1950's California Traffic

[@JP-st2mk]

Had a 51 Ford like that one when I was in highschool. Three speed with an overdrive. Shifter was on the column. Loved that car.

[@naddy0410]

Everywhere you look there are just beautiful cars in the streets......way back then.

[@Jestr86]

36 years before my birth.. love how time was simpler back then..

[@ksb2112]

And far more dangerous. No seat belts. Metal dashes. No safety glass.

[@xterry32]

I was 10 years old and how nice it was back then.

[@rgarizonahomestead2729]

i remember those days they were great thanks for taking me back to that time. take care and have a great day

[@barryobrien7935]

Looks like southbound on San Fernando Road.

[@luciusvorenus9445]

Great mix of pre and post-war cars. Reminds me of L.A. Noire & L.A. Confidential.

[@caroltenge5147]

0:25 Ethyl Gas 22 cents! And they were making money on it. Real high test leaded gas. Wowsville!

[@joycesimmons7211]

Some drivers thought lanes were optional at the time. Amazing cars

[@davemckolanis4683]

It Was Intentionally Filmed That Way, As A Back Drop Out The Rear Window Of A Car, When Filming An IN CAR Driving Scene Conversation For A Movie...

[@shootfirst2097]

@@davemckolanis4683 You mean so that BOTH lanes are covered in the camera's field of view?

[@davemckolanis4683]

@@shootfirst2097 YEP. That Was How It Was Done. Maybe Filmed Out Of The Back Of A Pickup Truck Ahead Of The PAID DRIVER To Follow Directly Behind The Truck. With BOTH Vehicles In The Middle Of The Road. Watch The NASS Colorized Version Of THAT SAME FILM That Was Posted Over A YEAR AGO, And Read The SCORES Of Comments JUST LIKE YOURS, With The Explanations Given About It Further Along. And Also Notice They Kept Going Up And Down The Same Stretch Of Road, With Wendell's Chicken House On The Left Side In Almost Every Take. Don't Go "SHOOTING FIRST" Without A Proper Investigation, And Then Asking Questions Later To Sound Foolish...

[@jenniferdjaslowskj993]

yeah...some hadn't gotten the hang of driving yet. Stricter laws and signs came later...and the rest is history

[@rayjames6096]

Back when everyone drove an antique car.

[@bobmalack481]

Every thing now to the side of the road is wall to wall tract homes, apartments, strip malls, and fast food joints. Robert at 67.

[@billhershkowitz5759]

I saved a bundle of money since I bought that '50 Ford!

[@tonyu2298]

No wonder they use to say fill her up back in the days.

[@meya3226]

Clean streets, no homeless tents. What has happened to California :(

[@trent3872]

It's called the democrat party.

[@frankgraham1996]

This is why James Dean thought driving on the highway was more dangerous than on a track. He did not take his own advice.

[@pauljones2857]

We used to call these guys Road Hogs

[@paulcarlachapman628]

This looks like late 40s/early 50s to me. I saw at least one car that looked like my grandparents' '48 Dodge. By the mid 50s cars changed from these rounded bodies.

[@Geezerelli]

In 1951 I was 5 and was in a car accident and comatose for a month. No seat belts or crumple zones. Not good.

[@johna.4334]

Wow, so many telephone poles.

[@raypeters4525]

NEWEST CARS SEEN, THIS FILM, 1949 FORD, MERCURY, CHEVY, NASH !

[@davemckolanis4683]

1950 Mercury Passing The Camera Car On The Left, About Half Way Through The Film. And Also A 1950 Ford Following The Camera Car At The Very Beginning...

[@LI-FLKayakFisherman]

I saw a ‘52 Chevy parked on the side

[@davemckolanis4683]

@@LI-FLKayakFisherman Probably NOT A 52 Chevy. Because Those Chevys From 49 To 52 Looked Virtually The Same, With Only SLIGHT Changes On The Front Grille Work. And NO OTHER 52 Cars Could Be Seen In The Film Either. But Quite A Few Left Over Cars From The 30's Were Noticeable. I'm Not Positive About Your Chevy, Because I Can Only Watch The Film On My Smart Phone. But On The NASS Colorized Version, Other Commenters That Know The Area Also Peg This At 1950, Because Of The Buildings And Other Landmarks.

[@LI-FLKayakFisherman]

@@davemckolanis4683 Well the Ford looks to be a 1950, at 1:07 the Chevy probably 1950 although the '49 also had split windshield and the Nash at 1:24 also 1950 or 1951 because of the two tone paint that I don't think was used earlier. Price of gas at 22.9 is in the range of that period. So I'm agreeing that 1950 seems about right. I was a baby 🙂

[@davemckolanis4683]

@@LI-FLKayakFisherman Those LOW Gas Prices Unbelievably Remained Well Into The 1950's, As A Few People Have Told Me. And Were Noticeable On Television Programs That Were Filmed At Gas Stations During That Decade Too. I Remember 29 Cents A Gallon Myself When I Was A Kid In The Later 50's Or Early 60's. But Hey, Nobody Seems To Want To Listen To Us Old Boomers Anyway...

[@dogwater4u]

when cars had faces

[@marybennett100]

A simpler, less overcrowded & chaotic world

[@petercallinicos]

They drove like Italians drive today in Italy. Lanes are not used at all.

[@mrniceguy8600]

Where is this I would guess san Fernando road in los Angeles

[@larry1824]

Look at that Ford!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@marianevick4992]

I was born in 1950

[@anthonywalsh785]

As an Australian an interesting video. We of course refer to gasoline aka gas as petrol, like many other countries. For us gas is used for cooking and heating.

[@karlabritfeld7104]

In my country gas is what you get after eating non digestible food.

[@karlabritfeld7104]

Wow, the drivers were just as bad then as they are now. Look at the lane hog, straddling the line so nobody can pass him.

[@jayd8473]

I don't see many 50's cars. I'm guessing this must be early 50s?

[@pravinbhaipatel5841]

No cops on the road or CHP hahahaha

[@waltbrown8899]

Keep your eye on the road, Your foot on the Gas...Your Studebaker on the Line...So No One can Pass!! 😁🤠

[@lizaperelman4933]

Move over or get off the road !!!

[@balajijograj4370]

See the roadway in the fifths

[@precbsfender]

Move over, Jeeeesch

[@peteranserin3708]

It's ok the camera car driver was also drunk.

[@johnbockelie3899]

Not one person driving like they are late for something. Looks like safe drivers to me.

[@jacobclement9085]

The cars not even able to push 100 HP probably contribute to it lol

[@davemckolanis4683]

@@jacobclement9085 Those Cars Were Made Of ALL STEEL. And Typically Weighed At Least A TON If Not MORE With FRAMES Under Them, That Needed Every Horsepower To Push It Down The Road. Not Like These Absolutely Hideous And Evil Looking Balls Of Plastic Today, That Are WAY Over Powered, Look All The Same, And Any Simpleton Past The Age Of 8 Can Drive If They Can See Above The Steering Wheel...

[@jacobclement9085]

@@davemckolanis4683 yup

[@jamescampbell6737]

Strange, this driver in middle of road and cars passing him on inside lane,,,ye,very strange,,some may say two lane traffic,,but suppose this was the 50s fr you,jcvw

[@rand49er]

Born in early '49, I recall these cars. They were comforting to see though I'm not sure how to explain that. To those who think those times were wonderful, you should realize how much those cars polluted the atmosphere with their exhaust. Also, women were treated as second-class citizens and suppressed in employment opportunities as well as education. My mother loved being a housewife. I had five brothers and sisters. Dad was an automotive engineer and loved home life. The '50s were good, but were far from perfect.

[@caroltenge5147]

better than now.

[@Geezerelli]

@@caroltenge5147 more freedom but shorter lifespan. At 12 I could take my target rifle on the bus across the GG Bridge to Presidio for shooting competition and to College of Marin to practice under the basketball court. Can kids do that today?

[@trent3872]

Is this you Nancy?-Pelosi.

[@hebneh]

So there are two clearly marked lanes, but the car with the camera straddles the line and hogs both of them. Where's a cop when you need one? A traffic ticket is needed.

[@shootfirst2097]

It's filmed that way so there's a more balanced field of view from the back.

[@hebneh]

@@shootfirst2097 Regardless of how it looks on film, it's still illegal.

[@davemckolanis4683]

@@hebneh Oh, I'm Sure The Camera Crew Got Permission From The Police To Make Those Filming Passages Up And Down That Same Stretch Of Road A Few Times. Either Lighten Up, Or Call The Cops Up In 1950 And Lodge Your Complaint...

[@kolbpilot]

Are these possibly shots for a movie later ? One where this will be the background while actors sit in a car on a sound stage ?

[@The_Conspiracy_Analyst]

why the "Sicilian Clan"?

[@autoresto111]

Sounds like 50's.

[@randymoyan7871]

@@autoresto111 sounds awesome. Fitting.

[@martinbrodie8507]

Gas 22 cents.

[@theIzzyfurreal]

Gasoline - 22/23 cents/gallon! Classic cars now, but they weren't then.

[@gordon3186]

Minimum wage in 1950 was .75 cents.

[@theIzzyfurreal]

@@gordon3186 .75 cents in 1950 has the purchasing power today of $8.86 figuring in the inflation rate which still makes it less than minimum wage.

[@gordon3186]

@@theIzzyfurreal --- Seventy five cents still bought over three gallons of gas. Compare that to today.

[@davemckolanis4683]

Last Year, NASS Did A Colorized Version Of This SAME FILM, And It Had MUCH NICER MUSIC Added To It. Nice To See It I B&W Anyway...

[@kenb8891]

Not one palm tree spotted! This does not look like California to me