My mom grew up in the northern Bronx, was 15 in 1931. Irish English ancestry , St. Ursula’s Academy. Met my Irish american dad in 1934, married at St Pats Cathedral NYC in 1935.
Very cool. Thanks for sharing! St. Patrick's Cathedral is probably the most breathtaking and surreal places I've ever seen in person with my own eyes. Truly amazing! And thanks for the reminder, I need to go back and find my photos and videos from that time. My daughter, her mother and I stayed in a neat basement-level brownstone airbnb place in the Bronx for a week in 2015, and it was definitely a unique place that I bet has always been, and will always be, so. Very lively.
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@@drunolan5656 that must be the St Ursula in Bedford Park.
Grandmothers Uncle migrated from Vela Luka , Croatia to NYC 1910 and lived and died in the Bronx How strange this must have all seemed compared to his village back home . His other two brothers went to California . Fascinating to see what he would have seen daily .
I have family members that tell the stories of their grandparents and other relatives living in the Bronx in the 1920s and 1930s that came from Italy. Very interesting.
I remember everything swiftly changing between 1965-1970. Overnight, it seemed, graffiti all over the subway cars. And spiraling downward from then on. Wakefield seemed to hold on pretty good until the late '70s. I visited in 2010 and it looked like Haiti or Jamaica near 241st Street IRT last stop.
I agree, it would be very interesting if someone discovered as an older adult that they were part of an old film like this as a child and to see their reactions.
I am a Brooklyn boy who is raised in Philadelphia, but love the history of New York. I am a new subscriber and looking forward to your videos to come..
I remember growing up in the early 60s time's were tough and true how everyone helped their neighbors in need 👍later on in 69 bldgs were being condemned and 😢
Times have changed a lot, for sure. Good old "urban renewal projects": benefiting the rich (usually white) at the expense of the poor. Well maybe times haven't changed so much in some ways.
Thank you ! I literally had to turn the volume off because this guys was ruining the video either his over-narration. “ Silence speaks louder than words “ he says, and he needs let the footage speak for itself.
@@UncoveredEnigmas I think this is public domain. th-cam.com/video/f1YNitdHR0U/w-d-xo.html filmed the same Year that Michael Rockefeller disappeared in the same area.
Not sure he had an option to record in those days. There was portable sound technology but it was pretty clunky (Edison's first recording device was a long time before this).
I literally had to turn the volume off because the beauty and interest of the wonderful footage is being ruined by over-narration. “ Silence speaks louder than words “ he says, and so he needs let the footage speak for itself.
Italian and Jewish? There were a great number of Irish too. The 1930's and 1940's were probably the hieght og the Bronx's life. Why has it plumeted? I was lucky to live there in the 1940's and 50's
I used to take the IRT from 241st St and WPR in 1965, to 30th and Lexington. No graffiti, no crime, as mostly young white office workers boarded until about West Farms on their way to Manhattan. By the early '70s it all had "changed", if you get my meaning.
The Cross Bronx Expressway was absolutely pivotal in solidifying and widening the cultural and economic gaps between the residents of north and south Bronx. It really is a shame for so many families that Mr. Moses was able to accomplish all that he did for the old rich white man.
I appreciate the importance of the film, but it was a let down. I normally am fascinated by old film footage and old photographs, it always feels like time travel to me. But at no time did it feel like the Bronx, and the filmmaker spent too much time focusing on an arm here, legs there, feet,etc. And everyone here is right in saying the film did not need narration.
Thank you for sharing your thoughts on the video. I genuinely appreciate your feedback, and I apologize if the narration and audio caused any annoyance. As you rightly pointed out, the original filmmaker’s artistic choices may have influenced the overall experience. My intention was to provide context to, and information about, the original film; but I now understand that it may have been excessive. I am sorry to anyone who apparently experienced rage, due to the audio in this TH-cam video; I wouldn't have expected such intense reactions, but I'm realizing how important things like that can be to some. I'm still living and learning, I suppose. Moving forward, I’ll take your comments to heart and work on striking a better balance. Constructive criticism helps me grow, and I’m committed to enhancing and improving future content. Thank you for patience as we refine our approach.
They only went after their own, no woman or children were harmed. Kids can walk the streets without any problems. Seems like everybody but you knows the common denominator here.
@@marcotelli1601 It is thee that needs to research! If only you knew how many none mafia people's lives were ruined by the mafia. It was comply or a bullet. It is people like you that fantasy what they stood for. Go look it up. Thee has been educated.
@@derekprospero stop with the '"Progressive" dog whistle crap. My grandparents, parents and I are all from the Bronx, starting in 1908. Morris Ave., Fairmount Place, St Mary's Park, Beekman Ave. It's doing great on the Lower Concourse, Mosholu Pkwy and Riverdale. Even the Little Italy in Tremont is caving to the new Mob from Armenia. I preferred the old Mob, who kept tabs on the street thugs.
@@michaelmeltzer3397 Oh we all know what you meant, and why you didn't say it. That "old mob" you prefer were just a different flavor of scumbag that extorted hard working Italian-Americans like my father and grandfather. And what tabs? Things were horrible. Today I can walk from Fordham to Pelham, day or night, without any concern. You'd be crazy to do that in the 1980s. Check the crime stats--- they've plummeted across the board . But I guess facts are woke now. Like I said, we all know what you meant.
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Terrible shows hardly any streets. Just close up’s of people. Worst Bronx film I ever saw.
Thanks for the feedback. Hey, I did my best with those ancient pixels. If you can conjure up a pristine original, I’ll happily give it another shot! Until then, I’ll just be appreciating your helpful input
![New York 1940s, Bronx in color [60fps, Remastered] w/sound design added](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/tPod50TjUSk/mqdefault.jpg)
My mom grew up in the northern Bronx, was 15 in 1931. Irish English ancestry , St. Ursula’s Academy. Met my Irish american dad in 1934, married at St Pats Cathedral NYC in 1935.
Very cool. Thanks for sharing! St. Patrick's Cathedral is probably the most breathtaking and surreal places I've ever seen in person with my own eyes. Truly amazing!
And thanks for the reminder, I need to go back and find my photos and videos from that time. My daughter, her mother and I stayed in a neat basement-level brownstone airbnb place in the Bronx for a week in 2015, and it was definitely a unique place that I bet has always been, and will always be, so. Very lively.
@@drunolan5656 that must be the St Ursula in Bedford Park.
Grandmothers Uncle migrated from Vela Luka , Croatia to NYC 1910 and lived and died in the Bronx
How strange this must have all seemed compared to his village back home . His other two brothers went to California . Fascinating to see what he would have seen daily .
I immediately shut the sound so the film could be viewed as intended. Silence is the Answer.
I have family members that tell the stories of their grandparents and other relatives living in the Bronx in the 1920s and 1930s that came from Italy. Very interesting.
Despite the great depression the Bronx was a lot better then it was now.
241st Street WPR looks like Jamaica, Haiti or Trinidad. Third-world shitty signs too.
Film is literature...
This piece of film is poetry...
Before the post WW 2 demographic shifts made large parts of the Bronx unlivable by the late 1960's.
The Bronx was a wasteland in the 60's and 70's.
I remember everything swiftly changing between 1965-1970. Overnight, it seemed, graffiti all over the subway cars. And spiraling downward from then on. Wakefield seemed to hold on pretty good until the late '70s. I visited in 2010 and it looked like Haiti or Jamaica near 241st Street IRT last stop.
Would be very cool if some of those babies were still alive and could see this. It's epic.
I agree, it would be very interesting if someone discovered as an older adult that they were part of an old film like this as a child and to see their reactions.
..the music is certainly louder than the words ...jeeez!
Very irritating indeed.
I am a Brooklyn boy who is raised in Philadelphia, but love the history of New York. I am a new subscriber and looking forward to your videos to come..
Awesome! Thank you! New York is a fascinating place.
I remember growing up in the early 60s time's were tough and true how everyone helped their neighbors in need 👍later on in 69 bldgs were being condemned and 😢
Times have changed a lot, for sure. Good old "urban renewal projects": benefiting the rich (usually white) at the expense of the poor. Well maybe times haven't changed so much in some ways.
Ironic, the narrator extols the virtues of silent film but runs his mouth during the entire film.
Thank you ! I literally had to turn the volume off because this guys was ruining the video either his over-narration.
“ Silence speaks louder than words “ he says, and he needs let the footage speak for itself.
Also, the background of inane music is irritating.
Hard to believe the small children and babies if they are alive are now in their 90s.
Thankyou
Very nice, thanks.
So sad because all those children and people passed away 😪
They are now, where we will soon be.
OK, why if "silence is louder than words" is there an added voice-over?
Very irritating music/narration!
I'm sure you have seen this, well worth watching, a favourite of mine, Man with a Movie Camera (1929) Dziga Vertov
I don’t think I have. I’ll check it out. Thanks!
yes, search the Mosfilm archive..
@@UncoveredEnigmas I think this is public domain. th-cam.com/video/f1YNitdHR0U/w-d-xo.html
filmed the same Year that Michael Rockefeller disappeared in the same area.
Not sure he had an option to record in those days. There was portable sound technology but it was pretty clunky (Edison's first recording device was a long time before this).
If the guy would shut up and just show the film.
DITTOS!
The "Good Old Days" ? I n some ways yes, others not.
Why is the background music is so fing loud?
Terrible doc film.
I literally had to turn the volume off because the beauty and interest of the wonderful footage is being ruined by over-narration.
“ Silence speaks louder than words “ he says, and so he needs let the footage speak for itself.
Italian and Jewish? There were a great number of Irish too. The 1930's and 1940's were probably the hieght og the Bronx's life. Why has it plumeted? I was lucky to live there in the 1940's and 50's
I used to take the IRT from 241st St and WPR in 1965, to 30th and Lexington. No graffiti, no crime, as mostly young white office workers boarded until about West Farms on their way to Manhattan. By the early '70s it all had "changed", if you get my meaning.
Interesting artifact. Shows sensitivity but holds too tight on to one 'thing'.
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Thanks
The narrator RUINs the video….turn off the sound if you watch
A shame Robert Moses, redlining, co op city ruined the fabric of what the Bronx was, as small town in the big city.
The Cross Bronx Expressway was absolutely pivotal in solidifying and widening the cultural and economic gaps between the residents of north and south Bronx. It really is a shame for so many families that Mr. Moses was able to accomplish all that he did for the old rich white man.
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no crime people left there doors o pen most European people
Don't know but it happened
The difficult times have returned. The" NEW DEAL" didn`t arrive until 1933.
This would have been a great watch…if only the narrator shut his mouth!
I appreciate the importance of the film, but it was a let down. I normally am fascinated by old film footage and old photographs, it always feels like time travel to me. But at no time did it feel like the Bronx, and the filmmaker spent too much time focusing on an arm here, legs there, feet,etc. And everyone here is right in saying the film did not need narration.
Thank you for sharing your thoughts on the video. I genuinely appreciate your feedback, and I apologize if the narration and audio caused any annoyance. As you rightly pointed out, the original filmmaker’s artistic choices may have influenced the overall experience. My intention was to provide context to, and information about, the original film; but I now understand that it may have been excessive. I am sorry to anyone who apparently experienced rage, due to the audio in this TH-cam video; I wouldn't have expected such intense reactions, but I'm realizing how important things like that can be to some. I'm still living and learning, I suppose.
Moving forward, I’ll take your comments to heart and work on striking a better balance. Constructive criticism helps me grow, and I’m committed to enhancing and improving future content. Thank you for patience as we refine our approach.
The Bronx isn't a city it's a borough.
Pretty crude, reall showed nothing. Lots of feet. :No land marks
Not a great video. Very few images that would tell you this is the Bronx.
I could have easily mistaken it for Brooklyn. I agree.
Oh the white era
Don't y'all be fooled by the ...niceities! Cos just round the corner,the mafia sits waits n watches as gunfire is heard in every speakeasy in town!
Whoa, whoa there tuff guy. Take it easy, before I smack ya one. I outta, let me tell ya there babalubbie.
Great video Mr Video man.
They only went after their own, no woman or children were harmed. Kids can walk the streets without any problems. Seems like everybody but you knows the common denominator here.
@@marcotelli1601
It is thee that needs to research!
If only you knew how many none mafia people's lives were ruined by the mafia.
It was comply or a bullet.
It is people like you that fantasy what they stood for.
Go look it up.
Thee has been educated.
Wow. No graffiti, garbage or punks on every corner. What happened? Oh I forgot. Never mind.
Aren’t you cute with your dog whistle. I’ve lived in the Bronx for 45 years. It’s doing great, thanks.
@@derekprospero stop with the '"Progressive" dog whistle crap. My grandparents, parents and I are all from the Bronx, starting in 1908. Morris Ave., Fairmount Place, St Mary's Park, Beekman Ave. It's doing great on the Lower Concourse, Mosholu Pkwy and Riverdale. Even the Little Italy in Tremont is caving to the new Mob from Armenia. I preferred the old Mob, who kept tabs on the street thugs.
@@michaelmeltzer3397 Oh we all know what you meant, and why you didn't say it. That "old mob" you prefer were just a different flavor of scumbag that extorted hard working Italian-Americans like my father and grandfather. And what tabs? Things were horrible. Today I can walk from Fordham to Pelham, day or night, without any concern. You'd be crazy to do that in the 1980s. Check the crime stats--- they've plummeted across the board . But I guess facts are woke now. Like I said, we all know what you meant.
Terrible shows hardly any streets. Just close up’s of people. Worst Bronx film I ever saw.
You nailed it.
Just another awful “restoration”.
Thanks for the feedback. Hey, I did my best with those ancient pixels. If you can conjure up a pristine original, I’ll happily give it another shot! Until then, I’ll just be appreciating your helpful input