San Fernando Valley 1940s, Semirural Area in color [60fps, Remastered] w/sound design added

I colorized, restored and created a sound design for this video of this Process plate daytime, moving view from automobile looking back at road, reverse straight shot along Devonshire Boulevard, San Fernando Valley, Los Angeles; 2-lane road, light traffic, semirural, barely developed area, 3/4 side view, view from automobile looking back at side of road; orchards visible; some houses, fields
Video Restoration Process:
✔ FPS boosted to 60 frames per second
✔ Image resolution boosted up to HD
✔ Improved video sharpness and brightness
✔ Colorized only for the ambiance (not historically accurate)
✔added sound only for the ambiance
✔restoration:(stabilisation,denoise,cleand,deblur)
Please, be aware that colorization colors are not real and fake, colorization was made only for the ambiance and do not represent real historical data.
Thanks to Jeff Kaplan for share the amazing B&W Video Source
B&W Video Source from: Jeff Kaplan on archive.org
B&W Video Source: archive.org/de...
Old Time Radio: Bob and Ray WHDH September 1st 1949
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[@NASS_0]

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[@davidreel5150]

Thanks for what you do. I'm a Ventura County Historian and would gladly contact you to Restore old movies if I only knew where to find similar footage of this from this era here in Ventura County.

[@LaurenMirandaG]

Thank you for doing this. This is the valley in which I grew up. I'm sorry to say that most, if not all, of those trees are gone. It is all suburbs and strip malls now. This video predates me by a couple of decades, so I never saw Devonshire Street (not Blvd) like this. There are still wonderful nooks and crannies of the SFV, and it is my "hometown" so it's not all bad. I'm sad about the trees, though.

[@peace-yv4qd]

I was born in Long Beach. It used to be a quaint town, especially the Downton area. Theres a big mall where the downtown was. I miss those days.

[@markzacrep4266]

I grew up there also. Cement city now. Great place to grow up.

[@westcoastdude4777]

@T - Why be depressed. Just enjoy a look back in time and be happy to be alive.

[@ronglaeseman6690]

Lived in Van Nuys in '63. Devonshire was somewhat north so don't know that street well but I have to assume that all those beautiful trees were cut down in the name of progress. It reminds me of Simi Valley in the 60s. There was a similar street lined with cypress trees that went for miles.

[@bobfeigel8263]

Back then my mom and stepdad would put my sister and me into the back seat of their big old Packard and drive from our home in Santa Monica or our beach cottage near Big Rock in Malibu and take either Topanga Canyon Road or Malibu Canyon Road over to the valley. They'd pack a picnic lunch that we'd have in some orchard then fill the trunk with boxes and bushel baskets full of oranges, grapefruit, and vegetables to take home. Sometimes we'd visit walnut growers. But we'd always return with boxes and baskets full of oranges to juice at home. Good memories to have.

[@gregdavis19]

Too bad it doesn’t look like this anymore. The music is very fitting.

[@spacewurm]

I can just imagine all the sprawl that has taken over much of that stretch of road.

[@FlintyCobblestone]

You don't want to imagine it.

[@tubebunge]

I have a video of one

[@annichka8711]

I can remember when Southern California was largely orange groves, eukalyptus and pepper trees, and snow covered mountains in the distance. All gone now.

[@arjivar]

I love the radio commentary.

[@Mostlyonoff]

My guess was it looked like Devonshire before I looked at the description. Heading westbound possibly to the major movie ranches, most particularly Iverson Ranch. Home of thousands upon thousands of film productions. Westerns and all genres. Frequented by Gene Autry, Roy Rodgers, John Wayne, well every star of the day. Many of whom owed property and ranches in Chatworth and Northridge vicinity.

[@-oiiio-3993]

Looks like the western SFV. I remember when much of it west of Reseda still looked like that. The long rows of trees, many of them eucalyptus, were planted as wind breaks, Dust storms were a frequent occurrence when the Valley was still largely agricultural.

[@-oiiio-3993]

@CDXLIV Or the wind was blowing when filmed.

[@-oiiio-3993]

@CDXLIV I grew up there and that's exactly how it was. If you'll notice, those trees are much taller than they are wide. Wind has great power and it doesn't take much of it to cause such trees to lean

[@Mostlyonoff]

Yes, this is viewing East. And the 'SantaAna Winds' blew in stong from the North. So Left to Right

[@girle5584]

This morning, glad I clicked on this first instead of the news.

[@itorapadas]

You're a 50 plus year old dad and your sons are fighting in Europe or Asia vs the Axis. You are driving alone and miss them so much, hoping they make it back home.

[@TheAll5555]

Besides the strong winds the sf valley also had heavy flooding during the rainy season in Jan, Feb before they built the reservoirs. I moved into the west valley in the early 1980s with my family straight from Brooklyn NY. As a young kid I saw just a glimpse of acres of orange groves & lots of trees before developers came along & ripped them up & built the ugliest looking condos you ever saw. I felt sad about it then. Amazed to see the landscape that was in all its glory! Thank you 🙏🏼 for this.

[@maxdewinter9472]

Wow! That is some great reception on that radio. Picked up Bob and Ray on WHTH, Boston, in California!

[@johang7498]

I just love these "drives in the past". Thanks for uploading them.

[@bluesky4385]

As Always NASS. This was an enjoyable ride. Great work you do an excellent job on all your video's.

[@NASS_0]

thank you very much god protect you my friend

[@markzacrep4266]

I grew up there in the 60’s. Awesome time travel. Thanks for posting.

[@fredhannum4015]

At the very start of video the hill is still there it's Devonshire St. and just to your right is Barbara Stanwicks' house just west of Reseda Blvd.

[@HugoBrown]

Wonder what it likes in 2021, I really love seeing these old films, always interesting

[@Angrykat420]

It looks like los Angeles

[@tinman8518]

Hugo Brown It would be great to see a "second half" of these videos taking the same drive in 2021.

[@HugoBrown]

@@tinman8518 totally agree would be awesome to see the changes

[@theworkshopmechanicchannel3296]

You could probably see it by using Google street view

[@tinman8518]

@@theworkshopmechanicchannel3296 Good point!

[@Antoninpoznan]

WOW!!!, like really being there and that added sound of the radio playing the hits of the day

[@brianobrien7983]

Devonshire Blvd is so unrecognizable it could literally be anywhere.

[@frankvanderzalm6630]

I love the vintage films too. Had a 41 Chevy coupe for ten years. Same problem in Canada.....cities are growing and developers are pushing out into the country. I couldn't drive my Chevy (original condition) safely because of huge volumes of traffic. Thanks for the footage.

[@uqzdsq07]

Sinceramente, gostaria de ter vivido nessa época e nesse lugar!

[@Deepbluecat]

Cool. Thanks for making these

[@biggusbestus551]

I am 72 now and to my horror watched the best farmland in the world destroyed. Once Intel put out a shingle in Santa Clara Valley the process began. That was in the early 1970s. What a wonderful place to spend the 50s and 60s for me ...

[@robertchilders8698]

I help build Intel's first plant there! That was the begining of a new era !! 😊 Then things started to get expensive and for ignors started to move in, increasing traffic!!. followed by corrupt politicians wanting to get rich😢 Even some of the cops become corrupt! Barely escaped with my life. Many of my friends even left California!

[@earhart1000]

From Spain it's a fantastic work, congratulation. Bravo!!!

[@davidgrisez]

The passing of time sure makes a big difference. This looks like a ride in the country. Today this area is highly developed.

[@human1808]

I wish I lived in those times, I'd be glad to be an old man today and wait for my day.

[@tubebunge]

I have a video of one

[@robertchilders8698]

My first home after being born, was in San Fernanda Valley! No close nighbors! nothing but olive orchards and horses! 1939! still have wonderful memorys - just before the start of world war 2 !! Many happy days of long ago !!😊

[@littlerayofsunshine69]

Living in Northridge now. Told my girlfriend that looked a lot like Devonshire before I read the description.

[@johnnypalermo4620]

Virtual time machine...this is on another level. Bravo 👏👏👏

[@tubebunge]

I have a video of one

[@cato451]

Wow so cool. I grew up in the valley in the 1960s from birth to age 25 when I couldn’t take the filth anymore. The valley today is unrecognizable to me.

[@toofargone6858]

Did you like the movie valley girl? And I grew up here since a baby to I'm almost 25 and want to get the heck outta here 🤣🤣🤣

[@DeanS.F.S.K.]

Watch the 1950s TV show "Highway Patrol".... rural Los Angeles !!!....5 am eastern / ME TV !

[@MrTmac1951]

You don’t need to get up at 5 AM, every morning , allHighway Patrol episodes are right here on KZbin, also commercial free. Type in the search bar almost any old tv show you’ll be surprised at what’s there. Barnaby Jones every episode and many more .Also get the app for Pluto TV they run old shows 24 7 and on demand free, METV for me is history.

[@jrtej9575]

Love that show! I wish there were such a thing as time travel.

[@DeanS.F.S.K.]

@@jrtej9575 I think the same thing everyday! I wish I can travel back in time !

[@danoc51]

Yes, I watch the old Highway Patrol shows here on KZbin. I am always wondering where exactly they shot their scenes and what those places look like today.

[@davemckolanis4683]

Unfortunately Broadrick Crawford was a Big Drunk and a Terrible Actor to be the star of the show. Too Bossy, But I Liked to see the old cars on that show though.

[@Braavhart]

Amazing experience! Thanks.

[@Dog.soldier1950]

Based on the cars. 1941. Fun fact: The guy on the radio was Gene Audrey, later long suffering owner of the Angels. In 1942 he was the highest paid performer in music, enlisted in the USAAF for $20 a month

[@SHS854EVER]

It’s funny growing up in New England and hearing a commercial for Wonderland Race track in Revere Mass .The track was torn down years ago and this video was made way before our time

[@brkitdwn]

Would have been helpful if the street names, and direction they were headed were mentioned.

[@westcoastdude4777]

There are actually more trees now in the Valley. Take a drive on Mulholland. The view is of a green canopy.

[@KN-fy4vv]

Jake Gittes looking for orange groves in the northwest valley

[@replicantwanderlust]

Not much traffic back then, huh)

[@robertmartinez4174]

Johnny Bond on the radio at the beginning of the video. he sang Hot Rod Lincoln & Smoke smoke smoke. he was a native of Oklahoma.

[@None-zc5vg]

Could this movie have been shot for back-projection purposes by a movie studio ?

[@smilinmoo]

That’s what I was wondering.

[@MissaPality]

Truly curious about this......4:44. Did they really have attached 2 car garages in the 1940's?

[@robertchilders8698]

YES!!

[@kenfrank2730]

Around 1975 a family friend lived on 1.5 acres of land in Van Nuys, near the airport. Back in the 1960s he would go squirrel hunting on his property. Those were the days. Now that land has been developed, no more open space.

[@steve20664]

You call that semi rural? And that was about the longest straightest road I’ve ever seen. Nice though. 👍😎

[@1940limited]

What a nice highway with no traffic. 38 Buick parked curbside in the beginning of this film. I'd love to take a ride in that on this road.

[@auslynwright7286]

Beautiful video. It’s sad to think of all the land that is now occupied and the little bit of free land that remains. There was more trees and oxygen and wildlife back then. Almost nowhere left that isn’t already occupied.

[@AussieBleuu]

huh i didn’t know they had dashcams in 1940s

[@Fasil777]

Some of these trees are probably still here

[@Angrykat420]

Nope. All gone

[@Fasil777]

@@Angrykat420There's plenty of trees in the San Fern valley dude

[@Angrykat420]

@@Fasil777 yup but nothing like you see in the video. A few scattered ones

[@Fasil777]

@@Angrykat420 true dude

[@karenbrown2135]

I wish The Valley still looked like this. I grew up in North Hollywood in the 60’s. There are WAY too many people in the valley now. I hate it.

[@Guitarwizzard1833]

Love it! Past, present and onward to the future!

[@xray606]

I'm thinking this is west end of the valley, maybe Roscoe Blvd looking south at the end.

[@davemckolanis4683]

Hey Nass. The name of the " Theme Of The Lone Ranger" to use that would be BETTER to Use for this video, is from BrunoLefty and is 3:29 in time length. Check it out.

[@gustavoperez5480]

Nostalgic, beautiful, i would like to go through this screen and do some visit to this place for some moment. It was the generation that hippie junk boomers loved to mock?

[@Wilantonjakov]

1960s boomers with their superiority complex... Little did they realise they helped destroy a generation

[@erebus79]

Boomer generation makes me sick to my stomach.

[@sebastianguevara3615]

@@erebus79 SJW's And PC People Make Me Sick To My Stomach!!!!!!!!!!

[@chriscourson2824]

i like the old cement streets!

[@ry2thepoint]

I love this. Born in St. Louis but grew up in West Hills sfv

[@jons7771]

It's pleasing to know that all those trees have been chopped down for strip malls. Lots of them. Thanks for that...NOT!

[@W7DSY]

I would guess this to be from the mid '40's or before, since the cars don't look any more modern. Maybe even during WW2.

[@UnitedSoundVideo]

Looking for a road map of the San Fernando valley in 1942. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks

[@JeffAdairKTM530]

Thank you

[@lespecsman]

Very similar to the Barossa valley region in South Australia hot and dry with eucalyptus trees along the roads

[@Dog.soldier1950]

Consider numbering your videos for reference

[@ПавелГрешных]

Почему на каждой из двух проезжих частей тёмная полоса посреди? Должно быть две от колёс!

[@gibsonfan159]

2:50, why are all the trees leaning?

[@trevorjameson3213]

Formed that way from the wind, as they grew. Same thing happens here in West Texas. All of the trees you see (which aren't many), are leaning toward the North because of the constant South winds.

[@HandsONreviews4u]

Trees look really good they all have their crowns, not like today with GEO green leaves ENGINEERING😁👍

[@Yeoman7]

Who else was waiting for the horse back rider?

[@None-zc5vg]

With the obvious age of the film-clip, I thought there'd still be a good chance of encountering four-legged transport along the way, if only using the land alongside the highway. Maybe the guy on the horse (at 2.25) had been on a trip to the nearest store: we'll never know.

[@mcgannahanskyjellyfetti6854]

The camera view of the road going by looks like a 60s/70s sitcom intro.,,

[@DavidABerthier]

Greetings from France. ;)

[@davemckolanis4683]

Perhaps Using the Quicker Up Beat Music from the THEME OF THE LONE RANGER Would Add Some REAL PIZAZZ to this film. Try it ans see Nass.

[@TheKarankansal]

I curious what could be the quality of those road?

[@MezzoMamma1]

Why did this guy make a film of a street when he could of slowed down and made a real study of the valley.

[@Jandrorevs]

What street is this or did it become

[@Swimdancer1]

That’s one long straight road. What toad is it?

[@genedryer-bivins8314]

And it was, too. Still is, straight that is, but it's wall-to-wall houses now on both sides of the street.

[@mylove1618]

Is that Sherman way blv. 😊

[@Angrykat420]

Home sweet home. To bad there are tents and homeless flooding those nice clean streets

[@sisigpapi]

Wow, it was so green back then

[@azdbuk]

Fast forward to 2021, better medical, better cars, more people, less space, more insanity, more mental disorders, more stress.....

[@danoc51]

Yes, for all the technology that's taken place since this film was originally shot, I can't see we are now in a better time.

[@davemckolanis4683]

And More WHINERS about EVERYTHING Today Too. Get over it and try to enjoy life instead of Continually Complaining.

[@azdbuk]

@@davemckolanis4683 Just stated some facts. Your overly emotional response kinda makes my point....:)

[@davemckolanis4683]

@@azdbuk Like the Popular One Man whistling song made over 16-years ago goes, "DON'T WORRY. BE HAPPY".

[@None-zc5vg]

Exactly: I'm a continent away from the U.S. but the same stress/mental illness phenomenon seems evident over here: maybe it's the 'normal' mindset now, as if people are acting-out the behaviour of the characters in the t.v. soap-operas that they spend their free-time watching. Maybe there's even less security (jobs/housing) now than back then, thanks to the excuse of globalisation. As for the better medical care, you have to go bankrupt to pay for it.

[@ohmeowzer1]

Love this

[@sandboxmom]

At 4:45 DesiLu Ranch can be seen.

[@bayernmunich3103]

You are kabil ???

[@DannyManny98]

But it already has sound.

[@carolm3417]

That San Fernando rd?

[@seekingtruth755]

Devonshire?

[@RinkyRoo2021]

It's a shame that this whole place is ruined ,its just Miles of terrible traffic ,and crappy shopping centers

[@kommanderofkaos5843]

Собственно смотреть не на что, одни поля и дорога.

[@gvanderlee2703]

Fact: these roads in the 1940's look better than those in Belgium today.

[@Mische2k]

So you are paying high taxes and your roads are still crap?

[@gvanderlee2703]

@@Mische2k I don't live in Belgium. The first part of your question is right though :)

[@rovhalt6650]

​@@Mische2k Corrupt politicians prioritize sharing our welfare with imported people instead of fixing the infrastructure.

[@None-zc5vg]

@@rovhalt6650 The only real welfare is from the (relatively-) poor to the wealthy, with the assistance of politicians but if you try to convince (hard-up) people of this, they'll call you a 'communist' or something similar.

[@HandsONreviews4u]

I had a relative of mine named DANE who had a farmland in WINGINGTON Virginia. What in the world wide web could geo engineer(s be making)ing (while) watch(ing) (all those) dot(s) org(anically)

[@kristensorensen2219]

#490👍 The good times!

[@KingEric-nr8gv]

2:26

[@wanderleyapparecidovieira2282]

show nothing !

[@nanardbear3137]

Là c est 1940

[@shreyy3864]

ooooooooooo

[@malcorub]

Meh, looks dry and dusty. Great video though.

[@itsjohndell]

Why in the name of heaven did you decide to use a radio broadcast from Boston on this? Wonderland was a racetrack and amusement park in Revere, MA. Makes no sense at all in a video of SFV.

[@danoc51]

Give him a break. You are on here listening and watching this person's hard work all for free and you get offended by a very small mention of Wonderland, which most of us watching this have no idea was not in California at that time. As chosen for this video, the radio program hits the era right on the bullseye. Get a life.

[@GEOFF0906]

You clearly don't have enough in your Life to worry about

[@ilikequiet6474]

You have a valid point. With a little effort NASS could have found a recording of a Los Angeles radio station like KHJ to make this video more authentic.

[@danoc51]

​@@ilikequiet6474 There are also copyright considerations. After doing this much work on the video portion, NASS likely wants to make sure there aren't any copyright violations that may drop a bomb on this piece in the future. I believe the USA copyright term on sound recordings from this era is 100 years.

[@7775Kevin]

If you can’t say something nice, don’t say anything at all.

[@lizamelendez3095]

The worst time ever in history the 40s

[@davemckolanis4683]

Not Really. After WWII it started the Most Productive times in this country, but still not quite as hectic as today, with drug problems and people divided against each other after Trump's insurrection stunt.

[@lizamelendez3095]

@@davemckolanis4683 trust me the 40s was the worst if you were to live in certain places in the 40s you and your family would suffer

[@lizamelendez3095]

@@davemckolanis4683 people always had problems even in the past

[@davemckolanis4683]

@@lizamelendez3095 Dear Liza: Perhaps migrant workers were having a hard time, like they ALWAYS Have Been Exploited in California, And how Black folks have Continually Been Suppressed in this country too. But back east here in Pennsylvania after the war, things were BOOMING and a building craze was going on. With returning war veterans and A Lot of employed folks also moving into New Homes and having kids in a secure family environment. That's why they called us Baby Boomers. It's Sad To Hear that you and perhaps your family weren't able to have that same opportunity and outlook back then.

[@lizamelendez3095]

@@davemckolanis4683 you know nothing you know what the nazis used to do. They used to get thousands of hungry starving people then kill them by putting them in gas chambers and shoot them the past was the worst specially the black plague times and the era where they used to burn people at the steak the past is the worst

[@michaelmartinez7955]

Nice video but boring just saying

[@bOmBAsTiK]

They can't ALL be winners now lol. #contentisking

[@rovhalt6650]

Boring? Maybe history isn't your thing.

[@KnockOffBeingFat]

Could be the Chatsworth area. Ranaldi right up to Topanga Canyon.