1965 was my first summer out of the army and I moved in with my friend Michael Brinkley on E4th Street just east of the Bowery. We both worked in Greenwich Village which was an exciting place to be for young people at that time. The friends I made and the girls I dated made it the best time of my life. How quickly the years have passed. Thanks for posting this video. Scotty

@johnclavis

Күн бұрын

Thank you for sharing.

12:54 A lot of people walking around in that video had birthdates 1899 or earlier. Truly amazing.

@bevstrickland4352

7 ай бұрын

I know. I know early in my life I could’ve spoken with elderly people about the 1800s and I never thought to do so. History isn’t only on video and in museums.

OMG! This is the NY I remember as a child! I went to the Worlds Fair in 65 (I was three)! I think Pam and Ted are the couple shown at times in the film. I wish there were more clues, it’s a nice touristy film of Manhattan and Liberty Island and lastly the Worlds Fair. Love seeing Mickey Mouse at one point. I remember riding “It’s a Small World” and that sky ride (scared me half to death). Looking forward to seeing more of the reels, hopefully there are more clues.

@robertafierro5592

15 күн бұрын

Remember The Belgian Pavillion? They tossed fresh oranges at us, but I took it as though we were being attacked with them. Like you, I was only 3 or 4 and man, I STILL.go way back there whenever I notice the scent of waffles..I had never tasted them until.The Fair..I remember the F Train vividly..8d stand on my tippy toes so I could see out the window at the huge Globe..what an incredible time that was..

Seeing the skyline before the WTC was built was pretty wild. Brooklyn is so much more built up now, too! Thank you for sharing. I hope you can find who this belongs to.

4:07 the Verrazzano bridge was only about 2 years old.

A lost world a world not found today. Not a garden of Eden, but a gentler, less self conscious or self centric. No phones, no selfies, no Insta and only the tik tok of watches or clocks.

Their car is a 1961 Buick Electra 225. In the street scene, there’s an older man on crutches-he could’ve been a World War I veteran, about the right age. The Statue of Liberty with the original torch (that was about to fall off from neglect). Different torch now; the original is on display in the basement. It was all so shiny and new! I remember this era vividly; I was 8.

I remember those times. Those people. I can't tell you how nostalgic it makes me. Filled with love for them.

Look at how well- dressed everyone is.

Nice vibrant colours

lovely time capsule. I was born in 66 and the images of my parents and grandparents are what I remember of this time. Wish NYC could go back in time. thanks for sharing this 🙏❤️

This took my breath away! I actually had to stop.it a couple of times. In 1965 I was a Kindergarten Student and my best friend was a little boy named Desmond Curry. He was a beautiful.little boy and I knew it! My Dad took us to The Circus at the old Madison Square Garden with the wooden seats and he bought Desmond a ( light up?) sword which he merrily swung all.over the subway car on the way home.

Mom and my Gmom took me. It was Summer when we went. For sure I remember so much of this. Awesome find and thank

I was born in 1965. ❤ love this

I was there. Wish I could remember more of it.

This is a really amazing video. Excellent choice of music too.

This was amazing! To see both the steel framed world and the UFOs from Men in Black was the best part for me 👍🏼 It’s oddly cool peering into people’s memories.

For me the years 1964 and 1965 were 2 of the happiest years of my childhood as my family went the World's Fair. Before that my late father took me to my first car show, The New York International Auto Show of 1962 at the New York Coliseum at Columbus Circle. We went there by subway from Queens, NYC where I grew up there during the Mad Men era! 😊

Kinda surreal to look through the telescope of time. Thank you for posting your finds.

I’ve watched this numerous times. Wonderful piece! The music you had on it was a bit different, it had a nice nostalgic feel ‘Nothing here to care about…?’ Great work on all.

That was really awesome I noticed a kid with a type of walkie-talkie and 2 different people with cameras. There were also no cell phones ❤ around, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHARING

What a time capsule to peer into! Thank you for sharing this!

Awesome! I hope you'll share more of those reels.... No amount of "retro" can counterfeit the authenticity of treasures like this.

I gasped when I saw the skyline pre Twin Towers, incredible footage

this is incredible. love all the work you're doing.

Hello again 1965! Watching this makes me remember my first video camera. I filmed snippets of each thing because it was so precious. I’m so glad you shared the entire thing like this. I saw part of it on Instagram but it’s amazing to see all of their experiences. Thanks. Good luck gaining support.

You should post the uncropped full frame version

I'm from England and never had the pleasure to visit NYC, but this amateur footage along with the colour is wonderful to watch, you're also immortalising the filmmaker, it's a shame there isn't more info, I'm guessing once they died this rough diamond was sold on or donated to a charity shop when it actually belongs in the national archives; thanks for sharing and converting this into a video for us to watch.

Fantastic find. I was 2 when this was shot. Amazing.

My parents had a silent movie camera like this one and for family nights, we would watch all the videos from the late 60s and 70s. We loved it! Your background music should have been the sound of a projector clicking. I wish they would have gone into all the buildings and recorded in there because the outside is not as interesting as what would have been inside. Especially the futurama building.

@milliespaugh7147

8 ай бұрын

Unless they had lights the movie would have been very dark. That's why outside in the sunlight for most. Lights back then were a big deal to carry around.

@Becko78

8 ай бұрын

@@milliespaugh7147 True, lighting indoors was harder back then but right now, watching these I would have preferred if they would have gone inside 😊. We had lots of film that was taken indoors from my parents movie camera.

Love that nobody had cell phones to look down at constantly. Everyone was looking forward and at the world around them. Now we are slaves to these dumb devices.

Omg Chinatown is fascinating!

I was just perusing your Instagram, and sooo glad you mentioned this youtube channel. I look forward to watching these !!!!😄

what a find! I hope you will post more. I was quite young but i remember the fair well. so good to watch this real footage!

Very cool. Thank you.

Amazing!

Everybody in this film has sadly passed on. The buildings have crumbled in heaps on the ground. Lady Liberty has washed up on the shore and nothing of any value remains in the present day.

@Peter7966

14 сағат бұрын

Not everybody... I was there. Many of those folks are still alive but are getting old, for sure. Many have left us. Almost all of those buildings were torn down afterwards. Seemed like a waste. Lady Liberty seems to be on vacation. I think she'll return.

Did anything from the fair survive. Sometimes these structures are left. Curious of any remnants of the 1965 fair are left.

@Janya1999

8 ай бұрын

Two structures are still there in a park named Flushing Meadows Corona Park- the Unisphere and remnants of the NYS Pavilion. Some street markers and the water pools. Most of it was knocked down after the fair ended.

@BrianStarksgoogleprofile

8 ай бұрын

The Unisphere - basically a gorgeous huge globe - is now part of the Billie Jean King US Tennis Center. It's glorious and terrific to see, when you visit the US Open or just go there to play tennis or enjoy the park.

This is so cool. ❤

Wondering if you would share what digitizer you use for film. I have a lot of 8mm/Super8 from my grandparents and I’d love to make high quality digital reproductions to preserve them.

On 1 reel as was found? Very edited. Good cuts, many shots are related at the Fair, without bad pans or tracking. Far better than 'home movie' quality. Going uptown on Park Ave South, West on by Macy's 34 St, maybe crosstown 38 St at 5 Ave by Lord & Taylor, Mott St. Chinatown, car entry to SI Ferry - looks like a view of the Statue from S I Ferry, the line for Statue of Liberty Ferry and at Statue of Liberty, than at World's Fair.

So have you figured out who this belong to? This so cool to look through the eyes of some one back in the 60’s

3:00 pre-WTC skyline.

can you recommend a super-8 digitizing machine?

I would trade stretching into 16:9 for software stabilization.

A fossil of time

The men were so good looking in this era yummm 😋

A historical gem and well done for preserving it.

One of the troubling takeaways of this footage is the utter lack of people of color (other than performers). NYC 1965 scans as a segregated city...

@tdunph4250

15 күн бұрын

You live in your world and the rest of us sane people will live in ours!

@markbrooks7157

5 күн бұрын

It was a much better world.

@thomaschristopher8593

3 күн бұрын

as if that's a bad thing.

Wow this was cool but only seen a few kids

@kasberkhof7958

8 ай бұрын

What do you mean by that? Kids go to school

11:02 Olmeca head … 🧠 🧐

World's fare flushing Meadows Park

Chinatown looks pretty much the same.

Awesome footage but I had to turn of the music after a while.

@herbwhite7384

8 ай бұрын

Me too. Brutal.

@earlt.7573

8 ай бұрын

Would have been so cool with some 1960s period music, I think I'll mute this and play some 60s tunes on another tab while I watch it.

@herbwhite7384

8 ай бұрын

@@earlt.7573 good idea. How bout 1965 music. Downtown. What's New Pussycat?.

Wow, I can really see what they meant that certain types of film are not made for darker faces! I had to watch this muted though, before the music drove me insane 😂

@earlt.7573

8 ай бұрын

Yeah, the "Johnny one note" music is horrible, woulda been so much better with some cool 1960s music instead.

Very interesting, but annoying music

When we thought everything was okay ...

Faith in the future has been replaced with dread. Democracy is viewed as a nuisance blocking God's will. Everything from those days is gone now except for the dinosaurs which still bring smiles to the faces of those who remain.

Music is way too boring.

Your channel is great, but GEEZ LEARN HOW TO MIX SOUND!!!!!!! Don't mumble over loud background music

When people were respectful and Not a Rainbow flag in site . Love it 🥀

@TheTrinadonna

8 ай бұрын

Ah, you mean when the „Racial Integrity Act“ was still active and African Americans weren’t allowed to vote? Yeah, good old times!

@DorisDearNY

8 ай бұрын

ah don't you love when the hateful have to make comments.

@jackmeeker5340

8 ай бұрын

Not such great times for females back in those `good old days' too.@@DorisDearNY

@amberhoelscher9592

6 ай бұрын

It was a completely different country. Yuri Bezmenov warned us 40 years ago.

@annabelkitten07

9 күн бұрын

Meaning gay people had to stay in the closet? Homophobic much?

Awesome video, but the music drives me nuts after awhile. Change it up a little.

@josephastier7421

8 ай бұрын

Mute it and add your own