San Francisco 1945 in color [60fps, Remastered] w/sound design added

I colorized, restored and created a sound design for this video of downtown San Francisco in the 1945. You can clearly see what's going on in broad daylight, lots of streetcars, old cars from the '30s and '40s, and then there are scenes in the bay area,
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 design 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.
B&W Video Source: Internet Archive, US Archive National "thanks to Speed Graphics Film and Video"
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[@NASS_0]

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[@truthadvocacy]

" ... with modern software tools. stabilisation, speed correction, contrast, sharpness enhancement, noise removal, dust and scratches removal, add color with A.I and sound for the ambiance ..." "A.I." and "neural networks" are poor tools for making B&W look like they were filmed in color.

[@jackmeeellleee4896]

Closest thing to time travel, but also kind of ghostly seeing a vanished world never to return in that shape and form, ever.

[@readwriter]

This was America when it was the right size...139 million in the summer of 1944. Today it is a bloated beast of over a THIRD of a BILLION people.

[@bobtaylor170]

​@@readwriterwell, we don't do liquidations here, so get used to it. What has gone wrong with America is the character of the people, and also, multiculturalism has been total disaster.

[@ayaneagano6059]

@@bobtaylor170Found the racist-but I can agree with you on the Islamists though, they don’t mix 🙄

[@bobtaylor170]

@@ayaneagano6059 well, I'm not a racist. Are you kidding? Without blacks, American culture would be maybe half of what it is. But American blacks are Americans. My maternal grandparents were from Sweden, but they learned English, became citizens, and didn't think of themselves as Swedes any longer. I don't need to defend myself to you, but I'm 71, and watched MLK's March on Washington speech live. I remember legal racism, and thought it was horrible.

[@kevinphoenix2007]

@@readwriterThanks to millions of illegal aliens being chaperoned in by our installed “president”.

[@kennethnero2011]

Old is Gold! Love the cars! And the times… the way people dressed is just so modest and impeccable

[@alanpecherer5705]

I think it's safe to say this was shot by a better-than-amateur photographer. Framing, use of tripod, etc; Excellent!

[@paulchadwick1904]

some shots are a work of art, I am going to screen snap and print, the sloping pavement, walker, car and tram...esp

[@edwardmiessner6502]

Beautiful. Everyone dressed sharp and every building had character. You can't get that anymore.

[@merlin8675309]

THANK YOU once again. The work you do preserves and teaches the context of history like no other!

[@NASS_0]

thank you very much

[@benhur1959]

Once a great city, many classic movies have benn filmed there, Dirty Harry, Vertigo, Bullitt among many.

[@WAL_DC-6B]

A fair number of "woodies" (wood bodied station wagons) seen driving around. This is one city where your life depends on the condition of your car brakes and your ability to handle a manual transmission. Nice views of the "City by the Bay" in the 1940s and thanks for sharing!

[@OldDood]

You definitely 'Turned' you tires 'Toward' the curb when parking on hills.

[@vincentl.9469]

@@OldDood from what I'm seeing SF is a dreadful place now, garbage everywhere , urine on sidewalks, drug addicts..

[@PLS.54]

Absolutely love these colorized true to life videos from days gone by. Makes me want to time travel!

[@NASS_0]

thank you very much

[@yvonneplant9434]

Thank goodness we can't time travel. You are probably aware of the paradox of changing anything in the past could create a situation where you are never born.

[@PLS.54]

@@yvonneplant9434 Humans can’t change the past. Any concept of doing so is based on imagination, with a little Hollywood thrown in.

[@karenstanislaw8912]

Always looking to see/trying to catch - movement *behind *windows in these urban shots. Worlds within worlds that went on then. All of them - gone now. Riveting, creepy, resonant, fascinating - as per usual. Thanks as always, Nass. Appreciate,

[@noellewestfield6849]

I also look for a curtain being drawn back.

[@psychedelicsanctuary.]

It's amazing to me how the digital video remastering makes this vintage video look so modern and new. It's as if it's modern day.

[@JimmyFoxhound]

That scene @ 5:06 could almost be a Hopper painting, I love that!

[@amfm889]

And the way the cable car casts a growing shadow on the street. Very cinematic!

[@iadorenewyork1]

I noticed the painterly aspect, too. Amazing. Of course, Hopper was painting then.

[@angelglo1]

Great video. It also shows how SF used to be a military town!

[@greg434]

There was a war on ...

[@angelglo1]

@@greg434 It was not only because of the war. It was a military town until the Presidio(built in the 1850s) closed in 1994 followed by the close of Treasure Island in 1997. Presidio was one of the most beautiful bases where a soldier could be stationed. They closed because California began closing bases beginning in 1989. Going all the way back in history, forts were erected to protect our bay. You can still see and visit pillboxes and Nike missile sites here in the San Francisco area. Fort Point still stands and you can still visit it today. SF WAS and still is a major port of entry and is highly regarded as a target for attacks. A lot of military ships were built in the bay starting in the 1850s on Mare Island. I can go on and on about military history in SF area but it is a long discussion.

[@noellewestfield6849]

I can't seem to get enough of these videos. They take me to a place of longing that I think has been deeply hidden. This is the San Francisco of another time and yet so real I can smell the sea.❤

[@randomvintagefilm273]

Very, very cool! Thank you for all your hard work

[@NASS_0]

Thank you

[@gunsandpoker7432]

Many changes in 78 yrs

[@hugostiglitz8465]

Yep, and not good ones.

[@BOZ_11]

Beautiful. Everything had character.

[@Mr.Glenn.]

Thank you for making these video's.

[@NASS_0]

Thank you bro

[@MrLemonbaby]

Always enjoy these and you do a great job. Many thanks again.

[@susiewickham9990]

I love those cars.

[@chas9111]

Thanks for narrowing it down to the exact year, instead of decade. My parents lived there briefly that year. Nice to see what they saw.

[@SonnyCorleone-tg1ik]

Thanks for still another fabulous video Nass! Always loved San Francisco my second favorite city. New York City is my first. In (1947) Humphrey Bogart and wife Lauren Bacall did movie "Dark passage" in this city and in (1948) Orson Welles and his wife Rita Hayworth did "Lady from Shanghai. Both very good films! Please do 1915-1919 Chicago or New York if you can and want to. Thanks!

[@michaelgmoore5708]

Rita Hayworth? Wow?

[@NASS_0]

thank you very much

[@mystikrebel1089]

Amazing work as this looks so like its the present and you think to yourself all those people from that time long gone but still they exist here today in this video

[@NASS_0]

Thank you

[@HxTurtle]

yeah, that's always the most creepy part to think about in such videos.

[@whitedovetail]

I love watching the videos on this channel. It amazes me on how clear the video can be. Thanks for the hard work!!

[@NASS_0]

thank you very much my friend

[@mikemasiello9625]

I wonder what those people would think if they suddenly appeared and saw there images on a cell phone being Chrome cast to a HDTV.? Totally mind blowing!

[@dgatan]

Amazing work as always

[@NASS_0]

thank you so much

[@Jaffar540]

It is another healing session for me. I was born five years later in 1950. I love all the scenes which one could only dream of today. What impresses me most is the way peopl walk to and from their daily business. I feel that my soul is somewhat connected to the past just about the time when the atomic bombs were about to be dropped in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. May God have mercy on all those innocent souls who perished during the time. Thank you for capturing the past which brings my parents and grandparents time in front of our eyes.

[@martyreking5487]

This is absolutely awesome, but let's make this great video even more fun. There are a lot of wonderful classic cars in this video, if you are a little bit of a connoisseur put a comment about the model, type, year and so on you think it is from the car you saw at a certain time in this video. I think that would be fun. I think NASS won't mind.

[@dr.skipkazarian5556]

Beautiful in every sense of the word....thank you for archiving and posting this bit of history.

[@NASS_0]

thank you very much

[@4granny388]

I lived in San Francisco as a child. It is nice to see the city I once lived in.

[@bobtaylor170]

Beautiful, beautiful stuff. Thank you again.

[@NASS_0]

Thanks

[@josefradisz2133]

👍L'effet "arlequin" du ciel entre les cables a presque complètement disparu, et les couleurs sont plus franches.

[@shaunwest3612]

Great video nass amazing footage, great work 👌👍😀

[@NASS_0]

Thx ;)

[@zoso73]

I'm waiting for Kim Novak or Jimmy Stewart to walk into one of the shots.

[@mdmarko]

Incredible! Thanks!

[@NASS_0]

Thanks

[@michaelmurphy1414]

Love it thank you!

[@robertoalamo6353]

thanks very much!! beatiful video, best regards from Santiago Chile

[@NASS_0]

thank you so much

[@mattjames112]

It's too bad that so many of these cities in these old videos are either completely unaffordable now or complete hellscapes. The pre-suburban world would have been an interesting time to be alive.

[@yvonneplant9434]

True! The unaffordable housing!!!!

[@HowardMoon56]

This is amazing! To see all of these deceased people, doing their daily activities... thinking about life problems.. same as today...only 80 years ago... By the way you inserted the sound right?

[@iliketowatchvideos47]

This is fantastic, to think what those houses are worth now 😮

[@HxTurtle]

no single one less than a million. surely a good investment would you've gotten a hold on one some eighty plus years ago

[@edfranklin2]

Houses up 6x in 30 years. Ask me how I know.

[@Me97202]

3:00. It’s interesting how the cars change shades of color as they drive by.

[@juniorchavesopicassodeyahu988]

Wonderful footage

[@ILOVEBACONBOY2018]

Amazing content.

[@davidduxbury7530]

Wonderful!🌟

[@The.Combine]

Оnce it was a clean and beautiful city.

[@goodtimefolkrock]

Great stuff here ......as usual thanks NASS

[@leonelgaldiano326]

Que imagens lindas. Deveria haver uma máquina do tempo.

[@shilohskye2056]

💜ThankYou For Sharing 🌝

[@Chrisicola]

Great video

[@MulticarpoQuaresma]

Very nice. Congratulations.. Here Brazil.

[@seandelap8587]

Amazing footage

[@jamesdouglas5450]

Like the unusual start to this video colour great something about 1940s videos i love this one like it happened yesterday so clear people getting on and off the trams

[@juliendupont1700]

Thanks 👍

[@kelseymathias3881]

My mom used to tell me how clean San Francisco used to be. I never believed it until now!

[@NoosaHeads]

Now look at the place. But, don't forget, diversity is our strength.

[@TheDanEdwards]

"But, don't forget, diversity is our strength."

[@David-kh3xp]

The mountain views were prolific.

[@shadowthreat8715]

Pretty interesting 👍

[@JamesWoodring-mu2iz]

hey nass late to the show today. had to work late, thanks for all ur hard work my friend, always enjoy the films you bring back to life. many thanks from north carolina. keep up the great work my talented friend

[@NASS_0]

thank you very much my friend

[@shadykatie100]

This is truly amazing1

[@NASS_0]

thank you very much

[@olrikm]

Mind boggling footage!

[@W7DSY]

At 5:16 was a scene from across the GG Bridge from Fort Baker, now a classy resort and conference center. The most 'exotic' car I saw was a Chrysler Airflow. They didn't sell well at all.

[@NASS_0]

thank you very much

[@zhannazayarnaya1632]

Уникальное видио😅даёт задуматься о жизни

[@temsiaratemsiara]

Wouuu wonderful. Brasil🇧🇷

[@sbmang4927]

San Francisco look so clean back then. You could probably eat off the sidewalk. LOL

[@TheDanEdwards]

"You could probably eat off the sidewalk."

[@phillipjurgensen]

At 2:22 there is a billboard with Abraham Lincoln. Almost the same amount of time has passed between the making of this video and today, as from when Abraham Lincoln was still alive to the making of this video.

[@michael7191]

Love the video, hate all the ignorant trolls in the comments. It’s still a beautiful city despite having some bad neighborhoods just like every other major city. It’s amazing how many of those buildings are still there, as well as the cable cars ❤

[@NASS_0]

thank you very much

[@HxTurtle]

three minutes after my arrival, I got robbed (big $). but the actual shocking part was when I got almost laughed at at the central police station when I mentioned something about them going to investigate. they outright told me, "sir, we can take notes of all the details regarding your case and should your description link to something else, you'll get notified; but us actively starting an investigation-no, that's not what gonna happen." so yes, I do see a slight difference compared to other cities just from my very own and personal experience. sorry about having ruined your fantasy.

[@HxTurtle]

also, just go there for yourself and have an active look on the sidewalks where cars are parked parallel to them. you'll see plenty of broken glass on any single day of the year. mind that the streets do get cleaned up during the night. so, that's all "fresh" what you can spot there.

[@edfranklin2]

Lived here 30 years loved every minute city better now than ever. If you hate it stay away we’ll be fine.

[@rickdeckard4434]

everybody seemed to have a flip flop color change custom paint job on their cars back then.

[@WitchKing-Of-Angmar]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/mmmnkqOYh5aaj7c I know, its remarkable how awful a colorization can be compared to a real color reel from the time.

[@jaysaeger2057]

Thanks for posting. SF is the best

[@vityamba1274]

NASS,хоч це і не моя країна,я вдячний тобі,BRO,за те що праюєш,як "машина часу",це круто і надзвичайно неймовірно,ще раз дякую🖐️✌️🇺🇦

[@NASS_0]

thank you very much ;)

[@brothertspoon5899]

This is the year when San Francisco welcomed the world to come birth the United Nations right in San Francisco. What a product of San Francisco!

[@megansfo]

Yes, my mother worked at the U.N. that year in San Francisco. It was the highlight of her life. She was 29 at the time and she and my dad met a few years later. I was born in S.F. in 1950

[@brothertspoon5899]

@@megansfo that’s incredible. It’s such a significant monumental event in human history that will always be remembered. I would be proud to be there too. I’m proud just from being from the area knowing that it (UN) was created here.

[@Racerkey999]

:20... rarely-seen '42 DeSoto w hidden headlites.

[@Sha-pn3ky]

Класс👍

[@Makeshift_Mulder]

Every time I watch one of these I hear that deedeedoo deedeedooo from the opening of Back to the Future III.

[@nickmonk7945]

What is the Japanese looking building focussed in on at 2:31? Very interesting! 🤔

[@Quizling]

One of the many buildings that came up in Chinatown soon after the earthquake and fire of 1906. This looks like the Sing Fat Co. building.

[@nickmonk7945]

@@Quizling nope that is NOT the Sing Fat co. Building

[@kevindunn5650]

Not sure what the name of the building is. Looks like it's in Japan Town, not China Town.

[@edfranklin2]

It’s Chinatown for crying out loud. Japantown, as it existed near the Fillmore pre WW2, had very little distinctive architecture. Then of course, Japanese Americans rounded up without rights and sent to internment camps without compensation for lost property and losing all civil rights. Nihon Machi today is important as one of 3 Japantowns in the US, but is a creation of the 60’s.

[@GeemailMailboxx]

I bet you could loop a bunch of those sounds of the city together for a hour video, we could play and listen to them to help us fall asleep like people do with Bob Ross videos. 🤔😉

[@exe.m1dn1ght]

This dude got a time machine but record with an old camera so we dont panic

[@althepenguin]

Did all those cars have a manual transmission? I imagine it’d be a headache driving those things on the steep hills!! 😖

[@edfranklin2]

Sorry to nitpick but the film has an intermixed collage of bridges, and somehow the Golden Gate Bridge ends up in grey! Also you superimposed fog horns, great as very authentic, except sky is clear so no foghorns would be used.

[@gretetimm]

I want to go up and down there too. 👍

[@CynthiaFeagin-bt1vi]

The movie vertigo shows some scenes of 1950 s San francisco

[@TheRedDevil_NC]

They are probably glad they are dead now so they dont have to see what their city has become

[@bobtaylor170]

San Francisco had approximately three dozen homosexuals living in the city at the time.

[@js6029]

Never forget what they took from us... NEVER!!!

[@phantomlord5707]

I don’t get it

[@js6029]

@@phantomlord5707 the purposeful destruction of our once great cities by the ruling elite who hate us

[@elderantonveyzaluna9814]

Está Preciosa ciudad es mundial mente conocida

[@joseluispepe8447]

👌👌👍👍

[@Daweisstebescheid]

this video reminds me of my first computer game Midtown Madness 🤣

[@d.808lf5]

Woodie at 1:26, 1:46, 3:19.

[@philsmgb4393]

I like the Chrysler Airflow at 3:09.

[@minaiorgova8388]

❤❤❤

[@_Bubchen]

👍

[@HxTurtle]

it was a very good video … until 5:15 happened 😆

[@amfm889]

5:15 Golden Gate Bridge not looking very golden! A few moments later: all those ships seen from the Bay Bridge (with its two-way traffic). Notice the dirigible at 6:27 !

[@WitchKing-Of-Angmar]

Colorized video dumb dumb.

[@StudSupreme]

Today, 7/14/23, the Design Automation Conference in downtown San Francisco ended. It has always been a very heavily attended and important conference in High Tech, going back at least 4 decades. Reports are that on monday it was moderately busy, but for the rest of the week it was a ghost town. People say that SF is looking 'bombed out' - nobody on the streets, restaurants and other businesses boarded up everywhere. Tourist spots around the city that are normally jam packed during the summer have tons of open parking and essentially zero traffic of any kind. Well done, leftists. You've found the secret formula for turning gold into lead.

[@TheDanEdwards]

"People say ... " - otherwise known as _hearsay_ . "Well done, leftists." - yeah, you're blinded by your own agenda. Ask yourself this: why is it so expensive to live in SF? Here's the answer: _because people want to live there._ Because it, like much of California, is a good place to live, still.

[@todd3563]

When criminals were dealt with and not coddled.

[@JohnShinn1960]

🤠👍

[@victormarie525]

Je ne sais pas pourquoi, mais certains plans de la ville me font penser à Hitchcock.

[@anteuzel5324]

GREAT VIDEO SUPER NASS YOU ARE THE BEST BIG SUPPORT FROM CROATIA❤❤❤❤❤

[@user-rs1kj7ck3y]

Как мыслили эти люди, в то время?🤔😁

[@subratasinha3032]

Please make Charlie Chaplin video in 4K 60fps

[@HimanshuYadav-jm5ir]

Man it's crazy when you realise almost 90% of people in this video are most probably dead

[@connorswanson]

Imagine if all major cities had trollies again. So long as cars don't get in the way it seems like such a low stress way of getting around

[@suppylarue220]

those are not trolleys. they're cable cars. trolleys are powered by overhead electricity. cable cars are pulled along by an underground cable that is constantly in motion. the car grips the cable to go, and releases it to stop. cable cars do not have a reverse.

[@edfranklin2]

Cable cars then run by private companies who did not maintain their track making public streets dangerous. Now owned by Muni.

[@damianuczynski9866]

super car