Massachusetts 1920s in color [60fps, Remastered] w/sound design added

I colorized, restored and created a sound design for this video of trolley ride through Downtown New Bedford, MA in 1921 great scenes of an era gone by 103 years ago, Produced by The Union Street Railway Co. commemorating 45 years of service, Fort Phoenix Beach in Fairhaven, MA and Lincoln Park
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)
✔added sound 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: The Union Street Railway Co.
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[@NASS_0]

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[@Baskerville22]

Are the old guys at 6.08 Civil War veterans ?

[@jessebaldwin2661]

Everyone except for the horses wore hats back then! Incredible vintage video restored to perfection. Thanks for sharing it.

[@NASS_0]

Thank you

[@Inspadave]

Thank g_d we got away from that.

[@user-es3dr5xk8f]

@@Inspadave thx for censoring god so nobidy gets offended

[@ayrtonuliana3331]

Nessa época que eu gostaria de ter vivido...

[@sergmadzonni5637]

It was 100 years ago. Beautiful people, beautiful town. Magical atmosphere! My granny was born in 1918. Thank you for the beautiful video!!!

[@NASS_0]

Thank you

[@Voltomess]

mine too same year but she died in 90's RIP. I can't believe this video is so old.

[@randomrazr]

still alive?

[@sergmadzonni5637]

@@randomrazr no, she died in 2009-th

[@wifinet8838]

@@sergmadzonni5637 My condolences to you. Sorry. 🕊️

[@fromulus]

I watched a minute before reading the description, I thought, there's no way this is new bedford, but it is! I was born and raised in the new bedford area, just moved away a year ago at 43. I miss it, but this is an incredible look at a historically significant city. Thanks for this!

[@noquochoke]

I also was watching it before reading the notes. When I saw the trolley heading for Padanaram, I knew it was my hometown.

[@bostonrailfan2427]

i thought that it was Boston until I saw Ford” on the streetcar: Boston still had a horse-drawn trolley then too that streetcar is still around, it’s up in Maine

[@rickrickrick5317]

Living in Massachusetts myself and being someone very much interested in local history, I very much wondered what my area looked like a hundred years ago. I’ve looked through old postcards, old city directories and maps and was only able to get a basic sense of what it may have looked like around here a century ago, but this video took it to a whole new level. Quite stunning.

[@katie2893]

chronicle should definitely do a segment on this!

[@JZ-gr1tz]

Quite stunning over populated. Moment 7:37 on looks like now days abination going on. It could be that each 100 years they surface except this time is the end

[@seanrobey8335]

My grandmother lives in Massachusetts along with my other family members she was 17 18 during 1921 and she's still alive she said it actually looked like this people still used horses alot more cause it was hard to afford the new cars

[@ironstorm2957]

Estou do Brasil curtindo esse vídeo imaginando a quantidade de habitantes já existiam na cidade, imagino também que todos já partiram e suas imagens continuam vivas, fantástico!❤❤❤❤

[@crs523crs]

My grandfather was 12 years old, living in Brockton, MA. I always wondered what it may have looked like while he was growing up, now I can. Great job!

[@thegreatbloviator6817]

You have a nice subtle touch with the colorization and sound -- it really enhances the images

[@NASS_0]

thank you so much

[@joasimariosilva8502]

​@@NASS_0Onde estava os negros nessa época??

[@ering5831]

I love how everyone is dressed so respectable

[@doorswhofan]

102 years ago. Look at how intrigued everyone was by the presence of a movie camera -- a real rare novelty at the time. The eerie thing is that every one of these people are long, long dead.

[@МаксимТарасов-в3б]

Спасибо за видео.Только на вашем канале можно увидеть как раньше жили люди в цвете. Очень интересно. Еще раз спасибо, и всего хорошего.

[@richmeyer2064]

A 100 year old time capsule. There might be a few civil war veterans being honored at a street car. Perhaps this might be in connection with a dedication to a Soldiers and Sailors Monument in the fall of 1924, in a park in New Bedford. Nice work NASS.

[@NASS_0]

Thx ;)

[@noquochoke]

The man greeting the old codgers appears to be Mayor Charles Ashley. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_S._Ashley?wprov=sfti1

[@noquochoke]

This black and white original video gives details of what the celebration was all about. kzbin.info/www/bejne/eYemk5qemp6LjdE

[@richmeyer2064]

@@noquochoke I am glad you noticed him, which makes me more comfortable with dating closer to 1920.

[@noquochoke]

@@richmeyer2064 It’s 1921, national electric day celebration by the trolley company . Seems like you could get a crowd out for anything back then. 🤣

[@U240robert]

If you owned a hat company you probably did pretty well for yourself

[@ksl4688]

They were so civilized. Lots of smiles too. That film is a real treasure. Thanks for sharing. 👍

[@ashagon]

Amazing film restoration work, I loved it.

[@NASS_0]

thank you so much

[@roughriderreturns5039]

I imagine a good many people that watch this will become homesick for a time and place they have never been.

[@williammontana3895]

Another great video, Nass. The clarity is remarkable, as were the vintage streetcars.

[@matrox]

When I was a kid 1924 didn't seem that far off. My father was born in 24' and a WW2 vet. I was born as the youngest in the mid late 50s and my father was still a young man. Now its starting to seem like ancient history.

[@jesusisking8502]

True come to think of it. That would be like someone today looking back to the early nineties. It wasn't that long ago and not all that much different to now.

[@1aikane]

Impressive! Everyone is dressed so nice. The city looks so well kept.

[@ArmyJames]

Everyone was white too. Sorry but it’s true.

[@1aikane]

@@ArmyJames America was 89.5% white through the 1950s

[@kingjulian3997]

​@ArmyJames all you had to do at this time was go to Boston and other city areas, and see a bunch of white ghettos, so I'm not too sure your point

[@kingjulian3997]

​@ArmyJames polish, Irish, and Italian specifically.

[@GuillermoI71]

Que vestimenta más elegante la de 1920, cuán distinta a la de esta década, 100 años después, ahora todos visten y se comportan como payasos.

[@herberthartwig8544]

Don’t you just love watching these, they are brilliant.

[@DiscoverHudsonValley]

Superb restoration as always NASS!!! I know how much time and effort it takes to create one of these. Keep up the good work and looking forward to the next one.

[@jaminova_1969]

Thoroughly amazing that I can experience what my immigrant Grandparents and Great Grandparents would have experienced when they came to America in the early 1900's!

[@lindabenstead6672]

What I find amazing is that I can identify faces that I can identify from this time. Almost like a time warp. The people look so happy and healthy. I find this, as one of your best works Nass! ❤ Beautiful!

[@dougg1075]

Most everyone never left home without a hat.

[@harri2626]

What a pity they couldn't at least have had a few streetcar noises, instead of constant motor traffic noises. Surely there are countless streetcar museum soundtracks they could have used?

[@MeTubeERG]

Jeez, look at those beautiful old streetcars!

[@bostonrailfan2427]

the oldest shown, being driven by horses, is still around in a museum in Maine

[@coachelly86]

They’re awesome. Cars ruined our cities.

[@chriscarswell450]

No Karen's yelling "you can't film me in public without my permission!!!" Good times. 👍

[@scottswagman1472]

No Karen’s yelling “I have the right to film you in public no matter how much it annoys you, I’m going to educate you bitch”.

[@SpiritMover314]

Nope!…..Instead, there were a bunch of guys named Mickey yelling…….. “WHY I OUTTA!!!!!!!….😡😡😡👊🏻🤛🏻..” 😂😂😂

[@djosbun]

Weird how it’s a large crowd of kids getting along fine, with nobody complaining about being disrespected and pulling a weapon.

[@SpiritMover314]

@@djosbun 2 words: DISCIPLINE & WORK Kids then knew their place, and to stay in it, or their legs , bottom, and maybe even face would fall victim to swats (several)…..With depressions and poor people abound, children also had to work to provide income for the family….So between, sleep, school, working, and getting popped by your parents, you really had little time for devilment or foolishness….👌🏿👍🏿🤷🏻‍♂️

[@randomrazr]

7:29

[@ronaldmiller673]

Hi Mass,, great video my son Max and I love the sounds all the horses walking and the sounds of the cars.. the people look so happy 😁 and smiling at the camera the kids are running around catching up to the horses 🐴🐴 the title says Massachusetts we lived in Boston Massachusetts it looks like it might be on Boylston Street there were old trolley cars in those days on that street.. in the swimmers with their swimsuits might have been filmed at Revere Beach 🏖️🏖️ where we used to go.. great wonderful video 👍👍.

[@NASS_0]

thank you so much

[@donaldobrien9171]

new bedford ma

[@bardo0007]

Around 7:50 into the video, teenagers will be teenagers, it doesn't matter if they are born 120 years ago or in 2023. Somethings never change.

[@JamesWoodring-mu2iz]

thanks nass . i love this channel. its gotta be tough to find the film and restore it to make the stunning videos we all enjoy . many thanks to you my talented friend im 62 now and truly miss the days of my youth!

[@NASS_0]

Yes sir, it is very difficult, your message warmed my heart, thank you ;)

[@raffaeleguido2828]

Nipples? What a shame for the 20s!

[@noquochoke]

The girls in New Bedford were way ahead of their time. 😄😄😄

[@BlueSky-gu2bx]

I grew up in the county New Bedford is in (Bristol) some 15 miles from New Bedford. My family still live in the area. I had no idea New Bedford ever had all those streetcars. Thanks for this look at and Era gone by. It was very enjoyable watching this.

[@bostonrailfan2427]

the buses in cities and towns are all former streetcar routes…most towns had a connection at some point

[@jack_knife-1478]

Really enjoyed 7:42!😂

[@belladeann8398]

BICYCLES 🚲 🚲 WERE A PAIN IN THE @$$, BACK THEN TOO !!! 5 MAY 2023, FRIDAY, 🖖🐈🤖👽👁️🤡

[@vinniejohns7895]

Magnificent to watch. My only complaint is that it does not go on for longer.

[@SupraTentoriaL]

Interesting, at 4:40 the Browne's shop selling soda and cigars has swastikas as its logo. 1920s seems a bit too early for it to be Nazi-related, but it would also be weird if it was meant as the hindu symbol. Maybe Mr Browne just liked the design. He probably got cancelled a decade later, though. Thanks for another fantastic experience Nass.

[@thomase13]

Surprising to see for sure, though it was a common good luck symbol around the world at the time. This was 1921, but I recently saw a Mickey Mouse cartoon with casual swastikas (decoratively adorning a matchbox IIRC) made in 1930 - I do wonder when the Nazis functionally got a monopoly on its use in the West! (I believe many Hindu temples in Asia still use swastikas to this day)

[@bardo0007]

@@thomase13 Also in old buddhism you will find the symbol. I saw it in Thailand.

[@hdftu1316]

I looking for this comment lol. I wonder why there's Swastika in there, like this is still 1920 not 1933 above

[@seandelap8587]

Amazing footage absolutely incredible and what an amazing channel this is where the past really does come to life

[@NASS_0]

thank you so much

[@ismailyasar2209]

" Şimdi günümüz dünya" sında herkesin elinde bir kameralı telefon var fakat insanların hiç birisi gülmüyor ve bu kadar neşeli değiller ayrıca bu kadar kimse özenli ve güzel giymiyor .❗

[@sumerlawrence]

The fashion!! Even the kids looked sharp. Great video

[@ФонБаронОдеколон]

странное ощущение когда смотришь на эти лица, которые вглядываются в твое, и понимаешь - что они все уже мертвы

[@Romafood]

those who sold hats did excellent business!

[@thereunionparty]

Those bathing belles at 7.28 must have caused quite a stir when this was first shown!

[@geemanbmw]

Some alien race looking at us from 100+ light years off this is what they are currently seeing....🔭👀👽

[@susansmith1636]

1921 - celebrating National Electric Day and 45 years of the train running. 3 Old timers seen were on its 1st trip.

[@bostonrailfan2427]

the reason for that horse-drawn streetcar being used that day in 1922 as seen in two places in the video is due to the 50th anniversary of streetcars serving the city

[@kenstevens5065]

Almost all the men and boys wore a hat except at the swimming pool. Now they are all all dead and gone. I wonder what they would make of the crazy world of today.

[@londonwestman1]

4:40 Did the swastika mean anything or was it just decoration in those far off innocent days? Browne's soda, cigars and candy.. A reminder for the part of our family called Browne - with the "e".

[@JayKarpwick]

Before the Nazis corrupted it, the swastika was a good-luck symbol in multiple cultures including some Native American clans.

[@MegaGeorge1948]

Just about everybody is dressed up like they are going to Church with 90% of them wearing neckties.

[@btimec5290]

I tracked down the first street via the theatre ( 883 Purchase Street, New Bedford) but for the rest I'm stuck. Anyone know the specific locations of these streets?

[@vpfluke]

I was able to figure out the streetcar barn on Weld Street about mile and half north of the downtown. I used to live in Mattapoisett, just east of Fairhaven in the early 60's. I think the trolleys were eliminated in the late 1940's. Union Street Railway was one of the more profitable public transportation companies. Warren Buffett had ownership for a short while when he acquired Berkshire Hathaway at the beginning of his career.

[@gretetimm]

The horses at the beginning do not feel well. Watching the trams with their undercarriage cornering is a delight. Gruß und Danke!

[@noquochoke]

New Bedford, my hometown. So many years ago.

[@Dobryi_Kot22]

Вот это была крутая Америка а не то что сейчас одно позорище с кучей бездомных и наркоманов на улицах .

[@mosquito3266]

Америка продолжала быть крутой где то до 90-ых/2000-ых. Жаль, что ситуация ухудшилась...

[@js6029]

The human contact shown... what a beautiful thing!! Now everyone is isolated & lonely.

[@thomase13]

Yes - many reasons for it - the destruction of our cities after WWII probably being the most major, though as well the Influenza pandemic starting in 1918 was taken much more seriously, unfortunately unlike our current one (SARS-Cov-2 +) which is allowed to rage on killing and disabling to no end! By the time of this film (1921) I think their pandemic was about finished. Wild that the original SARS outbreak in 2003 was even more deadly and our society was able to contain it from destroying the world then - it seems like we’ve lost that ability in less than the past 20 years! Very sad!

[@farazzzzz]

Anyone else notice the swastikas at 4:40?

[@JayKarpwick]

Yes, before Hitler turned it into a mark of evil it was actually used as a good-luck symbol.

[@markharris8809]

Those ladies in swimwear near the end - I'm gonna watch it again, and try to notice their faces this time.Was not expecting that amount of sheerness from 1920's swimwear.

[@ForrestGumpSauce]

LOL, seriously

[@EdwardM-t8p]

Guys in swimwear too, with tank tops.

[@ninuzzurosanero8751]

La Vita vera, ci si guardava negli occhi, oggi solo social e telefono meglio il 1920

[@shaunwest3612]

Great video nass, amazing footage, love seeing those beautiful trams,and young people having fun,just amazing 👌👍😀

[@NASS_0]

thank you so much

[@leversforever9748]

Any else body notice the swastika's on Browne's corner store at 4:42?

[@JayKarpwick]

Yes, before the Nazis corrupted them swastikas were symbols of good luck, although IIRC the arms pointed in the other direction.

[@pmafterdark]

The state my family and I were born and raised in. This was great to see.

[@Larkinchance]

60fps eliminates the hand crank distortions. Desaturated color is the way to go... Bravo!

[@nowgoawayanddosomethinggoo8978]

that tram's packing some real horsepower, i'll give you that.

[@cloger100]

4:41 swastika, intresting, that it was used in the 20s america already, b4 it became nazi symbol. ...quote: The 20th-century German Nazi Party made extensive use of graphic symbols, especially the swastika, notably in the form of the swastika flag, which became the co-national flag of Nazi Germany in 1933, and the sole national flag in 1935. A very similar flag had represented the Party beginning in 1920.

[@JayKarpwick]

Yes but for the most part it was a good-luck symbol until the Nazis appropriated it.

[@RGC198]

Absolutely brilliant. Just like actually being there. Thanks for sharing.

[@ElCofredelosVideojuegos]

Si te ponias una fabrica de sombreros y te hacias rico 🤣

[@SiennaWeekend]

Dude at 0:57 is waving at you across the span of a century

[@marinedrive5484]

Interesting that western-style, Stetson hats were quite popular for men's townwear.

[@a.b2966]

Crazy that American cities had better public transportation back then. Now its nothing but an asfalt desert of a strode. With 10 lanes of cars all stuck in traffic. Truly a horrible change.

[@tomtalley2192]

Everyone has cars, less use for public transport. No profit.

[@JustinTime978]

We need to bring back street cars and make cities walkable again

[@Deepbluecat]

Great work Nass! Very enjoyable,relaxing, and educational ;-)

[@charlieburns1385]

Beautiful video Thank you❤️

[@azmike1]

Why the Swastika at Brownes Cigar Store ? See 4:39

[@JayKarpwick]

Google is your friend. Until the Nazis appropriated it, the swastika was a good-luck symbol in many cultures.

[@randomrazr]

should have kept the street cars

[@JayKarpwick]

Thank politicians who limited their growth, and GM who conspired with oil companies to buy up and weaken or destroy a number of systems.

[@J-ellO]

WOW! you continue to amaze me with your wonderful work! Thank you for sharing.A glimpse at a more gentle time warms my ♥️

[@Wee162]

A more gentle time? Hardly! WW1, Influenza pandemic, rise of fascism, prohibition and mobster violence, labor strikes and violence, and more. Wouldn’t call the early 20th century a gentle time. Talk about rose-colored glasses!😂😂

[@helisoma]

yep hasn't changed 😂...and ya im in Boston...great to see so many familiar faces 🤗...there's an electric street car from that time down in the Boylston Street T stop Green Line

[@tonyscalise8700]

Crazy how every last soul in this video has passed on

[@ironman_4050]

Hard to digest no one is alive now.

[@scoobameru2458]

Magnificent 👍

[@MH3GL]

Why does the trolley system (even horse drawn) seem like an advancement to the absolute car jams we have now?

[@JayKarpwick]

We let politicians and corporate interests like GM convince everyone that cars were the "wave of the future". Trolley systems had all sorts of financial limits put on them, plus GM and oil co's went around buying up trolley systems so they could be replaced with buses.

[@josefradisz2133]

On voit que chacun est responsable de sa propre sécurité. Chacun a de la tenue. La même foule dans les mêmes conditions maintenant ? Impensable : trop d'accidents !

[@GeoSukarno]

Curiosity of those people looking at the camera on board of that horse wagon, maybe like me when i looking at Google Street View car.

[@ChefKevinRiese]

Look at the swastika @4:41. That was a good luck symbol until Hitler used t!

[@JayKarpwick]

👍👍Thank you! At least one other person understands the history behind it!

[@ChefKevinRiese]

Maybe KZbin can delete history. No!

[@sdv73168]

Look at all these people, so fascinated by a video camera, as I am fascinated watching them watching a video camera 😂

[@michaelgmoore5708]

Those women were beautiful and sexy in those thin bathing suits!

[@michaelgmoore5708]

People dressed nice.

[@funkibloo3811]

So many people standing out there watching⁉️Holiday? Special occasion? Parade⁉️🤔

[@puladavid]

This is not the 1920s. It's prob between 1890 - 1910. And probably Boston not New Bedford.

[@basketballspinner]

Was this Massachusetts before ‘THE BIG DIG.’ Whoa, how did I know about ‘THE BIG DIG’? And I’m from Louisiana. Now that’s saying something.

[@inkey2]

HISTORICAL NOTE: This must have been an especially happy time as the deadly 1918 Flu Pandemic was over. They lived in terror for 2 years. In fact my grandfather died in the 1918 Flu. He was only 28. I never got to meet him as I was born 36 years later.

[@kyivskyi]

Almost all of this people are died. like a all visuals, roads, cars, trains etc.

[@dennishenry5987]

Nass, you are the miracle worker. I don't know how you do it but I always love your vids from the past. Maybe 100 years from now, someone will be looking at us and commenting about our strange clothes.

[@NASS_0]

thank you very much ;)

[@inkey2]

Incredible how our society can radically change. Everyone , for the most part well dressed, all wearing hats. Note the swastikas on the store awning @ 4:42. That's when it was still considered a good luck symbol (Till the Nazis hijacked it). INTERESTING NOTE: Near the end showing the beach......I had an old boss back in the early 1970s that told me that the police would patrol the beaches here in Massachusetts making sure the men did not remove their swimming top for "morality" reasons. I believe it was against the law at that time.

[@surlif]

Great job of restoration. I really enjoyed this.. In this video and other similar ones, I have noticed how people walk right out in front of a trolley car! Or so it seems!!

[@NASS_0]

thank you so much ;)

[@rbspider]

They never seen a horse before?

[@DavidKornechuk]

The horse drawn car Oxford # 10 is preserved at the Seashore Trolley Museum Kennebunkport Maine

[@JZ-gr1tz]

Everything was OK in the movie 🎬 [ little weird but ok untill the 7:37 on Are they sure that last part is not from the now days. 🤔 weirdos we all witnessing now days. We need to know if this type of. Witches 🧙‍♀️ was all the time. Or every 100 years they surface. Like magic 🎩

[@CAROLDDISCOVER-1983]

I'm assuming that the celebration was showing the retirement of the horse-drawn trolleys versus the mechanical power trolleys. even the youngest a child shown in this scene has lived his or her life. Even the young women who had about seven and a half minutes for strutting their stuff in their risque swimsuits for the time. Any young men they were wearing full-body swimsuits as well. So this video is a treasure because there's not that many videos around during that time. Then you updated it and I'm assuming preserved it. So the color is a shin makes it even better to watch. Thanks for bringing it to us. And I hope embarrassed reads it and go back and watch it again and say wow 😳😳, if they haven't already. These were great grandparents maybe two or three great back in our ancestry.

[@bostonrailfan2427]

50th anniversary of streetcars in the city

[@CAROLDDISCOVER-1983]

@@bostonrailfan2427 Thank you for letting all of us know this. That's interesting actually

[@bostonrailfan2427]

@@CAROLDDISCOVER-1983 i only found that out because a search if New Bedford horse-drawn streetcars came ip with the history of that very streetcar: it still exists, 138 years old and hasn’t been driven by horses since 1977 but alive and well in Maine

[@CAROLDDISCOVER-1983]

@@bostonrailfan2427 but thanks for researching that. I find this stuff very interesting. I've traveled all over the country except for the northwestern part of the United states. Now I must admit I've not been north of New York either. My point is that this reminds me of another place. Nothing in common except for its a piece of history that still operating. Out in Kansas there's a place called wamego KS. It's the home to The wizard of Oz museum or at least one of them. But on the other side of the street there's a park. And the deeper you go into this nice park the for the back in time you go. They have a miniature train to scale that goes around and through parts of the park. Now it's been years since I've been there. But at the time it was operated by volunteers. I don't remember it costing anything if it did it was next to nothing. They don't take the children and adults on a tour of the park and is very scenic. Only connection between this Kansas town is preserving history. Well they're both mechanical means of transportation too.

[@rogerpoirier-k7t]

I was born in New Bedford in 1946 We lived in the South end.We moved to Connecticut in 1954

[@travislorini]

At 7:27 some 1920s 🥛😂

[@kellykeller5741]

Watching these videos just makes me think how far we have fallen as a nation.. Today, anything goes.. They did dress smart back then.. Today, people dress and look like fruit loops.

[@SWog617]

Those might've been some of the same streets my grandfathers walked down as kids. In 1920, one would have been 11, and the other 5.