1930s - Richmond, VA & Charleston, SC in color [60fps, Remastered] w/sound design added

[@NASS_0]

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[@chrisblay]

The vehicles of that era had a very unique styling to them. I could watch this for ages without losing interest.

[@DodgerFloof]

It's weird to think that people in the future will look at our cars the same way.

[@rebelliousredneckvlogs]

​@DodgerFloof I respectfully disagfee. Objectively speaking, our current crop of automobiles are vastly less appealing, and a far lower percentage will be restored. We are already seeing this with the masses of cars from the 80s and 90s being crushed without care. Much like post modernist architecture

[@bardo0007]

I just travelled in a time machine to the 1930s. Unbelievable quality in this video!!

[@flavur_1394]

It's so cool seeing the battery in Charleston and knowing exactly what it looks like beyond the camera, the scenery has barely changed in Charleston.

[@dan-patrickobrien3580]

I don't think Charleston ever changed 😅 I've heard 80 year olds say that Charleston was literally he same when they were there in their teens.

[@Nightbird1914]

Mind boggles to think some people alive then could have been alive during the Civil War. And they were closer in time to that period than today.

[@reginamay2767]

I was born in richmond va. Loved seeing the street cars my mother rode them when she was a kid.

[@margaret1321]

Exactly what I was thinking! My mom was born in 1933 in Richmond 😊

[@michaelacaleb7919]

My Dad’s entire family lived in Charleston for decades… So it’s cool seeing what they would’ve seen on a regular basis back then. Thanks for uploading!

[@E9oK9kMaV]

charleston still looks like that for the most part.

[@agold1702]

Unreal - especially the “colored” accommodations. Sad, but it really feel like we’re there. So well done.

[@fjb3544]

What’s sad is how much a drag they are and have been on our society.

[@anagonyaowusu3119]

@@fjb3544the same people you forcibly brought over from africa and when tried to rectify poverty within their communities you lynched them for it…or did…do you mean somewhere else?

[@fjb3544]

@@anagonyaowusu3119 learn your history. Blacks were sold by their own.

[@fjb3544]

@@anagonyaowusu3119 exactly who did I lynch btw? Did you assume I am white because of the facts I presented?

[@JWashington754]

@@fjb3544you are in fact racist, not because of this comment but because of the others you have presented. My grandfather someone you would call a monkey fought the Germans and came back with no respect from others

[@michaelgmoore5708]

A really good one to watch in the 1930s. Everyone looked neat and clean!

[@herberthartwig8544]

These shorts are so fascinating I can watch them all day! Thanks 🙏 for uploading 👍

[@audreymontjod6060]

Just great job .All these videos are an enourmous testimony of how life was then .

[@SonnyCorleone-tg1ik]

Nass, Fabulous video once again! Nice colorized scenes! Thanks for the upload.

[@NASS_0]

Thx!! ;)

[@reigndigrazia1]

It’s wild how they were really living in that very moment now it’s almost 100 years later and all that time has passed.

[@MrMinuteman]

I live close to Richmond, VA so this is really cool to see

[@CAROLDDISCOVER-2025]

Evidence that you can have a time machine without a DeLorean being involved. Fantastic footage of everyday life during the Great depression showing a contrast between how many people lived compared to the soup lines. If you add it in the soundtrack you chose a good one.

[@gretetimm]

Ganz wunderbar - very wonderful. Ich bin jedes mal fasziniert - I'm fascinated every time. Liebe Grüße aus Berlin-Brandenburg.

[@ronaldmiller673]

Hi Nass ,, Another Great 👍👍 Video 🎥 of the old days,. Thanks..

[@NASS_0]

Thx!! ;)

[@shaunwest3612]

Great video nass, incredible footage, crazy seeing coloured only signs,hard to believe really 👍👌

[@londonwestman1]

It was obviously getting to be an issue then since the signs are deliberately featured in the film.

[@SecretWars98]

Thank you for showing Richmond 🥹❤

[@habbadabbado5765]

The building at 1:26 was located at the corner of 7th and Canal St. in Richmond. Was recently demolished to make way for the newest of the Dominion Energy skyscraper.

[@abinadabgoncalves6184]

❤epoca muita beleza e de uma imprecionante cultura, tempos que nao voltam mais❤ e lindo voltar o tempo com muita riqueza de detalhes❤❤

[@JamesWoodring-mu2iz]

thanks nass another great vid, man youve stepped up ur game recently . gotta be hard to find these gems of the past and remaster them. props to you my friend .! this channel is one off my all time favs . best of wishes to you nass

[@NASS_0]

Thank you very much for your comment, it really warmed my heart

[@H190i]

WHAT? IS THIS FROM GAME?!?!?!? SO THIS IS NOT TRUE??????????

[@Christopher070]

I had to pause at 4:45 because found it to be such a striking image with the young girl in the window standing in front of the "For Colored Only" sign. The look on her face makes me wonder what she's thinking. Also, I feel that her face being half in the sunlight and half in the dark just makes the image all the more profound.

[@WS1898]

Maybe someone has already said this, but here are the Richmond, VA locations that I could identify. First shot is the exterior of the Union Station a.k.a Broad Street Station once the terminus of the RF&P which is now the Science Museum of Virginia. Beautifully preserved station lobby and platform complex with some railroad cars, a C&O locomotive, the Reynolds Metal Company 'Aluminaut' submarine, scale models of locomotives and of the station building itself on display in addition to hands-on science exhibits for children to explore. I think the view of Broad Street streetcars is from 8th St. and Broad's N.E. corner (standing outside what is now the building for the Library of Virginia). All the shops you see on the other side of the street are gone and the block has been redeveloped for US Marshals Service and United States Eastern District of Virginia Court House usage. The next view down Broad Street is from the N.E. corner of 7th St. just outside The National theatre building. Most of the buildings seen looking N.W. of here have been demolished for other buildings or parking lots between this corner and the Art Deco skyscraper Central National Bank building (now apartments) you can see at 3rd St. The arched windows seen in the center of the frame belong to the Miller & Rhoads department store building (still there to this day as apartments and a Hilton hotel) at 6th and Broad's S.W. corner. The Liggett & Myers Tobacco Co. factory and warehouse building at S. 7th St. and Canal St. where Chesterfield, Lark, and L&M cigarettes were manufactured. This building has been demolished and the property developed for huge office buildings for Dominion Virginia Power. Train cars were also maneuvered- along with trucks and vans- in an out of the building, causing traffic to have to wait until the road was cleared. Not sure yet where this other view along Broad Street would have been, if anyone else knows I'd be very interested. Also not sure where the bus station or the views of the Booker T lunch counter are exactly.

[@jamesdouglas5450]

Another fine time machine video from Nass love it sure knew how to dress in those days and again love the cars.

[@josefradisz2133]

Nice tour, thx ! 1:25 1938 Ford 81A, 8:08 1939 Ford 91A sedan. I suppose 1939 is the year of the footages, if they come from a single package ?

[@hudson5112]

Richmond and Charleston-----the South's most beautiful and historic cities. They totally dominated American history during the years 1860--1865!

[@FEINFOXX]

it's amazing how i love watching this... i would've love linving that decade.

[@Groovin_Artists]

Thank you, so cool to see these, I'm a SC native, but don't remember this,,lol

[@foxylady1185]

I was just in Charleston a year ago and it looks exactly the same but with different cars and clothes

[@dan-patrickobrien3580]

😂

[@dentalnovember]

Starts in the south and runs deeper into the south. I was born in 1975 and I still remember seeing remnants of “colored only” signs in my childhood.

[@heretohear8662]

There is always the one-legged man.

[@mike93lx]

Guessing WWI injury

[@louislamonte334]

I just LOVE seeing the streetcars!! How truly tragic these perfectly viable, efficient, cost-effective and environmentally sound systems were all so carelessly and foolishly ripped out after WWII!!

[@yvonneplant9434]

They still exist in Philadelphia...well a few do.

[@louislamonte334]

@@yvonneplant9434 A few, yes.

[@PlantSpam]

Mind blowing, seeing Richmond. My how the trees have grown. Buildings still there.

[@AirmanJH]

I can’t wait to see where AI takes the restoration of old video in the next decade. I am certain of one thing, it will soon look like 1930s videos were filmed last week.

[@Awakeningspirit20]

The only thing that changed in Charleston are the models of cars... it's exactly the same today! That's amazing!

[@natepicker436]

Thanks for making this available. is Charleston starting at 4:52 or 5:02?

[@dan-patrickobrien3580]

At the 4

[@vladimirprovotorov580]

Thank you for video. Very interesting. 😊

[@gloriahenrique4880]

Vida real! Melhor que muitos filmes ou séries😚👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽Merci! Merci!🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽

[@NASS_0]

Thx ;)

[@zackwheat5770]

4:35 A student from The Citadel walks by in uniform.

[@heindnk]

I'm from Richmond, this is way cool.

[@margaret1321]

Me too. Seeing the old Central National Bank in the background on Broad Street really was cool!!

[@MansaMusa-v5q]

So glad my city of Charleston, SC still look the same

[@yolandasaavedra3375]

EVERYONE WAS SO NICE LOOKING ALL NICE AND FIT.😊

[@billlee536]

Notice how almost every man wore a nice hat back then ? ! Not just baseball caps !!

[@TanjaVK1968]

And most women wore such feminine shoes (that flatter the legs even to old ladies 😄).

[@MisterRico101]

Super Top 👍👌

[@NASS_0]

Thx Bro!

[@thehapagirl92]

The gays say tops do it better lol

[@juliedupond8485]

Merci 👌 👍

[@darrellsadler2848]

Having a copy of the "Green Book" would have been a life saver for you and your family back then if you were "colored." A completely different version of the GB would be extremely helpful today in 2023!

[@yellowtimemachine]

good work. I did in color doc about Conny Island 1940s

[@Kevin-yh9yt]

Everyone well-dressed and almost no obesity. Startling.

[@fredetrickdard9455]

Could be very intersting to make a vidéo before/now to see what still exist.

[@jeremyblackwater439]

I’m in downtown Richmond as I’m watching this

[@sfeddie1]

At 8:10, that’s a ‘39 Ford crossing the intersection.

[@petebeatminister]

Nicely done! Especially the sound is not so ott this time. What surprised me is the writing on the window of the Booker-T diner at 4:42 - "For Colored Only". I always believed it would be like "For White Only", meaning colored people were not allowed in. So does this sign mean that white people are not allowed in that place? I mean, apart of getting strange looks and all - were they actually allowed to kick you out as a white? That seems like a weird kind of racism, that somehow backfires.

[@lizma1956]

It was the case in Apartheid South Africa. We, as whites, were not allowed to enter or sit where "coloureds only" signs were and visa versa. Both parties could get into trouble.

[@petebeatminister]

@@lizma1956 Well, thats weird. One always thinks of apartheid as repression on black people - not as restictions that are valid for white people.

[@lizma1956]

@@petebeatminister oh no restrictions worked both ways. I can clearly remember that when whites drove their workers to the bus stop or train station, the workers were not allowed to sit in front. The whites would get pulled off and got into trouble. The idea was to keep the cultures separate so that each culture could develop on it's own, that's why we were not allowed to mix.

[@unidentifiedobjects]

Black people clearly weren’t allowed in certain white spaces so they needed spaces where they could exist in peace without harassment from white people. Allowing white people in these spaces would set them up for possible violence. This is the problem. White people always feel like they need to be allowed in others spaces but are quick to not allow others in theirs. There is no reverse racism here. Stop.

[@corvidcapers]

​@@petebeatminister it makes sense if you think about the goal of segregation/apartheid - to keep people separate. If white people choose to interact with colored people by entering colored spaces - eating at colored diners, buying homes in colored neighborhoods, hiring colored people at their businesses - that creates spaces where all races are able to go. That's why whites had to be kept away from colored spaces. If they didn't keep away from colored people, segregation would would have fallen apart much sooner in both countries.

[@jacobred00]

1:26 I see those bigger trucks were pulling out in front of people back then too. 🤣

[@JohnDoe-ec1mz]

Great job as always !! Thank you. I'm a big fan of your channel.

[@raypeters4525]

NEWEST CARS SEEN THIS FILM, 1939 FORD 1939 DODGE !

[@alfredocorreia9385]

Esse vídeo parece ter sido produzido em 1938 ou 1939! Época das fabulosas Orquestras de Benny Goodman, Tommy Dorsey, Artie Shaw, Count Basie, Chick Webb e daquele que posteriormente se tornaria um dos maiores ídolos da Música Popular Mundial até os dias atuais: GLENN MILLER !!!

[@thehapagirl92]

3:24 Wow just seeing that

[@michalbock7648]

yeah good old days

[@isra3638]

@@michalbock7648 trash old days

[@elshadjafar2437]

LIKED. AZERBAIJAN. GOD BLESS YOU. RELAXED., ENJOYED THANKS TO YOU

[@NASS_0]

Thx!!!

[@billlee536]

I’m just sad that I am watching a whole generation of people that are now dead

[@m3simpyl]

一瞬、昔の日本かと思いました。いや、日本が憧れた姿なのでしょうか

[@E9oK9kMaV]

i mean... majority of Charleston does still look like that.

[@vlademirferreira1]

COMO AS PESSOAS ERAM ELEGANTES NESSA ÉPOCA. TRANSLATING - HOW ELEGANT PEOPLE WERE AT THAT TIME.,

[@suuzq02]

I want to live then

[@arthurmorgan2906]

Ancestors of angry grandpa might be there somewhere in charleston lol

[@joseluispepe8447]

👍👍👌👌

[@Classy4514]

Richmond VA is still one of the coolest cities in America 🇺🇸

[@baileyharrison1030]

4:41 looks like bro went into the wrong store

[@nxoo26]

Minute 6:20 the Tom Holland of 1930 😂😂

[@EdgarRoock]

No traffic signs yet in the 1930s.

[@mounirmimosa5141]

❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@kenyagreene5477]

The old trolley in my city Richmond VA. Blacks wasn't allow to go in stores with Whites.

[@Mr4twenty.357]

They sent hot in those tench coats 🧥 I’m sweating just sitting down

[@josephlenehan4461]

Joseph and Today

[@elderantonveyzaluna9814]

Dicen Ke en los tiempos de estos años todo era una dulche vita Ke todo era una vida en rosas dónde todo era una bella época pues no sé padecía crisis económica como la ke vivi mos aora pues aora viví mos cambios monetarios por crisis económica aora son épocas de crisis económica sin dulche vita pues tampoco viví mos una vida de rosas

[@annaganina7499]

Ни одного толстого человека!

[@marcsoundz]

The world was a much better place

[@aethulwulfvonstopphen8013]

Wow, Richmond looked like a nice place. Nowadays its horrible.

[@girle5584]

Suave gentlemen in their suits, ties and fedoras.

[@richfarmer3478]

Did i see a white guy working in the Booker T. Luncheon " for colored only"

[@barath4545]

Could be the boss/owner of the place.

[@alfadellta5989]

Time travel .....Time is running eternity is waiting ..........All these people are dead ...

[@dougmungoven4315]

There is an elephant in the room here - institutionalised racism - Why have you not mentioned this in your summary - how people treat each other is by far the most important aspect of any scene

[@MaximumEfficiency]

not much different than today really, same buildings, technology, clothes..

[@gustavoperez5480]

And no segregation?

[@MaximumEfficiency]

@@gustavoperez5480 yes, less cabal involment

[@domenicv7962]

@@gustavoperez5480do we not have all black colleges, today? BET...and other organizations? People do what people do. Races usually stick together, not always, but usually. All in all, people got along.

[@tyhairston5397]

Most of these people dead ☠️ now 😢😢

[@yvonneplant9434]

Do we really need to re-visit the Jim Crow south???

[@bryp6553]

Yes because it was a better time

[@anagonyaowusu3119]

@@bryp6553um？😊

[@tonytsuihulk]

👋👍💪

[@iamthatiam1618]

Turned Turtle Island into a land full of pollution

[@righthorse]

No morbidly obese people!

[@alexfrost1123]

Чёт не улыбаются друг другу, хуадуюду не говорят. Как в России прям.

[@michalbock7648]

ну и что. Я тоже не улыбаюсь публично чтобы никто незавидовал.

[@olrikm]

Interesting mix of utter racism mixed with lovely snapshot of the times....

[@neilthomas9244]

Ths footage should have been in black and white.

[@YOUSTALGIA]

Can u do some arab countries pleas

[@slobodanglavaski4792]

Colored stop...Only for colored...Only in USA...

[@SydneyRadio2UE]

These old remastered films, with the artificial colors, really make that time in history look dirty, gritty and grimy. It would be nice to see someday these films remastered to give a true representation of what things really looked like. Seeing nice shiny car look all rusted out and dirty is not what that car looked like in rel life when the film was originally shot.

[@thehapagirl92]

Why don’t you remaster them instead of complaining? You do it.

[@TheDanEdwards]

@@thehapagirl92 All these colorings are lies.

[@petebeatminister]

Well, things were certainly not black&white in the past.

[@SydneyRadio2UE]

@@thehapagirl92 What in the world are you talking about? I stated a fact, and for what it's worth, the technology has yet to arrive, that can take these old films, restore them and augment reality in a way that it would appear as it really did in those olden days.

[@londonwestman1]

I think that the AI tends to go for sepia colours rather than guessing "This sign is blue" because they're a bit nervous the the software will then pick out an arm or a leg or a face and say "This blob of the film is blue" and the guy suddenly has blue legs.

[@robertmcconnell1009]

Gotta be the tail end of the 30s..lot of fat fendered cars.. the colored stuff leaves a bad taste in the mouth....

[@travelingaroundtheworld360]

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