A visit to Sears with Mom in 1977

Footage of a South Carolina family as they venture into the city to their local Sears.
No electronics or toys in this one darn it ...☹️
Just shots of the kids trying on shoes, looking at clothes, etc...
Audio goes in and out, sorry all.
This video last around 5 minutes.
#sears

[@jannydots3870]

The sound of those car doors opening and closing on that blue Torino are classic sounds of the 70s.

[@mach5jeep]

And rolling the windows up by hand.

[@notsoseriousmoonlight]

​@@mach5jeepGreat for building biceps! 😉

[@budb.8560]

Right. I immediately recognized the "clunk" of the car door and the "snap" of the column shifter going into reverse. Amazing what we remember.

[@kenlompart9905]

Yeah, the squeak and the hollow metal sound when it closed.

[@charlottaw599]

Cars had personality then!

[@hroard]

"These are on sale. You like these." Note: this is a statement, not a question.

[@shannonmarie294]

Lol…. I caught that too!

[@HominaHubba]

I think she’s saying “ _you’ll_ like these”, continuing an earlier conversation about what type of shoes they wanted.

[@Anne-ug8uo]

And no tantrums from the kids😊

[@hroard]

​@@HominaHubbadisagree, its at 1:40 or so, I don't hear a contraction, just a pronoun. Granted, it's maybe a distinction with little difference. But Mom said these are the ones on sale, followed closely with an expression on her face which clearly indicated, at least to me, that this wasn't up for debate even a little bit.

[@tonytigeer]

My mom said the same thing - LOL

[@robbarnes9047]

Look at mom. She is in total control of the situation. SHE is making the decisions.

[@kro6876]

Dad is right there, behind the camera.

[@ReginaTrans_]

Yeah cause totally only women can do decisions

[@hdaviator9181]

@@ReginaTrans_ Not women, MOM.

[@GNMi79]

@@ReginaTrans_ Not women, parents. Kids didn't make the buying decisions back then.

[@bluevictory1010]

Exactly! Parents did their job back then. Now it's the kids who TELL the parents what to do, what to buy, etc. Upside down society today, the tail is now wagging the dog.

[@Edro1973]

I remember when I was a kid getting the Sear’s Christmas catalog in the mail was such a big deal.

[@jameshancock7285]

It made Christmas come early.

[@AbstractM0use]

Oh yes. I remember that exciting feeling flipping through the hardware, appliance, clothing, underwear until I got to that magical toy section.

[@nileswillis7992]

We used to pore over those catalogues for hours...

[@MarcoORVISINI]

wow. ur childhood must have been boring.

[@Edro1973]

@@MarcoORVISINI you’re mom kept me entertained, that thing she did with her tongue.

[@Shang1966]

This may sound corny coming from an almost 58 year old guy, but watching this brought tears to my eyes. Why? My dad was still alive, I was 11 enjoying the time of my life skateboarding in the street, riding wheelies on my buddies Schwinn that I could not afford, hoping that cute girl Lynn down the block liked me. Such innocent times and yet very distant memories. Bottom line, we all got along, didn't have much money, were happy and didn't have the damn cell phones that alienate us. Thank you for posting this!

[@frankrizzo4460]

Yes I totally agree with you I was around the same age back then. Some of my greatest memories in my life were from those days. I'm sorry about your father I lost mine in 2008, but at least we were blessed to have experienced those times.

[@genecollins7375]

Shang, if it's any consolation, judging from my observation, your dad raised a very nice gentleman. I'm absolutely certain he's proud of you.

[@SheilaKaneDecoy]

Nothing corny about that, my friend 💛

[@catblack4091]

I'm right there with ya

[@crissy3463]

💯 in agreement with each one of y'all! I'm 57 now and those sweet memories going to Sears or Montgomery Ward with my parents will always hold a special place in my heart. Things back then were so much simpler and carefree, God bless each of us who got to live in those 70's & early 80's 🫶✌️🩷

[@angela-ti1np]

'These are on sale so that's what we're going to get' - how many times did I hear that growing up lol?

[@thelastdon6562]

Facts when there on sale your parents didn't give you a choice🤣🤣🤣

[@jenmck8146]

And the mom going "do you like these" more of a statement than a question, like "you better say yes," lol. Can relate! 😂

[@jamieSp69]

$8:97 though...

[@evanwilliams6406]

That is what you do with anything. My mother and grandmother always preached "get whatever is on sale".

[@aliciamodica8217]

@@jamieSp69the fact was at sears for the price minds blown miss them days

[@sandramayhew4443]

Oh look, an actual employee assisting a customer! Great video. Love my memories of the 70’s.

[@gonefishn5138]

Same here! Those were the good old days.

[@catblack4091]

I would have been right around the age of the little girl in this video in 1977. Every single thing about this, right down to the beautiful southern accents and manners, reminds me of back then. I'm in tears.

[@BonnieBlue1861]

Me too. I absolutely love this. It would probably do me good, to watch it frequently! God bless!

[@maguffintop2596]

Fascinating that 103K people tuned in to watch a family visit to Sears 47 years ago. 2K people commented. That speaks volumes!! Never thought I'd want to return to those days. And here we are, longing with tears in our eyes.

[@ChrisAthanas]

It’s so terrible what had happened to the culture

[@ADadSupreme]

Seeing SEARS definitely put tears in my eyes. You know how many times my Mom said "Don't touch that." then CRASH! Belt right off the rack, few swipes then put it back. But yeah, as Stevie Wonder said, we'd look back wishing to go back.

[@YeshuaKingMessiah]

Wish I’d never left My mama died two yrs later (34yo) Plus my childhood was pretty carefree even with my parents divorced My teens n young adulthood were ummmm not (widowed at 25yo w/2 littles & a baby)

[@absolutelydisgusted3319]

You nailed it. Every word. 💔

[@user-vj2sn7vv5s]

I am 45 years old and OMG sometimes I wish I could Teleport back to these times . And look how respectful the kids are, I remember I had to behave this way. Nowadays you have kids out of control in stores.

[@HomeAtLast501]

Everyone is so calm, centered, focused, without phones.

[@johnurban7333]

I was thinking the same thing. Nice to see people looking around, taking it all in,instead of down at their phones and unengaged. I do miss these times

[@user-rh8iy3dw6o]

That's what I noticed to. Life is supposed to be "progressing" but seems as though society is devolving instead of evolving. We have too many material "things" now but many people are empty inside.

[@johnurban7333]

@@user-rh8iy3dw6o agree. So much easier and quicker to get material things. That’s why so many people are in debt now. Before you would have to order from the catalog or actually go to the store you wanted to buy it from.

[@SunriseLAW]

Old photos and home movies were "staged" because being filmed back then was special. People tended to dress up for the occasion and acted differently.

[@nothanks5846]

@@SunriseLAW Sure. But observe the people in the background, those who are not part of the “movie.” They are not dressed up or acting differently than they normally would; they are calm and focused, too.

[@cameronhansen3775]

Man I was 13 years old &7th grade in 1977, now 60 years old wow!! How the time flew by.. crazy how fast life goes by..

[@FilhoCoruja]

But you were 13 (or thereabouts) when Star Wars came out and you remember 1977! That’s amazing and I’m envious of that!

[@badlander6369]

@@FilhoCoruja I was 13 in 1977 and yes, Star Wars coming out was pretty epic.

[@markt4605]

Just turned 60 myself. I spent a lot of time back then in our local Sears.

[@jay-vd6rt]

This made my day ! All those nice cars outside made of steel . Buying goods made in the USA ! People were happy ,the world was a great place ,no cell phones ,tablets,internet no bs . Nobody asking you to take a survey afterwards. Ahhh the good ole days

[@19Borneo67]

You don't see any Torinos today because they all rusted out in about 6 years.

[@troothcentral-qz9pz]

And cars back then hopefully lasted about 100k miles.

[@jayalexander3356]

I miss the 70s so badly. I hate the times we live in. Life is just horrid to me now.

[@ChristopherSobieniak]

How I feel.

[@user-23w8s1n]

Not for me. I don’t stay stuck in the past. I actually enjoy life

[@cajuncyclerestorations145]

@@user-23w8s1n but you here watching 45 year old movie clips instead of watching a " future type" video.

[@patrickm6012]

@@cajuncyclerestorations145that doesn’t not make his point invalid about enjoying life in the present. You can enjoy looking back in time without living in it and lamenting the present or future.

[@TopBananaE]

Yes I miss how things were. Everything has gone to dog shit.

[@jfe1195]

When parking lots were full of Cool-ass cars...

[@pre1980cars]

That is what me made click on the video

[@Stevie-hn7mp]

Love these cars . I loved the mom’s blue one . These videos are great . Check out high school ones from the seventies great also

[@patrickmcnabb1998]

Everything pretty much had a V8 in it.

[@happygirl65]

@@pre1980carsme too!

[@Rob2068]

@@patrickmcnabb1998back then if it wasn’t a V8 it was junk.

[@MarkPowell-bz8em]

I just didn’t realize how special those times would be to me now. I’m 57 and both my parents have passed. Our world was simple and in order back then.

[@BonnieBlue1861]

I don’t think any of us did. We all thought it would always be like that. Sorry for the loss of your parents. Mine are in their 70’s now and just the thought of losing them puts me in a tail spin.

[@AvocadoRoyalty]

There’s not a day that goes by that I don’t wish I could get in a time machine & go back to the greatest time of America & relive my childhood playing outside & hanging out with friends from dusk to dawn in the summers listening to our transistor radios & especially those long summer nights laying on a blanket in the yard gazing at the sky looking at the stars & listening to the greatest music ever produced & recorded.

[@annaolson6386]

No cell phones, no disrespect, and customer service...how things have devolved.

[@georgeperkins4171]

I wonder why. I think we know the reasons.

[@lt4324]

AND no one in the video saying DONT FILM ME, or YOU CAN'T DO THAT! LOL.

[@mcraft2240]

And using a cell to make comments KZbin.

[@YoYoYoSoSoOhOh3]

She didn’t even bother wearing a seatbelt.

[@twistoffate4791]

I think cell phones have done more harm than good. And big box stores drove all the mom & pop stores downtown out of business. The community aspect of store ownership has all but disappeared.

[@SpatioTemporalEntity]

For those of you not old enough to have experienced life in the 70's and 80's; you will never know just how good things were then compared to how bad things are now.

[@MountainRancher]

100% agree!

[@susank1646]

That's cuz we were younger and felt better!!

[@jimg7318]

Sorry you didn’t grow up in the 60’s.

[@SpatioTemporalEntity]

@@jimg7318 I got just a taste of it, was born in 67.

[@jimg7318]

I turned 13 in 1960. The music was great and everything else seemed perfect. By the 80’s and 90’s it seemed to all disappear when what was actually happening was that I had a family and lots of responsibilities. I think every decade is great when you are growing up and your only real pressure was getting your homework finished on time and hoping the girl you like; liked you. Now I’m 76 and the kids are all grown and the grandkids are all having fun without a care in the world. Everyone’s time comes and goes. The pressure on me now is getting the grass cut before it rains.

[@Part_121]

I graduated HS in 1977. Note that this was before big food had poisoned the food supply, so everyone is thin and looks healthy. I had also totally forgotten about customer service in shoe stores. They actually used to hire people to help you make your purchase. Just last week they razed the carcass of our nearest Sears building. Now gone forever..

[@Rob_Kates]

Good points, now everyone is fat and unhealthy. If you're thin in America, you're in a small minority. In Asian and European countries, everyone is not fat.

[@lakebay972]

It's not agriculture. It's a matter of an active vs sedentary lifestyle. Back in '77, kids did disco dancing which burned off LOTS of calories more than they consumed. They also EXERCISED and ran and played activities outside in the lazy afternoon until sunset or when it got dark. Television sets were in the living room or den; not in each individual room. In '77, Home movies were a luxury; but now, kids have thousands at their fingertips and access them all hours of the night. Don't even get me started on home video games. As the saying goes, poor health does NOT run in your family; it's just that your family doesn't run.

[@Part_121]

@@lakebay972 Your right about it not being "agriculture". I must have had a brain fart at the moment and really meant "big food". They convinced the govt., around 1980, to swap sugar in for fat in the dietary guidelines and we've been getting fatter & sicker ever since. An excellent documentary on the subject is available at kzbin.info/www/bejne/ioakdaZjeLBqrKssi=DGd-1gkjZ_O42UlH

[@KelliPrichard-dv3ri]

​@@lakebay972 Remember when going to your room was a punishment?? You are right on.......who really wanted to take the time to eat?? It was much more fun on the go and hanging with friends doing activities. I will admit our food is not as clean and nutrient dense as it once was but there are still some healthy alternatives and exercise is always a good choice at any age. 😊

[@billymacktexasdetective5827]

I saw the Sears in Lincoln Park, MI being torn down over the last several weeks. One by one, they are going away.

[@frankm7707]

Good ole days with no looting, no shoplifting, and no street take over by idiots. People actually respecting each other’s space.

[@richardcoronado4081]

I'm almost 56 and I was 8 going on 9 that year, I do remember those days felt safer and more innocent back then as a kid. It's NOT true that there was no shoplifting and crime. They were just fewer and far in between occurrences in those days. It's that things of that nature are worse now and more rampant nowadays.

[@jrnfw4060]

@@richardcoronado4081 Because, there's NO accountability anymore. In those days, if one was caught shoplifting, they were in big trouble. Today, gangs of thieves are allowed to steal up to a thousand dollars of merchandise -- just walk into the stores and take it right under the noses of the staff -- and they aren't even allowed to report it to police! Just one more step toward the abyss ...

[@treysimmons7707]

Shoplifting was actually easier to do back then. Almost no cameras and security measures.

[@dennistarrant3174]

@@treysimmons7707 Well, shopliffting was a "thing" at that time, but boy oh boy---if you got caught then there was hell to pay. That's back in the day when you could beat the snot out of a kid-gone-wrong. Then that same kid learned from it and never did it again, and hopefully grew up to teach his or her childred the same lesson.

[@AnnoyingCritic-is7rp]

Most crime rates were higher in the 70's. We also had information that most people could trust most of the time. Now, everyone lies. It's one of the shocking things about this video.

[@chryslerelectronicleanburn1676]

It's amazing that woman and all her children got into that 1970 Ford Torino two-door hardtop . Nowadays people have two children and they need a Chevy Tahoe with three rows of Passenger seating.

[@JayFreeburn]

So true!😂

[@chsnrdnck]

We're flipping out over this video. This lady is my wife's aunt.

[@ericknoblauch9195]

They also pass on the Tahoe now, and have to go with a Suburban

[@timmcpherson737]

Because the children are big as the adults. In waist line sizes. 😅

[@jefftroy4518]

Kick ass ride

[@bunberrier]

The older I get the less this time feels like it was real.... So thank you for the pleasant reminder and a fun trip to my past.

[@gramig0]

It was. Never forget.

[@BigBoss-kq8mb]

@@gramig0 its all a simulation...........

[@danny-li6io]

This is priceless to me. I was 5 years old then and saw the same world that used to have family outings and friendly, helpful customer service. I bet they went to Wendy’s for a frosty after that!

[@sovereigncrux]

@@danny-li6io More like Woolworths for a burger.

[@bunberrier]

​@@sovereigncrux Or the "Orange Julius"

[@KANSASKID1961]

More tears here. I was 16 in 1977. We all had the world by the tail back then. Thanks for posting this.

[@MGT_1960]

I was 16 in 1977 too. So much better times!

[@Kevin-Murphy-007]

Dec 1969 here. I remember these awesome times well. These were the best years. Never forget. Simple times. Dad worked, Mom stayed home with me and my sister, God i miss those days. Summer seemed to last forever and winter was really short. What happened to the world 🌎?

[@JLJr-qg4bk]

Politicians ruined it.

[@wisdomist2144]

That's how we shopped for shoes when I was growing up. You sit down, a salesperson comes out to measure your foot, then brings out boxes of shoes in your size of the type you want; placing them on your feet using a shoehorn. You walk back and forth on the carpet in them. If you're not sure they fit, the salesperson feels the top of the shoes for your toes to determine if there is too much or too little space for them. Full-service. :-)

[@annesmith9181]

And they didn’t have tattoos and pierced faces. They didn’t all have Attention Deficit Disorder. And they made eye contact and spoke clearly to customers. They were courteous.

[@bargeld09]

I remember all of the good shoe stores. We had a lot of them in downtown Pittsburgh. The quality of shoes today can not compare to the well-made ones back in the good old days.

[@gwakpyunghwa]

As a 1980s kid I remember the full service of which you speak. I also remember full service at the gas station. What the hell happened to this country? 🧐

[@JGG1701]

That's how I remember it. We made it a family event.

[@mn7486]

I like the way you write.

[@cherylolivieri6190]

Look how respectful the children are toward their mother. Looking to her for her leadership and in complete trust.

[@dennis3178]

Great comment.

[@rachelrivera91]

Those were times when kids looked up to the leadership of their parents. The parents had real sense of authority over their children. Nowadays, you’ll see children disrespect their parents, rebelling, being disobedient. Kids running all over the store, dropping hangers, and items without any sense to pick them up. Parents even seem oblivious to it. Leaving the mess for the store attendants to pick up. I even witnessed a kid cursing at his mother at Walmart. Utter disrespect to authority. Just chaos what you see in the stores. Mess all around. I would like to go back to the 90s again when I was younger. Kids were raised to respect adults especially their elderly more back then. Even more so in the decades before the 90s. Also God was at the center of life.

[@fartpooboxohyeah8611]

@@rachelrivera91 You're living in a fantasy land and and romanticizing the past. Kids, as a whole, back then were never as good as you remember and they aren't as bad today as you think.

[@THXx1138]

@@fartpooboxohyeah8611 We lived back then. We remember it exactly as it was - and there is plenty of video evidence to back it up. Society has plummeted.

[@moncorp1]

@@fartpooboxohyeah8611 ~ I was alive as a kid back when this video was made and it not fantasy. If you don't think kids were a 1000 times more respectful back then, then its YOU living in a fantasyland. There were repercussions back then that kids can't fathom these days.

[@peggythompson8120]

If only one could turn back time. I lived and grew up in the 50s and 60s and it was so wonderful. I was a young wife and mother in the 70s and life was full of peace and happiness. Young people today are so stressed. We must turn back time.

[@BonnieBlue1861]

Great comment! 👍🏻

[@thomaslord7995]

I graduated H.S. in 1977 and early May, my folks took me to Sears to get a new 3-peice suit for my senior prom. They actually custom taylored it back then. That sales lady has a Dorothy Hammel haircut, just like the girl I asked to the prom. What memories this invokes.

[@BonnieBlue1861]

Love this comment!

[@patrick39432]

Who would have thought this kind of footage would be absolutely priceless today!🙂

[@briane173]

It _should_ be priceless to everybody. For someone like me who has vivid memories of 1977, as though they happened yesterday; and those much younger who get a peek at life 47 years ago. As a kid I valued what I personally experienced and looked upon old music and old media from the 30s and 40s and it seemed ancient, because it was before my time - while my parents were the ones looking at it and remembering those times when _they_ were kids. Fascinating to think about.

[@davidb2206]

Hardly anybody. Who could afford a camera with sound? We never had one. 8mm, silent only.

[@pt6792]

@@briane173 Fascinating🤔🤔🤔

[@Kinann]

@@davidb2206 That was not a cheap camera back then.

[@thecandyman9308]

Promise you that any of those kids would give up anything to walk back into that shoe store with their Mom and tell her, "I'd walk barefoot for a hundred years just to tell you I love you, Mom."

[@RogerLoera]

Got me right in the feels bro!

[@markgrafstrom1704]

I know man....I lost my mom years ago...I still miss her every day!

[@kd6844]

RIP

[@katie7748]

As long as their mother didn't make Joan Crawford look like a saint in comparison...thank God every day if you were blessed with good parents. Not everyone was.

[@vicvega3614]

​@@katie7748"NO WIRE HANGERS!!!!!!!!" That movie is free on youtube and i just watched it yesterday. I was 10 when i first watched it in the 80s

[@troykelso]

We're so blessed to have grown up in the 1970s and 1980s. It was an infinitely better time.

[@mowieboy]

Not one person with their head stuck in a phone, people interacting, mom holding your hand through the parking lot… measuring your shoe size as you grew…. Damn. I loved this video. Thx

[@davidb2206]

So leave your phone at home and grow up. I have never bought a cell phone and don't want one. Then there are the brain tumors of Ted Kennedy, O.J.'s lawyer, and Biden's son.

[@gabrielmoreno9455]

No smartphones, no internet, just life.

[@Fizbin32111]

And today, 90% of the population would be miserable without it.

[@alexshatner3907]

And no tattoos

[@Springbok295]

No social media. No rap music, no tatts, girls and boys being themselves.

[@wallysymons7540]

Also no overweight people, life before fast food was normal.

[@Springbok295]

@@wallysymons7540 Cane sugar was in soft drinks until the late 80s when the food industry decided fructose corn syrup was cheaper. However, it also made people insanely obese. When I graduated H.S. in '86 I knew of only one girl who was slightly overweight and that was probably genetic. We were all thin back then.

[@SecretPossum-hx4zk]

Back when Sears was a big store and had everything. Mom took us there to buy school clothes in the 70's, camping gear, my Dad bought tools and lawn equipment. Sears was a staple in our time.

[@ericknoblauch9195]

They had a catalogue too to order from.

[@3abbosi]

@@ericknoblauch9195 True... here in Toronto Sears was well known for multiple seasonal catalogues, my parents kept them all... till the early 2000s when it was taken over by the internet.

[@valeriekehrt7566]

Yes but like she said they had to be on sale. Frugality was a staple in our family. Taught me good lesson.

[@katie7748]

​@valeriekehrt7566 My parents weren't even frugal, they were stingy. Our clothes were almost always secondhand.

[@mattthacker9120]

@@ericknoblauch9195 They were the first retail company to have a a catalogue. And the first to ship goods to your home using the railroad.

[@tomtalley2192]

Worked in a Sears after graduating high school in 1973. Hated the job, only lasted a few months before I got another job paying 3 times what I was making at Sears. The one memory I have is from walking through the television section and the Watergate hearings were on all the sets.

[@billdang3953]

Remember going to and hanging around a Sears or other department store to watch TV shows in color (we only had black and white).

[@gilraybaker826]

Now, now, don't suggest the past was anything less than ideal.

[@1969EType]

...a more elegant video from a more civilized age. Thank you very much for sharing this.

[@Maria.Isabella.Sanchez]

This takes me back to my childhood when my mother was a young, vibrant woman and my siblings and I played all day long in the streets of our West Des Moines, Iowa neighborhood. Back then my biggest problem was getting home before the street lights came on. I had no bills, nobody died, the internet did not exist so people actually talked to each other in person. Why do we have to grow up?

[@olikat8]

It's a helluva epiphany when you realize that you are the same age as your parents (or older) than the mom in the video.

[@victoriaorellana9745]

😭😢❤

[@harryl9yearsago788]

❤❤❤❤

[@bendy6626]

It's not growing up that's the issue. It's recognizing that the high-functioning, high-trust, complex yet orderly society we grew up in has devolved and effectively disappeared. We're not getting it back, either -- the people that lived then had a much higher sense of responsibility and competence. That's gone too. All empires decline and collapse. Guess it's our turn, now. 😢

[@NordicaTundra]

​@@bendy6626 Absolutely and a higher sense of right and wrong and good and evil. Dare I say people had or most people had a conscience back then. You could count on it.

[@mrBDeye]

When they entered Sears, I could actually smell the store. That is so weird.

[@leighwiseman1518]

Me too!!

[@justchillin6117]

Same

[@blauskie]

The hippocampus is an area of the brain associated with long-term memory and the amygdala processes emotions. Smells travel in the form of neurons through both these to the olfactory bulb. That is why the smell of bread (or moth balls) can instantly conjure memories and emotions of grandma's house. They were all stored together.

[@ARNSami]

popcorn and tires?

[@krwd]

do you remember the Candy dept at Sears, it was nice Sears was a nice store, better than what we have today

[@ronaldsmall8847]

Even though this isn't your family, it is your family, and we can remember every minute of this film as if we were in it.

[@BonnieBlue1861]

👍🏻

[@fatsnavarro2874]

Notice how calm and how much slower people are. Now a days everyone is in a mad rush.

[@sueannnatter5295]

The mom seemed a little stressed about getting her money to stretch far enough

[@Sprizys]

2 things. 1. I miss Sears. 2. I love the style of the 70s the cars, the clothes, just everything about it.

[@3abbosi]

@@LaDahlia123 My Dad had a 1974 Chevy Nova, he had it until 1990, we missed it so much & had so many memories & photos (some black & white) with it.

[@Vendzor]

​@@3abbosiThat's my dream car!

[@7CFlo]

Craftsman was made in USA

[@gregorycyr9272]

​@@LaDahlia123Loved the disco shirts.

[@franciscolopez7101]

I think the clothes were ugly in the 70s, but the cars were awesome. The 70s had the coolest looking cars by far.

[@tony--james]

most kids today will never know what's like to squeeze into the backseat of a 2 door car lol

[@billschlafly4107]

I saw that too...And there was a person sitting in the front seat IIRC.

[@ajvintage9579]

Yep.

[@willp.8120]

Most wouldn't know cars once had front bench seats, or that we didn't have power locks, or that we usually didn't wear seatbelts.

[@elhombrebilingue]

I was alive in 77 and have a two year old now. He's been getting used to climbing into the back of my 85 Buick which has two doors. 😂

[@tycanuck]

@@willp.8120 So convenience and safety improved. Noted.

[@jacquiej5330]

We got all our school clothes from sears! We always had the big sears catalog and looked forward to the sears Christmas catalog! Thanks for posting!

[@jupiterlegrand4817]

The "Wish Book". Life was paradise and we didn't know it.

[@Werewolf0216]

Yep -- my brother and I looked at the catalog till the pages were falling out

[@briandonald]

WOW. I was 7 years old back then and this reminds me of the trips I took with my mother to Sears in Highland Park, MI. Thank You!

[@justincunha5221]

Same here, i was 5 in 1977, crazy how we respected our parents & kids these days are so different

[@Laurie81560]

I'm so glad I got to live through the 70's. People seemed more gentle, families did things together and the music was excellent.

[@blast4me754]

@LetFreedomRing1960 You do understand Baby Boomers created HipHop right. A lot of people forgot that Generation X had nothing to do with the creation of rap.

[@wisconsineaglesfan7925]

That's because time makes you forget the bad and only remember the good. The Vietnam war was half of the 70's, the protests, treating returning Vets from combat like shit from going to a war that many of them didn't want to be in but they were doing their patriotic duty and serving. The Asbury Park race riots were not so gentle either. Every generation has great music, if you are open minded. Born in '77, I have music from the 40's to new releases this year in my top rated playlist. Lot of garbage out there too... in every generation. But of course music is subjective and some give a gasp if a baseline is too prominent in a song.

[@ULTRAOutdoorsman]

@LetFreedomRing1960 You may as well blame the Depression on motown, this is true cope

[@joemarchand8313]

@@wisconsineaglesfan7925 You keep tellin' yourself that, wis. I'll take the 70's all day every day over the sh!t times we have today.

[@wisconsineaglesfan7925]

@@joemarchand8313 Just proved the point. TY

[@musicmamma]

Real cars. Real metal. Clothes made here. Family values. Sit down dinners. No cell phones, computers, or crap. It will never be the same way, again.

[@TalkingPoint773]

Its the peoples fault, they are susceptible to suggestions in the media, the majority just follow whatever is advertised.

[@cesarjom]

Cars today are safer, run more efficient, provide more information, and generally a hell of lot more fun to drive. So goes it for all other aspects of our lives that technology has improved. So which is the better option now?

[@TalkingPoint773]

@@cesarjom More fun to drive todays cars? No way)) More information?? What for? Its just taking more information from you, your habits, the way you look, its actually breaking and compromising your privacy!

[@shawnjenkins7469]

@@cesarjom Yeah, now your car tracks your every move and you can't ever fix it yourself because it's all computerized. Genius.

[@tidakada7357]

Yes it will. Computers and pounds are a passing trend, AI will make sure of that

[@lorraineb.4698]

The Mom is in great shape for having kids

[@larrytate5605]

The person who filmed and saved this is a genius and my new hero....dave in NC ( i was 7 in 77 !! )

[@malindaallinson5749]

I'm 68. My mom my dad and my little sister are gone now. We all loved Sears so much. This footage just is incredible and it just brings me to tears thank you brings back so many memories.

[@af7602]

I am so sorry your mom, dad, and little sister are not here....may you keep all of your wonderful memories close to you in all ways, always. Blessings.

[@malindaallinson5749]

@@af7602 Thank you. And to you as well. 🌹

[@martitinkovich4489]

I know what you mean. I'm about to be 61, and mom, dad, and my younger brother are gone. I cry as i watch this.

[@malindaallinson5749]

@@martitinkovich4489 I'm sorry for your loss es... 😢

[@BabyBugBug]

I am very sorry to hear this. God bless you, my dear.

[@put04life14]

Wow the respect and manners people had back then.

[@ajvintage9579]

You had to, or you’d be grounded for months.😜

[@patrickm6012]

@@LaDahlia123I don’t get that reaction. I find most people are just as polite and helpful.

[@valeriekehrt7566]

Oh yes. We knew how to behave or else! My parents meant it. Wasn't idle threat. 😂

[@BlackPill-pu4vi]

The poison of Reaganomics and Gordon Gekko (greed is good) hadn't shown up yet. I lived in those times and it seems so unreal now in comparison to current life in this red, white, and blue hellhole.

[@1111DoubleOH7]

And people went places respectfully dressed. Only belts and button down shirts...not 1 person with a midriff showing...no tattoos on people's faces either..I miss those days. 😪🙏🏾

[@rondee]

Back when people loved their families and their country.

[@ddub9696]

ROFL OK boomer

[@karinadelma]

@@ddub9696You think its funny? No. You are too young.

[@g-dave8002]

@@karinadelmaI think you mean too intelligent.

[@davidmoore2568]

@@ddub9696As gen z It’s better to be a boomer than my own generation who more depressed, sensitive and don’t have respect their parents

[@g-dave8002]

@@davidmoore2568no generation is perfect-and that is my point. Every generation has its good and bad points.

[@GMCTIM]

A kid of the 70s here, give almost anything to go back, Miss those days !

[@lonzo9569]

I worked at a downtown Sears in 1977, putting 10-speed bikes together in sporting goods and working the sales floor. The sight of that cash register was jolting. I can still remember my code to use it. The store was a hopping place. The sidewalk sales were legendary. Christmas was a madhouse. It’s where I met my first girlfriend. And worked through college. But 47 years ago? How? The memories seem so immediate. Sears somehow missed its chance in the digital age. It had a catalog that could have easily transitioned to online shopping. But for whatever reasons… Ah well. It holds a special place in my heart.

[@Crusader1815]

The problem was people didn't appreciate the in-person shopping experience enough. You don't know what you've got til it's gone...

[@billd.6684]

Sidewalk sales - in our small town, it was the event of the summer. Main street shut down and everyone downtown to get the bargains at 7am. It was like a consumer festival, in fact it was a consumer festival. Lots of fun.

[@elmobolan4274]

Sears faded away because of the old men who were in charge at the top and refused to expand, learn, or change. This was their down fall.

[@ToxiCom-777]

@@elmobolan4274 This is usually the case. Those who have all the power also carry all the deadweight. It's the fresh, svelte, hungry that change.

[@user-ef4ge3ov7r]

My mom worked at Sears in 1977. I loved to go see her at work. Fun memories of those old Sears days.

[@nooneanybodyknows7912]

We had the same Ford Torino. Shopped at Sears and JCPenneys for back to school clothes. Thanks Mama and Daddy for raising me right. RIP 🙏

[@turnyourself85]

I'm pretty sure I had the exact same shirt that the teenage girl had on. And yes we shopped at sears and penneys also

[@briane173]

My 2nd car was a Torino _Wagon._ 1972. Imagine a teenager in the mid-70s driving in a car straight outta _National Lampoon's Vacation._

[@johnclemans7802]

My parents bought a 1976 Ford Torino station wagon with a 460 C6 trans , brown with the fake woodgrain paper. Vista Ford. I drove that to high school. It was fast for a land yacht. My father put 429 CJ heads, alum intake, bigger carb , high flow manifolds , dual exhaust, no cats etc. RIP dad, thanks for the memories. My mom turns 82 tomorrow.

[@mickthealcoholicbear8311]

i miss my 2 grandpas and my grandma.....rest their souls....still one grannie alive and kickin....

[@GianniBarberi]

I lived in Torino and never seen this dream car!

[@es1442]

I’m just here to be amazed that someone recorded a trip to Sears LONG before cellphones and KZbin. That’s serious dedication to those home movies ❤

[@BonnieBlue1861]

But how smart they were? What I wouldn’t give to have some video of something as common as that!

[@Hedwallfxtd]

Oh man… the cars alone are worth the price of admission!

[@scottnewton6684]

I was 12 in 1977. What a great time to grow up in. People were more respectful and for the most part peaceful, and we didn’t have all this stupid technology we have now. I’d go back in time in a heartbeat.

[@kathyhames2200]

I was a sophomore at Byrnes high school

[@davidhall5520]

I was 12 also thinking the same thing

[@Rivarokband]

I was 12 also. Hated the smoking everywhere. Made me sick. My dad still says if you wanted to see him disappear light a cigarette. I lived in Woodbridge VA just south of the craziness and it got absorbed into it in the early 90s. I moved South to where it is like the old days still.

[@YeshuaKingMessiah]

I was 12 too lol I would love to go back to such carefree times Whole future ahead of me, now nothing

[@daviddeborde2542]

I want to go back but i'd miss Spotify Premium

[@jt12blk]

Huge thank you to whomever had the presence of mind to film a slice of life from that time, knowing one day they’d want to go back and recall all of the now-gone nuances and textures that were entirely common then. It took a lot of effort, with a film camera, lights and separate audio recording equipment. Excellent work!

[@dastrnad]

Someone playing with their new toys was my first thought. My husband keeps remarking on the quality of this clip and all the equipment it would have taken (at this point in time) to do it.

[@murielfinster3758]

I imagine this family was very well off to have this AV equipment.

[@davestewart2067]

So it’s not Super 8 then. Quality seems too good for an 8mm toy camera.

[@xMorbidArtx]

@@murielfinster3758Or just spent all their money on the equipment. Hence the “these are on sale, you WILL like these.”

[@jrnfw4060]

@@dastrnad The kids were well behaved because they knew they were being filmed and their behaviors recorded. I wonder how they would have acted if that weren't the case?

[@jimmyr204]

My grandfather was a mechanic at Sears. One of the anchor stores at our local mall. You bought everything there. Visited so many times growing up. And couldn't wait for the annual Christmas catalog.

[@agomez4814]

I completely understand the reactions in the comments...thanks for uploading this.

[@ericturner2477]

The creaking door on that car and the rattling sound when it is closed sure do bring back memories. You don't hear that anymore.

[@SodiumWage]

Yeah, cars now are well made so the doors actually close properly. Cars in the 70's looked cool, but they were pieces of garbage.

[@ULTRAOutdoorsman]

Because cars cost most of your yearly salary now

[@DonaldGerbino]

Yeah but new rhey were 3- 5,000- dollars not 40 or 50,000$ ​@SodiumWage

[@pokerchip1231]

I was thinking the same thing, funny stuff that i remember

[@m42037]

​@@SodiumWageSo is your face

[@LimitlessStudioProductions-LSP]

The boys sit in the back. Roll up those windows. Mom picks out all the clothes for everyone. This video is a classic! Love it!

[@EricJMontoya]

I think it was 16mm sound film that was kept in excellent condition.

[@robertgill7061]

“I’m sittin in the back!”

[@robertmcmanus4646]

Hand crank windows - I'd forgotten about those. I remember thinking when electric windows came out that I don't want those because it's just another thing that can break!

[@jrnfw4060]

@@robertmcmanus4646 My grandfather bought a car that was so poorly made that the hand crank that operated the windows came off in his hand. The problem I have with the automated window rollers is trying to remember which switch operates which window. With the hand crank, there was no question.

[@adampepin9944]

The most stunning thing about this video is the pristine condition of the store itself. Nowadays you walk in, s#$t is strewn about, shelves empty, carts full of merchandise blocking aisles and there's a customer wearing pajamas with their mid-drift jiggling like a bowl of Jell-O.

[@info781]

Not to mention people with head to toe tattoos, I wonder if I am in a store or a Russian prison. .

[@kelle0285]

I've seen some beer bellies back in those days too.

[@stephenannese8228]

Going to Sears was a big event when we got our color/console TV in the early 70's,......Gerald Ford was still president in 77,....love this video time capsule...!

[@life-mm5do]

I loved being a kid in the 1970s, who else is 59 years old?

[@cynthiawilson5066]

63 and loving it

[@pmafterdark]

Right here

[@ronaldhollen5000]

Does 58 count?? '🙄'

[@tonistacey7647]

I do miss it to. what a wonderful experience we all had. Listen to 70s music it will take you back

[@ruffcutz4112]

I just turned 59 in April. I love seeing clips like this. Even seeing the “ check out” part was fun. The cash registers made you wanna get a job and work one! And trying on shoes 🥰 I order them now and hope and pray they fit . Gen X had the best days.

[@shaunarohloff6053]

So many forgotten memories: the gear shift and the rolling up of the windows ❤

[@johndeaux3703]

Several years ago I was driving a car with crank windows. I had several people become absolutely furious with me because they would approach the passenger side, expecting me to just push a button and roll down the window for them but I couldn't, because I didn't have power windows. They just assume everyone does now and think you're ignoring them.

[@davidday6736]

My current car has this type shifter

[@m42037]

I miss my 66 Ford Galaxie, had to sell it in 2014 after 20 years owner, financial reasons forced sale. It was a warmed over 390 to 375 HP it moved! It did have power windows..

[@markdecker6190]

Did you catch it when Mom had to reach down with her left hand to release the parking brake?

[@brandywineblue]

Column shifter too. Don't see that any more

[@NomenNescio]

That mother is probably 80+ years old right now and the little girl is my age ~52! ....... how time flies!...... Glad to see their sweet moment was immortalized on video.

[@christopherseiler4544]

Never thought I'd get old watching this brought back Wonderful times of my youth , Thnx for Sharing

[@patriotdrone9566]

The 70's 80's and early 90's had a completely different feel. Just a more calm happy sense of living. Things were more appreciated and people respected each other. I'm so happy I lived through those time and so sad at what we've become today.

[@rodmunch69]

Hardly, the crime rate was like 4x what it is today, the murder rate was more than double of what it is today, and the standard of living was lower than what it is today. The only thing we have today is more access to information - and people choose to dwell on the negative, like yourself, so they convince themselves themselves everything is worse - when literally just about everything is better.

[@patriotdrone9566]

@@rodmunch69 what part of my post talked about crime rates in big cities or standards of living? It was about how people felt and respected each other.

[@rodmunch69]

@@patriotdrone9566 depends on where you live I guess. Where I'm at, in the few places that still exist that are like this, things operate pretty much the same now as they then did. However if you're comparing to a trashy places - well, go to a ghetto trash store in 1980 and it was pretty much the same as Walmart is today. That's more about the people that go there. Sears, in the mall, in the 1970s and 80s was fancy and upscale - you need to compare similar stores back then to what we have today.

[@BarbaraM-lv7pe]

Sears was Sears and Wards was Wards. Nothing trashy but nothing fancy. Upscale was someone else’s neighborhood 😂

[@rodmunch69]

@@BarbaraM-lv7pe If you think Sears was the same as going to Kmart or even Montgomery Wards, you were clearly an out of touch middle class snob.

[@JAZZLlFE]

Life was so simple and far less complicated back then. The slower pace gave you time to think and reflect and feel connected and I miss that... especially in light of today's world that has lost all its innocence to the point of decay. 😢

[@TalkingPoint773]

Not having the leash which is the 'smart' phone....meant people were social, they talking to people, looked at others in the eye, that was their entertainment and stimulation to get through the day, not glaring at a phone with videos of people.

[@JAZZLlFE]

@@TalkingPoint773Well said. I could not agree more.

[@TomSpeaks-vw1zp]

@@TalkingPoint773 You’re right. We’re involved way too much in other people’s lives. And they in ours. Back in the day we didn’t know our neighbor’s politics, religion, or bank balance. We said our prayers, saluted the flag, and respected authority. Thru complacency we’ve lost our way. .

[@jusadude7162]

♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️Going to Sears or Kmart on a Saturday with my mom in the 1970s was an event. Something to get excited about! I can still feel that giddiness piling into our blue Ford LTD and driving down to the mall. If we were good, mom may stop along the way for a milkshake at McDonalds! Sears had so many wonderful things for a kid to look at. Mom would shop for clothes while we explored the toy section, then off to Electronics where all the latest gizmos were on display. It was such an easy time. I’m sure we had our worries of the time but life was much simpler, easier, more peaceful. Thanks for this little reminder of that. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@trevorsutherland5263]

I was 8 in 1977. Creaky, groaning, hollow-sounding American car doors. No one even looked twice at the seatbelts. Manual windows. Mom choosing your clothes based on price alone. The sound of that checkout printer. A paper check. May as well have been from the time of the Roman Empire now...

[@socalrenegal9409]

In 77 i was 7 years old. My mom drove a dark green, Country Squire station wagon with wood paneling. The Sears Roebucks catalog was my FAVORITE catalog at Christmas time. I would circle everything I wanted. I bought my shoes at Buster Brown though.

[@greg5011]

His Dog Tige...he lived in a shoe also...

[@praywithme-godanswerspraye3423]

Bought shoes at Buster Brown also. I remember my mom buying me 30 dollars worth of new clothes at the girls junior shop at Sears. The department was called the Lemon Frog shoppe. 30 dollars for clothes I thought that was too expensive but I appreciated it.

[@JA_WILL]

The Ford Country Squire -- We had a tan one -- The wood paneling was fading of course -- Never saw one without the faded paneling. I drove that car my senior year in high school.

[@jackp160]

The Christmas catalog was an absolute highlight in my household. When it arrived, my mom would reserve separate times for my sister and I to have it with us for a half an hour without interference from the other! Magic!

[@HelenFrost57]

Calling 1977 right now folks. Ordering the bus to pick us all up at 8am. I’ll meet you at the bus stop. 🙋🏻‍♀️. Pack light. The clothes were much better back then anyways. We can have the bus stop at SEARS and buy new ones.

[@SteviePaints]

If only...

[@QuietlyCurious]

Most of us won't fit into the clothes

[@franklinrussell3042]

I’m all in

[@jazziez6467]

the softer tagless tees, yoga pants and crocs are so much more comfy today, had on tight jeans back then with marks all on waist at end of day and belly ache, could barely move your arms in the tight blouses and very hard uncomfy shoes with big blister on heels, don't miss those at all

[@BionicAnimations]

I prefer the 80s, though. 🥰

[@dalehammond1749]

I was 29 then and we had 6 children. I wish I could go back with what I know today. Thanks for the memories.

[@johnletitia]

Thank you for the wonderful memories here. warms the heart

[@vickieclark5931]

It just makes me want to jump into that video and tell all of those people to enjoy that time because the world will be a much different place in just 25 years.

[@graciemaemarie11jones16]

tell them to please enjoy it cause hell has descended

[@KelliPrichard-dv3ri]

Very sad but true comments. I'm glad we can take a stroll down memory lane while we can. Prayers and Blessings to all.......

[@kelle0285]

The world will be a much different place in 25 years, and it won't be like the Jetsons.

[@c1catwoman794]

Nice. This may sound strange, but when I watch these videos, I can actually recall scents or how something felt. Example riding in the car smelling the leather vintage seats. Love these videos.

[@MiketheratguyMultimedia]

They say that scent is the strongest sense tied to memory. I definitely "recall" smells as well, it's very nostalgic.

[@HealthyandLovingLife]

Same!

[@Wyattinous]

I’ve hesitated to bring this exact sensation up in the comments before. I’m glad others empathize.

[@noodlemaker4719]

Sears smelled so good --the candy counter that also sold popcorn--that heavenly smell throughout the store!

[@valdivia1234567]

Same, but vinyl.

[@fourbyfourer]

WoW, what an amazing video!! Thank you so much for posting. I sure wish I could go back to this time.

[@frankm7707]

I loved riding on the third row of the station wagon facing the back window. You could make funny faces to the cars behind you. 😂

[@armadilllo]

🤣🤣And roll down the back window and the exhaust would get sucked in, I got a headache every time but it sure was fun.

[@jrnfw4060]

Make faces at motorists behind you today, and you may get shot.

[@troothcentral-qz9pz]

When I was 9 in 1977, riding in the back of our station wagon (no seat) facing out the back window, I was staring at the young hippy couple behind us and got my first experience of getting flipped off.

[@kelle0285]

​@@jrnfw4060 Nobody is going to shoot some little kid for making faces.

[@susanstamboulian646]

Thank you for this. I'm feeling very depressed today, and was just thinking how much I missed going to the mall, with my Grandma and Mom, in the 70s and 80s. We would go at least twice a week, and make an entire day of it, eating lunch at a restaurant, inside of Weinstock's. Grandma has been gone for 13 years now, and my Mom has dementia. My life, and life in 2024, is just an absolute joke now. If I had one wish, it would be to go back to the late 70s to mid 80s, and live there permanently. Life was so much happier back then. For a long time, I regretted not having kids, but now I'm happy I didn't. Bringing up children in today's society, would be a nightmare.

[@bardo0007]

Same here. We must be the same age.

[@susanstamboulian646]

@@bardo0007 I'm 52.

[@KevinPatz-pn2gs]

Speaking my very thoughts, I'm 52.

[@NordicaTundra]

I'm 61 and couldn't agree more and if I was in my 20s now and knew everything I know now I would not have them either.

[@rachelrivera91]

I remembered going to Weinstocks also. Lived in Sacramento, California.

[@southwestroadtrips]

Whoever took this was way ahead of their time

[@TrainerInTraining]

I wonder how big the camcorder was

[@joojoojeejee6058]

​@@TrainerInTrainingThere were no "camcorders" back then. Not even professional portable video cameras, unless for big bulky systems with separate tape recorders. I bet this was filmed with a 16 mm film camera.. (Ie. not video camera)

[@jimdavis-gi1nq]

This was the summer my big bro took me to see Stars Wars . 77 was a great year .

[@Guitarwizzard1833]

Except Elvis died.

[@lorraineb.4698]

This was a wonderful precious vid thank you. Loved it!!

[@michael49022]

Several memories brought up. The clunk of the doors, the V8 turning over, the transmission going into gear, the person riding shotgun jumping in first and forcing the person in back to squeeze into the back, the purchase was totaled up without scanning the price, writing a check and handing over the drivers license to confirm ID, and the total purchase costing less that $12.

[@66el]

Funny, I enjoyed listening to the car turning over and the door closing also. Had forgotten there was a time when someone actually helped fit shoes.

[@RM6737]

And no click clack from the seat belts. Lol

[@robertlobato2259]

that 11.50 for 1 pair of shoes . not the total for everything....cmon get real...lol

[@pattymiller9040]

​@@66elAnd, no seat belts!

[@ashleywright8686]

Exactly. Kind of interesting to note older brother didn’t tell the sister to get out of the front seat 😂

[@Purplenpinkk]

When you see videos from 30 or more years ago, everyone seems so much calmer. It’s like anxiety has completely taken everyone over.

[@ChristopherSobieniak]

That's what happened to us.

[@jenniferlloyd9574]

I've noticed that, also. Plus, no one has their pain treated anymore and chronic pain will do things to you after a while.

[@ChristopherSobieniak]

@@jenniferlloyd9574 Being in your 40's/50's is not a picnic.

[@budb.8560]

You are so right! These days if people have to wait in line at a store more than 3 minutes they go ballistic. I remember my parents actually conversed with their fellow shoppers as we waited patiently in line as the cashier punched the register buttons and counted out the change. No instant scanners or UPC codes back then. 😂

[@brianmeen2158]

@@jenniferlloyd9574just imagine what the younger generations have to look forward to as they are very overweight and out of shape compared to older generations. They are going to run into big problems down the road

[@jjb653]

I Was 10 in 1975. This is exactly what I remember with such fondness. Times have changed and not for the better. If someone in that store yelled Death to America he would have taken care of swiftly and forcefully and that was just by the mom 🤛

[@lorraineb.4698]

Kids grow fast agree about the kids shoes. Not a tat in sight. People looked clean and well-dressed

[@louiesimon5292]

No seatbelts are worn. This is priceless footage. I was 16 then. Seeing this gave me chills.

[@robinmccubbins8139]

Me too. We got married that year. I was 16 and we’re still happily married!

[@REAGAN_1980]

Me too! The best times at the roller rink.

[@MarkTurner-vs7uc]

The greatest time in human history. If you weren't there, you can not even begin to imagine how much better everything was. A whole different world. Unimaginable today. I wish I could go back and stay.

[@graciemaemarie11jones16]

its close.its close.this horror cannot go on.....

[@Conrail1776]

That's what every generation says about their decade

[@Fairyviewroad]

@@graciemaemarie11jones16

[@ivandemiguel8607]

nah … My dad was born in 45 he still says the 70-80 where the best, my aunt was born in 34 she says the same, my grandfather was born in 1919 he says that except for a few years in 50’s the 70-80 rock and I was too young to remember the 70’s but i can tell you the 80’s where amazing🤷🥲

[@g-dave8002]

@@ivandemiguel8607your research of this pressing topic is extensive in its sample size and depth. Impressive.

[@jrparker8371]

Great memories. A mile from our house in Tulsa was a similar Sears - huge two story free-standing building in the middle of acres and acres of parking. When our whole family went we would split up - my mom and sisters would look at clothes and shoes while dad and I hit the sporting goods department for hunting/fishing equipment and check out the tools in hardware. They seemed to have everything. Since they were closed on Sundays the parking lot was a popular place for dads to take their teenagers for driving lessons

[@19vendetta19]

Wow...the last of the well behaved generations. They knew how to conduct themselves without being a holy terror to everyone around.

[@xevvy6857]

Everything about this video makes me wanna go back in time😌 Awesome vibes!

[@trustnoone3007]

Makes you wanna cry. Cue the sad music. 🎻.......

[@TVHouseHistorian]

Wow. Back when department stores employed a salesperson to assist you with the fitting of new shoes. They took your foot measurements, and then went to the back to fetch the right size. Service was *so* much more personable back then. This upload was such a time machine. What a trip down memory lane. Thank you. ❤

[@ToxiCom-777]

At least there's no fluoroscope!

[@robertdavenport7802]

I think you'd get the same service at a Dillards or similar level of store today.

[@JA_WILL]

These Salespeople were FTE's and dressed nice and made a commission off everything they sold. They all seemed to do well back then as I recall.

[@ddub9696]

You can thank Walmart and the people who shop there for all those things having gone away. People who work at Walmart are treated so poorly they can't even afford health insurance!

[@jrnfw4060]

@@JA_WILL Reminds me of a letter I read in Dear Abby years ago. This shoe salesman in a department store made his commission from the shoe sales. One day, this couple came in and the obnoxious husband insisted upon measuring his wife's feet and putting the shoes on her, himself. This guy's boss witnessed that and refused to pay the salesman his commission because he didn't do the work. He wanted to assist that couple, but the husband told him that if he interfered he wouldn't buy the shoes and would take his business elsewhere. In his letter, the salesman expressed that he didn't think it was fair to be denied his commission because the husband wouldn't let him help. The husband still bought the shoes, so the sale was made. I recall that I agreed with the salesman that his boss had treated him unfairly, but Abby blew it off. I still read Dear Abby today, and disagree with a lot of her answers (that column is now written by her daughter). There was injustice in those days as there is injustice today -- just not as much of it.

[@Mancada100]

Last time I went to Sears was in Lansing MI a few years ago. I felt so down. It was like a ghost town, a forgotten relic of the past.

[@blushbaby5278]

I turned 4 years old in 1977 this video brought back so many childhood memories i miss my mom terribly.

[@HiTechOilCo]

If you're a born again Christian, Jesus promised you will be with her again. :)

[@andrewfyakim525]

I was wondering why anyone would bother make a home-movie of a shopping trip to Sears. Then I was wondering why I would be spending time, watching someone else's shopping trip to Sears. I started watching it, to see the cool 1970's era cars. Nostalgia. Look at how well-behaved kids were back then.

[@ashleywright8686]

I could’ve written your post.

[@briane173]

It was back when parents actually parented. After the 80s the body politic demoralized the nuclear family to the point where two-parent families are a minority, and kids are just what happens when you get laid. Raising them? Sheeiit, that's what the _government_ is for. Faith? That's not hip! Put away Faith, Hope, and Love. That's so 20th Century. We're all oppressed victims now. Just ask all the young kids being raised by public school teachers these days - when they're not out terrorizing their neighborhoods.

[@AbstractM0use]

These videos are the closest we can get to actual time travel to the past.

[@Leg-xx5md]

Those were the days, that was a big deal to go these magical places full of all the cool stuff. Most importantly, it was family time. Wish I could go to anywhere with my mom one more time.

[@user-cn6cw6os3s]

My experience with Sears came in the 60s when Mom would drag me into the store to get school clothes each September. A visit to the toy department around Christmas every year was a treat!

[@lukevader3234]

This is so cool to see home videos from the 70’s to see what it was like. Thanks for the upload