Oldest footage of New York City ever

[@ezrathegreatconqueror]

It's weird to think that the cameramen have died a long time ago but their films are still 'living' today.

[@sebastiantirado6247]

Ezra Holy shit

[@cozmorio]

and everyone else too.

[@LondonUnderground186]

Ezra it's like the shit people post on Facebook, Twitter or blogs... It will stay forever

[@PSXuploads]

Nah its not weird, it's just the way it is, people die, things created by people doesnt. The pyramids still stand. How fucking old are you.

[@zhangliubao]

Ezra imagine that, the cameraman is you and me in different era, life continues, soul continues

[@alex36burbidge]

Just imagine, these videos were filmed 113 years ago. That is absolutely crazy.

[@pvdl11]

Only because we have such short livespans though. Many trees live to be over 1000 years old.

[@ihaverandomlifevideos]

119 years ago. Maybe one day this comment will be 119 years old.

[@firstlast-nc8gb]

I see a man who keeps falling on the ice, a happy couple laughing when her dress flew up, a man marching a trombone (as do I), and two boys having a disagreement about something. We think they talked all proper and never smiled, but in reality, no matter how many centuries apart we are, no matter how much our clothes, or technology has changed, we are the same. We have always goofed around and fell in love, had our moments that we weren't very professional. We are human.

[@petrzeman1068]

Beatiful statement

[@ThatCarGuy1983]

And not a single 3rd world invader in sight GLORIOUS!

[@The-kr9rb]

@@ThatCarGuy1983 and how do you know that?

[@ThatCarGuy1983]

@@The-kr9rb Because i have "Eyes" and did this thing called "watching" the video presented to me..

[@The-kr9rb]

@@ThatCarGuy1983 So you determined none of them came from the third world via a cursory look. Nice.

[@johnnyboync1]

I love seeing old footage. it always makes me wonder about life in a simpler time. I see all the buildings and wonder about the people in them and what they're doing. I wonder about the construction of the buildings and the demolition. I wonder what kinds of conversations they're having. one thing that always sticks out is no matter the size of the crowds, no matter them going about their business, every single one of them is dead...every single one. not just on film but in the entire city, hell, in the entire world!.

[@windstorm1000]

+cruiser that's how it goes. one hundred yrs from now everybody commenting on YT today will be gone too.

[@prettyinpink8428]

And every single one of us will be dead in the year 2130. What's your point?

[@johnnyboync1]

it wasn't to make a point as much as it was an observation.

[@boltarstigmata]

I question the term "a simpler time." The processing of food was almost non-existent with animals slaughtered in unsanitary conditions causing people to get sick. Toilet facilities were crude for many. Mass transit was still in its infancy. Yes, it was a simpler time but it was still harsh compared to today. No radio, television, telephones were still a novelty, no airplanes, automobiles were still quite rare. I see it as moments frozen in time, the people going about their business and now are long gone. A simpler time is an abstract term.

[@JudgeJulieLit]

+boltarstigmata Yes ... "simpler" in many ways, but also more (problematically) complex in other ways.

[@barrypoupard7009]

There' something incredibly compelling about footage from this time. At 1.13 the fruit/veg seller casually tosses one into the air and catches it never knowing that his gesture will be seen by millions long after he's gone from the earth using a technology he could never imagine even in his dreams. Ditto the young couple sharing a laugh at how the lady's skirts suddenly billow up from a blast of air. Who were they? Were they happy? Did they have children/grandchildren? Whose walking around today carrying their DNA never knowing them? Thank you for posting.

[@3192dan]

I was born there in 1935 and remember the Checker cabs, elevated trains, wearing knickers, playing marbles, listening to the Lone Ranger and baseball games on radio. I remember my dad coming home late on Friday night during the war, taking the trolley to go shopping, the Automat to get lunch, and working at old Penn Station in my teens. It was truly a great time and it taught me many lessons about life, love and creating your happiness.

[@scythal]

Too deep! Tooooo deep!

[@eaj7319]

Damn, your comment almost made me tear up. 😢😢

[@spo5egy]

I just ended my fruit business after 42 years in the family. I watched it grow from my dad raising us and working hard and myself taking it over 22 years ago and raising my own family. It eventually ground to a halt with the internet and supermarkets battling against each other. Just the end of an era. Fond memories.

[@myoung1970s]

I wonder when did majority of people stop wearing hats

[@Zathomo]

4:43 some of those young boys will grow up to fight and maybe lose their lives in World War 1, so sad to think about

[@askandreassunde]

well now everyones dead so

[@hasantariq869]

Most of these people were racist they killed and treated blacks like slaves so don’t praise these people

[@HKHK-ue2ry]

Don't be an idiot Hasan. This is 30 years after the Northern half of America (including New York) went to war to end slavery. Of course their attitudes would have been different but you won't want to be judged by standard in 100 years time.

[@hasantariq869]

HK HK Ur an idiot

[@HKHK-ue2ry]

Says the guy who spelt his name wrong. Should be 2 S's kiddo xxx

[@QBelly]

1:32 Wind is racist.

[@thecatatemyhomework]

+Kevins Knives I bet some people watching this are actually seriously thinking that. Nowadays EVERYTHING is racist donchaknow.

[@gordonbennett5638]

+Kevins Knives Funny..

[@toyaadams8167]

I know right...I thought that part was hilarious... however you're so right with everything being so PC these days I can see alot of ppl say' n that...lol

[@DNice-ni2nt]

Yeah...because only a racist would say that. You proved it lol.

[@QBelly]

+D.Nice Or someone who's seen Cinema Sins. You proved something, but I'll leave it to you to figure that out.

[@mhaze210]

Was 4:50 the first "Epic Fail" ever recorded?

[@Fiilis1]

+Mark Hazleton you wrong, 5:56 an earlier epic fail lol

[@CristianOriak]

+mosam beak no

[@Mine8maniak]

+Mark Hazleton 1:32 look at the guy in white hat :D

[@muffdiver240]

+Mark Hazleton "'Epic' Fail"? The kid slipped on the ice. Not exactly "epic".

[@robbiefl2001]

+Muff Diver back then it was epic

[@The_Admiral5]

It's crazy when you realize that everyone in these old videos have passed away already.

[@This_Guy55]

The Admiral At least they knew how to dress well, unlike a lot of today's society. :(

[@azul8811]

+Dom Anca Dom, How do you know that they weren't expressing themselves with their clothing?

[@This_Guy55]

Dom Anca I didn’t say anything about anyone expressing themselves with their clothing. What I meant was that some people don’t know/care to dress nicely. Some of The people in the video wear suits

[@AN0Nyt]

The Admiral How are you so sure?

[@acl1566]

Crazy would be if they were still alive.

[@alexismarie5941]

I love the part at 1:33 where the guy's hat just randomly gets blown off. It's almost like a blooper to a movie.

[@robertrichardson6481]

It would be cool if someone from NY could film the same spots for a then and now comparison

[@NickyD]

its called new york then and now username is cora

[@johnnls1981]

Absolutely fascinating. The people who made these videos could have never imagined where these would end up.

[@Jzeaser]

it was film at that time not video.... millennial

[@Jzeaser]

Reb just trying to educate you... mellanie

[@johnnls1981]

I'm not a millennial. So you would like me to have said something like "these videos that's was film once?" / these films which are now videos? Or should I just have said gfu?

[@Jzeaser]

Johann Strümpfer Duh ... huh

[@dudefromkc6182]

@@Jzeaser he meant good by his comment...its people like you why this country is so divided

[@bobsnow6242]

It's astonishing how built-up Manhattan was even in 1905. Even by today's standards that panorama view at the beginning would make for an impressive cityscape, but when you take into account the fact that most of America (and the world) was still living a simple agrarian existence at this time, and the vast majority of people still didn't even have electricity or had ever seen a building taller than three or four stories in their life, one can only imagine how unique and fantastical New York must have been to anyone arriving there for the first time.

[@mersauff223]

Bob Snow it was also a pretty cold and hard city to live in

[@crnivitez5921]

Why do you think this is more fantastic than good nature and landscapes, buildings cant match mountains

[@bobsnow6242]

Crni Vitez I'm not trying to compare the two, but this is impressive in its own right because it was constructed by man.

[@crnivitez5921]

Yes i also like to see good architecture but i think that life in rural area where man can produce everything he needs is much happier and better.Of course there are exeptions like Dubai and other desert lands where life would be hardly imaginable without needed modern infrastructure.

[@crnivitez5921]

For me Moscow is most beautiful city on earh but i would love to see it with 1 milion people and rest to move in other parts of Russia to produce and exploit natural goods.

[@shaserdeses]

Very well done underrated video! Not only did you research to find all of these old videos you even mentioned it's location. Excellent work!

[@TheKonga88]

shaserdeses How do you know how underrated it is??

[@rubystaging237]

My heart cried watching this video, all those people long gone

[@zorroalphonso4354]

The camera is a time machine. You can see people from the past, as if they were alive.

[@mjrydsfast]

Ruby Staging Which begs the question, "How will you spend your time today?".

[@koelael2660]

Not all, super young kids in the video could still be alive, their just reeaallllyyy old. But wipe those tears because everyone dies sry

[@台獨萬歲-h4l]

We all will turned into ashes after 100 years

[@captainarcher2]

Why cry over those who are damned and in Hell for the most part ? The numbers are even smaller who made it into Heaven. They are very much alive and know what is happening on earth as we speak. Cry for those living now who stand in peril of hell now. " It is appointed unto men to die once and then comes the judgement." So love all regardless of pigmentation. Love one another as Christ has loved you. Love being the greetest of the commandments given by Jesus, The Son of the Living God.

[@brianl7729]

I'm only 17 but wow everything was so elegant back then. I mean every car was like a piece of art, and people wore suits for no reason at all, the music was fantastic! The good old days indeed! Well except for the World Wars and the Great Depression obviously.

[@theamazinghippopotomonstro9942]

You and me both.

[@Gloriapower]

"Suits for no reason at all" That is the way people dressed back then if they had money. But then again if someone could not afford a suit they were judged as not being acceptable. The video only shows the affluent people who owned those nice clothes. It's slanted. It is not the good old days. It is only what you were allowed to see.

[@Rickyrab]

Gloria Piccchetti Ah, bur look at the lower east side, that's more common-peopleish

[@MrEoin23]

Brian Henderson Imagine walking around in a suit in the summer, when there were no washing machines (except for ones named Katie and Ingrid), a full bath was a weekly occurrence (if that often), even for the wealthy, and horses pooped in the street (so everyone was prone to stepping in it). SO elegant.

[@Mia6146]

Eoin F BATHING? WEEKLY? LOL Thank God I wasn't alive then! lol There was probably alot of stinky asses walking around!

[@OilFreeFeathers]

1:02 That's the biggest selfie stick I've ever seen.

[@sambain7951]

Wouldn't it be cool to see this with todays cameras like in 4k

[@biglenny1000]

Sam Bain j

[@georgelaymen2953]

No it would not be great. The great would be that you honor these people that gave you a possibility to reply to this video!

[@discusobscurum2194]

I think that would take away the magic of seeing their world through the technology they had then.

[@sireugenecourtney5797]

I believe our secret elite already have what is called a Chronovisor which is a device with a video screen capable of going back in time to watch past events. See Chronovisor ⏰ Vatican's Secret Time Camera ⏰ Photograph of Jesus ⏰ Father Ernetti Time kzbin.info/www/bejne/pYG9fHmAbKaelZY

[@goldkillah1576]

ShadowGames32 How is 16 or 35mm film quality equivalent to 4k?

[@mdhookey]

At 3:58, a gust of wind picks up a woman's skirt and she races to cover it, but then the woman lets out a big smile and laugh afterwards, probably from the situation or someone making a comment. It's nice to see that genuine, spontaneous emotion, something I guess we miss in these early films.

[@rlwieneke]

the Pre-Marilyn Monroe moment

[@FullOfMalarky]

it was air coming out of that sewer grate underneath her.

[@Deeenne]

That wasn't a sewer grate, but a subway vent, which on the street is covered by a grate embedded in the sidewalk. They are all over the city, wherever there is a subway line. NYC Subway trains travel fast in enclosed tunnels, creating a lot of air pressure in front of them. To equalize the pressure in the subway tunnels you have these vents. When you walk over these grates covering the vents and a train passes under you, you'll feel the pressure that has built in front of the train release upwards from under you through the vent as wind (wind is, by definition, air pressure equalizing).

[@Calis708]

The most depressing part, is anyone you see in this video is more than likely long dead. Feels kind of eerie knowing that.

[@IndianNumismatist]

I always think of the same when I watch vintage footages. I totally agree!

[@MichaelP-ke1tm]

More than likely??? By that do you mean 100% dead??? lol This footage is around 1900 and even if the people in the video were about 20 years old, by now, they would be 136 years old. Even if you were born in 1900, you would be 116 years old.

[@nitav5075]

I would say they are all dead as a fact.

[@Rusticabcd]

Calis708 You know what else is dead, the World Trade Center.

[@90kiperberg]

i dont find that depressing it all... death is a natural part of nature. Death imo is as beautiful as birth, if that was English language lol.

[@McHeisenburger]

1901: "I hope we are granted flying automobiles in the future!" 2017: The Fidget Spinner

[@katalinas9264]

Lol

[@twirlyst.]

Technically we have planes

[@24kdevxl98]

2020 corona virus

[@elias7748]

They didn't even know what automobiles were back then. That was in the 1920s when they thought so.

[@cjcarter5667]

We don’t even have cars that drive 100% themselves yet…One day I can’t wait to tell my car “Take me to the beach” and recline

[@ccchhhrrriiisss100]

This is amazing! I am surprised that someone filmed the city in 1905!

[@oldfart4751]

Towards the end theirs video from 1886.

[@maxmullen6337]

1896.

[@owen4975]

Casey Neistat's great grandfather.

[@labianriquelme2868]

People knew how to dress back then...

[@GEEZYEA777]

Mayor Three Doge It looks pretty interesting to me but you're probably an edgy teen

[@JOSELOLAZO]

Labián Riquelme i know right like people today wear a part of a tire and call it fashion ...

[@TheKonga88]

Labián Riquelme People knew how to be horrible cunts back then just as they are now.😈😈😈😠😠😬😬😬😬

[@TheKonga88]

Angie Brown Angie brown shit stain arse wipe 😂😂😂😂😉😉😉😉😉😉😉

[@TheKonga88]

Angie Brown Angie Brown the moron who believes humans are innocent😉😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😉

[@MDKE114]

Fantastic!!! The turn of the century when these were filmed was around the time my grandparents were born and when they were very young.

[@franciscopiaggio1483]

and they didnt even imagine that someday they Will be seen on KZbin lol

[@georgesalvan6954]

Francisco Piaggio great comment.

[@RedCloudBeechWaveAhh]

Francisco... yes... I wonder with so many people, and the imaginative or artistic sorts, there must have been some odd thoughts about the future, and how they might be seen, and how they might be thought of.... did someone think of something at all like the absudity of recording anything and everything and look at anything in the world. What were their thoughts, those that would even entertain something similar to that.....? Ok then end. Thanks for any and all who read any of this, and stay well and always keep sharing and keep learning.

[@spazdaangrymf3541]

EXACTLY

[@victorha9923]

Old footage of my lifelong city is always wonderful. The way you circled the determined locations was really what made this video very insightful, because I can compare all the modern iterations I've known of each location to the past one shown.

[@sarysa]

6:52 "Copyright by Thos. A. Edison 1897" in hand-painted script. That's when you know you're getting to the experimental era of film.

[@jim034]

WOW! Great catch!

[@colabama]

121 years ago.wow is right.

[@aaronlowe3156]

He was 50 at that time!

[@marcorubio3496]

Yeah I saw something jumping on the screen but didn't bother to look. Interesting.

[@GreenLightMe]

everyone in this video is dead : (

[@mannywood9900]

In 100 years everyone commenting on this video will be dead.

[@captain4657]

+U Wot M8 yah

[@planetx1595]

You included.

[@GreenLightMe]

Rusty Shackleford you're welcome, it never becomes UNTRUE

[@RollOnToVictory]

One day youtube will be a majority of dead people.

[@poppyseed1058]

In 100 years, all of us watching this video will be dead, let's commemorate our lives! Commented: September 6, 2017

[@keithsheared5678]

My channel Nope, I'll be 118

[@TheNotoriousDgm8]

This is actually depressing

[@idkidk6263]

My channel Commented: January 9th, 2018. For the future, the owner of this channel is a multi-billionaire who has a private flying car, several mansions, and a robotic suit made of diamond. You should write documentaries about me, even if you have nothing but this comment to go off of.

[@roosterbooster2353]

i will invent a way tp stop aging

[@idot3331]

Not necessarily. Very unlikely in fact, unless there's some huge nuclear war in the next 100 years. People today can live to over 100 and up to 120 years old in some cases, so in 100 years time I'm sure many people up to age 20 - 30 and maybe even higher watching this will still be alive.

[@FactHubREAL]

More people have seen this video than the population of New York at the time of this recording...

[@johnk6346]

+ FactHub I doubt that

[@saph100]

The population boomed during the time because immigrants were coming to Ellis Island in search of work

[@IndyCrewInNYC]

Remember when NYC was welcoming to working/middle class people? Kids could come here and find an affordable place, immigrants could come and build their dreams. That is...until Michael R. Bloomberg and his real estate criminal/corporate buddies decided the New NYC is for them and the rich, thereby getting rid of those who made NYC what it truly was. It's disgusting the biggest land grab ever has been allowed as greed and arrogance have made the Big Apple too epensive for the vast majority and have turned it into one generic strip mall. One reason I love this video is that these slugs were nowhere near being born yet. The good old days indeed!

[@TapRackBang72]

Evan T Supply and demand. If people are willing to pay the prices, there will be no supply. If not, the price drops. Simple economics.

[@oscarperla8652]

Evan T the living conditions in NYC in the late 1800's and early 1900's were awful. it was far more unsanitary, the police were run by gangs, petty crime and poverty were rampant. i prefer NYC now.

[@Jsalrulz]

Oscar Perla Except you can't buy a large soda.

[@GodChristLord]

Evan T Would Americans truly chose capitalism if they knew that greed came along with it? What about rational self-interest? ...One thing's for sure, the middle class will never become extinct.

[@jdewitt77]

Evan T You are so right. I agree with everything you said. NYC may have had its problems 30 years ago but at least it was still somewhat affordable and the job situation was pretty good. Now it's just for the super-rich. And it was a lot more interesting too because of all the interesting stores that were here.

[@user-kq1qj6lf1x]

legend has it that the guy at 1:32 is still chasing his hat

[@Jake-nk4wg]

@Charles Taylor Really?? Was that necessary??

[@spazdaangrymf3541]

@@Jake-nk4wg YES IT WAS

[@Jake-nk4wg]

@@spazdaangrymf3541 I suppose charles taylor was unable/couldn't respond for himself and erased comment. Poor thing!!

[@Jake-nk4wg]

@D Is that your family "legend"?

[@whoami8434]

It’s like the ending credits for humanity. When we all die, we just see videos like this with the names of the people who lived in the era.

[@a.banks.7682]

I like how you tied each place to a map... that's a great idea, for so many people who just either might not know, or fail to recognize. Maybe you can do this, with other old cities... I think your findings and exact compilation of sites, along with the map connection, would be very interesting.

[@leelatewari1074]

a. banks. u

[@MrSifkis]

that moment when you realise everyone in this video is dead.

[@lionpride33]

Sifkis my grandma was born in 1901 shes still alive xd

[@frogboy771]

There are only two people from 1901 that are still alive

[@therestorationofdrwho1865]

Sifkis well it's the only time you can say that really. It's such a long time ago that everyone grew old and died. But many were in later films taken there and obviously lived on after the film and either had child or grew old and died, but took just about as long as we will. Soon all the people in the videos we've taken from our lives will be dead. The creepiest part will be how good the quality of the video is.

[@MrSifkis]

when I wrote this I knew people would say it was 100% accurate. but these people are what, around their 20s-30s? the chances they're 140 years old is a little unlikely, don't you think?

[@Rusticabcd]

Sifkis You know what else is dead, the World Trade center.

[@intriguedhistorian1171]

I love this. Seeing a piece of footage that is so old and antique is amazing. I'm a history buff so this made my day. I'd love to go back in time for a day and see that in person.

[@katalinas9264]

Me too!

[@mcsonicteam]

Rumour has it, the ghosts of the those people fighting in union square are still fighting today.

[@peterdesantis7419]

What is amazing is, even before the 1900s they had the tools and skills to build such buildings, vehicles, etc.

[@iAmazingGrace]

6:00 "Stepping on peoples loafers, GONE WRONG" "ITS JUST A PRANK SIR"

[@depressedrobbie2100]

Prank in the hood gone wrong.

[@MizCo-zt8vt]

Erik Nilsson lol they are like hugging eachother taking turns punching each others bellies lol

[@bigpapa4089]

Tis a comedic gesture, sir

[@jmakoontz]

We could have seen our great-grandparents somewhere in the footage. Thanks!

[@loves5leon]

Oh my--I never even thought of that.

[@ThePurpleSeahorse]

+John Koontz, mine had his hat blown off. :/

[@courtneychamblin4333]

ThePurpleSeahorse lol I saw that too, I wonder if he was the first black man on filn

[@TheLadyrose01]

whoever recorded this did a wonderful job, and whoever saved it, did a marvelous job, and you for posting it, thanks

[@timothysstuffintros503]

7:47 better footage back then than security footage these days

[@imadeyoureadthis1500]

Cause security footage goes for like 24 hours so it takes up a lot of space

[@WideWorldofTrains]

This is a great video

[@Conrailfan2596]

Wide World of Trains i see you everywhere

[@Yestervid]

Thanks SOO much to everyone for sharing this. Sorry that the music is not to everyone's taste - just mute it. We'll do better on our next video, which is out soon - 'Oldest footage of London'. Subscribe to see it first. What city would you like to see next?

[@DEPINTO]

i thought this was awesome. One quick note, from a viewer/editors perspective, give the text a black outline because it was very difficult to read on very light backgrounds! Great job though!

[@flashinlightzz86]

you're getting a lot of traffic from omgfacts.com ;)

[@DEPINTO]

oh, am I?

[@labornvain]

Can you please post a raw, unedited version with full screen and no text. I appreciate the work you put in show the locations and such, and really value that version, but it would be great if we could see the raw unedited footage as well. Thanks for the hard work and effort.

[@JeffDeWitt]

This video is showing on that omgfacts site and people are putting it on Facebook, that's how I found it. Great job, really cool video. As others mentioned the music is a bit.. off, it doesn't quite fit. Perhaps some period music? You could probably find some good band or piano music that was about as old as these videos on the Internet Archive. Again as others have pointed out it would also be nice to have just the straight video, without the maps, and if you are actually in New York and wanted to get even more creative you could have the scenes switching back and forth between the vintage video and what it looks like today. Just a thought.

[@mmwpro63]

That woman at 3:57 was probably afraid of showing off her ankles! How conservative people used to be.

[@gasbaroni]

Uhm, she reacted like any woman would react in that scenario.

[@6z0]

mmwpro63 ^^^ 🤣

[@aboriginalmang]

Women didn't wear panties back then bro...

[@Markdcio1]

That's a staged movie scene. It's interesting how many people comment on this, assuming it's unstaged,. & believe they are making informative observations. People creating their own fake news out of 100+ yr old film.

[@spazdaangrymf3541]

THE LADY SINGS MY FEARS SOON AS HER DRESS BLEW UP LOL

[@janedoe1776]

I love how people dressed back then. So classy and self-respecting.

[@ireneuszpyc6684]

it was a dogmatic, oppressive society, as Arab countries still are; with a very high fertility rate, to compensate for a very high child mortality rate

[@ursulacook9883]

Most people only had 1 everyday and perhaps 1 Sunday outfit. So that had to be as classy as possible.

[@joelknowl2677]

Oh my god the legends are true, Americans used to be skinny.

[@fastcarenjoyer8008]

Joel Knowl ikr

[@loganink4187]

I laughed so hard at this

[@ArthurMorganFan123]

looks like this pretty much everywhere atm. lol people are so ignorant

[@jeslaek2766]

😑😒😕😕😶😶😶😑😑😑😑

[@unfriendlyface3647]

WE STILL ARE, YOU BLINDED SHEEP.

[@KraZvEgGyBuRgEr]

It’s crazy for me to see that the oldest footage is that intersection of Herald Square since for several years that has been a daily part of my commute to work. I walked through there almost everyday, taking in the energy of the city in the morning. To see how it looked like back then and people of that time doing the same is amazing.

[@gerssonb9456]

All those people don't exist anymore.

[@zorroalphonso4354]

The camera is a time machine. You can see people from the past, as if they were alive.

[@sc0tte1-416]

Their spirits exist in different bodies.

[@koelael2660]

Their spirits exalt through their very great grandchildren who lives on this earth today.

[@hjw5838]

Zorro Alphonso can you see things from the future?

[@robertglenn5398]

To whomever is responsible, thank you very much for this phenomenal piece of filmage! Over 100 years old...which, when one considers the flow of time relative to our lifetimes, isn't that long ago. My great-grandmother was born in 1872 and I was the first to discover her on the day she passed in 1972. Her life, like that of all us, is just a blip in time and space. Works such as this serve to remind one that the early 1900s was just yesterday. By the way, the two men fighting at 6:00 are a couple of drunk Irish guys who are still at it...

[@taxitalknyc7600]

+robert glenn .. Glenn - if they're a couple of drunk Irish guys, maybe they're just sayin' hello ! ;D

[@JudgeJulieLit]

+robert glenn +Taxi Talk NYC If they're drunk Irishmen, likely they (or their fathers) had shipped over a perilous stormy Atlantic (to escape the potato famine and ever worse British stripping of their civil liberties, and de facto enslavement) to arrive in NYC to find themselves, at the dock, served with draft papers to serve in the US Civil War. Then they found an Old New York where for room, board and jobs (life essentials), "No Irish need apply." Whereas you r.g. faced, fought through and overcame these challenges ... NOT. I hope you use your remaining time blip on Earth to evolve your understanding of US and European history and embryonic power of empathy.

[@JudgeJulieLit]

(cont.) In NYC ... where nonetheless they built the subway system and Brooklyn Bridge.

[@Life_Is_A...]

Enchanting. I have never been to NYC, but i think it remains one of the most beautiful cities in the world throughout time. The colorful landscape of individuals walking is a sight to learn from.

[@estroncio64]

1:12 Love how stereotypical everything looks, the boy playing with that fruit, the cop waving his club (probably to look nice on camera haha) I remember seeing that in many movies or shows

[@armandrodriguez8501]

I'm amazed at all the people talking and interacting with each other. This must be before the smart phone was invented.

[@Patriikc]

dafuq

[@andreab5077]

Armand Rodriguez in 2005 no one had smartphone :D

[@andreisverysus3109]

Armand Rodriguez of course it the real early 1900

[@ainsleyharriot7046]

Yup. Now today, people aren't really talking with each other anymore. Just teenagers ignoring other important things than just being on their iPhones texting, texting, texting, texting, aannnddd.... Texting.

[@df938]

Smartphones existed in 2005.

[@1JUSTGOTLUCKY1]

What a fantastic trip through old New York City!!! Thank you YESTERVID for a great film !!!!

[@kint3300]

1:30 when you lost your hat so funny!!!

[@johnr2311]

l know he was probably like “oh shit my hat” and then he shot someone

[@KlyzmTheFirst]

John R why’d he shoot someone

[@3seven5seven1nine9]

@John R lmao why'd he shoot someone?

[@KlyzmTheFirst]

Evermore Shores shoot what

[@zebgf261]

man are you one of the white people in this video? you'd fit right in with 1900 society

[@kobwmoose]

To think all the people in this video has died is quite disturbing

[@Discrimination_is_not_a_right]

Or if they haven't they're among the world's oldest people.

[@TheKonga88]

JaeyP Why is it? How many movies do you watch or listen to bands and they are dead.. We will be dead too 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@CC-ff7ft]

The architecture then in New York was far more appealing than today's by far. Great footage 👍

[@t14dann18]

The crazy thing is that in 120 years, future generations will look at our videos, dumbfounded by how technologically inept we were. I've already decided that life extending technology will come out the day after I die, but I wonder what else will have been invented at that point. Fun to imagine!

[@dragonemperor9417]

Mhm

[@dragonemperor9417]

Pretty sure in that time we'll have flying cars

[@tuyetnhituyetnhi6076]

+XKyzen I wow I like Flying Cars

[@Austin-ud6oi]

off topic forums looks like you didn't get the memo, for the past 20 years the earth's overall temperature has dropped. Global warming is a lie to halt progress in America

[@SebisRandomTech]

....says the person with a Trump sign as his profile picture....yeah. Tootally a credible source.

[@nonovyerbusiness9517]

Wonderful! I'm glad that scenes like this have survived.

[@Shadow77999]

"Oldest footage of New York City ever" posts a 1990's nyc thumbnail

[@ivanleterror9158]

Thought so at first. Look and see that they super imposed the towers. But the poor film quality then does sort of "Photoshop" it.

[@_AlexJT]

If you actually watched the video it was an approximation of where the he Twin towers would’ve been when it was built.

[@jurgenwind]

its obviously Photoshop lol

[@packjim56]

My old neighborhood at 3:16. Pan to the right 90 degrees and that's where I lived. Three blocks from the Flatiron Building. While living there I had no idea how famous the Flatiron Building was. I didn't even know its name, or that it once was the tallest building in the world, circa 1902. Never once went inside of it. Just walked by it everyday, never giving it a second thought. After moving away I was surprised that I kept seeing it as a backdrop for several motion pictures. "Hey, that's my old neighborhood!!" I would yell to my television set.

[@Pepe123]

Is no one gonna mention the black guys hat getting blown away at 1:32?

[@alexismarie5941]

+Pepe I was scrolling just to find a comment like this, I wasn't expecting it at all.

[@jackwayne1626]

plus hes black

[@vstol]

An incredibly well presented and informative video. Thank you so much Yestervid for posting.

[@FlyingYarmo]

Love seeing these and the maps along side. But the music choices are distracting and the organization is confusing, I had to turn off the sound to make this watchable. Is there a reason why clips from the same locations or years are not together?

[@Yestervid]

Hi Leslie, thanks for your comments! The footage is arranged by date - top left corner shows the year - and it counts down from the 'newest' to the oldest footage. Re the music, your point is noted, thx.

[@albertfrankel7286]

Agreed. Great footage, but distracting music. I turned down the sound as well.

[@frannyfm]

I'd have used The Sidewalks of New York, The unofficial song of the city - at least until Sinatra replaced it...

[@trorb]

The good news: you can listen to the music. The good news: you can turn it off. Everyone wins.

[@loves5leon]

Clarence Eckerson worst music EVER for a youtube vid.

[@RockinRob69]

3:57 A little Marilyn Monroe action wayyyyy before she was born.

[@AntiqueAngel44]

Ha-ha;I was thinking the same thing, I was like "So that's where she got the idea from!"

[@imsixftsix]

She didn't act as if her modesty had been compromised. She had a good laugh...

[@denninosyos]

That smile tho! :)

[@Geo98719]

she was born soon after my dearesr

[@MrWolfSnack]

4:16 they "demolished" the building one brick at a time, as they reused the bricks to make other buildings. Nothing ever went to waste.

[@juststaystill1322]

I have this deep urge to go back in time and talk these people, just talk

[@subway5907]

Talk to your grandfather then...

[@makaylaz2004]

God these videos are from over 100 years ago.. Anyone from that time is long dead

[@gyges3755]

1:33 There goes my will to live.

[@tonygabashvili8357]

I lost my shit to that.

[@HawthorneHillNaturePreserve]

That was awesome footage just what I was looking for. I love stuff like that and it was presented so well. More please !

[@foosheezy100]

It's not New York it's old York

[@Zedwoman]

No, Old York is in England. I've been there. I lived in New York for 9 years.

[@riverlighttrider]

I took this comment as a joke... It's NOT new York... OLD York... chuckle

[@henrysavage1342]

+riverlightrider it's old New York. Today it's new New York. In England you'll find old York, but if yo visit it today you'd experience a taste of new old York.

[@thiery572]

lol

[@foosheezy100]

+Vlog Central no it's a city

[@adamanderson3042]

4:12 Is it really called demolition if there are no explosives or wrecking balls used? This just looks like a careful deconstruction.

[@Isolvedit]

My grandmother's half brother lost his son to a Trolley car accident, and they never had children thereafter. Many thanks for this video of days long gone, and mostly forgotten.

[@derekriley5517]

The real question is where the hell are all these people walking?

[@terribledecisions5413]

Derek Riley most dead others old

[@GameWekelijks]

You think people that walked there in 1903 still alive? That means they are 130+ now dumb ass. Everyone is dead for years

[@semiramisbonaparte1627]

They mean like "where are they going"

[@rizon72]

I would say most are going to and from work, shopping, meeting others. It was a city full of hustle and bustle much like it is today.

[@hjw5838]

Derick Kirschman what in the actual fuck?

[@gusalthorp6138]

The Statue of liberty has seen alot

[@FreyjaJ]

Thank you so much for sharing this. I've been working on fleshing out details of my family's more recent genealogy and getting to see glimpses of what the city was like for them in the past is really incredible and humbling.

[@СергейКонтратьев-э7щ]

All people on this video are dead but city is alive. Just think about it.

[@zorroalphonso4354]

The camera is a time machine. You can see people from the past, as if they were alive.

[@bpotp]

its a total shithole though

[@MoeGreensRightEye]

WOW MAN YOU JUST BLEW MY MIND

[@deanharrington347]

I was always facinated that back in those days everybody wore a hat.

[@gregb6469]

Neat film clips, but could you not have used more era-appropriate music? Some Scott Joplin rags would have fit great!

[@spazdaangrymf3541]

Stfu lol

[@azulo6]

...when you realize most people making social media comments are 11 years old :(((

[@TheKonga88]

Tamas I'm 7 months old 🍼🍼🍼🍼🍼🍼🍼🍼🍼🍼🍼🍼🍼

[@PracticalExperts]

Lol

[@lovecityradio]

Pause this film at the right point of the 6:59 mark, and you will see an interesting copyright message imprinted on the video...

[@ezrathegreatconqueror]

It is so fast

[@eee11112]

"COPYRIGHT BY T.A. EDISON 1897" You have a good eye.

[@kristinessTX]

I really can't explain why this makes me cry except that it is so beautiful. I wish there was more videos of the people. It is is like seeing a dream... I really miss living in NYC but I a happier where I am now.

[@ccityplanner1217]

Times Square is where the first ever video camera was first tested. It had a framerate of only 5fps & the videos it took looked soft & fuzzy & had poor colour contrast, but when I watched the footage, I was surprised how clear it looked for the first ever video camera in the world. I am not sure if it is on KZbin as I saw it on a DVD.

[@Brandonhayhew]

Image it if we were all these people in the 1900s decades and in a century later someone is watching us.

[@bigislander72]

It's really awesome that some candid moments were captured...like the lady whose dress gets blown by a gust of wind and having a laugh about it and the kids eating it playing in the snow...old photos everyone looks so stiff, nice reminder that people were still lively and enjoying life then just like now. The variety of different types of scenes and the map were also great.

[@Vizbeats1]

6:01 first fight ever on camera first time anyone screamed worldstar lol

[@andrewbrendan1579]

3:58: the lady whose skirt gets blown upward as she crosses the grating: the forerunner of Marilyn Monroe in "The Seven Year Itch"!

[@JudgeJulieLit]

+Andrew Brendan In other "old New York" film footage on KZbin (I believe on 23rd Street), there is another such incident. Yes, both "ante hoc, ergo propter hoc" ... or the Marilyn film bit evolved separately, a convergent evolution.

[@buddyburden3744]

+Andrew Brendan Right-on!

[@17Radiance]

@3:58 what caused the updraft? The NYC subway did not open until 1904 but this footage is dated 1901. It's great to catch the joyful reaction of woman and the man who got an eyeful.

[@VioletRayn91]

One of several moments in this vid that remind us... The Times & Technology have changed, yet people remain the same. The couple's natural response is proof of this reoccurring revelation, that we should all know already... but it's definitely refreshing to see the evidence of it....

[@fellowdude7295]

All these jovial and vigorous people? DEAD. Every last one of them DEAD.

[@TheKonga88]

Joseph G We will all be dead 😂😂😂😂😂😉😉😂😂😂😉😂😂😂

[@TheKonga88]

Joseph G Man thinks he is so powerful but he is a stupid deluded mammal that is flesh and blood with Martian ears 👽👽👽👽👾👾👾👾👾👅💀💀💀👻👻👻👻👻👻👻👻👀👀👀👀👀👀

[@gabrieltdu5780]

training your mind to face the concept of mortality is a great exercise to prepare for death

[@grantwilliams2650]

Joseph G hey, but their grandkids are

[@sergiooliveira9726]

I am a proud grand-grand kid of them))

[@davidjl]

*MUSIC/SONGS* "Moonlit Dreams" by Marc Enfroy "Free Classical Hymn Stock Music (Amazing Grace)" "Summer Fashion" by PremiumTraX

[@sharplydressedrabbit3604]

davidjl1234 Thank you!

[@GIguy]

Every time I visit Manhattan it’s almost as if I can feel all those lives still wondering around the streets, the city has its own energy, it’s almost as if The city was a living breathing organism itself. I live in Toronto, which is a lot smaller than Manhattan, so the minute I set foot on the island, I fell in love! If only I could afford to live there I would move in a heartbeat!

[@reeazali960]

I live here and still can't afford it

[@onlyfortheonesopeneyes]

i don't like manhattan at all.

[@spazdaangrymf3541]

@@onlyfortheonesopeneyes RIGHT ITS TOO BUSY SMH

[@EvenlyDay]

Fashion is much better before than today's times.

[@TheLAGopher]

There was no such thing as casual attire. The only problem was since most people didn't have that much money they wore the same suit every day. And in those days there was no air conditioning.

[@PracticalExperts]

WTF

[@imadeyoureadthis1500]

blkyank1 you didn’t really need AC at least here cause it’s in NY it barely gets hot

[@romarssieverything9667]

It was better in Roman times. These modern men of 1700s and 1800s have no sense of fashion.

[@spazdaangrymf3541]

Agreed

[@malteeaser101]

Why did people stop wearing suits? Let's bring that back, please.

[@scottvelez3154]

Controversy Owl I'd happily wear a suit or my usual style (blazer, jeans, tucked in button down shirt) in the fall, but in the summers where the temperature is like 90°, screw that.

[@matthew4627]

Controversy Owl PLEASE.

[@minecraftmaniac84]

Controversy Owl no

[@tsntana]

Controversy Owl No.

[@robbiekite170]

theyre expensive

[@mariannelynnlatjow5641]

Thank you so much! My Great grandfather used to live in Brooklyn & was a policeman in 1900!

[@LPFan33]

Coney Island, they called Coney Island the playground of the world There was no place like it, in the whole world, like Coney Island when I was a youngster No place in the world like it, and it was so fabulous. Now it's shrunk down to almost nothing...you see And, uh, I still remember in my mind how things used to be, and...uh, you know, I feel very bad But people from all over the world came here...from all over the world...it was the playground they called it the playground of the world...over here Anyways, you see, I...uh...you know...I even got, when I was very small, I even got lost at Coney Island, but they found me...on the...on the beach And we used to sleep on the beach here, sleep overnight..they don't do that anymore. Things changed...you see They don't sleep anymore on the beach

[@sc0tte1-416]

I'm picturing Christopher Walken saying this.

[@SmokinKlocks]

wtf did I just read

[@frydsaman6857]

Why are you stuttering in a youtube comment you freak it would make sense if it was a poem and anything rhymed but this just seems like an aneurysm

[@musicaltheatergeek79]

At 3:57 that lady's dress blowing up under the subway grate was funny, especially the way she and her husband (?) laugh it off and the old guy giving them the stinkeye as they walk off camera range. Remember, in 1901 women couldn't show their ankles.

[@jesshasnofilter]

This is, by far, the coolest thing I have seen in months.

[@ArthArmani]

100+ years later even phone that fits in your pocket has better camera, so what will happen in other 100+ years?:)

[@MikeGreenwood51]

The discovery of moon gold in 2053 leads to the Great Moon Rush. A novo riche occures with buying power beyoud modern belief. Whole Cities are bought and owned by individuals.

[@gymsserver2970]

Arth Armani your comment will be posted in a Museum dedicated to social life back in the early 2000s when KZbin was a daily thing in human society and this comment asking how the next 100 years will be like,but not know if there even will be a world,or if Christ would had returned before the 100 years happen.

[@RedCloudBeechWaveAhh]

I love this! I think it probably will happen this way. lol

[@tenacious645]

Battlestar Galactica

[@Zeckmon3]

Fucking tiny microchip thats a damn computer then its screen now uses holograms!

[@wolke979]

It's so creepy that all these people are dead

[@jubbiebean3013]

wolke 979 not all, they are some people that live for a very long time

[@nikkehautapelto1323]

theres only one person alive who lived in the 18th century

[@vgamer7855]

who?

[@noah321]

Nikke Hautapelto Not as of today ;(

[@OutSideTheBoxFormat]

what are 10 yrs old. should we explain to you how life works. EWW this old movie with john wayne is creepy cuz he's dead...lol that's sounds fucking ridiculous.

[@SalAvenueNJ]

In the clip from Washington Square Park, has "The Arch" been built yet ? I'm pretty sure the building in the top left corner of the screen is the one you can see to the left of "The Arch" and it looks exactly the same today.

[@YouTubeCommentator.]

Who´s still watching in 2017?!

[@missyglittervlogs3543]

25877852 2018

[@MakaTav_]

Nope 2018

[@xgoldenskyx1777]

2019 m8

[@jjv2496]

2019

[@robertgraziano]

2020