Find Philadelphia, 1977
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 ต.ค. 2009
- A tour of the sights of Philadelphia in the late 1970s. To purchase a clean DVD or digital download of this film for personal home use or educational use only contact us at questions@archivesfarms.com. To license footage from this film for commercial use visit: www.travelfilmarchive.com
Before Channel 29 went off the air back in the 70s and early 80s, this video was played during the community update. It had a different music theme. One by Chuck Mangione I think.
I still live in Philadelphia. Why do I miss it so much?
Same thing I was thinking 😔
You have a government that cares more about Ukraine Iraq Iran and tax cuts to rich people than one that gives serious thought to real problems. So hence US cities are shitholes today.
Prob much better where you are now... stay away.
@@JP5466 Sad but true. American cities were once great.
It's fine where I am
PROUD TO BE A PERSON TO SAY PHILADELPHIA PA FISHTOWN IS HOME SWEET HOME. Thank you for a fine video ROBBIE.......
"Come and touch the Liberty Bell."
Try that today..!
So true
John Grabowski
Glad I was a kid back then and I got to do that. Sad times we are living in now... very sad.
@@JP5466 not being constantly touched, means that it will be better preserved (in the long run).
@@mariusmatei2946 I remember they used to clean it off regularly, hopefully with non-abrasive cleaners. Nothing lasts forever.
i live in south jersey but philly has always been a second home..love it still :)
hey same here, but I live in central jersey, in mount laurel right outside of cherry hill. Philly is only a 15-20 mins drive from my house. I love it. Where you from in south jersey?
+GarlicKnotz cool..lol. i live in woodbury right now..about 20-25 min from philly..i lived in several different south jersey towns growing up though. :)
☺ I was 3 yrs old, living in university city with my family💯🌷
I was 3 in N Philly 😊
@@MsAmique I'm the OP. You sure dont look 46. 😘
I remember Philly back in the 70s. There were some massive snow storms
I worked at the Art Museum of Philadelphia.... I was 7 when this came out
Such an amazing museum! I used to love to go there on sundays when it was free...I went many times after and paid...I don't like their involvement in the Barnes works but; That's just business; It's a lot easier to go to 24th and the Parkway than Latches Lane...
That's so cool I started working there November of last year I can't wait to go back to work it's so cool to see what the art museum look like in the 70s
I love the Poconos ...Philly not the same . Politicians ruined this once proud city . I used to love going to center city with my friends as a teen . We would hit the arcades , movies , gallery etc. Good memories of the distant past of a now faded city . 😢
I was 12 y/and it was great we had much fun.
Extra-ordinary! CLASSIC PHILLY
My town, I was 17 when this was shot... The city is MUCH better now.... We were lucky ( (if you can call it luck) to have suffered the dismantling of the manufacturing base in the 70's we were hitting our stride again in the 90's while the rest of the country was taking the rebound beatings. Never heard a person born and raised in philly say the city sucks. Guess that's true with most big cities... LUV from the city of Brotherly love.
godbluffvdgg yup....i agree...
The city sucks.
not to crazy about the displacement of ILA jobs w/ nightspots along Delaware Ave/ Fishtown though. Born at Miseracordia Hosp., 1962
@@davidcassidy5868...Were You in the ILA? I'm a SW philly guy so I knew a few guys that worked the docks back in the day...:) Al Ferro, Mike Phillips Some hard living guys in those days...
...:)...Miserycordia...:)...fishtown is such a nice little pocket...I built a pretty big addition at Tulip and Montgomery...That neighborhood has stayed tight...Are you still in the city? I'm out in Delco now; Up the street from the airport...:)
@@godbluffvdgg I could (SHOULD) have gotten in. Back in 1984 I was doing subcontracting work for a non-union Co. at American Freight at Front & Brown Sts. Mr Benjamins' managers offered me a job, but turned it down. Sorry I did because even though AF isn't there anymore, I could have been ILA. Im living in Chesco. now.
PS: I always remem. at lunchtime while at AF, I used to eat a block down from there at a place called Bernies Brass Door on Front. I don't think its there anymore though. Changes, right ?
The Living History Center was located on the current site of WHYY TV 12, near Independence Mall until about 1979. I visited there as a kid in the 1970s and recall that it was a lot of fun.
Are you still alive? If so please respond
1977 the year after the bicentennial. 1976 was a really big year for Philadelphia.
Best year in philly, as a resident for life...I was 16 in 76 and remember it well...If the Flyers had hat tricked the stanley cup it would have been better but...It was philly at it's finest; like the Eagles super bowl parade...It made you proud.
I remember the bicentennial year well, it was big for philly. 1977 was big because it was riding the coattails of the bicentennial, but an eagles superbowl win was a long, long way off.
@@godbluffvdgg Other than the anniversary for two centuries of American independence, the 1970s hadn't been (the) "Best" years in Philadelphia by any measure, and stretch of the imagination (well, for much of its population, anyway).
Vintage Philadelphia,🤘😎 I had a great time growing up in Philadelphia throughout the 80s & the 90s.😏 To the visitors, if you’re not a genuine person, do not come because you will be exposed & exiled, Philly is a rough city.💯
Why the hell would I want to move to Philadelphia ?
@@trumanspencer6202 He's talking about those visiting, You can't read?
Look at how dirty the William Penn statue atop city hall is at 1:08 mark. Must’ve been before they started to clean it every few yrs.
Even as the shot zooms out you can see how dirty it is. Now that thing is shiny clean.
#FreeWilliamPenn campaign
Penn Jillette @ 8:44 - this is awesome!
Really? Now I have to rewatch that.
I was born in Philly
COOL, what's your favorite color?
When? In/before the 1970s?!
@@mariusmatei2946 nah foo in 2004
i literally said this 3 years ago and I regret dawg💀
@@BrandoNoCaps you said what ("3 years ago")?!
I think the changes that took place downtown in the 80's were positive, yes building higher structures did encourage more bussiness for the downtown, yet, the economic and social decline in the neighborhoods of the city impacted negatively to! People still are making tracks for the burbs, the city needs more than a skyline to encourage people to stay, and or move here! The schools are a shambles, the police are still corrupt. Philly needs a real X-lax fluch, to much dirt !
Every major US city stinks.
You could say that again.
What is very fascinating video because I was born back in the summer of 1973 and I’ve never ventured anywhere around that part of the city until some Dickie later when I was coming up as a nine-year-old.
This was the year I graduated high school. Why don't I remember all of that celebration? I guess I just didn't bother going downtown for it all. I was too busy preparing for college. I left in 1983.
the franklin institute science museum was that shot as a little youngin'...and the please touch museum...
I hope my kids love to see the tricentenial. I won't be there but I'd like them to enjoy it with their families.
@BorisDigital
Thanks for refreshing my memory, I know I visited there once with a school trip, I recall the observation deck looking out over Old city and the river. I was only eleven when I went there. If you think about it, it kind of was the predecessor to the National Constitution Center. It seemed to have all the interactive exhibits and all. Shame they tore it down! Was it built specifically for the Bicentennial celebration?
Don't take any of this for granted.
@slappy09
Yes, it does look that way, the economy played a big part, even back then, people still moved out to the burbs and Jersey. Street crime was still a factor to. There was still a healthy manufacturing economy present in the city to. All the department stores were still around then, the movie houses were still opened on Chestnut street. It seemed downtown Philly took a hit when they began building all the highrises in the mid 80's, that drastically changed things in Center city
Wow...why does Philly look more exciting back during that time than it does now?..maybe it's just me. I live across the bridge from Philly in Jersey. Use to go there with the school as a child. I still go to Philly all the time but something as I've seen in this video seems to be missing. Watching this makes me want to go to Philly..but uh..not the Philly of today but the Philly of yesteryear.
Nigel Verdell ...its you. Stay in your new jersey...
Ummm, the 1970s had been a scarier/more dangerous time to live in Philadelphia than the 2020s are.
This is Philly of yesteryear.
I saw penn jillette and robin williams! :))
I see Penn. No robin though. Unless you think he's one of the mimes.
Didn't one of them [or Teller] die from Covid19?
it was channel 48, disgruntled
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Yeah... there is no touching the liberty bell any more
At 31 seconds in... Frank Rizzo and the queen of england. Wow.
+gigfydotcom Which means that Trump wasn't the first buffoon the Queen has met.
Joseph Heston Frank Rizzo is a Legend.
Where the heck is the "Living history center" (43:00) I missed that one, is it still there today? I can't place it ! looks like it's near the old Metropolitan Hospital.
Hope some of the ppl in this video was around to see us when the Super Bowl last year
:)
What happened to Ben Franklin's house? The Gallery! Most Philadelphians don't appreciate the history of this city. We just tear historic buildings down to put up nasty malls and oversized union aid convention centers!
awful right
5:44 What observation deck is (or was) this? Trying to get an angle from Google Earth, it might be the old Penn Mutual building that is still a block south from Independence Hall. I guess this deck is no longer open, also no point since the view will be blocked by the new condo going up directly next to it.
Yeah, I was trying to figure that myself. I think my guess is the same as yours.
PSFS maybe?
Go Flyers
Brings to mind the Bicentenn. Wagon Train Tour
I was born this year
Penn Jillette at 8:44
I'd like to find the movie they used to play at the Living History Center. That was a rather neat film from what I recall.
Someone asked what happened to the LHC? Well, it was bought by WHYY-TV12. They're still there I believe. After the big wave hit from the Bi-Centennial, the tourism slowed down and it didn't make sense to house such a center anymore. So they sold the property. I'd like to have that film though. Anyone remember it? Anyone know where to find a copy?
I remember that place! And there was all these capsule like kiosks that played clips from events...I can STILL hear Gene Hart yelling " THE FLYERS WIN THE STANLEY CUP!"
Philly is the new Chiraq. How could I ever go back to my hometown when all I hear about is people being shot and killed?
Philly for all of its historic founding fathers values, art [city of many First], sculptures, music, architecture and many unique urban discretions a microcosm of america melting pot experience. `
Osea que siempre a sido lo.memso 🥺🥺
Teller sent me.
just like NYC
Gerald Ford in the WH means this was 1976.... Bicentennial... Legionaires...
What happened to Freedom Week? And when did they stop letting you touch the Liberty Bell? lol
Take 3 Productions
The climate in Philadelphia dictates Political Correctness, any celebration of American History would be frowned upon, Mayor Kenney now holds the Thrown, and presides over Buboes Philadelphia.
@@italobambino43 Thats because Mayor McDrunk (Kenney) Is a total complete DRUNKIN' ASSHOLE!!!!!
At some point in the 90’s some guy started to hit it with a hammer trying to do more damage. I think after that they put up a rope where people couldn’t get any closer.
Take 3 Productions we still have it. it's called Welcome America now.
Find the Far Out!
Find a $300 parking ticket for parking in a handicap spot, down center City.
yep
Look At London Or Bradford or Sheffield Uk, Look At The Link Below
Old willy was lookin rough . Shoe shine wya
"You crumb bum"
1977? Wasn't Jimmy Carter President in '77?
Wasn't the bicentennial in...1976? Plus, Ford was President until January 1977. Then we all got screwed by the peanut farmer. I'm still trying to delete that period of history from my brain.
@@subsofanarchy how exactly did we get screwed by President Carter? I would love to hear this one. especially considering he was followed by Reagan, celebrated for cutting taxes, despite RAISING taxes on non rich people at least 13 times in 8 years. the entire iran contra crime, and typical conservative economic policies that led to his Veep being a one term president.
but yes, President Carter screwed us.
Yes Jimmy Carter was president after the 20th of January 1977, that's the heart of winter. The scenes are all warm weather, something doesn't add up.
Carter, the inflation president (about a 75% decrease in spending power of the US Dollar through his term), and the president that basically handed Iran over to the Ayatollah Khomeini!
I was searching on TH-cam for music venues that don't exist in Philly anymore and i came upon this video. I think it would be a great idea if the corrupt City of Phila Government would watch this video and remember what this city was like at one time. Not the toilet and slaughterhouse that Kenney and his corrupt minions have turned it into. Its a real shame what this once great city has become and it gets worse and worse everyday and not one person in city government gives a shit about doing anything about it. They all talk a big game and thats about it. The cosmetologist police commissioner Outlaw is a $280,000.00 a year paid puppet to Kenney and she does nothing and disappears for long periods of time. They are all empty skulls.
This once great city is gone and will never be the same!
Where all the black people?
+Mark Gillespie Frank Rizzo wasn't a big supporter of civil rights. His police force wasn't either.
That comment was tongue in cheek. I grew up in south philly and am very aware of how things were.
+Mark Gillespie Black folks didn't live in Philadelphia in the 70's lol
You would think black ppl didn't exist!! Lmao we are a new discovery!🙄
Lol!
can anyone point to that intro to the real late movie channel that used to have like this evolving outward and around magenta circle, with the same repeating song,
dunh dunh dunh dunh dunh dunh dunh dunh dunh
dunh dunh dunh dunh dunh dunh dunh dunh dunh
Find the Ghettos in North West South Philly
11:27 Maybe Ron Jeremy?
8:17 Ron Jeremy? I was incorrect in the timeline before.
Oddly I prefer his 70's hair. It usually doesn't work that way.
hehe, so THIS is the infamous Philadelphia gig where they got their 100 dollars per 20min shows? the one where it ended up raining most of the time and they just banged on their instruments in the pouring rain just so that they could get paid? ;)
I have lived in this town for 26 years and loved every minute... well at least part of every minute. On the other hand, I couldn't help laughing at my friend's suggestion that we make a t-shirt that says "Philadelphia, shitiest city on the east coast... unless you consider Baltimore a city!"
(Oh, I like Baltimore more than it deserves, too!)
Philly was ASS in 1977 but you would never know it from watching this video lol
Yeah, where's all the graffiti.
+Kevin MacNutt
Well you don't promote the ghetto to new visitors LOL
+Phillyweb Browser So no shots of Nicetown or Mt Airy in the 70s.
+Kevin MacNutt
I would have loved seeing it
LOL...sure was...come to think of it, was there any eastern city in '77 that wasn't complete shit?
go there now and see what happenes to you.
Good video but definitely lacking the members of the city. My mother was like 15 and my uncle probably was 10 or 11. They said they had a good childhood but the mayor was very racist so if he had a hand in this video then it wouldn’t be many blacks and Hispanics in the video but they definitely were there for the people who are not from Philly. Now it’s different. Diversity is praised. I went to a catholic school that had everybody in it actually for middle and high school. I graduated hs in 2003. But philly is just like any other city. Had it’s ups and downs then and currently but you get what you want to take from it. I learned to survive and work hard because that’s what my family did. And I liked the fact that we could go to jersey in 5 minutes and Delaware is right there to go tax free shopping. It’s really a convenient place to live and the surrounding counties
@slappyslappyslappy
Only the locals refer to our city as such! I am born and raised here to! I only hear local people call it Filphadelphia! God forbid should the local citizenry praise their city for the rich abundance of history and culture we have here. The problem with this city seems inherent! This video is from 1977, and it seemed Philly was more dynamic! I recall all the festivities leading up to the Bicentennial year! Rizzo did his best, and looking back he ran things way better!
Mark Conti ....yup, in some ways.
Mark Conti crap...7 years ago...are u alive still?? Haha.
Ahhhh, Philly in the 70's, before it became a ferstering overflowed TOILET!
zazaranger5 ....no,NO I THINK YOUR ARE WRONG....BACK IN THE 70S N 80S IT WAS MORE OF A TOILET....AS FAR AS STREET LITTER WAS CONCERNED OR YOU DONT REMEMBER THE FILTH OF CENTER CITY, MARKET ST, HOW DISGUSTING IT WAS IN.BOTH OF OUR RIVERS, DOWN THE LAKES, AMD ON DELAWARE AVENUE. ITS VERY MUCH CLEANED UP AS OPPOSED TO BACK THEN. CANT POSSIBLY BE SERIOUS. OF COURSE IT CAN ALWAYS GET A BIT MORE CLEANED UP IN SOME AREAS.
@@dannynicastro3207 in 9th grade @ Roman Catholic my algebra teachers name was "Mr Nacastro" any relationship?
Pay 1.00 to toodle?
Philadelphia continues it's old way of politics, not the best way to do things. People here shrug their shoulders and say... Oh It's like that everywhere! Truth be told, not every large city conducts itself in this manor! Even in traditionally corrupt municipalities like Chicago, things still get done, through all the graff eventually the objective is met, here the corruption styfles the groath, it impacts negatively.
Basically everyone in this video is dead now
No mention of South Street as it was a Black community back then.
Day tryin'2 oppress you!... just axe them.
there were some whites there too, back then. Have you never heard "where do all the hippies meet?"
sabih mitchell ~ I am not completely familiar with South Street, but at that time were there any tourist attractions to draw anyone to the area? Maybe that’s why it’s not mentioned. They mentioned an African-American Museum, so I doubt they were completely discriminatory in this video.
Because it’s depressing as hell. Who the fuck would wanna go there? Take your life in your hands man. But hey, hope I don’t sound racist
I'd sell my soul to go back.
Where are all of the black people?
Exactly the beauty of this nostalgia.
@@northernpassed exactly!
They weren't invented yet!
@@godbluffvdgg LMAO!!!
You can not keep black people out of your mouth.
Watch out for all the SJW in the comment section.
Pfsif ~ including yours.
Frank Rizzo. The worst mayor in my lifetime.
Philly is gritty enough now... quit talking like it turned into New York. Philly is still a craphole enough. Im glad its cleaned up.
Hahahaha, look at Rizzo in the car with the Queen of England. I can here him now. “Hey, your highness. Youse seeze dat guy ova dare? Well he’s a crumb bum creep. Ya know what I meanz?
Before Channel 29 went off the air back in the 70s and early 80s, this video was played during the community update. It had a different music theme. One by Chuck Mangione I think.
Yes, it was Bellavia, by Chuck Mangione. Also recall that TV 29 did a sign-off song afterwards, using the Beatles' song "Good Night". Was never able to locate the complete sign-off anywhere.
The song was called "feeling good" i think ...