1965 Florida (Miami Beach and vicinity)

Producer: Henry Charles Fleischer
High quality home movie of Miami Beach and buildings/hotels.
In collection: Prelinger Archives
Music tracks added:
"Flamingo" by Marco Castelli Mambo and Swing Band
"Chills and Fever" by the Mystics

[@YoutubeAccount-gk3gn]

Rode up and down Collins on my Schwinn 5 speed as a teen ‘69 - ‘72. Greynolds Park, 163rd st Shopping Center, Haulover, Dania Beach, Hallandale Beach. Born in Coral Gables 1957. Little did I know how lucky and free I was. Thank you for this.

[@stevea9604]

Did the same…used to roll down the hill at Greynolds …Collected Coke bottles for the 25 cents to go to the movies on Saturday morning at 163st theatre.

[@30twodor]

My parents moved from St. Louis Missouri to Miami in 1954. I was six years old and I grew up viewing Miami as it is depicted in this video. It was paradise, lovely, warm, crime free and just as it appears here. Too bad that time doesn't make things better. Miami will never be what it is in my memories or how it was back then. Thank you for posting this. It certainly brought back some very fond recollections..

[@budblankenship4686]

+30twodor You're welcome. And thanks for your input and take on the Florida of yesteryear.

[@ireneevergreen1007]

Its very sad((

[@blixx87]

You could say the same about st louis haha ironically i grew up there

[@pedestrianrights1257]

you were lucky

[@douglasdixon524]

Do you remember Lum's restaurant or Wolfie's? My parents lived in Miami, FLA. from the late 1940s till 1977 working for National Airlines. My dad loved Wolfie's.

[@slowneutron6163]

Born at Mt. Saini Hospital, Ides Of March, 1971. Lived right on the beach. My grandfather owned the Starlight. TY for this.

[@Bheman745]

Grew up there. At the time thought it was boring , but now I'd give anything to go back to the 60's.

[@ES-mc3cc]

Wish we could go back in time to these simpler times.

[@chriskoop4888]

Amen!

[@waynehardy2506]

Those were the best days of my life

[@thesnowmander1168]

simpler? There was a bunch of segregation and riots and etc

[@drawnhere]

It was anything but "simple" for people of color or people who were gay.

[@plaintalk3804]

REALITY: Bygone era of yesteryear only remains a memory

[@ron4501]

I grew up on Miami Beach in the 1950s through the 60s. I left for college in 1971. Thanks for the memories.

[@plaintalk3804]

I moved here on April 14th 1965, from N.Y., age 22. Rented an oceanfront apt. 12th Floor-S.E. corner. Oceanfrom.Seacoast Towers $200.00 mo. furn.(off-season rental to Nov.). Nostalgia personified ! MB was a paradise! And so inexpensive. Wolfie's & Pumpernicks.99 breakfast. Gas was 30 cents a gallon. Sweden House buffet lunch $1.25 and $2.10 dinner. Now, I'm an 81 'ole timer in Bal Harbour. Enjoyed global traveling in the 60's-70's-80's when flying was pleasant and the dollar was king. Can't comprehend the ltd lifestyle choices for nowadays kids.

[@stephaniepersin4222]

Born March 1965 and I wish it would’ve remained like that.

[@acoba15]

Great memories of when Miami Beach was Miami Beach and not full of concrete mountains of ugliness. I was there today and literally took me 1 hour to go from 96th and Collins to 163rd and Collins

[@budblankenship4686]

To those who don't know how the numbered street/grid system works, thats only 6.7 miles. Yup. That was slow traffic. Thanks for watching.

[@WaffleEater53019]

never, ever, drive from collins to collins on collins

[@kingofthecatnap7923]

My childhood here. I remember it this way...thank you!

[@unknowndriver6652]

Wowww that was truly amazing seeing the Deauville hotel, fountain blue and downtown without skyscrapers

[@annehechesliverdonation9624]

wow! clean and open.... miami will never be the same again

[@mradvance2go17]

Nothing, will be the same again..nothing!

[@markmcknight2467]

Well DAMN! What happened to the music? An excellent video of Miami Beach in the most beautiful time. Wish that we could go back! I long for those days.

[@budblankenship4686]

If I could recall. They were going to flag the sound in the US for copyright. Originally it was allowed w/o monetization but changes came down the line. I tried to re-layer stupid generic music and I ended up having issues, for some reason, I can't recall. Thanks for enjoying the scenery at least.

[@cball1951]

where was the location of the first scenes shown? i can't place it.

[@scarletmacaw]

I grew up in these exact areas on Collins Ave during that time before the Cubans arrived and made Miami and Miami Beach such a deSPICable place to live.

[@stevea9604]

Miami was much better then…Grew up around there…We used to ride our bikes everywhere with no fear…Stopped in yards and drank from the garden hoses…Ate any fruit from trees…It truly was paradise 🤩🌞🌊😎

[@johnporada927]

My parents had a condo in Ft Lauderdale. We would always drive down to Miami to eat at the Rascal House. So many great memories.

[@lowelllarsen5947]

The color is great -lived there until age 14 left summer of 1963 because my parents were tired of the hot humid summers and making a good wage was difficult for them I do have great memories- the beaches were wonderful A different era

[@rubystaging237]

I'm shocked 😳 and kind of sad at the same time. The changes, yet seems like the ocean never changes

[@plaintalk3804]

Incorrect! Ocean MB is contaminated-polluted and unsafe

[@cj.t.7321]

I was 16 months old, and I remember learning how to swim in the pool in THIS Beautiful 'Hotel' where my family used to go... There was another Hotel next to ours called the White House Hotel... Also, there was this GREAT Resturant 'WOLFIES' That had THE BEST CORNED BEEF SANDWICHES (THEY Had these 'Relish' trays on the tables- with different kinds of pickles😋! Does ANYBODY ELSE REMEMBER THIS?)

[@ddkoda7412]

Yes the very famous Wolfie's I think was located at around 20th Street and Collins Avenue. You're right about their corned beef sandwiches. They were the best. With their generous portions a person never left there hungry no matter what they ordered. Sadly the son who inherited it felt that it was not worth it to restore the restaurant as he felt it was worn out. The original structure remained intact with added upper floors and became a clothing store. I think that now it is Joe's a type of coffee shop, a far cry from Wolfie's in it's heyday.

[@58bobw]

I remember both Wolfies and Corkys . Both had a little bucket of kosher dill pickles on the table and corned beef and rye sandwiches to die for. Great times!

[@freeguy77]

Sometimes, I would visit relatives on Miami Beach during summers between school years from the late-1950s through the early-1960s. The same year this was filmed, I lived with them on Bay Harbor Islands for over 2 years, attending junior high (now, middle) schools. The only thing I disliked about living in Miami Beach and in another smaller town in South Florida was not having any cool seasons, with high humidity year-round! This was the same year the real shooting war started for the U.S. in Vietnam (Mar. 8) when regular army units and Marines landed. Except for that, everything else was terrific in that time, with the pop music and culture at its best with crime rates low. So different than in 2020.

[@denysstryker3751]

LOVE this !

[@oscaralvarillo7198]

Tropical Paradise Miami !!!

[@rememberingmiami]

Thank you for posting this. It has helped me figure out my Miami Beach videos on my channel

[@frankbrunetti2109]

I was there in 1970, missed the motel Row in Sunny Isles, Rascal House Restaurant all the shops and ice cream parlors

[@2eretz]

Miss those simpler Miami days got a parking ticket back then I was visiting from New York when I found out how much it was I think like 5 bucks I told the Jewish cop that’s cheap give a me another one

[@johnporada927]

I still have one of the huge rascal house menus lol

[@gRosh08]

Cool! Thanks for sharing.

[@scliradalandsman8201]

Great Video and Quality!!

[@jgjperlman]

Exactly how 10 year old me recalls it

[@PattyM1957]

The Castaways ,Fountainblu, I grew up in Kendall, on 90th Street in The 60s...

[@stillprayingonit]

Miami born and raised 1959 - great footage

[@leversforever9748]

Me too still here

[@58bobw]

Born 1955, moved away 1988. Great times in 60’s when people were envious of us living there, now they laugh at us for having lived there

[@oxford14]

I was born on this beach in what was the Nautilus hotel. After the Second World War it became Mount Sinai hospital.

[@elpidioperez5618]

Amazing 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@podicare]

The beginning is filed from 96th st and Collins ave. The hotel that was demolished and an new ultra high end condo is going up designed by a renown architect.

[@leversforever9748]

9601 Collins Ave was the Americana Hotel

[@cball1951]

there were some hotels in surfside in 65. i only see beachside homes at the beginning of the film.

[@Dr.Pepper001]

At 6:48 the curved hotel is the Fontainebleau where Jerry Lewis filmed his movie _The Bellboy_ in 1960.

[@budblankenship4686]

Yeah. I saw that movie. It also had some good shots of a National Airlines DC 8 in their early 60s livery.

[@jamesbeck5005]

them palm trees are all gone I guess a lot of things changed after Andrew

[@marycollins8356]

Lethal Yellowing disease killed all the tall coconut palms in the early 1970's.

[@bobbi5523]

was this taken close to hurricane betsy as these waves are only seen in strong winter storms or before a hurricane

[@omegaman1409]

Would be fun to compare the cost of living at the time. Hourly wages, cost of housing, restaurants etc.

[@patriciaschillehubalek3797]

Nice footage

[@videosuperhighway7655]

Sucks they covered Miami Beach with mega towers.

[@TinkerTailor4303]

Do they even still have shuffleboard courts?!

[@davidgon98]

I like that piano music what the name?

[@budblankenship4686]

I'm sorry. I forgot. It was royalty free and I had attempted to edit it in the description over the original tracks.

[@jamesbeck5005]

to bad the pay scale is so stupidly low

[@allalkagaring1678]

🌠🌠

[@javier-iq7ic]

Yo nací en ese año

[@budblankenship4686]

Excellente

[@micotexo]

Goldfinger!

[@stuartlee6622]

The Kenilworth didn't allow Jews

[@neronevetti4540]

I will no longer make you a curse in the earth..the holy prophets of God. The caifete and the next holocaust 🔥 utube

[@cball1951]

or dogs, lol

[@stuartlee6622]

@@cball1951 N had to be off the beach by sunset unless they had a permit to work.

[@cball1951]

cute comment but.....

[@Naruto_black03]

Gta vice city

[@RasLyons954]

Ah the good old days when Miami Beach was a sundown town and the only time you would see a black person there was if they we’re working

[@TomikaKelly]

I know, right?! Everyone else on here is talking about how they "miss the good ol days and good ol Miami" and I'm like, what? You mean the days where people who looked like me were relegated to Virginia Key Beach and could only go to the fancy hotels like Fountainebleu if they worked there and could produce a work permit if questioned? Or the time when those pigs beat Arthur Mcduffie to death sending Liberty City and Overtown into days of strife and rioting? 🤔

[@unknowndriver6652]

@@TomikaKelly and now that you all are free to go all the people is leaving xause you guys make the beach look like the getho, specially on 4 of july if you walk the beach you think you are in congo africa

[@OSTARAEB4]

@@TomikaKelly You add such a positive touch.

[@TomikaKelly]

@@unknowndriver6652 "You guys"? Who are you referring to? 👀

[@unknowndriver6652]

@@TomikaKelly black people