Pigtown, Baltimore 1920's in color [60fps, Remastered] w/sound design

I colorized, restored and applied face restoration and created sound design for this video of Pigtown, Baltimore 1920s, You can clearly see what's happening in broad daylight,
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 design only for the ambiance
✔restoration:(stabilisation,denoise,cleand,deblur)
✔ Face Restoration
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: Courtesy of George Fold
Thanks to Mr. George Fold for share the amazing B&W Video Source
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[@NASS_0]

Like And Share Please

[@DadiDido-hl2tr]

نت قبايلي،؟؟

[@7000fps]

I dont know if anyone else noticed during the fight the black guy fell down. If you look carefully a boy throws a string snare around his peg and pulls it out from under him. it seems I herd that kid wound up in a WW11 Japanese prison camp and well..cold justice.

[@AlcibiadesMD]

@@7000fps100% cool justice indeed, black man with a wooden leg 🦵 trying to have some fun, but noo! what that young punk did was not funny, he thought he was being funny, 110 years later I’m here to tell you he wasn’t.

[@Wkwk-k7g]

❤

[@OtomoTenzi]

Liked! 👍

[@whitedovetail]

This was an amazing film. I have never seen any type of film done at this time period. With all of the children and the way they are dressed, the old vehicles going up the street and the transportation vehicle. The audio that they added matched 100%. That really made this entire film perfect! Thanks for sharing this one with us. Keep up the great work!

[@NASS_0]

thank you so much sir ;)

[@josefradisz2133]

Couln't say better ! In addition, perfect colors.

[@7000fps]

I dont know if anyone else noticed during the fight the black guy fell down. If you look carefully a boy throws a string snare around his peg and pulls it out from under him. it seems I herd that kid wound up in a WW11 Japanese prison camp and well..cold justice.

[@deeppurple883]

I you think there was bad look at the places they left to get there especially my own country Ireland. They had a better chance there. ✌️☘️

[@greglavine4035]

Agreed

[@battlefieldace5400]

I am 53 and my grandmother is still alive, she is 104. Born April 1920. my family see her twice a month. We are blessed. You should see her albums and some videos. Wow.

[@theOlLineRebel]

Wow! You are my age. My grandparents of Baltimore died late ‘80s, in their early/mid 80s. I wash I had asked them more. Now their daughter has joined them this year, and I heard a lot from mom but not enough. She grew up in the Irvington area mostly ‘40s and got around alot because trolleys were easy and plentiful and she could be trusted as a child to go all over, no worries about strangers.

[@battlefieldace5400]

@@theOlLineRebel it’s ok my friend. I may have lost most of mine all the way up to the 2000s, my grandmother on moms side died at 90 in 2016, but my dads mom, she raised me the most when My parents were working. She was miss Anaheim, ca 1938 at 18, have her old videos and pictures as well. 104. I miss the christmases at her house in the 80s. It is time traveling. 👍

[@battlefieldace5400]

@@theOlLineRebel my grandfather died at 89 in 2001 and my other one in 1992 when I was 21. She has outlived everyone, she is sad though. Everyone one and thing she has ever known has passed on. Lonely for her.

[@Flyfishtherockies]

You should show her films like this while you can. My father was born in 1927, wish I had thought to show him these videos when he was alive. I think it would have sparked some memories and stories.

[@battlefieldace5400]

@@Flyfishtherockies she sees them. She even tells me what it was like being filmed back then just like this video. She told me that it was just like if you and I just walk outside now and stood for a picture. Same as today, just film makes it look that way. She lived during the depression as well so her outlook is tougher.

[@jody6851]

Virtually all the young boys in this film would be of age for compulsory military service at the time of America's entry into WWII if they didn't volunteer first to fight in the war. Seeing their smiling, happy faces, none of them could imagine what they'd be facing 20 years after this film was made, and that's not counting the Great Depression they'd be facing in less than ten years' time. Not all the young boys seen here would return from the war. And of those that did, some would return wounded physically and/or mentally.

[@kelseymathias3881]

yes, 😥😥

[@Redwhiteblue-gr5em]

Yes and most would return alive from WWII and use the GI Bill, work hard , raise families and make America a great and wonderful country that it once was.

[@funkibloo3811]

🥺🙏😢💔

[@МатюхинаИрина]

Я скажу больше - они вообще все давно умерли 😭☝

[@aethulwulfvonstopphen8013]

Yes, we should have never joined the war and killed our German cousins.

[@andrewfusco7824]

This footage brings a smile to my face. You can feel the spirit of this community and the people in it.

[@JustSomeGoy]

Every major cities used to be a beautiful place...the only poop on the streets was from horses... Democrats have successfully destroyed all our major cities.

[@ManicomioSangrento]

Its easy to be fooled by masks people use

[@TheQuaintHousewife]

These kids found ways to enjoy themselves I hadn't even thought about.

[@Mau66634]

People interacted a lot back then. Today people are increasingly distant, prisoners of a cell phone, lonely and depressed.

[@212caboose]

It's a cesspool now

[@porksandwich5693]

I find the attention span of the children amazing. Look how long they can sit and focus, and laugh at the simplest form of entertainment.

[@akbarshabazz-jenkins7847]

That's probably because that's the only entertainment they had. Send them all back some smart phones and see what happens lol

[@johannjimenez2850]

​​@@akbarshabazz-jenkins7847what's the Problem of this Guy? those People Lived before WWII which means., there are no Smart Phones, PS5, Xbox, etc. in the other Words They Lived in a simple Life., no Internet no Porn etc. lol 😂

[@tonyherdina9142]

And if you notice none of them are fat. No processed food back then.

[@RowdyJr]

​@@tonyherdina9142 Yup. Everything was organic and way better up until the 80s where the government decided to poison the food supply.

[@SecretWars98]

I love the way all of the kids & adults interact with being filmed, it’s absolutely wholesome. ❤

[@TheUKMediaWatch]

I love these videos , just like a time machine 😎👍🏼 thank you Nass

[@NASS_0]

thank you

[@TheUKMediaWatch]

@@NASS_0 😉👍🏼 your very welcome , 🙏🏼 I shall continue to show my elders as they watch in amazement , the appreciation for your restorations of times gone by ,certainly shows in their faces and talks .and for that ,I totally respect the work you do . Cheers 💯❤️

[@rayjr62]

I wonder how many of these people, especially the young people, went on to live meaningful lives. I wonder how many of them had to endure hardship during the great depression, or be asked to serve their country during the Second World War. @@NASS_0

[@888_Karma]

Thank you. They had no idea that a 103 years later people in 2023 would be watching them having fun on a hand held device. Seems like such a happier time.

[@Voltomess]

imagine millions of videos that are today in social media and people watching all that retro stuff in year 2700......or 4000

[@888_Karma]

@@Voltomess Crazy right. Perhaps someone will reply to our comments on this thread 200 years from now? 😁

[@Voltomess]

@@888_Karma most likely they wouldn't even understand this language it would be like an ancient writing for them that got never translated by their scientists, I mean they'll still speak english in 2700 I guess but in year 4000 or 10 000 I don't think so

[@БиллиБедлам-ч4б]

@@Voltomess hello to the people in 2700 or who will it be instead of them from 2023

[@BriefcaseWanker]

rosewood is calling..

[@larrybarbowski5852]

Another masterpiece my friend! Keep it up. You make a lot of people truly happy. ❤

[@NASS_0]

thank you so much ;)

[@michellefalleur960]

Superb and enthralling xx

[@jacknox6526]

All these people who have long gone into eternity...but remain forever in this film...

[@battlefieldace5400]

Not all my friend. I am 53, and my grandmother is still alive. She is 104 April 15 1920, my family sees her twice a month. I am blessed. You should see her albums and hear her stories first hand. It is awesome❤

[@АндрейМарченко-м8ь]

@@battlefieldace5400 Let God bless her...

[@maestrobjwa90]

​@@battlefieldace5400 That is incredible! I'm from Baltimore--born and raised. I'd love to hear her stories from the time my great-grandfather (a black businessman) was alive 🤯

[@battlefieldace5400]

@@maestrobjwa90 sorry, what I meant is she was alive during that recording but living in SO.Cal since 1942 when she moved. Her videos are great and pictures. Only person I know that was alive during that time 👍. Still alive 😎

[@barbiemccann9201]

Never existed. It’s Ai

[@nwicconsultants6640]

Nass once again a job well done. A while back a commenter mentioned a Welsh word: Hireath which he described as meaning a "yearning with grief" for a place long gone...or for some a world we never knew. I believe these videos that you provide induce that feeling in many of your subscribers. The fact that you are young enough to be the son or grandson of some of us feels us with pride that you value the importance of keeping alive the memory of that world some have never known. Thank you for giving us a glimpse of the birth place of the legendary baseball player Babe Ruth as well as all the other wonderful places around the world. Look forward to future videos as we "yearn with grief" for the wonderful places that are long gone. God bless.

[@NASS_0]

thank you so much sir, Thanks to your support our channel continues to produce, God bless you.

[@funkibloo3811]

Well said 💥🥰👍

[@phillipecook3227]

Wonderful comment. This film does indeed engender a feeling of longing for a place we never knew

[@БиллиБедлам-ч4б]

golden words, man

[@eam311]

I feel that way, also. But I couldn't put it in words as eloquently as you did. And yes, NASS does a service for us all who view the fine work he puts out.

[@richardfletcher5685]

There is a definite lack of any overweight children in the video.

[@bobbysands6923]

The world of children in the 1920s...might as well be on Mars. Great job as usual.

[@NASS_0]

thank you so much ;)

[@Patrick3183]

No tik tok and no transgenderism

[@TravelerVolkriin]

@@Patrick3183 Cope.

[@5859mmie]

​@@Patrick31835:05 5:07 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@WeirdFix]

@@Patrick3183no they just beat the shit out of each other and climbed over a man on all fours apparently

[@kennethnero2011]

Ole Baltimore, Right on the Mason-Dixon Line…wow Baltimore just 100 years ago was a very different city.. those look like the same houses that are still present today in Baltimore

[@jensgronning4436]

Yeah except now they’re a ghetto

[@michaeldubin8220]

Except now these houses are abandoned and you can buy one literally for a dollar

[@Jayson-j8g]

I live on the Mason Dixon line. My Grandfather was born in Baltimore in 1923.🎉

[@sunoclockoneday2576]

​@@DoctorSpock-q7z🤡

[@lauracampos6183]

@@michaeldubin8220 many have been rehab'd but are basically unaffordable to most folks in Baltimore.

[@robertnilla]

a wonderful historic film.. 100 years ago. wow! To see those happy faces of the children brings a smile and light to my eyes. A simpler time and happier people it seems. Notice how clean and safe the streets looked to. Thanks for posting .

[@NASS_0]

Thanks

[@branevans3705]

A simpler and happier time was not equally shared, I'm afraid

[@jonnyz69]

@@branevans3705 Blah blah blah. Always was, always will be.

[@FJB-TRUMP2024]

@@branevans3705you do you know?

[@mattm.2591]

It's amazing to imagine what it was like to live back then, to feel those times as the present, to not know what the following decades would hold for you and for the world.

[@igguilloda4383]

now imagine living in segregated baltimore and maryland while black and poor. go on...

[@mattm.2591]

@@igguilloda4383 Believe me, I know that times in the past were not all positive, were absolutely horrible in many cases. What I meant to say was that it's interesting how different the perspective is when experiencing, for example, 1920s Baltimore and feeling so much uncertainty about the future versus looking back at that time and knowing exactly what was to follow in the century since.

[@scottnyc6572]

Wow it’s so funny you’re showing this video.I stumbled across its original black and white version a few years ago and have been sporadically sharing it.Seeing it in color definitely puts more life into it.Thanks

[@kevinschindele4829]

I've been through here 100 years later and it's soooo sad. Lived near the area for 28 years

[@joechalmers8428]

It is most certainly sad. These people didn't even lock their doors at night. Our idea of progress in laughable

[@Jamestele1]

That's amazing. I can kinda feel the vibe of the era, so to speak. I'm 52, and from the Washington, DC area, and I probably stood by or met one or more of these people as a kid.

[@The-Day-Off]

Wonderful job on coloring this. Love how excited the folks were to be witnessing the camera. You could tell it was an experience

[@bisonkambaine5628]

How moving and captivating 😊 They look so healthy and happy. Thank you for this masterpiece sir 😊

[@NASS_0]

thank you so much

[@snowglade]

Loved this one, had a horrible day and this brought a smile to my face thank you Nass! Loved the end when the boy appeared holding his nose at the rear of the horse 😂 Bellissimo!!

[@NASS_0]

thank you so much

[@karenwlodarski706]

I noticed that too😂

[@marstondavis]

Nass! That's the best one yet. Such happy children. The sweetest smiles all around.

[@NASS_0]

thank you so much ;)

[@williamlegall2988]

Best vintage material I've ever seen. Can't stop viewing it, in complete amazement. Thank you Nass & Company!

[@tobystamps2920]

This was one of the more fascinating movies you’ve posted, watching children play. I kept thinking of my grandparents who were children at that time and imagining them in this film.

[@NASS_0]

Thx ;)

[@woooster17]

Things are so different today.. but in many respects, just the same.. Watching the kids making their own fun reminds me of my childhood in the 80s. No smart phones, no internet, no constant selfies in the desperate hope of receiving ‘likes’ for self esteem validation. Me and my mates would get up and be out by 9am on a Saturday…straight down to the local shop to spend our pocket money on sweets. Then usually back home as it gets dark. 😁

[@Род-ф8ш]

У вас !!было золотое детство 😊

[@AlcibiadesMD]

When kids happily laughed at the simplest things, when playing outside and interacting with others was valued. When boys were boys and girls were girls. Thank you for a glimpse at the past, your work is most appreciated. 👍🥃

[@Mau66634]

People interacted a lot back then. Today people are increasingly distant, prisoners of a cell phone, lonely and depressed.

[@AlcibiadesMD]

@@Mau66634 I second that sentiment 💯 so very true.

[@shariberry3123]

Those kids remind me of what Hal Roach was basing his characters on for his Our Gang silents, which went on to become The Little Rascals.

[@westy40]

Yes, I thought the same thing!

[@bluevireo425]

Did you see at 5 minute mark where the boy tied a string to the mans peg leg...sad...and tripped him....Thank you. It was amazing seeing these children.

[@ChrisBlanchard-mx6un]

That was mean 😢

[@an0therdimensi0n99]

utterly fascinating, fine work getting it all together. it is almost otherworldly seeing the things that held the attention of not just 1 child but an entire group. if we could pit a child of 2023 in a room with the kids from the 1920s i am pretty sure they would recoil in shock and ask their parents why the new kid couldnt keep still unless he had a mini television in his hands.

[@anyexpat]

They would ask if the new kid was a wizard as he had this amazing magical device with all the music and knowledge of the world on it.

[@asassynation9955]

My Grandad was born in 1915, so he’d have been a kid as well in this era - so amazing to see what life was like back then, it was so difficult and yet they all seem so happy! Even just going back the decade I was born in, (1980’s) kids were much happier. Kids are given far too much handed on a plate to them these days and it’s sucking the joy out of their lives. There’s nothing more exciting and rewarding than working to get something you’ve wanted for a long time, because you can feel so proud of yourself of what you achieved to get there, but nowadays, kids are given a consolation prize for everything and handed everything without ever working for it, and so they’re just used to kicking up a fuss and get what they want and so they never cherish it - I’m guilty of doing this with my Son, too. Look how happy they all are just interacting with each other, such simple entertainment and yet there’s so much laughter, and I think it’s because of the interaction with others. We’re far more social creatures than we care to admit, and it can’t be a coincidence that mental health is at an all-time low.

[@Mau66634]

People interacted a lot back then. Today people are increasingly distant, prisoners of a cell phone, lonely and depressed.

[@RR-yh6vr]

My grandfather would have been a small boy at this time. I will have to show him this video and see if it brings him any nostalgia.

[@aslan_kz_97]

Cool! How old is he?

[@jinxed_jinxed_3443]

"grandfather " he must be over a 110 by now @@aslan_kz_97

[@DarkPlanet-hx1jz]

What sort of children's game are the little evil wight devilettes playing here 3:55

[@rheel6747]

@@DarkPlanet-hx1jz Sheeeeeit! I can smell your black fragility from here, Tyrone

[@richierichpalmer9924]

Appears to be the 1200 block of Washington Ave. Near W.Ostend Ave. The trolley track was probably removed by 1950..

[@JohnDoe-fu6zt]

I remember the trolleys running on York Road in Towson in the early to mid 60s.

[@battlefieldace5400]

Imagine looking at this video in ahh and then seeing someone that is actually alive still from the video. My grandmother 104 years old April 15 1920. See her 2times a month. I am blessed. Her videos and pictures from the past are awesome.

[@theresa_lp]

How does this not have more views? This was AMAZING to see!!! I have so many questions about what those children were doing, lol! Did the circus come and entertain them? Was it some sort of talent show? I loved it so much.

[@MrCarlos93B]

My grandmother, born in 1906, had that same short hairstyle in the early 1920s.

[@nasriyahia5629]

صور جميلة جدا للأسف كل الناس على هذا الفيديوا كلهم ماتوا. ونحن أيضا ماضين في نفس الطريق جيل بعد جيل.

[@NjBou]

I wonder at everyone's name and life story...what were their thoughts as they passed by this camera, before it...after it... probably not so different from our own. Maybe most people had regular upsets and typical hopes...most may have had a generally good relationship with their parents and regular quarrels with siblings... regular passions for a special someone and hopes for a family one day. They all have already made the choices they were going to make and have already lived to seen their stories play out. They are before us....but in this video, they are captured as young and spirited people with their whole lives ahead of them. Much like many of us feel right now. But our stories will play out, as theirs have. And I hope we can remember to live in the light more often. Live in the peace. We regret things but we will almost never regret choosing to keep our own peace before causing any harm to our own selves or our loved ones.

[@72cut13]

Nice comment

[@danielsullivan9271]

They all seem so nice. Different era. Wonderful people. I would not go to Baltimore now sadly.

[@Fiveash-Art]

I lived there for a year in 2004 ... absolute hell hole.

[@KitchenerLeslieGirlfrien-bv2mm]

It's because of the blacks.

[@danielsullivan9271]

@@Fiveash-Art they ruined that city. They went from 1920s you can tell it looks amazing. Great people to a mess. Most good people got out of that city and many out of the state. Sadly.

[@uncleremus64]

@@danielsullivan9271 Welfare is destroying our country one city at a time. Now coming to suburbs.

[@Rickswars]

Back when good Ppl kept the big cities clean and nice

[@Goldenmelinated]

The smiles on the people's faces looking into the video camera, you can actually observe the fact they were excited about being filmed, this was a whole new concept,& experience for people back then

[@dougchampion8084]

Video hadn't even been invented yet!

[@kelvyquayo]

INFO on WHY this video exists and what it is: In the 20s the local Movie Theatre would set up a camera and film many children as school is letting out.. later they show this same film in the movie theatre on the large screen prior to watching the main movie. These videos were made to encourage the kids to want to go to the movies…. enticing them by the notion of seeing themselves on the BIG SCREEN. This video was found by a person who had never been to Baltimore but their relative was in charge of some theatre thy had this as an archive. This film was likely one of MANY…

[@FUNNYMANERICWHITE]

Wow thanks for the info

[@johnhanley9098]

I am always amazed at these snapshots in time. Seeing a moment in time so long ago does something to me like nothing else can. I want to reach out to them but I can't. Very moving.

[@1972Ray]

I bet you that there are living descendants of some of these people still in the area.

[@atlanteantruth]

Wow this amazing. I drive past Pig Town nearly every day. My have things changed. Totally unbelievable how much so.

[@longstraightlines6747]

Your best work yet. Outstanding!

[@NASS_0]

thank you so much

[@mr.c8033]

That was so beautiful, NASS. May God richly bless you and yours.

[@NASS_0]

thank you so much ;)

[@Voodoo66Chile]

These type of restoration videos are imo one of the coolest aspects of AI and technology. Simply enhancing these videos to a 60fps adds so much more life to them and make them feel more "relatable" than ever before. It's like peering thru a window in time but now seeing something more recognizable, more relatable, more familiar looking, more "life like".

[@LadyDi657]

The kids were all so happy appreciating the entertainment and engaged...nobody was sitting in corners with their head down on a cell phone or annoyed....just appreciative for what they have without the extravagance!

[@Mau66634]

People interacted a lot back then. Today people are increasingly distant, prisoners of a cell phone, lonely and depressed.

[@olrikm]

Astonishing footage! "Faces for the ages"! That clip should be in museums!

[@Btn1136]

Higher quality of life than present day Baltimore. Sad.

[@--Traveler--]

demographic difference. and pre marxist takeover of america.

[@brijmsn]

Baltimore is a great example that the world doesn't progress or get better.

[@DoctorSpock-q7z]

Because the white people ain't there anymore! Need proof go to Philadelphia there's still white neighborhoods in Philly plenty of them. Look at them and then drive in any direction until you hit a black neighborhood and look at the difference. Same row houses in both built 100, 150, 200 years ago but the white neighborhoods are all kept up and fixed up and good. And these ain't white yuppie gentrification neighborhoods, these are white people that have been there for generations, Irish neighborhoods, Italian, polish etc. We're just built different!

[@kateroth7154]

They all kept smiling! I never see that today.

[@BaltimoresBerzerker]

We never smiled growing up in the city 1989-2009 like the kids in this video. We had adult worries and dangers to contend with.

[@angelomaestrangelo]

The Joy and Thunder of Heaven to know that people were once so happy. Watching these films we will recapture the beauty of our humanity no matter what race, color , creed , religion, language. We are one human family. Love one another.

[@JackF99]

"Pigtown's name dates back to the late 1800s when pigs were herded through the streets on the way to the slaughterhouse. "

[@SecretWars98]

Thank you for the context. 👍

[@auntmarionshouse]

Those rowhouses west of the stadium housed the furnace workers that smelted iron ore into pig iron to deliver onto the C&O railroad there. Probably Baltimores biggest industry at the time

[@JackF99]

@@auntmarionshouse that actually sounds like a better explanation

[@veritas6466]

Both are true, though the iron smelting workers residing in Pigtown was merely coincidental to the name. Pigs were herded through the streets of the area headed to slaughter. It was not uncommon to see one that has "escaped" roaming the streets, hence the origin of the name.

[@Underhills]

In 2023 there are still some people living that were kids in the mid 1920's. I know of a couple that are 103 years old.

[@jacquelinejackson4067]

The little steps and stoops caught my attention. They were amazing to me My mother was born during this time. They would be in their 100's. It is anazing to see. Thank you

[@girlfromfinland4090]

What a delightful film, thank you very much! The children's joy is so innocent; playing, dancing and doing gymnastics. I particularly loved the makeshift "horse"!

[@Irene-he6si]

Absolutely Amazing work! You are awesome, guys! Great job!❤

[@NASS_0]

Thx ;)

[@prisonersforprofit]

geroge herman "babe" ruth was born in pigtown 1895, lived in and around there until 1914, signed by the baltimore orioles at 19 and took his first train ride to play minor league ball in north carolina, he'd be in the majors by the end of the year. by the time of this footage the babe would be a household name and no doubt everyone in pigtown would have known his history there.

[@Kerygmame]

priceless ... so good to see PEOPLE not just buildings and cars

[@bardo0007]

Wow I did not know this film existed? The children in Maryland were happy in the 1920's. This was before the great depression. The quality is amazing, it's like watching a color movie from the 1970's , until you see the cars and horses in the street. Maybe some of these kids are your ancestors?

[@michaelanderson9897]

Oh my, how the neighborhood has changed.

[@nicolemalone5982]

This is absolutely amazing and mesmerizing!!! It is so wonderful to have an actual glimpse back into time! So lovely! -and I don’t use the word ‘lovely’ very often… Lol! Thank you for sharing this film! ❤️

[@drewh3224]

Like Philadelphia and Detroit, how Baltimore has declined ever since..

[@RamenReignss]

Every major city in the US is a shithole now

[@DoctorSpock-q7z]

Philadelphia's in much better condition than Detroit and Baltimore man! Philly has its terrible neighborhoods but it has many beautiful neighborhoods too and an amazing downtown. Unlike Baltimore and Detroit, Philadelphia still has plenty of solid inner-city white neighborhoods, call that what you will!

[@4everdee33]

⁠@@DoctorSpock-q7zinteresting thing to call out but Baltimore has inner city white neighborhoods also and even though it’s a majority black city it still has a large white population. There’s universities and parks all over Baltimore - the city is just known more for the “black butterfly” which are the blighted areas immediately east and west of downtown about 5 miles in both directions. But there are plenty of pristine beautiful MULTICULTURAL neighborhoods and distinct architecture throughout the city along 83 and up and down Charles street. There’s plenty of issues in Baltimore for sure especially when the last governor cut funding for the city and refunneled it to southern Maryland. but for me living before in Baltimore and several major cities on both coasts including Philadelphia, I can say that Baltimore is just a smaller Philly, a larger Richmond - and a working class DC. With Detroit, they lost a lot of industry, culture, and people similar to other rust belt cities and since Baltimore was a railroad port for those cities it suffered too but Baltimore has definitely blooming rapidly and the skyline has consistently widened out over the past 2 decades.

[@NovemberReigne]

Newark, NJ and Camden, NJ used to be a safe and clean city to live in 100 years ago too

[@RY30DM]

@@DoctorSpock-q7zSo does Baltimore. Those neighborhoods are part of what’s called the ‘L’. Those are neighborhoods that the city invests a lot of money in like Harbor East and Canton: The L refers to the neighborhoods on the map that can be seen on a map as a L. There are rich neighborhoods like Roland Park and Guilford too you need a lot of money to live in.

[@firepont]

Знали бы эти люди, что через сто лет их будет смотреть русский парень, при помощи компьютера, размером с ладонь😅

[@tomatoseed1443]

And I wonder if they ever got to view the film. I somehow doubt it.

[@jayg473]

Amazing how far we’ve come.

[@southernstar4353]

Now that neighborhood is so dangerous those particular kind of people couldnt walk thru it without being robbed or worse. Excellent film, makes me nostalgic for a time i never experienced. A simpler more personable time.

[@GUITARTIME2024]

I just Streetviewed it. Looks fairly clean. Better than I expected.

[@fritzburbank935]

​@@GUITARTIME2024 Which street is it?

[@GUITARTIME2024]

@@fritzburbank935 just put pigtown Baltimore into google maps.

[@ByproductRebelMind]

@@fritzburbank935 Elm Street

[@akbarshabazz-jenkins7847]

Almost like a particular kind of people also couldn't walk through it decades earlier without being beaten to death or lynched?

[@LRho]

Wow my hometown Baltimore. Amazing. Thank you!

[@dashoverton1963]

As Charlie Chaplin once said, “Nothing in this world is forever. Not even our troubles.”

[@БиллиБедлам-ч4б]

there are many eternal things in this world, for example: ideas, time

[@shaunwest3612]

Great video nass, amazing footage, great seeing everyday life and children laughing and playing together,and all loving it 👌👍😀

[@NASS_0]

thank you so much

[@MrSilksoul]

The brotha actually has a peg leg. He was getting around better then people I know with two good legs.

[@MLaker221]

Very good job. Some upscaling work distorts the faces and you can tell it's not them. That was so enjoyable!

[@NASS_0]

Thx ;)

[@JohnShinn1960]

Well refined reproduction Nass! My mother's family are close by there somewhere, very well could've been one of those people! East Baltimore 🤠👍

[@NASS_0]

thank you very much for your support, it means a lot to us, god bless you

[@Shadowcu123]

Some of those children ended up as heroes and served during WW2 when they grew up! 🇺🇸🇺🇸 The Greatest Generation

[@camlong89]

Watch the documentary "In The Name of Zion" and the evidence might change your mind.

[@a4realbrotha50]

OMG 04:58 who is the Black man with the wooden leg., AND OMG look what that lil kid did, tied something to his leg.............DAMN even in 1920, we couldn't catch a break!!!

[@daddygrace253]

He might have been a slave?

[@christenrhea2457]

I'm in awe. One of these children could be my grandparents...they grew up in Pigtown. 😊😢

[@mikeseier4449]

A hundred years ago yet you take us there Nass,.. Thank you for your work!👋

[@JB-dc3bt]

Truly awesome thank you for this amazing work

[@NASS_0]

thank you so much

[@tomcooper6108]

These children were just thrilled with being on camera. I had to smile. Hard times were coming for them.

[@jpturner171]

So captivating! Looking at these people who are all ghosts now…👍🏽🙏🏼

[@IDNHANTU2day]

You guys are a time machine. Thank you.

[@NASS_0]

thank you so much

[@beakt]

I love the opening. It may be the two women, even though they would certainly know that moving pictures exist, still can't quite grasp that it could be right there in front of them, so they're sitting still out of a lifetime of habit posing for a photograph. The little boy looks at them with a "What are you doing?" face! LOL

[@jaa2772]

@0:22 location is corner of Washington Boulevard & W. Ostend St (My guess)

[@shariberry3123]

I just watched another video, the Pigtown neighborhood now. So sad, the buildings are so old, it's obvious the streets were not built to withstand modern traffic. The streets there were perfect for the many pigs walked to the slaughterhouses, for which the neighborhood is named, and ideal for the horse drawn wagons shown here in the 1920's. It must have been a great place to grow up in, a real community with everyone's front doors in such close proximity. Now with the traffic, it looks so vulnerable instead of hospitable because of changes taken place in society now.

[@janetcarbone4213]

Always liked Baltimore 😢😢😢

[@genericinterneter]

I feel like its easier to relate to images when they are colorised. It closes the gap from 100 years ago and lets us better understand that time period.

[@svetlanasemuhina7061]

Превосходно!! Благодарю за уникальный фильм! УДАЧИ ❤

[@NASS_0]

Thx ^^

[@susan908]

This was wonderful. The kids look so healthy and wholesome

[@kelseymathias3881]

Incredible! Thank you for posting!

[@NASS_0]

thank you so much

[@TomRiddle-ww5on]

These videos are priceless to some people!!!! I worked construction in Baltimore alot.... great video!!!!!

[@ScipioAmericanus__]

I wonder what changed in Baltimore to make it so different now….. 🤔🤔🤔🤔

[@J-ellO]

Such a delightful video that you have shared, It’s wonderful to see all of the children and even adults going about their business in times going by! What a gift to be able to look back and feel closer to understanding these moments in history! Thank you for sharing your special talents to enrich our lives!❤

[@sunoclockoneday2576]

My great grandparents would have been early teenagers when this was filmed . They grew up in pigtown . My great grandmother i would recognize if i saw her walk by since we have early pictures of her. My great grandfather could have been one of the youg men but no way i would have recognized him. Cool video !

[@Kanezilla66]

No garbage no drug addicts no crime people dressed like they have pride in themselves before forced diversity.

[@jbagz7956]

We all know why it's bad now, the 🏀 people.

[@Suzn-v4l]

@@jbagz7956 💯

[@AlcibiadesMD]

@@jbagz7956”They” 🏀 have practically ruined everything.

[@KellyODo]

Crime in the 1920’s soared in cities. There were gangs, petty criminals, drug addicts and alcoholics. There was also litter in the streets despite there not being as much consumerism and plastics. Your racism is ignorance. You can’t even do a little historical research because you would rather not use your brain and just act like a tough man online with your hatred.

[@strongdelusion9442]

Need a big fence, you stay on your side we stay on ours!

[@robertoalamo6353]

Wonderfull video!!! thanks very much! best regards from Santiago Chile

[@NASS_0]

Thx ;)

[@elev8torguy130]

Look at how clean it is. Look at how well everyone dressed. This was back when people actually had pride in the city. Have alot more to say but will leave it there.

[@reginac5488]

I'm with you. I live in Catonsville. It is sickening

[@elev8torguy130]

@@reginac5488 💯 sickening

[@Firstroads]

Black ruined Baltimore

[@21stCenturySpaceOdyssey]

These remastered archive movie clips makes for strong nostalgia. What a wasteland that same locale must be today.

[@anyexpat]

A lot of these films make me think that happiness in the Western world has peaked and no amount of stuff is ever going to bring it back. Great videos btw watched a few back to back.

[@edsferro615]

Really cool video! When my father was born in the 50s he and the family were living in Pigtown, then in the 60s moved to other areas of South Baltimore. A couple places near Light St. and lived down the point (Locust Point) for awhile. Still have family near Riverside Park and Federal Hill.

[@stephanieparker1250]

Those kids are so precious 🥰🤗

[@spacecatboy2962]

i bet some of them were mean as hell though

[@FrankJCarver]

You'd think you were right there! Amazing!

[@patriot388]

It is amazing that these people would be seen living their lives a hundred years in the future!

[@Voltomess]

imagine millions of videos that are today in social media and people watching all that retro stuff in year 2700......or 4000

[@TimKangaroo]

Nicely restored -- good job! Do you by chance know which street is shown in the video (with the barber shop, starting at about 20 seconds in)? Thanks!

[@danfreisting2874]

Like stepping back in time! Great job

[@NASS_0]

Thx