I was 22 in 1950, it was one of the best decades of my entire life that I will never forget, I joined the US Navy at 1956 and married a year later to a beautiful wife, she sadly passed away last October and I still cherish every moment I spent with her during those happy times, I'm still learning to adapt with modern technology and I hope I make to be one of the oldest individuals on the planet, Thank you!
94 this year, then? I'd say you're well on your way! Thank you for sharing your memories. I'm so sorry for the loss of your wife, but... 65 years married?? Incredible! I'm not quite halfway there, but thank you for the inspiration! I was born in '66, and the world is already so different from even when I was a kid, much less back in the '30s and '40s like you were. God bless you on your continued journey, sir.
No offence, but your info seems fake :D 94 years old and lingering around youtube? Most of the people who were born during those days dont even know how to use computer. Let alone searching up youtube video about US in 50s. For me, your text is questionable :D
What I remember most about the '60's was all the neighborhood kids would play outside until dark with no fears. We only went home to eat dinner and go to sleep😁. Life was so simple but so glorious!
It was exactly the same here in the UK during my childhood in the 70s and 80s. During the school summer holidays we would be out on our bikes all day or play football, rugby and cricket until the sun went down and here in the summer that's 10pm. We'd go home grab some food and be back at it non stop! We use to play for hours on the old 2nd WW coastal defences. It was a great time!
I was born in 1949. The 1950s was my childhood. If you weren't there in the 1950s it would take me a lifetime to try and explain just how beautiful and tranquil this decade was. Life was fast-paced and yet extremely laid-back. We will never witness this again......
So true. I was born in 1948 so the 1950s was my childhood as well. I think about the past all the time. I would also go back to that time in a minute. I remember playing tag and hide and seek, playing Cowboys and Indians, going to the movies, going to the beach, my grandfather taking me fishing and so many other memories. Also I remember the girls having their own favorite activities such as jump rope, hopscotch and playing jacks. It was indeed a wonderful time and I probably took it for granted as well. The only negative thing is missing all the people in my life that are gone now. That would be my parents, grandparents, my only sister, aunts , uncles and friends.
My Hindu friend, your body is but a figment, a temporal episode. Immortality is in the soul: you have been everywhere and every time-your mind does not remember because you were in a different living form, but the soul never forgets. Memory is soul-written, immortal.
It's just FOMO lol (Fear Of Missing Out). U prob envy the times like me, wanting to being there. Cuz I subconsciously desire wholesome, simple times too. For my generation, that was growing up in the 1990s ☺️
@@Marsha_AnnI don’t fear missing out because I know I likely have an over romanticized version of what life was like back then. That said, I would like to experience different times just so I could know exactly what it was like. Personally, I think most of us would be disappointed because as much as things change, they stay the same.
It's because you identify with many of the values of this time in history. Many of us were simply born too late and are strangers in a strange world in modern times.
I had forgotten about the roadside picnic tables. People would pack lunch for a drive and stop at these tables and eat instead of eating out. A different time in a different country.
I was born in 63 in NYC and I remember as a kid those redwood picnic tables still around at rest stops and tree areas outside government office buildings and private schools. Long gone....
We just hardly ate out at all. Family dinners were the norm and everyone ate together. We didn't have much and it didn't bother us, many families had (only)1 car and there was only one tv station in a city of 175,000 , and black and white. If you missed what you wanted to see you waited until it came back on. A time of innocence- at least for many of us children of the time. The music was great.
Why? Hadn't they invented Parks yet? I thought those roadside stops were primarily for stretching your legs and toileting. Not for the locals to have picnics. It didn't take much to entertain people back then. LOL.
My father was in his prime in 1955 ..he always says it was by far the greatest period to be alive and especially in the northern US states. Cars, ships, trains and planes they all were beautiful and well built right here in the good old USA.
If only we could get ppl to only by American goods now and stop the corporate consumerism .. man oh man how our country would get back to good and happy times for everyone
My Dad was so proud and handsome sporting his late 50s green Mercury. First new car he ever owned. It was a peaceful calm, kind and respectful era. 'We will never pass this way again.' Born in 1950, I'm blessed to have lived it. 🇺🇸❤️
@@farshimelt The Korean War happened for a short period of time, the gang wars happened a little bit after the 50s, and the lynchings were not as common as you think at all...today the world is way more violent than in the 50s
@@farshimelt No one said life in the 50s was perfect only that it was much better than today. Less violence, less marital breakup, less drug addiction, NO on-line porn! fewer single families & yes much less OBESITY
man, what I wouldn't give to spend an afternoon walking the streets of some of these towns and cities. a unique time in America. a time a lot of people look back on as the good old days in this country, not to say the time period was without its flaws, no time period truly is, but in these pictures, it just seems so wonderful.
It was wonderful and most of us baby boomers would agree. Yes indeed the kids today have no idea what they missed, maybe it’s better. Parents in 2022-2023 are more interested in their kids 2 & three sports activities and less about manners & discipline and consequences.😕😢
Bach in the '50s, at the age of 6 my friends and I would set out on a Saturday morning, walk 1.5 miles to small lake to fish and horse around. The only thing my mother would say, "make sure your home for dinner". Imagine letting a 6 yr old go out on his own today! Nowadays you can't let your kids off your property without supervision . What a great time!
Joe B - Me too. A couple of times, before 1965, I wasn't 10 yet, I walked all the way from home, by myself, to the Thrifymart store - the free tube tester machine wasn't being used at 3:P.M. in the afternoon, no, I forgot why I walked all the way there for ...
Believe it or not that’s how it was for me in 2001. I was 5 years old, I navigated the woods and would catch little critters down by the creek. If my mom had any idea what I was doing down there she’d have been horrified. I ask her about it today and she says well I knew neighbors at every point that you went, and the neighborhood was one way in and one way out. Good times I believe the kids in the early and mid 2000s were the last to value playing outside.
@@Beowulf002 I’d give it until around 2011-2012 where kids began to stop playing outside nearly completely. I grew up in a particularly technologically advanced part of the city in the mid-late 2000s through the early 2010s, and up until around 2013-14 was when I stopped playing outside as a kid. It was unfortunate to see an era fade, especially when you’ve faded with it.
Eh, do you think maybe you all think it stopped being a thing in the 60s/early 2000s/2010s because that's when you, in different eras each, grew out of your childhood or out of "playing"? I see kids playing outside all the time and I live in a city, not even in the countryside. My mother lives in the countryside and the kids also play outside there, of course. I also remember kids playing outside in the 2010s, 2000s and 90s. (I wasn't born in the 80s...) That said I know the USA has issues with walkability and I live in France.
Good times! In the Philippines, before i left the country, my Child hood there in the 90s, we were also able to go out as little kids and only come back to eat etc. good times! Times have change a lot
I remember in Highschool my teacher showed our class a movie 🎥filmed on Super 8...It was him going to his Senior Prom 1955 picking up his date...It looked really fun...I love the '57 Chevy..
Poem titled 'Into the Big World.' Into the big world Came the Class of '55 Richard heading out Carrying the badge of knowledge In his own way. Jack heading East looking Renaldo going for degrees North then West Bob & Tom lost in Kansas City Jim, Tony, Eugene, Robert, staying for hometown. All could only grin at what they laughed before Richard & Firmin broke to the far West. In their own way. And in every City waits the rules of the land And on the best of days in the given hour The demons appear All through the buildings the Rogues await. Into the real world Came the Class of '55' Richard goes his way into the meat-grinder For the 2nd time he's down Richard failed the code. But all through the cities in the many buildings After long years in the darkest hour The demons return, Richard appears The Rogues show up again To force the class, to know its fate Good gawd there's no end. Into the Tawdry World Went the Class of '55 Richard leading the way In another way. The Rogues waiting. Richard led the Class into the meat-grinder Under assault In Publilc The Rogue scores a 2nd hit. The Rogue fails a kill. Into the Real World Richard leading the Class In his own way. Came the Demons Richard led the Class into the meat-grinder Under assault In Public Richard did pass his test.
Grew up in the fifties. Drive-in movies. Camping out. Catching fire flies in jars. At 5 and 6 we wandered all over town on our bikes and never worried about anything. 5 cent candy bars and 10 cent pop. Little League baseball and Friday night football. McDonalds opened and everything was 15 cents. Pineapple upside down cake and homemade ice-cream. Buzzing the Ave and petting in the back seat of my 57' Chevy. God, we had no idea we were blessed with the best childhood experiences of any generation of Humans ever..
Isn't it amazing that we forget the bad things of the old days? I hate to talk about the old days with my sister as it always bring up the bad about the old days. The mind seems to make it so easy to forget bad things.
Unless you were poor and lived in Chicago or East L.A. and had to avoid the gangs on the way home from school so you wouldn't get beat up. There was and is more than 1 America. I wouldn't go back if you paid me.
@@farshimelt But dont the gangs in East LA and Chicago shoot ppl now vs beat ppl up? They call Chicago Chriaq now. Has East LA gotten better or worse since 1950? The answer wouldnt be a straight Yes or No. arent ppl still poor there? Dont cops still profile and abuse the ppl there?
I was born in the middle 30's and graduated in 1955......My first full-time job was 1 dollar an hour......My first car was a 1947 Ford convertible (like Biff's car in Back to the Future) and It COST me lots of bucks (300 dollars) Ha......Like in the song (Moments to Remember by the Four Lads).........The drive-in movies were we would go, and somehow never watch the show....... Have a great life everyone........
Myself, my girlfriend and another friend drove to the drive in. $2.50 each, we only had 5 dollars. We pulled up to the kiosk, I held out the fiver and said, 2 please. The girl said two? I whispered 'the young lady is blind' as my girl stared straight ahead. AND OFF WE WENT!
@@babydriver8134 did you meet anyone that lived in the 1800's back then? I think its cool to have people on here that used to live through the 50's . i was born in the early 90's myself and ive always wondered how the older generation think of this era
@@davideogamer8086 My step dad's grandpa was still kicking, he taught me how to play checkers. When I was still in school, I asked my dad one day if people, generally speaking, were really as stupid as it seemed to me. He told me to wait until I say 'Good Morning' to someone, and they cannot come up with a response. My thoughts on this generation? This generation provides Hope, that our Savior Jesus is not too far off.
@@davideogamer8086 My grandparents were born in the late 1890s. I heard stories of their parents and the American civil war told by the surviving confederates.
Back in that Era you felt safe. My folks asked where I was going and just said to come home when the street lights came on. We mostly only locked our doors when we went on vacation. The neighbors knew our names and would help keep an eye on us.
same here.....I would leave around 8am on my green n white schwinn bike with wide white sidewalls and bike ride along, sometimes no hands, including turning corners..LOL and be gone until dinner time/dusk. NO bottle water or lunch...if I got thirsty I stopped at the gas station and drank from the black water hose for radiator refills next to the gas pumps at full service stations...when I got home no one really asked where I had gone for the whole day. albuquerque
Everything about this video reminds me so much about my childhood (born in '52) that it brings tears to my eyes. Kids today have no idea what they missed.
@@davidburkholder7360 I wasn't born yet sadly but I here story from my grandpa about the 50s and it brings a smile to face and dress and do my hair like the 50s I just wish I could of lived during that time
Golden years. There was a middle class, stability and you can see how much happier they were just by seeing the beauty all around and their relaxed, laid back expressions and attitudes.
Thats what I see in all the photos up until about the 90s. Everyone seemed to have a glow of happiness and fulfillment until the modern/digital age began. The last era of photos where people looked decently happy with life was during the 2000s, but even by then, people started having a different vibe in pictures. Now everyone seems dead or like their souls have been obliterated.
@@joshuakhaos4451 You aint kidding...soulless photos today, or photos that look overly posed, contrived, or just plain douchie looking for the sake of trying to be entertaining-very artificial.
You do realize, I hope, that only 1 segment of society was shown? That same trip down nostalgia lane would look different in East Los Angeles and South Central L.A.
@@farshimelt thank you, Sir. There are still many parts of the US I'm still learning via YT clips. Yet, a friend told me that YT platform has a limitation on what it can share with global viewers about reality.
Jim Crow era America where blacks and other minorities were marginalized. No rich black athletes, no rich black entertainers, no black corporate executives, no prominent black politicians. The lack of diversity and opportunities would have totally sucked for non-whites.
I was also born in 1957. I won't try to romanticize my childhood to satisfy some irrelevant desire. Certainly not to meet some political or social ideal. You need to deal with life in the present.
@@doninmichigan One of 12 in an Irish Catholic family. Five sisters and six brothers. The youngest sister was an adopted. No psychological issues with me. I had a happy childhood. My point is people and the media create false perspectives about how wonderful the USA was in the 1950's instead of dealing with current issues. This country hadn't effectively dealt with poverty, inequality and racial discrimination.
Should also add that in 1959, when I was 19 years old I owned a red and white 1955 Buick two-door hardtop similar to the one that appears around the 7:31 minute mark of this video.
The US was a wonderful country even in the 60s when my family would visit our relatives in Pa. Clean, the people chatty and decent, the food delicious. We used to hit up all the diners from the Ca. border to Pa. You simply cannot imagine how great the US once was.
I feel deprived to have missed this era. The furthest back I remember was the early 70s -- and even that seems paradisiacal compared to the grim dystopia of today.
I feel sorry for you too, growing up in the seventies! But when I was a child in the 50’s some things weren’t so good. But America seemed more solid somehow. Less out of control.
Guess drugs were around forever .. but seems became the norm w/ the hippie era. As the ones who od in 71: Joplin, Hendrix, Morrison & the flowerchildren were a useless bunch.
IF we look at history from the perspective of someone flying above a very long parade stretching from let's say 6,000 BC to 3,000 AD, then it would be possible to "time travel" to any point along that historical parade and join in the fun! According to some theorists, time travel is possible and that's why UFOs were reported in the Bible.
My dad was a teen an young man in the 50s. I think it was an amazing time to grow up. The basics of life were so much more affordable and could be had with a single income. My dad said he paid $66/semester to attend UC Berkeley, which he paid as he went by being a part time waiter. The whole UC system was created to make an affordable education for California residents. That was their mission. Now they take the highest bidder and California students are the minority.
$66 in 1960 equals $600 today. State colleges and universities were far more subsidized by tax dollars than today, and a far lower % of people went to them. Also there was a draft, so almost all men went into the military and got some version of the GI Bill. By 1990 the next tier of California state universities was $900 a semester. It's the equivalent of about two or three times that today adjusted for inflation. State colleges in New York state had no tuition fees - 100% tax supported.
But back then the faculty consisted of professors and instructors. Now it is mostly crappy diversity-inclusion-Marxist-lesbian parasites who has nothing to do with education. Most of the tuition are wasted.
@@jamesbroggan4028 it's funny that you use the word marxist because the fact that it was cheaper and subsidized by taxes was something Marx would've loved but they undid it because they want to keep the population stupid so that for example cheaper college tuition is viewed as not being marxist lol
@@emjayay Reagan was governor of california in the 60s, he's the reason colleges went up in price. He thought it was communism to offer subsidized schooling
I was born in 1957, and even though my earliest memories were from 1960 on, the Fifties atmosphere continued for most of the 60s.Yes, all the cars really did look like that!
I was there too! The 1950's - a quiet, peaceful time to grow up, good music, birth of rock & roll, no drugs, people could express themselves without using vulgar four letter words, good clean fun! There definitely was a standard of how to dress, best clothes for Sunday Mass, jeans for casual, and dress up for Saturday night. We grew up in the best generation of them all!
@✨Perfect✨ Born in the 80s here. Every decade will have their once in a lifetime window. I loved the 90s. To me it was the last great decade because technology hadn't completely taken over the world yet. We were the last ones to remember it that way. Just enjoy the now. In 30 years? A 15 year old won't understand how much the world has changed. I look at the 50s, but it's hard to ignore how much was brushed under the rug (racism, sexism, CIA proxy wars). Had they just gotten over these things, the 60s wouldn't have undone everything.
It was the most wonderful time in the 20th century. Cost of living was lower than salaries and one parent could provide a wonderful life for the family in most cases. More homes and roads and shopping centers, cars and furniture was built and made for consumers. It was a time when the moral code was high in America and the low crime rates made cities great places to live as well as the suburbs.
I was born in 1955. My parents lived paycheck to paycheck. My mom always told me that the 50s were not that easy. Things weren't easier until my mom went to work in the mid 70s. I was out of the house, but my youngest siblings had an easier time.
@Orange Fort I think the 1920s are one of the most underrated decades in the U.S at least because most people see how bad the prohibition was and just think the 20s was all about crime, when in reality the 20s we're the last time we had true art and class in people up until about the 60s
If there is an era I would live in its early 1950's.. but with Today's technology. How amazing would that be to just walk around 1950 Los Angeles California before it became a 3rd world dump.
Perhaps there were more pretty ones to photograph back then? I remember quite a few were pretty, and very few were obese, unlike today. And the kids back then were outside playing, not sitting with their eyes glued to a phone. I would gladly go back to those years if I could. We just didn't know what we had then.
@@beansmcdonough1782 Today not many care about whites crying about being old and wishing they were still living in the fifties. If they don't like life today then they should head for the exit door.
so so classy. the fucking rampant racism and lack of human rights were amazing. A time when u could beat your wife for not cooking the steak to medium rare
Pop was 19, mom 17 when they brought me home from the hospital in their green 1950 Oldsmobile rocket 88. Two years later we moved into a new brick ranch home where they lived another 40 yrs until the neighborhood went south.
@@buckshot6481 - My husband and I brought home our 1 month old preemie son, to a small house we had just purchased in 1969 for $8500. Put down $1000 (borrowed from his widowed mom), and our payments were $85/month. Long ago divorced, but he still lives in that house.
Thank you so very much for this glimpse back into my childhood. You don't see these images anywhere it seems. This is so bitter-sweet. I can picture my mother wearing the same kind of long wool coat, as beautiful as a model. We had Ramblers after the 49 Ford. We also lived on our small family dairy farm, and as a farmer's wife, my mother had lots of work to do. So did us kids. Oh, well. Those who were there remember.
I was born in 61, a decade in which had its own unique vibe, but also had remnants of the 50s in every day life, especially the fabulous cars and music in addition to its own brand.
have watched 50s themed movies or 50s movies in my childhood and since then I always wish to live in that kind of ambiance, kind of living. so class, no internet, fashionable, simpler etc.
Please keep doing what your doing. As a millennial it’s so good to see the past and get a sense of history of Americana; from the beginnings of companies I’ve seen collapse to a glimpse at a life I’ve never known but somehow feel nostalgia for.
I've read a few unflattering comments about millenials here and wanted to ask you if you don't mind...why do you think so many millenials get such a bad rap. Do you think they're lazy? Are they self serving brats as the commenters here are saying? Is the millenial generation spoiled or have they just been dealt a bad hand? Thanks and love from Tucson.
@@danthomas6587 I'm Gen X, but I've worked with a quite a few millenials and can comment on a few things I"ve seen. Many of them have been sheltered from life to an extreme and the school system has over-sensitized them to social justice issues - it's part of the communist infiltration into our society. Many of them are hypersensitive to the slightest hint of insult and they expect the world to conform to their feelings - because they were taught in school that the world should conform to their feelings. They've received unprecedented quantities of vaccines - thus a greater proportion of them live with anxiety, various degrees of autism, and ADD/ADHD. Sadly, I've worked with many millenials in their 20's who suffer from chronic diseases you typically wouldn't see til middle age - especially autoimmune - another outcome imo from the aggressive level of immunization. It's not their fault, but it's detrimental to the vitality and strength of our country. It's largely from the Communist infiltration. Some of them do escape as strong, solid individuals!
@@staceyl618 appreciate the insight. It didn't occur to me about the vaccines but it falls right in line with the spike in autism. I don't believe for a second that there's no connection. I myself was reared by nuns and they, as you known were put here by God to make man's life miserable. If America were policed by nuns instead of police there'd be little violence on the streets. Anyhow thanks again for the schooling.
@@danthomas6587 I think it is something older generations have always said about the younger ones. One thing different is nowadays social cliques or groups aren't as easily delineated as they once were. You used to have "hippies" or "yuppies" etc but since the newer generations are PERCIEVED as more homogeneous, older generations can really only say "millenials". FWIW there really is a large swath of differences between ideology even among my close friends; I know some lazy and entitled and also some who are the hardest working people I've met. Some who could care less about history, others who are infatuated with it. To the latter half of your question: I think both can be true, millenials and gen z have grown up in unquestionably the best moment in human history in so many areas (medicine, science, equality etc) and yet also have some new problems not yet faced prior. IE: housing being prohibitively expensive in many areas, the advent of automation, inflation in prices without inflation in wages, the whole college tuition debate, social media connecting while simultaneously driving us apart. I really could go on but I hope you get the idea.
@@danthomas6587 Same here, but priests for us in our separate high school .. they could be pretty vicious if you got out of line. An age of innocence, and we loved it.
I was born in the 1950’s, life was much less complicated growing up. I think they were much happier times. Everyone is so slim in these photos, what’s happened to the world? I miss the old times
I was born in '66. This was like looking at every photo we ever had in our house growing up. All the parties, picnics, fishing trips, families starting out-those people are gone, never met most of em, all the memories long forgotten, but I still have the photos. Just can't bring myself to toss em out. I'm afraid when-if I do, they'll be completely forgotten...sad.
i was born in late 2000s and i always loved seeing all of your stories in the 50s and onward because i always wanted to experience what it really was like to live life in the past unlike now, i feel like a lot of things changed and all of us are just glued to our technology and destroying ourselves
People get paid to keep your attention. A lot of children don’t get enough nutrients and people in general. No wonder letting kids going outside is considered scary now because it’s basically become a vacant land because everyone is inside watching the, playing games, on social media. The only people who are outside are the ones who have no where to go.
Beautiful days.!! I remember them very well. I was 13 yrs old in 1950. I've lived a long great life. I will forever cherish the moment as well as family. Life is very short. Please take my word when i tell you this. Seems like just yesterday i was living this era. My health is very poor these days. Most of my family has passed and we have a different style of family members who dont hold our traditional values the same as we once did. It hurts but i love them dearly. Great video. Thanks for sharing.
You were very blessed to live during those times. I wish I could have. I agree, things are so sad nowadays. But we have to make our own lives as happy as we can and enjoy our blessings. May God bless you.
@@Plantdaddygardenman The only thing I dislike about our current state of affairs is the smartphones. (Granted, I used to complain about cell phones before smartphones even existed.) And, really, this is a societal issue - not a technology issue. Other than that, we're generally better off than we used to be. The view of decades past is obfuscated and creates false perceptions. I could say I'd like to go back to the mid-2000s, since it was before smartphones and the multitude of things that came about as a result; however, in saying that, I would be omitting all the reasons as to why the 2000s were horrendous. Also, would I even want to live in the 1950s? Probably not - only maybe for the sake of experiencing it as someone young enough and privileged enough.
@@Plantdaddygardenman Not really better physically, there were very few overweight people then, now slim and fit people are a very small minority, medical treatment is better now as it should be after 60+ years of development.
@@dylanrichardson199 WRONG! Sure it's great about medical advancement but they were simpler times. Look back twenty years from now and you will see things in a better light. It really was nice.
And no fat arses crammed into stained leggings either. Its so nice to see colourful clothes. Everything these days is either made in silver grey or black because it is the cheapest colour to produce.
@@JohnPaul-qs2qf 😅 You've forgotten white sneakers, mountain hiking clothes and army boots for females. Black symbolizes something. Nothing against white, it's great for summer.
@@Leodoll85 Have you ever seen housing data? Racial segregation is at its peak and worse in todays era because the WEALTH GAP is the greatest on record and the middle class is shrinking. You have low income areas where the majority of minorities live and then 500k plus value homes where all the white and asians live together. Society is more segregated than ever in recorded history, back in the 50s we had a middle-class surging.
I love these pictures! Oh the wonderful memories I have of growing up on our family farm during that time. My parents are gone now, but I still visit the old home place from time to time and reminisce of the special days of my youth.
I was a kid in the 50's...& I remember those cars, clothes, drive-ins, etc. it was a great time. Us kids rode our bikes all over, went to the local soda fountain or drug store for ice cream sodas, etc. We had roller skates, hula hoops, black & white tv's, transistor radios, Davy Crocket caps, etc. it was a more innocent time...and started to change in the 60's when I was a teenager. I remember the Ed Sullivan show, Walter Cronkite on the evening news, Saturday morning cartoons. In the 60's I started high school...and suddenly we were hearing about the Cuban Missile crisis, The JFK assassination, possible nuclear attack, & a place called Vietnam. Signed up for the draft at 18 just after high school. Things were changing...but it still was a great time to be a young man. Fond memories.
Grew up in Iowa in the 50's and 60's. People were mostly clean and polite, and there were jobs. Left the house unlocked and keys in the ignition when going to the grocery store. Lots of kids in the neighborhood. Relatives came over. Made ice cream in the back yard with a hand cranked ice cream freezer. Sundays were kind of boring as many stores were closed (day of rest) but we played ball in the back yard or messed around by the creek that ran nearby. Different time.
I grew up in Iowa as well se Iowa. But from 1970 and on loved my family and my relatives were on farm's..good times for a kid for me..but always asked my parents questions about growing up in the 50's and I learned a lot from them. I wish they were still here to ask more questions..I was the youngest of 6 kids
@@davemitchell7361 70's were different I think. Viet Nam, drug use, and social unrest in the late 60's changed the tone even in Iowa. Part of the charm of Iowa in the 50's and first half of the 60's was our innocence. What we didn't know didn't hurt us in that time and place.
That’s because they actually dedicated Sunday to God back then. Today America is Godless and that’s why it’s filled with mass shootings, crime and violence.
People had so much more respect for themselves and everyone else. And I loved how the men looked so neat and sophisticated in those suits. Unlike today men suits that they are wearing look like they are 2 sizes too small for them.
Hello 👋 . How are you doing? Hope you’re fine. I am Joel Collins and I'm Originally from Italy but I'd live in Atlanta Georgia. Where are you from? You seem like a real country girl.
That’s because men today have no clue how to dress. If you tell them to dress up they better be getting married-and even that’s iffy-or he better be dead. They may be wearing a suit but it’s probably 10 years old and fit them in the days when knocking back a keg with his buds wasn’t an issue. Now that he has some snow on the roof it’s become one.
As a teen in the fifties I don't think I ever had more than a dollar in my pocket. Never enough gas to get home but always a load of guys and gals to push me there. Born in 1940 and survived the war years on what little everyone had to share. Got twenty five cents on Saturdays to go to the movies at the ole Garden theater. Ten cents to get in and ten cents for a bag of popcorn and a tonic. Poor as a church mouse but bless with the best. Have everything in the world now. Back than never had my own room today I have homes in three states and bedrooms I have never slept in. One with a five hundred acre backyard. No not rich just blessed with everything I ever wanted or needed. But looking back at the friends and family would give it all up to just spend five more years being me.
I only lived through a smidgeon of this period but these photos are the real deal and they bring a tear to the eye as one reflects upon an era that won't ever again be realized.
@@farshimelt Yes but some of them aren't worth realising the 50's had a strong vibe and aesthetic which gives it a distinct atmosphere plus a booming society in America coming hot off the war, creating opportunities these people miss all that and therefore are saddened it won't be realised again.
@@danielthoman7324 Wholesome is everything today isn’t…..letting your kids run and play not worrying about perverts snatching them,leaving your doors unlocked,knowing your neighbors,stability of food prices….trust in government…..no perverted dementia ridden presidents like joey biden,no woke silly trans ideology….probably this all is something you will never understand in this progressive democrat sewer that the USA has become.
Yeah this hurts... I feel like I grew up in a prison. The sky looks so blue and everybody looks free/happy to a degree ive never seen before. My grandparents were blessed 😴
Amazing quality of images, absolutely fascinating to get a glimpse of an idea what life might have looked like in the US 70 years ago. Thanks so much for sharing.
What’s absolutely crazy to me is how easily I can associate myself with these people. I’m currently in my late 20s; 28 to be exact. Most of the people shown in this video were around that age. Now these people today if they were still alive would be at least 91 years of age. I can’t help but think. One day it’s my fate too. It scares me in a way. But at the same time. I think they lived a much better 20s and 30s than I ever will.
Glad you appreciate the times. Indeed, born in 1956, I wouldn't trade my life then for anyone's now for a million dollars. Always grateful to have lived in the era that I did, no matter what these a-hole trolls that infest comment sections like this say. Good that there is You Tube videos of the era for people like you to appreciate and enjoy, just unfortunate that today's SJW's try to spoil it for everyone. Best of luck!
Yeah, your generation is boned. At least I got to enjoy the 80s where freedom was still a thing. You guys are headed right into an authoritarian government and the nightmares are going to start. You don't achieve social cohesion with the extreme diversity that's being pushed, but then again, that's their goal. Stay safe!
I was born in 1957 and was a teen in the 70's yet I always felt a connection to the 50's. I listened to a lot of 50's music, wore 50's pieces with my regular clothes. Then when I got my own apartment I furnished it in 50's. I was lucky because back then thrift stores had a lot of 50's stuff at very cheap prices. Plus there was swamp meets. Later when I married my husband also loved that era so I continued to add to my collection. I was furnishing and decorating in mid century modern before it was a thing. Here I am at 64 and still loving that era which is one of the reasons I had to watch this video.
In the 50’s, people were still dropping like flies overnight from polio or crippled for life. They were absolutely terrified. Also, measles, mumps, debilitating scarlet fever, chicken pox & even diphtheria were a regular occurrence. There were a lot of mail-order scams back then. Teachers, principals & parents regularly beat children. Kids were a lot more polite back then for a reason. Women were basically stuck back then, having no financial means to escape if they had abusive husbands, because males were the main bread-winners. So it’s a mixed bag to say that the 50’s were an innocent time. They certainly never had to contend with mass-shootings at schools or public venues though like nowadays. Back then, people were getting lost all the time because they didn’t have GPS. Even though they had Thomas Guide Maps-they still were getting lost, especially when new freeways, highways & roads were being built then.
@@emjayay No argument,there. Still,it's a pity that the style,glamour and romance is missing in today's vehicles. I haven't been excited about a car in about 40 years. Yeah, I'm a boomer.
@@emjayay 55 Chevy is one of the most aesthetically pleasing cars of all time though. How many cars built today can we say the same about. Today's cars are largely disposable junk.
@@NoName-t7e I would't say junk, but new vehicles are not designed to be easily repaired. If one cared for a '55 Chevy - and kept it from rusting, it could be easily repaired. Most of us never really thought that rust was a preventative maintenance issue, we just bought a newer model vehicle.
My great grandma said the best time to be alive was after WW2 up until the early 90s and I believe her people seemed much more chill back then and life was simple.
Great quality photos. Thanks. I drove one of those Buicks that had no roof supports between the front and rear doors. Now that was freedom! Sadly I recall it had those first ever "lap safety belts." I rolled it once when a rear wheel lost traction on a gravel road and the next stop was a lake. It ended up on its side in the middle of the road. I climbed out and rocked the 2 ton car until it slammed back down on four wheels. It started up just fine and kept going with one bumper slightly bent in. Today this roll over would be a "car totaled" event.
The 1950s...when people dressed smarter; elderly were treated with respect by the youth; people were generally happier; men and women were slimmer; and the music (especially the love songs) was simple, yet beautiful with no vulgar language or sexually suggestive words.
@@lickalotofme1144 Actually you need to be careful with that. Well it wasn't our land to begin with. After several generations we who currently live in it have as much right to the land as its original owners. The issue isn't who claims the land at this point its how we co-exist with it and here lies the main problem. We have one group that completely is hell bent on not co-existing with others unless said others are basically trampled on and under the rule of the one group.
Amazing times. Its incredible how much respect people had for themselves and others in those days. Everyone looks so smart. I was born in the sixties so missed that era,
Give people a great country, a great economy, plenty of opportunities, the freedom to breathe free and watch them thrive and innovate! A time that seems like another world to me, at least a different country. It was called America.
@John Bold Homestead Act land giveaway a few generations before this, low term Levitt Homes just before this, GI Bill and other privileges. All reserved for whites. Not so much earned.
@Dutch Slatin And their whiteness proved to be their eventual savior. If it was based on what ancestors went through, blacks should want for nothing by now wouldn't you agree? If only it wasn't for that skin color thing.
I am 91 - -I was there - Did Air Force - Korean War - Got married in 1956 - Yes it was a great time but we had the normal problems of life - but it was Great - Great Video - Thanks
I remember when I learned to drive and they used to have "gas wars" at gas stations in 1971. We bought gas for 16.9 cents/gallon! So gas stayed pretty low until about 1973/74.
@@emjayay You wouldn’t want a single person to enjoy a moment of pleasant memory in these trying times, eh? Got to deliver the facts regardless whether anyone gives a hoot. People are struggling to hang on to a glimpse of a special memory and you are here to clinically pop that bubble and get them squared away. That’s a special kind of sad.
@@ljones98391 he's called a killjoy , but is true , minimum wage was like $2. an hour, & & remember waiting in line get gas & think could only get a minimum amount.
@@Memow-pk1ng It was still WAY better back then than now. Nowadays you're born to become an indoctrinated wage slave so someone else can get rich. That's really all there is to it. This world feels like a prison. I feel like the main character in The Truman Show only I'm mad constantly.
I'm a German, and this vintage film footage shows a time when the USA was really 'nd truly "great". I wish I would have lived in the '50s and '60s. When life had a positive perspective and future. When people were full of hope and happiness, and gentle and friendly.
@@coolcat1684 The Marshall plan was a loan and was a fraction the US took from Germany as war loot in terms of patents, not even counting the amounts of German scientists that got the US to the moon.
I was born in 1950--so saw it from the perspective of a child--but loved it. It was an easy time and as kids we played outside most of the time. Three channels provided a limited choice on TV but it was ok.
Things to remember about the 50s. America was on top. Europe was rebuilding. No serious international trade competition. Foreign built cars were rare and American manufacturers employed a lot of people. Unions were stronger and jobs with pensions were more common. There was still a residual sense of unity from the war and fear of the Soviets that kept it in place. Social organizations were stronger and more people participated. People were still benefiting from the effects of the New Deal programs and the GI Bill. The Interstate highways didn't start to show up until 1956 and wasn't even completed until the 1980s. Most business was local not so much national or international. Airline travel was not common. There was a good chance you and your spouse grew up in the same neighborhood or town and went to the same school and maybe never left. More Americans were still engaged in agriculture. The population was about half what it is now in 1954.
hudson2441 - Nice review of the upside of the '50s. I was born at the front end of the baby boom - I was 7 when Ike ran for president (and won) and got beaten up in the schoolyard because I let someone know that my parents voted for Stevenson. (No wonder I fear the current iteration of the Republican party - shades of that McCarthy-era paranoia all over again.)
Each country was its own, that’s the point… now all countries are the same… just with a little cherry on top trying to relate to when they were actually themselves
@@countrypaul Think the Twilight Zone did the flip side quite well. Funny that he mentioned it here because it first aired in 59...it's really a 60s show.
the US was yet brand new in the world to everyone. cleanliness was next to Godliness. mostly all attended church. excellent manners brought appreciation. people cared for one another. i am crying now! life has given some great memories of that period. : )
@@megenberg8 - I really enjoy your screen name. Lady Tate. I bet you are indeed a true Lady. Way back in high school, a diminutive woman taught Freshman Boy’s English. A tough job for anyone. This woman held the minds of all her boys in her hands. Boys vied to be assigned to her classes, and looked forward to class each day. If you can imagine that. She went by Lady McIntyre, or Lady Mac. We loved her.
@@20alphabet Yes, that was my life as a young boy, my parents raised myself and my four brothers in the Protestant Church, we went every Sunday, also Wednesday evenings prayer meeting service. Life was so different, in a good way. People have changed, become cold. When you leave God out of your life especially while raising a family. Many young people today do not believe in God, or marriage, so many kid`s in broken homes, unhappy homes.
@LonerBlack66 Nobody, ever said ANYTHING to you. It is all about your delusional, "conspiracy theories", that you watch 24 hours a day, on yo boy, A.Jones, on "Inforwars", please adjust your tin foil hat, to Mars, for a better signal.
I was in grade school in the 50's, it was the best time in history to be a kid. After breakfast my friends and I would take off to play, the only thing that do was be home for dinner... Tim M. 3/9/21
@Marty Marty I can still remember the life lessons that my Grandprents taught me: Open doors for women, don’t make fun of other people, don’t bully others, be honest, respect your elders, stand for the National Anthem, salute the flag ands most importantly BE YOURSELF. Tim M, 3/13 21
Could it not be much better still, by now? After all, there were few seatbelts, in the '50s, but quite a bit of DDT and other pesticides. Also about adults who have _smoked_ around children I have heard bad reports.
I love everything about the 50's. The cars, music, fashions and of course the women. My parents were teens in the 50's and have told me so many stories growing up during that time and I would tell them that I wish I was a teen in that era as well. Thank you for this great clip.
@@janice4117 Thank you for sharing your story. It means a lot to someone like me, although I'll never get to experience those times your stories help me picture it.
@@Siromuse I was born in ‘07, so I caught the tail end of life before digital everything as a little kid, but I envy people born anywhere from 1940-1990 essentially. I go to a decent size school, I don’t think I’ve seen another kid read a book voluntarily in school this year. Parties are dead entirely. Can’t use the bathroom during passing time, people just take pictures of themselves vaping in the stalls. Nobody actually does anything, nobody really looks or seems happy, nothing feels genuine. Ended up antisocial because the people around me are hardly actual people. I hate sounding mopey and pessimistic but there’s really no better way to put it honestly.
My parents were teenagers in the fifties, what a great time they had lol The stories they tell are incredible, so much fun! The cars were amazing back then
The color and clarity of most of these photos is amazingly good. Families were still shooting most of their home photos on B&W film until the early 1960s and Kodacolor prints were prone to fading - badly. Cplor slides held up a whole lot better - especiaily if they were properly stored.
Color slides held up REALLY well if they were Kodachrome - that film is famous for being exceptionally resistant to fading. Of course, nowadays software such as Photoshop can do an amazingly good job of restoring vibrant colors.
@@sandygoddard7478 I agree... we are all American but America means different things to different people now. As Rush Limbaugh said recently, the few things we have in common are no longer enough to bind us together.
@@sandygoddard7478 You mean you were all white right? LOL that is why you grieve this because its your era that has come to an end. Your time has come to an end. Man aint that the truth.
I was 22 in 1950, it was one of the best decades of my entire life that I will never forget, I joined the US Navy at 1956 and married a year later to a beautiful wife, she sadly passed away last October and I still cherish every moment I spent with her during those happy times, I'm still learning to adapt with modern technology and I hope I make to be one of the oldest individuals on the planet, Thank you!
94 this year, then? I'd say you're well on your way! Thank you for sharing your memories. I'm so sorry for the loss of your wife, but... 65 years married?? Incredible! I'm not quite halfway there, but thank you for the inspiration! I was born in '66, and the world is already so different from even when I was a kid, much less back in the '30s and '40s like you were. God bless you on your continued journey, sir.
May you live long...
No offence, but your info seems fake :D 94 years old and lingering around youtube? Most of the people who were born during those days dont even know how to use computer. Let alone searching up youtube video about US in 50s. For me, your text is questionable :D
90s is goat
I’m so sorry about your wife
What I remember most about the '60's was all the neighborhood kids would play outside until dark with no fears. We only went home to eat dinner and go to sleep😁. Life was so simple but so glorious!
@Navy Dad dude, today ain’t any better
I did in this in my childhood in the late 90s and early 2000s!
@@TravelerVolkriin Saaaaame!
it was like that until the late 1990s some parts in tijuana mexico kids still play until dark
It was exactly the same here in the UK during my childhood in the 70s and 80s. During the school summer holidays we would be out on our bikes all day or play football, rugby and cricket until the sun went down and here in the summer that's 10pm. We'd go home grab some food and be back at it non stop! We use to play for hours on the old 2nd WW coastal defences. It was a great time!
I was born in 1949. The 1950s was my childhood. If you weren't there in the 1950s it would take me a lifetime to try and explain just how beautiful and tranquil this decade was. Life was fast-paced and yet extremely laid-back. We will never witness this again......
I truly wish we could go back in time 🙏
Yes, I was born in '46 and agree with you completely~!! I would trade places in a heart beat to go back~!
You won't lol
So true. I was born in 1948 so the 1950s was my childhood as well. I think about the past all the time. I would also go back to that time in a minute. I remember playing tag and hide and seek, playing Cowboys and Indians, going to the movies, going to the beach, my grandfather taking me fishing and so many other memories. Also I remember the girls having their
own favorite activities such as jump rope, hopscotch and playing jacks. It was indeed a wonderful time and I probably took it for granted as well. The only negative thing is missing all the people in my life that are gone now. That would be my parents, grandparents, my only sister, aunts , uncles and friends.
It wasn’t beautiful and tranquil for everyone, tho.
It’s strange how you can be nostalgic for times you’ve never experienced. It’s a weird, almost indescribable feeling.
My Hindu friend, your body is but a figment, a temporal episode. Immortality is in the soul: you have been everywhere and every time-your mind does not remember because you were in a different living form, but the soul never forgets. Memory is soul-written, immortal.
It's just FOMO lol (Fear Of Missing Out). U prob envy the times like me, wanting to being there. Cuz I subconsciously desire wholesome, simple times too. For my generation, that was growing up in the 1990s ☺️
@@Marsha_AnnI don’t fear missing out because I know I likely have an over romanticized version of what life was like back then. That said, I would like to experience different times just so I could know exactly what it was like. Personally, I think most of us would be disappointed because as much as things change, they stay the same.
It's because you identify with many of the values of this time in history. Many of us were simply born too late and are strangers in a strange world in modern times.
@@user-gq2vn1xj2r the values were AWFUL in this time period with the rampant racism and mysoginy.
I had forgotten about the roadside picnic tables. People would pack lunch for a drive and stop at these tables and eat instead of eating out. A different time in a different country.
I was born in 63 in NYC and I remember as a kid those redwood picnic tables still around at rest stops and tree areas outside government office buildings and private schools. Long gone....
We just hardly ate out at all. Family dinners were the norm and everyone ate together. We didn't have much and it didn't bother us, many families had (only)1 car and there was only one tv station in a city of 175,000 , and black and white. If you missed what you wanted to see you waited until it came back on. A time of innocence- at least for many of us children of the time. The music was great.
i remember those times ! also what about the roadside stands where you could buy veggies and fruit and those days parents could correct their kids !
Somehow I find roadside rest areas with tables in every state.
Why? Hadn't they invented Parks yet? I thought those roadside stops were primarily for stretching your legs and toileting. Not for the locals to have picnics. It didn't take much to entertain people back then. LOL.
My father was in his prime in 1955 ..he always says it was by far the greatest period to be alive and especially in the northern US states. Cars, ships, trains and planes they all were beautiful and well built right here in the good old USA.
Cars back then had character. Cars today are plan and look like electric shavers...
If only we could get ppl to only by American goods now and stop the corporate consumerism .. man oh man how our country would get back to good and happy times for everyone
@@VictorianMaid99 they are ugly .. I only buy used good cars I will not be in debt for a modern car ..I refuse .
@@VictorianMaid99 you're wrong, all the 50s, 60s cars look exactly the same especially from the side
@@dansterstuff they look like rocket ships!
My Dad was so proud and handsome sporting his late 50s green Mercury. First new car he ever owned.
It was a peaceful calm, kind and respectful era. 'We will never pass this way again.' Born in 1950, I'm blessed to have lived it. 🇺🇸❤️
Ah yes, the peace of the Korean war, the gang wars in L.A. and New York city, the lynching's in the South.
@@farshimelt The Korean War happened for a short period of time, the gang wars happened a little bit after the 50s, and the lynchings were not as common as you think at all...today the world is way more violent than in the 50s
@@farshimelt Oh yeah…today’s MUCH better. What a jackass 🙄
@@farshimelt No one said life in the 50s was perfect only that it was much better than today.
Less violence,
less marital breakup,
less drug addiction,
NO on-line porn!
fewer single families &
yes much less OBESITY
@@johnmorelli3775 lot more racism
man, what I wouldn't give to spend an afternoon walking the streets of some of these towns and cities. a unique time in America. a time a lot of people look back on as the good old days in this country, not to say the time period was without its flaws, no time period truly is, but in these pictures, it just seems so wonderful.
It was wonderful and most of us baby boomers would agree. Yes indeed the kids today have no idea what they missed, maybe it’s better. Parents in 2022-2023 are more interested in their kids 2 & three sports activities and less about manners & discipline and consequences.😕😢
I bet both of you are white
@@suestephan3255 .
It makes me want to time travel just like Michael JFox character did in Back to the Future
Wish your parents didn’t ruin it for my parents at such a peaceful time they didn’t get to experience 😔
Bach in the '50s, at the age of 6 my friends and I would set out on a Saturday morning, walk 1.5 miles to small lake to fish and horse around. The only thing my mother would say, "make sure your home for dinner". Imagine letting a 6 yr old go out on his own today! Nowadays you can't let your kids off your property without supervision . What a great time!
Joe B - Me too. A couple of times, before 1965, I wasn't 10
yet, I walked all the way from home, by myself, to the
Thrifymart store - the free tube tester machine wasn't being
used at 3:P.M. in the afternoon, no, I forgot why I walked all
the way there for ...
Believe it or not that’s how it was for me in 2001. I was 5 years old, I navigated the woods and would catch little critters down by the creek. If my mom had any idea what I was doing down there she’d have been horrified. I ask her about it today and she says well I knew neighbors at every point that you went, and the neighborhood was one way in and one way out. Good times I believe the kids in the early and mid 2000s were the last to value playing outside.
@@Beowulf002 I’d give it until around 2011-2012 where kids began to stop playing outside nearly completely. I grew up in a particularly technologically advanced part of the city in the mid-late 2000s through the early 2010s, and up until around 2013-14 was when I stopped playing outside as a kid. It was unfortunate to see an era fade, especially when you’ve faded with it.
Eh, do you think maybe you all think it stopped being a thing in the 60s/early 2000s/2010s because that's when you, in different eras each, grew out of your childhood or out of "playing"? I see kids playing outside all the time and I live in a city, not even in the countryside. My mother lives in the countryside and the kids also play outside there, of course. I also remember kids playing outside in the 2010s, 2000s and 90s. (I wasn't born in the 80s...)
That said I know the USA has issues with walkability and I live in France.
Good times! In the Philippines, before i left the country, my Child hood there in the 90s, we were also able to go out as little kids and only come back to eat etc. good times! Times have change a lot
Was a teenager and graduated high school in 1955. The greatest time for teens. So many memories & so blessed !!!
I remember in Highschool my teacher showed our class a movie 🎥filmed on Super 8...It was him going to his Senior Prom 1955 picking up his date...It looked really fun...I love the '57 Chevy..
Poem titled 'Into the Big World.'
Into the big world
Came the Class of '55
Richard heading out
Carrying the badge of knowledge
In his own way.
Jack heading East looking
Renaldo going for degrees North then West
Bob & Tom lost in Kansas City
Jim, Tony, Eugene, Robert, staying for hometown.
All could only grin at what they laughed before
Richard & Firmin broke to the far West.
In their own way.
And in every City waits the rules of the land
And on the best of days in the given hour
The demons appear
All through the buildings the Rogues await.
Into the real world
Came the Class of '55'
Richard goes his way into the meat-grinder
For the 2nd time he's down
Richard failed the code.
But all through the cities
in the many buildings
After long years in the darkest hour
The demons return, Richard appears
The Rogues show up again
To force the class, to know its fate
Good gawd there's no end.
Into the Tawdry World
Went the Class of '55
Richard leading the way
In another way.
The Rogues waiting.
Richard led the Class into the meat-grinder
Under assault
In Publilc
The Rogue scores a 2nd hit.
The Rogue fails a kill.
Into the Real World
Richard leading the Class
In his own way.
Came the Demons
Richard led the Class into the meat-grinder
Under assault
In Public
Richard did pass his test.
Is your favorite movie back to the future 1 2 and 3
@@delgado8 I love Back to the Future 1 !!!
And cars, can’t forget those long cars & convertibles
I was there. Best thing about the 50's was no social media.
And here you are on your phone or computer typing messages on TH-cam.
I was born in 73 but I agree I think the world would be a better place without the internet or social media .
@@drjohnsonhungwell5115 Does make knowledge and school easier, tho...
@@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823 I do like the internet for learning purposes and research , also for shopping and finding hard to find products .
Dr Johnson Hungwell i’m 23 years old and i tend to agree with you
Great time to be alive. So different from today.
Grew up in the fifties. Drive-in movies. Camping out. Catching fire flies in jars. At 5 and 6 we wandered all over town on our bikes and never worried about anything. 5 cent candy bars and 10 cent pop. Little League baseball and Friday night football. McDonalds opened and everything was 15 cents. Pineapple upside down cake and homemade ice-cream. Buzzing the Ave and petting in the back seat of my 57' Chevy. God, we had no idea we were blessed with the best childhood experiences of any generation of Humans ever..
Amen to that
I wish i couldve experienced the 50's most of all eras. Things have improved for fire flies anyway.
Isn't it amazing that we forget the bad things of the old days? I hate to talk about the old days with my sister as it always bring up the bad about the old days. The mind seems to make it so easy to forget bad things.
Unless you were poor and lived in Chicago or East L.A. and had to avoid the gangs on the way home from school so you wouldn't get beat up. There was and is more than 1 America. I wouldn't go back if you paid me.
@@farshimelt But dont the gangs in East LA and Chicago shoot ppl now vs beat ppl up? They call Chicago Chriaq now. Has East LA gotten better or worse since 1950? The answer wouldnt be a straight Yes or No. arent ppl still poor there? Dont cops still profile and abuse the ppl there?
I was born in the middle 30's and graduated in 1955......My first full-time job was 1 dollar an hour......My first car was a 1947 Ford convertible (like Biff's car in Back to the Future) and It COST me lots of bucks (300 dollars) Ha......Like in the song (Moments to Remember by the Four Lads).........The drive-in movies were we would go, and somehow never watch the show.......
Have a great life everyone........
Myself, my girlfriend and another friend drove to the drive in.
$2.50 each, we only had 5 dollars.
We pulled up to the kiosk, I held out the fiver and said, 2 please.
The girl said two?
I whispered 'the young lady is blind' as my girl stared straight ahead.
AND OFF WE WENT!
@@babydriver8134 did you meet anyone that lived in the 1800's back then? I think its cool to have people on here that used to live through the 50's . i was born in the early 90's myself and ive always wondered how the older generation think of this era
@@davideogamer8086 My step dad's grandpa was still kicking, he taught me how to play checkers.
When I was still in school, I asked my dad one day if people, generally speaking, were really as stupid as it seemed to me.
He told me to wait until I say 'Good Morning' to someone, and they cannot come up with a response.
My thoughts on this generation? This generation provides Hope, that our Savior Jesus is not too far off.
@@davideogamer8086 My grandparents were born in the late 1890s. I heard stories of their parents and the American civil war told by the surviving confederates.
Convertibles were so popular then they became scarce
This was a great time. people actually talked to each other
Back in that Era you felt safe. My folks asked where I was going and just said to come home when the street lights came on. We mostly only locked our doors when we went on vacation. The neighbors knew our names and would help keep an eye on us.
Same in Europe!
lol diversity is our strength!
same here.....I would leave around 8am on my green n white schwinn bike with wide white sidewalls and bike ride along, sometimes no hands, including turning corners..LOL and be gone until dinner time/dusk. NO bottle water or lunch...if I got thirsty I stopped at the gas station and drank from the black water hose for radiator refills next to the gas pumps at full service stations...when I got home no one really asked where I had gone for the whole day. albuquerque
@@BAM-jc7uy because your white
Everything about this video reminds me so much about my childhood (born in '52) that it brings tears to my eyes. Kids today have no idea what they missed.
Well we can’t control when we were born.
Only because they and you forget between bodies. You may step temporarily off the planet but not "life."
I wish I didn't miss it I wish I lived during the 1950s
@@HMSStudios-u9q Where were you then?
@@davidburkholder7360 I wasn't born yet sadly but I here story from my grandpa about the 50s and it brings a smile to face and dress and do my hair like the 50s I just wish I could of lived during that time
Golden years. There was a middle class, stability and you can see how much happier they were just by seeing the beauty all around and their relaxed, laid back expressions and attitudes.
Thats what I see in all the photos up until about the 90s. Everyone seemed to have a glow of happiness and fulfillment until the modern/digital age began. The last era of photos where people looked decently happy with life was during the 2000s, but even by then, people started having a different vibe in pictures. Now everyone seems dead or like their souls have been obliterated.
Men were men and women were women
@@joshuakhaos4451 You aint kidding...soulless photos today, or photos that look overly posed, contrived, or just plain douchie looking for the sake of trying to be entertaining-very artificial.
Счастливые лица, золотые времена... Просто они были молоды! А молодые всегда счастливы!
Кстати, а что-то почти не видно счастливых чернокожих лиц.
@@Xxrocknrollgod that you know of. cross dressing and gay has been around long LOOONG before you sir.
This video was amazing. So was the music. I am 23 and love hearing stories from my grandma and grandpa from those times.
Hi Zac love your vids
Enjoy them stories and listen. My grandpa just passed 2 months ago, and I would give anything to talk to him one more time.
Does anyone know the music? I love it.
And what is your duty to society in our country?
Your Grandpa and Grandma are awesome people. They were lucky to live in those times. You should always respect them!
No greater decade than the 50s. Living then meant you were on top of the world. Good times.
Beautiful era with joyful smiles from people whose family bond was their central focus. Thank you.
Color film and developing were expensive, not free with your phone so photos were posed on special occasions.
You do realize, I hope, that only 1 segment of society was shown? That same trip down nostalgia lane would look different in East Los Angeles and South Central L.A.
@@farshimelt thank you, Sir.
There are still many parts of the US I'm still learning via YT clips.
Yet, a friend told me that YT platform has a limitation on what it can share with global viewers about reality.
Jim Crow era America where blacks and other minorities were marginalized. No rich black athletes, no rich black entertainers, no black corporate executives, no prominent black politicians. The lack of diversity and opportunities would have totally sucked for non-whites.
@BlackSheep85 True!
Born in 1956, I'm forever grateful to grow up in the era that I did, now golden memories and cherished photos of times past.
born 1956 forever !
I was also born in 1957. I won't try to romanticize my childhood to satisfy some irrelevant desire. Certainly not to meet some political or social ideal. You need to deal with life in the present.
'57 here.. blessed.
@@peterlyons8793 sounds like you have psychological issues from a miserable childhood, care to elaborate?
@@doninmichigan One of 12 in an Irish Catholic family. Five sisters and six brothers. The youngest sister was an adopted. No psychological issues with me. I had a happy childhood. My point is people and the media create false perspectives about how wonderful the USA was in the 1950's instead of dealing with current issues. This country hadn't effectively dealt with poverty, inequality and racial discrimination.
A wonderful look back to an exciting decade to grow up in. I worked hard, had lots of fun and set off down the road of life.
Should also add that in 1959, when I was 19 years old I owned a red and white 1955 Buick two-door hardtop similar to the one that appears around the 7:31 minute mark of this video.
The 1950's - the Eisenhower era - were the best of times for most people. Great era.
The US was a wonderful country even in the 60s when my family would visit our relatives in Pa. Clean, the people chatty and decent, the food delicious. We used to hit up all the diners from the Ca. border to Pa.
You simply cannot imagine how great the US once was.
It still is
It’s like you guys just ignore all the racism that went on towards black people and other races. It was far from wonderful..
@@leshayna nothing is perfect. That was terrible for sure. Yet we choose to focus on the good things, which we love
@@leshayna Always with the racism...nothing was ever good was it.
@@leshayna What I don't get is if the racism is and was so bad to minorities why do millions upon millions of them want to come to America?
I feel deprived to have missed this era. The furthest back I remember was the early 70s -- and even that seems paradisiacal compared to the grim dystopia of today.
I feel sorry for you too, growing up in the seventies! But when I was a child in the 50’s some things weren’t so good. But America seemed more solid somehow. Less out of control.
Guess drugs were around forever .. but seems became the norm w/ the hippie era.
As the ones who od in 71:
Joplin, Hendrix, Morrison & the flowerchildren were a useless bunch.
What is the p word you used?
@@2004cyrus Paradise (ical)....
@@reesedaniel5835 as close as we can hope to get down here on this rock we share huh?
What a beautiful time to be alive!
What a great time to live, I was born in 1949. Wish we could turn back the clock!
Hello Cathy, How are you doing?
Those were the days.
@@regisbrasil4082 We thought they never end!
@@jamescressBy the way, where are you from, James?
You sound like my father. He was born in 1948. I am 49 and I will admit the world has turn into crap.
Looks like an enjoyable period in time...I envy the people fortunate enough to live during that era..
I grew up in the 50's in Brooklyn and I do feel very fortunate to have lived during that era. Great to hear your comment!
Racism is cool....
IF we look at history from the perspective of someone flying above a very long parade stretching from let's say 6,000 BC to 3,000 AD, then it would be possible to "time travel" to any point along that historical parade and join in the fun! According to some theorists, time travel is possible and that's why UFOs were reported in the Bible.
@@pnduarte4696 why do you People alwys have to come in the comments with your racism s*** stfu and go somewhere else
@@christianlittle4303 cry more.
My dad was a teen an young man in the 50s. I think it was an amazing time to grow up. The basics of life were so much more affordable and could be had with a single income. My dad said he paid $66/semester to attend UC Berkeley, which he paid as he went by being a part time waiter. The whole UC system was created to make an affordable education for California residents. That was their mission. Now they take the highest bidder and California students are the minority.
I paid $500 per semester for out out of state tuition at Purdue in 1953, but it included a single room and board in the school dormitory.
$66 in 1960 equals $600 today. State colleges and universities were far more subsidized by tax dollars than today, and a far lower % of people went to them. Also there was a draft, so almost all men went into the military and got some version of the GI Bill. By 1990 the next tier of California state universities was $900 a semester. It's the equivalent of about two or three times that today adjusted for inflation. State colleges in New York state had no tuition fees - 100% tax supported.
But back then the faculty consisted of professors and instructors. Now it is mostly crappy diversity-inclusion-Marxist-lesbian parasites who has nothing to do with education. Most of the tuition are wasted.
@@jamesbroggan4028 it's funny that you use the word marxist because the fact that it was cheaper and subsidized by taxes was something Marx would've loved but they undid it because they want to keep the population stupid so that for example cheaper college tuition is viewed as not being marxist lol
@@emjayay Reagan was governor of california in the 60s, he's the reason colleges went up in price. He thought it was communism to offer subsidized schooling
I was born in 1957, and even though my earliest memories were from 1960 on, the Fifties atmosphere continued for most of the 60s.Yes, all the cars really did look like that!
I was there too! The 1950's - a quiet, peaceful time to grow up, good music, birth of rock & roll, no drugs, people could express themselves without using vulgar four letter words, good clean fun! There definitely was a standard of how to dress, best clothes for Sunday Mass, jeans for casual, and dress up for Saturday night. We grew up in the best generation of them all!
The best thing about the music in the 50s? It was pre-beatles!
A1King1, yes, pre Beatles, we had the best music and the best of times and it would be nice to go back even for a day!
@✨Perfect✨ I wish you could have too!!
@✨Perfect✨ Born in the 80s here. Every decade will have their once in a lifetime window. I loved the 90s. To me it was the last great decade because technology hadn't completely taken over the world yet. We were the last ones to remember it that way.
Just enjoy the now. In 30 years? A 15 year old won't understand how much the world has changed. I look at the 50s, but it's hard to ignore how much was brushed under the rug (racism, sexism, CIA proxy wars). Had they just gotten over these things, the 60s wouldn't have undone everything.
@✨Perfect✨ wow. You are quite the intelligent young person. It gives me a bit of hope. All the best to you ❤️
It was the most wonderful time in the 20th century. Cost of living was lower than salaries and one parent could provide a wonderful life for the family in most cases. More homes and roads and shopping centers, cars and furniture was built and made for consumers. It was a time when the moral code was high in America and the low crime rates made cities great places to live as well as the suburbs.
And most everything was MADE IN AMERICA and MADE TO LAST.. Great quality and no such thing as "planned obsolesence"....
I was born in 1955. My parents lived paycheck to paycheck. My mom always told me that the 50s were not that easy. Things weren't easier until my mom went to work in the mid 70s. I was out of the house, but my youngest siblings had an easier time.
@Orange Fort I think the 1920s are one of the most underrated decades in the U.S at least because most people see how bad the prohibition was and just think the 20s was all about crime, when in reality the 20s we're the last time we had true art and class in people up until about the 60s
One parent can provide now if you get rid of all the attachments in life cable tv/satellite, Television, huge houses, brand new car/trucks
I think y’all forget about all of the racism homophobia and sexism back then the 50s wasn’t all butterflies and rainbows like y’all make it seem
Where’s the time machine? I’d gladly go back when to when everyone was still alive!
Careful, that opinion might call all the anti1950 kids who don't know anything but have a goal to ruin your moment of solitary joy.
as much as i want that im scared of those serial killers at those time lol
If there is an era I would live in its early 1950's.. but with Today's technology. How amazing would that be to just walk around 1950 Los Angeles California before it became a 3rd world dump.
I’m ready to go back.
@@Cami-dc9iu Serial killers? You mean, like ONE incident in Holcomb, KS?
Those were better times than now! I wish I could go back in time!
If you were a white man
I cherish moments, like this.😢😢😢
it is not???????? especially in countries outside america still wrecked by ww2
Amazing time, loved the ‘50’s. Notice, very few overweight people, no tattoos or pajamas out on the street.
Bill McGrogan No butt cheeks exposed either. A quieter, friendly America.
God Bless you all. May we fight to bring back civility, morality, decency, and Freedom back to America.
@@mr.sherrill9137 And keep everyone who doesn't look like "us" or worship like "us" or think like "us" out! MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN FOR "US"! 👌👌👌👌
Yup, no fats with tats and purple hair.
Perhaps there were more pretty ones to photograph back then? I remember quite a few were pretty, and very few were obese, unlike today. And the kids back then were outside playing, not sitting with their eyes glued to a phone. I would gladly go back to those years if I could. We just didn't know what we had then.
I was born in '52, so this really IS a stroll down memory lane. Thanks for posting.
Yes me too Nov.28. I miss my childhood
Great pictures. It seemed like an awesome time. People appeared to have been happier, more family-oriented, and healthier. Less stressful too.
I've heard that the 50's were an especially great decade for black people.
@@Sidewinder528 Nobody cares
@@beansmcdonough1782 And nobody cares about old whites crying for the past. You don't like the world today?... head for the exit door.
@@beansmcdonough1782 Today not many care about whites crying about being old and wishing they were still living in the fifties. If they don't like life today then they should head for the exit door.
@@beansmcdonough1782 yep racists never care👍
Such a classy era! The cars and the outfits!
so so classy. the fucking rampant racism and lack of human rights were amazing. A time when u could beat your wife for not cooking the steak to medium rare
@@yankee2666 thanks for the info
The Jim Crow & Segregation strict race laws was extra classy !
And the rampant misogyny!!
There were lots of severe racism in that decade. So it is the worst and darkest era!!!
Pop was 19, mom 17 when they brought me home from the hospital in their green 1950 Oldsmobile rocket 88. Two years later we moved into a new brick ranch home where they lived another 40 yrs until the neighborhood went south.
Nowadays people getting a new home at 21 yrs old is unheard of.
@@chriswells1440 some live with their parents till 40. another unheard of phenomenon
Pop worked for the builder, he became a contractor himself . That house cost $75 a month which is what the old man made per week.
@@buckshot6481 - My husband and I brought home our 1 month old preemie son, to a small house we had just purchased in 1969 for $8500. Put down $1000 (borrowed from his widowed mom), and our payments were $85/month. Long ago divorced, but he still lives in that house.
@@dannyyo7948 Some NEVER leave....
In light of americas current turmoil, this was really refreshing. Thank you for this, sir.
It's just disgusting to look at🤮🤮🤮US should have lost WWII to Germany or USSR
@@benjaminnorstadt2551 wdym
Thank you so very much for this glimpse back into my childhood. You don't see these images anywhere it seems. This is so bitter-sweet. I can picture my mother wearing the same kind of long wool coat, as beautiful as a model. We had Ramblers after the 49 Ford. We also lived on our small family dairy farm, and as a farmer's wife, my mother had lots of work to do. So did us kids. Oh, well. Those who were there remember.
Elegant America at its peak in my opinion.
Born 1951. So blessed to have lived this generation
Me too! Same year. Amen!!
i bet your childhood and teenage life must be the best 😄
😘 Born 1947...The 50s and 60s were ever so Magical Times ....💞✌️ Thank you for the memories.....🥰
You are lucky sir..!
me born in 1952
I was born in 61, a decade in which had its own unique vibe, but also had remnants of the 50s in every day life, especially the fabulous cars and music in addition to its own brand.
have watched 50s themed movies or 50s movies in my childhood and since then I always wish to live in that kind of ambiance, kind of living. so class, no internet, fashionable, simpler etc.
All you needed was money. Ain't nuthin' changed.
@@farshimelt my grandfather was happy to work and provide! Maybe you are just lazy 😥
Good for you, glad you appreciated those times. Fk all these SJW's cultural Marxists on here who try to demean it.
@@farshimelt WRONG, most people didn't have a lot of money, and enjoyed the simple things.
the best years of this country.
Love the cars from back then;beautiful design and built as tough as tanks!!!
Awfully big and long!! And no seatbelt s?
Please keep doing what your doing. As a millennial it’s so good to see the past and get a sense of history of Americana; from the beginnings of companies I’ve seen collapse to a glimpse at a life I’ve never known but somehow feel nostalgia for.
I've read a few unflattering comments about millenials here and wanted to ask you if you don't mind...why do you think so many millenials get such a bad rap. Do you think they're lazy? Are they self serving brats as the commenters here are saying? Is the millenial generation spoiled or have they just been dealt a bad hand? Thanks and love from Tucson.
@@danthomas6587 I'm Gen X, but I've worked with a quite a few millenials and can comment on a few things I"ve seen. Many of them have been sheltered from life to an extreme and the school system has over-sensitized them to social justice issues - it's part of the communist infiltration into our society. Many of them are hypersensitive to the slightest hint of insult and they expect the world to conform to their feelings - because they were taught in school that the world should conform to their feelings. They've received unprecedented quantities of vaccines - thus a greater proportion of them live with anxiety, various degrees of autism, and ADD/ADHD. Sadly, I've worked with many millenials in their 20's who suffer from chronic diseases you typically wouldn't see til middle age - especially autoimmune - another outcome imo from the aggressive level of immunization. It's not their fault, but it's detrimental to the vitality and strength of our country. It's largely from the Communist infiltration. Some of them do escape as strong, solid individuals!
@@staceyl618 appreciate the insight. It didn't occur to me about the vaccines but it falls right in line with the spike in autism. I don't believe for a second that there's no connection. I myself was reared by nuns and they, as you known were put here by God to make man's life miserable. If America were policed by nuns instead of police there'd be little violence on the streets. Anyhow thanks again for the schooling.
@@danthomas6587 I think it is something older generations have always said about the younger ones. One thing different is nowadays social cliques or groups aren't as easily delineated as they once were. You used to have "hippies" or "yuppies" etc but since the newer generations are PERCIEVED as more homogeneous, older generations can really only say "millenials". FWIW there really is a large swath of differences between ideology even among my close friends; I know some lazy and entitled and also some who are the hardest working people I've met. Some who could care less about history, others who are infatuated with it.
To the latter half of your question: I think both can be true, millenials and gen z have grown up in unquestionably the best moment in human history in so many areas (medicine, science, equality etc) and yet also have some new problems not yet faced prior. IE: housing being prohibitively expensive in many areas, the advent of automation, inflation in prices without inflation in wages, the whole college tuition debate, social media connecting while simultaneously driving us apart. I really could go on but I hope you get the idea.
@@danthomas6587 Same here, but priests for us in our separate high school .. they could be pretty vicious if you got out of line. An age of innocence, and we loved it.
I was born in the 1950’s, life was much less complicated growing up. I think they were much happier times. Everyone is so slim in these photos, what’s happened to the world? I miss the old times
People were slim back then because most meals were ate at home and they didn't have as much junk processed food like we do today.
Also a whole lot more racist 😬
@@gwnben all the work done to create harmony is now being undone. Much more division over the last 10 years
@@mssdn8976 I 100% agree- it's actually more racist, divisive and prejudicial today- it's just masked differently.
@@gwnbennot worst the today
Those were the best years in my memories. Everything has changed, but I always think about them. It was wonderful. Thank you
Born in 1953 so I remember a lot of this in the later 50's as a kid.
I've also 1953 baby and I remember growing up in the late 50s wonderful time
07 Sep 1953
I was born in '66. This was like looking at every photo we ever had in our house growing up. All the parties, picnics, fishing trips, families starting out-those people are gone, never met most of em, all the memories long forgotten, but I still have the photos. Just can't bring myself to toss em out. I'm afraid when-if I do, they'll be completely forgotten...sad.
Keep the pictures. They are treasures. Also, post them on instagram and engrave some.
i was born in late 2000s and i always loved seeing all of your stories in the 50s and onward because i always wanted to experience what it really was like to live life in the past
unlike now, i feel like a lot of things changed and all of us are just glued to our technology and destroying ourselves
People get paid to keep your attention. A lot of children don’t get enough nutrients and people in general. No wonder letting kids going outside is considered scary now because it’s basically become a vacant land because everyone is inside watching the, playing games, on social media. The only people who are outside are the ones who have no where to go.
The 1950'slook great.
Beautiful days.!! I remember them very well. I was 13 yrs old in 1950. I've lived a long great life. I will forever cherish the moment as well as family. Life is very short. Please take my word when i tell you this. Seems like just yesterday i was living this era. My health is very poor these days. Most of my family has passed and we have a different style of family members who dont hold our traditional values the same as we once did. It hurts but i love them dearly. Great video. Thanks for sharing.
You were very blessed to live during those times. I wish I could have. I agree, things are so sad nowadays. But we have to make our own lives as happy as we can and enjoy our blessings. May God bless you.
If you grew up in the 50s, 60s, 70s, or 80s, consider yourself lucky, The ones who did, know....
Anyone born today is better off than in any other time in history.
@@dylanrichardson199 physically sure, but mentally no. I was born in 2002 and even I can see that before social media and phones, people were happier.
@@Plantdaddygardenman The only thing I dislike about our current state of affairs is the smartphones. (Granted, I used to complain about cell phones before smartphones even existed.) And, really, this is a societal issue - not a technology issue. Other than that, we're generally better off than we used to be. The view of decades past is obfuscated and creates false perceptions. I could say I'd like to go back to the mid-2000s, since it was before smartphones and the multitude of things that came about as a result; however, in saying that, I would be omitting all the reasons as to why the 2000s were horrendous. Also, would I even want to live in the 1950s? Probably not - only maybe for the sake of experiencing it as someone young enough and privileged enough.
@@Plantdaddygardenman Not really better physically, there were very few overweight people then, now slim and fit people are a very small minority, medical treatment is better now as it should be after 60+ years of development.
@@dylanrichardson199 WRONG! Sure it's great about medical advancement but they were simpler times. Look back twenty years from now and you will see things in a better light.
It really was nice.
The first thing I notice is all the bright colors and even their casual clothes are fashionable!
Torn jeans & tatoos .. prisoners look!
@@monicabella7894 The pants on the ground thing was started becuase they take prisoners belts!
And no fat arses crammed into stained leggings either.
Its so nice to see colourful clothes. Everything these days is either made in silver grey or black because it is the cheapest colour to produce.
@@JohnPaul-qs2qf 😅 You've forgotten white sneakers, mountain hiking clothes and army boots for females. Black symbolizes something. Nothing against white, it's great for summer.
@@20alphabet Better than it was in the 1990s. Same with crime and drugs.
WHAT a beautiful era, no tattoos, no sleazy fashion or mobile phones. Love it compare to what we have today.
You are right what a beautiful time we had I think will never be the same.
Atleast people of colour have rights now...world is a better place for black humans
Racism, misogyny, homophobia, xenophobia...
but lots of racism and segregation.
@@Leodoll85 Have you ever seen housing data? Racial segregation is at its peak and worse in todays era because the WEALTH GAP is the greatest on record and the middle class is shrinking. You have low income areas where the majority of minorities live and then 500k plus value homes where all the white and asians live together. Society is more segregated than ever in recorded history, back in the 50s we had a middle-class surging.
I love these pictures! Oh the wonderful memories I have of growing up on our family farm during that time. My parents are gone now, but I still visit the old home place from time to time and reminisce of the special days of my youth.
I was a kid in the 50's...& I remember those cars, clothes, drive-ins, etc. it was a great time. Us kids rode our bikes all over, went to the local soda fountain or drug store for ice cream sodas, etc. We had roller skates, hula hoops, black & white tv's, transistor radios, Davy Crocket caps, etc. it was a more innocent time...and started to change in the 60's when I was a teenager. I remember the Ed Sullivan show, Walter Cronkite on the evening news, Saturday morning cartoons. In the 60's I started high school...and suddenly we were hearing about the Cuban Missile crisis, The JFK assassination, possible nuclear attack, & a place called Vietnam. Signed up for the draft at 18 just after high school. Things were changing...but it still was a great time to be a young man. Fond memories.
Thank you for sharing this, I always wished I could've experienced those times but I was born in 2004.
Grew up in Iowa in the 50's and 60's. People were mostly clean and polite, and there were jobs. Left the house unlocked and keys in the ignition when going to the grocery store. Lots of kids in the neighborhood. Relatives came over. Made ice cream in the back yard with a hand cranked ice cream freezer. Sundays were kind of boring as many stores were closed (day of rest) but we played ball in the back yard or messed around by the creek that ran nearby. Different time.
I grew up in Iowa as well se Iowa. But from 1970 and on loved my family and my relatives were on farm's..good times for a kid for me..but always asked my parents questions about growing up in the 50's and I learned a lot from them. I wish they were still here to ask more questions..I was the youngest of 6 kids
@@davemitchell7361 70's were different I think. Viet Nam, drug use, and social unrest in the late 60's changed the tone even in Iowa. Part of the charm of Iowa in the 50's and first half of the 60's was our innocence. What we didn't know didn't hurt us in that time and place.
That’s because they actually dedicated Sunday to God back then. Today America is Godless and that’s why it’s filled with mass shootings, crime and violence.
I could sure go for a bowl of that homemade ice cream.....
Different world.
People had so much more respect for themselves and everyone else. And I loved how the men looked so neat and sophisticated in those suits. Unlike today men suits that they are wearing look like they are 2 sizes too small for them.
Hello 👋 . How are you doing? Hope you’re fine. I am Joel Collins and I'm Originally from Italy but I'd live in Atlanta Georgia. Where are you from? You seem like a real country girl.
erm no they did not did you forget how black people and other people of colour were treated in the 1950s???
That’s because men today have no clue how to dress. If you tell them to dress up they better be getting married-and even that’s iffy-or he better be dead. They may be wearing a suit but it’s probably 10 years old and fit them in the days when knocking back a keg with his buds wasn’t an issue. Now that he has some snow on the roof it’s become one.
@@user-vm5ud4xw6n Men don't know how to dress today? Look at modern women today. They go out half naked 😂
I remember wearing little white gloves and white socks with ruffles when we went out.
As a teen in the fifties I don't think I ever had more than a dollar in my pocket. Never enough gas to get home but always a load of guys and gals to push me there. Born in 1940 and survived the war years on what little everyone had to share. Got twenty five cents on Saturdays to go to the movies at the ole Garden theater. Ten cents to get in and ten cents for a bag of popcorn and a tonic. Poor as a church mouse but bless with the best. Have everything in the world now. Back than never had my own room today I have homes in three states and bedrooms I have never slept in. One with a five hundred acre backyard. No not rich just blessed with everything I ever wanted or needed. But looking back at the friends and family would give it all up to just spend five more years being me.
what was it like? sounds like the best time to be a teen in my opinion.
That’s very profound, it shows you can’t just buy happiness and contentment
I only lived through a smidgeon of this period but these photos are the real deal and they bring a tear to the eye as one reflects upon an era that won't ever again be realized.
No era will ever again be realized.
@@farshimelt Yes but some of them aren't worth realising the 50's had a strong vibe and aesthetic which gives it a distinct atmosphere plus a booming society in America coming hot off the war, creating opportunities these people miss all that and therefore are saddened it won't be realised again.
Can't help but to smile every time seeing pictures & videos of the 1950's. Simply amazing and wholesome. 😊🙂
what in the hell does wholesome mean?
@@danielthoman7324 if you have to ask....
@@danielthoman7324 Wholesome is everything today isn’t…..letting your kids run and play not worrying about perverts snatching them,leaving your doors unlocked,knowing your neighbors,stability of food prices….trust in government…..no perverted dementia ridden presidents like joey biden,no woke silly trans ideology….probably this all is something you will never understand in this progressive democrat sewer that the USA has become.
When America was Great....
Yeah this hurts... I feel like I grew up in a prison. The sky looks so blue and everybody looks free/happy to a degree ive never seen before.
My grandparents were blessed 😴
@@LondonsFrostwake up fren we did we just couldn’t see the bars or the chains.
Amazing quality of images, absolutely fascinating to get a glimpse of an idea what life might have looked like in the US 70 years ago. Thanks so much for sharing.
I was born in 51....
Thanks for sharing those wonderful time capsul pics😎
What’s absolutely crazy to me is how easily I can associate myself with these people. I’m currently in my late 20s; 28 to be exact. Most of the people shown in this video were around that age. Now these people today if they were still alive would be at least 91 years of age. I can’t help but think. One day it’s my fate too. It scares me in a way. But at the same time. I think they lived a much better 20s and 30s than I ever will.
Glad you appreciate the times. Indeed, born in 1956, I wouldn't trade my life then for anyone's now for a million dollars. Always grateful to have lived in the era that I did, no matter what these a-hole trolls that infest comment sections like this say. Good that there is You Tube videos of the era for people like you to appreciate and enjoy, just unfortunate that today's SJW's try to spoil it for everyone. Best of luck!
Yeah, your generation is boned. At least I got to enjoy the 80s where freedom was still a thing. You guys are headed right into an authoritarian government and the nightmares are going to start. You don't achieve social cohesion with the extreme diversity that's being pushed, but then again, that's their goal. Stay safe!
I was born in 1957 and was a teen in the 70's yet I always felt a connection to the 50's. I listened to a lot of 50's music, wore 50's pieces with my regular clothes. Then when I got my own apartment I furnished it in 50's. I was lucky because back then thrift stores had a lot of 50's stuff at very cheap prices. Plus there was swamp meets. Later when I married my husband also loved that era so I continued to add to my collection. I was furnishing and decorating in mid century modern before it was a thing. Here I am at 64 and still loving that era which is one of the reasons I had to watch this video.
@@patriciawatkins9539 thanks for sharing.
In the 50’s, people were still dropping like flies overnight from polio or crippled for life. They were absolutely terrified. Also, measles, mumps, debilitating scarlet fever, chicken pox & even diphtheria were a regular occurrence. There were a lot of mail-order scams back then. Teachers, principals & parents regularly beat children. Kids were a lot more polite back then for a reason. Women were basically stuck back then, having no financial means to escape if they had abusive husbands, because males were the main bread-winners. So it’s a mixed bag to say that the 50’s were an innocent time. They certainly never had to contend with mass-shootings at schools or public venues though like nowadays. Back then, people were getting lost all the time because they didn’t have GPS. Even though they had Thomas Guide Maps-they still were getting lost, especially when new freeways, highways & roads were being built then.
hello , the 50's , were a time filled with optimism.........what happened 🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔..........thank you , for sharing🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰............
A friend took me for a ride in his brand new 55 Chevy, I thought my gosh this is the most beautiful , fastest car I have ever seen.
The average intermediate car today is much faster and uses half as much gas while polluting 100X less and designed to not kill you in an accident.
@@emjayay No argument,there. Still,it's a pity that the style,glamour and romance is missing in today's vehicles. I haven't been excited about a car in about 40 years. Yeah, I'm a boomer.
@@emjayay today's cars are about as exciting as a refrigerator or a washing machine. Sure, they are much more efficient.
@@emjayay 55 Chevy is one of the most aesthetically pleasing cars of all time though. How many cars built today can we say the same about. Today's cars are largely disposable junk.
@@NoName-t7e I would't say junk, but new vehicles are not designed to be easily repaired. If one cared for a '55 Chevy - and kept it from rusting, it could be easily repaired. Most of us never really thought that rust was a preventative maintenance issue, we just bought a newer model vehicle.
I was a college student in the first half of the Fifties and a naval officer in the second half. Life was good even for a mixed Asian like me.
You be OLD, meester!
I hatched the last day of '52.
@@babydriver8134 You are old now. You are on Social Security, aren't you?
@@howellwong11 Just funnin ya.
You're my senior, so, much respect.
@@babydriver8134 I was a junior in college when you were born. As I said, life has been good for me. I was born at the right time.
@COVID 46 Lucky?
no
Blessed.
I grew up in the 50's. It was a great time to be a kid. No worries about crime and kids grew up in intact families. It's been downhill from there.
America should have nuked by the Germans
@howard slyder I also grew up in the 1950s and you took the words out of my mouth when describing that period. 👍🏻
@@gabrielashkar9941 inbred yankee boomer
@@henryhorner3182 What are you trying to imply?
Figure it out..🙄
Great photos. I love the style of the era and the cars look so cool. The 50s aesthetic has always felt cozy to me, despite not being alive back then.
My great grandma said the best time to be alive was after WW2 up until the early 90s and I believe her people seemed much more chill back then and life was simple.
Awe that sounds interesting. Hi Shelly how are you doing with your family?
Not for black people it wasnt
Basically the entirety of cold war?
@@ericharrison813
When will it ever be. They need to fix themselves and stop being a burden to the rest of mankind.
@@ericharrison813Ok, Karen
Great quality photos. Thanks. I drove one of those Buicks that had no roof supports between the front and rear doors. Now that was freedom! Sadly I recall it had those first ever "lap safety belts." I rolled it once when a rear wheel lost traction on a gravel road and the next stop was a lake. It ended up on its side in the middle of the road. I climbed out and rocked the 2 ton car until it slammed back down on four wheels. It started up just fine and kept going with one bumper slightly bent in. Today this roll over would be a "car totaled" event.
No question, cars were more durable then. Now they’re built to save the occupants and self destruct in the event of a rollover or hard crash.
The 1950s...when people dressed smarter; elderly were treated with respect by the youth; people were generally happier; men and women were slimmer; and the music (especially the love songs) was simple, yet beautiful with no vulgar language or sexually suggestive words.
You really have no idea about the music.
@@farshimelt It takes considerable knowledge just to realize the extent of your own ignorance.
Dressed smarter .. haven’t heard that term for awhile lol
And way more racist 😉. All I've seen was white folks. Us Americans should be ashamed with our past. This is not our land!!
@@lickalotofme1144 Actually you need to be careful with that. Well it wasn't our land to begin with. After several generations we who currently live in it have as much right to the land as its original owners. The issue isn't who claims the land at this point its how we co-exist with it and here lies the main problem. We have one group that completely is hell bent on not co-existing with others unless said others are basically trampled on and under the rule of the one group.
Amazing times. Its incredible how much respect people had for themselves and others in those days. Everyone looks so smart. I was born in the sixties so missed that era,
I was born in 1948, & grew up in the 1950's. It certainly seems now (looking back), that it was a simpler time.
Amazing time, loved the ‘50’s. I was only a kid
Give people a great country, a great economy, plenty of opportunities, the freedom to breathe free and watch them thrive and innovate! A time that seems like another world to me, at least a different country. It was called America.
Americans were proud, this is before politicians sold all our jobs overseas and started wealth jealousy to cover up for it
I seems like another world because it was. Your description isn't realistic.
“Given” is absolutely correct because it surely wasn’t honestly earned
@John Bold Homestead Act land giveaway a few generations before this, low term Levitt Homes just before this, GI Bill and other privileges. All reserved for whites. Not so much earned.
@Dutch Slatin And their whiteness proved to be their eventual savior. If it was based on what ancestors went through, blacks should want for nothing by now wouldn't you agree? If only it wasn't for that skin color thing.
I am 91 - -I was there - Did Air Force - Korean War - Got married in 1956 - Yes it was a great time but we had the normal problems of life - but it was Great - Great Video - Thanks
That is awesome Ivan, I love hearing stories of the 50's if you have any please share them and may god bless you.
Gorgeous times!....I wish I had the privilege of being there then!
Privilege is the operative word.
...as long as you white
@@chokichocat3083 Just take your racist glasses off and go away.
@@chokichocat3083 Go back to your racist friends.
@@chokichocat3083 Nobody cares
I remember when I learned to drive and they used to have "gas wars" at gas stations in 1971. We bought gas for 16.9 cents/gallon! So gas stayed pretty low until about 1973/74.
Which would be equal to about $2.00 a gallon today. And it came with the health giving lead additives too!
@@emjayay You wouldn’t want a single person to enjoy a moment of pleasant memory in these trying times, eh? Got to deliver the facts regardless whether anyone gives a hoot. People are struggling to hang on to a glimpse of a special memory and you are here to clinically pop that bubble and get them squared away. That’s a special kind of sad.
@@ljones98391 he's called a killjoy , but is true , minimum wage was like $2. an hour, & & remember waiting in line get gas & think could only get a minimum amount.
@@Memow-pk1ng It was still WAY better back then than now. Nowadays you're born to become an indoctrinated wage slave so someone else can get rich. That's really all there is to it. This world feels like a prison. I feel like the main character in The Truman Show only I'm mad constantly.
I'm a German, and this vintage film footage shows a time when the USA was really 'nd truly "great". I wish I would have lived in the '50s and '60s. When life had a positive perspective and future. When people were full of hope and happiness, and gentle and friendly.
And they rebuilt the German economy along with all of Europe …look up Marshall plan America was decent and good then
@@coolcat1684 The Marshall plan was a loan and was a fraction the US took from Germany as war loot in terms of patents, not even counting the amounts of German scientists that got the US to the moon.
I was born in 1950--so saw it from the perspective of a child--but loved it. It was an easy time and as kids we played outside most of the time. Three channels provided a limited choice on TV but it was ok.
3 channels 😄 makes me smile. I grew up in Galway Ireland in the 80s and we always had one channel when the TV worked.
Lovely nostalgic pictures
Things to remember about the 50s. America was on top. Europe was rebuilding. No serious international trade competition. Foreign built cars were rare and American manufacturers employed a lot of people. Unions were stronger and jobs with pensions were more common. There was still a residual sense of unity from the war and fear of the Soviets that kept it in place. Social organizations were stronger and more people participated. People were still benefiting from the effects of the New Deal programs and the GI Bill. The Interstate highways didn't start to show up until 1956 and wasn't even completed until the 1980s. Most business was local not so much national or international. Airline travel was not common. There was a good chance you and your spouse grew up in the same neighborhood or town and went to the same school and maybe never left. More Americans were still engaged in agriculture. The population was about half what it is now in 1954.
hudson2441 - Nice review of the upside of the '50s. I was born at the front end of the baby boom - I was 7 when Ike ran for president (and won) and got beaten up in the schoolyard because I let someone know that my parents voted for Stevenson. (No wonder I fear the current iteration of the Republican party - shades of that McCarthy-era paranoia all over again.)
Each country was its own, that’s the point… now all countries are the same… just with a little cherry on top trying to relate to when they were actually themselves
@@isaacsrandomvideos667 I think that the west has always looked so similar.
@@countrypaul Think the Twilight Zone did the flip side quite well. Funny that he mentioned it here because it first aired in 59...it's really a 60s show.
@@countrypaul In case you haven't noticed, it's actually the opposite now
Before my time, but I sense a peacefulness that seems to be glaringly absent in our present epoch
The entire world was tired of war. Peacefulness was awesome to men who fought WW2. At least in the West.
the US was yet brand new in the world to everyone. cleanliness was next to Godliness. mostly all attended church. excellent manners brought appreciation. people cared for one another. i am crying now! life has given some great memories of that period. : )
@@megenberg8 - I really enjoy your screen name. Lady Tate. I bet you are indeed a true Lady. Way back in high school, a diminutive woman taught Freshman Boy’s English. A tough job for anyone. This woman held the minds of all her boys in her hands. Boys vied to be assigned to her classes, and looked forward to class each day. If you can imagine that.
She went by Lady McIntyre, or Lady Mac. We loved her.
@@dejavu666wampas9 youth respect good sense, now as then and always.
@@20alphabet Yes, that was my life as a young boy, my parents raised myself and my four brothers in the Protestant Church, we went every Sunday, also Wednesday evenings prayer meeting service. Life was so different, in a good way. People have changed, become cold. When you leave God out of your life especially while raising a family. Many young people today do not believe in God, or marriage, so many kid`s in broken homes, unhappy homes.
Bring all the 50s living back. We need them now.
@LonerBlack66 Nobody, ever said ANYTHING to you. It is all about your delusional, "conspiracy theories", that you watch 24 hours a day, on yo boy, A.Jones, on "Inforwars", please adjust your tin foil hat, to Mars, for a better signal.
For my parents it was the 50's, for me it was the 80's. Both were awesome decades in their own ways.
I was in grade school in the 50's, it was the best time in history to be a kid. After breakfast my friends and I would take off to play, the only thing that do was be home for dinner... Tim M. 3/9/21
Yep! and gone all day too!
@Marty Marty I can still remember the life lessons that my Grandprents taught me: Open doors for women, don’t make fun of other people, don’t bully others, be honest, respect your elders, stand for the National Anthem, salute the flag ands most importantly BE YOURSELF. Tim M, 3/13 21
If 3/9/21 is your birthdate, you would have been in your 30's during the 50's. That's a bit old to be in grade school.
@@farshimelt The 9th of March 2021 is the date he has posted his comment.
Could it not be much better still, by now? After all, there were few seatbelts, in the '50s, but quite a bit of DDT and other pesticides. Also about adults who have _smoked_ around children I have heard bad reports.
I love everything about the 50's. The cars, music, fashions and of course the women.
My parents were teens in the 50's and have told me so many stories growing up during that time and I would tell them that I wish I was a teen in that era as well.
Thank you for this great clip.
That is awesome!
Well my mother was a teenager in the 1950s so it was pretty interesting to see how they lived in that time right now she's 85 still living
@@janice4117 Thank you for sharing your story. It means a lot to someone like me, although I'll never get to experience those times your stories help me picture it.
I was there. It was Great! Great!
3:53~ Clemenza
It looks like an amazing time. I wasn't born until the 70's and envy all those who lived in the 50's and 60's.
Don’t be
The 70’s was a good time to be alive
In fact I envy u since u got to experience the 70’s
Agree, but could definitely be worse. Growing up post-2000 makes you envy basically any other time.
@@heroesinhoodies1210 2000’s weren’t even that bad
@@Siromuse I was born in ‘07, so I caught the tail end of life before digital everything as a little kid, but I envy people born anywhere from 1940-1990 essentially. I go to a decent size school, I don’t think I’ve seen another kid read a book voluntarily in school this year. Parties are dead entirely. Can’t use the bathroom during passing time, people just take pictures of themselves vaping in the stalls. Nobody actually does anything, nobody really looks or seems happy, nothing feels genuine. Ended up antisocial because the people around me are hardly actual people. I hate sounding mopey and pessimistic but there’s really no better way to put it honestly.
@@heroesinhoodies1210 sorry about that
My parents were teenagers in the fifties, what a great time they had lol The stories they tell are incredible, so much fun! The cars were amazing back then
I bet they had loads of fun lynching people too
Beautiful life without smart phone and cars with much plastic not inox
The color and clarity of most of these photos is amazingly good. Families were still shooting most of their home photos on B&W film until the early 1960s and Kodacolor prints were prone to fading - badly. Cplor slides held up a whole lot better - especiaily if they were properly stored.
this images were remastered
Color slides held up REALLY well if they were Kodachrome - that film is famous for being exceptionally resistant to fading. Of course, nowadays software such as Photoshop can do an amazingly good job of restoring vibrant colors.
@@Stan-fs2ji Yes, and they were also stored in a dark box!
@@stevejolinski1891 Not my 5 images. One was reversed in the scanner, though....
A T Burke
Thanks for the work you put into this. 🇬🇧🇺🇸
Better days no question about it. We'll never see anything like it ever again...
It's because we were a high trust, cohesive homogeneous society. Not multi cultural like we are now.
@@sandygoddard7478 I agree... we are all American but America means different things to different people now. As Rush Limbaugh said recently, the few things we have in common are no longer enough to bind us together.
@@sandygoddard7478 You mean you were all white right? LOL that is why you grieve this because its your era that has come to an end. Your time has come to an end. Man aint that the truth.
@@sbfhawk4343 Black supremacy is good, right?
@@sbfhawk4343 you people gotta make everything about race, damn