A drive through Lagos 1971-72 filmed by Bertil Westin
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@ADE-of-LAGOS5 жыл бұрын
Truely nostalgic. Some of the streets in early part of the video are just right in the neighbourhood i was born in the early 70s, in the brazilian quarters on Lagos Island. From Bamgbose Street, Tinubu Square, and Broad Street. Most important was trip to see Father Xmas at Kingsway shopping mall on Marina Street. I remember those public taps for homes that did not have taps in them. Life was simple and fun.
@adeb42508 жыл бұрын
As others have said, great film. My family left in 1976 and I have been looking to find such films of Lagos. Brings back great memories, we used to know the people who owned and ran the shops like UTC and Kingsway. When I was about 12 our driver used to take me into the back end of Lagos on his way to pick up my father after work. He knew everyone. always a safe place to be, first (and last) taste of a cola nut! I did enjoy the shots of Maria drive with the Elder Dempster building - that company used to run the Aureol from Lagos to the UK and also 3 day trips out to the Equator. last thought, swimming at The Ikoyi Club.....Happy times. ....
@markr28m6 жыл бұрын
My best friend Sven and his sister Marie, filmed by their father, Bertil, visiting AIS on Victoria Island. Great memories!
@Official_GG3 жыл бұрын
Hello Sir I'm doing research on the 1970s and I would like to get in contact with your friend. Can you help please?
@markr28m3 жыл бұрын
@@Official_GG My pleasure. Send me an email to markr28m@yahoo.com.
@obinnaigboeli66863 жыл бұрын
The good old days..... Everywhere so clean and well arranged.... Nigeria will be great again
@samthecreator106 ай бұрын
Good old days? You think?
@user2024-o4z4 ай бұрын
Where is the clean ?
@OreoluwaShodayo6 жыл бұрын
oh wow...i was not born in the 70's, i'm a 90's baby but i can almost see the similarities and recognize some landmarks....this is really awesome, makes me to wonder what life what have been like back then....
@Rachietutu3 жыл бұрын
The 70s were a truly wonderful time in Nja. You could travel anywhere; the Naira was twice the value of the dollar...
@ashiedususan27343 жыл бұрын
Honestly,I wondered how life was like then...
@wekulomisaiah6434 Жыл бұрын
The fact that there are many ghosts in the clip 😢is what makes me want to cry 😭
@Bio546336 жыл бұрын
The Lagos that I remember from my childhood. It's striking how few the people on the streets are in the video and how light the traffic is, even on usually busy roads like the Marina, Broad Street and Tinubu Square. Those places were busier than this even then. It might have been on a Sunday or a public holiday that the scenes were shot, as Leventis and Chellarams even had their shutters down. These are all very familiar scenes from my childhood.
@SimonDelucca4 ай бұрын
Yes, very striking. In fact, this looks like Lagos before the 70s
@seniowoajetv924610 жыл бұрын
Wow..Wonderful blast from the past........lots of buildings I could identify with..Great job!
@harrytunes604 жыл бұрын
Thank you for posting this precious footage, which reignited my memories of Lagos when I first travelled there as an adolescent in September 1971 and lived in the city until mid 1973. Although I had the opportunity to see Lagos again a few times many years later, my memory of the first experience is the sweetest. It was different then and I miss the old Lagos of the early 70s.
@markr28m3 жыл бұрын
Hi Harry. Did you go to AIS on Victoria Island?
@harrytunes603 жыл бұрын
Hi@@markr28m, no I attended LCS in Yaba for two years at the time, but I remember the soccer match against AIS. I was only 12 at the time, but the memories are vivid all these years later. Did you attend AIS?
@markr28m3 жыл бұрын
@@harrytunes60 yes, from 1970-1973 (7th - 9th grade).
@wale197410 жыл бұрын
Way before 419, kidnappers, Boko Haram, GSM and DSTV...................Good Old days in lagos
@tajikistan554 жыл бұрын
Babangida gave all 419 upper hand....
@tajikistan554 жыл бұрын
Look how beautiful Lagos high court looks...
@tajikistan554 жыл бұрын
King's college still retain part of the fence
@tajikistan554 жыл бұрын
When NEPA was ECN (Energy commission of Nigeria now PHCN
@ikennaenwelum77983 жыл бұрын
There were still 419ers although not in the modern internet sense, read the story about pen-pals in Achebe's Choke and the River to get an idea
@graphicsRat7 жыл бұрын
Observe the roads. No pot holes.
@akinjoaquim1013 Жыл бұрын
Fond memories. With a population of a little over 500,000 people….my secondary school era
@zookat10 жыл бұрын
Mega thanks, Camilla for posting this!! This is the Lagos that I left in 1976... I still dream of those scenes!
@fredahoney65552 жыл бұрын
It's a pity we all can't see that peaceful lovely calm Lagos again 😔
@OladeleOsinuga10 жыл бұрын
A blast from the past shows how much over the years the public infrastructure in Nigeria has deteriorated. Today's Lagos can't compare to this.
@philipbeeley75837 жыл бұрын
Just wonderful: so many memories of driving around Victoria, and Lagos Islands from home in Ikoyi in the early 1970s: especially seeing Chellarams, John Holt, and the ED building again on the Marine with the Aureol steaming away in the background, looking across to Apapa is breathtaking. Thank you for putting up this video.
@samueltaiwo63274 жыл бұрын
Where did we miss it oh Lord?! See roads!!!
@Relevance4life4 жыл бұрын
It was clear from the video that there was no plan for growth. Some of those roads are too small
@tmajec Жыл бұрын
As time went, more people spent an insane amount of time shouting God, lord and miracles. In doing so, they decided to forgo reality and their community
@samthecreator106 ай бұрын
@@tmajeceveryone has the right to believe in whatever they want to believe in. I don't see how that has got anything with the leaders not doing their jobs right.
@easyware10 жыл бұрын
Thanks for posting this. Brilliant. And the music , too. Reminds me of my childhood. :)
@akinjoaquim1013 Жыл бұрын
Awesome, bring back fond memories growing up ….. early schooling days when Lagos was not overpopulated and polluted
@Bjcrypto5454 жыл бұрын
Nostalgic! I was born in Ibadan in the 70s
@godwinogabo51226 жыл бұрын
Great film I know how my country looks like back then 90s baby
@classicalretroback3 жыл бұрын
Thanks Camilla Westin for posting this neat & memorable archive footage of Lagos in 70's. Without the whites who keep records so well, a big part of our history would have been lost .😇
@cmink123 жыл бұрын
What a stupid and servile comment to make
@MelvinJ64 Жыл бұрын
Very true. We owe them a lot.
@nmasspace79164 жыл бұрын
Ok. This is so nice. Living in lagos now for 9 years now. 1. The population has increased lol. 2. No okada and keke 3. No noise from honking 4. Many companies were in lagos but not anymore. BP., Barclays. , etc. Those buildings have been occupied by SMEs 5. Did you notice the UBA house? I wonder what it was used for those days and the carpark was fallow then. How did the population increase? Is there a hope of restoring the beauty of Lagos?
@emmanuelojo20134 жыл бұрын
Wooow 💕💖👍🏼✌🏽👍🏼Back then when Lagos was still very green like Accra & unpopulated with crazy folks 🤣 Lovely 💕💖💕💖 thanx a million for posting 💕💖 that music at 06:00minutes though 👍🏽✌🏽😂😂🔥🔥🔥
@PETERPAUL24 Жыл бұрын
Thank you for this beautiful video. Seeing 'Chellarams, Leventis, Lagos boat club, the old Marina, Onikan, Ikoyi hotel, etc, brought back sweet memories of Lagos (in particular), and my dear country (in general). There's one video I have been searching for and I don't know if your grandfather recorded one - it's the video of 'Ikoyi Park' before it was destroyed to make way for residential buildings in the early '80s. We used to have picnics there back then, and the place was later allowed for seasonal parties like Easter. Thank you once again. Best regards.
@targetednigerian14872 жыл бұрын
Today's Lagos is far more beautiful..better infrastructure
@Robio_scorpio2 жыл бұрын
but public infrastructure is crap and its overpopulated congested and crazy
@tmajec Жыл бұрын
@Targeted Nigerian. Only someone who wasn’t alive then would post the rubbish you just put up.
@joeparton91624 жыл бұрын
I'd suggest listening to Tony Allen - Road Safety whilst watching this video. Get the full Lagos experience
@retro19374 жыл бұрын
Beautiful
@ShearForce12 ай бұрын
This film must have been made before 1972 when people in Nigeria were still driving on the left hand side of the road.
@Progressivemilla2 ай бұрын
Some of it was filmed right before the switch in 1972. And some was filmed a bit earlier in 1971.
@maureenoputa32084 жыл бұрын
Thank you for posting this. I really enjoyed watching just how beautiful Lagos was.
@mikelowo7493Ай бұрын
I recognized Sangross market, catholic mission rd,bamgbose and many others ...my papa office at campbell by lion buiding police station....memories growing in peaceful lagos island then.
@gloriatochi5065 жыл бұрын
What an amazing and organized society then.
@kennethmbaegbu48684 жыл бұрын
See how time flies
@debayous10 жыл бұрын
Thank u so much
@taiwoayomide56473 жыл бұрын
I now understand why my parents said there was no reason to travel abroad 😔😔😔 Painful now
@tmajec Жыл бұрын
True. Even in the 80’s that I witnessed, it was still a lovely place to be. Today? Well….. 😏
@tundeolaoyefilmmaker10 жыл бұрын
great stuff!
@aoruene6 жыл бұрын
ANYONE REMEMBER UTC MEAT PIES AND SCOTCHED EGGS ? OF COURSE IKOYI CLUB WAS THE BOMB !
@tmajec Жыл бұрын
UAC?
@aoruene Жыл бұрын
@@tmajec No UTC the store
@adeolaolatunji93243 ай бұрын
There was UTC snacks and bakery in the supermarket
@adeolaolatunji93243 ай бұрын
UAC was a company that produce Gala. But UTC had a bakery and cold section for Ham sandwiches etc
@E180TEKNO4 жыл бұрын
c'est moi ou j'ai la sensation que LAGOS dans les année 70's était propre moins détérioré que aujourdhui 2020 ?
@kenmarcus61832 ай бұрын
Well done Camila 👍🏿
@obiifiorah48524 жыл бұрын
So Lagos was this clean before
@tanwaliser4 жыл бұрын
Everything you see is a result of what was done 25 years previously....The groundwork was laid in the 50s....Today's Lagos is 1995's groundwork....
@1anre3 жыл бұрын
Which construction company handled the roads back then? The quality seemed to outdo the modern halfbakes we have around in today’s lagos.
@marcosunde82684 жыл бұрын
Now you can only manage to walk through...everywhere is congested .
@destinyschild.91034 жыл бұрын
I was born 21st October, 1964. I saw the good old days of Nigeria. Nigeria should be divided now period.
@ADE-of-LAGOS4 жыл бұрын
And then what happens after?
@Robio_scorpio2 жыл бұрын
@@ADE-of-LAGOS it would be way better that way amalgamation is the biggest problem in Nigeria
@seunthorpe494410 жыл бұрын
Thanks.
@ceeceeceecee8170 Жыл бұрын
I miss this old Nigeria
@kennethmbaegbu48684 жыл бұрын
Less corruptions and crimes, today greedy and envy has destroyed Nigeria
@JohnFekoloid4 жыл бұрын
... because those who were empowered chose to show off their wealth instead of developing the poor ones. So the poor ones go tempted to "kukuma" steal so they too can show off their wealth. And people stopped asking questions, "how did you get this money"...
@MrBEAR551004 жыл бұрын
@6:35 There's a Subaru 360(Japanese epoch making K-car) in the film. That seems impressive for me.
@kennethmbaegbu48684 жыл бұрын
1976 Nigeria population was about 70 million.Now 2020, Nigeria population is over 200 million. Over population isn't a blessing to us but a course, Nigerians needs family planning
@Robio_scorpio2 жыл бұрын
Honestly it's a big course and lagos over 30 million now considering Ibadon
@natriac.60924 жыл бұрын
What happened to Nigeria now?
@jani96505 жыл бұрын
Who do I contact to use this footage
@kingjoe50843 жыл бұрын
See rich me cars those days
@michaelcelestine66623 жыл бұрын
Who 20 yrs coming lagos will scattered more than it is currently
@onyebuchiazubike83542 жыл бұрын
Good looking and well-ogranized human and vehicular traffic. Even climate change was not big issue then as Bar-Beach was not inundating as today. It shall be well!
@michaeloboh90083 жыл бұрын
hi camilla did u ever visit den? so lovely to see these footages
@knightandlord Жыл бұрын
The time stamp seem valid. Notice how the person filming is sitting on the left hand side. The driver would be on the right hand side. Must've been before Nigeria switched to left hand side driving in April of 1972.
@Progressivemilla Жыл бұрын
You are right :) I asked my dad who was about 14 at the time and this was filmed by his father before the switch to right traffic.
@SimonDelucca4 ай бұрын
@@Progressivemilla Forgive me, though, this precious film most likely taken in the 60s
@Progressivemilla4 ай бұрын
@@SimonDelucca Very early 70's, 71 or 72
@asianfacility56825 жыл бұрын
What is that big white building in the begin of video
@seuna.84384 жыл бұрын
There was a country. This made me cry. We wasted 50 solid years. We are just giving birth like fowl, no planning, no foresight. We went from 70m to 200m. Tbh, we are the true definition of failure.
@tmajec Жыл бұрын
All to claim “giant of Africa”. Nigeria ought to break up.
@mantabond2 жыл бұрын
Many thanks for sharing. Well done. At the risk of sounding forward, might we ask: was his Bertil Westin parent of yours?
@Progressivemilla2 жыл бұрын
No, but he was my grandfather :)
@mantabond2 жыл бұрын
@@Progressivemilla Ah, bless him. Thank you for sharing from his trove. Merry Christ-mas.
@SimonDelucca4 ай бұрын
@@Progressivemilla In fact, this film by grandad, depicts Lagos before the 70s (especially, from the car numberplates)
@AnkeHolst10 жыл бұрын
Is that the German school at 3.24? Looks a bit like the German school
@gaddafiabdullahi60282 ай бұрын
Pls how can i get ds felas music, wats d title
@omobanedo9602 Жыл бұрын
Please research for all the music and please share with me to record. thanks
@damilolaayo-vaughan56106 жыл бұрын
Please how can I get in contact with you to discuss using this for a documentary?
@Progressivemilla6 жыл бұрын
Hello! Glad you like it. Please email me at saracamilla.westin@gmail.com and tell me what your documentary is about and then we can take it from there :)
@damilolaayo-vaughan56106 жыл бұрын
Camilla Westin Great, I’ll email you ASAP with all the details. Thank you very much
@quincyileh15784 жыл бұрын
A white lady doing documentary about my loved country ...wow ...I love Nigeria ...thank God we free from those colonialist that almost made us slaves
@hembafantilley-gyado91684 жыл бұрын
@@quincyileh1578 How have we fared after wards? Terrible!
@michaeloboh90083 жыл бұрын
@@quincyileh1578 yea but we must not let the past define the bright future ahead for us...
@wysefavor5 жыл бұрын
I was born 1971...ebutte metta and surulere.....sad Sad sad why is 1970 Lagos more beautiful and cleaner than 2019 Lagos... corruption, over population , poverty and no fear of God of the Bible!
@serendipityok61683 жыл бұрын
Please sale Nigeria now and give me my share from the 70's.
@esther2462 Жыл бұрын
All I see here is Marina part of Lagos. Is there Victoria island and banana island in the 70's?
@armana110 жыл бұрын
desperate to know the artiste and title of the background song that starts from 5:50 mins can anybody help me please
@Progressivemilla10 жыл бұрын
Hello! Sorry for the late response. This is the song: Godwin Ezike and The ambassadors - Torri Wowo
@armana110 жыл бұрын
thanks a million camilla.much appreciated
@marymartins6116 жыл бұрын
Who do I contact for copyright permission to use this footage?
@worldwideattentionclips79314 жыл бұрын
Mary Martins me
@aoruene6 жыл бұрын
4.29 SOO REMEMBER IKOYI HOTEL PARKING LOT THE GOOD DAYS
@lombardo86 жыл бұрын
tex o My pops was an accountant at Ikoyi Hotel from 1974 to 1985.
@aoruene6 жыл бұрын
scott free that is awesome the good old days ! did you happen to go to primary school in lagos ? i was in St. Saviors school Ikoyi back in the early 70' s
@Viewer44746 жыл бұрын
omg lunch hut
@helenacole4530 Жыл бұрын
so sad the state and country hasnt changed much over the years , only thing that has changed is the way people dress .. now we got big boys and slay queens lol
@ericwelles-nystrom54584 жыл бұрын
wow, super cool! @Camilla hur kom det sig att han var i Nigeria??
@Progressivemilla4 жыл бұрын
Kul att du frågar! Min farfar Bertil fick ett jobb i Nigeria och flyttade dit med familjen och bodde där under tre år :)
@ericwelles-nystrom54584 жыл бұрын
@@Progressivemilla Åh wow, vad häftigt! Jag jobbar med Nigerianska artister som var som mest aktiva under 70- och 80-talet, så det är alltid kul att se filmer från de åren. De här filmerna är verkligen jättefina!
@ericwelles-nystrom54584 жыл бұрын
@@Progressivemilla vet du förresten om han filmade i andra delar av Nigeria också? och vad jobbade han med??
@Progressivemilla4 жыл бұрын
@@ericwelles-nystrom5458 Jag tror att det finns mer filmer men som är mer av privat karaktär. Han ville ta en tur i Lagos för att filma innan de skulle åka hem igen från Nigeria :) Han var någon typ av ingenjör på BP under de åren.
@ericwelles-nystrom54584 жыл бұрын
@@Progressivemilla Ok, tack!
@rccgconvention4 жыл бұрын
The road is quiite empty and less busy beacuse there are no street traders
@stibej3 жыл бұрын
I doubt if we would've a Lagos with this low population density again. Look at how clean and less dense Marina was.
@maziochendu5258 Жыл бұрын
What's that music from 6:03 please
@Joshoid Жыл бұрын
The name of the song is Torri Wowo by Godwin Ezike & The Ambassadors.
@maziochendu5258 Жыл бұрын
@@Joshoid thanks bro
@youme14143 жыл бұрын
No scrap vehicles on the roads then. Our leaders need to be reminded of their inabilities.
@TruthIsBitter9ja Жыл бұрын
7:30 Wow, that was TINUBU WATER FOUNTAIN.
@JediJide25 жыл бұрын
ECN! NEPA'S predecessor.
@augustineakiba31865 жыл бұрын
foreigners shopping in the open,without escorts.
@jondoe13105 жыл бұрын
Augustine Akiba no color tv in Nigeria and why is this film not in black and white?
@agnesjohnson25873 жыл бұрын
@@jondoe1310 technology has changed, now any pictures or films from hundred years ago can be viewed in colours.
@1anre3 жыл бұрын
Would you by any chance be that little girl in the blue dress with her elder brother, inspecting what looks like a grammar school?
@Progressivemilla3 жыл бұрын
Nope that is my aunt and the boy is my dad :)
@1anre3 жыл бұрын
@@Progressivemilla Oh my days, that’s so cool. They experienced some of the cool and swaggiest periods of being in Nigeria. I always told my Dad that if I had a time machine, I’d like to go back to the 70s and live like they used to, wear bellbottom trousers, keep my Afro & open a couple of extra buttons on my shirt while having a good time. Hope you & him have visited a couple of times of recent, to see the transformation both aesthetically & economically too.
@ashiedususan27343 жыл бұрын
@@Progressivemilla wow...you can keep records
@ashiedususan27343 жыл бұрын
@@1anre just one moment in time 😁😁
@idongesitrobert6987 Жыл бұрын
Lagos as been been develop not today
@arvinehosa19024 жыл бұрын
Roads was even more okay then than now na who do us ?
@tmajec Жыл бұрын
Who did this? The same people who decided to wait for God to exact punishment, instead of going about it themselves. With time, they lost the idea of what governance meant and how they hold one another accountable.
@alibabasupplier45583 жыл бұрын
The way it looks even lagos was tourist attraction for the white people. So beautiful and calm , you don’t need visa to go anywhere then
@cashino10 жыл бұрын
:-)
@adrianude51892 жыл бұрын
Jungle
@naijanaija3686 Жыл бұрын
Tinubu really destroyed Lagos and some mumus said he built Lagos.
@4cchansemicircle9445 жыл бұрын
Wow!!!where did they get this video??
@Progressivemilla5 жыл бұрын
My grandfather Bertil Westin filmed this in Nigeria in the 70's :)
@MrOnas0075 жыл бұрын
@@Progressivemilla God bless your grandfather wherever he is now.
@ariyocreates5 жыл бұрын
@@Progressivemilla hello Camilla, please I need your consent to use this footage in my Lagos Documentary. How can I reach you via email. Thank you
@wysefavor5 жыл бұрын
Camilla Westin God bless you.. but I weep for my country Nigeria!!!!!!!! But my console is in the Bible.. I cry 😢 our leaders are extremely corrupt!!
@1anre3 жыл бұрын
@@Progressivemilla wonder what car he was recording from? Wouldn’t make out whether it was a Ford Thunderbird or what not.
@rgbphotomediaprod.23843 жыл бұрын
Nigerian Leaders have no focus and lack of ability to maintain government infrastructure as a result of their greediness, nonchalant attitude, self centredness, above all, lack of love for the masses.
@preciousezekwereonye7503 ай бұрын
Yeah. Tinubu was the one who built Lagos and develop it even before 1970s😂😂😂
@youme14143 жыл бұрын
All these streets are now littered with plastics and dirt.
@aghonelego23792 жыл бұрын
1:00 Yoruba PHD In Partying. 🙂😊😜
@jimmyjimmy63154 жыл бұрын
Before the Igbos started developing Lagos...We Igbos can't wait to own Lagos very soon...We are trooping to Lagos in masses...
@gr8son4944 жыл бұрын
An agent of The destroyers of Unity, peace and progress spoted. I doubt if you're even Igbo. I am proudly one, but I think your comment reeks of sheer negatively daft exuberance. You need divine healing and rehabilitation.
@christopherathekame26794 жыл бұрын
@jimmy jimmy why are you causing more problem for igbo people in lagos and nigeria at large pls stop those comment and respect original lagos people.
@jimmyjimmy63154 жыл бұрын
@@christopherathekame2679 Which Original people?? Lagos is a no man's land......
@rukkyolawunmi97524 жыл бұрын
@@jimmyjimmy6315 ok we shall see Igbos are enemies of their self so you want you Igbos brothers that has suffer to invest in Lagos state to loss all their struggle
@jimmyjimmy63154 жыл бұрын
@@rukkyolawunmi9752 Nah we will own Lagos soon...We are buying up your land,houses and chasing y'all down from Lagos to Osun,Ogun ,Ekiti,Osun,Ondo and Oyo state etc...