Fascinating that 103K people tuned in to watch a family visit to Sears 47 years ago. 2K people commented. That speaks volumes!! Never thought I'd want to return to those days. And here we are, longing with tears in our eyes.

@ChrisAthanas

25 күн бұрын

It’s so terrible what had happened to the culture

@ADadSupreme

24 күн бұрын

Seeing SEARS definitely put tears in my eyes. You know how many times my Mom said "Don't touch that." then CRASH! Belt right off the rack, few swipes then put it back. But yeah, as Stevie Wonder said, we'd look back wishing to go back.

@YeshuaKingMessiah

24 күн бұрын

Wish I’d never left My mama died two yrs later (34yo) Plus my childhood was pretty carefree even with my parents divorced My teens n young adulthood were ummmm not (widowed at 25yo w/2 littles & a baby)

@absolutelydisgusted3319

24 күн бұрын

You nailed it. Every word. 💔

@user-vj2sn7vv5s

23 күн бұрын

I am 45 years old and OMG sometimes I wish I could Teleport back to these times . And look how respectful the kids are, I remember I had to behave this way. Nowadays you have kids out of control in stores.

This may sound corny coming from an almost 58 year old guy, but watching this brought tears to my eyes. Why? My dad was still alive, I was 11 enjoying the time of my life skateboarding in the street, riding wheelies on my buddies Schwinn that I could not afford, hoping that cute girl Lynn down the block liked me. Such innocent times and yet very distant memories. Bottom line, we all got along, didn't have much money, were happy and didn't have the damn cell phones that alienate us. Thank you for posting this!

@frankrizzo4460

3 күн бұрын

Yes I totally agree with you I was around the same age back then. Some of my greatest memories in my life were from those days. I'm sorry about your father I lost mine in 2008, but at least we were blessed to have experienced those times.

@genecollins7375

Күн бұрын

Shang, if it's any consolation, judging from my observation, your dad raised a very nice gentleman. I'm absolutely certain he's proud of you.

@SheilaKaneDecoy

6 сағат бұрын

Nothing corny about that, my friend 💛

@catblack4091

Сағат бұрын

I'm right there with ya

Who would have thought this kind of footage would be absolutely priceless today!🙂

This takes me back to my childhood when my mother was a young, vibrant woman and my siblings and I played all day long in the streets of our West Des Moines, Iowa neighborhood. Back then my biggest problem was getting home before the street lights came on. I had no bills, nobody died, the internet did not exist so people actually talked to each other in person. Why do we have to grow up?

@olikat8

17 күн бұрын

It's a helluva epiphany when you realize that you are the same age as your parents (or older) than the mom in the video.

@victoriaorellana9745

14 күн бұрын

😭😢❤

@harryl9yearsago788

13 күн бұрын

❤❤❤❤

@bendy6626

10 күн бұрын

It's not growing up that's the issue. It's recognizing that the high-functioning, high-trust, complex yet orderly society we grew up in has devolved and effectively disappeared. We're not getting it back, either -- the people that lived then had a much higher sense of responsibility and competence. That's gone too. All empires decline and collapse. Guess it's our turn, now. 😢

@Dana-ue9ss

9 күн бұрын

​@@bendy6626 Absolutely and a higher sense of right and wrong and good and evil. Dare I say people had or most people had a conscience back then. You could count on it.

"These are on sale. You like these." Note: this is a statement, not a question.

@shannonmarie294

20 күн бұрын

Lol…. I caught that too!

@HominaHubba

18 күн бұрын

I think she’s saying “ _you’ll_ like these”, continuing an earlier conversation about what type of shoes they wanted.

@Anne-ug8uo

17 күн бұрын

And no tantrums from the kids😊

@hroard

17 күн бұрын

​@@HominaHubbadisagree, its at 1:40 or so, I don't hear a contraction, just a pronoun. Granted, it's maybe a distinction with little difference. But Mom said these are the ones on sale, followed closely with an expression on her face which clearly indicated, at least to me, that this wasn't up for debate even a little bit.

@tonytigeer

17 күн бұрын

My mom said the same thing - LOL

'These are on sale so that's what we're going to get' - how many times did I hear that growing up lol?

@thelastdon6562

28 күн бұрын

Facts when there on sale your parents didn't give you a choice🤣🤣🤣

@jenmck8146

28 күн бұрын

And the mom going "do you like these" more of a statement than a question, like "you better say yes," lol. Can relate! 😂

@jamieSp69

28 күн бұрын

$8:97 though...

@evanwilliams6406

28 күн бұрын

That is what you do with anything. My mother and grandmother always preached "get whatever is on sale".

@aliciamodica8217

28 күн бұрын

@@jamieSp69the fact was at sears for the price minds blown miss them days

Look how respectful the children are toward their mother. Looking to her for her leadership and in complete trust.

@dennis3178

13 күн бұрын

Great comment.

@rachelrivera91

8 күн бұрын

Those were times when kids looked up to the leadership of their parents. The parents had real sense of authority over their children. Nowadays, you’ll see children disrespect their parents, rebelling, being disobedient. Kids running all over the store, dropping hangers, and items without any sense to pick them up. Parents even seem oblivious to it. Leaving the mess for the store attendants to pick up. I even witnessed a kid cursing at his mother at Walmart. Utter disrespect to authority. Just chaos what you see in the stores. Mess all around. I would like to go back to the 90s again when I was younger. Kids were raised to respect adults especially their elderly more back then. Even more so in the decades before the 90s. Also God was at the center of life.

@fartpooboxohyeah8611

Күн бұрын

@@rachelrivera91 You're living in a fantasy land and and romanticizing the past. Kids, as a whole, back then were never as good as you remember and they aren't as bad today as you think.

@lovesilk1

2 сағат бұрын

@@fartpooboxohyeah8611 We lived back then. We remember it exactly as it was - and there is plenty of video evidence to back it up. Society has plummeted.

@moncorp1

Сағат бұрын

@@fartpooboxohyeah8611 ~ I was alive as a kid back when this video was made and it not fantasy. If you don't think kids were a 1000 times more respectful back then, then its YOU living in a fantasyland. There were repercussions back then that kids can't fathom these days.

For those of you not old enough to have experienced life in the 70's and 80's; you will never know just how good things were then compared to how bad things are now.

@MountainRancher

17 күн бұрын

100% agree!

@susank1646

17 күн бұрын

That's cuz we were younger and felt better!!

@jimg7318

17 күн бұрын

Sorry you didn’t grow up in the 60’s.

@SpatioTemporalEntity

17 күн бұрын

@@jimg7318 I got just a taste of it, was born in 67.

@jimg7318

17 күн бұрын

I turned 13 in 1960. The music was great and everything else seemed perfect. By the 80’s and 90’s it seemed to all disappear when what was actually happening was that I had a family and lots of responsibilities. I think every decade is great when you are growing up and your only real pressure was getting your homework finished on time and hoping the girl you like; liked you. Now I’m 76 and the kids are all grown and the grandkids are all having fun without a care in the world. Everyone’s time comes and goes. The pressure on me now is getting the grass cut before it rains.

The sound of those car doors opening and closing on that blue Torino are classic sounds of the 70s.

@mach5jeep

28 күн бұрын

And rolling the windows up by hand.

@notsoseriousmoonlight

28 күн бұрын

​@@mach5jeepGreat for building biceps! 😉

@budb.8560

28 күн бұрын

Right. I immediately recognized the "clunk" of the car door and the "snap" of the column shifter going into reverse. Amazing what we remember.

@kenlompart9905

28 күн бұрын

Yeah, the squeak and the hollow metal sound when it closed.

@charlottaw599

28 күн бұрын

Cars had personality then!

When parking lots were full of Cool-ass cars...

@pre1980cars

20 күн бұрын

That is what me made click on the video

@Stevie-hn7mp

19 күн бұрын

Love these cars . I loved the mom’s blue one . These videos are great . Check out high school ones from the seventies great also

@patrickmcnabb1998

19 күн бұрын

Everything pretty much had a V8 in it.

@happygirl65

19 күн бұрын

@@pre1980carsme too!

@Rob2068

19 күн бұрын

@@patrickmcnabb1998back then if it wasn’t a V8 it was junk.

Thank you for this. I'm feeling very depressed today, and was just thinking how much I missed going to the mall, with my Grandma and Mom, in the 70s and 80s. We would go at least twice a week, and make an entire day of it, eating lunch at a restaurant, inside of Weinstock's. Grandma has been gone for 13 years now, and my Mom has dementia. My life, and life in 2024, is just an absolute joke now. If I had one wish, it would be to go back to the late 70s to mid 80s, and live there permanently. Life was so much happier back then. For a long time, I regretted not having kids, but now I'm happy I didn't. Bringing up children in today's society, would be a nightmare.

@bardo0007

18 күн бұрын

Same here. We must be the same age.

@susanstamboulian646

18 күн бұрын

@@bardo0007 I'm 52.

@KevinPatz-pn2gs

13 күн бұрын

Speaking my very thoughts, I'm 52.

@Dana-ue9ss

9 күн бұрын

I'm 61 and couldn't agree more and if I was in my 20s now and knew everything I know now I would not have them either.

@rachelrivera91

8 күн бұрын

I remembered going to Weinstocks also. Lived in Sacramento, California.

No cell phones, no disrespect, and customer service...how things have devolved.

Everyone is so calm, centered, focused, without phones.

@johnurban7333

27 күн бұрын

I was thinking the same thing. Nice to see people looking around, taking it all in,instead of down at their phones and unengaged. I do miss these times

@user-rh8iy3dw6o

27 күн бұрын

That's what I noticed to. Life is supposed to be "progressing" but seems as though society is devolving instead of evolving. We have too many material "things" now but many people are empty inside.

@johnurban7333

27 күн бұрын

@@user-rh8iy3dw6o agree. So much easier and quicker to get material things. That’s why so many people are in debt now. Before you would have to order from the catalog or actually go to the store you wanted to buy it from.

@SunriseLAW

27 күн бұрын

Old photos and home movies were "staged" because being filmed back then was special. People tended to dress up for the occasion and acted differently.

@nothanks5846

27 күн бұрын

@@SunriseLAW Sure. But observe the people in the background, those who are not part of the “movie.” They are not dressed up or acting differently than they normally would; they are calm and focused, too.

It's amazing that woman and all her children got into that 1970 Ford Torino two-door hardtop . Nowadays people have two children and they need a Chevy Tahoe with three rows of Passenger seating.

@JayFreeburn

27 күн бұрын

So true!😂

@chsnrdnck

24 күн бұрын

We're flipping out over this video. This lady is my wife's aunt.

@ericknoblauch9195

22 күн бұрын

They also pass on the Tahoe now, and have to go with a Suburban

@timmcpherson737

22 күн бұрын

Because the children are big as the adults. In waist line sizes. 😅

@jefftroy4518

21 күн бұрын

Kick ass ride

I worked at a downtown Sears in 1977, putting 10-speed bikes together in sporting goods and working the sales floor. The sight of that cash register was jolting. I can still remember my code to use it. The store was a hopping place. The sidewalk sales were legendary. Christmas was a madhouse. It’s where I met my first girlfriend. And worked through college. But 47 years ago? How? The memories seem so immediate. Sears somehow missed its chance in the digital age. It had a catalog that could have easily transitioned to online shopping. But for whatever reasons… Ah well. It holds a special place in my heart.

We had the same Ford Torino. Shopped at Sears and JCPenneys for back to school clothes. Thanks Mama and Daddy for raising me right. RIP 🙏

@turnyourself85

12 күн бұрын

I'm pretty sure I had the exact same shirt that the teenage girl had on. And yes we shopped at sears and penneys also

@pertburton5586

2 күн бұрын

@@turnyourself85 A lot of people shopped at Montgomery Ward's as well.

That's how we shopped for shoes when I was growing up. You sit down, a salesperson comes out to measure your foot, then brings out boxes of shoes in your size of the type you want; placing them on your feet using a shoehorn. You walk back and forth on the carpet in them. If you're not sure they fit, the salesperson feels the top of the shoes for your toes to determine if there is too much or too little space for them. Full-service. :-)

@annesmith9181

26 күн бұрын

And they didn’t have tattoos and pierced faces. They didn’t all have Attention Deficit Disorder. And they made eye contact and spoke clearly to customers. They were courteous.

@bargeld09

21 күн бұрын

I remember all of the good shoe stores. We had a lot of them in downtown Pittsburgh. The quality of shoes today can not compare to the well-made ones back in the good old days.

@gwakpyunghwa

20 күн бұрын

As a 1980s kid I remember the full service of which you speak. I also remember full service at the gas station. What the hell happened to this country? 🧐

@JGG1701

20 күн бұрын

That's how I remember it. We made it a family event.

@mn7486

19 күн бұрын

I like the way you write.

No smartphones, no internet, just life.

@Fizbin32111

28 күн бұрын

And today, 90% of the population would be miserable without it.

@alexshatner3907

28 күн бұрын

And no tattoos

@Springbok295

28 күн бұрын

No social media. No rap music, no tatts, girls and boys being themselves.

@wallysymons7540

27 күн бұрын

Also no overweight people, life before fast food was normal.

@Springbok295

27 күн бұрын

@@wallysymons7540 Cane sugar was in soft drinks until the late 80s when the food industry decided fructose corn syrup was cheaper. However, it also made people insanely obese. When I graduated H.S. in '86 I knew of only one girl who was slightly overweight and that was probably genetic. We were all thin back then.

The 70's 80's and early 90's had a completely different feel. Just a more calm happy sense of living. Things were more appreciated and people respected each other. I'm so happy I lived through those time and so sad at what we've become today.

@palmman-wu9so

18 күн бұрын

me too i actually had the same car she was driving 1976 when went to college. Same color too🙏

@rodmunch69

9 күн бұрын

Hardly, the crime rate was like 4x what it is today, the murder rate was more than double of what it is today, and the standard of living was lower than what it is today. The only thing we have today is more access to information - and people choose to dwell on the negative, like yourself, so they convince themselves themselves everything is worse - when literally just about everything is better.

@patriotdrone9566

9 күн бұрын

@@rodmunch69 what part of my post talked about crime rates in big cities or standards of living? It was about how people felt and respected each other.

@rodmunch69

9 күн бұрын

@@patriotdrone9566 depends on where you live I guess. Where I'm at, in the few places that still exist that are like this, things operate pretty much the same now as they then did. However if you're comparing to a trashy places - well, go to a ghetto trash store in 1980 and it was pretty much the same as Walmart is today. That's more about the people that go there. Sears, in the mall, in the 1970s and 80s was fancy and upscale - you need to compare similar stores back then to what we have today.

@BarbaraM-lv7pe

8 күн бұрын

Sears was Sears and Wards was Wards. Nothing trashy but nothing fancy. Upscale was someone else’s neighborhood 😂

I'm 68. My mom my dad and my little sister are gone now. We all loved Sears so much. This footage just is incredible and it just brings me to tears thank you brings back so many memories.

@af7602

10 күн бұрын

I am so sorry your mom, dad, and little sister are not here....may you keep all of your wonderful memories close to you in all ways, always. Blessings.

@malindaallinson5749

10 күн бұрын

@@af7602 Thank you. And to you as well. 🌹

@martitinkovich4489

8 күн бұрын

I know what you mean. I'm about to be 61, and mom, dad, and my younger brother are gone. I cry as i watch this.

@malindaallinson5749

8 күн бұрын

@@martitinkovich4489 I'm sorry for your loss es... 😢

I miss the 70s so badly. I hate the times we live in. Life is just horrid to me now.

@ChristopherSobieniak

28 күн бұрын

How I feel.

@UGC4life

28 күн бұрын

Not for me. I don’t stay stuck in the past. I actually enjoy life

@cajuncyclerestorations145

28 күн бұрын

@@UGC4life but you here watching 45 year old movie clips instead of watching a " future type" video.

@patrickm6012

27 күн бұрын

@@cajuncyclerestorations145that doesn’t not make his point invalid about enjoying life in the present. You can enjoy looking back in time without living in it and lamenting the present or future.

@TopBananaE

27 күн бұрын

Yes I miss how things were. Everything has gone to dog shit.

most kids today will never know what's like to squeeze into the backseat of a 2 door car lol

@billschlafly4107

28 күн бұрын

I saw that too...And there was a person sitting in the front seat IIRC.

@ajvintage9579

28 күн бұрын

Yep.

@willp.8120

28 күн бұрын

Most wouldn't know cars once had front bench seats, or that we didn't have power locks, or that we usually didn't wear seatbelts.

@elhombrebilingue

27 күн бұрын

I was alive in 77 and have a two year old now. He's been getting used to climbing into the back of my 85 Buick which has two doors. 😂

@tycanuck

27 күн бұрын

@@willp.8120 So convenience and safety improved. Noted.

What fab memories. I just turned 60 and I think by far I grew up in the BEST decade EVER. I wish I had a video of some of the simple times taken for granted in my life. They are so precious now.

@jennifer3551

19 күн бұрын

You did!

@susanstamboulian646

18 күн бұрын

I feel the same exact way. The times we live in now, are absolutely terrible, and depressing.

@jameswood231

18 күн бұрын

Yes that would be sweet to have. I have a few Kodak snap shots in a photo album.😊

@jameswood231

18 күн бұрын

​@@susanstamboulian646Unfortunately, it has been designed that way.😮

@maid4thelamb85

12 күн бұрын

I feel the same way. And I turned 60 a couple of months ago. Happy birthday 😊

Life was so simple and far less complicated back then. The slower pace gave you time to think and reflect and feel connected and I miss that... especially in light of today's world that has lost all its innocence to the point of decay. 😢

The older I get the less this time feels like it was real.... So thank you for the pleasant reminder and a fun trip to my past.

@gramig0

28 күн бұрын

It was. Never forget.

@BigBoss-kq8mb

28 күн бұрын

@@gramig0 its all a simulation...........

@danny-li6io

28 күн бұрын

This is priceless to me. I was 5 years old then and saw the same world that used to have family outings and friendly, helpful customer service. I bet they went to Wendy’s for a frosty after that!

@sovereigncrux

28 күн бұрын

@@danny-li6io More like Woolworths for a burger.

@bunberrier

28 күн бұрын

​@@sovereigncrux Or the "Orange Julius"

Promise you that any of those kids would give up anything to walk back into that shoe store with their Mom and tell her, "I'd walk barefoot for a hundred years just to tell you I love you, Mom."

@RogerLoera

27 күн бұрын

Got me right in the feels bro!

@markgrafstrom1704

27 күн бұрын

I know man....I lost my mom years ago...I still miss her every day!

@kd6844

27 күн бұрын

RIP

@katie7748

27 күн бұрын

As long as their mother didn't make Joan Crawford look like a saint in comparison...thank God every day if you were blessed with good parents. Not everyone was.

@vicvega3614

27 күн бұрын

​@@katie7748"NO WIRE HANGERS!!!!!!!!" That movie is free on youtube and i just watched it yesterday. I was 10 when i first watched it in the 80s

In 77 i was 7 years old. My mom drove a dark green, Country Squire station wagon with wood paneling. The Sears Roebucks catalog was my FAVORITE catalog at Christmas time. I would circle everything I wanted. I bought my shoes at Buster Brown though.

I was wondering why anyone would bother make a home-movie of a shopping trip to Sears. Then I was wondering why I would be spending time, watching someone else's shopping trip to Sears. I started watching it, to see the cool 1970's era cars. Nostalgia. Look at how well-behaved kids were back then.

@ashleywright8686

9 күн бұрын

I could’ve written your post.

I loved being a kid in the 1970s, who else is 59 years old?

@cynthiawilson5066

23 күн бұрын

63 and loving it

@pmafterdark

22 күн бұрын

Right here

@ronaldhollen5000

22 күн бұрын

Does 58 count?? '🙄'

@tonistacey7647

21 күн бұрын

I do miss it to. what a wonderful experience we all had. Listen to 70s music it will take you back

@ruffcutz4112

21 күн бұрын

I just turned 59 in April. I love seeing clips like this. Even seeing the “ check out” part was fun. The cash registers made you wanna get a job and work one! And trying on shoes 🥰 I order them now and hope and pray they fit . Gen X had the best days.

Back when Sears was a big store and had everything. Mom took us there to buy school clothes in the 70's, camping gear, my Dad bought tools and lawn equipment. Sears was a staple in our time.

@ericknoblauch9195

28 күн бұрын

They had a catalogue too to order from.

@3abbosi

27 күн бұрын

@@ericknoblauch9195 True... here in Toronto Sears was well known for multiple seasonal catalogues, my parents kept them all... till the early 2000s when it was taken over by the internet.

@valeriekehrt7566

27 күн бұрын

Yes but like she said they had to be on sale. Frugality was a staple in our family. Taught me good lesson.

@katie7748

27 күн бұрын

​@valeriekehrt7566 My parents weren't even frugal, they were stingy. Our clothes were almost always secondhand.

@mattthacker9120

27 күн бұрын

@@ericknoblauch9195 They were the first retail company to have a a catalogue. And the first to ship goods to your home using the railroad.

Whoever took this was way ahead of their time

The greatest time in human history. If you weren't there, you can not even begin to imagine how much better everything was. A whole different world. Unimaginable today. I wish I could go back and stay.

@graciemaemarie11jones16

7 күн бұрын

its close.its close.this horror cannot go on.....

@MystiC71038

7 күн бұрын

That's what every generation says about their decade

@Fairyviewroad

4 күн бұрын

@@graciemaemarie11jones16

@ivandemiguel8607

4 күн бұрын

nah … My dad was born in 45 he still says the 70-80 where the best, my aunt was born in 34 she says the same, my grandfather was born in 1919 he says that except for a few years in 50’s the 70-80 rock and I was too young to remember the 70’s but i can tell you the 80’s where amazing🤷🥲

When they entered Sears, I could actually smell the store. That is so weird.

@leighwiseman1518

22 күн бұрын

Me too!!

@justchillin6117

22 күн бұрын

Same

@blauskie

20 күн бұрын

The hippocampus is an area of the brain associated with long-term memory and the amygdala processes emotions. Smells travel in the form of neurons through both these to the olfactory bulb. That is why the smell of bread (or moth balls) can instantly conjure memories and emotions of grandma's house. They were all stored together.

@ARNSami

20 күн бұрын

popcorn and tires?

@krwd

19 күн бұрын

do you remember the Candy dept at Sears, it was nice Sears was a nice store, better than what we have today

Huge thank you to whomever had the presence of mind to film a slice of life from that time, knowing one day they’d want to go back and recall all of the now-gone nuances and textures that were entirely common then. It took a lot of effort, with a film camera, lights and separate audio recording equipment. Excellent work!

@dastrnad

18 күн бұрын

Someone playing with their new toys was my first thought. My husband keeps remarking on the quality of this clip and all the equipment it would have taken (at this point in time) to do it.

@murielfinster3758

17 күн бұрын

I imagine this family was very well off to have this AV equipment.

@davestewart2067

15 күн бұрын

So it’s not Super 8 then. Quality seems too good for an 8mm toy camera.

@xMorbidArtx

10 күн бұрын

@@murielfinster3758Or just spent all their money on the equipment. Hence the “these are on sale, you WILL like these.”

Wow. I have remembered those days as different from today. But I had forgotten what a well-mannered, clean, high-trust society looked like. 😢

I would have been right around the age of the little girl in this video in 1977. Every single thing about this, right down to the beautiful southern accents and manners, reminds me of back then. I'm in tears.

Wow the respect and manners people had back then.

@ajvintage9579

28 күн бұрын

You had to, or you’d be grounded for months.😜

@patrickm6012

27 күн бұрын

@@LaDahlia123I don’t get that reaction. I find most people are just as polite and helpful.

@valeriekehrt7566

27 күн бұрын

Oh yes. We knew how to behave or else! My parents meant it. Wasn't idle threat. 😂

@BlackPill-pu4vi

27 күн бұрын

The poison of Reaganomics and Gordon Gekko (greed is good) hadn't shown up yet. I lived in those times and it seems so unreal now in comparison to current life in this red, white, and blue hellhole.

@1111DoubleOH7

27 күн бұрын

And people went places respectfully dressed. Only belts and button down shirts...not 1 person with a midriff showing...no tattoos on people's faces either..I miss those days. 😪🙏🏾

I'm so glad I got to live through the 70's. People seemed more gentle, families did things together and the music was excellent.

@LetFreedomRing1960

27 күн бұрын

Yes before that rap foolishness started, it was motown, and real music.

@blast4me754

27 күн бұрын

@@LetFreedomRing1960 You do understand Baby Boomers created HipHop right. A lot of people forgot that Generation X had nothing to do with the creation of rap.

@wisconsineaglesfan7925

27 күн бұрын

That's because time makes you forget the bad and only remember the good. The Vietnam war was half of the 70's, the protests, treating returning Vets from combat like shit from going to a war that many of them didn't want to be in but they were doing their patriotic duty and serving. The Asbury Park race riots were not so gentle either. Every generation has great music, if you are open minded. Born in '77, I have music from the 40's to new releases this year in my top rated playlist. Lot of garbage out there too... in every generation. But of course music is subjective and some give a gasp if a baseline is too prominent in a song.

@ULTRAOutdoorsman

27 күн бұрын

@@LetFreedomRing1960 You may as well blame the Depression on motown, this is true cope

@joemarchand8313

27 күн бұрын

@@wisconsineaglesfan7925 You keep tellin' yourself that, wis. I'll take the 70's all day every day over the sh!t times we have today.

Thank you for sharing !!! this is the year I was born and I still remember this world that extended into the early 1980's. My mother had a 1979 Chevy Nova that also had the same creeking doors and started the same way because this is way before Fuel injection became standard on vehicles . I can still smell the fumes the caberator would discharge when our Chevy began to idle. The majority of people of this era were very sociable and outgoing.

Thank God for whoever filmed this! We were just happy to get something new!

The boys sit in the back. Roll up those windows. Mom picks out all the clothes for everyone. This video is a classic! Love it!

@EricJMontoya

23 күн бұрын

I think it was 16mm sound film that was kept in excellent condition.

@robertgill7061

20 күн бұрын

“I’m sittin in the back!”

@robertmcmanus4646

19 күн бұрын

Hand crank windows - I'd forgotten about those. I remember thinking when electric windows came out that I don't want those because it's just another thing that can break!

2 things. 1. I miss Sears. 2. I love the style of the 70s the cars, the clothes, just everything about it.

@3abbosi

27 күн бұрын

@@LaDahlia123 My Dad had a 1974 Chevy Nova, he had it until 1990, we missed it so much & had so many memories & photos (some black & white) with it.

@Vendzor

27 күн бұрын

​@@3abbosiThat's my dream car!

@7CFlo

27 күн бұрын

Craftsman was made in USA

@gregorycyr9272

27 күн бұрын

​@@LaDahlia123Loved the disco shirts.

@franciscolopez7101

27 күн бұрын

I think the clothes were ugly in the 70s, but the cars were awesome. The 70s had the coolest looking cars by far.

This made my day ! All those nice cars outside made of steel . Buying goods made in the USA ! People were happy ,the world was a great place ,no cell phones ,tablets,internet no bs . Nobody asking you to take a survey afterwards. Ahhh the good ole days

I sadly just missed the 70s..But I remember the 80s and I wish things were still the way they were then. It's really cool to think that something that may have seemed pointless at the time, filming a random ordinary trip to sears..would be so significant many years later..It takes people back in time and allows people who weren't there to see first hand how it was then. Just awesome

Calling 1977 right now folks. Ordering the bus to pick us all up at 8am. I’ll meet you at the bus stop. 🙋🏻‍♀️. Pack light. The clothes were much better back then anyways. We can have the bus stop at SEARS and buy new ones.

@SteviePaints

27 күн бұрын

If only...

@QuietlyCurious

25 күн бұрын

Most of us won't fit into the clothes

@franklinrussell3042

24 күн бұрын

I’m all in

@jazziez6467

24 күн бұрын

the softer tagless tees, yoga pants and crocs are so much more comfy today, had on tight jeans back then with marks all on waist at end of day and belly ache, could barely move your arms in the tight blouses and very hard uncomfy shoes with big blister on heels, don't miss those at all

@BionicAnimations

23 күн бұрын

I prefer the 80s, though. 🥰

I was 12 in 1977. What a great time to grow up in. People were more respectful and for the most part peaceful, and we didn’t have all this stupid technology we have now. I’d go back in time in a heartbeat.

@kathyhames2200

25 күн бұрын

I was a sophomore at Byrnes high school

@davidhall5520

24 күн бұрын

I was 12 also thinking the same thing

@Rivarokband

24 күн бұрын

I was 12 also. Hated the smoking everywhere. Made me sick. My dad still says if you wanted to see him disappear light a cigarette. I lived in Woodbridge VA just south of the craziness and it got absorbed into it in the early 90s. I moved South to where it is like the old days still.

@YeshuaKingMessiah

24 күн бұрын

I was 12 too lol I would love to go back to such carefree times Whole future ahead of me, now nothing

@daviddeborde2542

23 күн бұрын

I want to go back but i'd miss Spotify Premium

Bless your heart! How beautifully normal they all look, and no questioning their mom’s wisdom ❤

I was about the same age as the boy in this video when this was filmed. I was 10. Amazing to think I’d drive a half an hour to a store hoping to find something that may or may not actually be in stock. Many, many an hour walking through stores at Christmas time trying to find Xmas gift ideas. Now it’s, instant gratification. Scroll and click. Delivered in the next day or two.

@ashleywright8686

9 күн бұрын

Shopping today online is so dystopian. In 1977, the idea of merchandise-delivery-to-your-home would’ve been scoffed at. Now, one can buy a car AND a home online! Trippy.

It just makes me want to jump into that video and tell all of those people to enjoy that time because the world will be a much different place in just 25 years.

@graciemaemarie11jones16

7 күн бұрын

tell them to please enjoy it cause hell has descended

Clean, neat, professional, courteous, well-behaved and respectful were all words that came to mind while watching this video.

Oh-- I love this so much!! I wish we could go back to THOSE days. Family being together, no cell phones, no rude people (in this video anyway). Things were so much better when they were more simple.

I miss the 60's and 70's so much. I loved this video. It brings tears to my eyes.

The creaking door on that car and the rattling sound when it is closed sure do bring back memories. You don't hear that anymore.

@SodiumWage

27 күн бұрын

Yeah, cars now are well made so the doors actually close properly. Cars in the 70's looked cool, but they were pieces of garbage.

@ULTRAOutdoorsman

27 күн бұрын

Because cars cost most of your yearly salary now

@DonaldGerbino

27 күн бұрын

Yeah but new rhey were 3- 5,000- dollars not 40 or 50,000$ ​@SodiumWage

@pokerchip1231

27 күн бұрын

I was thinking the same thing, funny stuff that i remember

@m42037

27 күн бұрын

​@@SodiumWageSo is your face

I actually worked at Sears in 1977. Thanks for the memories. 👍

@libbyjane700

27 күн бұрын

Me too! Didn't that cash register bring back memories? I still remember my employee number that had to be entered to start each sale!

@vw64manyrd

27 күн бұрын

@@libbyjane700 My last day with Sears/Kmart was Dec 31 2014. I saw all the changes throughout the years and got out at the last minute before the wheels were sold/fell off the train. A lot of fond memories for sure though.

I graduated HS in 1977. Note that this was before big agriculture had poisoned the food supply, so everyone is thin and looks healthy. I had also totally forgotten about customer service in shoe stores. They actually used to hire people to help you make your purchase. Just last week they razed the carcass of our nearest Sears building. Now gone forever..

@Rob_Kates

17 сағат бұрын

Good points, now everyone is fat and unhealthy. If you're thin in America, you're in a small minority. In Asian and European countries, everyone is not fat.

There’s not a day that goes by that I don’t wish I could get in a time machine & go back to the greatest time of America & relive my childhood playing outside & hanging out with friends from dusk to dawn in the summers listening to our transistor radios & especially those long summer nights laying on a blanket in the yard gazing at the sky looking at the stars & listening to the greatest music ever produced & recorded.

When you see videos from 30 or more years ago, everyone seems so much calmer. It’s like anxiety has completely taken everyone over.

@ChristopherSobieniak

28 күн бұрын

That's what happened to us.

@user-nc7cf4sp1r

28 күн бұрын

Good point Purplenpinkk. Lots of fear and people isolating themselves from others. 👍

@jenniferlloyd9574

28 күн бұрын

I've noticed that, also. Plus, no one has their pain treated anymore and chronic pain will do things to you after a while.

@ChristopherSobieniak

28 күн бұрын

@@jenniferlloyd9574 Being in your 40's/50's is not a picnic.

@budb.8560

28 күн бұрын

You are so right! These days if people have to wait in line at a store more than 3 minutes they go ballistic. I remember my parents actually conversed with their fellow shoppers as we waited patiently in line as the cashier punched the register buttons and counted out the change. No instant scanners or UPC codes back then. 😂

So many forgotten memories: the gear shift and the rolling up of the windows ❤

@johndeaux3703

28 күн бұрын

Several years ago I was driving a car with crank windows. I had several people become absolutely furious with me because they would approach the passenger side, expecting me to just push a button and roll down the window for them but I couldn't, because I didn't have power windows. They just assume everyone does now and think you're ignoring them.

@davidday6736

28 күн бұрын

My current car has this type shifter

@m42037

27 күн бұрын

I miss my 66 Ford Galaxie, had to sell it in 2014 after 20 years owner, financial reasons forced sale. It was a warmed over 390 to 375 HP it moved! It did have power windows..

@markdecker6190

23 күн бұрын

Did you catch it when Mom had to reach down with her left hand to release the parking brake?

@brandywineblue

15 күн бұрын

Column shifter too. Don't see that any more

Instead of going through and clicking thumbs up on 2,824 comments I will just say thank you Vampire Robot. You brought back some great memories. My father even owned a 1972 Ford Torino! What a great time to be a teen... You got yourself a new subscriber...

God bless that mom. My mom would drag me and my 2 older brothers around just like that. We knew who ruled.

Nice. This may sound strange, but when I watch these videos, I can actually recall scents or how something felt. Example riding in the car smelling the leather vintage seats. Love these videos.

@MiketheratguyMultimedia

28 күн бұрын

They say that scent is the strongest sense tied to memory. I definitely "recall" smells as well, it's very nostalgic.

@HealthyandLovingLife

28 күн бұрын

Same!

@Wyattinous

28 күн бұрын

I’ve hesitated to bring this exact sensation up in the comments before. I’m glad others empathize.

@noodlemaker4719

28 күн бұрын

Sears smelled so good --the candy counter that also sold popcorn--that heavenly smell throughout the store!

@user-nc7cf4sp1r

28 күн бұрын

Same. Good comment. 👍

Everything about this video makes me wanna go back in time😌 Awesome vibes!

@trustnoone3007

28 күн бұрын

Makes you wanna cry. Cue the sad music. 🎻.......

Mom driving a 1970 Torino. That car is only 7 years old but squeaks and needs a tune up.

@richsimon7838

12 күн бұрын

They ONLY thing better today are the durability and build quality of cars. Not the styling of course, it sucks today, but they are much more reliable and last a lot longer.

@martina21953

12 күн бұрын

I was wondering why the car squeaked so badly!

@betsyduane3461

12 күн бұрын

@@martina21953 A little oil would fix it.

@CommanderCronus

12 күн бұрын

I thought the 1971 Torinos had a split front grill.

@betsyduane3461

12 күн бұрын

@@CommanderCronus You're right, it's a 1970.

Wow, do I remember those wonderful fun days of shopping at Sears, and in the shoe department as well. Plus they had great tools. We bought our washer and dryer there too. Thanks for sharing this sweet video.😊😊

Those were the days, that was a big deal to go these magical places full of all the cool stuff. Most importantly, it was family time. Wish I could go to anywhere with my mom one more time.

@palmman-wu9so

18 күн бұрын

we never appreciate anything till we lose them😑

Life goes by way too fast, I could spend 100 years in the 70s and not get bored.

@dm95422

28 күн бұрын

Amen on that. 😪

@m42037

27 күн бұрын

69-95

@joycebrackbill-henderly8311

25 күн бұрын

Same here!!

@Nikitateagurl_77

25 күн бұрын

We all know thats a lie

i was six years old. i miss growing up in the 70s and 80s. simpler and better times.

Miss the 70's so much and I think off those years often........ Life was so simple then. We had no phones, everyone was connecting. Also, the music was the best ever!

Wow. Back when department stores employed a salesperson to assist you with the fitting of new shoes. They took your foot measurements, and then went to the back to fetch the right size. Service was *so* much more personable back then. This upload was such a time machine. What a trip down memory lane. Thank you. ❤

@ToxiCom-777

22 күн бұрын

At least there's no fluoroscope!

@robertdavenport7802

18 күн бұрын

I think you'd get the same service at a Dillards or similar level of store today.

3:16 That foot measuring device! They were always cold on my little socks covered feet back in those golden days of Wonder! Take me back!

@UmmYeahOk

28 күн бұрын

Nowadays you have to ask for them. They no longer leave them out for you to do your own sizing, which is odd because it’s not like the employees are going to size you up. Maybe at a fancy shoe store, where they keep everything in the back, but very rarely do those exist anymore.

@trustnoone3007

28 күн бұрын

Lol I kind of hated them

@buddyleewoods2327

27 күн бұрын

And of course great service from the young lady .

@valeriekehrt7566

27 күн бұрын

So true. I didn't like the person touching my foot. 😂

@Ashley-Renae1989

27 күн бұрын

I've noticed that wherever you go these days for shoes, they don't measure your feet anymore. As a society, we've become more and more lazy, which definitely isn't a good thing. 👠👟👞🥿🩴👡👢🥾🥺💔

We got all our school clothes from sears! We always had the big sears catalog and looked forward to the sears Christmas catalog! Thanks for posting!

@jupiterlegrand4817

8 күн бұрын

The "Wish Book". Life was paradise and we didn't know it.

@Werewolf0216

6 күн бұрын

Yep -- my brother and I looked at the catalog till the pages were falling out

So refreshing to relive these amazing moments in life. ☺️

Several memories brought up. The clunk of the doors, the V8 turning over, the transmission going into gear, the person riding shotgun jumping in first and forcing the person in back to squeeze into the back, the purchase was totaled up without scanning the price, writing a check and handing over the drivers license to confirm ID, and the total purchase costing less that $12.

@66el

26 күн бұрын

Funny, I enjoyed listening to the car turning over and the door closing also. Had forgotten there was a time when someone actually helped fit shoes.

@RM6737

23 күн бұрын

And no click clack from the seat belts. Lol

@robertlobato2259

22 күн бұрын

that 11.50 for 1 pair of shoes . not the total for everything....cmon get real...lol

@pattymiller9040

21 күн бұрын

​@@66elAnd, no seat belts!

@ashleywright8686

9 күн бұрын

Exactly. Kind of interesting to note older brother didn’t tell the sister to get out of the front seat 😂

No seatbelts are worn. This is priceless footage. I was 16 then. Seeing this gave me chills.

@robinmccubbins8139

25 күн бұрын

Me too. We got married that year. I was 16 and we’re still happily married!

@REAGAN_1980

25 күн бұрын

Me too! The best times at the roller rink.

@palmman-wu9so

18 күн бұрын

i was 25

The creaking of the car doors and that hollow sound of them closing sparked a lot of memories.

Real cars. Real metal. Clothes made here. Family values. Sit down dinners. No cell phones, computers, or crap. It will never be the same way, again.

I was four years old. These were good times. People were friendly, courteous, polite, respectful, moral and healthier. The children were better behaved and even helpful. I'm super grateful to have gotten to experience it and extremely saddened by how bad things have gotten. Thanks for sharing this time capsule.

@BRIANDER100

27 күн бұрын

people were not overweight----but people smoked more

@m42037

27 күн бұрын

And dressed civilized not like pegs today in stretch pants and pajamas and Crocs and slippers lol

@now591

26 күн бұрын

@@m42037 Walmart shopping in today's times

@RP-vy8st

26 күн бұрын

@@BRIANDER100 well now they vape instead

No smartphones, no $100. internet provider bills, no carjackings, just friendly people.

@RoadCone411

23 күн бұрын

The average US income was barely $13k/year in 1977, what's your point? Clearly you don't seem to understand how inflation works...

@jacksons1010

23 күн бұрын

No carjackings?!? Those of us who lived in those times know better. There was quite a bit *more* crime back in the 70’s compared to now. Perceptions are skewed by the rose-colored glasses of nostalgia. 🙂

@Tyiion

22 күн бұрын

Plenty of carjacking in the 70s. Probably more.

@ItsMe-yv9jd

21 күн бұрын

No credit cards back then... you had to have the money to buy something, or wait until you did. (Welcome to the real world folks.)

@Johnny_Is_Dead

21 күн бұрын

@@ItsMe-yv9jdThat’s not the real world. Just the past lol

Man I was 13 years old &7th grade in 1977, now 60 years old wow!! How the time flew by.. crazy how fast life goes by..

A lot of people don't realize that prior to the internet, going to Sears was how we laboriously "scrolled through" a lot of home tools, appliances, bedding, clothes... it was like being able to walk through 1/70000th of the internet and buy stuff. So going to Sears was actually a big deal to us as kids. We didn't have endless content fed to us while we ate cheesy poofs on a couch.

I’d pay one million dollars for an hour living in 1977.

@user-nc7cf4sp1r

28 күн бұрын

Nah, too expensive. To go back and stay there and live through those years again, yeah maybe. Then again, maybe those times were better, because our bodies felt younger.

@jenniferlloyd9574

28 күн бұрын

Would you go back as a child, knowing what you know now, or would you go as you are now? I'd definitely be a child in my family's home but with my mind as it is now.

@Saintnick90

28 күн бұрын

I'd rather be paid one million to spend an hour in '77.

@budb.8560

28 күн бұрын

Oh God yes! I was 13 in 1977 and I remember days like the ones depicted in this video. I swear I had a collared sport shirt with the stripes on the shoulders just like the kid in this video. 😊

@jimmycoleman5853

28 күн бұрын

The best year of my life I was 13

Brings back memories of just before school started. My Mom would take us to Sears shoes and clothes shopping. I remember so well the full service we got from the sales rep. And look how patient and polite the kids are acting. The teens just sat there patiently waiting for Mom to finish with the younger two kids. The little girl just accepted the "on sale" shoes. I was about the teen girl's age in 1977. My Senior year in HS. No sense of entitlement from these Cold War kids. What a great blast from the past film! Thank you!

@TexasRed59

24 күн бұрын

That's because parents acted like parents back then and kids knew that there were repercussions for bad behavior. Today parents are more interested in being their kid's friends than their parents.

Notice how slim and seemingly agile everyone is.

These is great to see back in 1977

In 1977, Elvis died, Marc Bolan died, and Lynyrd Skynyrd's plane crashed, all within a 3 month period. And yet that same year seen many of the best albums ever released. I wouldn't have been in sears. I would have been in Spencers, the record store, or in the common area of the mall watching girls walk by. 😅 It was a great time to be alive.

@JohnShinn1960

26 күн бұрын

And the Francis Scott Key bridge opened that year.

Loved this walk down memory lane. We used to shop at Montgomery Ward's too. Sears is now a Home Goods and the mall is doing okay in our once little town. Mama has passed, dad is coming up 94, and all of us kids are in our early sixties. Anyone notice, also, that no one was overweight? 🤔

@brettbrown1548

15 күн бұрын

Montgomery Ward was my first credit card in 1987!

Just Lovely! No groups of kids walking around with rainbow hair or in pajama bottoms. No one walking and scrolling. Actual families shopping together for shoes. Store employees who probably made plenty to actually live their lives so they showed up for work! GenX is the last generation to know the comparison of a time with no cell phones vs the culture we have now. Millennials, gen Z I feel sorry for you!

@donaminta

9 күн бұрын

I'm about to go to a mall with rainbow hair and pajama bottoms just in your honor now.

@BarbaraM-lv7pe

7 күн бұрын

@donaminta. 🤢

I was born in 1977 so I was an early 80s baby we lived in California Kenny shoes and I remember my mom taking me down there and doing the same thing that this woman's doing with her kids it brings back memories thanks for the video

I was 9 then. Love seeing old clips of the 70's.

@JC-ct7zx

26 күн бұрын

Me too -9

@JC-ct7zx

26 күн бұрын

Geranimals

@jackiecollie1826

24 күн бұрын

Me too 😢

@francesmcstay

15 күн бұрын

Yes. It's weird to see things I had forgotten about.

I was born in 76. I remember 79/80 and us wearing clothes like this. everyone got dressed up to go shopping. You never dreamed that people would shop in pajama bottoms or sweat shirts. I still, to this day, make sure I wear a nice button down solid color shirt with khakis and nice, clean shoes when I go out shopping. I was taught to always look clean and sharp.

@m42037

27 күн бұрын

You forgot stretch pants and Crocs yuk! My girlfriend never wears anything but skirts or jeans or a dress, I'd have to pay her 100 dollars to wear Crocs and stretch pants in public lol

@UltimateWarrior84

26 күн бұрын

And thats the bums in pajama bottoms who actually left the house. The other half or more sit at home using door dash and other delivery services because they're too lazy to even leave the house.

Nobody mentions the fact that dad was lugging around a camera the size of a large suitcase to record this rather ordinary family pilgrimage to Sears. Good on ya, dad.

I remember when I was a kid getting the Sear’s Christmas catalog in the mail was such a big deal.

Nobody texting each other or taking selfies. No cell phones, iPods, social media. Life was so much simpler back then. I was born in 1977.

@gregmesemondo1401

25 күн бұрын

I totally agree. I was born at the same time although in a different country. Life was much better. I would pay all my wealth to go back to that time and love that life over and over again.

@scottunes3957

24 күн бұрын

We didn’t even have an answering machine back then, so we could be getting a phone call at any time while away from home, but would never know it, the person just had to call back.

@wilhelmina6429

24 күн бұрын

So what would happen if like your car broke down or something?

@gregmesemondo1401

24 күн бұрын

@@wilhelmina6429 it would get fixed at a service station. You know they have been around for awhile….

@elmadixon8293

24 күн бұрын

Yes, I agree and people were still able to live a life and find joy. I think that would amaze people today. Oh, and remember to roll up the car window. Remember Mom or dad saying that?

Oh my GOD. TAKE ME HOME..... PLEASE... TAKE ME BACK TO 1977... PLEASE LORD ...

@123jac

27 күн бұрын

My love for America was generated when I was a kid living in the Middle East. I was watching American shows and movies, and people were like the family in this video; I saw good family ties, decent dress, and even the behavior in public was positive. Now, 32 years in America, I see America like a dying flower. I lost hope in people and governments. Looking at this video makes me miss America I dreamt of; there is no good land to live in. I pray that Jesus comes very soon and takes us from this Satanic world.

@tomthomas2646

25 күн бұрын

@@123jac so great to hear.. it's what life should be... Some great old TV shows at times.."FAMILY" With Kristy Mcnicols.. "QUINCY".. Many "AFTER SCHOOL SPECIALS".. All Very good. If how things were... Many many other good shows..too

I can remember these trips quite well . Loved shopping with my Mom . 🥰🥰

Wonderful video! I was in 9th grade in 1977. Those were truly simpler days with simple pleasures. We talked to each other and not to our devices.

This is so heart warming. Everyone looked so relaxed and today everyone looks so tense.

No seatbelts. Everyone had probably already scanned the Sears catalogue at home a dozen times before coming into the store. People went to the mall to actually buy things, not to walk around for hours. Kids had such long attention spans & patience they could sit in a shoe store for 45 minutes while their sister tried on shoes. You got your feet measured on that heavy metal thing every time you tried on shoes. Mom wrote a cheque for that purchase. The shoes cost $11.

@jackg9581

16 күн бұрын

If only Garanimals were on that ticket

This is Golden I was 3 in 1977 and remember going to Sears downtown in Orlando Florida usually for mom to buy me shoes and clothes for pre school. What makes this even more amazing is that this film has sound very few home movies were made with sound back then and who ever thought of using often expensive movie film just to film a trip to the local Sears ! Amazing home video !

I was 11..good times miss the 70's. My parents passed away.

@Galidorquest

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My Mom was the same age.