

Beautiful

I THINK THESE VIDEOS ARE SO COOL.

Going back in time nice see

Wow very nice

The greatest thing videos like this have helped me learn is: people are people. They were the same then as they are now - they went to work, they shopped, the socialized, they cohabitated; the main differences seem to be style (clothing, cars) and attitude (everybody seems to be well-dressed, and they take care of their communities equally as well - I don't see alot of trash lying around). Part of me wonders if the presence of beat cops constantly present and walking around in the community had a net positive impact overall.... 🤔

I've noticed something about these older remastered videos about big cities like Philly and New York in the 1930 and earlier,these places are clean. NOT NOW!! What happened?

@1GirlieGirl

5 ай бұрын

lol

You half expect to see Robert De Niro or James Woods from Once Upon a Time in America. Walk down those streets. This Is very good.

Cool

I think the rail system was probably in a lot better shape then.

@freshfreshfreshfresh

5 ай бұрын

You can thank the suburbanization

@Poisson4147

5 ай бұрын

@@freshfreshfreshfresh Along with politicians who restricted what private systems were allowed to do, and companies like GM that worked to undermine electric-transit operators. Within three years after GM started managing the PTC in the mid-1950s, they'd converted two dozen electric lines to buses and shut down three more entirely. Today only 6 streetcar lines are left, and maybe 25% of the commuter rail system has been eliminated.

Most of my family lived in Phila during these years. In fact, one of those trains might have been the one that ran over and killed my great uncle as a child.

Tanks sr.. são Paulo..... brazil

@NASS_0

5 ай бұрын

thank you very much

NASS, это загадочно, как вы умеете перемещаться в прошлое и снимать фильмы оттуда. Или в параллельную реальность?

The air pollution would of been brutal on asthmatics back then especially considering the medication available.

@paul7TM

5 ай бұрын

Yes that would be the first thing you'd notice if you could time travel. Looking at the clip people were used to it. But then life expectancy was much less in those days. Penicillin was only entering trials in the late 20s. Wasn't really used until WW2. Still it is great to watch life from afar. And to admire the simplicity of life then. It's all got a bit complicated now. 🤔

@davidk2906

5 ай бұрын

Thank you for the informative response. Happy New Year. @@paul7TM

@bardo0007

5 ай бұрын

@@paul7TM They had the fresh ocean breeze, not a lot of cars in the streets at that time. So I think it was not as bad as you described. Maybe only in some industrial areas.

Que charme dessa epoca

❤

Хотелось верить в сказку, но увы. NASS просто умеет пользоваться программой искусственного интеллекта по созданию новых фильмов.

Обворожительно.

Ahhhh... a refreshing glimpse of what true civilization looked like.

@TheDanEdwards

5 ай бұрын

"a refreshing glimpse of what true civilization looked like." - nostalgia is a powerful drug.

@1GirlieGirl

5 ай бұрын

Yes all that black smoke billowing into the sky, the factories dumping their waste into the Schuylkill and the Delaware before there were regulations to stop them. Small children wandering the streets unattended. Ah, civilization ☺

Gotta love that sound of the steam locomotive.These locomotive engines are synonymous with Philadelphia since it was the home of the Baldwin Company which built them.

The crazy thing about this video is it's 100 years old, but still looks a lot like Philly today, but if the people in this video could watch a video 100 years ago from their time, They would be seeing colonial Philadelphia.

Funny how most of these kinds of documentary videos show that fashion and style are not just that. Instead it looks like there's always a federal law on the books regarding how people must appear during certain time periods, or else they'll be hauled off to jail. Which is why so much early cinema is not mere fantasy material, but actual home movies of society.

This new Movie, like all others a good work of artificial intelligence

@Poisson4147

5 ай бұрын

Restored by AI but not *generated* by AI.

❤😘👏

And There weren't global warming with all that pollution!

@TheDanEdwards

5 ай бұрын

"And There weren't global warming with all that pollution!"

@1GirlieGirl

5 ай бұрын

Lol what??? If I understand correctly, you're missing the fact that this was the beginnings of climate change thanks to humans.

At the approximate 6:30 mark in the video: we don't have mountains and gorges like that in Philadelphia where those tracks are running. Pittsburgh perhaps.

@LongologoProductions

5 ай бұрын

Perhaps it was footage of the person filming and his spouse on their train ride into or out of Philly. I’m guessing the spouse is the woman appearing at 3:05 and again at 3:11. Thank you Nass for bringing these films to life!

@buckykattnj

5 ай бұрын

Sure there is... those are the train lines that follow the Schuylkill River. It doesn't look so mountainous today, because the highway fills in the space between the tracks and river or is raised up quite a bit.

@1GirlieGirl

5 ай бұрын

Someone who's never been to Manayunk.....

@Poisson4147

4 ай бұрын

@@1GirlieGirl ... and especially hasn't *biked* it. Whew!

When Chuck Bednarik was an infant

It's weird to think that some of these people are no longer with us anymore. 😢

@bardo0007

5 ай бұрын

You mean all of them, unless the young boy next to the train is 110 years old.

The European Train Whistle was unexpected.

@1GirlieGirl

5 ай бұрын

Some of our trolleys that go underground have that same whistle. Relax.

The Ben Franklin Bridge shown in the video was built between 1922-1926, yet here it already looks old and worn... even tire tracks on the roadway. Strange. It should be glistening.

@buckykattnj

5 ай бұрын

The trains on the Ben Franklin and lots of nearby dirty industry putting out particulate matter... left a matte coating of soot on everything. Today, the industry has relocated to China and the trains are electric. As for the roadways, I've driver through this stretch hundreds of times, I could only WISH it was so smooth and perfect.

@zhekazving

5 ай бұрын

@@buckykattnj мы видим, что это паровые машины, у них не было выхлопной грязи!

That woman in the hot is so hat!

5:12 trains had teleportation modules in the 1920s confirmed

At 0:51, this used to be a seafood restaurant, does it still exist?

The tail end of the video almost appeared to be the Staten Island to Manhattan ferry.

Old World Best World.

@juliuschapman7707

5 ай бұрын

Old world was the real world. We're currently trapped in a 100 plus year old dark illusion

😲😀🤩👍👏🤗🎄🇲🇽

Sweeet

Where does the time go? I guess the greater question is where do we go?

it's crazy that they already had this "car anarchy" in USA in 20s

4:26 where is that exactly?

Wheres the drug zombies?

@1GirlieGirl

5 ай бұрын

With your mom behind the Wawa.

@mayramurillo4932

5 ай бұрын

Same wawa when you was of four legs last day??

Bet it stunk,from exhaust from the trains and cars,worse than now

@sonnycorleone8352

5 ай бұрын

cengeb, Yes, more horses on the streets back then too. But becoming less so in the 1920's.