Connecticut, 1947
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- Overview of the state of Connecticut in 1947. To purchase a clean DVD or digital download of this film for personal home use or educational use contact us at questions@archivefarms.com. To license footage from this film for commercial use visit: www.travelfilmarchive.com
The first shot of the bridge over the Merritt was instantly recognizable.
Lifelong CT resident here. It is so sad to see where the state has gone... I love CT and its beauty and rich history.
I was born at St Vincent Hospital on June 13th 1960 on the 17th my birth mother left me @ a Greek orthodox church ...I was 4 days old. Anyways I was given a haircut to a customer and asked him where he was from he told me Connecticut, I said that's where I was born. Asked him about Bridgeport where I was born he said oh no don't be proud of Bridgeport. Now I understand why.
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Was raised in Orlando Fla. Now I live in Carson City,Nevada
@@levemebrandall4016 have you ever visited ct
@@yogiballa,No intentions of seeing Connecticut...I know that even the cemetery in Bridgeport is unkept and graffiti along with tombstones being destroyed.
I'm sure that being born in the state of Connecticut is really nothing to be proud of.
Slum City
@@levemebrandall4016 Excuse me. I know Bpt too, and I think it had a LOT to offer in terms of culture and recreation. If people don't like seeing poverty, then they should elect the people who will truly DO something about it. But instead, they just stick to their political ideologies and vote for the corrupt career politicians who just pocket the $$$. Actually, Mayor Ganim is someone who's actually doing something to keep Bpt relevant. Yeah, yeah, he's got a criminal record, but big whoop. He gave city contracts to his buddies, no one in Bpt cares. That's why they elected him again. And they'll keep him there for a long time. He DOES things for the city. He brought the stadium and entertainment arena to Bpt. and a whole lot more. So maybe some folks see Bridgeport through negative lenses, but if you take those off there's a ton of beauty and history in the good ole' Park City. Bridgeport will always adapt to the changing times.
Although circumstances may seem somewhat grim now, don’t lose hope in the state. Despite the economic, cultural, and political tides which have influenced the state in more recent times, I firmly believe Connecticut will be restored to its once great beauty. Although not as easy to find these days, the old blood does run deep throughout the state. I believe the Connecticut is yet to see its greatest days.
I'm 93, born and raised in New Haven. This video tugged at my heart strings because Ct. has changed so much. I left Ct when I was 33. Up to that time it was a great place but one could see the unfortunate changes gaining momentum. It is not just Ct., it is the whole country. You can see it all on You tube.
It's called change Edward. You can't stay in one place. Even you didn't stay in one place. This country is an ever evolving mixture of world cultures. We should be celebrating the diversity in our people, not shunning it. Step into the world Edward. Hold out your hand and shake someone else's hand. Life is too short to live in yesterday's bubble. peace
I agree Edward. The changes in our society have nothing to do with other cultures or people but the slow dying of our nation. It was a far better world than now.
@@imbwildrd3693 At any point there are a nigh-infinitely many possible directions in which change can go. The directions that one considers to be good or bad depend on the axioms they hold. Maybe he just believes different axioms from you.
@@imbwildrd3693 are you insane , the country is ruined and becoming severely racially incoherent , sad times were living in
Stop believing that Fox “News” is anything except anti-left opinions. Also look back at the *tens of millions* of Irish, Polish, German, Italian and other immigrants who populated the U.S. in the mid-1800s to early 1900s.
"Unspoiled rural charm". I wish the makers of this could see connecticut now.
Some parts of the state are still like that.
Stafford, union, Litchfield
Come to the 'Swamp Yankee Triangle', we're still mostly woods towns. South Glastonbury to Branford to Lyme. The sound of gunshots just mean its deer rifle season.
S A most definitely. A lot of the state is rural. Even the heavily populated area still have woods and farms
everything east of storrs and north of norwich is like that. Eastern CT is beautiful.
I wish I could have known that Connecticut
Way too late for that.
I was born in Connecticut in 1947. I now live in Iowa, which in some ways reminds me of those days.
@@c.t.2252 Same year for me. Northeast parts.
Western parts for me. We were lucky to grow up in that time and place.
From the western frontier you'd remember the Danbury Fair then.
Amazing that Fairfield County was totally ignored: No Bridgeport (or PT Barnum) or Stamford mentioned at all! Also skipped over Mark Twain, the Shakespeare Festival in Stratford and so much more. Well, it's all gone now anyway. CT is a shell of what it once was.
And now GE is gone... all thanks to Dan Malloy
lednew2010 i know i moved forever ten years ago ct it a craphole now . An expensive one at that
You’re right. A lot of history omitted
Mark Twains house is still there and open to viewing. Lednew is clueless.
@@Vlad68RLH It was a six minute short, makes sense
They forgot to mention that the Naugatuck River was an open sanitary and industrial waste sewer flowing into the brown, not blue, Long Island Sound.
Very interesting look at my home state's history. Fast forward 71 years and I can't wait to move out of here!
58 years here.
In 1995 I saw the writing on the wall and was able to convince my wife to move to Nashville for a job offer. 3 years later I let her talk me into moving back.
I nag her daily over that. Last fall we visited Nashville which is booming and man, now I bitch at her even more!!!!
I remember when I was kid in the early 70s going with my mom to go for a walk to get my grandma. Who lived on wood st. In West Haven and worked at Armstrong rubber company. All I really remember is how many people poured out of that big factory at the end of the day. Amazing to me still to this day. Where did those big beautiful factories go. Oh let me guess over seas!!! What a shame
I worked at Armstrong. At 93, I can remember when one could buy a beach cottage, not far from Savin Rock Amusment Park, for 500dollars. My parents talked about it but didn't have the money.
best way to see ct is in the rearview mirror.
Sadly
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I don’t get it....
Wait...
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The area and land is beautiful, but the spend and tax system has made it the second highest for taxes. There are super rich areas.... and get away from the Urban areas and it can be quite nice. Go into Willimantic, Norwich, Bridgeport, Hartford... ETC..... and what a shithole.
david s. My neighborhood in Bridgeport used to be quiet few years ago, now it's a shit hole.
Back when Connecticut was an industrial State and before the government bought out most of the dairy farms. Before the endless miles of strip malls and box stores and junk food suppliers.
Interesting that the narrator mispronounced both the name of Groton and the Thames Rivers?!
The government didn't buy out any dairy farms. They did buy development rights to preserve farmland
Thames was pronounced correctly
Actually in connecticut we say it with a long a. We dont use the English pronunciation that sounds like tems.
I was thinking the same thing about Groton and Thames. Before I worked in New London, I always thought it was pronounced like the English Thames, but no, I quickly learned it was THAYMES.
a Tobacco field here in south windsor is now a Golf Course, and others now have houses built on them
kevin chagnot which one? Topstone or Willow Brook? My house is built on once farmland.
Enfield has hella tabacco fields they are all transferring over to hops
barefoot arizona CT tobacco is known Worldwide. It is nearly flavorless and is exported to the Dominican Republic to be used as cigar wrappers on dominican cigar. There is no place in the world that yet is able to grow CT tobacco in the same way
@@Ibelikemj topstone....willow brook is now closed for good....the Shepard family owned the land and willow brook
Lived in CT all my life. Even visiting my grandparents here in the late 90's/early 00's was completely different experience than today. Wish I could go back. My great grandfather built the house I now own in 1930, when it was still just woodland.
I moved to CT 42 years ago. While all of the world has changed my 70 years on the planet, our lovely town on the Connecticut River is still beautiful and a real place to live.
It all went to shit... I wish I could see the state back when Waterbury didn’t look like Detroit. It just seems like that the state is loosening more people then we are gaining, it’s a downward spiral and it doesn’t look like it’s going to get better.
Gunter G we are we are loosen 20-30 and 60 and over popularition
Had to go to Waterbury recently. I was shocked. The town green looked like an ep of the walking dead.
thats what happens when democrats have control.
drummist 515 The Republicans in our state aren’t very good either. Roland did nothing. Being that we have areospace, insurance, hedge funds, close to nyc and Boston and manufacturing still. Most with talent, education, competitive drive, leadership skills usually don’t go into politics. We are in a pickle. Taxes are way to high yet we need money to fund shit we need.
papa sodipops Don't blame black people, blame the greedy politicians cough cough Dan Malloy
Wow there is a lot of Anger..
and its coming from the libtards....You know who you are........
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I don't think it's the libtards. I'm a conservative and I dislike it too. People hate it because we lived through it and still do. The liberals are destroying Conn.
@@juliemnm8273 Nope. It's coming from whiny ass conservatives who hate the state they live in, complain about it endlessly, yet never move their fat asses out of it.
@@joewoodchuck3824 The top income tax rate during the 50s was 91%. It was Republican DEREGULATION, due to out of control capitalism, mostly starting with the Reagan years that has cause a lot of problems all over the country. Giant corporations come in and wipe out small business and build on land that should have been preserved. You have no clue who the real enemy is.
I go to Nathan Hale's home every Sunday in the summer for the Coventry Farmers Market....voted the best farmers market in New England!
im from RI and windham county and north new london county still have this charm.
Yeah! Windham (minus Willimantic), Tolland and New London counties (besides New London, Groton and Norwich) are still unspoilt charming towns. EastCT for the win
It's also astonishingly boring.
I’m 13 and I think my grand parents were lucky to live in this Connecticut
It doesn’t seem like it as great as it used to be... it’s really a shame.
Not any more
At the time of this film, it made you proud of CT. Now, not so much to be proud of what with all the political in fighting. I moved to Hartford in 1972 and saw first hand the demise of downtown with the closing of the once great retail stores like G. Fox, Sage-Allen etc. I hope they can do something to rejuvenate downtown Hartford and make it inviting to visit. Friends in the suburbs still don't like to come into downtown. There are still rowdy kids and gangs hanging around. Disturbing.
If the country would stop fighting useless wars there'd be more money for infrastructure and healthcare, etc. We waste too much of our precious human and other resources for absolutely nothing.
All I know about Hartford is 50 cent
Stop it it’s not that bad trust your kids probably go there to hang out and party plenty of upper middle class like to hang out in Hartford.
Anything can be glamorous through film.
Wow ! A very different Connecticut!
As a native from CT I can say this is really an old film. I wish it was like this, but today in 2024 it's deteriorated.
This is the sad part about this story.
"blue water of long Island sounds" lol.
More like brown!
I live on the shoreline and the Sound is way much better & cleaner than it was say 30 years ago. Its cleaner but when it gets too warm the bacteria rears it's ugly head. And that's brought on buy all of the mis-use and ignoring dumping guidelines.
Classic!
0:43 for a view, albeit quick, of the classic Merritt Parkway
I wish we still had a real manufacturing presence here. Changing from an industrial to services based economy is # 1 biggest mistake this country has ever made.
As we say in Connecticut, "That was thoroughly enjoyable."
Now we say in Connecticut Stop talking my money you thieves! , you kill are jobs and you want more money
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Do we say that?
I just got excited when they mentioned New London
Thanks a lot Malloy
And Lamont.
@@mirzaahmed6589 I still can’t believe we weren’t smart enough to not vote for the democrat this time. The voters in this state seem to only think in terms of “democrat good republican bad” without considering the fact that our state is in ruins.
@@ZealousSeraphim The Republican Party is filled with unintelligent lunatics who worship an infantile conman criminal. The have absolutely no interest in improving this nation, nor have they expressed any sensible plans to improve it. All they want to do is further enrich their billionaire friends and appease religious fundamentalist nutjobs.
I was born and lived in. Bpt conn when everybody knew everybody and ball in the street hide n seek it was a time of greatness what happened it's a sin
What happened?
@@papasodipops9992 The top income tax rate during the 50s was 91%. It was Republican DEREGULATION, due to out of control capitalism, mostly starting with the Reagan years that has cause a lot of problems all over the country. Giant corporations come in and wipe out small business and build on land that should have been preserved.
@@victoire614 Except all of the corporations left Bridgeport, once the Industrial Gem of the Northeast. This was decades before Reagan. Detroit fell off in the early 60's and slowly but surely, so did the rest of the nation.
Grew up in Meriden CT and it has become slum, had to leave. So sad to see what has become of CT today. Nice place if your very rich but the 99% are struggling. Even with my many degrees, I couldn't afford to live there, so had to move. Use to work in Hartford at law firm, had a bum throw a beer on my coworker as we walked to our car after work. Not safe for even walking. People work insane hours to keep up, causing them to drink for fun on days off. Then there's the large population that don't even work, very much a welfare state. Lots of drug use. They don't care about having nice yard, they throw trash everywhere and like it that way. No way any farms can last there, all gone now, land and taxes way too high. Also lived in New Haven for few years while going to college and it's so crime filled now and dumpy, poor Yale. Jobs are long gone. CT will never be what it use to be. Makes me so very sad. We're headed in wrong direction.
Being from Connecticut, I can just say that I'm embarrassed
Matt McGovern I totally agree Matt, CT used to be BEAUTIFUL now it’s a SHIT HOLE!😢💔TAXES are RIDICULOUS!
Shut up. I'm embarrassed you from ct I mean look at u hippy
Quietstorm7 Soy-boy
@@tec61 The top income tax rate during the 50s was 91%. It was Republican DEREGULATION, due to out of control capitalism, mostly starting with the Reagan years that has cause a lot of problems all over the country. Giant corporations come in and wipe out small business and build on land that should have been preserved. You have no clue who the real enemy is.
Wow hartford used to look so beautiful. Sad to see what can happen :/
My home state... before I-95 was built. I wonder if Fairfield County is in the video.
Railer505 my grandfather had a house on taymor Drive right on the lake it was beautiful back in the 60s and 70s.
My home state. It used to be lovely and prosperous. Sad what has become of it.
I live on the edge it is very pretty and I know a spot to swim the water is so pure , nice scenic cruise roads.
These old documentaries sure made life look swell
Still some nice landscape around.
Connecticut used to be a state of unparalleled beauty and prosperity,... what happened? :(
Pretty much all of Windham county besides Willimantic and Putnam are still unspoiled as with Most of New London County besides New London, some of Groton and Norwich, and Most of Tolland County and Litchfield county, Its all the Southwest counties and Hartford that suck.
@I Ride Eternal, Shiny and Chrome and here I stand in the ruins of osgiliath
New Yorkers and Massholes who destroyed their homes have been flooding in over the decades and voting for the same policies that destroyed their states.
Why is it shaped different back then
Just a bad map.
That’s what I said. I literally paused the video and stared at the map for ten minutes. I’m like wtf is that?
Blac Magic SAME! I was so confused 😂😂😂
@_ Nah, RI is there, just hard to see on that crazy bad map.
It looked like Ohio.
My grandma lives in bethany near new haven. Love going up there. Pepes, Sally's, moderns, earnies gooood aff
We lost the tobacco barns this year 😢. Farms in Litchfield county are just something pretty to look at, owned by the filthy rich, you can count the real farms there on 1 hand. One farm on dark entry road even has a motion detector which turns on a makeshift conveyor and moves the same hay all summer !😂
This video was obviously produced in honor of my birth year there, so I want a cut of the royalties. :-):-) :-)
I don't think you were the only person born in CT in 1947.
@@mirzaahmed6589 I'm shocked I wasn't the only one. The statues and commemorative paintings of me will have to come down then? I did go on to invent the cordless pocket knife after all, even if they never did really catch on.
Tobacco is definitely not the most profitable crop these days in Connecticut...
Bradley House idk might be I live in the tobacco valley.
@@nonyobussiness3440 let me know when tobacco hits $400 an ounce...
Bradley House weed isn’t legal here. Mass it is but weed isn’t grown here in a mass production type since.
@@nonyobussiness3440 tell that to Advanced Grow Labs 'AGL' Curaleaf, and CT Pharmaceutical Solutions , All Ct growers. The building that Bluepoint Wellness Center in Bradford is located in in an old bank, I will guarantee that place sees more cash passed over the counter than the bank ever did.
Bradley House whatever.
Thanks for the upload!! Actress Glenn Close was born in Greenwich in 1947.. XD
Connecticut, so little to mention, we'll go over it all twice! Long Island Sound... "unparalleled" thrills. LOL!!!!
Can I use clips from this video ?
Unchecked suburban development has destroyed most of Connecticut's beauty. Even in its most rural areas home building and commercial highway development has made a unblemished Vista impossible. No farms along the Merritt or any turnpike anymore.
I love CT I really do born n raised but it hard to make a living these days. Tax's n rent r too high n to even make it here u either got to have a good job or ur working three job just to have and apartment n pay for utilities n food n rent
Bridgeport was the 3rd largest city back then and Hartford was the biggest. And Bridgeport was never even that much of a booming city. That just shows how far downhill Hartford went. No one dares move to Hartford anymore. people only move out of Hartford.
So cool! Thanks.
I'm from Washington (the state.) I'm amazed there was absolutely no mention of Miles Standish or John Mason. My 9th great grandfather fought in the Pequot war, which resulted in Uncas befriending the English and selling land to the settlers, thus founding Norwich.
My 1st grade teacher in Lebanon Ct. Was Mrs. Standish.She was a direct descendant of Miles Standish
@@krobinson5992 dude that is totally badass! My dad's side of the family goes back to my 9th great grandpa, Richard Edgerton, who was in the Pequot war. But then his grandson, (my 7th ggpa) married Alice Ripley, who was the daughter of Hannah Bradford, who was the daughter of William Bradford. So Braford is also one of my 9th ggpas. All proven through legal documents and DNA testing.
Also, my 8th great uncle was the first tobacco farmer in Lebanon.
A lot of the fields are still there and are active tobacco farms
The barns got leveled this past summer 😢
@@bobbyboombatz1489 Sounds like some Great Reset shizzle..
Sickening to see how are state WAS!
jerry carrierauit being a drama queen.ct is a great state.you are just stuck back in the 1950s and miss your so called good old days.Iam sure that you are a registered republican who misses the good ole days ( a racist term)
you should move to Mississippi and you can live in those good ole days...........
Wow the only racist here is you .
Marco1985 ORVISINI Connecticut is still a white state, we have the right to want to keep it that way ya know. You seemingly freaking out at thing is childish, and mysterious in itself.
Take you meds you stupid Fool......BTW it was better, you weren't in it. 1985, that year SUCKED!
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What about Waterbury and all the brass works?
Back in the day when we were relivent
Want to bet the Tobacco farm is now a subdivision ?
Conn.is now the plywood state.everything is boarded up.
So sick of everyone putting down CT. I love it here.
Why blame the unions??? Blame the factory owners and investment capitalist like Blackstone, Caryle Group, Bain, that bought the factories and shipped the jobs overseas and left them, the empty factories for us to look at. blame Reagan for busting the unions and starting the carried interest loophole tax, that allows these robber barons to pay less taxes then avg people..dont blame middle class or unions..unions provided good middle class jobs and protected workers...your wrong pal....
Good stay there asshole
Living here in CT is much different than in real life
Change yourself. You can do it with work and one day at a time!
peaceful hahaha go to bridgeport or new haven
lol
Most of connecticut gone to shit
8 years later. I wonder how evolved you are these days.
@@arafchowdhury8196 The west part has, mostly Fairfield, New Haven, Hartford and some towns in Middlesex. Pretty much all of Windham county besides Willimantic and Putnam are still unspoiled as with Most of New London County besides New London, some of Groton and Norwich, and Most of Tolland County and of Litchfield are still doing well.
My dad was 1 years old!!
lol... I wish it was as charming as it is in this video
Connecticut was shaped like a home plate back then.
I cant believe I recognize these places
narrator spelled "Groton" different than we do today
the old english way!
Pronounced. The spelling is exactly the same.
Connecticut should start require to show gold star id to use public transportation ie buses and trains. This would eliminate the ones breaking the law and force them to legally identify themselves or sign up for citizenship. I got no problem with legal US citizens of any color race or nationality.
What the hell is Grooton. lol. Thought it was Groton.
You know, you talk about the slummy cities, etc. but it hurts me to see what a lovely little town like Glastonbury has become since the 50s. Now it’s all “developed” with commercial sprawl everywhere and it’s really ruined what was once a sweet little town.
My home state and I can't wait to sell and get the hell out.It is finished.
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4 sure they ruined it
Bridgeport
peace and love to all
Not like that anymore , i left forever 10 years ago . Sad where i grew up is a shithole now
"Grow-tin" rofl
This state was so beautiful what happened :(
still beautiful… your thinking is ugly
Corruption, lots of bad drivers w/ road rage, rising crime, etc. Now it only has a few nice areas but the rest of the state...not so nice.
2:25 looks like the Montgomery building in Windsor Locks
Litchfield County is still gorgeous
Same with Windham and Tolland, everyone who thinks CT thinks Hartford, New Haven, Fairfield county.
Connecticut, a bastion of WASP lore before it became what it is today....
Look at Connecticut now...
Connecticut's decline was accelerated by Lowell Weickers income tax.
7 days before I was born
That's my birth place and year. It's spelled wrong though. I spell it Connectishit.
Wow what happened
Pretty much all of Windham county besides Willimantic and Putnam is still unspoiled, Most of New London County besides New London, most of Groton and Norwich, and Most of Tolland County and Plenty of Litchfield is still like this,
facial recognition is coming to a town near you folks.
Unfortunately your right!!!!
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@@mainmelo2754 Who cares if people are dying? We're all born with a death sentence anyway. 😊
4:15 “seventeen one”
going through ellis island legally is lawful entry.
Rhode Island too
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The top income tax rate during the 50s was 91%. It was Republican DEREGULATION, due to out of control capitalism, mostly starting with the Reagan years that has cause a lot of problems all over the country. Giant corporations come in and wipe out small business and build on land that should have been preserved.
“Blue water of Long Island sound” i think he means emerald green waters 😂
"The War Between the States." Nobody uses that term these days.
Birthplace of Benedict Arnold as well!
Where was I at the moment? WTF?
I’m born and raised in sorry ass CT. High taxes, boredom, etc..
4:45 It's pronounced just as it's spelled: Thames. 4:55 For that matter, Groton is pronounced GROTT-in.
A sanctuary state !!!!
Talk about a bygone era. No pride in manufacturing today.
Back before our Capitol City became a dystopic Welfare Colony.
lmao this comment section is mostly just people being annoyed about how Connecticut isn’t predominantly white anymore.
I'm a South Asian immigrant and I am just as annoyed. It's not racist to demand a better quality of life.