Rare unseen downtown San Francisco 1940s in color [60fps, Remastered] w/sound design added

[@NASS_0]

do you wante to live in 40s era?

[@cynthiafeagin6956]

Our country was in the middle of something big ww2

[@cynthiafeagin6956]

They took pride in what they did everyday.

[@MrRJDB1969]

Yes, absolutely. Whatever problems they had back then, I would take over today's mess in a heartbeat.

[@iknownothing495]

Except for WW 2, I think the 40s were great. I was born in 1970, I wish i had been born in the 1920s.

[@phoenix1453]

who wants to live? I don't. No technology, no internet, the health sector is not developed, the people are poorer etc.

[@fuzzipariah]

I shared this with my 93 year old father. He thoroughly enjoyed the scenery, especially the cars, most of which he identified by year and make. Thank you.

[@traitorsamongus2417]

Where did all those beautiful cars go? Classic designs that are unmatched through the years........ :(

[@fredrezfield1629]

@@traitorsamongus2417 europe or cuba haha

[@AmeeraG242]

That is so amazing

[@mr.bnatural3700]

People sure like old classic cars back then. They are everywhere! I bet they couldn't afford new ones.

[@geternal01]

These type of comments make it for me !!!!

[@sundromos9456]

I live here and it's unreal how little has changed between these scenes and the very same streets and neighborhoods today. Fashion in clothing, motor vehicles, signage...of course they all have their eras. But physically, the streets, buildings vistas...you have to work really hard to make out anything that's changed. It's a bit of a time capsule, much like the towns and cities of Europe that escaped destruction during the wars. Thanks for your efforts at bringing this to us.

[@MH-be6hr]

That's why we've left our hearts in San Francisco! ❤❤🌉🤗

[@lotionman2587]

To be honest, I thought it was filmed last week and they just added CGI fake parked cars from the 1940's. In the areas I live or shop in (Noe Valley/Church St/GlenPark/Mission/West Portal) a lot of the signage on shops and corner stores haven't changed from that era. One thing I did notice, however, is that there are more street trees planted in sidewalk wells today, which is a huge improvement. Used to volunteer to help plant them with Friends of The Urban Forest back in the day when I was young and able bodied, lol.

[@buckaroobonzai2909]

The buildings haven't changed because of city laws restricting builders. It is also why rent there is 2k a month for junk.

[@Ekam-Sat]

I find it's completely opposite. It became run down, dangerous and something is seriously amiss. No charm or soul left.

[@QuicksilverSG]

@@Ekam-Sat Check out the 1940's streets in the neighborhood above Broadway @1:40. They looked pretty shabby back then compared to how they've been since restored and maintained.

[@shootfirst2097]

It's the next-best thing to having a time machine. Simply mesmerizing.

[@amazingabby25]

Brian Haley you should see some of the pre earthquake footage of market street

[@izabellahartz3384]

This is a time machine, just not into the future.

[@ccrider3435]

I bought a time machine next Wednesday. They dont make them like they're going to.

[@amazingabby25]

cc Rider Purchased my first in the Fall 2022. But nothing compares to my ’69 Time Machine, based on the mustang from the previous century, a thing of beauty just like the muscle car she was designed on. They really don’t make them, like they are going too.

[@davidhess6593]

That's exactly what I was thinking as I watched.

[@newdor1672]

Wonderful, really wonderful. No voiceover, no rubbish music. With the colourisation of the film it gives one a feeling being there. Thank you.

[@MrDUPSS]

I am grateful to those who restored this video. You have done a great job.👍

[@maramorrison3144]

Thank you for this video. My parents lived in the City for years. They were married in 1941. My brother and I were both born there and have great memories of visiting relatives and spending time in Golden Gate Park. My mother and her cousin Glen would roller skate the hills often grabbing the backs of cable cars for fun. Dad served during the war while my mother worked at Butler Brothers. I have old photos of many of the neighborhoods featured in this amazing video. I was looking closely to see if my parents or other family members were in the film. As I watched I felt I was given a glimpse into my parents life. They're gone but the memories and stories will never be forgotten.

[@hitishasharma9854]

That’s so beautiful 🤗🤗

[@sjnmhn]

Too bad all the adults over 18 in this footage is in their 90's or are dead!!

[@charlesclements7230]

Amazing restoration that brings back childhood memories. Very much appreciate the addition of realistic sounds instead of some obnoxious music track. Well done!!!

[@trainrover]

underwhelming must your recollections also be...!

[@trainrover]

@@Vector_Ze it would appear Charlie was customarily force fed hallucigens

[@exn641US]

0:11 Intersection of Grant and Washington in Chinatown 1:16 Intersection of Vallejo and Grant (St. Francis of Assisi on right) 1:46 Intersection of Kearny and Green 2:32 Genoa Pl and Union 2:52 Intersection of Kearny and Vallejo 3:15 Intersection of Kearny and Union 4:53 Intersection of Taylor and Jefferson at Fisherman's Wharf 6:40 View from Sutro Heights looking south down Ocean Beach 6:51 US Mint view from Market and Duboce 7:07 Intersection of California and Stockton looking east 7:22 View of City Hall looking west from UN Plaza

[@johnvonundzu2170]

3:57 to 4:50 Intersection of Ellis & Dvisadero east on Ellis to Scott south to Eddy west to Divisadero. (3/4 around the block).

[@johnvonundzu2170]

3:31 Intersection of Francisco & Mason

[@exn641US]

@@johnvonundzu2170 Good call. I think you meant 3:57 to 4:50. I couldn't locate that Mobilgas station on the corner of Scott and Eddy seeing as how they totally changed that whole corner and the other side of the street. It's interesting to see how so much changed in 80 years and yet so much is still the same, all in one trip around the block. By the way, do know where it is from 3:32 to 3:56? All I can think of is it would be somewhere in China Basin, considering there is a rail car parked on the street.

[@exn641US]

@@johnvonundzu2170 Excellent! You just answered my previous reply.

[@johnvonundzu2170]

@@exn641US I live on the Eddy/Scott/Ellis/Divis block, so spotting it was 1. a coincidence 2. easy! I'm always curious about that which has vanished in the neighborhood - your post has definitely filled in some blanks. Many thanks for a most excellent post! The colorizing was very sensitive.

[@alanogilvie4504]

Wonderful footage of the City I love so much that I moved there almost 40 years ago. It's a very special place, and seeing it as it was 80 years ago is a real treat. Great cleanup on the film quality. Thank you so much for posting❤

[@lindatremonti432]

What a fantastic video, and in color! Reminiscing these old streets. Lived in S.F. all my life till I got married and moved to Sonoma Co. Lived on Union St., which I'm pretty sure the bldg at 402 A Union St. is pictured in this video. My Aunt Lina and Uncle Aurelio lived in Northbeach near Columbus/Stockton, and we kids all grew up there. Love this video so much! Thank you to whoever shared this video and remastered it in color. Great job!!! Now, I'll share it with my siblings and a few of my favorite cousins, who I know will love it, as I do! Love and thanks for the memories!

[@EvanDahill]

I love the “no cameras” sign at the pier. This gives proof that it was during WW2 when espionage was a concern.

[@craigbenz4835]

I was wondering about that sign, and if the film was post war or not. Thanks for putting it together.

[@poetcomic1]

And not one rental or vacancy sign in the whole film. WWII housing shortage.

[@SamSpade2010]

Might explain why the police start chasing them at 1:36

[@moldyoldie7888]

I don't see any parking meters or posted signs controlling parking.

[@VIRGONOMICS]

And the vigilance of the Police Cars and Motorcycles on the camera vehicle .

[@AnObservantTraveller74]

Incredible footage, and crystal clear. It's as close as we'll get to this period and the people who were living at that time. Thanks for sharing.

[@dexterricketts8313]

Was this during World War II? Didn't see any sigs about "Buy War Bonds & Stamps, We got This, We are SF Strong, or Keep 'em Flyin'", or anything like that. Or was the war already over by that time?

[@AnObservantTraveller74]

@@dexterricketts8313 It was 1946 or '47.

[@Toast0808]

This is a black and white film that has been computer colorized and digitally altered.

[@dexterricketts8313]

@@AnObservantTraveller74 Guess all those wartime signs were all pulled down by then.

[@AnObservantTraveller74]

@@dexterricketts8313 Indeed. No one wanted visual reminders of World War II including war bond posters and rationing billboards. A very grim 4-5 years.

[@davidroland6431]

It was a unique and different video this time. That hotrod parked in the right side of the street and that "NO CAMERAS" sign was so amazing to me and Specially that packard limo that crossed by it. Thank you for all these videos!!!!

[@thestevedoughtyshow27]

I think I like the wharf better that way then how it is now. The Packard was cool, a kid I grew up with was left a building on telegraph hill bulvd in the garage was a black 39 Packard, just like the one in the video. His grandfather died changing a flat tire, the car was still on the jack.

[@ilikequiet6474]

The hot rod was a neat to see. Good eye

[@davidroland6431]

@@ilikequiet6474 thank you.you also found it so your eyes are even beter!!!

[@davidroland6431]

@@thestevedoughtyshow27 Oh may god bless him. Sorry for that. And by the way thanks for the model year. I didn't know the exact model year of that packard. I just realized the hood mascot and the design of it reminded me late 30's to mid 40's body shapes. Thank you!!

[@MrStevos]

It said "Restricted Area" no cameras... I'm guessing it was shot during the war ?

[@opwave79]

The restoration quality is top notch! Awesome work! It’s crazy seeing the city in wartime, knowing that just up the Bay they were churning out ships at Mare Island and in the Presidio all those batteries still had turrets in them.

[@migzz7976]

fantastic footage of neighborhoods in SF! You really only need a couple of days there to feel a sense of how unique the city is. Mysterious and beautiful town. I walked(dogs), biked(up those hills)and drove on most streets there for years, it feels like another lifetime and era now. There is definitely a piece of my heart there still.

[@richmeyer2064]

Amazing restoration. San Francisco has not changed in many areas from 1947. War is over, but military personel still coming back from overseas. Most people still making do with pre war cars as factories slowly ramp up production. Fine work NASS!

[@NASS_0]

Thank you 🙏

[@topgeardel]

Are you convinced this was post-war SF ?

[@thegoldenagetvshow]

I'm convinced my dad was in the first scene walking into the frame in the tan suit (navy issue?) Since he was dropped off in SF after the war was over

[@richmeyer2064]

@@topgeardel I saw a 1947 Studebaker in one shot, definitly post war.

[@tomguyone]

@@richmeyer2064 Yeah, I noticed that Studebaker as well.

[@thestevedoughtyshow27]

That nice caddy on kearney Street, I knew the man that owned it. The young woman crossing union at kearney was my mother. Looking up union street on the left side is a brown building, that was a school, 350 union. I remember when they took down all the telephone poles, 1966. I grew up on union and kearney, mid 50's to late 60's.

[@windsorkid7069]

What are the odds your mother would be caught on film in this short time frame? Astronomical at least.

[@ksl4688]

@@windsorkid7069 and for him to see this video...

[@thestevedoughtyshow27]

@@windsorkid7069 it blew my mind to say the least, and to see her as a young woman was priceless. She passed in 2017 at 93, her and my father moved to 381 union in 1941 and my older brother was born in 1942. We lived there for 29 years.

[@thestevedoughtyshow27]

Yes, it blew my mind, to see my mom as a young woman was priceless. I showed to my wife and she said that was my mom too. My mom passed away in 2017 at 93. Her and my father moved into 381 union street in 1941, my brother was born 1942, me 14 years later.

[@sergiogentile7531]

@@ksl4688 on a video that's been up 5 hrs

[@redwoods7370]

I am a fourth-generation San Franciscan. I want to thank you for this! Wonderful to see what my father and grandparents saw back then. Glorious city. Still is in so many ways and it still looks a lot like this!

[@LucasSantos-cp1mt]

Been livin here for 4 months right now and I'm completely in love for this city history

[@traviskam1332]

It’s so dirty and not at all the same glory as back then…are you kidding me?

[@silentmajority8365]

are you ok? Its a hole now bums and needles on the sidewalks sirens all night long

[@drew8642]

Excluding the huge number junkies/bums, excrement, urine smell, trash, shanty camps blocking walkways, rampant crime, thefts, vandalism, break ins and graffiti. Besides that currently it’s a gloriously run city by “enlightened” leftist ideologues in corrupt government leadership. Have a good life there and good luck🤞

[@ВладиславВендичев]

@@traviskam1332 have you actually been there? Only Market St. is dirty and full of addicts, the rest of the city is fine. And it has an individuality unlike so many copycat cities nowadays.

[@mei6044]

I am a native San Franciscan. Ty so much for this. Was fascinating to see how SF looked in the 40s! Also, was scanning to see which neighbors and buildings ate still there, looking fairly much the same!! Ty, this was wonderful!

[@christophercagan8160]

So nice to see this! Thank you for making it. During the time of this video, my grandparents were living in the outer Richmond. My mother (born 1926, now deceased) was in her early twenties living in her parents' house, and hadn't met my father yet. Of course I have been in the city many times although I don't live there. It was really good to see the city as they saw it. Thank you.

[@christophercagan8160]

And one more thought. So many of the buildings look exactly as I saw them as a child, exactly as my grandparents knew them.

[@HerveAttia]

speechless. the quality of this footage is speechless.

[@HugoBrown]

Thanks for the acknowledgement in video that was really nice, I donated cause I just love these restored films and hope you will achieve your goal and getting a new computer / GPU to contue the project of restoring more footage. The men so dapper in there suits and that guy looking down as he walks to the corner (1min 08secs blue/grey jacket) I have feeling he was really intrigued by the camera and wanted to know more I wonder what became of his life he seemed very expressive. Thanks for uploading another great time piece

[@RebekahCurielAlessi]

🌼

[@hudentdw2]

I've been in most of those areas shown here in modern times last time was 2017 and they look pretty much the same as this footage it is an amazing thing You've done.

[@wesleyrhoten8505]

Same ✔

[@billhollis1888]

Born and raised here in SF. And they’re still the same. Not likely ever going to change.

[@JustAdude291]

@@billhollis1888 no kidding huh

[@nehcivil3001]

was in Chinatown yesterday. It looks exactly the same as here.

[@brianwilliams7097]

Except for the people pooping on the sidewalks and shooting up, it's exactly the same. Smells a little more pungent too.

[@The-Portland-Daily-Blink]

This is simply fabulous. Damn, the cars were gorgeous and the people so cute and adorable, in their old scruffy clothes. What a gift this film is. Good audio, too. Don't know if it's real or created but the audio really works, too. Great video.

[@zuzuspetals9281]

My grandparents and parents lived in San Francisco during these years. Grandma would bring sailors home from the shipyards for dinner or to stay for the weekend so they could have home cooked meals. Most families opened their homes to sailors which is why they still celebrate with Fleet Week in October every year. I remember riding on the trolley cars when I was little and all the walking. My mom didn't learn to drive until we moved to Sacramento when she was 31 because we walked everywhere or took the bus, trolley, or cable car in the City. I miss SF so much, it is where my soul belongs. Once a fog baby, always a fog baby.

[@andyberry4489]

Thank you for posting this.. Amazing! This is really special to see, having grown up in SF and recognizing every little detail. Great job!

[@DornCranertKonasite]

Thank you for this incredible work. I was transported back to my early childhood and I could almost smell our brand new 1947 Dodge as we went tooling around on a drive. I fell out of my seat when (for the first time in my life) I saw a shot of one of those old Bordens Milk Trucks with the milk sitting in the outside beds of ice! I have been trying to explain that Truck to people for 70 years. Such fantastic beautiful work-what a fantastic addition to our historical past!

[@2MuchPurple]

And Elsie the Cow!

[@RebekahCurielAlessi]

Oh my gosh!!!! Thank you so much!!! What a gorgeous, relatable view of my town, and what a thorough and satisfying view of many of the neighborhoods... I am likely to rewatch it for more enjoyable details... The women's fashion is covetable and I picked out what I am pretty sure is every location... I might need to rewatch to be absolutely sure.. Oh my gosh I enjoyed this...the corner of Kearny and Green is just where I was today! 🏆

[@smokeynedith3555]

The clarity is astounding. It feels like I boarded a time machine and traveled back. I feel like I'm there in real time.

[@surferdude44444]

Lived here all my life. The cars have changed, but the houses and apartments remained the same. Great upload. Thanks.

[@randlfrost]

Great video, thanks so much. This was the San Francisco of my youth, with the video mainly showing merchant and residential areas, (Chinatown, North Beach, Western Addition) rather than downtown. I recognize it all. I can also see the development of 1940;s movies set in San Francisco using footage much like this, such as Dark Passage, Lady from Shanghai, Lady on the Run,. The video also has a definite flow from the older residential neighborhoods close to the Bay to the development of new postwar residential neighborhoods.by the Pacific Ocean. Thanks for the memories

[@liloice7285]

California Street hasn't changed one bit in 80 years! Loved the beach shot with the statues. Is that the old Cliff House?

[@xyzcomp08]

I was thinking the same thing! Looks the same!

[@garyschultz7768]

I think that one burned

[@clintonflynn815]

Clip is from Sutro Park on the hill above the Cliff House. The statues were mounted on the perimeter of the grounds that once comprised Sutro's summer home.

[@bartonpercival3216]

Gosh I still remember many of these streets and storefronts having grown up in SF in the early 50's. That shot of ocean beach and Sutro's park with the statues was so cool. And down below was Playland at the beach. Was such a fun place to go as a kid. It's all condos now. I wonder if the Cliff House ever opened back up?

[@clintonflynn815]

@@bartonpercival3216 The operators who ran it since 1974 lost the lease during the pandemic... dispute with the National Park Service. They took the name as well! Still vacant.

[@oldgypsytap]

Stunning pictures and sound of my (once) favorite city! So much of the charm is no more. Thank you for your wonderful restoration! I got goosebumps! and a wave of nostalgia....

[@chrisb7142]

Loved this! Being born and raised in SF, I recognized almost all of the places, but wished some of the street names had been clearer (near Coit Tower). Thank you!

[@themarc6453]

It's wild how few trees there were! When the camera was going around North Beach it looked so different without the greenery we have today.

[@MrHenrymcneely]

Wow! This is so relaxing to watch. The first scene is Washington & Grant looking north. Incredible that things like the "THE ART Co" sign on the wall are still there after 80 years.

[@HerAeolianHarp]

Yes! Li Po, too!

[@jamessven8022]

And after that scene, drove around Vallejo/Kearny/Union/Grant streets 3 times! and most of the houses are still there when I checked google maps.

[@joyhartnett1312]

I've always agreed that B/W film should never be colorized, but this film--and with sound added, no less!--has absolutely converted me. Also, the images--all those streets and streets of beautiful bay windows! Wonderful old cars! The familiar sound of the cable car! The view of Playland and the beach! This is a magical piece of film, beautifully and sensitively augmented. Thank you to the artist!

[@bartonpercival3216]

Yes, I agree. I grew up in the Sunset Dist in the 50's and I remember and miss the fun and the colors and the sound of Whitney's Playland at the Beach

[@RebekahCurielAlessi]

I so agree.... I rejected all colorized til this....it humanizes it.

[@WitchKing-Of-Angmar]

@@RebekahCurielAlessi my favorite Colorizer is called Kodachrome, and cinecolor. I like it because it isn't colorized at all, it's actually color pictures from the time. Ive found period color films from 1931, 1928, and 1917 once in District Columbia. It isn't fake colors unlike this sad attempt

[@Fellow_Gamer]

"I've always agreed that B/W film should never be colorized" That's such a weird hot take to have, why shouldn't it be colorized, especially if you aren't permanently making any adjustmentes to the original?

[@WitchKing-Of-Angmar]

@@Fellow_Gamer because "fellow gamer", you're tricking people into beleiving the real image has such disastrous color to it. Also black and white can't just be colorized, because black to white scale is still a color, it's not colorless, therefor it warps the lighting when you add in whatever color some dumb ai guesses it is. I want to see real color, not an emotionless modern robots guess work that thinks their presenting some state of the art technology. And nothings more ironic than a modernist fixing a video from the past that doesn't need to be fixed. And this isn't color in case you for some reason think it is.

[@mrsmucha]

My dad said he visited San Francisco when he was in the army in WW2. Now I can see what he saw. Thanks for the video!

[@jrnumex9286]

there goes your dad 4:55

[@StanMzmr]

Thanks for the good work! I can immediately tell the difference between now and then from the integrity of the cars’ window glass

[@TheRhNegative]

This was absolutely magical to watch. I am mesmerized!!! Such great restoration and such beautiful work.

[@suzit5084]

I remember the store on Washington Street in Chinatown when I was growing up in the early 50's. Chinatown has changed so much. It's nice to reminiscence. Loved watching the old cars and clothes. I remember my father wore a hat and suit like that. Women wore hats and I used to wear white gloves to go outside the house.

[@Leik2487]

Washington and was that cross st in the video thanks.

[@aliciacatherineegan]

Looks virtually the same now as it did then :) Just more glamorous looking in the 40s. Thank you for this!

[@2MuchPurple]

Another wonderful job, Nass! Really interesting. I actually thought I saw my dad in one scene, but the man, though tall and handsome, was younger than dad who was in his mid to late thirties then. There were a number of movies filmed in SF during the late 40s, such as "Dark Passage," set mainly on Telegraph Hill where several of these scenes were filmed. My parents lived on Telegraph Hill in the late 40s to early 50s. I was born in 1950 in old Mt. Zion Hospital. Thanks again for this trip back in time!

[@2MuchPurple]

My parents lived at 294 Union Street, Union and Montgomery, when I was born. At 3:23 in the film a woman with long dark hair crosses the street a few blocks away from their flat. That COULD be my mother, though I am not sure. She was 35 when I was born, and dad was 39 in 1950. The building they lived in is no longer there

[@fairweatherbird]

Humphrey Bogart climbs up the Filbert St. Steps in Dark Passage to get to Lauren Bacall's apartment on Montgomery! A former tenant/owner on the top floor used to keep a life sized cut out of Bogie in trench coat in the window for those in the know.

[@aeromodeller1]

Mt. Zion Hospital, 1948, Dr. Herzog.

[@2MuchPurple]

@aeromodeller, Yes! Me, Mt Zion Hospital, March 1950, Dr. Herzog as well! 😊

[@racheljoller1795]

Thank you for posting this! Will be showing this to my 96 year old grandmother (she’s currently dealing with Alzheimer’s dementia) very soon! 🙏🏻

[@Jeannified]

This video is incredible...a real rare gem...a true treasure! THANK YOU!!!

[@jasoncarpp7742]

Awesome video! I've visited San Francisco, but this was long before I, or my parents were born. It's awesome to see old pics and videos in living colour. :)

[@redroads4598]

This is amazing! I grew up in SF in the 60-70's. I remember a lot of this even then. Thank you for doing this!

[@hamzak7261]

No problem :)

[@traviskam1332]

Where do u live now ?

[@leandrobaluyotjr5181]

Wonderful video ! It's like travelling back in time in San Francisco before World War II. This archival film must be preserved for posterity ! Thank you and more success to you guys in your personal & professional endeavors.

[@timacoata7456]

Awesome really enjoy these videos! Great job at restoration. Love getting in the Time Machine( my phone , your channel and off I go)! Thank you .

[@herberthartwig8544]

Great video as per usual Nass just as I would expect from you , my heartfelt thanks 🙏👍

[@jec1ny]

For those familiar with cars; consider that almost all of those cars driving, parking and stopped on those steep hills were standard transmission. I used to hate having to stop on a hill when driving a three pedal car. Unless you are very skilled at smoothly shifting gears when stopped, it was fairly common for your car to roll down the hill slightly as you were shifting to get going again. In modern times most people don't grasp that about stick shift cars and they always seem to get right on your @$$ at a stop sign or traffic light.

[@xyzcomp08]

I've driven the hills in San Francisco plenty of times in a manual, it takes just slipping the clutch a little or applying the handbrake if you want to save that clutch; not hard, just takes practice. Around this time, I would think ALL these cars are manual, the Powerglide was one of the first automatics and not very good, as a two-speed, it probably was awful on these hills.

[@rabbieshot]

This invention was a godsend in 1980 kzbin.info/www/bejne/l3u9eH-eo9unoLM

[@thestevedoughtyshow27]

And this is why people who can't drive should always take cabs when in San Francisco, lived here all my life, never had a problem with clutching off, with a car or a bike, only getting stuck behind someone who couldn't.

[@garyschultz7768]

@L P on steep hills your gonna roll back or burn the clutch a little ....but In order to get a driver's license you should be able to drive a 3 speed.... You should be conversant enough in English that you can pass the written test on English....& ditto for voting too.....

[@SoftExo]

Even if you do stop you can pull the handbrake to keep the car in place while you grant it momentum with 1st, all of Europe still drives manual up steep hills.

[@luisdiaz-mo6lj]

Congratulations amazing restoration i feel i can travel in time the old cars people dressed that way thank you for this films

[@NASS_0]

thank you 🙏

[@hunk547]

I love this kind of footage. Thank you!

[@wadeparker8695]

This is great! I love the sign at the Fishermens Grado on the corner that says no cameras… Makes me smile thank you so much this is really nice

[@Cherrysmith2809]

I liked seeing that Mobilgas sign. I remember that company from the 50s.

[@kennethhargens8277]

Those folks navigating those hills must have been experts at double clutching those old three speeds with the non-synchronized low gear. I have never mastered that skill. That is why I have a Muncie four-speed in my '40 Ford coupe. I love these old movies. Thank you.

[@jeffmorse645]

The cars are different. The people are different, but that section of The City really doesn't look too much different today. I love how those older builders are cared for and maintained.

[@dgatan]

This is true. It looks identical other than the cars. The cars make the city look ghetto or dated lol

[@rf101259]

I was thinking the same thing!

[@3ofus135]

@@dgatan Dated? Well, it is over 70 years ago.

[@banderas2000]

1 reason frisco is best.

[@michaelpagsanhan9376]

so true

[@claystone7729]

Beautiful, looks Amazing the detail is so NOW hard to imagine it was before all the Tech we have today. God Keep Blessing you and thank you for your work.

[@amisstew3]

wow, so very cool! I grew up in Southern California, but loved to stroll about San Francisco on occasional trips. Now I live in Virginia and sometimes miss the great state of CA. Thanks for the tour back in time, great work!

[@bneemr251]

@First Last I grew up a couple hours outside of SF and have been going since I was a child. I just recently moved back to CA and SF is still drop dead f*****g gorgeous..keep talking shit nobody cares

[@mannyjimz721]

Hey Amy, I currently live in SF and love it. What took you to Virginia, curious? Lol

[@fuck_it]

@@FirstLast-gv1zl easy easy there compadre, you’re getting your tizzies in a a bunch… as stated above, no one cares about your opinion. Don’t like it then shut up and go do your business elsewhere lol

[@kurtpeterson315]

Not the entire city my friend. Maybe just where you hung out? Enjoy, Kurt in Santa Rosa...I work in the big city.

[@keith2092]

@@FirstLast-gv1zl More Flash news here; YOU LOST and you're still butt-hurt a year later, hoss? Not terribly resilient, are we, hun? Also, where the hell are your manners? Amy's missive didn't deserve a silly diatribe from a cultist. How ya gonna win a civil war acting like a spoiled little kid? Good thing you weren't drafted, sweetpea.

[@TheMarilyn1969monroe]

I just past by your channel, and its absolutely awesome to see this yesteryears footage. Thanks for sharing 🙏🏼

[@TamaraChing]

thank you for uploading my city of san francisco. gave you a thumb up rating for you posting this. also i hit the subscribed button.

[@scottnyc6572]

This definitely looks to be early 40’s,since there were many 30’s vehicles shown as well.The magnificent video quality still amazes me.Looks as if it could be today other than the well taken care of clean streets and original homes before they wrapped them in ugly aluminum siding.

[@WitchKing-Of-Angmar]

It seems to be about 1946, I say that because of the Buick and Ford both from 1946, and a 1946 Studebaker Truck

[@ramongonzalez2112]

I saw a 1941 Cadillac. The 46’s were indistinguishable from the pre war cars due to shortages in raw materials.

[@garyschultz7768]

@@WitchKing-Of-Angmar I'd of sworn this film was pre War but the cars really date a film ...... Love this video .....

[@WitchKing-Of-Angmar]

@@garyschultz7768 you could be right on the money Gary, I'm really not certain, howevere just outside of Los Angeles, there were 1930-37 Oldsmobiles, Nashes, Studebaker's, Pontiacs, Ford's, and Hudsons everywhere. Usually the city had the least variety, which is funny saying it outloud.

[@mattpayne3349]

I just posted moments ago that for a few seconds from 6:50 the cars looked 1920's.

[@ProfessorTime]

Every video is a "Time Machine." So cool.

[@chrisblay]

Makes you realise that by a chance of nature, you could have lived in very different times.

[@timallen7090]

Nice to see this, inspite of the occasional "incorrect" colorized pink car. I appreciate all the expert work that went into restoring this footage. Living in San Francisco, I smile a little at this being titled "downtown" San Francisco. There's only a few seconds of what we here would consider "downtown." But if you are from the suburbs, residential districts with multi-unit housing and commercial districts with more than a few blocks of businesses seem like downtown, I guess.

[@leedsman54]

Beautiful film, nicely restored. SF looks/looked a decent sort of place. It’s a pity that no can afford to live there from what I’ve heard!

[@brianholihan5497]

Great footage! Telegraph Hill in those days was still largely a working-class area, with Italian immigrants, artists, writers, and bohemians. It gentrified, beginning in the 1980s, and lost lost some of its friendliness and coolness. The Images of America book series has a great volume on Telegraph Hill, with lots of photos of its colorful history. Thanks for showing us this intimate glimpse of it.

[@jacknjill3000]

Great video of old San Francisco in the 40’s! Many of houses still are around and amazing to see when they were newer and the look they were going for. And what we now consider classic cars when they were everywhere and common.

[@JimC]

Fantastic work! It really brings those days back to life. I did detect one small thing: it appears this was being played a little slower than it was originally filmed. This is noticeable when the man jogs across the screen at 5:29 and the people walk up and down the stairs starting at 7:30.

[@breadandcircus1]

Astonishing, simple marvelous video. Fabulous job !

[@kiqw]

Great video! Would like to see more videos like this. It would be nice if you or someone else had a video of the Jones Street cable car which I ran from Hyde and California for a few blocks on Pine Street and then down Jones.

[@SarahDeelicious]

Wow, I love this so much! At the start, it sounds like, and feels like, we're on a cable car, but there are no rails. I love the colourisation, lol, and the slowed down scenes, so you get to really look at the people and places.

[@63artemisia63]

@Sarah Duckworth Not colorized. If it was the color would be garish. Color film was available in the 1940s, just unstable, which is why it comes and goes.

[@SarahDeelicious]

@@63artemisia63 Well, thank you! Who knew. (Well, you! lol)

[@jeffb.2257]

Spectacular! Thanks for the amazing video. So many familiar scenes.

[@NASS_0]

thank you so much

[@jasonmelton9755]

The lady crossing Kearny on Union (3:23) looks like my grandmother, Anita Conti. My family owned a triplex, four blocks away, at 400/402/404 Lombard, at the cross of Grant. Most of this video is taken in North Beach, Chinatown (Washington & Grant), and Fisherman's Wharf (Taylor & Jefferson). In Chinatown, you can see a sign on the building that says, The Art Co. That sign is still there today! I'm born-and-raised, third generation, and still living in.

[@DougMen1]

Yeah, I instantly recognized the first scene as the corner of Washinton and Grant, and I wouldn't categorize any of what we saw as "downtown"

[@cherrylove3656]

these are my favorite videos to watch Awesome how nicely these are restored

[@norwegianblue2017]

Sometime I forget how elderly my dad is. He is so youthful in spirit, but was born in 1940 and lived in the area. He could be in this footage for all I know. Even stranger to think of my great grandmother, who was alive in the 1980s and I was able to speak to her as a teenager, was born in 1885.

[@shahriar1111]

It’s amazing that some areas are changed very little if any, at present time.

[@sonnycorleone2602]

Amazing! Where do you get these wonderful Gems into the past? These are Priceless. Thanks for sharing ! San Francisco is probably my second favorite city in America., I absolutely loved it went there as a kid with my family in the 1970's. . New York City first favorite City , San Francisco second favorite city. Chicago third for me. All of them are nice though. I remember seeing Chinatown, The Golden Gate, bridge, Alcatraz prison-this was in 1974 before the public could tour it., went on world crookedest road, Plus Ripleys believe it or not museum. Etc. Wow! look at how those cars are parked at 3:23. Haha So what year exactly are we talking here guys ? Judging by the cars late 1930's to early 40's ? Thanks for the upload.

[@NASS_0]

thank you 🙏

[@paulmaudlin7651]

Summer of 38 or 39.. Maybe 40. Awesome video. Those were the days !!

[@sonnycorleone2602]

@@paulmaudlin7651 Yes. I see a mix of 1930's cars with the 1940's car's so that sounds about right to me. Thanks so much for reply !

[@odietamo9376]

There are other commenters here who claim 1946 or ‘47 because of a particular Studebaker they spotted. So maybe just after WWII.

[@sonnycorleone2602]

@@odietamo9376 I read other commenters say that too. It's possible of course. Thanks so much for your reply.

[@johnnynephrite6147]

I grew up in SF in the 1930s. We lived at the corner of Kearney and Vellejo, in fact thats my dad's yellow Buick parked outside our house 2:50 in the film.

[@lennythetube]

Wow what an amazing memory for you.

[@bhatiavinod294]

I was there till 2020 and those Metal Street lamps are still there and a beauty Thanks for Sharing and Good work!!

[@lisabekesi3526]

Fantastique , Fabuleux , impressionnant ce retour dans le passé ! L impression que nous sommes la ! Nous pourrions prendre ce bus , rentrer dans ce magasin! C est impressionnant de vérité !!! Merci à vous c est génial ❤️❤️❤️vous êtes géniaux 👏🏼👏🏼

[@NASS_0]

Merci ;)

[@FreedomLovin]

Very cool, and interesting to see how clean it was then compared to now!

[@asjalane2289]

Absolutely stunning footage, a sort of trip time warp journey,love the old motors…

[@VincentWilliams007]

Thanks for posting. As a native it's great to see how others lived back in the day.

[@cheerry777]

This is so cool! So clear and the sound is so crisp. Looks just like in the movies. Ppl actually drove those cars in the old days.

[@brianarbenz1329]

Great realism to this. Nice work! I even feel fatigue when heading uphill!

[@krabenaldt7605]

I think on how they built all they did and not with the modern tools of today. Looks like they built things just fine. Love these old streets scenes, the people and their dress, the cars, buildings, etc. Wish someone would drive and film the same route to see the comparison to today. Love the guy at the very end in the white truck waving to the person who is filming.

[@dianedemars4994]

A map of this would be great too!

[@fraser_mr2009]

they still had machinery

[@davidcarl168]

NASS, please do ever stop and thank you for the time travel!

[@willawallace2090]

I enjoyed this a lot, and recognized more than I would have expected. One thing that struck me though, a lot of the scenes of people walking, they looked like they were moving strangely slowly, like they were wading through molasses or something. I especially noticed it during the "Fisherman's Grotto" segment. Was the film slowed down, or am I imagining this?

[@atlasentity]

it seems slowed down a bit. try it on 1.25x speed

[@lisakambouris8304]

I'm a big fan of San Francisco, especially its history and I enjoyed this very much! Thank you for sharing!

[@TheCymbalProject]

I love the box car sitting on a random street next to residential houses.

[@ЭМИР-й6т]

Тяжело осознавать что всех этих людей уже нет и нас тоже не станет лет через 60-70 но такова жизнь надо радоваться каждому прожитому дню

[@thomaslucas6079]

I mentioned that to my doctor once. She just said. Eat Drink and be merry for tomorrow we die.

[@suzit5084]

I used to ride the cable car for 15 cents and get a paper ticket transfer to ride the bus later. If the person collecting the fare didn't get to you because you were on the opposite end of the car, I got to ride for free and jump off before he could get to me. I use to walk the hills of North Beach and Chinatown because I didn't have the 15 cents fare.

[@monickalynn4365]

This was my grandma's middle school years. This is fascinating,it is so vivid

[@casey98]

Just breath taking ! Thank you so much ! This is so cool !

[@hiroku2718]

Thank you soo much for this made my day!❤

[@benhur1959]

That elderly gentleman crossing the road at 1:00 must be in his late 80,s at the time, so he would have been born around the 1850,s, before the civil War, amazing

[@leoinsf]

Ohmigod! Born in 1936. This is an amazing blast from the past! Wooden buildings! People not used to being filmed! And then there is the cars: wow! Best of the best!

[@formica.]

Those wooden buildings are all still there.

[@robertombricen7966]

What people used to think about being filmed like this back then? If you don't mind my asking.

[@yugsmcscrimmins5709]

@@robertombricen7966 At that time a lot probably had the warming their minds. People probably thought way more positively and productively, like remembering conversations with friends and family, mentally planing for the near future like the next couple of days or weeks, or just strolling along riding the vibes that are non-existent nowadays.

[@shahriar1111]

I always wondered why some parts of San Francisco and New York are so similar, while for example Los Angeles doesn’t have those similarities with SF even though it’s closer than NY. Cultural similarities exists in the same fashion between SF and NY too.

[@jasonmelton9755]

All eight of my great grandparents came through Ellis Island from Italy. They all stayed in NYC for less than a decade before heading to SF. This is such a common story that I like to refer to SF as the lost borough of New York. They all brought the NY accents with them too.

[@SmashMush]

I read they started building SF as the New York Of The West. I think New York and SF shared blueprints.

[@emjayay]

There was a large area of Victorian or Edwardian era houses in downtown Los Angeles that was torn down and replaced with high rises.

[@dogsense3773]

@@jasonmelton9755 I'm 66 born and raised in San Francisco,I have a new York accent, but less that my dad did thanks!

[@heckinbasedandinkpilledoct7459]

I think another factor is the geography. Both Manhattan and San Francisco are on small, limited areas of land. Manhattan is on a tiny island, while SF is on a mountainous peninsula, so they had to build things vertically.

[@hundredpr00f27]

The time traveler was almost caught by that cop!! Awesome video! To look at this and realize the terror and carnage men and boys were going thru over seas is sad 😞