It really is. We're all kind of connected cosmically and in a totalitarian which should blow your mind to think the most minute detail can affect us. My comments to you for example is also very powerful because of the millions of people seeing your comment, I took the time to comment thus giving it credence and validity. Without it, it would seem to be existing and non-existing like Schroedenger's cat paradox where we wouldn't know the state of the cat without opening the box.
Camera's were sort of not everywhere to people back then, wasn't really known to citizens for special social media. Like from being a rockstar, to youtubers, future cycles.
Depends on what they're filming. But people are generally snapchatting or taking selfies or whatever pretty frequently in public and it doesn't draw a crowd
Well yeah, when I said camera I wasn't counting Joe Blow taking a selfie on his phone, but meant more of a traditional looking film crew setup with a producer, sound guy, etc. For newcasts, documentaries, movie shoots and so forth. One where people see it and some get curious/nosy while others get the "I could get on TV!" bug.
I find it extremely interesting that a lot of these people repeated the question before answering. It seems like people during this era were more careful with their words. They all seem to be thinking really critically about their answers. People shoot from the hip now.
I still do the same thing… I’m only 36 years old but that generation was the one who taught me how to speak like that. Talking more was mainly based on life experiences which unfortunately the “bureaucrats of academia” will deem unworthy, unfavorable, un-fact checked, etc..
These peoples minds were not yet affected by the psychological impact of the internet and then social media. It has changed us drastically. Whatch how we get in even the next 10 years.
If nobody does this already, I may have to do it myself. But 2019 is coming up aka the 40 year anniversary. Someone should ask the same exact questions to people in New York and compare the change in 40 years.
They just wanna see what's going on. They just want to see what is going on. Back then when someone was filming on the street, that meant it was either for TV or for a movie. Quite different from today where everywhere you can find some idiot filming something useless he/she'll post on the internet, which noone cares about.
Interviewer: Why do you feel the need to repeat every question you’re asked? Random person: Why do I feel the need to repeat every question I’m asked?.......well uh.........
Actually, it's a good method of searching through your mind for an answer. When you repeat the question you make the brain go into it deeper and this, in turn, helps to find the better solution. Also, when you pronounce it in your own voice for yourself it's easier to comprehend as you always recognize your own voice and also spell it in your head. The interviewer can be not really well-articulated sometimes. Plus it helps the viewers a lot, at least helped back then, because you can easily miss the question from the interviewer - no dedicated microphone, windy weather etc.
@@TheKiller1922 thanking you for this explanation two years later 🤣 this works with written questions but i never thought of trying to repeat spoken ones.
I don’t know why, but there’s something so endearing and wonderful about capturing an unscripted conversation from everyday people. The purest form of time capsule
What was most interesting was all the people crowding behind the people being interviewed...Today, people would just walk by, if someone was filming on the street, I think.
Less distractions. Nobody is tweeting , taking pics, or using their phones. They are all engulfed in what is going on at the current moment in time. It’s beautiful
look at their hair its all normal good clothing no weird holes in jeans or piercing or half cut head and the women are covered up not like today you can see her nipple in the street
hariputter I wish you could see the stuff people your age post online. Ive noticed lots of older people in today’s generation take the term “the older you get the wiser you are” too literally
Remarkable. I agree, much has changed and very little has changed. The attitude of a person being interviewed and the passers by have changed the most. It's a completely new world now, with everyone so savvy about presentation and video etc. Great document, thanks very much for posting.
the thing is that everything is on the internet in 2018. I would assume people cared more about what was being posted in 1979 rather than now. You see the good and the bad now but in 1979 it was harder to film so they mostly showed the good
South African Piece of Shit --- progressive like Bernie are going to TAKE BACK America and give it to the people --- right now it's being controlled by a lying criminal Commie Puppet named Trump
look at their hair its all normal good clothing no weird holes in jeans or piercing or half cut head and the women are covered up not like today you can see her nipple in the street
I love how people were very mindful of what they were saying...in todays age of Twitter and other social media we seem to speak/type first in general...then think about ramifications after. The patience and calculating is very evident here...would love to see some of these people how they are today (the ones still alive).
@@drewb3665 I think camcorders weren't mass produced yet so most of the cameras were probably very large and expensive, so only professionals and serious hobbyists had them. How wonderful that old footage like this exists for us to learn about human behavior and history!
@Mr.Gamer001 Nowadays when I see a big camera pointed in people's faces on the street they suddenly transform into the happiest people on earth "livin' the dream", huge fake smiles, fashion poses, peace signs, shouts of "woooooo!" and worst of all... duck lips. As soon as the camera is turned off, they go back to walking down the street like a zombie, head down looking at their phone posting their next IG.
No, people have always been lonely, felt underpaid, stressed etc. These people are acting humble and normal because at least they didn't have the sickness of people today trying to get their 15 minutes of fame. It wasn't an opportunity for them to try and get something out of, they were just answering questions honestly and not trying to put on an act because there was no reason or benefit to put on an act.
Until smartphones were first available, I always bought the latest technological gadgets, but I decided not to buy a smartphone. I just had a hunch that it wasn't a good idea. Now I think I made the right decision. All you need is a laptop, which is what I use.
It's incredible how in the old days people used to gather around camera interviews in the streets like it was some remarkable and ground breaking new thing, vs now a days where people just walk by thinking, eh it's just a street interview.
I was 16 years old in 1979. I wanted a Radio Shack TRS-80 computer. I approached my father and asked him if he'd buy me one for 'school work'. My father didn't know what a computer was. I handed him a Radio Shack catalog and told him it was a machine that processed data. He didn't get it. He wanted to know how it did this. I told him you programmed it. He still didn't understand it. He asked me how much it cost. I think I told him $400. He didn't say a word, and handed me back the RS catalog, and looked at me like I was insane. :(
It's because cameras were so rare back then that people wanted to actually appear in them because they might appear in something important, now everyone has them and can share the footage anywhere.
Yes, and I miss the days when you might hear some older NY Jewish people speak with a little bit of a Yiddish dialect too. And the old Brooklyn dialect. My grandma said "turlet" for toilet and "oily" for early. That was a direct throwback to some of the earliest New Yorkers hoping to sounds posh by pronouncing Rs instead of dropping them and vice versa.
So sad to know that the New York Accent is being drowned out by the Stupid Valley Girl accent, Vocal Fry and people making every statement as if it were a question (they sound so unsure of what they're saying) ..., I'm so glad I grew up in Massapequa and never lost my Lawn Guyland Accent ..., oh, that lady in the blue blouse at 4:11 is really Hot !!
JOE SHOW Lol Im usually against a lot of the jerking off of the past but this one I agree with. Even my own New York accent is barely there. I think its because television made American accents more homogenized. It was also mostly a thing for working class whites, who are now moving out to the suburbs and being replaced by hipsters from out of state. Although I did hear one girl there say “OD”, I was surprised I thought that was more recent slang. New York is starting to come up with a new accent though in the Bronx, people don’t like it because it sounds too peurto rican but I like it it’s more flavorful than the stale accent we all got now.
@Realist yeah that's happening in many parts of the world because of globalization. In France for example, a lot of the regional accents are disappearing and people are sounding more Parisian.
It's almost like modern day developing country (Pakistan for my case) where people still stare. It is amazing that I shrugged off these differences as some kind of genetic/cultural thing before I saw this video.
@@tyler7828 Hahaha well to be fair, the black person here 3:41 looks like a serious businessman. I respect that. Drug abuse and the constant victimhood are messing with people's minds nowadays. Get a job, be respectful, be professional, respect the law, build a family is asking too much?
I agree, everyone plays to the camera these days, and these folks (even though New Yorkers) don't seem that interested in showing off. It seems like they maybe figured they'd likely never see the footage, whereas now someone would be instantly putting it on FB or something, and so would have to sound more clever.
@@tyler7828 I mean I see plenty of people who weren't white but they (with the exception of one gentleman) weren't being interviewed. That seems to be because they were talking to the working professionals of the area (in professional attire).
@@zatoichiMiyamoto I think that's why I had a crush on her lol If I were in that book 11.22.63, I wouldn't be able to even start trying to save JFK lmao
It’s so interesting to see people who are living their every day lives, walking to and from work, pass by these ppl having an Interview and stopping to see what is going on and giving the look for pure curiosity... just goes to show how much times have changed
He’s not wrong 😂 the mafia were in control of the most of the unions, they had police on their payroll.. judges and jury’s payed off. In a way they were almost at par with the government, until of course the RICO came in to change it all..
I love how many repeat the question before they answer. Yes there is an element of stalling to give themselves time to think. But I mourn the passage of a time where people wanted to make sure what the question was before launching their answer. So very many people attempt to address you nowadays without first making sure that their understanding of your point of view and what you point of view actually are on the same page. Beautiful time machine snapshots...
That repeating the question before answering is actually the foundation to solid listening skills. It is amazing how a simple stall trick can actually.i prove communication skills and one’s ability to carry out orders. Folks back then practiced without even knowing. I’ve been in Brazil since 2013 and I can’t stress enough how frustrating it is to get a simple food server to execute a simple well spoken order, in Portuguese ! Across the board they fail throughout to listen, gather , confirm. I am sure back in the US it is deteriorating as well.
@@AntonioCostaRealEstate right here in NYC I have a devil of a time getting any sandwich without lettuce. Even if they repeat 'No lettuce'...it shows up on the sandwich eight times out of ten. It ain't just Brazil dude. Plenty more examples where that comes from. Eternal vigilance...
I have noticed this myself with my family, the older ones always repeat the question before answering, you the younger ones are answering you before you even finish your question, things are changed between these ages, we can barely see it
I think the moderator asked them to repeat, because he didnt have the best sound. In one of the shots he asks the respondents to repeat the questions before answering. (But yeah, I agree that in daily life its a nice habit)
I lived in NYC in 1979 - I might have been walking by as these interviews were filmed. People seem more authentic, less neurotic and self centered than they do today. I see a woman at Rockefeller center and then you hear a church bell, and that's from St. Patrick's right across the street. Two young businessmen, one with great blow dryed hair, are across the street from the Flatiron Building. Makes me nostalgic.
I am form the UK and have never been to NY. The New York of the 1970s and 80s was very crime and drug ridden, most people called it a cesspit of corruption and the government had really given up on it. It was not until the reforms and programs in the 1990s that the low crime and almost drug free NY we see today emerged. NY like most major cities in the west today are more green, gentrified and low crime areas.
yes that makes sense. I'm 24 but I'm guilty of 2 of the 3 characteristics you mentioned. I am neurotic partly because of personality but also due to constant instant gratification of internet and gaming.
I think you're falling for the "good ole days" fallacy. Everybody thinks that the period they grew up in or came of age in is the "best" one, but the 70s and 80s were rife with societal problems, albeit different than today's problems, but still very present. If you take a camera to the streets in any modern era, you'll probably find that people are just people! And we'll always have the batshit crazy/neurotic ones.
A huge change is now everyone has a camera, and the ability to photograph or film. This was a time when few people owned film cameras - to be on the television was a huge deal. You'd tell your friends and family what channel to watch, 'the channel 4 news tonight i think I'm on it' and someone would always refuse because their show was on or it wasn't their channel news 😂
This type of video documentary is what TH-cam was truly born for. You are a true prophet, Sir and your work is appreciated. The next best thing to a time machine.
Only 42 years ago! The younger looking ones, if we assume are 30 years old at the time, would be 72 now. If they were younger, say 21, then they’d be 51 now! So may be that a few of them survived! Sadly the older folk in the video may not be around today :(
I was around in 79. It was a mess in America with the energy crisis and gas lines. Carter was president and he was very weak. 79 was a time of crisis. We had hostages in Iran held by the same kind of terrorists we see today. Carter made a terrible failed attempt to rescue the Americans being held. Gas was like .69 cents a gallon. We were still driving beastly huge luxury cars that got 6 mpg and we smoked on planes and in grocery stores. As far as how my life went? I've had a wonderful life! Went into the military in 82, served my country. Worked hard at many different jobs to make my way. Married and divorced twice. Lived on Maui for 9 years. Lost both my Dad and Mom and their entire families, but I'm still here. I live in NY now and plan on retiring to the Philippines in the next two years if God gives me life. I want to go there to help people who are poor and doing without. I plan on living out my years there and then, farewell to this life and on to heaven. God Bless!
They walk slower, they react and speak slower, they're more reserved, refined and calm, there's less people, it's generally quieter, they dress up and seem neater in appearance.
This made me reflect upon how I talk and walk. I’m so strung out from all the stress of the modern world that I practically string my sentences together. IspeaklikethisbecauseIknowthatifIdontsayitfastenoughthennoonewilllisten.
I do believe that some of them were in their 20s even 30s .They would be fine with medical care that we have currently have even thought its still not the best. I wonder if David kept records of who he had filmed that day?
Skillful and prescient interview, capturing the spirit of this time in so few minutes. I was working a few blocks away in the municipal building, and this is how I remember people speaking. Thanks for this wonderful pathway to our past!
Look how relaxed that girl saying "My job? Typing. I don't know" Nowadays it would be "I love it! I'm so excited about it! It's a career that gives me purpose!" with a hyperanxious vibe.
Yes exactly ! The MD of Pret A Manger, the UK food outlet chain, is quoted as saying they ''mandate a culture of aggressive agreableness '' amongst employees in dealing with customers. I for one am heartily sick of it !
Well, I guess you interpret it wrong - she said "typing, I don't know" because she was supposed to answer with the first thing that comes to her mind when the interviewer said something, e.g. "computers - numbers". It's not about being passionate about her job but more about her general association with the job.
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it's amazing to look at 70 year old in this video knowing that they're dead now. And looking at young men in this video knowing that they are probably old men now. Life is short!
I saw a dude walking around with his shirt open. I saw people wearing jeans and t shirts. The people being interviewed were so obviously going to or leaving work.
A worthless video at the time that’s now gold in my eyes. I love this video because it shows the mentality of an era gone by. I remember seeing people in suits like this and always wanted to ask them questions as these. Younger back then, I always felt intimidated by them but now see they were no different than me. They dressed confidently but now I see they were just as camera shy as me and had the same concerns as me. Kudos to the videographer who had the foresight to do this for future generations ; job well done. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
It was pretty cool to see Gary Killdall( @ 1:22-2:28),as one of the interviewees(the bearded guy), Killdall was one of the pioneers in the advancement of computer software, a belately recognized giant of the digital revolution. What he said applies today: "Corporations are devious", this from a guy whoms software concepts and ideas would be stolen and use by a kid named Bill Gates just a few years after that 1979 interview.
It's not sad, it's just evolution, people back in 79 were nostalgic about those post war years where all men wore hats and the street were safe and the subway was graffiti free, just to give an example.
There’s something about the colour grading of old videos that is just so nostalgic. I grew up in the early 90s and I remember the TV screens used to be like this.
if anyone whos in this video, reads this comment, then there is a direct Route that person travelled from being filmed in New York 1979 to being in front of a computer reading this comment 40 years later
TODAY I HAD to have a BIG boil lanced and drained by a doctor. I usually "pop" and drain these myself, but this one was on my inner thigh very close to my "meats"..., It wouldn't pop and it was awkward to reach (tried using a mirror but everything was backwards)..... Anyway, when the doctor lanced it, it SPRAYED this stuff that looked like green mayo all over the nurse. I was so embarrassed. It smelled like tuna fish as well. The nurse looked really sick to her stomach, bless her heart!!!!.
Thank you for posting. I love this kind of thing, seeing people in their prime and living their lives and now they're grandparents or passed away because time flies.
The nervousness of people in front of the camera was amazing. With the snap chat age we live in today, it's rare to see people get so nervous in front of a camera today. We're all filming ourselves all day long. So weird to see this subtle change in society.
An interesting insight and you are absolutely correct. People were more nervous back then because they had not really been interviewed and few had actually ever seen themselves on film. On the other hand, since they were not familiar with the medium, they tended to be rather blunt and truthful in their responses. Today, as an interviewer, I work much harder to get people to a place with a just present their authentic selves - critical for the viewer as viewers sense inauthenticity. David Hoffman - filmmaker
I get quite nervous in front of a camera actually, and know many other people that do. In my case it is due to social anxiety disorder, but, that is actually a common thing.
They were probably either told to do it so the viewer could hear the question properly, or due to being on a busy city street simply making sure they had heard the question correctly themselves.
I love how these people do not ramble on about stuff that is not important. They just answer what they were asked for hahaha. It is so fascinating looking at them.
@@chrisgonepro9648 actually in 2000's I would walk around with a VHS camcorder and film some public places I wasn't being suspicious just love filming and quiet a few times older women would stop me because they didn't want to be in the background of my video it was funny because they put even more attention on themselves in my video's
First thing that comes to mind. Those people had a way better sense of dressing themselves than what we have today, and they talked with a proper choice of words compared to what you get when interviewing people on the streets today. This is a very interesting snippet from the past.
Absolutely. People were more comprehensive with their grammar, syntax, and diction. I think the fundamentals of reading writing, speech and overall communication were much more emphasized. They were from a time when you just didn't get passed on in elementary school. If you weren't up to standard, you weren't going to pass...PERIOD!!!
Chadizard That’s the thing. These aren’t people from Wall Street, these are the even more common men and women. Today you would have to search Wall Street or somewhere more prestigious to find people as educated as these common folk. We wonder why there is a growing gap between the rich and the poor today. The problem isn’t the rich themselves, it’s the poor and middle class’ fault for not being disciplined enough to be responsible for their choices.
Nobody wants to be shamed, so we avoid the camera like the plague. I notice people saying 'ima put you/this on youtube', instead of handling business. Its like little children running around on the playground just waiting for someone to tattle tale on someone. Pathetic.
Nothing like that today?? Really? How about hundreds or thousands of random people "liking" pointless pictures of your kids, your dog, or the omelette you made that morning? How about millions of people subscribing to pointless TH-cam channels just to watch people talk about trivial crap incessantly. Then there are the people who can't walk past any point of interest, or even order a meal at a restaurant, without taking a selfie with it. If anything, we're much more ridiculous than the people gathering around a camera in 1979.
@@McScott76 Liking something from a device is different than crowding around a camera. Nowadays, it seems more people are actually trying to avoid cameras. If you see a camera filming on the street, you'd be more compelled to keep walking and avoid it, or at least I would
@@Divine_R, With respect, I think you're missing the point. People didn't crowd around those cameras because they were fascinated with technology. They crowded around them because they were fascinated with being seen -- with having their 15 minutes in the limelight. Only then, it was about being on TV. Now it is about having a "following" on social media. Same disease, different symptoms.
I absolutely sound like this. Born and raised NYer. I am 29. I have a very “strawng” accent lol. TONS of people in the outer boroughs sound like this now.
Lana's Daydream there are definitely people who still have accents. But it’s devolving. A lot people who aren’t from here live here now. And tons of hipster have taken over Brooklyn and queens and other parts of nyc
No, this isn't just how people talked in 1979. They were told to repeat the questions. It's a documentary interview strategy to avoid sound differences between interviewer and interviewee and to make clips flow together faster and more naturally. They just didn't finish editing this (editing out the interviewer)
This is a longer version. Fun to watch. -th-cam.com/video/2hYpoMPltTU/w-d-xo.html
1979 Wall Street Workers Answer Questions. Are They Any Different From Now? 12.10.24. faces to inspire cinematic dialogue....
What’s your job?
1979:Typing, I don’t know :)
2020: Key Accounts Manager Assistant and Marketing Executive Officer
Hahaha
2079: Typing, I don’t know
Oh the facade in 2020 really amuses me
I mean, not really, in more formal settings, they’d say the actual name or if they wanted to impress
XDDDD
I love these. It's like time traveling
Agreed, now looking for more little time capsule interviews
when you couldn't get arrested and get sued for thinking somebody is a different gender
The closet we can get unfortunately.
This is gonna be us one day 😥
It's more like we haven't changed lol We're stock.
They all went home that night and had to wait another 36 years for me to write this comment
hahahhah
It really is. We're all kind of connected cosmically and in a totalitarian which should blow your mind to think the most minute detail can affect us. My comments to you for example is also very powerful because of the millions of people seeing your comment, I took the time to comment thus giving it credence and validity. Without it, it would seem to be existing and non-existing like Schroedenger's cat paradox where we wouldn't know the state of the cat without opening the box.
Good stuff, good stuff!
James7796ify but, it was well worth the wait!
John Doe, I was gonna say the same thing... Smokin' hot... they're probably in their mid 60s by now though :(
My grandpa appears in 2:40, had no clue he was in this until I watched it. He died in 03 and miss him very much ! RIP
may God rest his soul 🙏🏾
The one that said bureaucracy?
When was he born?
Where is your grandpa? Can you point him out to us? Also, how old was he when he died?
It’s funny that all people look little shy but not insecure
But now every body look confident but so insecure
Thats so true
Because Computer!
Because actual people suck
Interesting observation
Camera's were sort of not everywhere to people back then, wasn't really known to citizens for special social media. Like from being a rockstar, to youtubers, future cycles.
I love how there's a cloud of 70's people curiously staring at us, staring at them from 2019.
Jasmine Lav. You mean from 2020 lol
😮
2020 now
TH-cam is a time machine...
Jasmine Lav. Best comment I’ve seen in a while, you nailed it!
Imagine randomly searching videos and seeing yourself in a video from 1979.
That would be crazy.
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that's exactly what I was thinking
@@kali4967 there was a dude from another similar video that found himself in one of the vids, had heaps of likes
top 10 anime accounts It was the 90s in HD
He is the guy that turns around and checks the blond girl out. Has a ponytail.
"How do you feel about repeating every thing I ask you?"
"How do I feel about...............?"
😅🤣🤣
Noticed that too haha
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Lol I was thinking the same lol
trick..gives one time to think over the answer.
this video is so pure. they all look like children that are excited and happy.
That's what I thought too! And I loved how people surrounded around them bc they were probably excited to see a camera.
Loneliness
wartem curiosity
that's because they live in a pre corona era
They never see a camera on the streets
Wow, all these people gathered around just to see someone with a camera on the street. So different from modern society!
CooleoBrad not really. People will still tend to gravitate towards a camera.
Depends on what they're filming. But people are generally snapchatting or taking selfies or whatever pretty frequently in public and it doesn't draw a crowd
Well yeah, when I said camera I wasn't counting Joe Blow taking a selfie on his phone, but meant more of a traditional looking film crew setup with a producer, sound guy, etc. For newcasts, documentaries, movie shoots and so forth. One where people see it and some get curious/nosy while others get the "I could get on TV!" bug.
That's because everyone carrying around their own little camera now, which is a phone.
oooh sorry ard' @@Deguu68
Many of these people are grandparents, many of them are dead.
I love watching these time capsules, they remind you how quickly life passes by.
Yeah, imagine in 40 years, people will be watching footage from 2019
I think you'd be surprised how many are alive. Probably 80+%
S. J. A lot are probably grandparents or middle age but I wouldn't say many of them are dead lol just the old ones in the video
I know. I watch this vintage videos with sadness and nostalgia as it reminds me how fragile and short life is.
@@MrSupernova111 wow, how are u twin?
I find it extremely interesting that a lot of these people repeated the question before answering. It seems like people during this era were more careful with their words. They all seem to be thinking really critically about their answers. People shoot from the hip now.
idk i found it weird they took so long and didnt say much
They were asked to repeat the question since the camera cant pick it up
Most of these people are academics. Try an interview in a MAGA cave including Trump shamans.
I still do the same thing… I’m only 36 years old but that generation was the one who taught me how to speak like that. Talking more was mainly based on life experiences which unfortunately the “bureaucrats of academia” will deem unworthy, unfavorable, un-fact checked, etc..
ESP that deformed dude that David bar stools creator. Dude flushed like 98 consecutive shots. And dudes built like a question mark
It's just amazing the attitude of people more humble more shy
These people's parents were a part of great generations.
These peoples minds were not yet affected by the psychological impact of the internet and then social media. It has changed us drastically. Whatch how we get in even the next 10 years.
Adam Buentello lmao
Kay InMaine l see you've been drinking from that fountain of youth, looking good! 😉😎
Kay InMaine I noticed the 80s look. Feeling the swag!!:) 80s baby here 😎
If nobody does this already, I may have to do it myself. But 2019 is coming up aka the 40 year anniversary. Someone should ask the same exact questions to people in New York and compare the change in 40 years.
I live in Norway so I'd love for somebody to do that
YES so do this! So smart and interesting would love to see the difference between the two. From style, accents, diversity, technology. Go awf bitch
I would try to find these people if they are still living and reinterview them!
do it! I cant wait to watch it.
Looking forward to the video!
"Did everyone repeat the question back to you in the 70s?"
"Did everyone repeat the question back to you in the 70s? Why, yes they did."
"Did that comment make you laugh?"
"Did that comment make me laugh? Yes, that comment made me laugh."
People should do this now too, would avoid some dumb answers maybe....maybe not.
sales man often do this
jonavr1 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
@@SHx589 This. It's a technique used in interviews quite often.
I got a sense of relax and peace while watching this video. These people are conveying very good vibes with their polished talk and manners.
“Computer? Tape.”
“Bureaucracy? Red tape.”
This man knows his tape.
- Do you have a lot of paperwork
- Paper tape
"Hey where are you going?"
"I have to return some video tapes". ---Patrick Bateman.
That explains a lot.
That was such boss answer imo.
i was waiting for you to type "Hotel? Trivago"
-Food
-Tape worm
I love all the people in the background just looking at the camera like it is magic.
In reality the cameras were pretty common even since WW2 start so idk why they do it.
@@jinxd511 maybe they want to know what the interviewer guy asked about?🤔
They just wanna see what's going on.
They just want to see what is going on. Back then when someone was filming on the street, that meant it was either for TV or for a movie.
Quite different from today where everywhere you can find some idiot filming something useless he/she'll post on the internet, which noone cares about.
@@Landstalker1999 lol
Still happens in poor countries here. In fact it's more aggressive. They will push and squeeze in if they have to.
Interviewer: Why do you feel the need to repeat every question you’re asked?
Random person: Why do I feel the need to repeat every question I’m asked?.......well uh.........
your comment is the best lol
Well that guy actually listened and tried to answer. If it was I would probably freeze. Am jealous.... smart dude.
Actually, it's a good method of searching through your mind for an answer. When you repeat the question you make the brain go into it deeper and this, in turn, helps to find the better solution. Also, when you pronounce it in your own voice for yourself it's easier to comprehend as you always recognize your own voice and also spell it in your head. The interviewer can be not really well-articulated sometimes.
Plus it helps the viewers a lot, at least helped back then, because you can easily miss the question from the interviewer - no dedicated microphone, windy weather etc.
😂
@@TheKiller1922 thanking you for this explanation two years later 🤣 this works with written questions but i never thought of trying to repeat spoken ones.
I don’t know why, but there’s something so endearing and wonderful about capturing an unscripted conversation from everyday people. The purest form of time capsule
I totally agree.
David Hoffman - filmmaker
1979: People surrounding the interviewer 's
2020: Huh, another TH-camr
Huzaifa Khan 😂😂😂😂
Was going to say this. They look like a flock of sea gulls surrounding someone eating french fries.
Right now It would be hey, hey, hey stay 6ft away.
@@joeldoxtator9804 agreed
They are like Caveman who have never seen a camera before
What was most interesting was all the people crowding behind the people being interviewed...Today, people would just walk by, if someone was filming on the street, I think.
it was so cool to see i would LOVE to have a crowd like that to be interviewed.
Camera was so new invention, only 100 years old.
drumstick74 people act different these days... We're less connected today... Even though we're more "connected" through superficial social networks.
Joseph Markovich mcgregor huh haha
I mean if you're filming with a small camera yeah, but film with a large hollywood one and you'll get as many reactions.
Is it me or you feel the same? The energy from people’s eye contact and smile is much more innocent and friendly than nowadays.
people didnt lie and backstab back then as much
Now people dont say hi or look at you
Less distractions. Nobody is tweeting , taking pics, or using their phones. They are all engulfed in what is going on at the current moment in time. It’s beautiful
In Europe it's still the same as that in a lot of places. Not London so much but elsewhere.
Maybe because nowadays christianity decline in US.
I wonder if any of them know this video exist.
Kinda cool to see how confidence and content some of these people were.
I absolutely love old and vintage interviews. It's a time machine
"my job... its a living"
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Lol when they nice girl says "My job? Typing, I dunno" lol epic
corporate slavery havent changed much
look at their hair its all normal good clothing no weird holes in jeans or piercing or half cut head and the women are covered up not like today you can see her nipple in the street
Zero Hour Fashion changed
thats literally my job... Fucking numbers and typing all day.
@@zerohour2703 Bro where the fuck do you live?
In 1979: People were actually confident to say "I don't know"
In 2020: Everyone thinks or want to know or say everything.
How sad idk is now the thing in the past. Now they say it is what is.
True. Many People nowadays have way too much confidence and see themselves as a know-it-all.
The dunning-Kruger effect
Jae Zus Interesting thanks bro. Was not aware with this theory yet.
hariputter I wish you could see the stuff people your age post online. Ive noticed lots of older people in today’s generation take the term “the older you get the wiser you are” too literally
Remarkable. I agree, much has changed and very little has changed. The attitude of a person being interviewed and the passers by have changed the most. It's a completely new world now, with everyone so savvy about presentation and video etc. Great document, thanks very much for posting.
the thing is that everything is on the internet in 2018. I would assume people cared more about what was being posted in 1979 rather than now. You see the good and the bad now but in 1979 it was harder to film so they mostly showed the good
+Bill Belzek You spelled Hilary wrong.
"Belzek" Actually the people that have changed most are progressives, hence the name. Youre an idiot and the reason someone crass like trump one
South African Piece of Shit --- progressive like Bernie are going to TAKE BACK America and give it to the people --- right now it's being controlled by a lying criminal Commie Puppet named Trump
Bill Belzek Do you know what communism is man🤦♂️Trump isn’t commie he’s just a moron and I see he’s rubs off of you.
I remember in the early '80s if you had a big cam recorder that took in VHS cassettes, you were a badass
I love cassettes more than CDs, DVDs or USBs. I still having an operating VCR in my home with dozens of cassettes.
look at their hair its all normal good clothing no weird holes in jeans or piercing or half cut head and the women are covered up not like today you can see her nipple in the street
Zero Hour ye, just imagine us in 100 years from now.
@@TeeHeeWinning There is no 100 years from now. There never will be.
@@billycasper3351 You are just cheap.
That one guy was obsessed with tape. Computer tape, red tape...
@Tony tape worm
He was the first internet troll
stevenARTify Facts 🤣🤣🤣🤣 and don’t forget Bubble Tape lol
Sex tape
Scotch tape
I love how people were very mindful of what they were saying...in todays age of Twitter and other social media we seem to speak/type first in general...then think about ramifications after. The patience and calculating is very evident here...would love to see some of these people how they are today (the ones still alive).
I think humans weren't as trained to have a camera filming them back then. Their behavior is fascinating.
I was just thinking same thing. Why are they acting like video cameras are brand new?
@@drewb3665 I think camcorders weren't mass produced yet so most of the cameras were probably very large and expensive, so only professionals and serious hobbyists had them. How wonderful that old footage like this exists for us to learn about human behavior and history!
This was refreshing
@Bort The Builder I thought the same thing. The recorder just spouted words to them. I'd be confused too if it happened to me now in 2019
@Mr.Gamer001 Nowadays when I see a big camera pointed in people's faces on the street they suddenly transform into the happiest people on earth "livin' the dream", huge fake smiles, fashion poses, peace signs, shouts of "woooooo!" and worst of all... duck lips. As soon as the camera is turned off, they go back to walking down the street like a zombie, head down looking at their phone posting their next IG.
Everybody seems so much more laid back. They took their time.
Wyatt Button its because of 9/11
No, people were already stressed out by the late 1990s.
Wyatt Button now they are on a phone and think you should get out of the way
No, people have always been lonely, felt underpaid, stressed etc. These people are acting humble and normal because at least they didn't have the sickness of people today trying to get their 15 minutes of fame. It wasn't an opportunity for them to try and get something out of, they were just answering questions honestly and not trying to put on an act because there was no reason or benefit to put on an act.
Until smartphones were first available, I always bought the latest technological gadgets, but I decided not to buy a smartphone. I just had a hunch that it wasn't a good idea. Now I think I made the right decision. All you need is a laptop, which is what I use.
I want to jump in there and buy Apple stock.
100th like
Or you could focus on now so of day you'll be in that comforable position
@@raemanmusic Please stop speaking
i just want to buy bitcoin at 1 cent
Izuku Midoriya
Why are you calling him ignorant
It's incredible how in the old days people used to gather around camera interviews in the streets like it was some remarkable and ground breaking new thing, vs now a days where people just walk by thinking, eh it's just a street interview.
we’re used to it now 🤷♀️
Very few people as recently as the 1980s had any cine image of themselves. People had very little money back then.
Back when being on camera was a huge novelty.
Mr. Chopsticks a big deal exactly simpler times now sucks
Mr. Chopsticks wild to think about
In my country India it still is
It's 1979 not 1929...
Nearly everyone owned a camera back then, but you only used it for special occasions like vacations/holidays.
As a 27 year old it's definitely odd to see some of the younger woman in this video and think "damn, she's hot" followed by "she's like 70+ now...."
lmao same, girl on the right at 4:12 was looking like a snack
@@jonyD143 She kinda looks like Aubrey Plaza
@@carlt7167 Was going to say the same thing - we should show this to Aubrey
G W bruh u did not just say u find old people attractive 😳
@@jonyD143 She's was sexy then, and i bet still sexy today.
I was 16 years old in 1979. I wanted a Radio Shack TRS-80 computer. I approached my father and asked him if he'd buy me one for 'school work'. My father didn't know what a computer was. I handed him a Radio Shack catalog and told him it was a machine that processed data. He didn't get it. He wanted to know how it did this. I told him you programmed it. He still didn't understand it. He asked me how much it cost. I think I told him $400. He didn't say a word, and handed me back the RS catalog, and looked at me like I was insane. :(
+MrSloika That's funny shit. I remember the same looks from my Old Man too. Miracles for sale in the back of comic books
I was making $8.10/hr plus benefits in '79 as an apprentice pipefitter. Rent was $325/mo. Thought I had the world by the ass.
You think the world has got me by the ass? LOL Dream on. Happily retired and traveling the world. Don't foist your personal problems onto others.
You're welcome.
I'm laughing to tears reading your post 😄
These are the most confident shy people I’ve ever seen
People in background
1979 - Let me check this out, I may be on TV.
2020 - get that thing out of my face
I noticed too haha
More like people in US
It's because cameras were so rare back then that people wanted to actually appear in them because they might appear in something important, now everyone has them and can share the footage anywhere.
A couple of them are probably dead now
@Jackis Chilling94 nope, even if they were in their 30s they are now in their 80s
The classic New York City dialects are dying out. So good to hear many variations of such here...
The Jewish NY accent is one of the nicest in the world
Yes, and I miss the days when you might hear some older NY Jewish people speak with a little bit of a Yiddish dialect too. And the old Brooklyn dialect. My grandma said "turlet" for toilet and "oily" for early. That was a direct throwback to some of the earliest New Yorkers hoping to sounds posh by pronouncing Rs instead of dropping them and vice versa.
Uhh, numbahs?
"Yeah, Buffahs. Da family had a lotta buffahs."
So sad to know that the New York Accent is being drowned out by the Stupid Valley Girl accent, Vocal Fry and people making every statement as if it were a question (they sound so unsure of what they're saying) ..., I'm so glad I grew up in Massapequa and never lost my Lawn Guyland Accent ..., oh, that lady in the blue blouse at 4:11 is really Hot !!
When New Yorkers actually sound like they are from New York
Alot of them aren't anymore
When people actually sounded educated
@@likenl4508 did you hear half the people here?
JOE SHOW Lol Im usually against a lot of the jerking off of the past but this one I agree with. Even my own New York accent is barely there. I think its because television made American accents more homogenized. It was also mostly a thing for working class whites, who are now moving out to the suburbs and being replaced by hipsters from out of state. Although I did hear one girl there say “OD”, I was surprised I thought that was more recent slang. New York is starting to come up with a new accent though in the Bronx, people don’t like it because it sounds too peurto rican but I like it it’s more flavorful than the stale accent we all got now.
@Realist yeah that's happening in many parts of the world because of globalization. In France for example, a lot of the regional accents are disappearing and people are sounding more Parisian.
This is one of the best videos on TH-cam. It's a time capsule.
funny how all the passer bys stop and stare for the camera lol
cameras everywhere. welcome to 1984 and big brother.
also the nazis had citizens spy on people but thanks to facebook you all spying on yourselves.
TheSeanm102 Cameras were huge back in then
NEVER_AGAIN then it's ok, or what?
It's almost like modern day developing country (Pakistan for my case) where people still stare. It is amazing that I shrugged off these differences as some kind of genetic/cultural thing before I saw this video.
NEVER_AGAIN change of subject detected. Go fuck yourself.
Wow those people looked so..... NORMAL!
El Inextricable if by normal you mean white then yes
Yeah for sure, wish New York was still like that.
@@tyler7828 Hahaha well to be fair, the black person here 3:41 looks like a serious businessman. I respect that. Drug abuse and the constant victimhood are messing with people's minds nowadays. Get a job, be respectful, be professional, respect the law, build a family is asking too much?
I agree, everyone plays to the camera these days, and these folks (even though New Yorkers) don't seem that interested in showing off. It seems like they maybe figured they'd likely never see the footage, whereas now someone would be instantly putting it on FB or something, and so would have to sound more clever.
@@tyler7828 I mean I see plenty of people who weren't white but they (with the exception of one gentleman) weren't being interviewed. That seems to be because they were talking to the working professionals of the area (in professional attire).
4:14 "I think we're an information oriented society, overdosed on information"
She knew what's going on even in 1979.
Information has always meant power in history actually
She looks like Aubrey Plaza
gave me the chills
@@zatoichiMiyamoto I think that's why I had a crush on her lol If I were in that book 11.22.63, I wouldn't be able to even start trying to save JFK lmao
I was going to say she ain't seen nothing yet. She thinks they were overloaded on information in 79' give it another 15 years.
It’s so interesting to see people who are living their every day lives, walking to and from work, pass by these ppl having an Interview and stopping to see what is going on and giving the look for pure curiosity... just goes to show how much times have changed
They looked relaxed. Curious, decent people who speak clearly.
Most importantly they listen.
Relaxed oñ Wall Street. Today's oxymoron.
The age before Hyper-normalization... ☠
Even walking by putting something in their mouths without a care.
@@schnappsundbier2096 For the most part they could afford a roof over their heads
4:41 "Who has the power" and the random guy yells out "THE MAFIA!"
I guess...
“that just how Mafia works”
He’s not wrong 😂 the mafia were in control of the most of the unions, they had police on their payroll.. judges and jury’s payed off. In a way they were almost at par with the government, until of course the RICO came in to change it all..
Well after all Kennedy was brought into office by the mafias. Look into history, the Kennedy crime family was all around the mafia business
It was probably Richard Kuklinski " The Iceman" himself yelling, jk lol . ;-)
2019: “FACEBOOK!”
I love how many repeat the question before they answer. Yes there is an element of stalling to give themselves time to think. But I mourn the passage of a time where people wanted to make sure what the question was before launching their answer. So very many people attempt to address you nowadays without first making sure that their understanding of your point of view and what you point of view actually are on the same page. Beautiful time machine snapshots...
That repeating the question before answering is actually the foundation to solid listening skills. It is amazing how a simple stall trick can actually.i prove communication skills and one’s ability to carry out orders.
Folks back then practiced without even knowing.
I’ve been in Brazil since 2013 and I can’t stress enough how frustrating it is to get a simple food server to execute a simple well spoken order, in Portuguese !
Across the board they fail throughout to listen, gather , confirm. I am sure back in the US it is deteriorating as well.
@@AntonioCostaRealEstate right here in NYC I have a devil of a time getting any sandwich without lettuce. Even if they repeat 'No lettuce'...it shows up on the sandwich eight times out of ten. It ain't just Brazil dude. Plenty more examples where that comes from. Eternal vigilance...
people nowadays simply just understand what's being asked. Or do you repeat every question someone asks you?
I have noticed this myself with my family, the older ones always repeat the question before answering, you the younger ones are answering you before you even finish your question, things are changed between these ages, we can barely see it
I think the moderator asked them to repeat, because he didnt have the best sound. In one of the shots he asks the respondents to repeat the questions before answering. (But yeah, I agree that in daily life its a nice habit)
Lol if only they knew what was coming 4:19
it has always been a problem ever since it came out
Her analysis was spot on
Who else went back to 4.19?
Girl in the blue looks like Aubrey Plaza
Just think about much did television change... suddenly you could see places far away
In my country people on street still surround a camera man like this Lol
It means it's stuck in time.
My country to. (Pakistan)
And Philippines
@@theyellowbrad8168 Only in rural Pakistan. In urban areas, Most people don't care about public interview nowadays Inc me
Here in Sweden, people awkwardly realize they're being filmed and hurry out of frame haha
@@hinduskigaandchodo336 abey tere channel ka name batata hain ki mathersa main padhai ke kya asrat hote hain ....
computer:
"NUMBAS"
If you turn on captions at that moment you get a (≧▽≦) face (2:55)
That's a really right answer, actually! =)
Kinda unexpected but kinda a cute inflection
@@thisisntsergio1352 I laugh SO HARD when i find this, and i don't know why, is too unexpected xD
*Mason what do the fuckin numbers mean* ?!
I lived in NYC in 1979 - I might have been walking by as these interviews were filmed. People seem more authentic, less neurotic and self centered than they do today. I see a woman at Rockefeller center and then you hear a church bell, and that's from St. Patrick's right across the street. Two young businessmen, one with great blow dryed hair, are across the street from the Flatiron Building. Makes me nostalgic.
Yeah people are batshit crazy nowadays. I think a lot of it's down to social media but also I think wifi-signals are messing with people's heads.
Themanwhocameback2
The internet has allowed us to gain insight about evil humans
I am form the UK and have never been to NY.
The New York of the 1970s and 80s was very crime and drug ridden, most people called it a cesspit of corruption and the government had really given up on it. It was not until the reforms and programs in the 1990s that the low crime and almost drug free NY we see today emerged.
NY like most major cities in the west today are more green, gentrified and low crime areas.
yes that makes sense. I'm 24 but I'm guilty of 2 of the 3 characteristics you mentioned. I am neurotic partly because of personality but also due to constant instant gratification of internet and gaming.
I think you're falling for the "good ole days" fallacy. Everybody thinks that the period they grew up in or came of age in is the "best" one, but the 70s and 80s were rife with societal problems, albeit different than today's problems, but still very present. If you take a camera to the streets in any modern era, you'll probably find that people are just people! And we'll always have the batshit crazy/neurotic ones.
1979 was an amazing time to be alive. So much opportunity.
3:35 The kid with the popcorn stopped dead in his tracks. It cracks me up how fascinated the people in the background are over the camera.
I was thinking the same they are so curious about it! wondering what it is!
He wasted his time. That guy getting interviewed had nothing to say, no good answers.
He looks like the young Henry Hill from Goodfellas.
I was thinking the exact same! He seemed to fascinated!
A huge change is now everyone has a camera, and the ability to photograph or film. This was a time when few people owned film cameras - to be on the television was a huge deal. You'd tell your friends and family what channel to watch, 'the channel 4 news tonight i think I'm on it' and someone would always refuse because their show was on or it wasn't their channel news 😂
Compudah? Whddya mean compudah? Get outa here!
😂😂😂
Xezatt fuggetta bout it
Xezatt lol 😂
Tommy get the paapers the paapaers
Hey Tony! Get me a cup of kuawwfee will ya
"Overdosed on information" yup
Prophetic statement
indeed
Kinda spooky how that girl nailed it 100% --- 40 years ago, too!
Guy with the specs on repeats every single question he's asked.
Laura Walker because it gives him a better understanding and time to think
1:28 the reporter probably asked them all to repeat the questions before answering them
He posted some outtakes and he specifically says they need to repeat the question they were just asked.
Hes processing the question. Then he will give you an answer.
Back when people actually trying to answer probably and don't start talking some unrelatable bs, because they don't admit they don't know something.
It is so interesting to have this documented. Glad you decided to share this.
For some reason I could trust Every single person I saw in this video.
Very last second. The guy with the mustache. I don’t think you saw him.
That’s because they weren’t brainwashed by whichever ideology they had
True lol
why does it feel like the interviewer is from the future? ....
Sebastian Gruszczynski lol ikr
Because you’re projecting yourself in his place
Maybe because he was interviewing these people with the intent of showing it to an audience way into the future
Exactly my thought on it
Sebastian Gruszczynski
Because the questions he asks are still kind of relevant today
Crazy how this people had no idea that 43 years later people will be watching them.
This type of video documentary is what TH-cam was truly born for. You are a true prophet, Sir and your work is appreciated. The next best thing to a time machine.
The difference is that they’re actually able to go on the street
Trueee that!
What do you mean? Like its less crowded?
Cool I'm still able
@Steven Price He's talking about the quarantine ya goose
What’s a street?
4:19- She says - 'We are OD on information', Oh darling, you have no idea what's coming!
Nuh'in Much but the will wonder how mush negativity they are seeing. Be the loce
Ikr!!👍👍 Today's society has information overkill.
I didn’t really notice that.My eyes were glued on the hunk behind her
@@PiranhaJaw22 I would say No, Ash K is not 200 years old, but your reaction is akin to a 4 year olds.
@@EnnesX Dude how the fuck they have more capacity? you are saying the average genetical intelligence declined in the last 40 years, lol
If only the people being interviewed here were found today and asked how their life went since then. That would be awesome!
Only 42 years ago! The younger looking ones, if we assume are 30 years old at the time, would be 72 now. If they were younger, say 21, then they’d be 51 now! So may be that a few of them survived! Sadly the older folk in the video may not be around today :(
they’re dead bro
@@tyresrMaybe not all of them
I was around in 79. It was a mess in America with the energy crisis and gas lines. Carter was president and he was very weak. 79 was a time of crisis. We had hostages in Iran held by the same kind of terrorists we see today. Carter made a terrible failed attempt to rescue the Americans being held. Gas was like .69 cents a gallon. We were still driving beastly huge luxury cars that got 6 mpg and we smoked on planes and in grocery stores.
As far as how my life went? I've had a wonderful life! Went into the military in 82, served my country. Worked hard at many different jobs to make my way. Married and divorced twice. Lived on Maui for 9 years. Lost both my Dad and Mom and their entire families, but I'm still here. I live in NY now and plan on retiring to the Philippines in the next two years if God gives me life. I want to go there to help people who are poor and doing without. I plan on living out my years there and then, farewell to this life and on to heaven. God Bless!
@@mr.mister4110Are you born again in Jesus? 😊
They walk slower, they react and speak slower, they're more reserved, refined and calm, there's less people, it's generally quieter, they dress up and seem neater in appearance.
Yeah, somehow we walk faster and talk faster. Ridiculous
They are being vox popped on subjects they have limited experience or knowledge about but yes it is wonderful to see a different time.
This made me reflect upon how I talk and walk. I’m so strung out from all the stress of the modern world that I practically string my sentences together. IspeaklikethisbecauseIknowthatifIdontsayitfastenoughthennoonewilllisten.
Less Graffiti !
Dress NICE!❤️
💥❤️🌹❤️
and they hate black people lol
4:50 that girl in the back waved us 40 years in the future, not probably knowing at all.
My god she looks like Jennifer Carpenter
@@DontTellGus it's her
Everything was fine with the video, until I see this comment... fuuuckk O.O
I wonder if she's still hot right now
@@mcmu1011sad to be the one to tell ya: She is a grandma now
It would be really cool if you could find these people today.
40 years ago, most would be dead or on their deathbeds
not really, if they are like 20-30 then they are max 70 today - thats far away from death @@ENZOxDV9
@@alexw4827 none of them were in their 20s though, maybe early 30s. Most were late 30s and older
I do believe that some of them were in their 20s even 30s .They would be fine with medical care that we have currently have even thought its still not the best. I wonder if David kept records of who he had filmed that day?
ENZOxDV9 the computer “tape” guy seemed to be lol!
Skillful and prescient interview, capturing the spirit of this time in so few minutes. I was working a few blocks away in the municipal building, and this is how I remember people speaking. Thanks for this wonderful pathway to our past!
They had excellent fashion style back then...
everyone dressed similar. I dont how that's cool
Johnny K thats the 90s tho...
maccollectorZ I think the suits from the 30s and 40s looked better personally, stuff my grandad wore.
LOL your nuts man
It’s not simply fashion, people dressed formally, gave an air of sincerity and gave an impression that the world is important and put in the effort.
4:20 That woman thought american society was already overdosing on information back in 1979.
I wonder how she feels today
she neck'd
NICE TIME STAMP MUCH RESPECT
40 years later Aubrey Plaza still looks the same. That's crazy!
MrGenexxx I see it lol
Look how relaxed that girl saying "My job? Typing. I don't know"
Nowadays it would be "I love it! I'm so excited about it! It's a career that gives me purpose!" with a hyperanxious vibe.
I immediately dislike anyone who uses love more than 5 times in a conversation. Fake enthusiasm is exhausting to witness.
Yes exactly ! The MD of Pret A Manger, the UK food outlet chain, is quoted as saying they ''mandate a culture of aggressive agreableness '' amongst employees in dealing with customers. I for one am heartily sick of it !
My job? I'm passionate about not starving to death.
@@dramamysteryhorror4234 very well )))
Well, I guess you interpret it wrong - she said "typing, I don't know" because she was supposed to answer with the first thing that comes to her mind when the interviewer said something, e.g. "computers - numbers". It's not about being passionate about her job but more about her general association with the job.
It's amazing that you put these videos on TH-cam after tens of years of aging
Thank you for your comment. If your resources allow, I would sure appreciate your using the THANKS button under any of my videos including the one you have commented on. It is something new that TH-cam is beta testing and would mean a great deal for my continuing efforts.
David Hoffman filmmaker
it's amazing to look at 70 year old in this video knowing that they're dead now. And looking at young men in this video knowing that they are probably old men now. Life is short!
Born 1961. I was 18 then . I am 56 now. Wish I could go back and place "replay" as far as MY life was concerned.
Amen
peterc
Replay for what??? Memories??
Old people today must have a lot of memories. Too bad, not many people had cameras to take pictures back then.
Jordan
The opposite. I would replay my life so that my memories would be different. I made a lot of mistakes in my twenties and early thirties.
peterc it's never too late to try something new
damn everyone in 1979 look so classy
Well, that's my biggest thing. The dress code is classy. Today? Looking down on their pacifiers thinking a clean message t-shirt is ok.
I saw a dude walking around with his shirt open. I saw people wearing jeans and t shirts. The people being interviewed were so obviously going to or leaving work.
Everyone in this video is a local. They’re naturally dressed well especially those who work on wall street
It was most likely in the working district and were leaving or going to work
It's downtown Manhattan so everyone dresses professional even today in 2018.
A worthless video at the time that’s now gold in my eyes. I love this video because it shows the mentality of an era gone by. I remember seeing people in suits like this and always wanted to ask them questions as these. Younger back then, I always felt intimidated by them but now see they were no different than me. They dressed confidently but now I see they were just as camera shy as me and had the same concerns as me. Kudos to the videographer who had the foresight to do this for future generations ; job well done.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Meaningless
I don’t usually reply to comments but this made my day. I can relate very strongly to this comment
"Democr... bureaucracy". Freudian slip at its finest.
I had to scroll a lot for this comment
@@DasKarussel one of the top comments now!
He was going to say democracy then corrected to bureaucracy - that's a pretty vanilla mistake
There is too much democracy going on today!
That was 40 years ago, I’m only 20 but damn, life is going by quickly
@Jack starter keep it real
i'm 24
Jack starter Accept Jesus Christ as your Lord and Saviour, I’m 21
20 aswell. Fmd im on a random youtube spree..
I'm 26
that cute little bird is like 70 years old now
It was pretty cool to see Gary Killdall( @ 1:22-2:28),as one of the interviewees(the bearded guy), Killdall was one of the pioneers in the advancement of computer software, a belately recognized giant of the digital revolution. What he said applies today: "Corporations are devious", this from a guy whoms software concepts and ideas would be stolen and use by a kid named Bill Gates just a few years after that 1979 interview.
woow that's crazy in a way :O
Wow thank you for the info 🙏
I love his smirk when the dude next to him says “[govt] is too big; too many regulations”
Garys like: 😕 *not what i meant dude*
I thought that was Gary Kildall! Wow.
Oh wow ! I I'm shocked !
Thanks for this great info man :)
back in 1979 1 camera would stop everybody in the street, today 1 person acting out has everybody's phone camera on them.
nathan koroush it's sad really how society has transformed over the years
It's not sad, it's just evolution, people back in 79 were nostalgic about those post war years where all men wore hats and the street were safe and the subway was graffiti free, just to give an example.
nathan koroush 1000 percent true!
The way people are looking at the camera, you'd think it had just been invented. Really, really weird.
There’s something about the colour grading of old videos that is just so nostalgic. I grew up in the early 90s and I remember the TV screens used to be like this.
Did everyone repeat the question when you asked them back in the 70's?
Luke Horror Loooool
Did everyone repeat the question when you asked them back in the 70's? Um... seems like it.
idk but im glad they did becouse its hard to hear the interviewer.
Dumb questions btw.
Shows they actually put thought into what you were asking tbh
if anyone whos in this video, reads this comment, then there is a direct Route that person travelled from being filmed in New York 1979 to being in front of a computer reading this comment 40 years later
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That's a rather humbling thought
It would be cool to see whoever is still with us in a current interview.
really eye-opening
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Creepy Little Book youre kidding right
What did it open your eyes to if you don't mind sharing good sir?
I'm all ears. All stereo headphones to ears actually.
Creepy Little Book yeah...
TODAY I HAD to have a BIG boil lanced and drained by a doctor. I usually "pop" and drain these myself, but this one was on my inner thigh very close to my "meats"..., It wouldn't pop and it was awkward to reach (tried using a mirror but everything was backwards)..... Anyway, when the doctor lanced it, it SPRAYED this stuff that looked like green mayo all over the nurse. I was so embarrassed. It smelled like tuna fish as well. The nurse looked really sick to her stomach, bless her heart!!!!.
Thank you for posting. I love this kind of thing, seeing people in their prime and living their lives and now they're grandparents or passed away because time flies.
Casually having a conversation in the middle of timesquare
Can't be done?
@@irishcountrygirl78 We can talk on Facebook about many topics and this video?
The nervousness of people in front of the camera was amazing. With the snap chat age we live in today, it's rare to see people get so nervous in front of a camera today. We're all filming ourselves all day long. So weird to see this subtle change in society.
An interesting insight and you are absolutely correct. People were more nervous back then because they had not really been interviewed and few had actually ever seen themselves on film. On the other hand, since they were not familiar with the medium, they tended to be rather blunt and truthful in their responses. Today, as an interviewer, I work much harder to get people to a place with a just present their authentic selves - critical for the viewer as viewers sense inauthenticity.
David Hoffman - filmmaker
I get quite nervous in front of a camera actually, and know many other people that do. In my case it is due to social anxiety disorder, but, that is actually a common thing.
Frigid319 rr
Was it also a 1979 thing to repeat every question back over, before answering?
Was it also a 1979 thing to repeat every question back over, before answering? I dont know...
People do that to buy time
better than giving a stupid answer
They were probably either told to do it so the viewer could hear the question properly, or due to being on a busy city street simply making sure they had heard the question correctly themselves.
That is actually the right way of speaking ? Its shows you are listening. :-)
I love how these people do not ramble on about stuff that is not important. They just answer what they were asked for hahaha. It is so fascinating looking at them.
1979: Ooh a camera are we gonna be on tv?
2019: YOU CAN'T FILM ME WITHOUT MY CONSENT
Ohhh, so true!!!!!!!!!!
1979: "Hey stud, wanna have some fun later?"
2019: "Your honor, that's the man who raped me back in 1979."
Fr even in the 90s people where hyped to be on camera, now it’s just an annoyance to people because it’s so common placed.
@@chrisgonepro9648 actually in 2000's I would walk around with a VHS camcorder and film some public places I wasn't being suspicious just love filming and quiet a few times older women would stop me because they didn't want to be in the background of my video it was funny because they put even more attention on themselves in my video's
Alexander Thunderhead I remember them good old camcorders. I have a whole bunch of family VHS tapes from the 90s early 2000s
First thing that comes to mind. Those people had a way better sense of dressing themselves than what we have today, and they talked with a proper choice of words compared to what you get when interviewing people on the streets today.
This is a very interesting snippet from the past.
Absolutely. People were more comprehensive with their grammar, syntax, and diction. I think the fundamentals of reading writing, speech and overall communication were much more emphasized. They were from a time when you just didn't get passed on in elementary school. If you weren't up to standard, you weren't going to pass...PERIOD!!!
@@ronaldtenayuca4418
Thank the department of education.
I mean these people are New York business(wo)men. Go find someone on Wall Street today and they'd probably sound just as educated.
It was required. To have and hold a job required to bathe and put on clean clothes every day before you went to work.
Chadizard That’s the thing. These aren’t people from Wall Street, these are the even more common men and women. Today you would have to search Wall Street or somewhere more prestigious to find people as educated as these common folk. We wonder why there is a growing gap between the rich and the poor today. The problem isn’t the rich themselves, it’s the poor and middle class’ fault for not being disciplined enough to be responsible for their choices.
I actually want one of the interviewees to drop a comment here.
I would love it if that happened.
David Hoffman-filmmaker
@@DavidHoffmanFilmmaker Hi David did you film that interview on a film camera? or was it a digital vhs c or hi 8 ?
@@girmonsproductions 16mm.
David Hoffman - filmmaker
@@DavidHoffmanFilmmaker i wish someone filmed Pakistan in the 70s and 80s the same way u filmed America Mr Hoffman. Thank you for this clip
@cera ten who tf cares about your moronic comment?
Everyone appears well mannered and actually puts thought into their answers. A complete 180 from today.
Look at how everyone CROWDS around the camera in nearly every shot. Nothing like that today.
Nobody wants to be shamed, so we avoid the camera like the plague. I notice people saying 'ima put you/this on youtube', instead of handling business. Its like little children running around on the playground just waiting for someone to tattle tale on someone. Pathetic.
You should come to india once :) they'll even film you filming!
Nothing like that today?? Really? How about hundreds or thousands of random people "liking" pointless pictures of your kids, your dog, or the omelette you made that morning? How about millions of people subscribing to pointless TH-cam channels just to watch people talk about trivial crap incessantly. Then there are the people who can't walk past any point of interest, or even order a meal at a restaurant, without taking a selfie with it. If anything, we're much more ridiculous than the people gathering around a camera in 1979.
@@McScott76 Liking something from a device is different than crowding around a camera. Nowadays, it seems more people are actually trying to avoid cameras. If you see a camera filming on the street, you'd be more compelled to keep walking and avoid it, or at least I would
@@Divine_R, With respect, I think you're missing the point. People didn't crowd around those cameras because they were fascinated with technology. They crowded around them because they were fascinated with being seen -- with having their 15 minutes in the limelight. Only then, it was about being on TV. Now it is about having a "following" on social media. Same disease, different symptoms.
Wow their accents. Not many people in new york sound like this now
Creamy they sound like something out of Seinfeld
It's cause guliani disneyfied New York and now it blows ass.
Really? New Yorkers don’t have an accent anymore? Can somebody please explain???
I absolutely sound like this. Born and raised NYer. I am 29. I have a very “strawng” accent lol. TONS of people in the outer boroughs sound like this now.
Lana's Daydream there are definitely people who still have accents. But it’s devolving. A lot people who aren’t from here live here now. And tons of hipster have taken over Brooklyn and queens and other parts of nyc
No, this isn't just how people talked in 1979. They were told to repeat the questions. It's a documentary interview strategy to avoid sound differences between interviewer and interviewee and to make clips flow together faster and more naturally. They just didn't finish editing this (editing out the interviewer)