Driving Los Angeles 1950's

[@WAL_DC-6B]

Notice the billboard on the left at :20 advertising American Airlines "4 fabulous ONE-STOP (Douglas) DC-6 Flagships" to New York in just over 9 hours. That was cross country, propeller, air travel back in the early 1950s.

[@caliemm4558]

Rarety of bikes, all classic cars, awesome soundtrack....wonderful

[@JohnSmith-cf4gn]

I was a kid throughout the 50s and I would love to go back.

[@rocknrollschool6099]

EXCELENTE

[@rgarizonahomestead2729]

some 30 yrs later i worked in la for 32 yrs what a change from then to now thanks for taking us back in time and have a great day

[@ghostpuppet31]

I imagined myself in the vehicle, shouting to the people "buy Apple stock, when you can" ! Lol!

[@jamesdouglas5450]

Great black and white video from early 50s love the cars and people place looks very clean too

[@matrox]

✊

[@jesusgomez492]

What an interesting video, and the cars, the fashions of the changing rooms, and the great wide avenues....

[@precbsfender]

When life was much simpler, post war America, best era ever..

[@nickcormier8571]

Saw an advertisement for a bomb shelter.

[@juliopaz7413]

Qué excelente ver este video,es volver a los inicios del transporte y de la mejor música de los años 50 y 60 TAS gracias.

[@pettermillar4158]

I wish I lived in those years.

[@marcoshernandez6588]

Que epoca mas bonita que elegancia que limpio lindad ciudad. Ahora bien moderna la prefiero Como la de esa epoca. Mi epoca es la de los 80 en los angeles hasta la fecha en lo barrios de la pico bulevard

[@leonelgaldiano326]

Lindo demais. Parabéns pela música.

[@hebneh]

This is 1951. The vehicles have '51 California plates, without the metal tabs used in 1952.

[@TheBohemianAngels]

That's heading West on Wilshire Blvd. One can see the La Brea tarpits on the left side of the screen around the 2.15 of the video and eventually passing the old May Co. building on the corner of Wilshire and Fairfax.

[@matrox]

I saw absolutely no one get carjacked, robbed or raped in this flick.☝😁

[@raypeters4525]

NEWEST CARS SEEN, THIS FILM, 1951 CHEVY, STUDEBAKER !

[@sfeddie1]

I sure would like to own that Willys pickup truck at 0:20. If you can find one now they are pricey.

[@matrox]

Jeep makes them now....as the Gladiator✊😝

[@sfeddie1]

@@matroxYeah, but those old Willys had character all their own.

[@VinylToVideo]

I wonder if Carnation and the other advertisers expected to still get bang for their buck 70 years later!

[@gordon3186]

They ere all over the road. i'm surprised there weren't a whole lot of fender benders...

[@shawniegee1635]

It was so clean!!

[@virsapiensfortisest922]

I think America peaked in the 50’s

[@matrox]

Americas peak was mid late 50s to early 60s. Glad I got to experience some of it before American degradation in the late 70s to the current massive sh1thole we have now.

[@WAL_DC-6B]

@@matrox Back in the 1950s lifespans were shorter (much of it due to nearly half the country smoking cigarettes), polio was a disease that still had no vaccine to protect against, you were nearly twice as likely to die in an automobile accident than today and if you were non-white, well expect your share of racial discrimination especially when traveling.

[@JohnSmith-cf4gn]

@@WAL_DC-6B So what, it was still the best decade this country has ever seen.

[@peterkamau5354]

The year is 2100: Porsche's are museum artifacts🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@luna2049Rush]

Most of those people are already dead.

[@billramsey2337]

Wait, I didn't see any sidewalk tents or homeless crack heads!

[@josefinahuertalopez4153]

Todos trabajan 2 turnos dopados asta el extremo

[@robertdunn6064]

women wore dresses

[@JM-gh8pl]

Bomb Shelter advertised for $795

[@josefinahuertalopez4153]

Las amas de casa eran ejemplo de droga y alcohol

[@davemckolanis4683]

Knowing Bathtub Mercuries, The Newest One I Saw Was A 1950. No 51's Though...

[@danielmoran9902]

I'm watching this think Bukowski could well be trotting about there, somewhere, maybe on his way to a crappy job or an even crappier bar..... RIP, Buk. X

[@williammizebee]

Heh no traffic light what up with that? No signs stop yield caution?😁😄🥲🙄