Vintage - Inventions, Gadgets & Ideas

Archival footage from "Gizmo! " The songs: "We Don't Make 'Em Anymore"
and "It Moves Me" Written & Sung by Neal Rosengarden

[@crustycobs2669]

Love it, especially the self-sinking lifeboat

[@redbaron474]

I laughed my a** off over that!

[@gavinjames8749]

Selling point:only life boat that has that feature.

[@olivertwist9003]

I didnt laugh as they almost sacrificed their lives to save other people lives, and the idea finally works, as lifeboat on container ship just look like that.

[@user-fm1ch4yy9i]

Me too

[@joedirt6212]

I love how they always are in a suit and tie when they do anything it’s amazing

[@peterdarling4208]

well you wouldn't want to look stupid would you

[@KrestenGiese]

@laser325 No, suits are still cheap today. But don't expect them to be of any quality, just looks. Those men weren't wearing Hugo Boss suits, mind you.

[@gregorymeyer84]

I think back then it was more normal to wear a suit in your daily life than today I have even seen men working in steel mills wearing suits here on YT

[@spencerwilton5831]

laser325 Suits weren't cheaper. In fact they were vastly more expensive. Everything was hand made. People would have had a very limited wardrobe, and would have worn them for years. Things would have been repaired, pockets replaced as they wore, jackets relined etc.

[@101Volts]

My Dad was born in 1947; his Dad, my Grandfather, was born in 1913. Once, my Father went to Pittsburgh with a few friends without getting dressed up. Grandfather got on his case about it. It was probably more expected to dress up in public from the 20s - early 60s than it is now.

[@user-oh8ql9td9v]

1:03 Bruh,That's so cool

[@thesauvage2584]

Yeah They see me rolling 🤣

[@Ajaxaxxess]

1st one was awesome.. "We make it better next time"

[@user-it6ud2np4r]

круто!

[@Ajaxaxxess]

@@user-it6ud2np4r плотина правильно !!

[@MalarkeyMan]

Сергей Семёнов Not sure why you’re responding to an comment in nglish

[@RandomFlops]

@@MalarkeyMan well that's the thing... It isn't in English.

[@jamesthehandsome8582]

Mission failed

[@minionofgozer7414]

Ideas in a time where the technology simply wasn’t there to support them 😆

[@kyarebhikmangya]

Don't laugh, for they were the ones who built the foundation for your technologies

[@helvetewinter68666]

@@kyarebhikmangya exactly without them it wouldn't be possible to evolve as we are today

[@jai7266]

@@kyarebhikmangya we have ruined let him laugh technology made ppl depressed

[@rikkwolfe]

einstien was right in saying that technology will turn humans to zombies eventually. creative thinking is rare if any anymore.....its sad really.

[@Rhubba]

Like the mechanical walking horse

[@dominicbailey6146]

I love how free and willing they were to explore. So what if it failed they all looked so happy. I wish I was in that time period much more happier times

[@alfin9189]

3:54 This man must've felt like he ruled the world lmao

[@fabodni9380]

I would like to know more about he invection

[@troyb8579]

just like my super fun electric unicycle

[@growthandunderstanding]

"Gizmo" was a truly great documentary. Quirky, and with great songs like this and others! Thanks!

[@whit2642]

This had to make living in these times quite exciting. To know the entire way of life was changing daily in front of your eyes!

[@whit2642]

kinghtin2darkness it’s not the same. Maybe innovation is the same in regards to effort and output but not in the drastic changing of daily life. Not T all. And not with everyone working towards a common goal separate.

[@driver4011]

@@GreenEyeDemon electric cars, got 'em, self driving cars , got 'em.....but very few n far between. not go in anywhere for the most part. neither are personal flying cars. just airplanes. things changing ? not really.

[@helvetewinter68666]

@Towarzysz Wiedźmin shut up pussy 😒

[@squeaky748]

1:04 that looks frickin sick

[@Roddy556]

It really does. Seems to work too.

[@boopah4365]

Honestly, with some modern touches some of these could really be something today.

[@TD-wi1zh]

Many are. The lifeboat design is now used in oil rigs for one. The exhaust jack is used in various forms including as shown.

[@boopah4365]

@@TD-wi1zh the exhaust one is??..I was thinking that is pretty ingenious.

[@BentleyTypeR]

3:58 The guy was in the 2010's in what look's like maybe the 40's

[@bryanrmcf]

3:52 it’s like seeing people today with their hoverboards lmao

[@tomshiba51]

The motorized horse was well thought out. The engine exhaust escaped right out of its butt hole.

[@darrelfuhrman8217]

That powered horse is in the Transportation Museum in Moose Jaw Saskatchewan Canada.

[@johnericlcruz283]

@@darrelfuhrman8217 lol your literally replying on a 8yrs comment

[@darrelfuhrman8217]

@@johnericlcruz283 I just saw it, so it new to me.

[@johnericlcruz283]

@@darrelfuhrman8217ok

[@ordenavide2986]

@tomshiba51 it's you alive? 8 years before?

[@kadenwatt2033]

Yep. I'm down that KZbin rabbit hole again.

[@sushibinstwt_]

Same

[@bonkeydollocks1879]

Yea it's 5.42 am......

[@jasonk795]

Man has been brilliant since the beginning of mankind, only limited by technology of their time.

[@Ryansanders80]

that exhaust jack thing is very common in desert off roading today

[@thediplomasta5891]

Does that really work? It looked like they had a compressor, off screen. And the hose changed sizes between camera shots. 😏 I mean...

[@Ryansanders80]

@@thediplomasta5891 the modern ones work surprisingly well

[@soulesslemming]

@@thediplomasta5891 BushRanger x jack. Has saved me hours of digging several times.

[@thediplomasta5891]

@@soulesslemming oh is that what you think is happening? 🙄 All you whiners, are in for a the surprise of your life next year. You don't know why you do anything. The only reason to ban the past, is so that it can be repeated. If you hate the past so much, then why are you demanding that it be repeated?! Well, it will be. And you'll know it, when it happens. Don't let me catch you whining THEN. Cuz it will be YOUR fault, fools. Watch how all of this unfolds. We're all going to lose our freedoms, all because y'all believe what the medes...I mean the media, tell you.

[@theguyyoudontknow1103]

The Diplomasta Their even used by firemen to lift extremely large things.

[@no_idea8012]

Imagine if these inventors were alive nowadays with the technology we have.

[@gavinjames8749]

Firstly they would instantly recognise that they had arrived in hell,and then probably jump in front of the nearest train.

[@elmieseyffert5702]

@@gavinjames8749 trsin

[@elmieseyffert5702]

Train

[@warpey5632]

@@gavinjames8749 I watched a documentary from the 60's about future predictions of the year 2000. One of the problems they highlighted was that apartment complexes did not give much privacy to the people living in it since the only thing separating where you lived with where other's loved was a thin wall, a ceiling and a floor. They would have freaked out if they saw how easily a smartphone can steal your private info without you ever knowing it.

[@K-Effect]

Give them a tablet with the Amazon app and watch their heads explode

[@MTSVW]

The guys with the rollerblades were really ahead of their time.

[@traptownkys1947]

RETRON

[@thediplomasta5891]

Nothing new, under the sun. The bible wasn't kidding.

[@kdrapertrucker]

That was just a young Dean Kamen testing an early segway.

[@johnsamu]

Just shows how OLD some "new" current inventions really are

[@Jacobsonlee356]

Thank you very much For sacrificing ourselves in the invention and invention of the aircraft that has given us the aircraft we use to fly today.

[@rodneybardin9281]

I like the music. Very fitting. The exhaust jack made a come back in the 89s. I knew someone who had one.

[@driver4011]

the "jackass" guys way back then were tough, brave n pretty well advanced.......

[@bansheemania1692]

And dressed to the 9s

[@ticussmack123]

I absolutely lost it with the hair zipline 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@theimpostor9510]

"Inventions that never caught on. They lived more in the future than we do in 2021."

[@thomasbeck8326]

I'm 53 yo and I used to watch this series on PBS... Very interesting.

[@ashminty9295]

Some of these are actually genus because we can actually do them today

[@chrish7975]

1:00 I think I just watched someone being scalped.

[@bennri]

Like a Zipline, but it let go to early and the rider fell in the water

[@staceyme1480]

Imagine the wound and add salt water......

[@jlab1482]

3:35 that's a future innovation invention.

[@balajiLILG]

5:40 forefather of Boston Dynamics

[@UP4014]

This is truly amazing! I wish we still had people that invent or make things. I would love to live in that era!

[@raydonwaits2198]

Some of these I wish were still in service! They actually look smart.

[@contra-ataquecomunistas-av9250]

Graças a essas invenções temos as nossas coisas hoje. Bons tempos, Belo povo e bela música. Nasci na época errada

[@IndependentBear]

Modern lifeboats, at least on cargo ships, work as the design demonstrated. Completely enclosed and on an upper deck, the crew climbs in, closes the hatch, and it shoots down a steep ramp and flies into the water below. Faster and more accessible than old style open boats, and they contain everything the crew needs for days at sea, including satellite emergency communications gear.

[@cojones8518]

If I'm not mistaken they did use that guys design for lifeboats. It really only became popular when oil companies started building offshore rigs and needed a lifeboat that could launch from their high platforms and keep the crew safe if there was burning oil on the water or in cold waters like the North Atlantic.

[@echodelta9]

I saw the lattice mono wheel on TV's omnibus in early 50's I was 2 years old yet I remember the narrator's funny comment "I wonder how many waffles it makes per mile" as it went down the strand! I would need a very long beard cap to go swimming. It would be a flotation device instead, no need for the torpedo lifeboat.

[@mitchellbrown8124]

3:05 Mr.Garrison and the IT

[@jrosc2567]

Mitchell Brown South Park 😂👌

[@finiskov3976]

Some of those inventions are very good!

[@bigangryaxe8499]

We need to get these songs published. This is the only reference to these songs. Literally nowhere else has them.

[@btrdangerdan2010]

I like the idea of motorized roller skates. That was pretty cool.

[@yfelwulf]

Amazing how many of these inventions are still around and commercialy available.

[@ayushpainuly4530]

They created such devices because they have seen them before, time travelling

[@jacksagrafsky4936]

Remember this video from a movie called "GIZMO" and it showed all kinds of things and the people that tried to make a better mousetrap, or had ways of doing things differently. Was a great film showing some of the ways peoples talent and ingenuity could make things better or not.

[@breAnnasmama]

Jack Sagrafsky sounds like an interesting show ! I’d for one , like to see it. Thank you

[@MrWolfSnack]

Came out in 1977.

[@toupac3195]

Yeah I just mentioned it. Thank you for also knowing about Gizmo. I first saw it on HBO as a kid in 1983. We had a giant satellite dish before cable. Was awesome. I wanna go back and analyze the pool clip. They walked in and came out dry or clean or something. Can't remenber.

[@shamaldev]

inventions forefathers who taught us ideas has no limits

[@jimbeekman4863]

I saw this on Television...... Decades before I had a computer. Wow Crazy!!

[@Retikulum01]

!?!!?! WHAT HOW??!!?

[@germanrojas4945]

Failure can happen ,but never give up!!!! . Beautiful how we inventors think. We are here to desing this earth....

[@glennso47]

I like the one where the guy is using the exhaust of the car to jack up the car to change the flat.

[@johnsumner6185]

Now I know where the inspiration for some ideas that are present at burning Man come from!

[@RushBuzzing]

The inflatable automobile jack is being sold even as we watch. It works just fine and is lightweight, easily portable and simple to use by anyone with no real effort.

[@50zcarsman]

These are still better product ideas than were offered by any 1990s tech startup.

[@SteigerSteigerfoto]

The roller skates and 'segway' are brilliant! Nothing is new

[@maxdamage8418]

0:29 - Look at that stance, the stance of true scientists.

[@kingofsludge7262]

This is such an awesome video:) thank you!

[@milindkulkarni2269]

man works hard to find ways to work easy

[@cvcoco]

I saw one of my recent inventions in here. Nothing new under the sun, is it!

[@SERGEI09]

Все новое это хорошо забытое старое...

[@Mike-xg3mi]

What a brilliant time

[@duffyanna4876]

The roller Blade one 🔥 your invent gonna take by generations sir

[@skullknightyt]

Some of these are actually awesome and cool.

[@scratchdog2216]

All around fun show. Thanx.

[@digitall2848]

That guy in the first 31 seconds in the lifeboat almost made me piss on myself

[@HyouMix]

3:42 must be hard to see what's in front of you

[@MoskusMoskiferus1611]

Not when its moving fast

[@weaponofmassconstruction1940]

@@MoskusMoskiferus1611 So if you're struggling to see ahead, you speed up? I can't see anything wrong with that at all 😅

[@BK-ut3wc]

@@weaponofmassconstruction1940 hes not wrong and its not his fault blame the inventor for the design flaw

[@shinmellow]

I mean, there's a reason why it's not still here til this day

[@cana0]

It had a hole in the front so he was able to see

[@jessfrankel5212]

"We expect to do better next time." Yeah, not drowning would be good. I 'spect there was no next time for that guy. Good idea, though. Driving wheel at the 3:30 mark...clever...MiB 3 used that same thing, only jazzed it up a bit.

[@thediplomasta5891]

There was literally a "next time" at the end of this same video! 🤣

[@Prin_Shesha]

3:57 This is what it feels like when having a hoverboard-like gadget in the 1950s

[@patrickperry6945]

Some of these things are still around in different forms and configurations. Progress marches on, as they say.

[@kkid2747]

I love this.

[@rarrafunfitness6230]

Thanks the best thing I watch this week

[@sovietonion6683]

Those successful old inventions are much better that inventions nowadays

[@lukehauser1182]

Fantastic collection

[@benrezki3831]

You name it, they did it.

[@juliantotriwijaya9208]

4:01 basically old version of that wheel toy thing we use today, the one where you need to lean or move your foot and sometimes you hit the wall XD lol

[@ca1gz]

The hoverboard? With two wheels

[@jameshurley892]

Fun video... Great music!

[@barrybarnard836]

Man can invent many things and achieve much, the only thing they can't get right is to love each other :)

[@breAnnasmama]

barry barnard not true. There are many people who genuinely do love one another. As bad as this world is , don’t lose hope in The fact that people do exist with love in their hearts and a desire to do good and help their fellow man . As sure as I know the lord gave his love to us , he’s allowed us to love one another. Not everyone knows that and it’s sad and beyond disappointing but there still are those who do care for others.

[@firstname4075]

3:51 vintage hoverboard.

[@Expat47]

Dates on the clips would have made this much better.

[@vinkorosandic2901]

Yap...

[@thediplomasta5891]

You gotta look at the clothing. There is a channel that studies that old clothing. Especially the hats. The hats were very time specific; for men AND women, back then. Now we all just wear jeans and no hat. 🤣

[@djSpinege]

2:14 we actually use this invention today still. it works great.

[@markosporn8315]

Some of those would make Wile E. Coyote proud 😊😁

[@boopah4365]

Those people in the 1st one looked absolutely terrified.

[@browniethelittleprincess7063]

of all this.... I am especially grateful to the inventor of the camera.

[@user-cz9pw7ph7d]

i like how they put humor on this

[@thedevoidangel6563]

2:13 that's brilliant.... I want one, no more hand cranking!

[@Haruki_kei]

Ikr

[@stephentraver1778]

Hey Neil- Any chance of getting your two songs from Gizmo! as MP3's? They are great1

[@CanIUseYourJohn]

Must not make em anymore.

[@lockery0587]

This video is just a big vibe

[@miked1311]

Cool music too..

[@Bogica133]

It's amazing! I love theese machines! At 2:02 good idea! 😃 At 2:25 pre robotic lawn mower. At 3:04 Men in Black 3 motorcycle 😃

[@carlbelli7356]

What a Gem, also at 1.24 the Budgie Smuggler is Born.

[@PressedSteel1919]

2:20 that's a very good idea !!!!!!!!!

[@soulesslemming]

Several of these inventions are now a reality.

[@rdmanone]

Got to love the human mind.

[@hebneh]

I currently have a large beard, so I suppose I could zip on one of those beard-caps to keep it dry while swimming. But - why bother? It'll dry on its own, and it's not like it has to be restyled or anything after it gets wet - unlike scalp hair.

[@user-ku7yw8ut6s]

Ну это ржака просто😂😁😂😁

[@breAnnasmama]

hebneh and think of the negative aspects of it slowing down speed , being so bulky and in the way . It’s so gross lol. Really creeped me out.

[@adamrchannel7543]

The ideas was good

[@thediplomasta5891]

Omg subbed! I Love it!

[@wilsonmarinmontoya4318]

Muchas gracias.

[@stevecenteno8304]

Thanks frank! So funny!

[@letmesleep8886]

1:41 is pretty smart if u tell me, such as changing when there’s no other place to change for a specific reason. 10/10 for me

[@rs.gaming5894]

The 1 wheel motorcycle was cool♥️

[@edwardclarkjr1810]

I liked the air bag jack.

[@prathameshchavan4974]

Back then explorer and inventors are really having swag

[@bluesharp59]

Cool video and a Thumbs Up for you.

[@sonofadeadmeme]

most of these could be made today and be seen as revolutionary

[@Aryan_Sanan]

Man that electric hair cut was awsome invention 😂😂😂

[@julitocuyos1539]

Very agresive hair putik hahahaha

[@reimuchan003]

2:55 And this would then become an official sport

[@Retikulum01]

Yeah that would be cool!