Home Movies - Atlantic City 1942

Silent footage of Atlantic City in 1942 including a Miss America parade. The home movie from the 1940s is a collection of scenes from a beach, mostly showing people enjoying themselves on the beach, swimming, sunbathing and playing in the sand. There is also a parade with floats, children's marching band, and marching marines. Additionally, there is a scene of a U.S. Navy zeppelin flying over the ocean and a parade with floats, children's marching band and marching marines. Some people are shown laying on the beach, walking and having fun, and a couple is shown kissing in the sand.
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[@tara5105]

My aunt used to go there with my grandparents as a little girl. She is in her 80's now. She remembers watching the diving white horses.

[@stephendacey8761]

I can't believe how clear the video is from so long ago. The small children in the videos are in their 80's if still alive.

[@atassaro]

Wartime in America was a happier time than today.

[@juliehatley9639]

Great to look back at happy times.

[@chrishultgren777]

the way old people talked about these days, they were lying to me, these were great days in the middle of a world War. We live in bleek times struggling to keep a roof over our heads.

[@davidkieserman8577]

except for the shots of the military men on the beach, hard to believe there was a war going on only 6 minths or so after Pearl Harbor. I was 5 when these films were taken but I remember the "walking" on the beach from later on. Great insight into bathing suit and leisure ware styles.

[@mommadukes7010]

Notice there's no fat people 🙄

[@chrishultgren777]

Had America stayed out of the war, life would probably look just like this today.

[@627horsepowers]

No obesity in this video.

[@chrishultgren777]

there's a few, but the majority were slim. We're being poisoned by roundup by the scientific class, the technocrats who wish us gone so they can create a utopia just for themselves.

[@traviss9074]

Bioshock infinite definitely got some inspiration from this

[@mommadukes7010]

Swim dressess then are not much different from some of the swim dressess today though

[@AntiTako]

Those are swimsuit, now we got swimunderwear.

[@mommadukes7010]

@@AntiTako 😂