Los Angeles The 70s

[@whatthe2567]

The scene at 0:29 where the driver flashed the peace sign while his passenger looked like he was about ready to punch him in the face was priceless.

[@OwenLoney]

True, classic !

[@RicketyRocket]

I feel like these people had no Idea how cool their cars really were.

[@Retsler54]

I did not understand in 1982 how awesome our toy stores were. I do not raise my camera today for much but there are still some neat trucks.

[@IAm-qf2xb]

Dafuk we didn’t know

[@Tonytheman214]

It was great growing up In those times and I want to go back 🔙

[@francescoschiano929]

Same

[@rockthesix1679]

Great to see a video of a time when the most obscure car was brand new. Some are now sought after classics. Sad that 40 yrs from now the Prius will be looked at the same way. 😖

[@alexo.3758]

Why a prius tho

[@notesleb]

incredible footage

[@ThePLAYBC]

Why does it looks so wealthy and polished unlike today ?

[@ВладиславЙорданов-ч3с]

Great car ❤️

[@DaddyRobotX15]

00:45 minutes = HF, that dude was a time travelling disposable vape user from the future!

[@rocfella]

hell yeah, give me sexy limousines, coupes and verts instead of ugly minivans, crossovers and lifted hatchbacks

[@ernestcastro6238]

I miss my 1969 VW.

[@tscooter22]

Loved it! I'm a gearhead, so to me seeing old cars in their prime is very entertaining. I saw a few cars like the ones I owned back in the day. Thanks for the video!!

[@queengoddess8552]

OK 👌 😎 cool

[@matthewpaanotorres7309]

Agreed.

[@ellisjackson3355]

I love those super beetles and 64 impalas. To me those cars are synonymous with so cal

[@marcob4630]

Cars looked by far better then our goddamned SUVs!

[@jaypheet5096]

they do look better then suv

[@43520tom]

Not to mention the hideous crossovers 😝

[@marcob4630]

@@jaypheet5096 : yesss!

[@marcob4630]

Even worse! There is no elegance and beauty more: just finished !

[@Bhaidostyaar]

Bruh Real SUVs like blazers suburbans looked good. Only crossovers are the shitty things

[@dburch7894]

The 70’s in LA! Far out. Good times.

[@josephreese664]

I can't describe with words how beautiful this is.🤗

[@stuckinthe90sThegoldenera]

Thanks, I was just driving around one day and started recording. Never knew this video would become a classic on KZbin.

[@epigwaitthistory]

Was

[@TuckFinn831]

@@epigwaitthistory before crack lol

[@MTC008]

i think this video is from 1980s not 1970s, the police car in 3:18 is a chevrolet caprice model of 1985-1989

[@civlyzed]

@@MTC008 Good catch! That does appear to be an updated version of the 3rd generation Caprice. I know there was an update for the 80-85 model years, and another update for the 86-90 model years, but since I can't see the headlamps, I can't tell which model it is.

[@callemoreus794]

So in love with 70's Cali

[@francescoschiano929]

Same

[@WorldReserveCurrency]

Seeing all those people into their cars just brings a smile. I love LA of the 70s.

[@MTC008]

i think this video is from 1980s not 1970s, the police car in 3:18 is a chevrolet caprice model of 1985-1989

[@chevycaprice87]

@@MTC008 It might be 1977-79 Impala

[@marcob4630]

There was more optimism - the future was bright : it's quite evident

[@aaronbaraiya3692]

​@MTC008 yeah I noticed that as well, I think it was from the 80s as well

[@Rowlandph]

If we'd KNOWN how bad things were going to get...we'd have had MORE fun!...:)

[@00.388]

Rowlandph you’re lucky as fuck

[@johnnada586]

Are you kidding? I don’t think it was possible to have more fun . I was arrested 3 times for having too much fun ( 1 DUI ,1 possession of marijuana, 1 time for being in a place where marijuana was being smoked ( cops had no evidence because I ate it ) Stones , zeppelin, who , dead etc concerts Big Sur , Yosemite hiking , So Cal beach’s, beautiful So Cal girls in tube tops and cut off Levi’s. Oh yeah . I did end up paying a price for starting so late into adulthood but it was worth it .

[@MrCoconutcat]

The way things are nowadays, we should have world war 3 and get it over with, so we can get back to organizing the fun we should be having

[@GiveItUpDot]

@@MrCoconutcat STFU idiot

[@jazzgamingKANAAL]

coconutcatman LOOK WHAT HAPPEND BRO WTF DID U DO

[@Sigmund619]

Can't wait for facial recognition, chip implantation, and self driving cars. Yeah right! I want to go back to the 70's. Badass cars, music, vinyl, etc.

[@aidans9010]

tell me about it mate

[@jonathanlawson4667]

Agreed

[@valerievanderwood7411]

Please take me with you I love the 70s

[@s.h9325]

Call me when u leaving bruh.. Imma come with ya

[@walter2450]

Self driving cars are gonna be way safer

[@deanbrandt2748]

I wish I could go back in time. Today’s times are shit. 😞

[@los4ngeles]

Real American cars !!!!

[@felipeaugusto5592]

And beetles.

[@SuperPattab]

@@felipeaugusto5592 And Volvo, BMW, Mercedes,Opel, Mazda, Toyota.... But the american cars a real rear wheel drive typical of this era.

[@Tonytheman214]

Back in those days the cars were so easy to fix and required no computer to tell you there is a misfire These days you connect a scanner that tells you that there are multiple misfires detected and my answer is -no shit - and 200$ later

[@Tonytheman214]

You mean it has become central america because the Mexicans have been here long before it became america and they were the true native americans but even though I wish I could go back to 1975 and re- visit soul train and and many other shows we had and people of All ethnicity got along and now thanks to the internet our social ability just gone down what 80 fuckin percent

[@marcob4630]

exactly!!

[@notsostaticezequiel4054]

My neighbor once told me that by 1975, everyone would have there cars from the 60s and 70s but he would still be driving his 1956 Chevy bel air. (As of 2021, he still has it and it drives like a dream)

[@notsostaticezequiel4054]

@Vegas same here😆, I drive a 1999 Ford F-150 and it still drives like a charm👌🏽

[@notsostaticezequiel4054]

@Vegas probably not especially if the person drives like a manic or doesn’t do maintenance on time.

[@notsostaticezequiel4054]

@Vegas sheesh but with prices like that is the main reason why I prefer to buy cars from the 90s or early 2000s

[@notsostaticezequiel4054]

@Vegas same here

[@PedroHenrique-uf7vr]

he got taste

[@caroletalaway5132]

My favorite decade. I lived in Hollywood and had some great times. This brings back memories.

[@Hi_Google]

You should blog about those days. Because we want to know the beauty of that time and splace

[@TheListenerCanon]

@@Hi_Google Splace?

[@Hi_Google]

@@TheListenerCanon sorry typo error. I meant "space"

[@TheListenerCanon]

@@Hi_Google Yeah I figured. I was kidding.

[@marcmenard9121]

Nice...I Bet P-Funk & The Mothership Was Rocki'n Back Then..

[@Roberto9696-q7s]

Those cars are absolutely beautiful.

[@abc33944]

its a shame the us car buyer sold out to foreign competitors

[@stevepiner2094]

Back in the day when cars had style. You could tell the difference between a Ford, a Chevy, and a Chrysler. Today's cars look like pills with wheels.

[@robertopm8810]

Yes. You are absolutely right. Today's cars looks almost the same. The designers seems to have studied at Hyundai's design department.

[@nobrang5146]

No, you are absolutely wrong. Welcome to the future, things change, not everything can look the same. Stop acting like boomers, seriously "pills on wheels" tf is that supposed to mean? Now you sound like a childish boomer

[@nobrang5146]

70s/60s cars look the same too, not gonna lie, just look at them, the same curves and angels. All seem just boxy, cars today definitely have more variety if you pay attention to them.

[@lenblack1462]

Are you really going to confuse the Chrysler 300 with the Ford Taurus or the Chevy Impala?

[@pierrepinson2906]

🌐Except French cars look always different, quirkly😉. RENAULT TWIZZY, Renault Talisman, CITROËN C6, CITROËN Cactus, Peugeot 508, DS 9.

[@gli7utubeo]

L.A. was strangely peaceful and livable back in the early 80s. Even the traffic was OK and driving on the freeways back then was civilized.

[@LAWoman323213]

rrrrr Statistically speaking, L.A. is actually “peaceful” now. The rate of crime was a lot higher back then.

[@662wc5]

Your perception doesn't match reality. LA was in the midst of the PCP epidemic in the early '80s with drive-by shootings and turfs wars between street gangs like the Crips and Bloods. I know it's just a movie, but watch the movie "Colors" from the mid '80s for a taste of what was going on in LA at that time. The violent crime rate was double in the '80s what it is now and "Illegals" were every bit the problem back then that they are now.. As for "livability" of LA in the early '80s, smog was so much worse than now, and gasoline prices and interest rates for cars and homes were through the roof with the prime rate pushing 20%. Yeah, there were fewer cars and people in SoCal back then, but there were also fewer freeways and the ones that were there had fewer lanes, no diamond lanes, etc. I lived there then and now and there are things I miss about the '80s, but also things I don't miss. Both then and now have pros and cons.

[@dannymain542]

@@662wc5 Thank you! Finally someone who sees that not everything in the past was better.

[@kevintennert5290]

@@662wc5 Brilliant! You belong to the few who could actually analyze information and past experience and come to a sensible conclusion. Pollution was high; environmental concerns were low on the priority list. Compton and neighboring communities were a cesspool of gang warfare and violence. Then came the riots of 1992.

[@briankelly9347]

@@662wc5 Yes But it was a rare thing buddy it looked fine on the outside

[@tammybrown4901]

Loved the 70s best times of my life.

[@emilyguerrero2738]

Really tell me about it. How is your day going?

[@meadowsmydog]

Interesting video, but it's not just from the 70s. As noted below, some footage is from the 60s. Also, the Chevy police car at 3:20 is an early 1980's model, and also a K car (1980s) from the same clip.

[@thetexanladd]

That's what I'm saying! That particular generation of the Chevy Caprice didn't become more widespread until the 1980s. That clip from 2:57 to 3:27 seems to be from the latter half of the early 1980s (as in 1982 or especially 1983) to the mid-1980s. Hell, maybe it's even from the late 80s, but I'm unsure. It certainly isn't the 70s, that's for sure.

[@brianbrinkman7964]

I thought so!

[@ItsIdaho]

I kind of feel sad for this long gone Era.

[@marcob4630]

me too!

[@TheBanjoShowOfficial]

The fact that someone in 1970 that was 20 years old then would be 73 years old today is really fucking scary to me

[@christophermyers3758]

Cars of the 70's were so much better looking than the rolling "suppositories" of today! 🤣😂🤣 I remember Giorgio's in Beverly Hills... went there once while in college on the 80's, with a couple of friends. The girl tried on $2,000.00 cocktail dresses for fun, while my other friend and I had glass of wine while browsing cashmere sweaters, and checking out the pool table! 🥂🎱 We managed to see Larry Gatlin of the "Gatlin Brothers" leaving with a suit from Jerry Magnin, and Richard Simmons walking on the sidewalk. 😎 Oh, the good old days in LA, before it went to shit! 😝

[@DavidSmith-is4ph]

Look how clean and civilized California was before it turned into Mexico.

[@buzzkilr1675]

Thanks for ruining a perfectly wonderful trip down memory lane with your christo-facist racism!!! What a POS!!!

[@rishavsahay2367]

That was the golden era. No phone calls no depression

[@milfordcivic6755]

There were plenty of phone calls and depression. People chose to suffer instead of talking about it.

[@platinumencasedpenile4812]

@@milfordcivic6755 Very true. I feel like people forget the 70s had its own problems.

[@Minceontoast2]

@@milfordcivic6755 You know what he means idiot Smart phones

[@lisamarielund6292]

Having A/C in your car was a luxury back then Everybody is driving with the windows down & no seat belts.

[@antonioederlopezlopez7341]

And most of them made it just fine, now everyone has seatbelds and they die because they were looking at the phone

[@redtra236]

Most of the cars had seatbelts by then(not the old ones) but hardly anyone used them lol

[@bradparris99]

@@redtra236 Yeah, seat belt use was almost nonexistent. I was that rare teenager back then that wore both the lap and shoulder belts when I drove. Aside from the obvious safety aspect of buckling up, the car actually drove and handled better with the belts buckled. It was my grandfather's hand me down 1970 Buick Electra. One night a couple of years later the belts along with the size and quality of the Electra saved me in a head on collision with a drunk driver in a Chevrolet suburban. The general driving population was just too dumb and lazy to buckle up. My Electra had separate lap and shoulder belts with two separate buckles to fasten which most thought was a terrible inconvenience. I always got in the car, pushed in the cigarette lighter, buckled up both belts, lit a cigarette and then drove off. Two habits that continue to this day.

[@redtra236]

@@bradparris99 I think smoking daily is more likely to end your life early than not wearing seat belts lol, but yeah wearing them is a good idea.

[@bradparris99]

@@redtra236 You are probably correct, but the seat belts most likely saved my life or at least prevented serious injuries when I was in a head on collision when I was 20. The jury is still out on the smoking habit.

[@ttacoman1234]

wish I grew up in the 70s

[@BillyBJohnson]

ttacoman1234 I grew up in the 80s LA got ruined in the late 80s my opinion

[@7392318]

I did. You didn’t miss anything.

[@splashnskillz37]

I wish I could travel through time, shape shift, turn invisible, go through objects and walls like a ghost, be anyone or anything I wanted to be

[@oknice65wow20]

I did your not missing anything dude. Enjoy nowadays cos I am more then I did then

[@floydfletcher4313]

The seventies sucked

[@ThemeParkPatrol]

This is actually some high quality footage... real nice to see ^^

[@emilyguerrero2738]

So lovely. How is your day going?

[@francescoschiano929]

Damn i wish i would've grew up in the 70's, what a time to be alive, i've seen 13 beetles in this video btw

[@guomondur9248]

VW bpBeetle use to be good reliable car, now it’s Honda Civics

[@sandybanks2865]

I was a teenager then in Los Angeles how I wish I could go back in time if I knew what was coming I would have treasured every single day …. Those were the days my friend I loved the sixties even more!!!! Everything changed in the early eighties!

[@ted.angell7609]

The Beetle was the most common car in America for a few years. Remember when the Auto Trader was chock-full of them? Now you hardly ever see one, at least the old style.

[@760jjsole8]

cool. reminds me of CHiPs episodes.

[@dirtymikeandtheboyz2570]

Good point lol

[@catnip1ca]

I'm waiting for Starsky and Hutch come ripping around a corner !

[@beezertwelvewashingbeard8703]

1977, same year the show started.

[@Tonytheman214]

Chips was the best and I have every episode on Dvd

[@DavidinSLO]

Thanks for posting. Someone from the 1970's would be shocked how clean L.A.'s air is today (those cars were actually rolling chimneys) ... and how crappy pretty much everything else is.

[@MrStrocube]

Yeah, about the only thing that has actually improved since that time is air quality. Smog was WAY worse back then compared to what it is now, even with more cars on the road these days. I can remember major smog alerts and PE being canceled at school because the air was so bad. LA was covered in a perpetual brown cloud of toxic air. This must have been filmed on an rare clear day, maybe after a bit of rain.

[@queengoddess8552]

👍 True factz

[@jimkeskey]

Yep. The smog is mostly gone and your eyes don't burn anymore. But the city went to hell and they might as well bulldoze it at this point.

[@mmartin5707]

The air was bad late 60’s but not every single day. We had pretty wet years where the air was cleaned out consistently and vehicle smog systems were around by mid 70’s. Some days were better than others. Even though life is easier now people still think it’s difficult today. Those cars you see broke down constantly. There was not much comfort for the little guy with no pc’s, no cell phones, no vcrs or dvds, no laptops, cars that really underperformed compared to today, no cable tv (just a few channels).

[@jimkeskey]

@@mmartin5707 Comfort is what you make of it. We didn't have PC's or cell phones or vcr's but we didn't need them or want them because they didn't exist. We were plenty comfortable back then and we never longed for anything more.

[@WhoCares-nw9uj]

Funny how people are actually happy and smile and wave at the camera nothing like today everyones miserable

[@vitothepizzaguy7475]

Imagine being born in the 40s living through the 50sthe 60s and the 70s only to live in today's world

[@metalmopars]

Since the 1990's the world has been just one big shithole.

[@mrchopsticks3]

I was born in the 70's and I think that about having lived through the 80's, 90's, 2000's, and now today's crappy world.

[@mrchopsticks3]

@Taint Magnet So a culture of everyone staring at screens and relying on the Internet for everything is your idea of a quality life?

[@mrchopsticks3]

@Taint Magnet What do you do?

[@Faoijhfr4rsgioi]

Im not surprised so many people made suicide in 80s they just wanned good ending

[@boreal75]

When Starsky and Hutch could suddenly appear, ripping in a corner in the red Torino ! 😀 Ticket for the 70s, one-way please..!

[@RayfieldA]

Seeing how things are today in 2022, I sometimes have to take a look back to see how it was. Things seem so messed up today that I'm really missin several yesterdays.

[@Nicole-rj4xz]

Agreed…

[@Trollinskyy]

Shoulda voted for Larry fam

[@dieguitoviajero5183]

Cars and clothes. The only two things that tell us what decade are we watching.. Oh yes, and banners!

[@chrisbean]

A whole different era. Wow!!! Amazing!!!!

[@TheScaryTruthCatalyst]

Don't forget folks, times were hard back then too. As my old man used to say: "We didn't have a pot to piss in, or a window to throw it out of". 😉

[@GeorgeVreelandHill]

Hard to look at L.A. today and think that it was like this at one time.

[@nativetexanful]

Clean streets, better-dressed people, and very few homeless. For sure, those were better times. Rents were affordable back then, too.

[@thecraplordsell4575]

@@Luca-nu2zg Dude LA was very diverse back than. The problem is just politics.

[@Iceify_]

One thing that wasn’t better was crime. Crime was way worse in l.a back then.

[@chuckenmcnuggets4464]

Inveigh oh yeah and pollution but la had way better clean streets in the 70s and 80s it has always been a mess in la

[@buzzkilr1675]

@@nativetexanful My son lives near Sunset and Hillhurst and the rent he pays for just a bedroom is outrageous!!! I don't know how people can afford living there now.

[@SAMPLETEXT285]

So many good cars so hard to find today

[@jlg5798]

Most of those cars you mentioned were junk anyways

[@julien23lastchristmas2]

All customs

[@lgndnhswnmnd]

Boyle Heights, was my Beverly Hills, Lorena St Elementary School, Stevenson Junior High School

[@alanfoster6589]

Norm's restaurant 1:00. Wife worked there before I met her.

[@TH3DANKs]

Volkswagen Bugs everywhere! Love it!

[@chargermaster586]

Those were solid tanks They were the Toyota Corolla and Honda Civic of the day.

[@arden40]

It's kind of amazing how much things changed back then in terms of clothing, cars, etc. Like in this video from the late '70s, those characteristics are radically different than say just 10 years later in the late '80s, which was radically different than another 10 years later in the late '90s. But if you look at the way things are evolving now, I would argue that fashion, cars, and other elements of design that are typically products of their time are far less different than 10 or even 15 years ago as they used to be. Does that make sense?

[@tammybrown4901]

Yes absolutley

[@tomhext1229]

Yes, I agree

[@mihaibratu2001]

@martinwheatley7218 wdym? 2000s we had terrible pop and plastic toy cars being sold to us. 2010s we had prank videos, vlogs and Teslas.

[@G_STYLIN]

Lowriding still the same since the 70's props to the chicano community that keep things old school

[@jaypheet5096]

0:15 love the jumping cars 3:17 nice!

[@uranus1970]

The vid. is showing a 1984 lincoln mark vii, 80s chevy impala police car and 80s datsun pickup!

[@ElRadioDJ913]

Back when life was much simpler.

[@42luke93]

I wonder what I would be doing now then. Probably better off in the 70s

[@Vincent_Pilsen]

70's Lowriders in the 70's... BEAUTIFUL... And now, it makes me sad think that almost all of the cars shown in the video are scrap

[@thetrollveller5626]

What a time to have been alive

[@RobtheAviator]

No time like the present to be alive. Someday people will look back on now as the golden age.

[@III_lxrd_III]

@@RobtheAviator fr

[@kennethj1956]

Today in 2022 will be the nostalgia you yearn for 30 years from now. You'd better soak it up now people.

[@MrMechanicalMonstrosity]

No way man not at all,

[@smokelakes]

@@MrMechanicalMonstrosity You really have no clue just how much things are going to change, do you? You'll be dreamin of these days in 30 years hah

[@MrMechanicalMonstrosity]

@smokelakes nothing good has happened honestly, just look around. The olds days I personally feel was better because of well everything, the food was healthier, everything was cheaper stuff was built to last and with love, modern phones and cars fail after a couple of years, I drive 3 classic 70s muslce cars they still run !

[@xq39]

Its so satisfying to see all the vehicles are cars, and not a single suv anywhere.

[@bobsmithinson2050]

The two brownish colored (condos?) towers at 3:49 no longer exist. Were they demolished? They are huge!

[@bobsmithinson2050]

After extensive further research, I’m concluding that those towers aren’t real. They were perhaps added to the footage to possibly give the impression of a fuller bigger city, or perhaps a “proposal” to the then new bunker hill project. Now that I look, their coloring and shading don’t match the rest of the video.

[@smd-tr9jl]

@@bobsmithinson2050 for real tho, this footage is kinda cool but is most definitely made with intent of selling it, definitely doesnt do a justice for the real 60s 70s and 80s la and i also believe it has some edited parts in it

[@livingintheforest3963]

Great music then, men were men and women were women!!! ❤️❤️

[@jszoradi8650]

Who wishes we could just go back to this time?

[@Mr.NoName1972]

I do. At least for one whole month. It would feel like a great vacation.

[@TheRedDevil_NC]

its like the joy I felt in the back seat of my parents 72 Ford LTD Stationwagon just seeing the world knowing this was as good as it gets. Thank you

[@Icureditwithmybrain]

Back then going outside was the internet.

[@captainjohn7833]

Love those Cars! Nothin like a big'ol Detroit ! 🚬👓...

[@laod7192]

Unbelievable. Didn't know that in LA no one uses turn signal since the 70s.

[@nikkipacheco6835]

Both NY & LA in the 70's was very historical & awesome 👍

[@MPerry-ox9qb]

NYC wasn’t a great place in the 70’s and it’s quickly returning to that again.

[@nikkipacheco6835]

@@MPerry-ox9qb I guess it depends on what your into & how you look at it

[@shrayesraman5192]

I love LA but the truth is that it was very dangerous starting in the 70s and peaking in the 90s. Now it is pretty safe for the most part.

[@nikkipacheco6835]

@@shrayesraman5192 I agree 💯 I grew up in the late 80' early 90's in LA very dangerous lots of drive-by's car jackings ECT..but now it's just as crazy I think but in a whole nether way

[@sachsgs2509]

There were more VW beetles here then in Europe lol. Also I saw an Opel cadett and a yellow Ascona, a few BMWs,lots of Datsun and tons of Caprice.

[@jeffmorse645]

Late teens when this was filmed. Miss those times in California. State didn't seem as screwed up as it is now.

[@dawnburdette3001]

Yes yes I remember me and my Low Rider boyfriend .. always rode around in his 1965 implala crushing around Hollywood ♥️❤️

[@mr.turtle2589]

it’s crazy to think that cars back then were normal vehicles but now if you see one now it’s like a shrine or something

[@johna.4334]

So many beautiful Impalas.

[@cynthiapickett7403]

The days before Downtown L.A. was a sea of high rise lofts and condos.

[@DeflatingAtheism]

Those downtown skyscrapers at the end looked _really_ slummy. I wouldn't have thought it was even L.A. if I didn't recognize the Westin Bonaventure hotel.

[@stevestevens691]

@@DeflatingAtheism Are those two goldish twin high rises super imposed? They really look as if so.

[@DeflatingAtheism]

@@stevestevens691 That's what other people in the comments say, though no one seems to know why.

[@tancreddehauteville764]

I can imagine Jim Rockford driving his banged up old car along these streets and also detectives Starsky and Hutch chasing some punks in their Gran Torino. 😁

[@TheMerryPup]

Good beat. Easy to dance to. I'll give it a 9!

[@rgarcia2418]

Driving around in my 1969 Chevy Nova in Hollywood to get to my high school while listening to AWB.

[@tammybrown4901]

My first was a 69 chevy nova

[@magnussvensson5304]

00:45 There was an Opel kadett! Small american/german car :). Thanks for the video upload.

[@plutoniusis]

Opel under GM, also appeared Opel Manta( yellow one) 02:20.

[@magnussvensson5304]

@@plutoniusis nice yellow one. Thanks!

[@leetate1963]

I was born in LA 1963 so I'm somewhere nearby at this time playing or in school

[@glenrosenberg4300]

i miss California in the seventies now the place sucks

[@hectorlabbe]

Perfect song for a great quality video!!! At any moment I was imagining seeing Ponch & John from Chips! Thanks for posting 😉

[@VenatorVeritatis]

Why does the old American cars look sooooo f ing beautiful? I just get in Trance when I see old muscle cars and can’t do anything but staring at them…

[@jpolar394]

No cellphone zombies or text message zombies around anywhere. YEAH ! 😁😁😁

[@jpolar394]

@@Z28-h2y ......For your information I happen to be at home using a desktop computer. In matter of fact, I don't own a smartphone, I own a flip phone. When I go out, I enjoy being a human, the phone stays home. If someone wants me, let them wait until I get back home.

[@tyres123]

@@Z28-h2y He is one of those people who believes not using a phone means he's more human.

[@webuyhouse8917]

@IPA SOLÉ no he’s not he’s realistic and knows we don’t live in the Stone Age anymore go pay your taxes or something

[@smd-tr9jl]

@@Z28-h2y im sorry but phones are amazing devices used for the wrong purposes 99% of the time, you can even have and use a phone and still be realistic and admit that things like twitter and tik tok for example are part of the reason society nowadays is such a mess

[@JosephusXIX]

Very cool that they decided to document all this on video. Nice clear footage. Simpler times.

[@catlady7773]

The picture quality of this video is outstanding! It's like it was just filmed with our cameras of today!

[@ArmpitStudios]

Outstanding? Looks horrible to me, especially the clip that has terrible deinterlacing going on.

[@darrellpasion8925]

Looks outstanding considering it's over 40 years old.

[@jjrrhh1983]

@@ArmpitStudios oh stop it!! Enjoy this beautiful 70s time machine video for what it is.

[@ArmpitStudios]

@@jjrrhh1983 Can't. I have standards.

[@jjrrhh1983]

@@ArmpitStudios sure you can guy!!

[@sel1714]

I just saw a girl riding her bike in the video and it put a smile on my face because you don’t see that anymore.

[@smd-tr9jl]

you should totally look up amsterdam

[@Richard-Allen]

I hate to ruin your fun but this was filmed in many years some of the footage is from the 68 and 69 some from 72-73 and the majority from the mid 70's with some from april 1981 I was in the background of this driving the silver sedan at 0:05

[@smd-tr9jl]

absolutely, another comment points out a 84 lincoln at the 3 minute mark, still amazing footage although i think its kind of a sin to post it with a watermark lmao even if they got the license version in the site they could have posted a sample without the watermark imo

[@deenice9169]

LA’s and NYC’s days as the top cities are long gone IMO. They had so much diversity, affordability and just such a amazing aura to them. The flavor of the cities is what made them great. But I think it’s over.

[@magamaga1827]

As a life long NYer of 50 years, agree that NYC is crap these days but it was actually a lot less diverse back in the 70s/80s. It was still vast majority white neighborhoods. Irish/Italian/Jews/German/Polish/Greeks. Every hood had a certain "white" flavor for sure. But nowadays very few authentic NYers left. Mostly foreigners, wealthy transients and poor illegal aliens.

[@deenice9169]

@@magamaga1827 yup I agree w you. It’s mostly just bland people now. No culture to it. I feel all the natives are moving out. Everyone I went to school with either moved out or has to live w their parents to be able to live in NYC

[@troysierra5228]

Okay everyone, it's nice to be nostalgic, and claim how wonder it was. But in reality: Los Angeles in the 70's had the highest rate of serial kills, smog so intense that per year had red codes in the highest amounts. You couldn't see downtown skyscrapers from 2 miles away. Due to the OPEC oil shortage. Had the highest vehicle waiting lines in gasoline stations in the country. With no real public transportation. The only thing LA had in the 70's as opposed to now, was a sizable middle class white community that worked for the aerospace industry during the cold war. Unfortunately, that ended with the collapse of communism in the late 80's, and with that white flight from suburban Los Angeles!

[@briankelly9347]

Eh who,cares

[@DevonFerguson.]

Besides all the problems it’s still really cool

[@Tahos72]

3:03 80s because . The pickup datson model 1982

[@Foxyoso]

Niiiice! The good ol days. Not like now when every car looks the same. 👍

[@MrDjh66]

Love the 67 RS Camaro in beginning I have the same one but in a convertable

[@Quipson]

Saw my 1977 Chevy Nova, except mine was a two door!

[@melanyuxart6153]

Those cars... they are so magnificents!!! Amazing looking cars are there 💕

[@dan-xxx-8713]

So nice to see people smiling and waving at the camera at the beginning, now everybody is paranoid and agressive....I saw a similar vid about 1968/70..the cam man was under the people on the streets...poeple smiling waving throwing up peace signs :D

[@jpowell2603]

This was also a time when people had real conversations witheach other. No Facebook no instagram no video calling just real chat.

[@42luke93]

2:52 Never knew Yellow Walls were a thing!

[@aftoncooper1984]

3.40 is a special effect!!! there were no twins building!

[@GiveItUpDot]

3:40

[@peterGu895]

yoan yoann that’s so stupid why was that edited in?

[@hajjdawood]

Back when California was a republican state, what a difference.

[@sunrah4469]

AWB "I'M THE ONE" FONKAY 😎 & DEFINITELY ROCKING ALL THE HOUSE PARTIES IN SOUTH L.A IN '75

[@FerrariCarr]

Not a single SUV in sight. Dynamite!

[@sonic_genesis]

0:52 Norms have not change