25 Things From 1970s Once Necessary, NOW COMPLETELY OBSOLETE!

25 Things From 1970s Once Necessary, NOW COMPLETELY OBSOLETE!
Let’s take a trip down memory lane to a time of rotary phones, typewriters, and disco balls! The 1970s were a unique decade filled with now-forgotten essentials that were once absolutely vital to everyday life. In this video, we’re diving into 25 Things From the 1970s That Were Once Necessary, NOW COMPLETELY OBSOLETE!

[@WCM1945]

Oops. Your "1970s" film of a telephone switchboard is from the early forties, not the 1970s.

[@rayfridley6649]

Manual switchboards go back to before 1900.

[@costrio]

I remember having the choice of "station to station" or "person to person" in the 50's then the rotary dial came in. I think you are correct, in your comment.

[@donaldkgarman296]

AUTOMATED PHONE SYSTEMS CAME IN THE EARLY 1950's

[@battleangel5595]

In my neck of the woods I could still speak with an operator in 1997. 2000's came along and things went South from there. Cell service was AT&T or bust. With Comcast Verizon snuck in. To this day if Comcast goes down so does Verizon. I've had to drive into Massachusetts to report a problem.

[@DavidMaupin-ps7ob]

No kidding what you're seeing is stock footage from clips ❤

[@chargermopar]

I still use a TV antenna outside my home. never had cable TV. Still have CB's in my truck and van. Oh and I still use rotary phones as well!

[@thejourney1369]

Is there much chatter on CB’s today?

[@teddine7366]

Lol... I still like to use my tv antennae every now and then. I always make sure to pick a tv with a tv tuner built in it. There is just something comfortable about channel surfing.

[@chargermopar]

@@thejourney1369 Around here mostly in Spanish.

[@GabrielSBarbaraS]

Well we know you are on the Internet, do you stream any shows besides You Tube?

[@chargermopar]

@@GabrielSBarbaraS Not yet, I have no idea how to or where to go.

[@RobertHowe-zv7gs]

I am age 75 and remember all these ; land-line rotary dial phones were durable and reliable !

[@BG-sl9lv]

mimeographs were aka spirit duplicators- not stencil duplicators- and spirit duplicators used a completely different duplication method. Instead of holes cut in a stencil letting ink through, spirit duplicators used a master from which copies were made by using a wetting solution (spirit) to transfer ink from the master. Spirit copies were almost always purple and students loved the smell. They were less messy but had a limit run of maybe 200 copies max.

[@billsteinly8105]

I wish I would have kept the old road maps that were in my parents' attic.

[@Brian3989]

The red telephone boxes were introduced in the United Kingdom during the 1930s, not many left on the streets now, except perhaps in tourist areas. Originally with rotary dials, and coin slots. Now push button dial and card readers. There are a few telephone operators but using modern digital equipment.

[@teddine7366]

Does anybody remember them huge satellite dishes people use to put in their yard and on top of their houses before dish network and dishtv came out with the smaller dishes? I had a friend that had one at his house and sometimes you had to wait for the dish to move as you switched channels. I use to think them were the coolest. My family didn't have that. We had that antenna on top of the house.

[@marko7843]

Same here! Our next door neighbors put a 2-meter dish in the corner of their back yard, and planted a hedge so we wouldn't have to look at it (this was in the good old days of neighbors.) 📡 We were still running on the rooftop antenna, but living on the edge of the Bay and having the huge, could-never-build-it-today Sutro Tower in San Francisco gave us 6 VHF and 7 UHF channels. 📺

[@IamTHEONLYgus532]

Speaking of phone booths, my favorite action scene (the greatest action scene of all movies in the history of the world in the past, in the present, and in the future) is in Superman, The Motion Picture when Clark Kent (Christopher Reave) is looking for a place to change into Superman and he stops and looks at a modern phone booth. I think that was a nice way to honor the old comic books and tv series.

[@davidgrisez]

Since I am 73 years old, I remember a lot of these things from the past.

[@lawrencegenereux8567]

In about 10 years you probably won't remember any of it.

[@MeaHeaR]

Those pichers und vide-Ohs are from the 1950's NOT thê 1970's **Śiĝĥ**

[@tidepoolclipper8657]

Vinyl has come back from the dead as of the late 2010s. There are plenty of old computer games that still function just fine on those floppies and there are numerous old computers still capable of accepting the 5.25" and 3.5" formats. Also, the only reason why the US missile stations abandoned floppies is because spare parts have become scarce. Phone booths have their use in very remote areas in the case of an emergency.

[@hameley12]

Def agree with your take! I'm 26 years and I still own a record player, a typewriter, an abacus and a Bell & Howell Auto 35, Reflex film camera EX 35mm. The abacus and the film camera were gifts from my uncle who is a vintage enthusiast and collector. These will never fall out of fashion, especially when the electricity is out. Yes, I also have a solar power generator as an emergency backup. But because the GenUX Generator has limited powerup, we use it sparingly.

[@BG-sl9lv]

Except for a handful of remote communities still using them for local service, by 1970 cord boards were only used for PBX (private branch exchange) such as big office buildings, department stores and the like. Places like Macy's NYC might have had several dozen operators but most PBXs could be handled by 1 or 2 operators.

[@allan9603]

Almost all of these switchboards and other communication gadgets are from the 40s-60s... So who did the research, a 10 year old kid?

[@samkitty5894]

To make my phone calls I have to climb the pole outside my house and ask for operator assistance...

[@richardchiriboga4424]

I still use film cameras and my car has crank windows

[@AlphaFlight]

Get with the times dinosaur

[@BG-sl9lv]

my car has a crank hahaha

[@JMendez1973]

Typewriter segment is from the 50s and 60s and shows teletype machines; not typewriters.

[@Thomas-yr9ln]

I was a kid but o my gosh some of them phone operators could be extremely rude. Who remembers that.?

[@clarencejacksonjr.]

Wow! I remember these! I am old😂

[@baruchavraham1939]

I still have a big box of carbon paper… I use it still

[@specialed6357]

I always thought the big floppy ones were the only floppy disks and the little hard ones were only hard disks. I didn't know the hard disks were floppy disks too.

[@1lfp903]

I doubt punch cards were used for the census of 1890. LOL

[@01chippe]

Punch cards were invented in 1725. This was the first form of “programming”. Punch cards could control a weaving loom to create patterns based on how the holes were punched into the cards. From there they discovered other uses for punch cards. Incidentally, this is how player pianos were controlled. Punch cards were in fact used in the 1890 census.

[@1lfp903]

@@01chippe I guess I just learned something. Thanks.

[@mart525252]

So, let's say without any doubt, the computer has been a relief to all that pain in the ass old machines.

[@rogertemple7193]

More awesome Blasts from the Past thank you and have a wonderful Halloween this week everyone.🇺🇲📺📞☎️📻🇺🇲

[@richardchiriboga4424]

I miss a lot of those things.

[@01chippe]

Who always wanted to be the volunteer to go down to the mimeograph room to collect a stack of freshly mimeographed papers? And get high on the way back to class? Ahhh, that smell of slightly wet purple ink!

[@michaelbaucom4019]

Truckers still use CBs

[@highlander200268]

I still use cb and tv antenna, infact tv antenna has gotten very advanced

[@markjeffels3327]

I grew up in the 70’s all the videos you are showing are from the 50’s to the very early 70’s ! Mostly 85% of the video is from the early sixties!

[@sarahbauer5593]

My embroidery machine made in 2003 used floppy discs and still does today.

[@theozank853]

I have a CB in my 2001 Toyota 4Runner.

[@d9918]

The scientists used to say that leaded gasoline was perfectly safe, and they wonder why we don't believe a word that comes out of their mouths. Don't forget, 9 out of 10 doctors smoke Camel cigarettes 🤣

[@tidepoolclipper8657]

Thankfully many of the scientists that claimed that stuff have retired at this point and the remaining ones that still try to claim that will retire by the time of a few decades. Ironically, it wasn't religion that proved those things to actually be dangerous. It was other scientists. Science in the modern world is sill far more trust worthy than any religion. Religion relies on indoctrination to stay alive and has no qualms with the idea of eradicating works that don't align with their viewpoints.

[@Spacekriek]

Yep, the "safe and effective".

[@tidepoolclipper8657]

@@Spacekriek At least thankfully eventually other scientists realized the truth and began to warn people those things were actually dangerous.

[@mayamellissa]

I'm only 44 and I wasn't even born in the 70s. This video shouldn't be making me depressed.

[@psycoticreaction9135]

Census of 1890?????????????????????????

[@01chippe]

Yes, this is true.

[@videolabguy]

So much wrong crammed into this production. Incorrect time period images. Misconceptions about the true innovation those products represented in their time. All of those technologies were just as advanced as the latest cell phone today. It's all about perspective. This producer should sue his teachers.

[@V8-friendly]

Germans still use typewriters and fax machines. Sometimes drumming, chanting and smoke signals are added. 😅 Morse code is very common too. ... --- ...

[@Peter.L.Rodin.B]

this is off the mark

[@mikebull7775]

It's so funny now that now the Legacy telephone system is soon to be decommissioned.

[@curtishollerback1517]

Along the punch card tech, what about taking multiple choice test with a #2 pencil?

[@yay4this]

Click bait

[@michaelcrouthers8857]

I stopped watchng at 2:38 because none of what I saw looked like it was from the 1970s..

[@lawrencegenereux8567]

Do you get visual aids from looking at pornography?

[@AlphaFlight]

Hey nostalgia folks... 2024 called, it said move on already and get with the times dinosaur

[@SocietyRed-sg8ft]

Please educate yourself on the usefulness of these items. Some of these items are still being used by millions of people. CB radios are still used by many truckers. Vinyl records have made a huge comeback. There are 40 million rolls of 35mm film sold each year. You can still buy TV guide.