My grandmother was born in 1923 in Thonburi province, she withnessed the construction of King Bhudayodfah bridge, World War II and Japanese occupation. In 1953, the year that this documentary was made, she was working at Kasikorn Bank, Sua Pha headoffice, she was the phone operator for Mr. Bancha Lumsum's office. From her dedication and hard work at Kaskikorn Bank, she was able to send my father and his siblings to the United States for higher education---a rare thing for upper middle class Thais at that time. She had also acquired many plots of land from the bank at cheap prices and pass them on to us. She vividly mentioned the years under Field Marshal Sarit Thanarat administration which saw fierce implementation of martial laws. My grandmother is currently 98 years old, and have lived through 5 reigns of Kings. Although she's on a wheelchair now, I still like to visit her frequently and listen to all the old stories she have to tell.

@zamolxezamolxe8131

Жыл бұрын

she is still alive?

@avcomth

Жыл бұрын

@@zamolxezamolxe8131 Yes, in a nursing home, but very frail and under close observation 24/7.

@Voltaire8559

Жыл бұрын

Hey! Im a Thai myself, and my grandma was born in 1931 right before the revolution in 1932. She was a goldsmith and a factory lady for a while, but later started a company with my grandad to build gasification and drier machines for rice mills. Do you use discord? Or LINE? Lets keep in touch! I think we share similar interests and it would be interesting to meet you. I live in Nonthaburi.

@grayray44

9 ай бұрын

the things your old grandmother has seen and heard,you are so lucky she lived long enough for her to tell you about the past,treasure her memories

@unclejack168

7 ай бұрын

You are one lucky man. My grand parent can't afford no plot of land, My parents leave me debts, hahaha

Thailand is like my second home. Been visiting the last 22 years. Will be there next week again! Love the country, people, culture and food, but hate the corruptions of their politicians! From Singapore.

@konthaijaidee3035

5 жыл бұрын

I'm Thai and I completly agree with you.

@mr.phumpatpongsri-ukara9994

5 жыл бұрын

Really You Guy!😆😎!

@alvinkoh5556

5 жыл бұрын

Wire haired Dachshund fuck you ! Democracy is not the only means to a better government. The issue in Thailand is of unfederated corruption and has nothing to do with the system of democracy. I will not respond in kind with unkind words and accusation. Now fuck off!

@yesyes13123

2 жыл бұрын

I agree with the politicians and corrupt government officials, I'm also Thai.

@asiaoharasbutterflies9425

Жыл бұрын

The west has them by the balls.

I was born in Bangkok in 1953 now 65 years old.😁😁😁😁

@tanathornchanwangsa4840

5 жыл бұрын

Lovely I'm 15 and always wanted to understand about history of our country, this video gave me insight on how lovely it was back then as well as how far we have developed.

@captainLoknar

5 жыл бұрын

Sawasdee I lived 10 years in Thailand. I must say I cried a little when I saw the king and queen in this video. It feels so long ago, yet so recent and relatable, too.

@dragoonathedragoons5241

5 жыл бұрын

Hello! Uncle!! You are older than my father just 2years!! 👌🏾Conglatulation!!! 😁

@sophabrooks9283

5 жыл бұрын

I was born in Bangkok in 2004 so I’m younger than you!

@newton18311

5 жыл бұрын

i was born in 1954 now 65 too.

ขอบคุณ คนที่แบกกล้องฟิล์มมาถ่าย คลิปแบบนี้ คนถ่ายเป็นต่างชาติทั้งนั้นเลย

@ilikepnt6352

5 жыл бұрын

ใช่แล้ว. แสดงว่าต่างชาติสนใจ ความเป็นอยู่ของไทยมานาน

@kittenastrophy5951

5 жыл бұрын

Bear in your mind young people. Any kind of camera either film or still were not easily acquired by ordinary people as in nowaday Thailand. We're poor undeveloped country. The most important thing is this film was professionally done not by amateur, therefore it's made for commercial purpose, may be by a government agency of either American or Thai to promote the country to the western.

@suhribzevolution645

3 ай бұрын

​@@kittenastrophy5951ขอบคุณสำหรับข้อมูล ผมสงสัยมานานแล้วทำไมไม่มีคนไทยเป็นเจ้าของภาพ

@kittenastrophy5951

3 ай бұрын

@@suhribzevolution645 กล้องถ่ายหนัง 8มม หรือ 16มม สมัยก่อนนู้น คงมีแต่คนรวยมากๆ กับบริษัทสร้างหนังไทย ที่มีกัน หรือไม่ก็หน่วยงานราชการ

A country that is rich in culture. People are law abiding. Love from the Philippines

@Renormal

11 ай бұрын

Thai people are law-abiding? lol bro 😂. Btw love from Thailand 🇹🇭❤️🇵🇭

@eddyjayarsinahon8433

11 ай бұрын

@@Renormal well much better than the Philippines I guess. Come to the Philippines so you would know the difference specially Manila 😂

@suhribzevolution645

3 ай бұрын

ผมรักฟิลิปินส์

I.was born in​ Nakornrajsima in​1938 now 82​ years old.​Thank.​

@hunkhk

3 жыл бұрын

You must have amazing memories of times gone by

ขอบคุณชาวต่าง ที่ทำให้เราเห็นภาพอดีต งดงามมาก เห็นมีความสุข☺️

Thailand is fantastic. Beautiful nature, valuable culture, so many amazing temples. People are really friendly and helpful :) I have been in your country for the first time one year ago and i am coming back in next year

Wow, as a Thai, I could only imagin what Bangkok was like back in the day. Nice to see it in motion picture! Wish I could turn back time and take a stroll around the grand palace during those times. Amazing.

@yesyes13123

2 жыл бұрын

I'm thai and I wish I can turn back time too!

@VTSGsRock

2 жыл бұрын

I'm Thai and my grandmother was only 19 years old and my grandfather 20!

The narrator's pronunciation of Thai words are quite correct. Good to see my country before I was born.

@damiendallimore

5 жыл бұрын

Pretty good for a foreigner in 1953 , except the pronunciation of สยาม though

@dog811

5 жыл бұрын

Well the pronounciation of King Chulalongkorn was a bit off but other than that its pretty good for a foreigner.

@jotcw81

5 жыл бұрын

สามล้อ sounded like "some lord", but yeah, seems like he did his due diligence.

@Sigmasuii899

5 жыл бұрын

Siam is a word of Sanskrit mean evening mean dark

@kittenastrophy5951

4 жыл бұрын

@@Sigmasuii899 whatsoever the root of the word on any hypothesis but we Siamese never refer the word to your meaning. never

I have lived in Thailand over twenty years. I was born in 1952 (U.S.A.). I came to Thailand in 1996. Thailand is a world of wonderful people. Thailand is wonderful. Amazing.

@madharry2024

5 жыл бұрын

hope you got 800.000 in the bank or you will be going home next time you apply for your visa

@farshimelt

4 жыл бұрын

@@madharry2024 Unless he's married, then it's 400,000BHT in the bank for 2 months prior to visa renewal or 40,0000BHT a month from a foreign pension source. Get your info together before offering an opinion.

@yesyes13123

2 жыл бұрын

My dad is borned in thailand around 1959. My dad said there were still the floating markets in that time. It has changed a lot from now. Sorry for my bad grammar.

@yesyes13123

2 жыл бұрын

@J Yeah there still is! They sell noodles and others. My dad's family is chinese and his dad sells coffee on a boat back then.

"strange", "exotic", "mysterious", "strategic"; these words do not describe Thailand itself but rather the American perception of the place.

@therock8224

5 жыл бұрын

Indeed. However, back in 1953, these terms could have been used to describe Thailand as the differences between America and Thailand were enormous back then. Now, these terms aren't so relevant anymore.

@therock8224

5 жыл бұрын

@Gathka Master lots of child prostitutes can be found in Cambodia. However, this video is about Thailand.

@Sawrattan

5 жыл бұрын

Reminds me how Bali is always painted as "paradise" by tourists when historically it was a godforsaken backwater that the colonial Dutch hated being posted to.

@LetterSignedBy51SpiesWasA-Coup

5 жыл бұрын

you signal great virtue

@thanapornsripakdee1109

5 жыл бұрын

The Thais consider it pretty strategic I think.

Great film! 🎥✌️ I visited Thailand in 2015 for the first time, I was fascinated! Thank you, Thai people, for the opportunity to travel safely and enjoy my time here in Thailand. You are awesome! 🙏 Btw, if anyone is around Phuket, let's connect 😎

I am Thai. I Love Thailand.

@lastoutlaw3882

3 жыл бұрын

Swadeekha from pakistan

Greeting from indonesia!🇮🇩❤🇹🇭

I love your country! I've been in Thailand (for the first time) this year and I hope I'll come again :) Greetings from Poland

@Goliath2012Thai

5 жыл бұрын

Welcome you back again and hope to you will happy in thailand.

@creamydistortion

5 жыл бұрын

I live in Thailand and I used to live in Poland. I'm American. :-)

@ilikepnt6352

5 жыл бұрын

😍😍😍😍

@promlavoie6179

4 жыл бұрын

It was nice and peaceful then, nice weather.

@ohmsarawut

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for loving my country.

Je ne comprends pas l'anglais donc je me suis contenté de regarder et je trouve que ce merveilleux pays et toujours aussi envoûtant, je suis tombé amoureux de ce pays et de ses habitants, merci pour cette vidéo.

Thanks​ ​for​ this​ precious archive.

Thank You. I'm so proud to be a Thai the land of the people friendly and happiness. Welcome all.

ได้เห็นพาเหรดฟุตบอลจุฬา-ธรรมศาสตร์ สมัยนั้น แต่งชุดกันน่ารักมาก 😁😁

อยู่อิสานแต่ภูมิใจเกิดเป็นชาวสยามครับ ❤ขอบคุณบรรพบุรุษ😊

It has changed SO much... I would have done ANYTHING to have lived at that era :'(

@promlavoie6179

4 жыл бұрын

I count my blessing to be born in that period. I miss the old days always.

@hunkhk

3 жыл бұрын

Except I'm sure the average working class person struggled back then as much as they do today with Covid related economic woes.

@yesyes13123

2 жыл бұрын

Same, as a thai person. I really want to live there. My dad has borned in 1959 and I would love to born in that time. But there is no where back sadly...

@suhribzevolution645

3 ай бұрын

ผมเกิดไม่ทันแต่ก็ยังดีที่ได้เห็นยุค90มันดีมากสำหรับผมแต่70ผมไม่รู้ว่ามันเป็นยังไงคงต่างจาก90ไม่มาก

I love your country. Your people have so much heart. I would love to go back again!

@suhribzevolution645

3 ай бұрын

คนไทยรักนักท่องเที่ยวต่างชาติคนคือแขกผู้มีเกียรติที่เลือกมาเยือนประเทศเรา คนไทยจะต้องประพฤติตัวดี

Thank You very much for Documentary i never see before.Rare ITEM 🇹🇭🙏 ❤️🇺🇸✌️

I'm feeling euphoric to watch this short movie.Thank you.

OMG ! you have just made me cry today. Krung Thep Maha Nakohn, the great city of angels.

The world turns backwards in this land of contrast and paradox.

thanks for upload this video now i can learn about thai's story

ขอบคุณสำหรับข้อมูลค่ะ 😊

Thank you for sharing. This is very interesting.

This video is suddenly popping up in recommendeds and I couldn't thank KZread more

หัวโขนไทยสวยมากนี่ขนาด เกือบ 70 ปี แล้วน่ะ

Wow fantastic to see, has anyone else got old films of Thailand, Udon Thani would be fantastic to see back then

I am watching this in 2019 while living in Thailand.

This is pretty cool. Never thought i would see my country in an old documentary.

I've been to Thailand every year for 6 years now and I love it there so much. Only issue is that the rising Baht is really detrimental for Malaysia's currency. I'm afraid if it continues to rise then my friends and I have to consider other places to explore such as Vietnam :( But i still love Thailand no matter where I go

@90slofihh39

5 жыл бұрын

Completely agree with you. The Bath currency is raising like never before for no reason. It's not cheaper like before.

@user-bc7cw2yq1g

4 жыл бұрын

30 years ago, 8 bht= one ringgit = one s'pore dollar.

ขอบคุณ มากๆๆๆ ครับ ที่เอาลงมาให้ได้ชมบรรยากาศเมืองไทยในอดีต 👍👍👍❤️❤️❤️

Nice movie ^^ It has changed so much then... Been living in Bangkok for 7 years (actually my avatar is Bkk), would be nice to find more vid from Bkk from that time. Love Thailand

I was born in 1949, happiest time to be born.

I have come to Thailand 2nd time and now I got the job and non b visa and in few days I will get work permit IA. Proud to be here.

Thank you for sharing

I have never seen this footage before, i'm glad and proud to be thai

Beautiful country, classic Bangkok was amazing ❤

what brightening video from 1953

great episode

I still remember the pictures and events of that time. At that time I was 1 year old (born 1952). At that time I still liked Patti Page's Tennessee Waltz song (Release 1950)

นึกถึงเรื่องร้านของชำของคุณนามิยะเลย สมัยนั้นประเทศไทยดูสวยงามมาก😍😍

@yesyes13123

2 жыл бұрын

ผมก็คิดถึง​กรุงเทพ​สมัย​ก่อน​เหมือน​กัน

I'm thai and I can't believe that I can say, I realpy want to live in that time..

Amazing video

Beautiful

So beautiful...

Such a magnificent country and people!

I like this I come from Thailand this year I 11 years-old now

Tgank you KZread recommendation, very cool

I'm from Thailand. i love my Countries 👍🏻👍🏻

@nattapon6176

5 жыл бұрын

Sunisa mini i love you too

This is a video 67 years ago.. It is saddening to know that almost everyone I saw in this video has died out nowadays.. our lives are really short.

@molonlabe9602

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, lived their lives and gone. I think the same as you as 80% of my life is likely over....short.

@yesyes13123

2 жыл бұрын

My dad's family is still alive, and was in thailand or borned near when this video was recorded. But they are not native. My dad's family members are around 60 or more..

สมัยก่อนไม่มีสายไฟ 555+ ดูสะอาดมาก แต่ตอนนี้เอิ่ม....

@bobo2588

4 жыл бұрын

ใช่เลย

@johnmadow5331

4 жыл бұрын

เพราะเขายังไม่มีไฟฟ้าใช้ในบางท้องที่ ขนาดฝั่งธนสมัยนั้นยังใช้ตะเกียงลานอยู่เลย

@MyMint23

4 жыл бұрын

อยากให้เอาลงดินเร็วๆจังครับ

It was 1953 and I hear the keyword "democratic" multiple times in this video. Today in 2019, we hardly have anything democratic (the best one we have is our recent phony election which was rigged beyond imagination.) Almost 70 years and we are still struggling democratically. It's sad.

@matthewdyer4752

5 жыл бұрын

Very true.

@VJK.MD.

5 жыл бұрын

Very accurate. So sad that we today still have no trust in our democracy. Smh

@KrisWustrow

5 жыл бұрын

Yes, I hate that Thailand slipped into a military dictatorship.

@jotcw81

5 жыл бұрын

Sad indeed.

@kpp28

5 жыл бұрын

Just shows that Thailand does not want to hold true to the constitution it is built on

Just returned from Thailand 2 days back

As a Filipino watching this, I'm just amazed to see PAL plane in this documentary (6:03)

1 million people in 1953 lived in Bkk i wish that was now. And I think they still are using the same buses today LOL

@jangsoodlor

5 жыл бұрын

Patricia Richardson the buses you see today are from the late 80s to the early 90s

@GIIIIlR

5 жыл бұрын

wow really?

@jotcw81

5 жыл бұрын

@@jangsoodlor You mean the very basic ones, with fans only (I haven't been in Bkk for ten years, but those certainly looked like from the 80ies...Number 8, 92 and so on)?

@promlavoie6179

4 жыл бұрын

No, airconditioned buses and skytrain. You won't recognize the place.

@10MinutestoRouletteFortune

4 жыл бұрын

You very well could be right. I took one just to try riding "Thai Style", it had a hole in the floor under me.

I was born in Bangkok in 2008 So now it’s so modern.

I like to enjoy youtube it make me update the world we lived and learn everything about it. I will turn 66 in Monday 6 of May it just a number not my spirit and my soul.😂😂😂😂

They still like to harvest the rice by hand, although machines are available.

It's the time when my father was born and I feel little jealous since that time don't have very bad traffic like today.

@kittenastrophy5951

5 жыл бұрын

Don't envy them, aunty. Every period has its own problem. Back in the day, people were panic whether the WWIII might erupted by ignition of the Korean war or not or what the outcome of the first Indo-China war ( franco-Viet minh) or The transition to communism of China would affect our country. You see?

I am thai but I like this year for me was born 1970 😊

Man this guy be pronouncing everything right amazing!!

Mongkut (Rama 4) was the king featured in Anna and the King. Chulalongkorn (Rama 5) was his son.

i love my home ..is Here and no places better than this land . i want to live and die Here ..

My Grandma was born in sisaket province in the 40's and I always wondered what isan was like back in the days. Probably incredibly beautiful. We need time travels 555

@dosaussiethai2127

5 жыл бұрын

Go to Japan and ask Doraemon to take you there.

@nelotharen8599

5 жыл бұрын

probably same same....

@yesyes13123

2 жыл бұрын

I think isan was still the same as today.. but not as civilized as กรุงเทพ​

I love history

The traffic's a bit heavier round democracy monument now.

@gk10002000

7 жыл бұрын

haha, year a bit!

18.000.000 people..... now close to 70.000.000

Im thai and never go out of thailand i love my country and i think thailand im the past is much better than today

@nonameguy3665

2 жыл бұрын

Ok Boomer

Woah no tall buildings in Bangkok yet in 1953? That's a big surprise! There are skyscrapers all over now. And only 1 million citizens back then! Now it's more than 8 million

@franciscusnuyts627

2 жыл бұрын

8 million 555555

I am Thai people and I love Thai

@jotcw81

5 жыл бұрын

Big surprise there.

wow Philippine Airlines ☺️ featured at the Thailand airport

I am thai I love my country

Pleasantly surpsised to find that this documentary seems to actually respect its subject! Still plenty of odd turns of phrase and general exoticism...but stuff like this can sometimes have such disparaging takes! Happy to see one that doesn't. 🙂

What's the keeper playing at? He's carried the ball halfway up the pitch.

Hi Thai 2030 from Brazil

Ive been there 2 years ago and it really look sooo similar to 70 years ago... 😂

@yomommastupid

5 жыл бұрын

no it doesn't - unless you visit places outside Bangkok - Bangkok itself is super modern - the only thing that is the same is the horrible traffic

@thod4961

5 жыл бұрын

I think he meant temples still look the same...

@farshimelt

4 жыл бұрын

@@yomommastupid No comparison between traffic today and 70 yrs. ago. It's even worse now than it was 6 yrs. ago.

@farshimelt

4 жыл бұрын

@@yomommastupid Lots of concrete doesn't mean a city is "modern."

"Thailand, outpost of democracy in SE Asia, bastion of freedom in this world of ours" - sadly, like so many other things, this aspect of Thailand has also been lost to the past.

Quelle belle èpoque......

กีฬาพื้นบ้าน หนึ่งเดียวในประเทศไทย "ตะกร้อลอดห่วง"

@dosaussiethai2127

5 жыл бұрын

It seems easy enough, but I've never managed to get Takro into the basket even once in my whole life!

@yesyes13123

2 жыл бұрын

@@dosaussiethai2127 It looks like baseketball but you use your leg

@dosaussiethai2127

2 жыл бұрын

@@yesyes13123 I know what it is. I'm Thai, after all.

@yesyes13123

2 жыл бұрын

@@dosaussiethai2127 Same

I love my country

Oh..my home.

Woahh that was amazing! The boat market seemed so crowded back there😂 Also, it’s my first time seeing a tram running in the city Lol Just love how neat and clean it was. Time machine needed!!

@jotcw81

5 жыл бұрын

If I am not mistaken there are still some locations where you can see remnants of tram tracks, near ผ่านฟ้า if I remember correctly. 2bangkok.com used to have an article about it.

@yesyes13123

2 жыл бұрын

@@jotcw81 The tram is discontinued now, it has introduced when king rama 5 regime, he got the idea from the europeans. My dad was borned around 1959 and that time there is still trams in กรุงเทพ​ but not much. (sorry for my bad grammar)

😍😍

หาดูไม่ได้แล้ว ขอบคุณครับ

Wow! Thai women without cellphones!

ผมภูมิ​ใจที่ได้เกิดเป็นคนไทย​ ผมรักประเทศไทย​ ผมเกิดปี​ 2516

@thailand6989

5 жыл бұрын

แก่ยัง2516

In Bangkok today live many light skin Chinese people.quite different from before. I don’t like Bangkok today but I like it before.

คิดถึงในหลวง🎗

ใช้AI ทำให้ภาพใันชัดหน่อย

cool 😎

I was bron in 1953 BC.

@hilatchikkakul8980

6 жыл бұрын

Oh! So you must be now 2017 - (-1953) = 2970 years old now. Haha. Just kidding. I know what you mean. You should say only 'I was born in 1953.' because 1953 BC means 1953 years 'before christ'.

@theuseful2006

5 жыл бұрын

สิบสาม แซ่อี้ Now you 66 years old.

@dolsopolar

5 жыл бұрын

มึงอยู่ยุคสำริดหรอสาาสสส

@sarakayo9985

5 жыл бұрын

@@hilatchikkakul8980 3970 not 2970

@hilatchikkakul8980

5 жыл бұрын

@@sarakayo9985 thx

Anna and the king was about King Mongkut, Chulalonghorn's father.

Wow..... It good to see my country in 1960s.... It good and beautiful But now there is a civil war not good anymore

I wish I was born during this era. No internet and less foreign influence on countries