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@Gigie2Z

2 жыл бұрын

Shared in FB.

@NASS_0

2 жыл бұрын

@@Gigie2Z thank you!!! ^^

@pyrotechnick420

2 жыл бұрын

How did you figure the time period. I saw lots of 1920s model cars so thought more late 1930s in my head

@BrianMinetti

Жыл бұрын

Wow the city where I live as it was 80 years ago, thank you for this great video.

@lesliethomas5845

8 ай бұрын

My family lived in DC during the 1970s. One friend of mine ( met elsewhere, in later years) spent some of her childhood at Maryland. I just shared this with her via Gmail

Imagine just casually seeing your great grand dad in one of these videos

@virginiatyree6705

2 жыл бұрын

That would be WILD; to see a grandfather in the video. v

@ShottySniper117

2 жыл бұрын

Must be nice to be white

@hillbillyrver357

2 жыл бұрын

My grandfather would have been out in a field in Indiana planting crops or tending to his dairy cows. And my uncles would probably been over seas because it was during WWII. My father would been with my grandfather because he was the youngest.

@virginiatyree6705

2 жыл бұрын

@@hillbillyrver357 , Troll account? v

@zelphx

2 жыл бұрын

He was dead... that WOULD be a shock!

I would love to see the same route today. It would be interesting to compare.

@RA-ui8yw

2 жыл бұрын

Yea I would like a side by side video that’d be cool, he’d just have to try and judge the time of year the original was taken and try and get similar footage

@Valorius

2 жыл бұрын

@@RA-ui8yw and dodge bullets

@Gigie2Z

2 жыл бұрын

@@RA-ui8yw also did you notice the vehicle that was following the entire way?

@OSTARAEB4

2 жыл бұрын

1937-9 and wish the traffic was as light as this today! It doesn’t even resemble The Capital in many places. Good job as always NASS. Thx.

@DoahnKea_Tuber

2 жыл бұрын

a side-by-side synced viewing of this and current footage of the same route would be fantastic!

Thank you so much ! I love watching these, I wish I could jump through the screen and really be there! Being an old car nut and this being my favorite era, I would put this at about 1939 possibly early 1940. The newest car I could make out was a 1939 Plymouth coupe at 6:05.

@NASS_0

2 жыл бұрын

thank you so much ;))

@JOPIKS

2 жыл бұрын

You are right it looks like late 30s or max 1940

I'm impressed by / with the smoothness of the film/ not jerky or bumpy progress, for such a distance traveled, long before digital asoects could smooth things over as could be done these days. I'm guessing some of the route beside the water is along the Potomac. I used to ride a bicycle between Mount Vernon and our home at Fort Hunt in Virginia. As a recreational afternoon, I seem to recall needing about 45 mins each way. I'd get an ice cream at Mount Vernon, then turn around & head home again 🚴

My mom came to DC in 1946 to work for the Office of Strategic Services. She told me how beautiful it was back then. Now I understand what she was talking about.

@MrVonBastard

2 жыл бұрын

@yukinabestgirl She passed 20 years ago. She rests with my father in Quantico National Cemetery. They met in DC after the War.

@MrVonBastard

2 жыл бұрын

@yukinabestgirl No Worries. She died the matriarch of a great family. Her love of country lives on in her children and their children.

I live in DC. My apartment was built in 1941 so it was brand new back then. It’s pretty cool how many landmarks I was able to recognize in this clip

Almost certainly a bucolic weekend morning in D.C. prior to our entry into the war after Pearl Harbor. I like the fact NASS is careful not to over saturate the colors in these remasters.

@Allan-et5ig

2 жыл бұрын

Any expert of which I am not one, of automobile model years, will be able to tell us if this is pre or post Pearl Harbor...

@richmeyer2064

2 жыл бұрын

@@Allan-et5ig very true Allan!

I live in DC , and I love this video, I know where exactly this film was taken. Its Independence ave, going by US MINT. and Cherry trees still standing . Thank you for showing this to us.

9:27 crossing the bridge over the Potomac river from DC to VA. I love these historical videos. Amazing to think that the people in these videos are no longer around. The cars as well. But the buildings, thoroughfares, and landmarks endure. 👍

@SpotkickProductions

9 ай бұрын

I use that exit every day. It’s always a battle to get to that turn. Looks pretty easy back then!😊

@markthomas6703

8 ай бұрын

​@@SpotkickProductionsThe little stone bridge over the GW parkway looks identical today

@SpotkickProductions

8 ай бұрын

I just wish they had kept going. I live down near Mount Vernon. Would love to more of GW Parkway and especially Route 1! Probably wouldn't even recognize route 1!@@markthomas6703

Beautiful video. Thanks!

As a native of our Capital City (Currently living in a Virginia suburb) I thank you for sharing this.

This is excellent! I grew up in the DC area and it’s so cool seeing how it was so many years ago. Beautiful job on the restoration too by the way!

@NASS_0

2 жыл бұрын

thank you so much ;)

@DiscoverHudsonValley

2 жыл бұрын

@@NASS_0 ❤️

I don't see any cars I recognize as being made after the late 1930's...1938 or 1939 would be the latest. World War II didn't officially start until September 1, 1939, when Germany invaded Poland, but things started marching toward the War in 1933. Given the timeframe, there was likely a lot of stress going on in Washington when this film was shot. Despite it all, the place looks very bucolic. Hey, Nass...thanks for another great video!

@SearTrip

2 жыл бұрын

I don’t see anything later than the ‘38 model year. It would be easier to make out without the fake color added, which tends to wash out detail, but oh, well.

@danoc51

2 жыл бұрын

@@SearTrip I'll take the dubbed-in color as it brings the films to life much better than if they were black and white. I also appreciate the background noise.

@normm1619

2 жыл бұрын

@@SearTrip 1. its' not the color that washes out detail - it is the fact it was likely shot with an amateur camera on small stock film in the first place. 2. As well the "upscaling" adds content without adding detail, as the line doubling or trebling can't imagine what isn't there, just create an average between two existing pieces on information.

@normm1619

2 жыл бұрын

@@danoc51 I find speed correction does the most to "modernize" a film. See "They shall not grow old"

@sebastianguevara3615

2 жыл бұрын

@@danoc51 Yup Exactly WW2 1939-1945 Wouldn't Officially Start Until September 1st 1939 When Nazi Germany Invaded Poland.

my favorite channel :)

Its amazing how well kept the roads are, no potholes or patch up jobs.

@jzchachi

2 жыл бұрын

Not only that... but the cars didn't weigh as much and there was less contact patch on all of those car's wheel/tire combo.

@Killswitch1411

2 жыл бұрын

Things were not as well kept as you think..

Great Video 👍👌😊

Joey B Toonz, talks about your channel and man!! He was right, this is good place to be. Subscribed :)

These are so awesome 😎

it is absolutely amazing for me to imagine that i live there

Wild to see glimpses of the past. Thanks for posting. v

@NASS_0

2 жыл бұрын

thank you so much ;)

Super video great speed and colour very relaxing film too love the cars nearest to a time machine you could get .

@NASS_0

2 жыл бұрын

thank you so much ;)) ^^

THIS IS THE BEST VIDEO SUPER NASS THANKS

@NASS_0

2 жыл бұрын

thank you so much ^^

GREAT VIDO SUPER NASS YOU ARE KING

That was probably the last year you could find parking on the mall

The architects of the 60s and 70s should not rest easy.

Always amazing to see those pre-war streets without the lane markings. Everybody is just free-floating around.... :)

@Allan-et5ig

2 жыл бұрын

And parking just about anywhere they want.

Very very beautiful thanks to this video Nass

@NASS_0

2 жыл бұрын

thank you so much ;)

NASS is conning us all! He is a time-traveler who goes back in time to record these

@thoreau7

Жыл бұрын

No. Its a chronovisor.

Amazing!

Very very great Video 😀👍😃😃😃👍😀

These videos are incredible. Unlike Hollywood movies, these films give the feeling of actually being inside the vehicle at the time of the film! It truly feels like one has gone back in time. I have a question that I hope you can answer. Who was behind the filming of all of these movies? Was it a small documentary company that went all over the US over several decades or was it something else? All of the films seem shot with the same style, so it doesn't look like these films were done by random people. Thank you!

3:03 The raised rail line on the right with the overhead catenary implies use by the Pennsylvania Railroad. Given it is only two tracks this may be the route south of Union Station down to Potomac "Pot" Yard and interchange with the Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad.

@superbowlofselfabuse

2 жыл бұрын

This is why I love the internet. Thanks for sharing.

@michaela.chmieloski3196

2 жыл бұрын

@@superbowlofselfabuse You're welcome.

It was so clean back then and those trees are beautiful

Great!

Drinking the tea, watching nass last video ☕ Tomando el te viendo el ultimo video de nass Excellent Saludos desde Argentina

@NASS_0

2 жыл бұрын

🙏 🙏

so cool!

great clip

I had a good friend (since passed away) that taught in the Washington, D.C. public school system from 1949-1970. When she first arrived back in 1949 she said that the place was almost magical. She mentioned that to a colleague that told her that she should have been there prior to F.D.R. Apparently it was much nicer then.

@JackF99

2 жыл бұрын

"Prior to F.D.R."? They probably meant prior to the Great Depression and WW2.

@dave1956

2 жыл бұрын

@@JackF99 I think that what was meant by the statement was prior to the depression and the Hooverville’s that sprang up. I wasn’t born yet and I am merely restating something that was said to me 40 years ago.

@JackF99

2 жыл бұрын

@@dave1956 gotcha I was thinking the city became suddenly much busier with the growth of government to deal with the Depression and eventually the war.

I’m still wondering if this is location filming for Frank Capra’s “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington” from 1939.

amazing

This person spent most of their time on the west end of the Mall near the Treasury Building, Maine Avenue, and GW Parkway south towards Arlington. This is a very small section of the city, and half the footage is of Virginia.

I can't believe how empty and spacious everything seems...Then again there were 200 million less people in the U.S in the 1940's.

@Kelvdog1

2 жыл бұрын

There also wasn't a open border either.

My Grandmother was born in 42 so it's quite fascinating to see the world like this.

As someone who drives to DC daily for work this is refreshing to see.

Over 80 years ago. That's a lifetime and then some. Amazing and beautiful. The man leaning on the rail by the lakeside at around 8 minutes in is, to me, the most wonderful part of the whole video. A glimpse into a past that most of us never knew.

@dividedstatesofamerica2520

Жыл бұрын

Still had cars and indoor plumbing, something 90% of humans that ever lived never got to experience.

@dividedstatesofamerica2520

Жыл бұрын

So no, I don't consider this a long time ago.

Is there a word to describe nostalgia for a place one has never been?

A lot of traffic but a lot less than this year

Love the 1940s! WWII and awesome Classic Cars

@HansDunkelberg1

2 жыл бұрын

What is so great about WWII? People do not seem to have liked it very much, altogether.

@pauloa.7609

2 жыл бұрын

@@HansDunkelberg1 i don't like its outcome, after all we are living in the world molded by that war.

@HansDunkelberg1

2 жыл бұрын

@@pauloa.7609 Who is "we"? Do you live in China?

@esterherschkovich6499

2 жыл бұрын

The cars yes but not the War.

@pauloa.7609

2 жыл бұрын

@@HansDunkelberg1 citizen of an European union country like all my ancestors.

Seeing all those magnificent elm trees makes me sad. There really are no other trees that are so perfect in form to shade wide boulevards.

Thank goodness that some random guy decided to strap a camera to a car and film with it otherwise I won't be seeing this

Does anyone know what buildings those are around @2:57?

I believe this is either 1936 or ‘38.

There's just something in the uncanny valley about very old live footage in H.D. seeing that stuff without all the distortion like they seen it.Makes me wonder what the hell they are going to do with our videos 70 years from now, probably going to render it undistinguishable VR that you can walk in and feel.

2:59 That's the BEP Annex completed in 1938

The first building we see is the Smithsonian Institution. It's a brick red building. I don't know if that helps your color adjustment. I think it ends near the site of the Pentagon.

👍👍👍

6:20 Museum of Natural History

it is my understanding that these old street view films were used as the back drop for when they filmed actors in a scene inside of a car that was mimiced as being driven. Is this correct? It appears this bit of movie history has giving us some really interesting archives of city streets from back then.

Pre Jefferson Memorial. The Truss Bridge was replaced a few years later

Dig the D.C./VA boundary painted on the road at the 5:24 mark.

This must be in the spring. Just listen to the birds👍

@zelphx

2 жыл бұрын

It's spring SOMEWHERE... this is dubbed.

@minkeuk549

2 жыл бұрын

@@zelphx How can you tell?

A wonderful time capsule of the past.

I am guessing Autumn, as some trees do not have leaves, it doesn't look as it there are any blooms, and there are what appears to be piles of leaves on some boulevards... I like how some have correctly placed this late 1930's, 1940 at the latest. people think because you can see a car from years earlier, that must be the date. Buy there is always a range of vehicles on the road. Some other videos in this (and a couple other similar series) have been mis-categorized by a decade or more...Some being labelled '1950's' when you can see Mustangs or similar mid 1960's cars on the roads, or labelled as 1970's when there isn't a car older than 1962 visible....

Nice video but I personally prefer the front view.

Just think about the person who recorded this for all of us to see in 2022 has long been dead. How soon before will we all also experience the end? Yet watching this all seems like it just happened yesterday. Which, relative to our history, it did. Time is fleeting, nonetheless.

I know it would be difficult to find, but it would be cool to have Recife here…

Are these the 1940s for sure? Looks like cars from the 1930s

Horn blow sound effect needed at 7:35.

I spotted ZERO advertising.

Like going back in time

Based on the cars this is mid 1930's.

Is there an exact date?

I don’t know 🤷‍♂️ why but I grew up in Bangladesh and I felt like I know everything about this place looks so familiar ❤

NEWEST CAR SEEN, THIS FILM, 1939 PLYMOUTH !

I wonder if any of those trees are still there and how many

I'd like to know the names of streets and bridges. Also, is this 1940s pre-WWII or during WWII or after WWII?

@HansDunkelberg1

2 жыл бұрын

Your question is quite significant. After all, we're dealing with Washington, D. C. During the war, the place has gotten utterly overcrowded, but if roads look empty in the video that still won't have to mean conclusive evidence of the footage being from before Pearl Harbor or from after the summer of 1945, given to how much more traffic we now are accustomed.

@choward5430

2 жыл бұрын

@@HansDunkelberg1 That war was nasty in every aspect.

@HansDunkelberg1

2 жыл бұрын

@@choward5430 Certainly! Just think of the way the Japanese have been greeted as liberators, in Southeast Asia, of the massacres commited by the Japanese in China, of the way Chiang has inundated big parts of his own country with water of the Yellow River just to stop the Japanese for a few weeks, of the banzai charges of the Japanese, of the way the Japanese have ignored rules of combat, of the way the Americans have burned out Japanese fortifications as if they were wiping out insects, of the suicides of Japanese women and children who had been told untruths about how the Americans would treat them - of the cost of the recapture of Manila, of the necessity to cooperate with Stalin, of the inability of the British air force to beat the Luftwaffe with its consequence of night bombings of German cities, of the cooperation of the Americans with the Mafia in Italy, of the inability of the American air force to hit factories of Japan from the newly constructed B-29s with its consequence of the fire-bombings of the cities in that country, of the way the Japanese then did not want to capitulate with its consequence of two atomic bombings plus their long-term followings for the health of numberless people...

@mr.bnatural3700

2 жыл бұрын

I didn't see one car past 1938. If this was war time (WW2) there would be a lot more cars everywhere as D.C. was a very busy place. I would guess this is late 1937 or early 1938.

@choward5430

2 жыл бұрын

@@mr.bnatural3700 No cars were made from 1942-1946.

7:59 Father,Mother and child 🥺

Joeybtoons sent me here

Pretty high tech camera for 1940 isn't it

@liamcragin

3 күн бұрын

Well seeing as film is higher resolution than HD video and all you need to do this is mount a tripod on the back seat of a convertible, on the bed of a truck, or out the back of a van, no not really.

At 10:20 the old George Washington Parkway in Arlington .

Love the majestic luxury car at 10:11. Anyone recognize what brand it was? It's a big one.

@daniellacasse1368

2 жыл бұрын

Cadillac 1933 v12 or v16 ..

@MustangSam

2 жыл бұрын

@@daniellacasse1368 Cool! Thanks!

@virginiatyree6705

2 жыл бұрын

@@daniellacasse1368 , Wow, V12 & v16's we're made? Then again, gas was probably 25 cents at that time. v

@samp7003

2 жыл бұрын

@@virginiatyree6705 It was lower than that.Google says around 19 cents a gallon.

@virginiatyree6705

2 жыл бұрын

Hey again@@samp7003 , Thanks for the information! I was close. v

Isn’t that around 1945 the year VE or victory over Europe occurred in that year along with Japan being defeated by USA during the end of the war

Where does he find these videos?! Or rather, how do you find them within the “Internet Archive” database? I went to the website, and have no idea how it all works 🤣

@RocknJazzer

2 жыл бұрын

lots of sites have libraries of film archives online, nothing new or hard, just download and put thru image enhancement software

@giovannip8600

2 жыл бұрын

@@RocknJazzer what kind of software is that?

@RocknJazzer

2 жыл бұрын

@@giovannip8600 There are tons just search, some way better than others of course. I think NASS has said what he uses

@RocknJazzer

2 жыл бұрын

It is a time consuming process tho, takes a lot of work, and your system has to be up to spec and have the resources to render the effects in a timely and accurate manner

Downtown has not changed much.

looks like this made for plate to be used in a driving scene for a movie. There are tons of those reels as it wasn't till the 60s/70s they started mounting cameras to the cars instead of doing driving scenes this way, and even then Hollywood prefers to pull the cars around on a trailer

🙂💯

Insane that’s my state and it’s sooooo different…duh…but damn. This city is a baby here.

It’s too bad we can’t go back to these days

What is that castle looking building in the beginning?

@liamcragin

4 күн бұрын

The Smithsonian’s offices

@leversforever9748

3 күн бұрын

Thank you.

Seems to me would be before 1939. I don't see the Jefferson Memorial, built in 1939-1943. Looks like it is going on or by Maine Ave to Ohio Drive and across the 14th Street Bridge (or its predecessor).

Amazing, no traffic lights, stop signs, or traffic! 🤤

@justme1553

2 жыл бұрын

Right! Very different than today.

Joey B Toonz brought me here.

Everyone drives the same car lol

wonderful. this is before the war. Early spring 40 or 41. No one in uniform yet.

Late 1930's - maybe 1940 - based on the cars.

I was hoping this would be more interesting. No footage of down town and people on the streets.

I don't know which country this is from. Anyway, the high-tech at that time, anyway, there must be some perfect technologies at the speed of development.

5:50 We are tailed by Clare Quilty.

How could you remember which car was yours?? They all look pretty much the same. You couldn't even beep the remote.