I Found Footage of New York City from 1965 at a Thrift Store
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- I found sixteen 8mm film reels at an flea market and bought them hoping to find the owner. If you recognize the owners (first shown at 3:50) or notice any clues, leave a comment below!
Found in Brimfield, Massachusetts
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When the World's Fair came out I was about 17. I wanted to go but didn't have anyone to take so I procrastinated. Finally, the last day of the Fair, I still didn't have anyone to go with so I decided to go by myself. It was full of wonder and I had such a great time that I was sorry I hadn't gone earlier........even if it were by myself. I had a great time and learned a lesson that day. Now, I'm happily married for 52 years and live in Northern California..............both of which I wanted to do since I was a young man. Life goes by fast, ya gotta seize the moment sometimes.
I’m glad you learned that lesson. Best wishes!
@@dbone7940 Thanks, same here!
Lovely comment. Best wishes from Ireland.
@@lukemallory7832 Dia duit
Wow - cool!
I attended this World's Fair when I was four/five. It's strange to see these home movies because they brought back memories that have been stored in my brain for 60 years, but as soon as I'd see a specific image, it immediately came rushing back to me. Amazing the brain can store images for a lifetime that you don't even know are there.
It really is! How wonderful for you!
I remember being at the Sinclair Oil pavilion. I was amazed at the animated dinosaurs. I remember there was a machine that for a nickel or a dime you could create a wax mold dinosaur figure. I think you had a choice of which one you could make. I got the green brontosaurus.
I'm your age. My family visited the fair a couple of times. Of course, the dinosaurs were my favorite!
@@spleeberme too! I ended up leaving the brontosaurus out in the sun and it melted. I was so upset!
I'm the same age as you. I got stuck pushing my 2 yo brother around in a plastic carriage that looked like a car. Supplied at the ticket counter. I forgot about my 8mm of the world fair.
Like entering a time slip to New York City 1965. A little vision of the world pre-internet, pre smartphones, pre Watergate. Nicely dressed people and civility abound. Not everything was better then…but enough to make me feel nostalgic.
Yeah its the music that does the job......very spooky 😊
No not everything was better but yes a lot was... but people were definitely more polite despite in the case of New Yorkers their misplaced fame for rudeness. A bit brash perhaps. They were louder than the mid Atlantic South where grew up for sure but not unkind. I remember them being quite kind and often helpful. Even a glimmer of the tenor and feeling of that time is impossible to convey to anyone younger than about 60 now.
Things were better quite often, these people, on this age, had time. Life moved slower. People were much more likely to know their neighbors, to watch out for one another. It was definitely a booming time, money flowing into the city, tourism beginning to swell.
We may have "more" now, but is it all really better?
actually, everything was better then. we have some advancements now, but the negatives we also have now outweighs them
Before "Progressive Democrats" destroyed the city and now the country.
The right person found this film. Thank you. ❤
Yea? Who?
However, with terrible taste of music!
I disagree, this is beautiful music
Thank you for rescuing this. I hope that you can reunite it with their family. It doesn't bode well that the films were given away to a thrift store but it could have been because the donor didn't have the equipment to view the films with (if they didn't care about the films, they would have binned them). It might be worth going back to the store to see if they have any details of who donated them.
@@TheConstitutionalGuardian The needle is stuck in a scratch. Somebody needs to give the record player a nudge
before the music lover in one of us goes completely psycho and kills everybody in the room.
Then again it could just be me.
Thank-you for sharing .... rescued from a thrift store which didn't end up in landfill & gone forever .
New York 1965 looks like another planet!
What a beautiful city it was.
It was affordable then too
Not anymore! I personally blame the Democrats.
Ha! Born in 1958, and a visitor in '65 World's Fair, I spent my whole life in New York City and it looks pretty much as my mother, born in 1923 said, it hasn't changed a bit.
@@VoorTrekker88 😂 you're obviously an ignoramus.
It's more beautiful now than ever. 🤦
These clownish remarks are dumb.
1965 was my first summer out of the army and I moved in with my friend Michael Brinkley on E4th Street just east of the Bowery. We both worked in Greenwich Village which was an exciting place to be for young people at that time. The friends I made and the girls I dated made it the best time of my life. How quickly the years have passed. Thanks for posting this video. Scotty
Thank you for sharing.
Ever cross paths with Edie Sedgwick in those days?
@@johnd.1849 Sorry, the name doesn't ring a bell.
Awesome 🌹
@@johnd.1849she worked with Andy Warhol
The cleanliness is amazing. It reminds me of how beautiful Baltimore used to be.
It was literally destroyed in 50 short years
Ah, when matrons would scrub their front steps every morning.
By certain cultures.
I was born and raised in Baltimore, and at around age 19 my best friend and I went to NYC by train to see the World's Fair. My fondest memory was of the Vatican pavilion which featured the original statue of the Pieta by Michelangelo before the original nose of Mother Mary had be axed by an insane visitor to St. Peter's Basilica in Rome, Italy. Thank you for the memories. I will forward this to my friend and travel companion from high school.
Since it and many other cities suffered the same fate--when run by Democrats!
Massive change in the demographics in that time, but we have to pretend not to notice.
I just cried ,I miss my world it was nice to see it again .thank you
This was the NY world fair that took place from 1964-1965. It tool place at Flushing Meadows in Queens. Excellent film, thank you so much for sharing!
If that's the case, then this was recorded the year I was born. And I bet the film is 8mm like my parents had for home movies.
I believe the Globe sculpture is still there.
@@SurfCityBillYes, the Unisphere is still there. It's a NYC landmark now. Most of the former site is now the Billie Jean King USTA National Tennis Center, where the US Open is played.
Went to this World’s Fair as a 5 year-old in 1964. One of my earliest memories of a day-trip outside the house.
I was there as an 8 yr old. I still recall flashes of memories. International food booths is one.
12:54
A lot of people walking around in that video had birthdates 1899 or earlier. Truly amazing.
I know. I know early in my life I could’ve spoken with elderly people about the 1800s and I never thought to do so. History isn’t only on video and in museums.
I noticed a few people on crutches. Probably World War II or Korean War veterans. Back then they were still young enough to be walking around outside.....
My Grandma was born in 1896 and passed in 1995. I was born in 1965. My daughter was born in 1996.
and now the kalergi plan is in effect
@@CrazyBear65me too August 22, 1965
This was well-shot footage taken by an amateur. In my photography business, I get to re-live family journeys going back more than 60 years where I transfer old 8 mm home movies to DVDs and USB drives. Most footage I see is over or under exposed, out-of-focus, has mildew, dirt and dust throughout, poorly composed, etc. This was a pleasure to watch! Thanks for sharing it here.
Everything was so clean. Couples walking along holding hands is so lovely to see.
Keep in mind, this was an event based theme park.
@@utubepunk Yes, 75% of the film is at a world's fair or the Statue of Liberty.
@@emjayay Yup.
Notice how well people dressed. Bring this back!!
You appear to be implying that everybody dresses like slobs nowadays, which is untrue!
@@marcse7en THESE DAYS PEOPLE WEAR RIPED JEANS OR LADYS SKIRTS UP TO THERE ASS..
@@marcse7enMost do!
What people fail to realize about the bygone era is through the 60s and the 50s is that most people dressed with class, and they had a thing called manners. whereas most people have seemed to have forgotten nowadays especially a lot of the younger Generations. It's not necessarily good or bad, but one thing that I do miss is that with the bygone era you get the sense of nostalgia the sense of that everybody dressed well everybody knew their place everybody had manners. and in today's era it's sad to say that a lot of that has gone by the wayside. Plus don't even get me started on the prices of food! Or simply walking into a grocery store and being able to buy meat for under $10. There were no cell phones there was no blatant displays of disrespect. that you get with a lot of the young people today because all they want to do is be on their phone. It was a much simpler time and the video is a reflection of that.
Most of it is the worlds fair. I lived in Manhattan then and your imagining is beyond ridiculous.
That Kodak film was crystal clear with perfect, brilliant colors.
This is akin to listening to wax albums again. The analog clarity can be shocking..
Makes ya think all the world's a sunny day.
@@cjpenning
I’ve got a Nikon camera
@@cjpenning Doesn’t it? 🙂
Gotta love that kodachrome. They should do a song about it.😅😅
I have a memory from 1965 that seems to fit this video.
I was 12 at the time and we had a visiting speaker at my school (in England).
He said that we could be living in a golden time, a golden epoch if you like.
"Life is clearly better for us than it was for our parents or grandparents, but will it be as good (as it is now) for our children or grandchildren ?"
He said he doubted it.
I felt very smug because l knew he was wrong - life would go on improving ...
Now, as a 71-year old, l realize how right he was and how wrong l was
Seems like things can only get better for so long, and then as a whole things start to deteriorate - even with so much techology.
that music loop could have ended the Waco standoff after 20 minutes.
😂😅
I found it quite disturbing myself, I turned off the soundtrack to watch to the end !
@@valerieprice-wn9qb whoosh!
I like this music, it’s peaceful
Nice film but the same three note over and over got old fast , I also had to turn the sound off.
I was there, twice in 1964. I still remember a lot of the landmarks. I still have a souvenier that sits on my desk!
That’s wonderful, it must have meant a lot to you. I know it was a very big statement at the time.
I was there with my family. For some reason I remember 1966. I remember some things . I was four . My parents were from Brooklyn. My wife is from Manhattan. I have a deep connection to NYC . I live in Texas now.
Thank You for the memories.
The music added made me wish for the real sounds of what was going on. I bet some of it was amazing.
The music is torture.
Yes! Wtf kind of attempted emotional pornography was that music about? Just so wrong.
I had to mute it after the first 3 rows of the two beats that lead into the 4 beats over and over and over and over the Entire time. Why would anyone choose that type of insanity inducing repetition as the backdrop to a silent filming that is obviously so filled with vibrant and ever changing sounds? The work of preserving and sharing this invaluable footage is such a great service that I feel unkind complaining about the music choice but it's a terrible mistake that is only able to be overlooked if muted Completely. I hope he changes it in the future so that many more can enjoy his efforts.
I LOVED THE MUSIC.....LIKE A VOYAGE THROUGH ANOTHER TIME ...❤
😂well it's gone now! And there was some awesome music!
Little did this couple realize that 60 years later, their recorded memories would become immortal.
Little did this couple know, that after the signing of the 1965 Hart Cellar Act, the nation would slowly crumble to ruble under its own demographics.
Yes, viewed by over 54,000 and counting.
Look for the Pearl Harbor home movie.
All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain... unless it gets uploaded to TH-cam!
@@zoso73
Did you get to watch C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gate?
People not looking at a smartphone but at each other is so beautiful.
Only the first 4.5 minutes of this film in NYC. The rest is all footage of the 1965 World's Fair in Queens.
@@le_th_Queens isn’t new york city?
@@loganfinn2728. It is NYC of course, however the vast majority of non residents think of Manhattan as the city.
I saw a booth with a big phone in it
They were referred to as "phone booths" or "phone boxes" In an era where mobile phones or cellphones didn't exist and even having a phone in one's home was still a luxury. These booths provided a lifeline @@WZD10016
My parents visited New York in the summer of 1965. Their only trip outside of Canada as a couple. He died in 2002 and she died in March of this year. Maybe if i squint i’ll see them happy and alive on that footage. I hope i do.
If you have any relatives that knew your parents back then,ask if they spoke about seeing a giraffe or those 'fire dancers' after they got back. Just a thought 🤷♂️
Beautiful sentiment.
My mom was a senior in high school living in Queens and went to the fair several times with her best friend. I lost my mom in 2023 and I had a similar thought, wondering if she was there that day, 17 years old, living her life.
@@MissMTurner Sorry for your loss. My parents were 35 (dad) and 33 (mom) in ‘65, and they already had 5 kids (3 more came after that, me being the last in ‘73).
Sorry for your loss, Perrier.
Always remember the happy times.😊
Excellent video. Midwest boy here. Went to a state univ way out west in 65. Dreamed of living in nyc. Finally hit the solution by flying with my bass fiddle to nyc for audition at music school. Passed. So started living on UWSide in 67. Your excellent film find shows me the city nearly just as i found it in 67. Thanks!!
(Side note:: choice of "music" very bad. Its mood dismal. I finally remembered (silly me) that i could just mute it, and i did.)
You're right. Beautiful footage, horrible music..
Should’ve had a few Frank Sinatra songs playing over it.
“It Was a Very Good Year” (1965)
“Luck Be a Lady” (1965)
“Fly Me to the Moon” (1964)
“September Song” (1965)
…and if copyright prevents that, maybe find or create some computer-synthesized instrumental versions.
It wasn't a "video," it was a silent cine film!
My NYC, my Queens, my World's Fair. I remember it well. Im so thankful i lived it.
I remember those times. Those people. I can't tell you how nostalgic it makes me. Filled with love for them.
Someone went through great effort to create and preserve this footage. Thank God it was not lost when he or she passed away 🎉
It was lost it was donated to a thrift store.... no one ever expected it to b seen again..
@@abelincoln3261 you do like to be contrary, don't you? The footage is not lost. It still exists for us all to enjoy.
@@vancegilmore245 You're correct. Most likely the person who donated it didn't really know what was in it. I can't imagine a family member giving away these movies, especially of an iconic event--The New York '64-'65 World's Fair--with movies of their family.
i can easily imagine a family member giving them away! or throwing them away when the old home got cleaned out. i can also imagine a family member realizing no one in the family would appreciate them, so what's to do except donate it like a message in a bottle
@@vancegilmore245 a lot of folks like to be contrarians and point out a different way of looking at something.
I am old enough to remember super 8, it had this warm color quality that made people and things seem more alive that video today., I miss it.
Copy and Paste: old super 8 film footage into the Search Bar here.
How sad that these people's memories ended up in a thrift store. 😢 Such great footage and historically relevant. 👌❤️
Thankfully, those memories have been recovered for all of us to enjoy.
Thats a mystery. Im guessing they lived in an apt...passed away and all their things were just cleared out and donated to the Salvation Army..etc ive seen apts emptied out and a persons entire life was on the street like garbage...all because they had no kids!
@@Rob-z7k moral of the story...have kids!
One man’s treasure is most people’s trash
@@Rob-z7k Kids are no guarantee your possessions will be respected. There are lots of TH-cam vids of abandoned homes with all the original belongings left, including many photos of the children.
Looks like a paradise lost.
The vast majority of this is at the World's Fair. That took place in Queens and was as real as Disneyland is. The first 4.5 minutes of this video is footage of real NYC. The rest all takes place within the exposition of the World's Fair.
I lived in Manhattan then at the age of 13. The worlds fair was a created reality. The real city was not a paradise at all. It's tourists taking a movie of what they liked. You know NOTHING of NYC then or now, to a point of absurdity.
Yeah, well the Hawaiians were sent to dance and drum up tourism. I bet they regret that now. Aloha!
@@kookietherapy9398 Like with their people turning into charcoal in the street, while big government pretends they aren’t to blame. Shame, shame.
@@GeoffreyFeldmanMA Wow why are you so angry? I think they meant it was much more pleasant and less crowded than it is now, people were dressed so much nicer too and there's no smart phones. People are entitled to their own perception in life so try not to be so harsh. Take care.
I was 2 years old. I lived with my Grandparents in South Bend, Indiana. I remember tail fins on cars and the long black coats my Grandfather wore. I can still see my Grandmother in her pleated skirt entertaining the church ladies with tea and cookies on a warm summer afternoon in the backyard. I have never been to New York but I remember how this world looked where I lived. Thank you for the memories.
nostalgia is gonna kill us all
Some guy sifts through thrift store bric-a-brac to bring us an endearing look into the past - wow.
Thank you sir.
I was 8-9 in 1965. I lived in California, but heard about the New York World's Fair from news, newspapers, and magazines. Jack and Jill magazine had an article and photo spread that made me wish I could go, but I knew New York was a long ways away. Thank you for a glimpse back into what was the future. There was so much optimism back then.
i was 11. thinking maybe my family is in these clips. grew up in brooklyn, always wore comfortable dress slacks and shirt when we went there...also to Shea to see Mets play or to airport. Just the way things were.
My Class in Junior High School had a trip to NYC 1968. It was wonderful. No fear. Remember lighting cigars on the train back home we bought in the city just sticks in my mind. We the five of us, left the group and just had the best of best times. Got a little reprimand when got back to the group. The thing is, will never be done again. Things from my past were great. Thank You God.
Yes, smoking cigars in junior high as a tween. smh
@@le_th_ Nobody cared back then. I remember buying Pall Malls by the carton for my grandmother while walking to her house. She had a charge account at that little neighborhood grocery. If nothing else, things were a lot simpler - and friendlier.
1965 was a great time in my life. I was a senior in high school and I grew up a half hour from the World’s Fair. I was a regular visitor. I have many great memories of the WF and this film brought back more. Thanks for sharing it.
i love this old footage of "common folk" far more interesting to me than footage of celebrities and whatnot. thanx fer posting this is a killer thrift store find i would most definitely have bought it if i had found it..
This is mostly footage of the World's Fair, but yes, love the brief vintage footage of Manhattan. The skyline looks so different, even from 1990 NYC 25 years later.
Thank you for posting this! It seems as if the couple posing with the African tribesman @5:01 is the couple whose footage this is. You see that same woman later @9:21.
Notice how the couple is NOT the center of every image they take. This is how we all took photos and videos up until about 2004, I think? I mean, sure, we took family photos of photos of pics, but most photos were of other people, places and interesting things, not our food, clothes, make-up, and selfies.
You are absolutely right!
That's because a photo cost the equivalent of a dollar and even 8mm film/processing was probably ten bucks a minute. But in most snapshot photos were actually of people posing in front of something.
You are right. Instant photos on the phone changed everything. I wonder what came first, the narcissism in society or the technology that fueled the narcissism? We have certainly become a less verbal and more visual society. I think TV changed everything. It had a huge impact on me growing up. Plus, I struggled with reading.
Nice footage, I moved from the Midwest to New York City in 66 and thought it was the greatest place on earth. There were people there from everywhere and my luck was great at meeting lifelong friends. I live in the country now but still visit there often and will always think of it as my hometown.
This is amazing I wanna cry for those days gone by forever. Thank you for sharing this. For keepsake.
I was 10 years old in 1965. I love the 60s and 70s. Thanks for sharing this!
My dad used to often talk about going to this fair. I like to think that my parents and grandparents are mixed in the crowd here somewhere. That these are some of the sights/performances they saw too. God, I miss them.
I was born in 1960. I visited the fair during both seasons many times with my parents, so I was 4 & 5 years old when I visited. That fair left a strong lasting impression on me. This footage is a great find! My thoughts on most World’s Fairs is that “They Were Promised Futures That Happened A Long Time Ago That Never Came To Be.” At least in the sense of their technology and method of practical execution. As crazy as that statement may seem to be, that is my interpretation. Thanks so much for posting this!
One of those "futures" was the pushing for the excessive use of rubber tires and steering wheels; Robert Moses, one of the planners of the world's fair, made sure to include as many automotive-themed displays as possible....
@@CraigFThompson Ah Yes. Robert Moses. Got a lot done, was not well liked. I grew up in Little Italy in Manhattan. An elevated highway that would run from The Williamsburg Bridge to The Holland Tunnel was proposed when I was growing up. It would have probably run above Delancy Street, changing to Kenmare Street at The Bowery and continuing West somehow to the tunnel. Slicing right through our neighborhood, and many others. It was vehemently opposed by the residents of Little Italy. I’m pretty sure that Robert Moses was instrumental in proposing that plan. Interesting fact regarding Robert Moses. The bridges that go OVER many of the highways on Long Island to Jones Beach are arched and have low clearance. Apparently Robert Moses didn’t want “a certain class of people” who were too poor to own their own cars and had to take the bus out to the Island, to be able to get to Jones Beach. Busses requiring higher clearance than cars were frowned upon because the lower class populous was to be excluded from visiting all that Long Island had to offer. Ironically, Robert Moses never had a driver’s license.
@@CraigFThompson Thank God. I ❤ cars!
Their car is a 1961 Buick Electra 225.
In the street scene, there’s an older man on crutches-he could’ve been a World War I veteran, about the right age.
The Statue of Liberty with the original torch (that was about to fall off from neglect). Different torch now; the original is on display in the basement.
It was all so shiny and new!
I remember this era vividly; I was 8.
This was 1965, so smack in the middle of Viet Nam (1955-1965). That is probably why that man was on crutches, or was he that elderly? I missed him.
" there’s an older man on crutches-he could’ve been a World War I veteran". Or, maybe he got run-over by a horse-drawn iceman's wagon? Maybe he didn't 'pay the juice' to a loanshark? This is NYC, baby.....
My parents considered a 67 Electra but it would not fit in the garage. Settled for a Chrysler Newport.
@@alexclement7221It was probably polio!
The original Statue of Liberty torch was on display in the pedestal lobby for decades and is now in a separate museum located nearer to the boat dock.
Absolutely superb! Thank you so much!
People were unkind to each other back then, too but in 1965 i dont see as much hatred and personal animosity toward the neighbors, like in 2024.
If everyone had a camera back then, you'd see it.
@@JUSLOFI oh, probably. But my theory is that society/world/humanity began to crumble with the invention of the telephone answering machine. Lol.
The footage of Chinatown was exceptional, especially the little pagodas built on top of the telephone booths.
I was 9 to 10 years old during the Worlds Fair.
We went maybe 5 or 6 times over 2 years.
If I was 10 years older at that time, I would have went every week on my own.
This was one of the highlights of my life even til this day.
@@JUSLOFIDon't think so.
@@JUSLOFIDon't think so.
Thank God we have cameras both still and moving, they are the only time machine we've got!
Videos saved me during the pandemic. Actually, I watched so many livestreams of people walking around Manhattan. It allowed me to travel if only in my mind.
@@le_th_ Yeah, I felt the need to do that too.
I grew up in Queens NY in 1965 I turned 4. I never did go to the World's Fair but this is how I remember folks back then. Dressed nice, rather pleasant. That was a long time ago now. I hope the folks in that movie found all the happiness in the world.
I moved from the UK to America (to Elmhurst, Queens) in 1960 when I only 4… loved my life … attended PS89 from kindergarten till 5th grade
Went to the Worlds Fair often … best of times 🇺🇸🇬🇧
@@janettemcgregor5712 Yeah I was in Floral Park. PS 115. Left in 1980 to join the military. Only been back to visit.
I was born there 1961….nothing but fond memories! Safe, clean, pleasant uptown areas old Irish neighborhoods were safe.
Same here except Mpls St paul. Why is everything hate now?
Hell’s Kitchen born and raised ☘️my dad was off the boat. He wore suits and ties every day until the late 70’s. My mother would set her hair every night. Many including myself are sentimental for bygone days, but as a parent this younger generation is very kind and aware. Media would have you believe otherwise, but they may become better custodians of this beautiful world we have been given. They’re kinder and less inclined to believe propaganda. Covid , fear mongering, corruption, and unending wars was their hardship. They will learn from it 🇺🇸 and be stronger too.
@@danih7577 The kids aren't being left with a better world unfortunately.
@@utubepunk no I know, but we have to hope solutions lay elsewhere because we can’t seem to stop this insanity. All of the corruption.
I live in Brooklyn today. My (mostly immigrant, as it always has been) neighborhood is about as safe as anywhere. The murder rate for the past decade has been well below 1965 when this film was taken and has been one of the lowest among US cities. Violent crime across the US is way down from a few decades ago but higher than in 1965, but data collection is way better now.
Thank you so much for digitizing this material! I did the same for my parent’s super 8 film. Beautiful.
Wow, what a difference 60 years can make. NYC is a completely different world in comparison to back then, just the same as nearly everything else. And even though the sixties were filled with difficult times, if I had to choose between now and then, I’d be happy to go back in time.
Corruption is a sign of decline. Everyone was focused on the Americans Dream then. Now the veil has been pulled back. Hopefully, we will right ourselves again with a renewed purpose and commitment to the future.🙏 right now we’re pretty tuned out , distracted, and unfocused. Look at our presidential candidates. It’s shockingly dysfunctional. Sometimes dystopian.
I couldn't agree more with what you said. Thanks for your reply !
The Beatles played at Shea Stadium there right around this time
August ‘65 it was. Good catch! Thanks
Another viewer suggested listening to the music of that time (‘64-‘65) while watching the vid, Give it a shot - it was a great idea!
I was there, still have the ticket stub! I will never forget that night, nor all the times I went to the Worlds Fair. I lived two subway stops away. What a time! How did we get into the political/social mess we’re now in.
The Beatles played at the little tennis stadium in Forest Hills Gardens. My grandmother lived across the street and was not happy because a teenager took a nap in her front garden. Funny how one’s point of view determines what one experiences.
I'm still waiting to see if one day they find footage of the Beatles in Hamburg Germany! I would love to see that!
OutSTANDING! I was there! In 1965 my mom was very very pregnant with me and my parents attended the world’s fair, this was eery and beautiful snd precious! Thanks for sharing and procuring.
Your Mom may be in the video with you in her belly! How crazy is that
Thank you for sharing this. It was a treat to watch!🙂
I can't believe it. I was there. Actually I was in a band with my friends Ron, Eugene and Gary when we played on that very stage (shown at the end of this clip). I'm old now but seeing this video brought me back to a time I had believed forgotten. Thanks for sharing this.
The people that are reared in that time era are gems. I thank heavens that I was raised by them and that they passed traditions values, manners, and etiquette down onto me to which I keep and use until this day, especially attire, wise dress and dress casual.
Bravo, well said. How I miss those days.
lovely time capsule. I was born in 66 and the images of my parents and grandparents are what I remember of this time. Wish NYC could go back in time. thanks for sharing this 🙏❤️
Visions of sanity, memories of comfort and peace.
Long forgotten in this world.
This Mad evil world.
It was an event based theme park. Sheesh.
@utubepunk
The worlds Fair to be exact.
If only we had a time machine. I'd get in it in a heartbeat and never look back.😊
Thank you for posting this. Went to the 1965 world’s fair for our senior class trip. Wonderful memories!
my parents married that year and we are from NYC. So nice to see their city at that time, when they were young and right at the start of their lives together
For me the years 1964 and 1965 were 2 of the happiest years of my childhood as my family went the World's Fair. Before that my late father took me to my first car show, The New York International Auto Show of 1962 at the New York Coliseum at Columbus Circle. We went there by subway from Queens, NYC where I grew up there during the Mad Men era! 😊
We visited the Fair on July 20, 1965. The following day, we visited the Empire State Building and Statue of Liberty. This footage appears to be from the fall of that year.
I was on the observation deck of the Empire State Building 2 days before 9-11. The only other time I was there was the foggiest day in the history of the Empire State Building!!
@@worldisgoingcrazy851 I went up on April 8, 1978, when the visibility was unlimited. Needless to say, the view was spectacular.
My passion is watching footage of life in America. This is awesome!
Many thanks for this treasure. A fabulous trip down Memory Lane of the 64-65 Fair. I was born, raised and educated not far from Flushing Meadows. In the 50s, we would ride our bikes around the Meadows. Was at the Fair countless times. My husband, back then, was a Pinkerton at the Fair. I sold tickets, not at the gate, but at a store, Main Street and Roosevelt. The last day I went to the Fair, was during the last week in July '65. Two days later I had my first child. My sister was a performer at the NY Pavilion. My best friend's wedding reception was at the Top of the Fair. So many more memories.
I was at the World’s Fair in ‘64 when I was 7 and remember most of these sights. Is it just me that always wonders after watching these old reels shot during my lifetime who might still be alive? lol!
I was 18 and 19 when I went to the Fair and am 79 now. I still remember all the great times I had there and watching these wonderful memories. So here’s one of those people you wonder about! 😊
@@QueenBee-gx4rp Haha! Glad to know you’re still around! But sadly, my father, who was 40 back then (who took me several times), passed away 20 years ago.
Seeing the skyline before the WTC was built was pretty wild. Brooklyn is so much more built up now, too! Thank you for sharing. I hope you can find who this belongs to.
4:07 the Verrazzano bridge was only about 2 years old.
YES. My parents lived down by the bay as the Verrazano bridge went up with my brother born in 56
Really less than a year old. Opened in November 1964. I was 11 years old living in Bay Ridge on the Brooklyn side of the bridge. Went to the opening ceremony and saw Governor Rockefeller and Mayor Wagner. Also went to the World's Fair that year.
And a total engineering wonder, so vast that the architects needed to factor in the curvature of the Earth. Just so Jersey a-holes could vote in Giuliani and drive traffic to a stand-still. Thanks Robert Moses!
@@daupomatic "Thanks Robert Moses"?! That automobiliated bastard set himself out on a mission to bring the New York City public transportation system to wreck and ruin....
Oh wow, I saw it, but didn't realize it was only there for 2 years. Sheesh! Amazing...
I have b&w photos of my dad & uncle at the worlds fair. Both have passed on. Thanks for sharing this vivid memory, really enjoyed the music as well.
You found a treasure that should not just fade away. We surely hope you can find the family behind these 2 traveling souls. This must have been quite the journey back then for them. Thx so very much for sharing it w/ us & we wish you the very best figuring it all out! ;- ]
My family met my aunt, uncle & cousins & toured the World’s Fair. I was thrilled to see the giraffe because we ate at a restaurant that was part of the African exhibit. It was on the 2nd floor & through the big picture window we looked right into the giraffe’s eyes. That was my best memory from the whole experience! 😊
Cool treasure, thanks for sharing. I think I'll go back and rewatch this with the sound down but listening to the Beatles on a different machine.
Right the music was too spooky.
@@k1773nscompletely. Plus, like, it was extemporaneous for the footage.
You can access two TH-cams on whatever you are watching on and cue up Beatles on the other one. Only one machine needed.
My grandparents got married in late 1964. One of the first things they did afterwards was to take a trip from Erie, Pennsylvania to New York, New York to go to the World’s Fair in 1965. It’s amazing to see what they most likely saw in vivid color. I often wonder what they were like at my age (I’m 22) as they were about the same age as me in 1965. With all of that youth and excitement for the future.
I have a book my grandmother gave me which they bought to help tour the massive sprawling complex, and I have to say. Easily my favorite pavilion apart from the Unisphere fountain was the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey’s Heliport. A mammoth structure with a restaurant at the top and a helicopter landing pad above that. On the first floor, a “12-minute color movie, presented on a screen 195-feet in circumference” around the outside of the theater would’ve been a large scale model of the planned World Trade Center complex, two gothic-modern Twin Towers and accompanying lower buildings in an earlier configuration before it became what was there in 1973. Construction would be set for 1966.
Oh WoW!! How cool! I remember all the talk in 5th & 6th grade (1965-66) about two new skyscrapers that were being planned to be built soon. I love it that even tho you are still pretty young, you have an interest in these things. May I suggest that you keep a journal or scrapbook of memories to share further down. Time passes so quickly and I remember 22 like it was last year. I got to go to New York finally in 1981, and to see the Twin Towers, albeit from the sidewalk due to fear of heights. Anyway, just a thought. I recorded (in 2005) my Father and Great-Aunt talking about 'the good 'ol days' of the 30s 40s 50s and I treasure those cassettes! Have a great life! 🥰
@@bonniemoerdyk9809 thank you Bonni! I’ve always been fascinated by the World Trade Center and Twin Towers, such a massive sprawling complex. An architectural and engineering marvel.
I suppose my obsession started a few years ago when I found photographs my father took from when he went on a Highschool trip to New York in 1989. He took a photo from outside, looking up at those two massive Towers, and then a few photos from atop the North Tower. They had the pleasure of dinning in at the iconic “Windows on the World” restaurant complex. The portion he dined at was on the 107th Floor and it had quite a view! I sadly never got the chance to see them as I was born in 2002 but that won’t stop me from learning about what was once there!
It must’ve been quite the sight to see in person, from almost no matter what direction you stood in relation to the World Trade Center, you could spot those distinct Towers depending on where you were. From what I’ve heard from many who lived in the area prior to September 11th, 2001.
Kinda surreal to look through the telescope of time. Thank you for posting your finds.
My parents were at this fair . This was so nice to see . I wish they had a Video of it . Thanks for sharing
Wow good thing you found it thanks for sharing
That was really awesome I noticed a kid with a type of walkie-talkie and 2 different people with cameras. There were also no cell phones ❤ around, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHARING
What a time capsule to peer into! Thank you for sharing this!
In the 70s, I wanted to go to one of the last Worlds Fairs. My mom told me, “Oh, but you have already been to a Worlds Fair.” Since I didn’t remember that, I asked when. She pulled out a photo album, and showed me a picture of myself at 18 months old, asleep in a stroller, during the 1964 Worlds Fair. Thanks, Mom.
Better days. Days before I was born. Beautiful days. Unbelievable. I can almost feel the crisp cool air in these clips. What a dream. They look like far better days to me. Beautiful to say the least.
I first moved to NYC about 30 years ago, and this was filmed 30 years before that... it makes me feel that this really wasn't that long ago... and yet so much has changed.
I was 7years old in 65 and lived in Flushing/Whitestone. some WF memories:
The crowds. The Summer heat. Lots of fountains. The marionette I got as a souvenir. And the prism.
Half the exhibits were about *countries* ~~ and half were sponsored by *corporations* .
There was a movie theater with 360-degree multiple screens. One film was of a kid looking at the world with a prism. Mind blown.
I remember a big pool of water (indoors) with a massive green glowing cube below, that was supposed to represent a nuclear reactor immersed in a heavy-water coolant bath. When the narration climaxed with the sound of a nuclear bomb going off, I was scared shitless. I had to be reassured that we had NOT just been irradiated, that it was only a simulation.
Nice to see the Mexican dancers and the African percussion players again. There was a place there that I was allowed to play on an African xylophone.
As a Disneyland regular I’m blown away by how uncrowded this fair was. How lovely.
And you got to see where Disney displayed their attractions....
I was 15 when I went to the World’s Fair and I remember there was a lighted population clock at the fairgrounds. Think it read about 196 million people.The current population is c. 367 million. So the growth in population plus air travel being more common and affordable = crowds. 😆
Did you notice mickey and minnie in a quick hug of embrace? It was a kind of passing/sweeping shot of the camera and hard to make out, but it was ole mickey mouse himself...
@@kittiwhieldon4329 I was six and I remember long lines for many of the exhibits. Not sure which day (s) or the time of day, though.
@@Deborah10000 It must have been wonderful! I bet you have amazing memories!
just another civilization.... gone with the wind......I was just a wee lad at the time so wonderful ....
This is really welcome. In those years I, a boy from the South, went off to college in NYC in the 1960s. How nice to see it again as it was then!
My parents took me to see the 1964 World's Fair when I was 5-years old, and I remember it vividly. We don't have World's Fairs anymore. The magic and wonder was co-opted by Disney World in a never-ending world's fair. I took note that this home movie reveals how well-dressed people were in the early 60's. Now people barely get dressed when they leave the house. All part of the coarsening of our society.
That was when pride and morals still existed in regards to clothing .
Shameful how some people dress and conduct themselves in public now - Able-bodied adults going about their business in Pajamas and house slippers, or young girls attending church dressed as for night clubs.🤦♂️
Adults throwing toddler style tantrums when confronted about their bad behavior or inappropriate attire.🙄
How far we have fallen!
It is a generation desperate for attention since parents are so very preoccupied, distracted, and even disinterested.
They are taught by the dregs of social media and "social influencers" and other dubious role models (think Wal-Mart). Parents seem to have less and less influence as the Handheld Black Mirrors, and the garbage they spew, take over. There is NO reason for a child to have one of these. They can figure out how to get around parental restrictions to see things they have no business seeing. Get them a basic flip phone if you think they need a personal phone!
Standards of dress and conduct go hand in hand.
You may still see some remnants of the backlash from the Hippie movement of the late 1960's- early '70's in signs posted at some older businesses, but especially at restaurants - "No Shirt, No Shoes, No Service". Now it is written into Health Codes for Food Service as a matter of hygiene and safety. 👕 👟
I really care not to see anyone's bare chest or armpit hair while dining! 🤮
@@julias.4980 I've thought about this too. I grew up in the 60's and I was attention seeking as a teen (probably normal to some degree for the teenage years when one is trying to" fit in"). My parents didn't supervise me. I got sent home from school for wearing inappropriate clothes. I felt ashamed but it helped me. Thank God for the adults who had the courage to set limits with me. I guess it's a real trick for parents to find a helpful medium between being overbearing or neglectful, especially in the teen years when their authority is more challenged than ever. I think we all want to be seen and to be heard. It takes someone who sees you and hears you before one is truly able to reciprocate and listen to others. With parents on their screens all the time, it impacts their children. The result is a lot of provocative dress and behavior. Protesting for protesting sake. "LOOK AT ME PLEASE!!!" Maybe the power grid going down is exactly what we need.
Look at how well- dressed everyone is.
Right before the culture change
And no litter on the ground, or homeless people..
People smoked in public back then. You don’t see it in these various clips but people there were smoking wherever they wanted.
"Well-dressed" is a matter of opinion. I'd say they were overdressed, or dressed up. How about "conservatively dressed?" And conservative haircuts all around.
@@CrazyBear65 Good point. Appreciate the nuance.
I was a competitive swimmer from rhode island. I had to go swim meet. I was a teen in HS. I took bus into city amd everyone was so helpful.i stayed in church basement and ministers wife made us delicious food. I had never left rhode Island. Great memories.
The world seemed so much more optimistic back then.
In the intervening years, the population of the world has almost tripled.
Tripled into garbage,.
And all came here.
It's an election year.@@ghostlyimageoffear6210
@marknewton6984
Your parents did indeed reproduce.
@@ghostlyimageoffear6210 What else would you expect for the world's largest GARBAGE DUMP?!
What a trip to memory lane! I was there in 1965 as a little girl! Thank you for posting this sweet video! ❤
Love it, went to the World's Fair many times when I was a kid. Always like to remiscience of pictures from the 60's.
OMG! This is the NY I remember as a child! I went to the Worlds Fair in 65 (I was three)!
I think Pam and Ted are the couple shown at times in the film. I wish there were more clues, it’s a nice touristy film of Manhattan and Liberty Island and lastly the Worlds Fair. Love seeing Mickey Mouse at one point. I remember riding “It’s a Small World” and that sky ride (scared me half to death). Looking forward to seeing more of the reels, hopefully there are more clues.
Remember The Belgian Pavillion? They tossed fresh oranges at us, but I took it as though we were being attacked with them. Like you, I was only 3 or 4 and man, I STILL.go way back there whenever I notice the scent of waffles..I had never tasted them until.The Fair..I remember the F Train vividly..8d stand on my tippy toes so I could see out the window at the huge Globe..what an incredible time that was..
@@robertafierro5592 Your description sounds like one from the 1940s-era world's fair....
how do you know Pam & Ted ? friends of family? very interesting..
I remember riding on that Avis Antique Car ride, seen at 6:51. About 30 years later I was surprised to see some old footage of the Beatles taking one of those cars for a spin on that same ride.
Even the people dressed down look dressed up. What an amazing video. In 1965 I was a ten year old living in beautiful Chicago. No one is going to brainwash me into thinking it wasn’t a better time.
I was also 10, in rural Tennessee. Yes, it was a much better time. Seeing the clothing and hair styles make me feel at home, like I've been in a foreign land for many years and I came home.
It may have been simpler, but it wasn’t “better”! I, too, was 10/11 in 1965, which was 3 years after Rachel Carson’s “Silent Spring” came out.
I was 7 then AND YES IT WAS A BETTER TIME!
@@nanwilder2853 It was way better
@@nanwilder2853 BTW, "Silent Spring " was a load of crap, and DDT did not make birds' eggshells thinner.
Beautiful footage!
WOW!!! Great footage!!...Glad you saved it and shared it with us!!! Thank You...i was 2yrs old in '65
Love that nobody had cell phones to look down at constantly. Everyone was looking forward and at the world around them. Now we are slaves to these dumb devices.
Smartphones are constantly used by dumb people.
And the people pay and pay, month by month, for the chains of their own enslavement !!
And by design sadly;
@@timklein3962 What?
Not me ... I refuse to. Family yells at me for not turning my phone on till late afternoon! 😂
this is incredible. love all the work you're doing.
Smartly dressed slim people - and clean, litter - free streets. This is Civilisation.
This is The Great Society.
@@jaymum23 LBJ sure ruined that term, and called it 'progress.'
when white were thr true majority
No, Andrew. It wasn't litter free. Far from it. You just don't see it in this video. What I like seeing (or not) is NOT seeing cell phones in people's hands.
@@xxcelr8rs It was great progress. One of the ways you can tell is how much it triggers Nazis.
I was there at 5yrs old and remember the Merry-Go-Round, it was soooo Beautiful !
What a find! Love the pictures of the World's Fair. Thank you for posting.
I'm from Brooklyn and was born in 1964 when the fair started. My mom told me she didn't go that year to the fair in Flushing, Queens because of being pregnant with me and after i was born it was way too complicated. But she did go in 1965 with my dad and older brothers and sister. I spent the whole video looking for them in the crowd!! (On mute, of course 😂 you've read the comments by now!) Thank you for sharing this video!😊