Chicago? 1930s in color, street life [60fps,Remastered] w/sound design added

I colorized, restored and created a sound design for this video of a city in the 1930s at night,
probably chiacgo or los angeles, the street sign says Halstead. Lakeview, north of Chicago, it could also be Hollywood/McCadden looking southeast , we can see what is happening in the street, the people walking, the stores open and especially the luxury car
Video Restoration Process:
✔ FPS boosted to 60 frames per second
✔ Image resolution boosted up to HD
✔ Improved video sharpness and brightness
✔ Colorized only for the ambiance (not historically accurate)
✔sound design added only for the ambiance
✔restoration:(stabilisation,denoise,cleand,deblur)
Please, be aware that colorization colors are not real and fake, colorization was made only for the ambiance and do not represent real historical data.
B&W Video Source from: Internet Archive
B&W Video Source: archive.org/de...
Rights to the black and white 35mm Video Source are held by Internet Archive. under the Creative Commons Attribution License

[@NASS_0]

Like And Share Please!

[@johnstrawb3521]

@NASS Fascinating how much more crisp this is, than pretty much every night scene in every film and tv series of the past decade. I can make out details even across the street, the depth of field is extremely good, even subtleties of color and tone probably 70' away are evident. Bravo! It's a tribute to your work and to the original 'primitive' film and cameras of that era. Fwiw I've been increasingly drawn to black and white film noir of the 1940s and 1950s. The cinematography is much, much better on average than what we get today, perhaps b/c of the long training and apprenticeship required to master photography 75 years ago?

[@Ann65.]

Another wonderful video. To think, all that vibrancy - those classy people (even the cops and culprit) have now gone into the Ether. I loved seeing the fashions in that shop window. Keep 'em coming. I will share on my FB page. xx

[@wrestlingwithjay3770]

W

[@bryanmathew2079]

VERY IMPRESSIVE.

[@johnc5914]

Two Police officers chasing a criminal on foot towards end of video.

[@geneval3151]

Well done!!!! Wish it was longer. Could have watched that for hours. Thank you as always Nass.

[@Winfint3]

I feel the same way, the thief at the end looks like it was from a tv show haha

[@richardferg6455]

This is as close to a time machine as we can get.

[@kidtristan4073]

on god

[@westilldontknow3407]

as for this specific comment, time seems to stop since i read it everyday under every video of this kind. (i do agree tho)

[@Winfint3]

So far... o.o

[@nanou184]

What if someone made this in vr

[@davidp6913]

@@kidtristan4073 "on god" "thats cap" "word up" "aye bruh" "ur flexing"

[@jec1ny]

This looks like some movie outtakes, probably using both extras and real traffic/pedestrians. Dating this with any specificity is not easy. But based on cars and the styles of clothing, I'd say late 20s to very early 30s. Great job with the restoration as usual.

[@NASS_0]

thank you so much

[@bazza945]

Agree.

[@aserta]

The first part... not so much, seems like impromptu filming to me. The second part, 100% it. The exaggerated motions of those three + the aviator(?) kinda give it away, plus nobody double takes at the camera. You can also see the two fellows who weren't part of it that stop in the window reflection (probably after someone waves them away). Maybe the first part is some B roll? But ... even those are always filmed with informed "passengers". Maybe an inexperienced, low budget affair.

[@SEPK09]

unless capturing a real crime in progress 1930s version of "cops" lol

[@WickedScott]

All those people were coming from somewhere and headed somewhere. Obviously everyone is all the time, but here it feels strange to think about, like we glimpse only this moment of their lives in between the the entirety of their lives before and after this footage. Sorry I can't explain the feeling very well. Great work on the video anyway. Thank you.

[@deantayloruk30]

Everyone has a story and we will never know what their stories are apart from the brief glimpse of them here. I feel the same. For a brief moment, they are remembered when otherwise they had been forgotten.

[@napnemeanix]

That’s one point of view to look at 😊

[@michaelcoder9119]

We are part of their stories.

[@mikemurphy5898]

My mother said something like that to me once when we were driving down the street. She said, "do you ever wonder about other people like that guy over there? Where he lives, if he has a family, if he's happy or depressed? If life turned out the way he wanted it to or he's disappointed about something that happened 30 years ago?" And I said, "No. Never." 😂 and she said "well I do, all the time" ... which I'm pretty sure is why she's so nosey... like, mind your own business, lady! Jk my mom is the best.

[@frankbartus5792]

@mikemurphy5898 I wonder, as your mother did, all the time. Think about what God is really like, with His magnificent Creation.

[@Helmet_Head_]

Guy running from the cops, this feels like its straight out of the movie cinema classics.

[@sfeddie1]

You know, that kind of looked staged. At 2:20 you can see the “perp” through the store windows and he is just standing there looking straight ahead. Then he takes off running, hesitates to look back, as if a director told him to, and keeps running. The cops looked like they came from the street, not from around the corner. Maybe this is why it feels like it’s straight out of a movie? And what’s with the motorcycle cop just strolling around the corner looking handsome? I don’t know. I could be wrong about all of that.

[@simmiewilliams5970]

Notice how well lit the corner was. This is probably Hollywood test/stock footage.

[@cheddarcheese7928]

@@sfeddie1 Yeah ur right..The guy even slid a little on his run..Not saying the whole thing is fake.But that was staged

[@AlcibiadesMD]

Most definitely staged, it appears they were testing the film bracket as it was positioned in a perfect square long shot to capture the actors and the action.

[@johnstrawb3521]

Might be, though the first scene, of the other corner, feels authentic. I suppose the first scene could be a camera setup on a lot of one of the studios of the day, as it would be almost unprecedented to do a night scene like this in an actual city in the U.S. (Italian neorealists were already doing night location shooting in Europe in the 1940s).

[@JeaNini]

Great work! Thank you. There seemed to be something going down at 2:21 😆

[@HeatherB81]

Yeah, was that real?! 🤣

[@MikeyRedNose]

Probably a mobster on the run, ya see!

[@HeatherB81]

@@MikeyRedNose ha!! Could be!!

[@MoeGreensRightEye]

Looks like something from The Sting lol

[@adamyahya4638]

If you look through the window starting at the moment the scene changes around 2:18, you can see the guy just standing there. 3 seconds later, he suddenly out of nowhere starts to run around the corner. I think it was staged...for whatever reason lol. Look directly to the left of the dresses on display, or right above the hat. The man is just standing still there, then starts to run.

[@SeeTheManipulation]

*@ **2:25** One of Capone's men being chased by the coppers. 🤣🤣🤣🤣*

[@raulduke6105]

My beloved grandparents and my pops were in the city in the 30’s early 4o’s

[@hanssommer4002]

Better than today's Chicago

[@HeatherB81]

It always amazes me when I see how well dressed EVERYONE was back then. What was it about the time that made everyone dress nicely, have their hair done, etc? Like, how would people have acted if someone walked outside with their pajamas on, or leggings and a workout tee? Ya know? 🤣

[@DG-xj7pm]

Probably being morbidly obese didn't help appearances.

[@MikeyRedNose]

Right? Most folks took their appearance seriously! I've always liked vintage fashion and wear similar items in public even though I'll receive a few looks... 😂

[@trueneutral3092]

we were de-programmed by media, music and movies. some of that is a good thing. some of it, such as what you're pointing out, shows how we've actually gone backwards.

[@jnm2088]

It’s an American thing. I’m Mexican American and my aunts have always talked about people in the US not knowing how to dress. In other countries people learn to look “put together” and it’s basically seen as sloppy to go out with your hair or makeup undone

[@tonytobeat8157]

@@MikeyRedNose I’m sure they were thinking “that person has good taste in fashion.”

[@markellzey1531]

Not an iPhone in sight. just people living in the moment.

[@sherlockhomeless7138]

Those light letters at 0:15 with 'oriental'. That looks so far ahead of its time. (sorry. My english is not so good).

[@vailewalders1395]

I love the cars and the clothes, I wish I could go back in time and eat at that Cafe

[@SoldierPoet]

Same here. I'll bet that Cafe had good food.

[@7919AEM]

Absolutely stunning work! You literally transport us back in time, keep up the great work!

[@sergei6572]

Отличная работа! Я мысленно благодарю всех операторов кто снимал этот и другие фильмы, сохранил и конечно Вас за то, что блестяще восстановили и поделились с нами ушедшей историей. Удачи Вам во всем!

[@paulmaximov9442]

Это видео изначально было набором черно-белых фото и 8мм пленок (чаще - по 3-5 фото, например Moscou 1908) т.е. тут не восстановленная кинохронника, а созданная "по мотивам". Причём качество растёт с каждым годом, хотя с раскрашиванием пока хромает кодек.

[@sergei6572]

@@paulmaximov9442 Что значит набор фото, как не кинопленка? Поясните если Вам не трудно, пожалуйста.

[@paulmaximov9442]

@@sergei6572 В сети есть несколько авторов такого вида монтажа, которые выкладывают свои работы уже с десяток лет. У кого-то из них частично описана технология, кто-то явно пишет "ожившие фотографии" и даёт ссылки на оригиналы и приглашает на сайт/форум. Несколько лет назад мне понадобилась эта технология для своих архивов, но из-за сложности реализации пришлось отложить до лучших времён.

[@sergei6572]

@@paulmaximov9442 Как понять тогда автора канала, где он пишет, что восстанавливает с его слов "old videos"? И почему это не кинопленка, тем более в Америке 30-х.

[@paulmaximov9442]

@@sergei6572 Первые киноплёнки появились с рядом технических изобретений в 1870-х годах. На этом канале есть уникальная отредактированная запись 1890 года (с двумя девочками за столом). Но есть и скомпелированные видео из киноплёнок и "оживших фотографий". Хотя, может и не тут я смотрел несколько лет назад на ожившую Тверскую улицу в Москве. Главное что технологии перешагнули примитивную реставрацию и вышли на уровень "дополненной реальности". Могу дать ссылки на похожие работы.

[@petebeatminister]

1930 police pursuit video... Camera man: "Wait a second guys, we have to set up the light first!" :)

[@KekmanForTheRestOfTheWorld]

i wish went back to a world where everyone is wearing hats

[@AlcibiadesMD]

When I die, this is the perfect last image of the USA I wish to have in my mind until I passed into oblivion. Don’t want to see or know anymore what it has become…yes, we all know, sadly a cesspool of filth and many more adjectives I don’t want to print here, even though they also had their problems then (like any other era) people looked warmer and friendly, they certainly took a lot of pride in grooming and their clothing. Thank you Nass for showing this pearl of the past.✌️

[@hertzair1186]

….you won’t be passing into oblivion….at least according to the first law of thermodynamics. Don’t worry….you’ll be back.

[@trevonmoses]

@@hertzair1186 what is thermodynamics? would you mind explaining!

[@amzstr3134]

Definitely LA. McCadden PL (you can just barely make out the street sign) and Hollywood Blvd. Archive shows an "Oriental Cafe" @ 6728 Hollywood Blvd (grand opening 28Aug1930). That address then shows a Club New Yorker in 1935. So film may be somewhere between Aug1930 and 1935. This is smack dab in the center of Hollywood. Maybe this was some sort of pickup reel for filler. That's why the clothing is impeccably worn on the passersby. The Pacific vertical neon was from a Union Pacific office at 6732 Hollywood Blvd.

[@CerveloR5]

Yup definitely in Hollywood not Chicago. The only building still standing is the one next to the old Oriental Cafe which is now a parking lot. 6724 Hollywood Blvd.

[@readwriter]

Great detective work!! Possibly the only comment that adds something of substance. Thank you!

[@NASS_0]

according to the second part of the B&W source, it is Chicago ( archive.org/details/pet1020r1bchicago ) , and according to a comment it is North Side Halsted Street

[@readwriter]

@@NASS_0 If Chicago, I'm happy, too...my birth town years ago. I want to watch on larger screen to decipher street marker personally. If today (2022) were 25 years ago (before YT), surely someone could have spoken from intimate personal recollection!

[@dickiegreenleaf750]

I agree! I knew right away when I saw it that it definitely wasn’t Chicago. 😊

[@cheddarcheese7928]

The crook running from the coppers makes me wonder about the authenticity of this entire vid…Damn Coppers!!

[@StudSupreme]

everyone is dressed well and the streets are incredibly clean.

[@samanthaperez7859]

They’re always clean in CHI

[@StudSupreme]

@@samanthaperez7859 Really? bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/lacrossetribune.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/3/46/346b784f-443e-5ab1-b2b0-ce08e56939e1/4d5eec81590ad.image.jpg

[@PepperCyanide]

Whether Chicago or LA---more videos of old Chicago, please 😭💘 Thanks for uploading!

[@yossifelder6775]

2:26😁🤣

[@CiBi1968]

Now this is the sort of stuff KZbin is really for ... Not jumped up fake teenagers trying to be something they are not !

[@FrankieBlueEyes]

Would love to know the story behind that guy the cops were chasing. 😂

[@trueneutral3092]

he probably stole a can of sardines.

[@FrankieBlueEyes]

@@trueneutral3092 Looked like the guy and the cops paused for the camera, likely staged.

[@spockboy]

Beautiful! It feels like some sort of Time Travel Webcam. Please tell me your color workflow. Have one clip I would love to try it on.

[@jamesrockford6700]

That is not Chicago. The police uniforms are not Chicago even for the 1930's and 40's and Chicago never had fire hydrants that looked that way.

[@simmiewilliams5970]

Probably Los Angeles.

[@NASS_0]

according to the second part of the B&W source, it is Chicago ( archive.org/details/pet1020r1bchicago ) , and according to a comment it is North Side Halsted Street

[@billzigrang7005]

@SalNova15 Series 6 LAPD badges were issued beginning 1940.

[@bandicoot5412]

Everyone seems to have great posture and is nicely dressed.

[@Lasourisbelge]

The end is a masterclass ! 🤌🏼

[@joanienovember]

My partner is a retired fire chief and says the fire hydrant is definitely California.

[@cravenmoorehead7099]

Where’s all the shootings and carjackings?

[@jackagopian5349]

Pretty sure this is Los Angeles, CA and not Chicago.

[@BennyTygohome]

I especially like seeing the clothes in windows of the stores. Super interesting. Thank you.

[@BradThePitts]

The best I know, the term "cops" came from the large copper buttons on the Chicago police jackets.

[@GradyPhilpott]

You're correct about the copper buttons, but the term started in England.

[@kingbyouchoob2488]

No one talking selfies or making TikTok videos. I love it.

[@DSUL85]

Crazy because I going to Chicago for the first time ever in 3 days!! Ty

[@justdrive5327]

Cool! I do driving videos in Chicago. The city still holds that classic charm

[@christian2421]

Even tho I would've experience lots of racism I'd still rather live in this old Chicago then nowadays Chicago

[@humzahj.]

This footage is of Los Angeles just by the way

[@davidw7]

Anyone else see the guy running after the 2:20 mark and a few police chasing him LOL.... maybe the guy worked for the mob or petty thief prowling for a victim and I wonder if the police caught up with him ....

[@yossifelder6775]

Only the Jews wear this clothes today

[@MilanNedicSerbia]

Not all of them, only Orthodox Jews.

[@fratzogmopars]

Not Chicago, fire hydrant not like those in Chicago, also the policemen’s badges were a different design back then.

[@varrick1226]

Guy running from the cops at 2:25 lol...

[@JamesChangMusic]

Probably not Chicago, since it's spelled Halsted not Halstead. Also there was filming in the second clip so my guess is Hollywood is more likely

[@matrox]

Cops chasing one of Al Capones henchmen.

[@douglashague2355]

One of my favorite channels ive come across recently. Keep up the great work! I love being able to look back and see what life was like in these times, i do it everyday through my hobby/work of antique collecting and dealing but this is on another level! i belive i have some old film reels of detroit somewhere. If i can find them and get them digitiized id send them oveer to you if interested. Also if i come across any others like that. I have a real big thing for old media so i alway try to save old film photos and recordings when i come across them. It gives me anxiety thinking about all the ones that have ended up destroyed or rotting away in landfills.

[@historiasbiblicas7197]

Is it just me, I noticed that at the end of the video, two policemen running after an individual? Was he a mobster?😂

[@TANTRUMGASM]

This is Los Angeles ., McCadden and Hollywood ..... looking southeast from McCadden across Hollywood . Cheers

[@kenvarnold3659]

Who was the guy running from the cops?! Good film...

[@Eddie_Schantz]

That guy running from the police at 2:25 is indicative of the 1930's Chicago gangster days. This is a great video. Thanks

[@WHEREVER-I-ROAM]

WONDER how many GUNS just walked BYE

[@thehiltongirl]

The guy running from the cops, have to wonder did they ever catch him. 🤔🤔😊

[@LarryFleetwood8675]

If only somebody could find some lost and rare Laurel & Hardy footage, guess all outtakes were destroyed sadly.

[@westfield90]

My beautiful kind selfless Mother who we lost 6 months ago was born in the 1930’s. I wish I could go back in time.

[@truthseeker9945]

Imagine looking back to 2022 and seeing a sea of people with their arse cracks showing and everyone in tracksuits.

[@MikeyRedNose]

I love dressing up like this even today! One of my friends compared me to Arthur Shelby from Peaky Blinders since I've grown a moustache 😂

[@kingofbarons4125]

im fascinated. This is awesome. In the times of Al Capone, Charlie Luciano etc.. when alcohol was prohibited and mafia wars were on the agenda. WW2 hasn’t begun yet.

[@Lothnar5070]

Love how classy people dressed back then, compared to today's trashy fashion

[@aserta]

"You'll never catch me alive, Coppers!"

[@kickrocksnomaticadventures3404]

It's amazing to see how formal that Era was. How I wish I could vist that by gone time.

[@christopherbuckley94]

I wonder why the person at the end was running from the two cops?😂

[@mayramurillo4932]

It is funny how a simple video of a corner take us where want to go back Es divertido ver como un simple video en una esquina nos lleva de vuelta donde quisieramos estar Gracias nass Saludos desde argentina

[@EVV-t7j]

Great job! I like to look at pedestrians in the 30s and 40s of the 20th century.

[@understandingautism1389]

Back when Chicago was safe at night instead of mass shootings

[@corgidog6756]

Wonder if they caught that guy. Looks like he was running much faster than they were chasing.

[@ctwentysevenj6531]

Still on the run,😄

[@jonlo4256]

Crazy how a suit went from dimes to hundreds

[@PHLSU]

tnx for your works!!!!!

[@saul890]

Love your videos NASS , I have fully subscribed to your channel a long time ago , nice work , keep them coming 👍🏾

[@NASS_0]

🙏

[@shaunwest3612]

Great video nass, incredible footage,love the 30s,the cars,the fashion, everyone looks so smart,a snapshot in time, amazing 👌👍😀

[@SA-bq1us]

I wonder what the street corner looks like today

[@mozart579]

Brilliantly done, thank you 👍🏼

[@visionseeker68]

Holy Mackerel, is there a hole in my screen?? I almost fell into that amazing scene from the past!🙃

[@MimiYouyu]

Thanks Nass. People were lighter on their feet in those days.

[@livingintheforest3963]

Wow that was really the Al Capone era of Chicago.

[@leolovett9665]

I liked seeing the cops running near the end, reminded me of old comedies

[@moodyfeverdream]

These are such a treat to watch! Thank you for giving this opportunity of time travelling

[@stephanieparker1250]

The cops chasing that guy lol epic!

[@MoVideoz]

I luv how you remastered some of these videos from 1930 in different cities, it show you how life and culture evolve, this is truly amazing incredible content keep up the great work, we just subscribe to your channel, can you do a Chicago daytime south side video?🤔

[@Lonegan63]

It looks like superfluous footage from some gangster movie of those years, which were so much in vogue. Maybe a low-budget one. The guy running and the police at the end is the closest thing to a movie of that genre.

[@cynthiamincher5154]

Like going back in time

[@alieninosaka3414]

2:26 - 2:36 😲 That was quite a scene!

[@Greywolfgrafix]

Where do you get the sound files for this? You've done a great job putting this together.

[@ctwentysevenj6531]

The police are still looking for the guy they were chasing.

[@C.R.E.A.M-u2g]

Lol😂

[@seandelap8587]

Fascinating trip down memory lane keep them coming.

[@tobystamps2920]

I thought this was just random footage until the police chase. That had to have been staged. Fascinating nonetheless.

[@WICKEDMS]

The guy at the end set it up well. knowing the cities back then the cops handled business. The motorcycle cop seem kind of random lol

[@commandohazelnuts]

This could be Hollywood

[@humzahj.]

It is, Hollywood / McCadden intersection to be exact

[@moviemagg]

I was waiting to see Al Capone appear however at the end the cops chasing that guy almost seems like maybe the camera guy had that bit staged.

[@darkguardian1314]

At the height of the gang wars... Prohibition was still in effect for another three years and somewhere in the city, Al Capone was living up the nightlife.

[@sheriboop]

Man, I just love this, and the people were dressed so nice and classy. By the way, around what year was that? Thanks for sharing! 🙏♥️🙏

[@Voltomess]

it says 30's in the title sweetheart

[@sheriboop]

@@Voltomess Thanks, I didn't even notice, I was too in a hurry to look at it. Lol

[@arjivar]

By that time Alcapone was locked up in Alcatraz. I had hoped to see him show up in his car.

[@crusinclassicslucas6218]

Hey NASS your next video should be Los Angeles at night in the 1940s with color remaster

[@humzahj.]

Well this footage is of Los Angeles, so maybe the next one should actually be of Chicago

[@ЛеванГогуа-о2с]

Nass,Thank you for giving us so much joy so often!❤️🌹

[@TestTubeBabySpy]

I don't think its chicago

[@a902l9]

2:44 That officer got thick thighs😅

[@Cheloluis2003]

2:26 holy cow, I wonder what the heck happened here 😮

[@abohosamabohosam4178]

If I wasn't sure this movie was real from that era 1930s ... I can bet it was filmed in 2022 AD.

[@anoshya]

Very little obesity

[@Anbeyaa]

{ قلۡ ءامنا بالله وماۤ أنزل علیۡنا وماۤ أنزل علىٰۤ إبۡر ٰ⁠هیم وإسۡمٰعیل وإسۡحٰق ویعۡقوب والۡأسۡباط وماۤ أوتی موسىٰ وعیسىٰ والنبیون من ربهمۡ لا نفرق بیۡن أحدࣲ منۡهمۡ ونحۡن لهۥ مسۡلمون ومن یبۡتغ غیۡر الۡإسۡلٰم دینࣰا فلن یقۡبل منۡه وهو فی الۡٔاخرة من الۡخٰسرین } سورة آل عمۡران: ٨٤-٨٥

[@amralkhatib5031]

2:25 that's what i was waiting for 😂

[@sdb3039]

You wouldn't want to be there after dark these days

[@humzahj.]

First of all this is Los Angeles in the footage Secondly the Chicago Loop is quite safe, and one of the most architecturally endowed parts of America.

[@glennabate1708]

Was that a real chase? Probably not to bad we can’t ask anybody because there all dead. Kind of spooky watching these ghosts.

[@veggiedisease123]

Definitely outtakes from a film