Malta and Maltese life in the 1950s
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 21 ต.ค. 2024
- Scenes taken from private family footage depicting life back in the 1950s in Malta (still a British colony).
Filmed on 8mm by Joseph Cassar.
Like his tribute page on Facebook: / surcassar
I have been a professional videographer and cinematographer for 30 years and this is one of the best photographed home movies I have ever seen. The cinematographer has a natural ability for visual story telling. Very nice slice of history well told.
Beautiful film and sums up Maltese family life in the 1950s.I was born in Malta in 1954 and lived in St Pauls Bay . The film at 7minutes 30 seconds shows St Paul Bay and brings back wonderful memories of walking along that same road with Nanna and Nannu. Very emotional watching the film and thank you for putting it on TH-cam.
Sue B .
I'm touched by your kind words. Apologies for my tardiness in replying. Luigi Cassar Manghi
My mother was Maltese, but I was born abroad, also in 1954. This film is a stark contrast to where I lived. I always wished I could live in Malta. Finally, I was able to come. It's lovely to see what it was like in those days. I also recognized the St. Paul's scenery. I used to walk there every morning.
Thankyou for sharing joseph..wish you good health.
I simply cannot describe my nostalgia when I see those Qui si Sana rocks, which I knew inch by inch - could walk my way safely in pitch darkness and that pill box - stincking with the left overs by those who chose to use it as a public convenience ! an unforgettable scene and time of my young life ! Also the style the young ladies dressed in. Thank you for making this clip available.
Henry Galea Souchet .
Apologies for replying late. Thank you for your thoughts. Is the late Lilian Galea Souchet related to you? In the 1970s I used to have piano lessons in her maiden home in Locker Street, Tignè, near Qui-si-Sana. She was so kind. Sometimes I pray over her grave on my way to my parents' grave. Gone is that world. What nostalgia. Thank you. Luigi Cassar Manghi
Yes Luigi, Lilian is my sister. There was certainly no need for apologies, Luigi ! Unfortunately she lost her battle with breast cancer. Meanwhile I would avail myself of this occasion to wish you and yours a Healthy, Happy and Prosperous New Year !
I love malta very beautiful island.tknx very much for sharing.
Thanks for the video, Mr. Cassar. It made me feel nostalgic for 1950s Malta.
what a brilliant video. we might not have been rich but enjoyed life and my childhood was the best in Malta. is there someone who has videos of the carnival of 1959 and 1960 with the mickey mouse and minnie mouse float
beautiful video.
Great nostalgia captured for all to see! It would be nice to see many people come forward with their own movies of scenery etc.
I enjoyed seeing the family films. Some familiar faces revived pleasant memories.
Albert Joseph Caruana .
Thank you. Apologies for the late reply. Luigi Cassar Manghi (terzogenito of Giuseppe Cassar)
Thank you so much for sharing this fantastic video. The music is great too.
altomaltes Thank you :)
Thank you for sharing. Bring back some good memories.
At 8.35..8.40 a part of Valletta Royal Opera House was still standing.
Love the clothes too. Thank you for the video.
Thnx so much joseph ghax dejjem xtaqt kun naf kief kienu jexu qabel ma twelied jien ax jien fil 1956 twelied uvera qeda niehu gost narah.nerga nejdlek grazzi min qalbi.
I like the way people looked & dressed in the 1950s, whether it was in the U.S., Europe & Malta.
I just discovered that the Cassar brothers were interned in Italy throughout WW2. They suffered quite a lot.
Magnificent video and music, thank you so much.
Chris Kind .
Much appreciated. Luigi Cassar Manghi
GRAZZI TALLI XERJGHAJT DAN JOSEPH. ...THANKS FOR SHARING IT JOSEPH . GRET FOOTAGE NOSTALGIA.
charlie Thank you. From Luigi youngest son of Joseph, now not so young!
viva malta!. nostalgia
Wonderful, the happiest time of my life....some of my relatives are buried in Malta, may they rest in peace in that emerald island...former resident of Hughes Hallet St, Sliema.
Paddy Gilfillan I care for a beautiful lady from Malta who grew up in the 50’s from Ta Xieb. She has so many wonderful stories to tell.
We lived in Dragut Street up to 1956
That was my first carnival , but i didn't see it as i was about 3 months in 1953 a few months younger than that toddler.
Amazing!
I weep for this Beautiful, unspoilt Malta....today we have Minister Ian Borg & Infrastructure Malta destroying hundreds & hundreds of tumoli agricultural land, destroying mature trees by the thousand, destroying historic buildins, polluting the air, increasing traffic congestion a hundredfold....all to build roads for CARS.
Would you have preferred to of remained British?
It prob would of meant a lot more money to invest in agriculture and public transport and it would of kept the Naval and air bases open as a major source of employment, and you would have had semi independence. Or would you still have preferred independence because despite the source of money etc you would of been independent?
I've met a few Maltese people and it seems they prefer times before independence, I could be wrong!
Would you at least of kept the monarchy?
I feel like you too, Mr. Joseph Farrugia. I weep for the Malta that I knew in the 1950s & 60s. In 2023, I hardly recognize Malta anymore. It's been ruined!
@@j.g.8494 you weep for Malta in which beggars could be seen everywhere, in which people had no social benefits or pensions, this video shows just a well doing family not the real picture of the islands.
@@keithwatson1384 only a handful of nostalgics would want to stay british. There is only contempt among the majority of the Maltese for British rule. Malta is thriving and don't listen to people who are politically biased against the current government. They conveniently forget what their party did.
@@chrisgrech7992Your comment on this video is the only negative one!
THX Nice film here .... GRAZZI HAFFNA !!!!! from Australia
Awesome
Footage taken in february as there are street decorations for the feast of st paul and alsocarnival floats which most probable was held towards end of fevruary
I remember it all so well. It is a good film and in my opinion, in 1950 the young women looked more feminine than they do these days, where now they try to look sexy rather than elegant and feminine. Many do not know the difference these days!!! It is a pity that this film is spoiled by the wrong background music which is not so local and it could have been easily accompanied by the local traditional national rhythms, in singing and in lively marches and other local primitive homemade instruments. I still remember my mother wearing the Ghonnella/Faldetta drape on her head and around her, during WW2 and up to 1945-1948.
During WW2 my mother Cettina used to hide her two-gallon paraffin can she got from secret sources to use to cook with on the " Valor" and some food/ vegetables, she got from Mqabba where we had relatives who cultivated their fields, and she walked at night, 20 miles return trip to Mqabba from Vittoriosa to get it. It was not an easy time for mothers with children and others, but in 1950 we started improving the local conditions and other states of affairs.
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I visited Malta and Gozo in 2023 for the first time. This Video shows me, how unique and beautiful these Islands were, many years ago.
In present time, its mostly dirty, ugly and overpopulated. Its kind of a shame, what happend to this ancient beauty.
Good vid, Joe Cassar. Subbed
Is it just me or did people dress better back then??
No it's not you people did everything better back then.
Yes, people did look & dress better in the 1950s. Everything changed in the late 1960s, when all standards in dress fell by the wayside.
Hasra li issa hlief bini u kranijiet m'hemmx. Ħadt gost narah dan il filmat Imma.
One thing I am critical of this wonderful film is that the music should have been Maltese.
So different now. But still a beautiful island with wonderful Maltese people. I would rather spend a week on Malta than a World Cruise.
Definitely I agree with you
so this is what British Malta was like? hmm nice. There were more happy people than there are nowadays 😅
i agree 100% when you say malta was happiest under the british
I grew up in the 1950s when Malta was British. I liked it! Better than "Italian" Malta, when those supposed Italian friends of ours BOMBED the island during World War II! On You Tube, you can see a video of the rapturous welcome that the Maltese people gave to King George VI when he visited the island at its lowest point in its history.
@@rosedunphy4310 I think you were happy because they lived as friends and not so much colonisers. The British liked Maltese people.. I lived there for 2 years.
Is it Dom Mintoff at 15.22?
LOL. He doesn't look like Mintoff at all!
ma kien jonqoshom XEJN!! mhux bhalna.. ghanda kollox u m'ghandna xejn ghax lanqas familja ta wild wiehed a taffordja trabbi ahseb w ara dawk it-tfal kollha!! beautiful videos! 2022 SUCKS!
Prosit tal video antik kemm kienu in nies ferhana !
I love ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ Malta
You would have loved Malta much more if you were here in the 1950s & 60s! The island is now RUINED!
How many people here have the last name Cassar
Its as common as Smith in England..
Maltese women are beautiful
Malta should have been like Gibraltar.
The people(at the time, I have now idea of that sentiment today) wanted to remain British, but the government of the day was too busy getting rid of every piece of British territory in the world that it really didn't care what the people thought(although a lot of the time that is what the people wanted) all due to pressure from the UN and US, and every people should have the right to self determination but if the people determine they want to be British that should be accommodated for!
@@keithwatson1384 Not sure they did want to be British, as a Brit I am glad they are Maltese. A lovely people. I know I spent 2 years of my life living there.
Andrew More they had a referendum where they decided they wanted to remain in the Empire!
Thank you hafna for sharing this video i always wanted to know what was like malta and d people in 1950 bec i was born in 1956 they were very nice and happy people.thanks again.
mela :)
They sound Tunisian
The EU have destroyed Malta 🇲🇹
Ugly and poor time. I was born in the 1956 .Life was horrible and now is also horrible .There is no such a good life ,because you born with the death sentence but you don't know when your execution hour is going to be ,also how it is going to be. Therefore in life there is nothing so great ,only suffering.
Cheer up mate. You could have been Scottish.
Beautiful video