Walking around a mall in 1991
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 31 ต.ค. 2023
- Video from a Florida mall during early November.
Footage of people browsing about at various stores, at the center kiosk and some other stuff.
Not much going on at the mall today darn it. But what it lacks in content I suppose it makes up for in clarity.
Highlights (but not limited to) include:
The disappointed older brother @1:58 and the little girl who wouldn't bat an eye in 1991 coming at ya @4:47
Also, some neat footage inside the Beyond Electronics store and some other odds and ends.
This video last around 6 minutes.
#beyondelectronics
#snoopy
Who ever was walking around this mall in 1991 filming people with a gigantic camcorder was doing the Lord’s work
This was about the time the much smaller Hi8mm camcorders came out. I owned both at that time and the new ones were about a quarter the size of those VHS camcorders but had a better picture like shown in this video. I remember though when I got my first VHS camera in the mid-80's, some people thought I was a news camerman 😂😂😂
Notice how no one acts obnoxious and freakout over the camera.
@@annatheinnotz4901 They know not what they see. This was a time when being recorded never meant you could be plastered up on the interwebz for the world to see in a matter of seconds - if not live - of the recording. At the very best cameraman could stop, lower the camera and rewind the tape, and play it back through the viewfinder one person and one eye at a time.
Lmao 🤣
Amen
The guy who filmed this footage is a true legend, I believe. Time goes by without us realising just how important it is and what's left behind.
It's B-roll footage for news channels. Not a time traveller lol.
That what I'm saying he a beast I swear
Its footage from TV news at the time called B-roll footage. It's all public domain stuff that you can request and obtain easily.
@@thecentralscrutinizer304 Okay but this particular person had a real knack for capturing more than just an image.
They were an artist.
I've watched so many of these and it feels like they opened a window and simply filmed through it.
Watch "Metcalf South 1994" that is also another cool mall video from back then.
I mourn the loss of this time period. We had no idea how beautiful of a time to be alive this was until we lived long enough to end up in the 2020s. I would go back to the 80s and 90s if I could, and escape this hell of an era I feel trapped in now, without hesitation. I feel so sorry for younger people who never got to experience this magical time in the world.
I would have loved to experience it as an adult. Ah well. I still got the 90s as a kid. I remember the world without rampant cell phone and internet prevalence. The 2000s were looked at with hope and wonder for the future. And it was...for about a year and a half. Then 9/11 happened. Still not old enough to appreciate just how much that changed the global atmosphere being 12 and all. Things rebounded by the mid-00s for a bit though. Then 2008 happened. Still young enough not to fully appreciate that. Then by 2014 the world was into full online cesspool mode. It's been in decline ever since. We're about 1 step away to having ads in our dreams Futurama style. People can't be referred to as he/she without possibly offending someone. Online 'content' is rarely produced out of genuine care for the subject matter but rather likes and popularity.
as someone who is almost 17 now, born in 2007, i would’ve died to be a teenager or even a child in this time. no one walking around staring at their phone, no social media,, people looked truly in the moment talking to one another and i haven’t felt that atmosphere truly existed since i was a little kid.
We were so blessed if we were born in the 70s as I was. Would not trade it for anything.
I would of loved to see it I was born in 1999
That sucks.@@amberburnett1914
This is amazing to watch and depressing at the same time lol i'd do anything to go back to those days.. life was actually good
I've thought about this too. My childhood mall, the largest one in Michigan, is on the demolish block. I love watching these vids, as depressing as they are, but I'm not sure I want to go back. I can see the light at the end of my tunnel, and I no longer fear it.
Life can be good now too, if you want it to be
No way ..
@@ectozoologist9573can’t compare man, things were much more simpler and people had less health and mental problems, guess why ?
@@solarlola5953I bet you was not even born in 91 . Ask anybody who was born in the 80s and earlier who lived the 90s as a kid , teen and young adult (my situation as I was 9 in 1990, 14 in 95 and 18 in 99) and 10 out of 10 will agree life was much happier .
Geez where did we go wrong? Bring me back. Things were much more simple and easy going then.
Get a grip
You can still be simple and easygoing. the 90s is a mindset. it wouldnt even exist without our own will. its not something that was "in the air". it was and is in us.
What went wrong? 9/11 this country (it’s soul rather) has consistently declined since
@@electricearth1101, being simple and easygoing is easier when more people around you are simple and easygoing. Now, more of them are testy, aggressive, medicated, and provoked by cyberspace.
@@carlaconnor8347NO. YOU GET A FN GRIP. he's right
Awesome! I love the 80s-90s mall style. Many people were dressed nicely with a collared shirt. I'd love to go back and hang out here.
So awesome to see you again!
And now old or dead.
Almost everyone today wears nothing but black. Why?
It's refreshing to not see any bro's in backwards caps, or wearing male shorts as long as skirts. Hip hop fashion really screwed everything up to the point of no return.
@@goldenhourkodak Or grey. It's the same with cars. All you see is a bunch of black or grey on the road. One thing I always notice when looking at footage or movies from the 90s and 80s is there was a LOT more color everywhere. A lot of bright colors! Now everything is dull, dreary, and grey, which I guess is perfect for the depressing world we live in today.
90s vibe is so much peaceful compare to today
December 1991 I met my husband on a blind date at the mall, we had a great time walking around talking with each other.
I love to hear positive stories like yours. Congratulations and Happy Belated Anniversary!!
@@danielmarquis5258 Thanks!
Miss walking around the mall with my two now late wives,,we had fun then so much positivity ❤,,now I've been a widow for 6 years and don't think I'd trust trying to meet another woman its too scary nowadays 😢
I was 18 and miss this time more and more as the days go on.
So you now are in your 50s. Why do you miss that time compared to now days? What's so different.
@@marcopolo3109it felt different not to always be connected and entertained. You'd have more time with your thoughts and could focus more on reading. Life was slower paced and people less angry. You can relax more when you're not always on call with a phone.
@@marcopolo3109The culture was different. People were different. Diversity through immigration breaks apart high trust societies by decreasing social cohesion.
@@none4126thank you bro take us back in that time please best times ever
I was born
I always considered the early 90’s to be the extensions of the 80’s 😎
That’s kinda how decades work.
No, two completely different decades. 90s sucked, 80s were great.
Early 90s was neon and wacky of the 80s
@@monk4ever Bush 90s definitely sucked with the Gulf War and the recession. Clinton 90s were great though!! Prosperous and fun!
Back when you would just go hang out at the mall with friends
Man get a grip. People still do that
There are malls like woodfield with people still doing that. Many people have a love of yesteryear and I don’t blame them.
I actually never hung out with friends at a mall, except to meet at a movie theater and then leave. All my mall trips were with relatives and I would wander off on my own until we just met somewhere at a particular time or found each other.
That's still a thing.
@@carlaconnor8347 It's just a completely different vibe/era! So you are the one that needs to get a grip!
I like how dark and cavernous that electronics store is. It's got character. Everything is so bright and homogenized now.
Agreed. Great comment 👍 I owe you an email btw
@@vampirerobot You do! I asked you a question a while back and you never responded, you big jerk.
It’s beautiful with the neon
I agree that store is AWESOME
2:50 Top LHS. A Sega Genesis and the boxes of Sonic and Castle of Illusion. Nostalgia hitting hard. I miss the 90s A LOT.
ahh yes smoking indoors while shopping, those were the days
You were free to do anything you want in the early 90s.
I remember back then when everything was good in those days and it was something special for us to enjoy and to be around happy positive people and I want to go back to those good times again back to the 90's 😢😊
Man, I wish I had 90s footage of my mall. Today it’s really gone downhill but this vid reminds me of what it used to be like (crowded, with a variety of interesting stores). Keep up the good work!
Thank you! It's mind boggling why malls are dying in the U.S, but elsewhere around the world they're as popular as ever seen in this video.
Weird.
@@vampirerobot I agree...most of the big malls here in Columbus OH are either gone or going (Eastland closed at the end of last year, Westland closed a few years ago and has now been torn down, Northland is closed, City Center lasted from 1989-2009, when it was torn down, etc). Yet I watch videos of people walking around Tokyo's various areas and the malls, which many seem to be directly over train stops, are not only huge but popular.
Yes! That’s how I found this super awesome channel! I was searching for 80’s videos of our mall. Sadly, it’s being removed. Nothing is the same anymore😔
@@vampirerobot Its not weird if you think about it. The reason there's less here is because a lot of us Americans are a lazy bunch. We rather sit our fat butts down and shop on a computer/phone to shop on Amazon instead of going outside and shop. I barely shop online and prefer outside shopping. I noticed in my state that it's getting a bit more popular again.
God I miss them days.😢 People were themselves back then and not styled and made up to look like others on social media. I wanna go back
I remember walking around the Tampa Bay mall in the 90's hanging out, people walking around smoking cigarettes, playing at the arcades and hanging out at electronic boutique playing demo games on the sega Genesis
4:03 so that's my aunt Tracy. She said that was a kiosk she managed but was upset her coworker called out sick and she had to take over. She was really stressed and had a anxiety because there was crap all over the floor and there were some folks who would steal items from her kiosk. She can't remember who it was taking the video because there were plenty of men who was doing this every weekend by her kiosk and it made her nervous. She was 27 here, graduated with a BBA around this time, she left kiosk In 1992 and started her own hair salons with 7 salons around Florida.
People really seem more comfortable with each other
Because people talked more to each other and had conversations not like today. Also was the world not that sensitive about everything back then and no weird bullshit like the world has today.
i didn't ask why, that's obvious. @@fabianboesch96
@@fabianboesch96👍 🎉
I was a huge fan of Paula Abdul in 1991, great times ☀️
WOW, 32yrs ago! The year of M.C Hammer, Vanilla ice, & The Simpsonsmania started to heat up.
Year of some great albums and grunge becoming mainstream
@@oldradios09 Exactly, Dangerous album release & much more.
@@llorenstorrespr4409 who could forget the most EPIC video of that year Black or White
@@oldradios09 Amazing.
That was most peoples' "Amazon" back then. Today you cant find most things in stores because they are only available online.
Yes, I get very aggravated when you want to just simply walk into a store and find the product you’re looking for and when you ask an employee about it they say they don’t carry it in stock but can order it lol what’s the point in that you could have done that on your own, it’s the experience of going in and them having it in stock to where you don’t have to order it Makes it nice
Ow, I see the poet's blouse with the ruffle collar and cuff sleeves in the display window. Very early 90s fashion for women and girls.
Yep, I was 13 in 1991 and I had one.
Back when malls were fun to go to.
These videos are so relaxing 🥰 thanks for uploading! I was born in 1991 so of course I don’t remember that year specifically but I can gladly say being a 90s kid sure was the greatest 😄❤️
Nah, 80s were better.
@@monk4ever Both are better than today.
Can you be nostalgic for a time you didn’t live in?
Absolutely!
The term you're looking for is called anemoia
Unless you believe in reincarnation then your essence existed before time and again
Past life memories? 👀
a) It wasn't all perfect; consider that it required a great deal more effort to find and pay for what you wanted.
b) Yes. Welcome.
This is fantastic! Crazy because I just released a "Walking around the mall" video from 1991 too! Thanks for this
A legend enters the arena. Love your videos, dude!
I really miss those times 🥹🥹
So do I
Same here
There is something soothing about mall sounds, the click clack of heels, the squeek of sneakers,hawkers vying for a moment of your time, custmers unguarded conversational snippets. Now, if we could duplicate the smell of two dozen perfumes being sprayed by samplers in the department stores and the grease smell from the food court.
Just think folks in exactly 10 years from when this video was filmed the world changed forever
So cool to watch people not be on a cell phone and paying with cash. They are actually taking in what’s around then.
White Keds and white scrunchy socks. I knew them well.
Didn't go to a mall while in the army for 4½ years. Once the Gulf War was over and I got discharged, I finally wandered through a mall again. It was somewhat of a strange experience being exposed to so much merchandise from so many other stores. This brings back those summer of '91 memories.
I miss the past. I'm in my 60's and grew up in the 60's and 70's . My kids grew up in 80's and 90's. I miss all those times. The malls. The decorations. When people said Merry Christmas without being afraid to. Thanks for the great memories. Now our malls are gone and people and times have not changed for the better☹️
lol people aren't afraid to say Merry Christmas, stop watching Fox
I was 19 years old in 1991 times where different back then
Its not as different as you might think. What changed in the urbanization of the suburbs. The areas that used to be like this are now filled with people we used to find in the inner city and a lot more people from other countries. I live in Houston, when I go to one of the small towns an hour or so outside the city I feel like I stepped back in time. It's a little different, but much more like it used to be. I remember traveling in 2001 to New York. some of the small towns we went through were stuck in the 70s and 80s.
@billyfowler9423 diversity is good dude 😂
@xgaming3344 Tell that to China. So much diversity there lol.
Feels good to go back in the 90s, feels like a Time Machine.
Back then when there was no such thing as social media, my goodness alot has changed over the past 32 years. Things were so much better back then compared to the turmoil that's going on these days.
Smoking cigarettes in the mall food court. What a world.
We were so ignorant. We eventually learn as time progresses though.
@@BWItoATXF Better to be ignorant and free in your mind.
@@bardo0007 Or how about the third option: be knowledgeable AND free.
@@bardo0007(dying of totally preventable respiratory disease) at... Least... I was... Free........
@@philtll do you expect to live forever?
Omg dude!! I love that you did this. Man I miss life back then. 😢 so much has changed and people are even different.
I would of been not even a month old 😂 the world looks so simple but amazing back then, I only wish I was old enough to remember the early 90's
Ah yes, the 90s mall life. I kinda miss it myself.
The mall life Mark .. I miss it too
We were probably as old as the kid in the green stroller near the end
@@oldradios09 mannn, I was only a year old when this video was shot lol
I turned 20 in 1991. Take me back!
I have not seen one cell phone in this video, there was no looking at your phone to avoid awkward scenarios back then!
The clarity of some of these is truly shocking. Burdines! I totally forgot about them.
And used to be a very big deal. Great comment 👍
Video camera footage in 1991 was decent. It wasn't 1955.
1991 what a better time at least for me I miss this world so much. Also 1991 was the year that everything changed in terms of music Nirvana's Nevermind came out out and the transition to grunge started not only that 91 may have the best album releases of all time.
I saw the Burdines bag at the beginning and i'm like oh this is Florida. Then I read the description and saw that it's Tyrone mall and I was happy because I live near it haha. The mall is still there but they did tear down the Sears.
I turned 14 and was in 8th grade when this was recorded. I was peaking in sports, getting decent grades, dating a girl that would last for three years, had a huge group of friends and yes, I hung out at the mall. One of the best years of my life thus far.
Btw, seeing the lady smoking inside the mall here is also such a throwback for me. The last time I saw smoking allowed inside a mall was at Spotsylvania Mall in Fredericksburg, VA around the early-mid 90s.
Back when you could smoke indoors....I remember waitresses, waiters, hosts, and hostesses asking "Smoking or non smoking?" Our families would always sit in the smoking section.
In 91 I was only 10 but I do remember those years very well, what a great time to be a kid , life was much simpler and happier, people looked healthier and happier as well. That’s how I remember , the family gatherings, friendship was real not virtual . I noticed a drastic change in the way the world is around 2010 onwards .
Born in 1970 each decade overflows a bit into the next the 70’s feel ended in 1983 and the 80’s vibe was done in 1992…loved being a kid in the 1970’s a teen in the 80’s and in my 20’s in the 90’s…
I was young and naive to know how precious these times were. 😢
Seeing any mall footage from the early 90s always warms my heart and takes me back to my early childhood. There's something about how stores looked back then that's much more warm and inviting, not to mention more creative looking. I especially love seeing those neon lights in the electronic store. I was six in 1991, and when my parents took me to the mall during those times, I always loved the lighting and ceiling fan stores, being an autistic kid obsessed with fans, lol.
See, kids? A mall was an analog version of Amazon.
1991, age 19. Despite being a full time college student, working part time, and dating regularly, I still had time to hang out at the local malls. Moorestown Mall was my favorite. A year later, Dec 1992, this mall had a fire at the far end that wiped out stores like Hermans Sporting Goods and The Athlete"s Foot. But they rebuilt and survived.
Funny how back then, and I do remember this, no one was uptight or angry about being on camera in public. Now, the videos on youtube show people angry just cause you have a camera at a public place. I do acknowledge that no one was at people's faces here, but still, the attitudes are more relax than the uptight 2000's. 😂
You are discounting that sometimes today they are in peoples faces. You are also not considering you could be flamed, fired, or arrested from what they do or say on social media. Back then no almost no one did this in public except for the news media and that was rare. At best you had a family video at your home or for a short time or on a family trip. So there was no way it was going to end up on the internet. Everybody now knows what they do or say could be used against them on the internet. Therefore many don't feel comfortable about it.
@@KyleReeseCel2029 you do have a point. That's why I also know that with the camera nowadays, there are a lot of people that use it for "bad" content. Such as harassment content in public places and they claim that they can do that because it's "public". Which is true, but you know what I mean, just like what you said. Anyway, I also think the videos on this channel are mixed. Some might be "news media" but some also look like just regular people with camcorders. We all know there was no phone cameras back then either. Also, the internet... yes, that can be used for false/bad information as well. So I guess I was just mentioning how people back then was more relaxed. And people nowadays have to deal with more stress, bad mental health, worse drugs, etc. But I do understand your point. Respects.
@bgpinoy I think the quality of the people is somewhat different as you alluded to them being more pleasant. Today it cost more to live, less people are having families, more men are sexless, popular culture is almost entirely garbage, more people are significantly socially/politically divided, people are getting cancelled, and the government blames some groups while gives others benefits. I think all of that contributes to a worse quality of life for many. More uptight people and shittier attitudes. I'm not the same as I was growing up because of life.
@@KyleReeseCel2029Same here and most of the news are opinionated fluff pieces meant to have people argue online which only makes us angrier because alot of Americans don't have much else. The news used to be there only to deliver information and find out what's happening and NOT give you opinions on white people or black people or anyone else.
The guy at the beginning of the video reminded me of the smoking and non smoking sections at a restaurant. It’s weird to think about now looking back
I was 15 in 1991. That year I had my first boyfriend. The mall was still the place to be and people aren’t looking at phones.
I miss the old malls. The smell of the fountains. Big skylights and trees. Cash was King back then.
That Burdines bag was a nostalgia attack! It's wild that this channel has covered two malls of my youth - Tyrone and Perimeter Mall in Atlanta! Absolute time travel. Truly the best on TH-cam.
I just discovered your channel and I am OBSESSED with your videos! Watching them is like time travelling! Thank you for your service!
That's awesome! Thanks so much for the kind words .. 😀
I loved Burdines as a teenager! My best friend and I used to spend hours on the Clearance racks just gossiping and looking for bargains 😂 I miss the 80s, 90s and the beginning of the 2000s 😢
Could you do some footage from 2013? It's been a decade now it'd be interesting to see how much has changed since then. Love the vids keep it up!
Eh, life after 2010 doesn't exist, it's all a figment of our imagination. ;-)
All the tapes are confiscated to be used as evidence in court…
People's expectations on how 1991 looked vs how it actually looks here are two different universes 😂
It looks very normal here! Nice video
I was 14 years old back in 1991, & that would be such a good memory to me, that was when the Sam Goody structure & merry go round store was around then
It's crazy to think & feel like someone who lived during this time-the way that all that technology was fresh & new back in those days & that was 32 years ago!!! It feels as if you're actually there when all that technology was recently released. I'm 26 & this somehow feels so nostalgic for me
I am 51. My son has only been subjected to streaming but I went from cassettes to vinyl to cd to DVD to mp3 it was crazy exciting see the technology evolve, but even Spotify feels magical now. I only hope my son can see those kinds of improvements in his lifetime it feels like technology is advancing slower nowadays.
Back then we'd spend months of our lives trying to save up for all these gadgets and nowadays you can't even give them away. It doesn't really matter though as those memories they gave us are priceless.
I LOVE this channel.
The two girls buying sunglasses at the beginning of the video are Brazilian FOR SURE! Going to the mall in Brazil is still an event, and most girls generally wear makeup and dress up for it and boys wear their best clothes. It seems to me that today in the USA the culture of wearing pajamas has taken over. It's comfortable, but I prefer how it was in the past.
1991 Age 19, attending the local communuty college and still hanging out at the Burlington Center and Moorestown Mall. 😊
4:03. *WOW*
You have many awesome footage
I'm starting a new channel where i want to talk about the good old days, and make video essays about different things in the 80s and 90s,
The main thing hold me back is finding good footage.
Can i ask you where i can obtain video footage like yours?
Thankyou Kindly?
I see zero social anxiety here, we are plagued with that now
I have social anxiety myself, but I feel like it could be cured if only I could go to a mall in the 90s like this one where people are more relaxed and laid back and smartphones/social media don't exist.
Another great video👍.
Thanks Johnny! I never know what is good.
I was 14 and thats were we would be mall rats 😅
Very inspirational!
I went to the US in 1991. It was my first year of college and my first trip outside my country. Everything felt magical, so many things I could not find in my country it was crazy. Nowadays I can find everything in my country although more expensive.
Amazing footage! I was probably around the same age as the kid in the green stroller near the end.
Thank goodness for this channel, observing humans in such a different timeline makes me feel like an Alien spying on our civilization
Back when every store at the mall was open. Now a days malls are a dying thing, a ghost town of what once was. Sad
The lady walking around the mall with a lit cigarette is so based
What‘s so funny is the fashion. We have nearly the same fashion( especially young zoomers with baggy clothes) like in the past. Especially 4:04 this could be any young female vendor in our time judged by the looks.
Either all malls look the same or this sure looks like Dadeland Mall from Miami Florida.
That's interesting. Why do you think it's Dadeland Mall?
Not the OP, but the area featured in the 4 minute mark is reminiscent of the older section of Dadeland with the skylights and the grey floors. It is a long walkway with kiosks in the middle, tall ceilings that feature natural light.
@@andreacastillo4051 OP? But yes looks just like Dadeland mall!
@@vampirerobot the layout and the tile you show at one point leads me to believe its dadeland. If its not dadeland, it has a twin. I worked at a store next to the jc penny in the mid 2000s
1:42 That lady is from El Salvador. Her accent, how she said what she did and the words she used told me.
The fact that I saw a Burdines bag at 0:21 tells me that this mall is in Florida
It's nice seeing couples holding hands, I don't see that anymore!
The shirts of the couple at 5:08 would now go for over $50, maybe over $100 for the Miami Heat piece, on ebay / reseller sites.
I miss the 90s and early 200s
oh yes the early 200s they were also my favorite right before the dark ages.
I forgot smoking was ever allowed in malls once upon a time, I remember one mall in Memphis when I was a teen (and smoking behind my parents back, I quit about 14 years ago and quit vaping about 8 years ago), I was smoking in Raleigh Springs mall when I was 15 lol...
Back when the mall was an " experience ". Look at stores, eat at the food court, hope you meet cute guys at the mall, lol
nowadays, many malls by me are all closed.. really sad
3:49 That little baby is 32 years old now.
Deciding on a wristwatch was a big consideration as it was also a fashion statement! Never realized it would all be replaced with a phone
I was 7 playing the new Sonic the Hedgehog game when it came out
Awesome comment...you were lucky. That was hard to get.
back when u would just have a cigarette hanging out your mouth.
🤣🤣🤣
Funny thing was I was surprised watching a film made in 1982 that had someone smoking in the mall but that was 8 years before I was alive.
But I was alive by 1991 and I can’t believe people still smoked in the mall in the 90s. It’s so weird to me.
😂😂
Do you have any videos from the pacific northwest area? I notice a lot of your uploads tend to be East Coast, which is interesting stuff but i don't recognize a lot of the retailers because of it 😂
The quality of this is incredible. Life seems more innocent back then. The show is almost over. God is good. 🕊️
Smoking indoors is something i do NOT miss
I was 14 years old during this year and yes, of course everyone has awkward teenage year Moments but would definitely go back and do it all over again especially when you compare and contrast 1991 to this lunacy we live in now called 2024
This was right about the time when clothes maxed out on comfort.
dude - I would so love it if you could field bob deinterlace the 30fps(60i) to 60p so that the vids are 60fps
720p60, instead of 720p30
I would personally love to see the full temporal resolution
big hug from South Africa