New York City, 1972

This 16mm film was shot in New York City in 1972, and features people and vehicles navigating their way through the sidewalks and streets of Manhattan.

[@abathens]

This kind of footage was boring and meaningless at the time it was shot. But then it becomes special about 20 years later. When it's 50 years later, it's downright magical.

[@Rhezoloution]

When I see these old videos I always think of the people, what they were doing that day...what their plans were...how life turned out....

[@michaelkennedy4444]

Funny I think that as well. I guess I’m not the only odd ball out there.

[@Saintsfc37]

Ditto..i was wondering where they were heading to..

[@Tejaye777]

I wonder if they still alive. Life is so damn short, this at the time was real to them. To us it is just a distant time we can't identify with.

[@walterweddle7644]

@@Tejaye777 The older I become the more I realize that we are really just dust in the wind.

[@Tejaye777]

@@walterweddle7644 True bro

[@reebee9851]

In 1972 I was in high school, just starting to date. Going to movies, house parties, thinking about college. Still going fishing with my parents and grandparents enjoying big extended family cookouts or road trips. Looking forward to the new fall tv shows that came out in September and new albums and going to concerts. Riding in the back of my granddaddy's old pickup truck to go to the market for vegetables. I loved buying shoes and 45 records when I couldn't afford the album and making jewelry out of telephone wire or cinnamon sticks to sell at school. Riding the bus and the bus driver stopping on the way home for us to go in the country store, which he was not supposed to but did. I miss the 70s.

[@PlumbNutz]

Truly the best of times

[@petercoderch589]

It's so cool that people actually filmed this and we have archived footage. This is the closest thing to a entering a time machine.

[@chakasoul]

Specially if you smoke a join and play this on big screen

[@alfredodistefanolaulhe2212]

This was when Dirty Harry was filmed and LA Lakers won the Championship.

[@Owyourhurtingme]

Where’s Carlo Gambino and Paul Castellano

[@user-ez6bw4xf1g]

It's a beautiful

[@community1949]

Well to most of us 1972 is really not that long ago - it's not like it's 1872 - what are you 20 or something?

[@pepijnstraatman3170]

What I love about youtube is just this: looking at many clips from by-gone days at your own leisure

[@mikeyrichards7812]

Cool footage! I was 31 in 1972 and I worked as a mechanic at a gas station on the upper east side of Manhattan. I got of New York in 1975, it was really deteriorating then.

[@matthewthomasjames]

Are you still in New York? My dad and mom were both in their late twenties living in the Village. Neither of them stayed in NYC.

[@mikeyrichards7812]

@@matthewthomasjames No I’m not in New York anymore. I’m a farmer in Iowa now!

[@matthewthomasjames]

@@mikeyrichards7812 How interesting! I’m on a farm in Kentucky! We did well to escape to the country!

[@jchow5966]

It would be so cool if someone who was in this video saw it and recognized themselves or a family or friend did.

[@gretchenstranges1577]

I always think the same thing!

[@kyriekelso2724]

3:21 that’s me working security at the New Yorker

[@ClueSign]

I always look for myself or loved ones....

[@matthewthomasjames]

Exactly. I know it’s a long shot but I was scanning for my mom and dad. I would have been age 3 at this time.

[@quite1enough]

the fashion is just awesome

[@paulcooper5748]

I want to crawl into the screen and live there.

[@Qboro66]

Been there, lived it... of course I was just 5 going on 6 years old...

[@paulcooper5748]

@@Qboro66 You must be around my age then.

[@user-or6yn8pm3c]

This version of New York much better than the 2021 version.

[@neroneconviva7294]

I was 10 years old in New York south Bronx 1882 Andrews Ave.

[@jamesmatthews5365]

Maybe the 1950s or the Roaring 20s

[@bk14nyc]

I could name every year make and model car driving by! Every car had a Personality!!!! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@MARK125690]

The man at 4:48 is my uncle. He used to walk across town on 42nd street.

[@dariusdark2773]

Really? Aws

[@matthewthomasjames]

How cool. Did you accidentally spot him or were you told he was in this? He looks like he was quite the business man, unlike my hippie parents who were probably unwashed, barefooted and stoned around the time this film was made.

[@pixie77531]

KZbin is the closest thing to a time machine

[@timothymatthews6458]

Very original comment there, smarta**. It's not live I've seen that a million times over.

[@gkprivate433]

oh man what a time and era. I was 15 in Rhode Island. Took a train down to NYC with a friend whose Dad was a train conductor. No charge. It was the first time I was in a big city. I could not believe the crowds, the 200 people in lines for the McDonalds.

[@jasoncatron1039]

It's sad to think most of the people I see walking the streets in this video have now passed away..I love watching these videos from the past and wish I could have experienced that era.

[@navydad8916]

Most ?

[@navydad8916]

Your math sucks !

[@jasoncatron1039]

It's 51 years ago. Someone in their mid 30's would be in their 80's now. I have an aunt and grandmother in their mid 90's. I'm sure there are people in this video still alive.

[@navydad8916]

@@jasoncatron1039 as I said the math is wrong ! I was there visiting in 73 and im 55.

[@matthewthomasjames]

Probably 50% or more. I’m seeing a large number of middle aged folk and they’d be gone. The younger ones are old now.

[@johnshields6852]

I was 12 this year, getting in some mischief, these images bring back flashbacks of times gone by, thank you. Cool video.

[@grasmereguy5116]

I was just two then, my family had recently moved from Brooklyn to Staten Island, so of course I have no personal memories of Manhattan in '72; but this would have been the Manhattan my father and grandfather still worked in at that time (my father's law office was in Court Street area/Downtown Brooklyn but he still often was in the city). It would be 13 years later, 1985, that I first went to Manhattan by myself, hopping on the ferry from SI after school. Was quite different by then, but it's obviously so much more different now.

[@williamgilwood2769]

1972, I was 16. I’d go into the city then, and loved to watch the crowds, especially the women. Many things have improved since then, but a lot has been lost.

[@user-us6rs9iz3r]

За женщинами??? )))

[@2painful2watch]

I too was 16 in 1972. I loved that time period. I wanna go back.

[@kenaldri4923]

I was 18 that year, and working downtown in Boston during the summer. That was the era of the sideburns. We had rules in school as to how low they could go. There were still other dress rules but they were starting to loosen up on them. By 1980, I was working in NYC.

[@jamesmack3314]

And I’m sure you are now a Yankees fan😁

[@icecreamforcrowhurst]

Cool man. Keep on keeping’ on 👍🏻

[@mikeyrichards7812]

@@jamesmack3314hopefully. Go Yankees

[@jamesmack3314]

@@mikeyrichards7812 unfortunately, another lost season. At least they took three out of four from the Red Sox.👍🎸🍷

[@spideraxis]

'72...good music, tv shows, movies.

[@michaelc6126]

Love the vintage automobiles.... and no cell phones!

[@capitainebonhomme1609]

Thank you for sharing this great video of new York 1972 ❤

[@1edbronner]

Oh man, the simple times. 70, and 80 was better times, people worked. No Instagram, no tik tok, none of that crap. People had better morals, people cared about people, kids had more respect. Great video

[@dominiceugenio3694]

You could have not said it better man

[@111danish111]

No cellular phones no internet no computers and yet life had it's own charm.

[@roadtrip2943]

20 bucks could carry me through the weekend in town. Cheap eats, dance hall 3 at door includes 2 drinks, all night fun. 1.50 full breakfast next am, 15 cents subway

[@mikemike1071]

When cars had style.

[@Gustave67]

I get enough of these old videos of NYC... Thank you!

[@aviggiani1]

Working as a Union Carpenter, this was my time.

[@_InTheBin]

Did anyone else notice the jogger at 0:15 coming from the left side perfectly fitting the onbeat and then crossing the street like Rocky in his gray hoodie? Love this little detail.

[@roderickfiske4769]

My New York 1969 - 1976. Loved it.

[@italianstallion9148]

Wow, beautiful! I love New York City in the 1970s. The best times!

[@posysdogovych2065]

NYC was objectively a hell hole in the 1970s.

[@Bates1960]

The Godfather is the best of 72. An offer you can't refuse.

[@michaelpiazza25]

I disagree . Back then business persons and tourists were well dressed. Just look at the video. I visit New York City a lot and can tell you that you these days you can not tell the difference between tourists, pedestrians and the homeless.

[@BrotherlyLove12]

Michael Piazza Yeah, you can.

[@daniellap.stewart6839]

"The best times" yeah sure lol

[@ABUUSWAVEEY]

It’s crazy how majority of these ppl ain’t here with us today 🙏🏾💔🕊

[@keithverdi9204]

Or very old..that whole generation rushing through the streets of NYC. What does it all mean?

[@CleoKawisha-sy5xt]

what? did they move to another country or something?

[@cinderellacomplex7]

This was the 1970s, not the 1870s.

[@lovelymonster80]

​@cinderellacomplex7 still, it was half a century ago. Most of those people are dead unless they were in their 20s at the time

[@paulmilner8452]

@@cinderellacomplex7 yes 51 years ago, do the math do you see many 10 year olds in this video? most of these are dead or over 80 years old

[@LiciJamaicaLi]

Is it just me or everything and everyone looks so clean and neat and peaceful...

[@Dezombified]

Before things went to hell in a hand basket

[@user-or6yn8pm3c]

Its not your imagination people were much nicer back then. No one cares today.

[@user-or6yn8pm3c]

@Winner Takes Awll Mental illness was there it just was not as common as now. Also if you had serious issues you would live in an institution. Today they live on the streets.

[@worstchoresmadesimple6259]

People those days made an effort to dress better and formally. So casuals were for the weekend or when not at work. Today anyone can wear a hooded top, jeans, t shirt, sneakers(trainers), and just look they went out to buy milk.

[@user-or6yn8pm3c]

@@worstchoresmadesimple6259 They did that because there was some social cohesion in those days.

[@malcolmwhite6637]

This is deep for me to watch. I was only 9 at the time in Crown Heights Brooklyn we moved to Philly not long after this was filmed in ''73 I still have a lot of childhood memories of N.Y.C.!

[@matthewthomasjames]

Me too. I was 3 and we were about to move to Germany. I still remember living in NYC very well though.

[@howielisnoff]

Great footage! I lived in NYC during this time. It was a great place to be young and particularly living in the Village!

[@claudiahansen4938]

Same here. West 11th Street.

[@howielisnoff]

I had a friend on West 9th at the time who became a high-level official in the US Justice Department. Strange how those things work out. It will never happen again, and with the cost of rentals in the Village, a person needs a trust fund to live there today. I had a great apartment on Charles Street. Afternoons and evenings in Sutters Cafe and Cafe Borgia.@@claudiahansen4938

[@RETROTV1394]

I'd give anything to go back to 1972... My whole life was still ahead of me. Now I'm 61 and getting older by the second. Death is around the corner. Here Today, Gone Tomorrow.

[@mauhuff]

live and enjoy your life. everyday is a blessing!

[@devonmitchell5294]

I'm right behind you. I'm 59 and in 1972, I was an 8 year old kid. I'm looking at this and watching my childhood flash before my eyes. I remember the bus stop signs looking like that. And I remember the buses looking like that as well. The buses used to have the advertising on the outside of the bus. The back bumpers were big enough where you can stand on the back of them and hitch the back of the bus for a ride. Lol.

[@paulmilner8452]

i was born in 1980, id love to go back to the 90s, hate todays society cancel everyone etc

[@Ahibasabala]

What i find fascinating about historical videos is how every single little thing is different to what we have now, even the signs were made differently, looked different, different styles etc. There's also a strange sadness in realising how boxed in we are by time, we get our shot no matter how good or bad and that's it, that was our small piece of life, how can it be that so many thoughts, so many lives and stories, are gone in the same way as the wind or rain, this life makes no sense to me.

[@slickdj2453]

That has touched me. Thank you

[@clayjo791]

It's true that this life is a vapor that's here today and gone tomorrow, and sin is what brought death into the world in the first place. But God who created us and set the desire for eternity in our hearts offers us eternal life if we're willing to turn our hearts away from sin, and believe, trust in, and follow Jesus with all of our hearts. Jesus is the person of God whose mission was to come into the world as a human being, live a perfectly sinless life on behalf of the human race, die a horrible death on behalf of the human race, then rise from the dead on behalf of the human race. Jesus took upon Himself our punishment for our sin, to satisfy the holy requirement of God's justice against us. God loves us and created us to enjoy relationship with Him, but Adam's disobedience caused us to inherit a sinful disposition. God is so incomprehensibly holy, that all sin separates us from God, and condemns the human race (those with understanding) to mandatory eternal separation from Him in Hell. Jesus came to be our rescuer. We became sinners through Adam's disobedience; now we can be made righteous through Jesus's sinless life, and conquer death through His resurrection. No human being can live a good enough life to merit Heaven. That's why Jesus Himself had to die in our place. Those who follow and believe in Jesus will continue to live after the body dies, and there will be a restored earth in which we will have new bodies (such as the one in which Jesus Christ was resurrected), and in which God will also dwell among us. There will no longer be death, or sickness, or sadness, or calamity. Those were the product of sin on the former earth. We will live forever in the joy of the presence of the Lord. However, those who choose not to believe for whatever reason (God's word tells us those will be the majority) will be eternally condemned because of their sin. God counts faith in Jesus as righteousness. This is the biblical gospel, in which God offers everyone salvation, forgiveness of sin, relationship with God as His child, and eternal life. It brings Him no pleasure for anyone to face His fierce justice. Jesus coming to earth is God wanting to save us from that. Hopefully this helps to put life in proper perspective.

[@athensnkandela1453]

@@clayjo791 time is weird btw lol,made this comment just now but it will be old in years to come lol so frickin fascinating I tell you how we are All governed by time!!!

[@primtones]

I just see the similarities. Traffic and people shopping or hurrying somewhere, it's all the same. The true things are timeless, only the superficial things change.

[@cyberla]

Wow, different world in 1972! Great video and music!

[@turbobuick33]

Wow so weird seeing big crowds of people walking without cellphones in their hands, not like today everyone is distracted with their devices

[@posysdogovych2065]

@Z Better things to do? Ha! You make it seem like they were making a conscious choice not to use cellphones. If you're so self-righteous, don't you have "better things to do" then to use KZbin, cellphones or any of the other horrible, no-good technologies?

[@Bates1960]

Peace of mind no cell phones, no annoying devices, no staring down, no internet, and an offer you can't refuse.

[@posysdogovych2065]

@@Bates1960 It's refreshing to know that you never use the Internet. You no doubt sent this message via Pony Express.

[@jjinnyc75]

And no SUV's on the road either.

[@Jinaria101]

I just finished watching a video of new york from 2019 and let me tell you...NOT EVERYONE WAS ON THEIR GODDAMN CELLPHONE 📱 and the ones who did have their cellphones were either taking pictures cause they were touring or just answering a text from a friend or relative yes we all have cellphones but not everyone is constantly using them

[@Militiaguerrillas]

Whenever I see Nostalgic videos such as this one, I can't help but try to see if there's anyone in the crowd that I might know.

[@hectorlopez1069]

I like seeing old cars and everything from the 70s.

[@phish66]

Waiting to see Oscar and Felix walking around.

[@kevincarter4902]

That last scene at 3rd ave. and East 42nd st. The sign in red, you can't make it out but that was the old Woolworth store

[@Lolabelle59]

Love this sort of thing....was looking for my Aunt, who worked in the area at the time. Great sound track. Thank you for posting.

[@mizzwanned]

Love the old cars

[@diannefaith7866]

Wow! I feel like I am time traveling back in another dimension!!

[@finster1968]

I was four when this footage was taken. I still have the family’s 1972 Ford Ranchero Squire that my father bought new at the time. He will be 80 this year. When I drive it now, I’m always nervous and treat it with kid gloves. Hard to believe it would be just another car swerving around potholes and zipping in out of lanes at this time.

[@MilesNauticus]

Old beautiful cars...

[@tonycollazorappo]

I was born in Brooklyn in 1961, I remember these places. By 72 I was old enough, I was 11.

[@2011Savere]

Wow. So clear and sharp.

[@Bates1960]

Peace of mind no cell phones, no texting, life without the internet, and an offer you can't refuse. The simple times.

[@marktwain380]

There is no obligation to buy iPhone then look at it all day instead of saying hello, looking where you are going and not stepping into dog crap or infront of a car. We can recreate those blissful times when we knew what our eyes and ears were for!!

[@v3nturer]

no internet? theres alreary a email that year how can a email possibly sent without an internet

[@CanadianPrepper]

lol this was actually a real shitty time in NYC, dirty city ridden with crime and a recession. IT SUCKED

[@Jinaria101]

I saw a couple of people looking down in the video

[@allenfreeland6494]

Things were a little simpler then too bad not any more.

[@DeadSi1ence]

Perfect video quality. Thanks!

[@walterweddle7644]

My old Chevelle was new then. Purchased in the family 8/12/72.

[@EmailBibleStudies]

I was about 11 when this came out! I was living in Queens, NYC, NY! I remember the attache case! Many businessmen carried one!

[@kevinsullivan136]

I was 13 in "72" & went to catholic school in Jersey City. I've wondered also why we had attache cases or briefcases as book bags. They were grooming us to work in business instead of the trades 😁

[@EmailBibleStudies]

@@kevinsullivan136 yes, back then, the kids were being groomed to be respectful, educated citizens. Today, things are quite different, sadly enough.

[@userunknown3106]

I was 18 went to nyc in 1973 good times

[@xUzi786]

Consider yourself lucky even though you may be old now you still witnessed a golden era long forgotten

[@ikemike2823]

Born in 1972 what a great year!!

[@williamlacentra2808]

Like they say----There are eight million stories in the naked city...!

[@MrEnoBeano]

It was an exciting time to be in New York. All the night clubs, the Yankees and all the stores and plenty of jobs that are now all gone because of the internet.

[@Urlocallordandsavior]

You mean everyone being lazy because of the internet or the internet making things easier to access for consumers?

[@michaelcrockette8694]

as for the Yankees this was still a year away from George buying the team which was still owned by CBS at the time. they were not terrible but far from the best team. I used to love going to games during those years because there were not a lot of fans there and you could buy a cheap upper deck ticket and work ur way down by the 6th or 7th inning by giving the ushers a couple of bucks. great memories, so glad I got to be at the REAL Yankee Stadium.

[@cyberla]

Millions of foreigners here now who manage, hire, and fire American workers

[@robertmasina4610]

Parking one's car must not have been easy given the size of the vehicles seen on the footage.

[@alcamerc9923]

1972. That was the year I left NY, but I remember what it was like. For one thing people were different and had a different take of what life was all about. There was a purpose in life and an urgency to get to it. We knew what we were, we had goals, ambitions and a chance to prove ourselves was all we needed. We had friends, real friends, people whom we trusted with our life. Whatever happened to that. Don’t know. Today my concern is to make sure I charge my phone at night.

[@dimon10033]

One of the things that comes to mind is that technological progress has not engendered more complex, beautiful people to put it simply I guess. "We had friends, real friends, people whom wee trusted with our life", and now we don't, it's gone. So our humanness appears to have been eviscerated throughout these 5 decades, and we have become less complex as people. Life around paradoxically has become more complex due in part to the technological progress, but human relationships have become more shallow, and human existence (everyday life, the discourse, culture, music) has become vulgarized and in a way smaller than what it was in the spring of 1972. So today we are only concerned about charging the phone at night in order to be able to flip through the phone tomorrow which is unhealthy.

[@nyccollin]

5:09 I can’t imagine being able to navigate without sight in that type of situation. Very impressive and much respect.

[@craigsmith157]

I expected to see Felix Unger (Tony Randall) and Oscar Madison (Jack Klungman) from the ODD COUPLE. 😂

[@notsparctacus]

Same here!

[@craigsmith157]

@@notsparctacus 😂

[@notsparctacus]

@@craigsmith157 and that concerned citizen who hovers over Felix and his luggage.

[@craigsmith157]

@@notsparctacus Yes. And the old lady who slapped him away when he tried to help her cross the street. 😂😂

[@2011Savere]

Exactly.

[@Sole-tx9cx]

THANK You! I was born 1970 in NY, and this brings back good memories!

[@basitk12]

The cars used to offered in so many varieties and color

[@megasoid]

Nice to see people dressing well. Flash forward fifty years and sartorial sense has gone out the window.

[@roadtrip2943]

I could definitely fit in on these streets and feel 50 years younger

[@paullewis2413]

Wow, a different world. Summer of '72 was my first time in NYC and though it's true that the city's infrastructure was in a bad way in many places I absolutely loved it. A time before a lot of midtown's older buildings were torn down for yet another bland glass and steel banality and when many of the people in the streets didn't resemble third world drop outs. NYC today? You're welcome to it.

[@dimon10033]

So true. It is a very good and funny way to put it - 'third world drop outs'. I constantly bump into them on the streets of New York and even used to live next to them. And people in this video are lovelier and nicer. And the blind man at the end looks sweet. I wish, Paul, there was any way for me to time-travel to the Summer of '72, just for a couple weeks. I would probably spend my time in the Village...

[@luislaplume8261]

In that time before I graduated from high school, I had long hair, sideburns, and a mustache. And the average male had a lot of hair and were sturdy. Today, overweight, sensitive, premature baldness like Little Brian Stelter of CNN News!

[@dimon10033]

@@luislaplume8261 A nice hair transplant or a hair system may be a good solution for you these days!

[@luislaplume8261]

@@Ben-ek1fz We call them mugs YUPPIES!

[@luislaplume8261]

@@Ben-ek1fz Thank you! I read the same reports and was astounded that a country that had such a long history of higher education has so many stupid adults like we do. In the end anybody can say .....Oh! That is cool ! But it is being right that counts not being looking cool for what us New Yorkers as I am a Bowery Bum.

[@user-ez6bw4xf1g]

NYC !! Very good old time .

[@Lovejazz01]

And to think , at 61 years old , I went to New York City for the very first time in my life in April 2023( I live in Memphis ). I only got to see parts of Manhattan and Queens, but plan to come back again and again, because I love it! They say once your feet walk the streets of New York, even for a moment, you are never the same, I believe that is so true!

[@chrisplummer8685]

I'm 56 years old. Never been to New York City but this video makes me wish I had years ago.

[@FRANCISCOANZALDO1978]

😀I wasn’t even conceived in 1972 it’s amazing seeing stuff happening when you were not even conceived yet 😀😀😀😀😀

[@detectivefiction3701]

Ha! Yeah, I was born in 1977.

[@FRANCISCOANZALDO1978]

Detectivefiction 🤣🤣🤣👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽

[@michaelh1889]

LOVE the cabs... music is thorough !! ;)

[@luisamaya7875]

Very nice video, high quality!!

[@truthspeaker.truthseeker.]

The cars at that time were amazing

[@freemansgarage]

Agreed

[@claudiahansen4938]

Very nice river of faces. I remember!

[@Qboro66]

The following year 1973 NYC would see an aggressive citywide changeover of the old Mercury Vapor luminares to new High Pressure Sodium Vapor luminares, signaling IMO the true beginning of the 70's. Now we have ineffective LED Luminaries.

[@matthewthomasjames]

???

[@AlyoshaKaramazov.]

I can hardly believe that was over half a century ago. Goodness, I was seven years old, and I lived only minutes from there.

[@icecreamforcrowhurst]

So much jay walking in 1972

[@speeta]

Looks like some sunny morning in March/April. This is mostly 42nd street close to Grand Central Terminal.

[@hilaryapril7043]

Couldn't find myself in this film...I was working at Trans World Airlines reservations at 2 Penn plaza ...next to the new Madison Square Garden. Lived on 8th Ave in Chelsea. I want a REAL time machine !!!

[@grguy793]

All American cars. Everyone dressed with respect.

[@davechristian7543]

When ppl still got out n about 'gotta love theses days ..great time to be alive nothing like now sadly.

[@chrisstephens5310]

I remember 1972 times were hard you just had to be there to know what I'm talking about

[@luislaplume8261]

In thzt year I could hardly wait til I finished high school but that would come later in 1974 in NYC.

[@LeadMunitions]

look how clean!!

[@abathens]

Love the amazing film quality

[@sx1414]

I just wonder when we started to dress down. Look at these people dress so nicely. What an era.

[@michaelevans2978]

What a difference in the way people dressed back then! People took pride in their appearance. Wish it was like that today. I didn’t know even 1 person in that whole video! 😂

[@freemansgarage]

99% of men made time each morning to properly shave their face.

[@alexk6585]

Dozens of people walk by yet nobody smiles not even single person

[@ravilcn]

I grew up in this era in the city. I don't know why but it was a NY thing not to smile. I have no idea why we didn't but it was an unsaid rule for some reason. Also you never made eye contact with anyone. Since there were plenty of nuts back then too I think it was a way not to stand out. Start smiling or look someone in the eye and you all of a sudden have a weirdo pop out talking nonsense to you or asking for money or whatever.

[@matthewthomasjames]

That’s so true. NY was always considered an unfriendly city.

[@calvinbealer7264]

50 Years Ago. Time Files

[@atariboy9084]

1972 the year I was born on Thanksgiving day in Manhattan.

[@qolspony]

Welcome.

[@holygirl504]

Hey now me too, JUNE🤗

[@adm712]

@@holygirl504 July 1972 here 😃

[@ravilcn]

Damn kids! Aug 68 NYC born here.

[@matthewthomasjames]

@@ravilcnJuly’68 NYC here!

[@badgerden7080]

Whenever I see NYC in the early 1970s, I always think Tony Randall and Jack Klugman in The Odd Couple.

[@pepijnstraatman3170]

I love the shot where you think it's nighttime,..but no wait it's daylight at the PAN-AM building!

[@asturiasra]

I was NYC in the mid 90’s and later. Went to all 5 boroughs and was told they weren’t safe in the 80’s. Its gone downhill now. But thats when the families and ESPN and other businesses came to Time Square! The good old days! Stop & Frisk made us safe!😉😉😉😉😉😉😉😉

[@ravilcn]

It was safe anywhere for most NYers who knew how to act. I rode the subways at night in the Bronx in the 80s and never got so much as a funny look. Also all the old people sat next to me. I guess I looked like a plain cloth cop.

[@attilahalmai4590]

I was born in 1972, and I think about how wonderful it would be if today, at the age of 72, somebody would notice him- or herself on the video, at the age of 20!!

[@Guppieboi3]

3:37 early hipster! Ah, the days of Patti Smith, mapplethorpe, Chelsea Hotel..punk and new wave scene just beginning. And the Village People.:)

[@Dirtymoney8]

When New York Was NY.

[@johngreen6783]

From the Shaft and Superfly era. Wish I could have lived in New York during that time

[@Silo8924]

I pretty sure I saw Oscar Madison crossing the street

[@robertpreston2220]

i know right

[@azrikhairol4941]

its him alright

[@death2pc]

Definitely

[@jlms9912]

QUE ELEGANTE Y BONITA MODA TENÍAN EN NUEVA YORK , LASTIMA QUE LA GENTE DE HOY YA NO SE VISTAN ASÍ

[@AZM70710]

Excellent video.

[@davidcoronado5687]

Wow beatiful cars. Good times

[@RRaquello]

0:24, the transition, when the MTA changed the color of their buses from green to blue. Up till then, my whole life, NYC buses were green. 2:29, ahh, the Pan Am Building. A few years later (1978) I would get my first real job and would be working out of the 52nd Floor of the Pan Am Building.

[@65tosspowertrapl36]

Cool soundtrack!😀

[@hectorlopez1069]

Nice video of NY, it was so different at the time.