Welcome to Southern California (1953)

A tour of Southern California in the early 1950s. To purchase a clean DVD of this film for personal home use or educational use contact us at [e-mail]. To license footage from this film for commercial use visit: www.travelfilmarchive.com

[@jimhiscott2918]

1953 is the year my father moved to Los Angeles from upstate N.Y. He was 20 years old. My father got a job roofing houses with one if his Air Force buddies. His name was Dick Lerock. On the job Roofing a house one day a 18 year old beautiful red headed young lady came out of the house bringing my father and Lerock each a cold glass of Tea. That young ladies name was Velda Mooney. She was to be my mother. They were married 19 months later. My sister Kelly was first born in 1962, then in 1965 I came along. My parents worked hard, bought a house and remained married till 2015 when my father sucomed to Lung cancer. My mother is still with me and I make sure my mother knows I am thankful to her for giving me life and I love her more then anything in the world. I myself. I am doing OK. I caught terminal cancer at the age of 53. Current 56 I am still here. Loving my mother, my wife, my 2 children and my 5 grand children. God bless you all. I hope your life is beautiful and full of love. 😍

[@edwil111]

Awwww!

[@theflash691]

What a perfect marriage honestly, staying together that long until the end is true loyalty that you don't see often. You're all lucky you got to grow up in peak LA when everything was fresh and new. Condolences to your father.

[@Brandon-bg5ec]

God bless you. Wonderfully put.

[@margiesplace259]

Ivermectin it will cure cancer, as we have found cancer is a parasite. You can now get ivermectin in pill form rather than a dog dewormer, but it's up to you. It doesn't hurt you to take it and it will help you cure your cancer. It's a part of a protocol. Good luck. I hope that you get a chance to see this and able to help yourself I was born there in LA 1955 lived there all my life no idea I was living in hell but will get it changed around back to the 1950s here we Come.

[@lindasmith3648]

What a beautiful story. Thank you for sharing it with us 😊❤️

[@m.thomas8819]

My condolences to those of you who didn't grow up in So Cal in the 50's, 60's and 70's.

[@luxembourger]

Who was most responsible for the destruction during the 1980ties? I would have a talk with that guy!

[@joshuaperaltamachado7519]

Im good rn actually

[@Gerkinstock]

@@luxembourger On a state level, Jerry Brown. In SoCal specifically, nearly every Democrat who held local office.

[@anthonyfelker1712]

luxembourger - How about taking a look at Ronald Reagan!!!!!!

[@Gerkinstock]

@@anthonyfelker1712 Doubtful. The American public education system is garbage, and that's almost entirely the fault of Democrats. Blame JFK, who cynically created public sector unions in exchange for votes. Didn't affect Kennedys at all, since they ship their kids off to elite private schools. Also, California's problems have nothing to do with Reagan snd everything to do with the one party rule that exists today. The policies that have turned much of CA into an urban toilet are left-wing policies that RWR never advocated.

[@popetoby178]

California was an absolute paradise.

[@benniebarrow348]

"was" being the key word

[@jsunac1]

It still is in some ways. I'm from the south but grew up in California from 8-16. Best years of my life,the 80s. Anyways,I went out there for a few months,just recently. Still a beautiful place. Something had changed,though. I was expecting it though. Things just aren't the same no matter where you go. I guess things change,nothing last forever. It's why I try as hard as I can to enjoy the moment. And I still have the memories

[@assmanjones123]

Born and raised in Los Angeles in 1998. Dad was born in 1953 and I envy the era he was able to grow up in. In sunny California

[@RedBud315]

In the 50's to the 70's L.A. had tons of pollution. Watch all the old shows like Rockford File or Adam -12 and you will see it. Believe me I grew up eating the smog. People can say what they want about California but the strict emissions laws surely did save the skies because very time I visit now I see blue skies most of the time..

[@daemickey]

​@RedBud315 You sure are right, I remember my eyes burning in the summer time and we would have smog alerts and have to stay inside at school

[@doppleganger7591]

@@daemickey wtf

[@BradleyLoomis-wq9yf]

That is Honestly crazy ya really think about it smh the sky's bluer now than back then the must of thought the world was bout to end all that smog an LSD in 1960's/70 😅

[@wendystavinoha5618]

I was 9 years old when this film was made. I am practically in tears seeing the Los Angeles of my childhood.

[@vickiladu6755]

I wasn’t born yet. Depending on what month this was, I was in my mom’s womb! Lol

[@xerxesprime2959]

9yo in 1953. Means that you're born in 1944. Which means that you have now 77 years old. Wow 😃

[@mattheweuqnicurzeid7154]

You're lucky you're NOT a Boomer, coz they ruined this magnificent city :(

[@kenheyden]

@@mattheweuqnicurzeid7154 Liberals have ruined every city

[@catholiccrusader5328]

@@mattheweuqnicurzeid7154 I totally agree with you, sir. Though I am a Boomer (75) in my opinion my generation is totally worthless. They caused all the mess we're in today. I'm also a native Californian (SF). I remember when I lived there we had a large home, a loving family and I had plenty of friends. It took my Mom + may GOD have mercy on her soul + to relocate very much against my will to move to the south side of Chicago where I learned to fight, the fine are of being poor and marginalized.

[@lavapix]

I swear this guy and that music was in every film they showed us in grade school in the '60s.

[@wildershoney2439]

And 70's and 80's. Lol I don't think I saw a change till 90's. I miss it. I REALLY REALLY miss it. I hate technology. It's growing to fast and people are so dumb and greedy they won't ask the question if it should be made.

[@iVenge]

Art Gilmore, I think.

[@peterroeder1258]

I've heard it in other railway promo video's at least three others

[@mrtrailesafety]

lavapix “Los Angle-ess “

[@piceofknowledge9296]

i thought i was the only one that noticed

[@teresawalker5101]

God how I wish to be back in that time. It was much safer then now in 2023.

[@alandoane9168]

Tell that to interracial couples in the south.

[@gch8810]

@@alandoane9168What about it?

[@BezmenovDisciple]

⁠@@alandoane9168So you spend time worrying about 1% of the population when the other 99% are significantly worse off.

[@danielroque8504]

Nah, Im good in 2024~~None of us would survive in 1963~

[@mrski749]

​@@alandoane9168 your Halo doesn't fit

[@dondamon443]

When I was growing up in Oregon, I often thought about how cool, neat, it would be to live in California, on the beach. Wow! those were the days. Today I live in California and I wish I were somewhere else.

[@MarioMartinez-tt9ly]

I live in the Central Valley right in the middle of San Francisco and LA and I don’t even like going to either because of how overcrowded both the south and north are .

[@beeluc7394]

Is it bad now?

[@SFVnative]

LOL, tons of California people have moved to Oregon, so many that people in Oregon are pissed, including government officials. There's a video of a guy showing his vandalized car with CA license plates in Oregon. They spray painted "Go back to California" and other things like that with black paint. (On a white car.)

[@JohnLee-db9zt]

Oregon coast is magical. There’s no comparison to California coast.

[@richarddean6735]

Oregon is a leftist dump@@SFVnative

[@animuauntie]

My grandma was a teenager in LA during this time. She's suffering dementia, so I'm hoping this will spark any long term memories.

[@laxnative4622]

There's a collection of books that have old photos of different parts of L.A. Fascinating to look through.

[@rebekahcuriel-alessi2239]

♥️♥️🙏🏼🦋🤗🤗

[@disgustinghandsome1282]

Dementia is caused by mainly aluminum and some other heavy metals in our foods and air we breathe in. Think about our pots and pans we cook our food in.

[@Erik-dc7bo]

I hope you and your grandma are doing well.

[@jgbalboa]

Unfortunately, people with dementia even lose interest in watching TV or listening to the radio. They tend to remember old memories, but can't retain new ones. It's a tough one. Some moments they are sharper, and some moments they are totally lost. Try checking for candida infection and treat it...possibly with antibiotics. Candida is very common among women and it travels to the brain and makes things worse in the memory area. Try checking for that first and she will be sharper (until she gets it again). With our elders, since they suffer from incontinence, they are more prone to that sort of infections. Keep on top of those things, take her to regular doctor's visits, and don't neglect taking the urine/fecal samples that doctors request. If you give her antibiotics, they have to be taken for at least seven days, if you stop sooner, she may become immune to them in the future...

[@sloanchampion85]

It'll never be this nice again

[@anthonyfelker1712]

Thanks to you guys: “IT WILL NOT!”

[@sharkieessj373]

White*

[@Porsche996driver]

DJ Rodriguez Americans not Russian traitors.

[@Furtivo95]

Thanks to the 1940s Republicans who destroyed neighborhoods to build cheap housing and freeways.

[@crazedhippiecult1071]

@@Furtivo95 dumb ass thats the stupidest thing youve ever said.

[@sherriroe4806]

Not only is it exceptionally beautiful, it is clean. The people are clean, well-dressed and mannerly.

[@edwil111]

it IS a train-produced travel promo film. Keep that in mind.

[@KaseeSmith]

You forgot to mention their skin color

[@prm7216]

So beautiful before the Democrats ruined it.

[@AtomicMushroomz]

mayo monkeys@@KaseeSmith

[@mirzaahmed6589]

You think there were no ill-mannered people then?

[@plasticman3952]

Of all the places to be born and raised. It wasn't lost on me how fortunate I was to be born in Santa Monica CA.

[@mcw089]

Cherish this flashback because it's all gone now.

[@MASTEROFEVIL]

People really took pride in how they dressed and carried themselves back then unlike today

[@echt114]

Oh please. Fashion is 100% arbitrary.

[@gkprivate433]

too many transients, people that don't pay taxes, etc. Few care about the place they are in

[@echt114]

@Sapere Aude Are you in a cult? On drugs? Trolling?

[@leftistfactchecker7672]

maga

[@dubs5718]

They moved in lmaoooo

[@meganruchwatercolors7186]

This put a big smile on my face! Very magical! Wish life was still like this!

[@oswaldmosley6179]

It will never be again if mass migration isn't reversed and leftists are not removed from government. These years were products of a homogenous population for the most part.

[@andybaldman]

Civilization is dying

[@oliverbanes5121]

You racist

[@user-gy9bv1kl5c]

@@andybaldman its the opposite, theirs too much! Shortages are going to be a normal thing and their will be wars/conflicts over fresh water. and everything in between.

[@moryan6447]

Same age,9, living in San Gabriel. It was a big deal to go shopping in downtown L.A. with a stop at Philippe’s after😊

[@evanpatten4101]

My wife's grandma and grandpa found each other in LA around this time. They got married in Tijuana so it's really cool you showed it. She recently passed away so I watch old videos of LA trying to imagine what their life was like for them. They are truly amazing people, really unique and both are my idols. It's pretty amazing to see the LA they knew. They left LA in the early 70's but still use their old address as some of their passwords so I imagine LA then was magical time for them then.

[@glennhoddle10]

*Almost everyone was elegantly dressed, cultured, fit, and never overweight. I need a time machine NOW !*

[@dulcieparker7425]

All others were hid ...I 4 1 m so glad I wasn't there. Heels r so bad for ankles...only 4 men 2 c those accentuated the calves

[@josegomez-lj1xp]

I was just talking to my girl about how back in the day everyone was at a perfect wight noone was fat..

[@spydude38]

@@josegomez-lj1xp Food was fresh from the San Juaquin valley. People didn't sit all day at work and eat five or six times a day like they do today. They burned far more colories than they consumed. Sugar wasn't consumed nearly as much as it is today. Kids played outside, not inside doing nothing but eating and watching television, and then later video games.

[@spydude38]

@Lamont Cranston INC. Block parties in summer.

[@marksitts2290]

Call Doc Brown, I'm sure he'll let you borrow the Delorean for a small fee.

[@skcyclist]

I lived in the Baldwin Hills Village Green and was 10 years old in 1953. What a fabulous time to grow up in Los Angeles. I moved to Santa Barbara California 1979, which was perfect timing. Pioneered a 20-acre avocado Citrus Farm and Toro Canyon which I sold in 2004. I had a dream live as an American. Doesn't look too good now for the future. I hope I'm wrong.

[@RedBud315]

Friend of the family who was Dionne Warwick's manager lived in Village Green in the early 70's and that's when I met Whitney Houston her cousin when I was 7 years old. Of course at that time we were just 7 year old kids at a BBQ and I had no idea who she would become later. My grandmother lived in SB and we went there almost every weekend in the mid-late 70's. Used to go to the original Habit Burger in Goleta and the Goleta Drive-in. Also the Bowling alley at San Marcos Pass off of State Street..

[@skcyclist]

@@RedBud315 thank you for the interesting report, we almost crossed paths. A classmate of mine from Dorothy High class of 1961, still lives in the Village Green. I last visited around 2014 and have posted several videos on KZbin.

[@encinobalboa]

It will take a miracle for once beloved state to be great again.

[@majorbarbara1]

A fortunate baby boomer I was to be Born in Los Angeles in 56. My parents took me to all these places. So grateful to have lived there until 76. It really was like this. The stunningly varied geography, the ornate Spanish architecture, the sublime weather, and the limitless hope of the future of our nation. It was all there. It kills me to see it now with the crime, the homelessness, the dirtiness and ostentatiousness. Old Southern California, I miss you.

[@gulfcoastmodern8103]

What a fabulous video. This was my childhood home and the places are all so familiar. It was an amazing life. How I wish it was still like this.

[@danielmarshall7095]

Only a few of those places are left around there. The LACMA building and what is now the Miracle Mile are still the same many of those buildings on the opposite side were torn down in 2008 and are now condos.The Sunset Strip not very recognizable lot of the buildings are not even there any more.

[@etherealtb6021]

It is still like this. They filmed stuff in the nice neighborhoods that are still nice areas, so it isn't that different. Except for buildings that are gone, like Sunset & Vine, where the CBS & NBC Radio Buildings being home makes it look VERY different!

[@etherealtb6021]

​@@danielmarshall7095What condos across from the museum? 🤷‍♀️

[@danielmarshall7095]

@@etherealtb6021 Since this picture many of the buildings that were there had been torn down. They built new buildings with businesses on the bottom and condos on the upper floors after 2008. Much of a few historic but smaller businesses are there like the diner across the street has no business but outside lights at night still give it som life. This is the portion of thr Miracle Mile at the Wilshire/Fairfax Blvd area. They redesigned the Peterson car museum across the street as well. I used to live in this area for many years until 2 years ago moved to San Gabriel. They have moved some of the businesses from Beverly Hills like the BMW dealership and Genwa Korean restaurant a few years back. I remember the older buildings they torn down nearly 15 years ago.

[@danielmarshall7095]

@@etherealtb6021 Much of Vine and Sunset still have the old look and the mid street Fountain Ave. still have that genuine look. It just saddened me that Aomeba Records. relocated. Very good places to eat and a lot to see.

[@DrJohnPollard]

I'd love to see a 2020 version recreating the exact scenes in current form.

[@aracelycervantes2286]

Bunch of homeless set ups

[@johnandrew1727]

Yea me too, but with honesty not the fantasy version Garcetti would show.

[@dannhymir9678]

Some areas are more run down (San Bernardino, Long Beach, Tijuana), some are more or less the same (Wilshire, Pasadena albeit more upscale urban, Catalina, Palm Springs), and others are better (San Diego, Laguna Beach, Riverside).

[@artdecotimes2942]

@@dannhymir9678 there is a very, extremely, high unlike any other difference. Looking at a local later in current day shows little, looking at roads makes far the difference.

[@dannhymir9678]

@@artdecotimes2942 I'm sorry what?

[@MS-37]

I live 30 miles south of LA/ Hollywood. The place is literally a dump. Junkies and homeless everywhere, it’s so sad.

[@robertthomas2601]

Not enough housing.

[@Rick-zw7zv]

@@robertthomas2601 *Affordable housing

[@debpetrella9]

Robert Thomas what's the matter ? Does the truth hurt ?

[@TheUtuber999]

@@k.t1000 Correction: NeoLiberal politicians (Republicans posing as Democrats) are sabotaging the state. If the right can't win over the hearts and minds of a populace, they employ slash-and-burn tactics. Same as Venezuela and Cuba.

[@gordon3186]

@@k.t1000 ----- Every precept you hold dear was once called a liberal one.

[@terrigasior1920]

I lived part of my childhood in Southern California and it was the best memories of my life. I would never want to live there now.

[@eursiaameria9393]

Imagine growing up here. Truly heaven on Earth

[@thomasschreiber9559]

Probably the best quality of life ever, post WW2 LA had it all.

[@randyrodgers1265]

@@garyoakham9723 shut up fool! Dumbass comment.

[@lenblack1462]

Good union jobs.

[@randyrodgers1265]

@Jeppo Jinx well arent you special!!!

[@randyrodgers1265]

@Jeppo Jinx fuck you bitch!! You so dumb you call me a free mason. Stupid ass fool!!!

[@rainstormzee554]

A picture (film) is worth a thousand words.

[@User-vj7rs]

This is when the average person could actually afford to go live in California.

[@psykoupathic4225]

Thank the people who move here to chase their non existant dreams lol

[@kalashnikov5544]

@@marthamelkamu463 You mad cuz he told the truth lmao. There will no America real soon based on all the bullshit that's happening.

[@Theunseenesoteric]

Zoetrope Luck it’s true

[@Theunseenesoteric]

Bushido Code lmaooooo

[@donaldbabeezy3942]

User 16243 Cali a state of money .. if you can’t make money here . You not meant to be here

[@porterhouse_]

makes a 71yr old want to 😢 even the narrator's voice is a welcome memory from the past... this has probably been said for thousands of years by the next lamenting generation. Heraclitus (500BC) said it best, You can't step in the same river twice.

[@KratostheThird]

You were lucky to see this. For us Millennials, we only know forced diversity, angry rap music, minorities taking away jobs, and struggling to even pay our bills on time.

[@Guerilla281]

imagine growing up in 1950s-1970s California. a bunch of open space still so you smell the citrus groves in the air, not much traffic, cheap homes, jobs in basically any and every industry (military, aerospace, car/tire manufacturing, agriculture, trade/shipping, tourism, entertainment, etc. etc.), places aren't crowded, everything looks new, optimistic outlook on life, the state, and country in general, etc. I really envy the people that got to enjoy the California of back then. started changing in the 1980s. held mostly steady until the early 2010s, then started falling hard in the mid to late 2010s with an absolute collapse happening in 2020 that hasnt stopped.

[@russellpottenger8584]

I’m a native born Californian of 59 years. I couldn’t even get halfway through the 25 minutes. It’s too depressing.

[@OceanSwimmer]

Russell Pottenger; Cities and countries are like organisms...they grow, get old, crumble, and eventually are reborn. It's all part of a cycle. I was born in 1950, so I know what you're talking about. It is painful to look back, sometimes. I wish I could have given my kids the childhood I was blessed with then : )

[@LeedsCorp]

Russell Pottenger 🙁😢 sad

[@levondarratt787]

but that means this means you were born mid 60ies, and a kid of the 70ies really, and part 80ies. How do you connect to the 50ies? That time was long gone by the time you were able to observe and take it all in.

[@franklinpark4475]

This was so cal at its finest. Disneyland just about the open, no pollution, no traffic, pure beaches. They had it all.

[@franklinpark4475]

David M oh I hadn’t figured. I guess not everything wasn’t sunshine and roses back then.

[@tonipepperoni9768]

No mass immigration

[@bryanv4081]

Actually, before certain post 1950's population movements, many So Cal areas did have much cleaner air.

[@bryanv4081]

My family lived there during 3 generations starting in the 1940's.

[@franklinpark4475]

Bryan V 🤷‍♂️ the comments section seems to differ.

[@swamistevie4711]

I was born in SoCal in ‘51 and grew up there in the 50’s and 60’s. I left in 1970 and never looked back. The traffic, SMOG and other problems associated with such a massive influx of people were horrendous. Look at it now and you can see why people are leaving in droves.

[@bocagoodtimes1460]

Such a wonderful place California used to be! My neighbor told me all about the glory days of the 1950s...the beautiful beaches, the jobs, the parks, low crime! Plenty of water and space!

[@jgbalboa]

Now we have contaminated beaches, lack of jobs, parks full of junkies/homeless, high crime, and droughts...ugh...hopefully, this too shall pass.

[@user-oy2so4ru3p]

@@jgbalboa of course, depends on your location.

[@jgbalboa]

@@user-oy2so4ru3p Los Angeles, East Hollywood to be precise.

[@shaunsteele8244]

@@jgbalboa don't forget millions of illegals

[@mjwbulich]

The beaches were disgusting back then. Not only were they dumping raw sewage into the ocean but there were oil derricks on the beaches constantly spilling raw crude. My family has been in Los Angeles since the 1880s. My great grandmother told me stories about having to wash "tar" off herself after going in the ocean. Besides the oil industry you had automotive manufacturing, aerospace, and a ton of other plants dumping toxic chemicals into the air,water, and soil. It was an environmental nightmare.

[@mpjperez10]

Most people in this documentary have passed away. They took beautiful LA with them!!😢

[@88ashjen]

Lamont Cranston INC. you are sick

[@sirloxleymendoza972]

For telling the truth? He was doing a parody of the movie "Its a wonderful life" where Jimmy Stewart gets to see his life if he had not been born,,,,,,,,,, Are you saying America was not better then? Are you saying diversity PC open borders gender confusion improved America? You are sick to think Today is better @@88ashjen

[@sirloxleymendoza972]

It could be again if we removed the filth from our streets and the liberals that defend them

[@lasmoker67]

@Lamont Cranston INC. America still has that good old fashion HATE, I see.

[@livingintheforest3963]

mpjperez10 YEP!! 😔

[@Malibukenn]

22:04 “This is an easy trip to Tijuana, you can travel country to country with no passport problems.” Not anymore my friend.

[@whiteclifffl]

ace g Downtown LA looks worse than TJ now... Thanks to the mexicants.

[@johnhamrick88]

They went for the fun...😂 they went for the tequila and donkey show

[@ohYex]

whiteclifffl racist

[@ohYex]

John Hamrick racist

[@whiteclifffl]

oh Yex LOL. You hate to read the truth?

[@bcats1309]

I lived in Burbank and Glendale in 1963. I loved Los Angeles then. It's gone now! Not the same place now. I sang at the Hollywood Bowl that year. I remember standing on that stage looking out. I spent alot of time at NBC studios in Burbank. Everything was exciting in those days.

[@sarahbaartmansrevenge]

racist sundown towns til very recently! 🙄

[@maeve4686]

When we'd go to Disneyland in the very early '60's , what I remember most are the orange groves starting just above San Clemente & surrounding Disney. Every few years we'd go & by the time I got married in '74 most of the groves were gone & the smell from tire manufacturers could be smelled.

[@ozzylaguna7112]

reminds me of the beginning of every old-school Tom and Jerry haha

[@springblur5319]

@Cristopher Reeves This Man is just talking about Tom & Jerry, Wtf are you on 😂

[@EpicGamer-dj7dm]

@Cristopher Reeves that's why you should vote for trump

[@rain3281]

@Cristopher Reeves Did the Old peoples home give you some internet time today?

[@Bass1ne]

@@EpicGamer-dj7dm yup trump 2020

[@user-os1zk8xj6u]

I came to the comments just to see if anyone thought the same thing lol

[@parabola8933]

I grew up in LA, lived there for 45 years, moved two years ago. The last 10 years in LA became almost unbearable because the traffic got so bad and everywhere was so overcrowded. I've been to every single place this films covers including the Ambassador Hotel. I sure miss it.

[@johnlies4740]

I hope you cashed out your real estate. You could live anywhere like a king

[@parabola8933]

@Charles Crandall Yah I went to a rave party there in the early 90s. It was really strange. People were sneaking in through a back fence and the whole lobby was empty, but still had it's massive chandeliers. One of the rooms had a full DJ set up with people dancing. It was a strange night.

[@miken7750]

@Charles Crandall you mean illegals

[@MidniteSon]

I left too, but mostly for a change and a job. I still miss California, but will not return to Southern California. I slowly saw the demise when I was there.

[@JULIOHERNANDEZ-cy7sq]

@Charles Crandall you know what's crazy is that I go to that school, its literally right across from me as I am writing this comment.

[@jerometotes5311]

I was born in LA County General Hospital in 1949. My parents had an apartment near Figueroa St. and Slauson Ave until I was two and my brother was one. We then moved to a small house near 5th Ave and Hyde Park. My parents told me that they paid $5,000 for it. I went to 59th Street Elementary School. I had friends of every race, religion and origin and everyone was equal in my eyes. I never thought about the differences as a little boy. It was a great time to be a kid. I remember street vendors of all manner of goods and services selling their wares as they walked or drove slowly on our quiet neighborhood streets. On Halloween a nice lady in the neighborhood gave a homemade caramel apple to every kid. This period in my life was the happiest. Sometimes I can’t believe that that kid was me.

[@bluesharp59]

Wow everything is way clean back then. No trash on the streets. Thumbs Up !

[@tech9803]

0:44 Laughing at the nice new freeway with very few cars. Today you'd see denser traffic than that at 3AM

[@arpadnagy4794]

It is interesting, how bad you can miss something that you never had. I am 25 and live in Europe, never been to America. But every single time i see pics, videos or movies like that, about the 40's-50's American life, always have a strange feeling and start crying. Its like, I used to live in America in this beautiful times. If i had a time machine, Id like to live there. :(

[@fishouttawtr]

We feel that way about Europe, with all the beautiful architecture and rich culture!

[@lindafrazier8092]

Me too ✋

[@arpadnagy4794]

@Chuck Norris and exactly you say this, with the name Chuck Norris...

[@SamHarrisonMusic]

@Chuck Norris I don't know which bit of Europe you mean, but much of Europe has much better preserved history than the USA. Prague is a good candidate for the most beautiful city in the world... Lisbon too.

[@SamHarrisonMusic]

@t Have you been to Europe? You sound like someone who hasn't

[@andinewman4865]

I was about 7 yrs old in ‘53. I remember all of this.

[@cynthiataylor2092]

I was born there in 1951 in Los Angeles. I'm 72 now. I'm Cindy 👋 I remember the huge bunnies staged on Wilshire Blvd. Mom and I shopped at May Company on Wilshire Blvd, where I ate chocolate cigarettes and peppermint cigarettes at the candy area in May Company on the first level.

[@Hollowsmith]

Imagine living in 1953 Southern California. Huge open low-population areas with low crime, big affordable houses, and post WW2 roaring economy in a peaceful country. This was the true golden age of life there. Much before and there wasn't much infrastructure yet. Much after and it became a hell hole.

[@anthonyfelker1712]

WP SN - You’re Right. Not just Cal. But the whole nation! We were on top of the world. We achieved this by Crushing our competition in WW2! Japan and Germany. That’s why life was luxurious and wonderful then, especially if you were white! Don’t get me wrong. That would have been a wonderful time to live! I was not born until ‘58. By the time I was coming of age that was all changing. Our fathers didn’t give a thought about the future. I joined the Marines in ‘80 and spent a lot of time in S. Cal. It was a CESSPOOL then! A wonderful place will SHINE for all of our Grandkids to ENJOY!! RIP America!!

[@anthonyfelker1712]

WP SN - I’m sorry, I’m not picking on you. I’m just saying; the America then, unfortunately is gone. Our economy was booming. We didn’t have to rebuild America. We didn’t have our country dismantled! Much of Asia was tore up! Had to be rebuilt, and we had a hand in that. Europe was DEVASTATED!!!!! USA lost 300,000 lives lost in the war. Now that’s a lot men!! No doubt! Russia lost over 24 MILLION!! Most of Europe was under rationing until the late ‘50’s! Our economy was booming. Rebuilding their country’s, having a monopoly on the auto market. How they must have suffered! I’m not un-America. I’m very America! I served 12 years in the Marine Infantry. Been to many foreign countries. Went through a War myself. Nowadays, nobody even cares. I’m glad you people had it so good. I think time has changed things. I don’t care much for myself. I’m just heartbroken for what my kids and grandkids have to face. Sorry, I meant no offense.

[@anthonyfelker1712]

Well those days are long gone now, aren’t they??

[@kurtbrigandi]

WP SN You are right on. That golden era lasted until about 1967. After that it was all down hill.

[@cashondeliver]

Now the city doesn’t even fix the potholes

[@happyraccoon4791]

The year my aunt bought a new home on Orange Ave in Orange. For $4500 at 1% interest. We were in San Diego along Sunset near the beach. 25 cents for the zoo.

[@MSE9107]

Wow that’s the California we were all sold! Beautiful! Crazy the bit about tijuana. It looked so nice back then and crazy to think that there was no border and you could just walk across and back like it was just another neighborhood. So different to what we see today. Really makes you think how little we notice change as it occurs in the present but throughout the years those changes amount to huge differences. Just makes me sad to think how bad it could get 30-40 years from now

[@gulfcoastmodern8103]

There was a border but if you looked American you could be waved through without issue. My parents use to take us to Tijuana for day trips. We would park in the US and walk across. By the 1990s, Tijuana was indistinguishable from downtown LA. No longer exotic.

[@z.s3072]

As as lifelong Californian..this is so nice to see..but kinda hurts my heart a bit to see what it has come to now.

[@GeorgeVreelandHill]

Back when Southern California was great. The best place to grow up in. I could cry when I see it all today.

[@Mr.California]

Haha what about the zoot suit riot ? Was that great ?

[@terrigasior1920]

Me too. I lived there for a while as a child. Best memories of my life.

[@VegasTigger]

Where and when my mother was raised..She would cry to see it now.

[@TiffMcGiff]

Skip Ad sorry for your loss.

[@bobpierce115]

@@TiffMcGiff Sorry for MY loss too, John. I live in 3rd world L.A. one of the country's most extremely overcrowded, overpriced toilet bowls, bar none. It's nothing like this.

[@adamgriffith-smith9106]

@Bob Pierce it pisses me off when people say stuff like this. Yes LA isn’t great today but don’t call it third world, it’s still a paradise compared to real third world cities.

[@ignazs.5816]

@@bobpierce115 it went downhill so fast. I've walked the streets recently and the whole city reeks of urine. Trash everywhere. It wasn't like that a few years ago.

[@bobpierce115]

@@adamgriffith-smith9106 Perhaps you haven't lived in L.A. for your entire life. While it may still be a paradise compared to real 3rd world cities, it's a faint, faint shadow of its former self.

[@anonamoose1891]

The way we say Los Angeles has changed so much.

[@fromchopin]

I was noticing that too & I often think about how much language has changed over the years. I think about how many people would have a hard time understanding the way I talk if I were able to go back in time & how many words I would get hung up on if I were able to go back. The evolution of language is a strange & interesting thing.

[@juancena4142]

Hearing all these cities that once had these amazing events. This is beyond sad. Can't go anywhere near Hollywood or even Pomona these days. Can't even go to Riverside or SB counties and beyond because the cancer has spread that far. I am sorry to see things have gotten to this point in California.

[@bradswanson7919]

Diversity is our strength.🙄

[@deboraholsen2504]

@@bradswanson7919Please prove it’s a strength.

[@MFXdump]

That L.A. is gone. And so is the Santa Fe railway.

[@GeneralZapta213]

Santa Fe is still there. The old trains still run. Drive along Valley Blvd in Lincoln Heights or Washington Blvd toward Commerce

[@mitchyoung8791]

@@GeneralZapta213 The big railway now is BNSF -- merged Burlington Northern with, Santa Fe

[@GeneralZapta213]

@@mitchyoung8791 they still run Diesel locomotives marked Santa Fe

[@scoobycarr5558]

@@GeneralZapta213 Not only that but BNSF's yard in Barstow also has Santa Fe era freight engines - and also former Burlington Northern at times.

[@tommytruth7595]

@@GeneralZapta213 Doesn't matter. The Santa Fe RR is gone.

[@chrislimnios9180]

Went from the "City of Angels" to the "CIty of Demons" in about 2 generations.

[@dreaminez472]

@Wendell Novais It's actually the 5th largest economy in the world.

[@sidjt]

@Wendell Novais yo I’m not liberal but you’re a dumbshit hahah just look up actual numbers on California’s economy

[@cindygarcia1539]

You got that right Chris

[@satanofficial3902]

Paul Ehrlich was more correct than not.

[@satanofficial3902]

The Population Bomb detonated. And the devastation result isn't a pretty sight.

[@markshapiro9013]

Jim...I was touched by your 1 year ago message...So generous of spirit!...I don't know if you are "still here"...Either was...Bless your soul!...Bless your family!❤

[@Designer_TopG]

Would be great if we could go back to these days

[@johnb332]

One of the most recognizable voices in the world, Art Gilmore narrated thousands of commercials, tv & radio shows and films from the 1930's to the 1990's. He was the announcer on the Red Skelton Show and Highway Patrol. He was very, very busy.

[@AmericaCirclingTheDrain]

Wish someone had taught him to say "Los Angeles."

[@alisaaustin8431]

It would be funny if someone with his voice impression could spoof this today.

[@deboraholsen2504]

Thank you for naming the narrator! Now we know the name of the guy whose voice was everywhere in that era!

[@allpropertyvideosdotcomwit3524]

The traffic is so light! Those were the days. You can feel the sense of unlimited potential and wonder. Fascinating.

[@anthonyfelker1712]

All Property Videos Dot Com with Don Wallace - Of course you would make a statement like that! “Those were the good old days!” So What do you in these days? What do you sell to people? Land that’s worth one fifth of what it is worth for 3 times the price? Ah, woooo... ‘The good ole days!’

[@Stuckneutral]

It breaks my heart to think what it was and what it is now.

[@dutchmayer6725]

It’s the same everywhere. The only part of the country that looks better than it did in the past for the most part is the South.

[@andypower5531]

@@dutchmayer6725 Yeah the aesthetic in the US has really degraded. Our architecture and city planning is so ugly now. Those aluminum condos yuck. I wish we could plan and regulate better.

[@larrymiller4]

I recognize the announcer's voice of Art Gilmore, who did hundreds of TV shows and commercials. I grew up with hearing that speaking style in the 50's.

[@sasquatchhunter86]

When people think of California, this is what they imagine. Far cry from today’s reality.

[@ant318]

JDM id still like to go see it. I’m in Europe and only saw the east coast of the USA so far. Is California really so bad? Even for tourist?

[@sasquatchhunter86]

Aro Fol there are a lot of really nice places in California. It really is very scenic. You can literally ski and surf on the same day. You can see fields of the most fertile farmland on earth and be in the hottest desert the same day. You can visit a 300 year old church which is the foundation of California and Google’s campus in the matter of hours. There’s a lot of natural and man made landmarks to see. However, be ready to see very blatant displays of extreme poverty like homeless people camping on sidewalks. You’ll even see blatant drug use and public defecation. Places like Hollywood boulevard and San Francisco can be very grimey and downright trashy. I don’t want to discourage you. It’s not particularly dangerous; in fact, most parts are very safe. But be ready to have your vision of “perfection” shattered as soon as you leave the airport.

[@ant318]

JDM nice thanks for the info. I guess I’ll still try to visit when travel is back to normal, I think the good things far outweigh any bad 👍🏻

[@1990758]

So in your opinion everything's supposed to stay the same

[@sasquatchhunter86]

1990758 impossible. Change is inevitable. But at the very minimum it should not degenerate to filth like California has.

[@ChurchChannel777]

Who's watching this video in 2020 the year of the Coronavirus pandemic. Trust me, Southern California doesn't look anything like the movie we just watched. 🙁

[@joeelder1629]

You don't say?

[@bobbyhovsepian5914]

So sad

[@alvarez1593]

Well duh, this was in 1953 what did you expect?

[@johncarrick7284]

yeah i remember visiting in 2015. its pretty sad what it is now. venice beach needs a four wheeler with a comb to keep the surface of the beach clean. A homeless man throwing trash out on the walkpath and yelling toxic shit at people. the building all super old. i wish i had a time machine.

[@sparkmanuk]

The greed for cheap labour ment you create a poor under class, and slums, without a adequate social security net from the early years of life means people fall through the social fabric and become destitute, once people reach the critical point of having no pride in their community the rot sets in.

[@catsforhire9116]

The 1950s was America's golden age. I don't think we will ever get there again. At least we can see reminisce with videos like this.

[@-xnnybimb-9398]

Yeah not with diversity and liberalism will we come back to this point

[@texaswunderkind]

We were never going to get there with the draft-dodging fornicator Trump trying to build a white fascist ethno-state for his billionaire buddies and their stripper wives.

[@burtpanzer]

The fact that we are going to lose all of this because people don't pay attention and don't want to hear the truth, will be the saddest thing that ever happened.

[@Jason-sh1xu]

What’s the truth..?

[@user-jp3qq7hz1w]

Diversity happened

[@ZoruaZorroark]

i wonder how these people would react in seeing their city in 66 years

[@RADIUMGLASS]

Most are rolling in their graves.

[@herniedog4641]

No we’re still here build the WALL and then we can keep what’s left !!!

[@westabsupplyebay4093]

Disgust and weeping

[@morriskallappa6138]

🤦‍♂️

[@sialehakau1654]

Just like the Hawaiian.

[@Nordic-Sun]

Oh, how far we've fallen.

[@thisoldboat7393]

Hence Revelation chapter 18.

[@SoloTravelerOffTheBeatenPath]

@Jane Goodall Diversity is our downfall.

[@Quetzalcoatl_Feathered_Serpent]

@@SoloTravelerOffTheBeatenPath Diversity is our greatest strength. Segregation is our downfall and real US citizens are not going to let that happen

[@SoloTravelerOffTheBeatenPath]

@@Quetzalcoatl_Feathered_Serpent It is diversity that led to segregation.. Humans have a tribal nature. Diversity has been the cause of so much suffering and turmoil in America. Look at the horrible racial tensions and problems we are facing today. That kind of thing doesn't happen in ethnically homogenous societies. Unity is a far greater strength than diversity.. Some of the least diverse countries in the world have the highest quality of life.. Iceland, Norway, Denmark, Japan, etc. are consistently ranked the happiest, safest, and most prosperous countries on Earth..

[@Quetzalcoatl_Feathered_Serpent]

@@SoloTravelerOffTheBeatenPath That's cause they have strict rules and guidence. Most of the population has a living wage and access to high paying jobs. Things that was stripped from US citizens back in the 80s during the Reagan era. To fix it. We need to destroy the elements of the Reagan era.

[@russellb4510]

Fortunately, I have still been able to avoid Forest Lawn, but this is the world I was born into and miss it very much. Life was so simple and honest back then. Don't try explaining to anyone under 30. Just enjoy the memories and be glad you lived at the best time ever.

[@tribzman3977]

It amazes me that you seem to hear that exact same male narrator's voice on countless vintage/retro commercials, documentaries, new reports, etc, etc. That EXACT same voice! Aside from that, oh those cars!!!!!

[@rowmagnvs]

It’s the mid-Atlantic accent. Apparently it’s a learned accent

[@howellwong11]

I stayed in LA for few days in 1953 on my way to Purdue at Adams and Western. The freeways weren't even open. After graduating from Purdue in 1955, I return to work for Lockheed Burbank and lived at Hollywood Way and Olive in Toluca Lake. I left LA in 1972 after working for Hughes Aircraft in Fullerton. Those were the ending of the Golden Years of LA.

[@SpikedCollar666]

Damn you’re old. Did you see Abraham Lincoln too, boomer?

[@howellwong11]

@@SpikedCollar666 I'm older than a boomer. My wife is one of the oldest boomers (b. 1945) and I'm 14 years older.

[@SpikedCollar666]

owleyes 11 I’m just giving you a hard time

[@becky4728]

Owleyes...my dad worked for Hughes around then. We lived in Cypress.

[@howellwong11]

@eh6794 We had a lot of women working at Hughes. Some one has to bundle all those wires and rout them to their proper places.

[@donmacdonald9861]

This was the California of my grandparents and in-laws . My father in law got his Masters degree in Physics from UCLA in 1952 . My uncle worked for Ford as an electrical engineer . I have lots of great memories of summers in LA in the early '70's . The old folks are gone which is sad but good. They would be sad to see it now.

[@whyyeseyec]

Hope your uncle had nothing to do with the design of the Pinto.

[@levil7324]

​@@whyyeseyec he was am electrical engineer so probably not.

[@vinibiza2176]

It’s crazy to think that all the older people shown throughout the video were born in the late 1800s. That’s insane that they witnessed so much change in so little time.

[@KasperKali]

Great footage and narration of a beautiful era in the great state of California. I have visited most of these places. California truly has a lot to offer, beautiful state. Thanks for posting.

[@jakeh6980]

Yeah. Not so “beautiful” anymore. The democrat party made sure of that

[@fredingram3731]

Was there recently... it's not worth visiting

[@JonGSalvatore]

well, it keeps being pretty, this no-troubles state from your mind doesn´t exist. @@jakeh6980

[@allandeir6473]

I'm from Panama but I studied in southern California. I have a soft spot for it. California is unique no matter what people say.

[@nathankeck1]

I grew up here, and it's shit. Liberals fucked it up by taxing the shit out of people and not giving two shits about the tax payer or the needs of the state. Poorly managed for to long by idiots.

[@edwinchavez5202]

Nathan Keck Fr

[@bethhollins3556]

Yes, "unique" in it's rapid fall from grandeur.

[@allandeir6473]

These comments are super interesting. It's pretty sad that I studied there for 4 years and had no clue that it was a Democratic state. Obviously I wasn't a voter so I did not pay much attention but I understand the frustration from you all completely.

[@sirloxleymendoza972]

When a person has few obligations and money anywhere can be livable to a point... It is annoying so many foreigners come here use our resources and return nothing.. Leftists have turned America into a crime filled third world toilet.. More taking than paying taxes... Sanctuary cities are hell holes ..

[@thebossman60]

"Call someplace paradise, kiss it goodbye." ... The Eagles.

[@michaelcarvlin6242]

I was on the verge of writing this comment myself. I see someone was thinking 3 months ahead of me. I first visited Los Angeles in 1983, February. Los Angeles in 1983, though not like this video, more closely resembled this video than it does today. I yearned to live there. No longer though. What a damned shame. Best geography, best climate, and elected officials have run the place into the ground.

[@davidhumphries1146]

A victim of its own popularity and success.

[@deadringer2349]

Last Resort

[@scsi_joe]

Only problem with SoCal though, even if had remained pleasant, is there was always the threat of a major earthquake.

[@barbaraclemmer8437]

I was born in LA in 1955 and grew up in So Cal. It was paradise. The smog would get bad sometimes, but emission standards cleared up the air. it became overcrowded; the environment was degraded, and the droughts and wildfires kept getting worse.

[@benojojojojo6149]

Dreaming of having time machine to travel back to this era.

[@andypower5531]

Yeah Jim Crow laws and stuff...sweet.

[@ssssss-bc5uh]

Jim crow laws where not in California

[@johnnyv.5142]

I'm 76 and feel fortunate to grow up as a kid in 1950's SoCal. When the population was half what it is today and it was safe to walk to school and play outside with your friends! A much simpler time, to be sure!

[@gabydersch1482]

Looks lovely back then. Now it's a mess. Very sad. Love, from Canada. ❤😇❤ God Bless You

[@everythingreviewed1549]

Its amazing how there is no obese people, and people say the quality of our food didn't change, unbelievable.

[@rohamtavakkoli7562]

There are no more obese people...they're called plus sized people and its perfectly normal and healthy and you are a nazi if you say otherwise...

[@blackroan2276]

@@rohamtavakkoli7562 Yeah right. They are FAT FAT FAT.

[@microbios8586]

Despite what people say, Los Angeles is a walkable city, especially in these older neighborhoods. This was before car culture really penetrated every aspect of American society. That has a LOT to do with the obesity problem.

[@drew2447]

@@microbios8586 walkable if you wanna get fucked up😂

[@shaunsteele8244]

the food started really changing in the 80s

[@judithscobee8102]

Having lived in Los Angeles for about 55 years, I’ve seen a lot of these places! I miss the Beaches and the many events there! I left in January 2016, to go to Lodi, Ca and nearby areas to be closer to my Son!

[@vertie2090]

Even all the cars looked so cool. USA really was some next level country back in the day.

[@noname-jh3bd]

The problem with the US nowadays, this country has let itself become influenced by too many foreign countries, especially China

[@leemoore9933]

@@noname-jh3bd You mean those guys with the moe haircuts.

[@Mr.California]

Chicanos/zoot suiters/pachucos made it cooler 💯

[@cloudyOso]

When this video was made we were literally in the middle of committing eugenics on black, Latina and indigenous women. Please don’t glorify my country. This is nothing but propaganda to cover up the corruption and state sanctioned death.

[@kingfred3755]

@@noname-jh3bd It has nothing to do with other countries. It has everything to do with Jews, homosexuals, and liberal individualists.

[@michaelbook2019]

I know I'm being nostalgic but man I'd give anything to see L.A. unsoiled by waste and pollution and bad government

[@elgatogordo9523]

@@GeoHdReal Now they're the Majority. It's going to get worse once the elected president opens the borders 🤨

[@mfb3042]

@@GeoHdReal People are living in the past. I don't think they understand what is coming.

[@petespanchos]

@Jane Goodall If you're gonna make shit up at least make it interesting.

[@marcduchamp5512]

Jane Goodall Globalist scums are at the forefront they make money wrecking countries boarders and make people’s lives hell with currency manipulations and moving corporations overseas hollowing out county’s economy and standard of living

[@CanalOmega]

Well, for that you have to go back to 1830 before all the trash from the American South came to soil and destroy everything.

[@BJack1983]

I'm most impressed with the old-fashioned and original pronunciation of "Los Ang(h)eles" by the narrator :)

[@JMarieCAlove]

I love the way he say’s Los Angeles, “Los Angales”. Too funny! I guess they didn’t want to say it the correct way since it was a Spanish word. They kept it as white as possible then. Since I grew up in Southern California, I lived outside of downtown L.A. in the South Bay area, Torrance, CA… Closer to Manhattan Beach, Hermosa Beach and Redondo Beach, and Palos Verdes during the 70s, 80s and early 90s. I do recognize a lot of buildings from downtown L.A. and Hollywood. We pass by a few of the buildings on the way to the Grove and the Farmer’s Market. Now I live two hours north of L.A.. I still love L.A., so much to see and do there but I definitely don’t miss the traffic and the noise. Luckily my mom still lives in Southern California so I can visit her and have a good excuse to see my friends and catch up and go to a good restaurant by the beach. Where I live, most people in my city go to Pismo Beach, I prefer Southern California beaches. 😁

[@deboraholsen2504]

Actually, isn’t that the way Mexicans pronounce Los Angeles? Not the “white” way, as you thought.

[@snakepliskin23]

God I loved how illustrated and pleasant tv was back in those days. That’s when America was great 👍🏾

[@gordon3186]

TV was three channels and most people saw it in fuzzy B&W with rabbit ears.

[@alexverdigris9939]

It's actually SuperHD today, you bellend.

[@snakepliskin23]

gordon good. Too many options on tv can be a hassle.

[@gordon3186]

@@snakepliskin23 --- The only hassle back then was getting up and turning the channel from 2 to 4 to 5 to 7 to 9 to 11 to 13 and then back again. Most of them barely came in.

[@snakepliskin23]

gordon the fact that you’re complaining about tv says everything about our generation. People were too busy making money and building shit, having a good time making the most of their days and ate healthy.. Not sitting down in front of a screen all day eating cookies and cupcakes picking their butts lol

[@livingintheforest3963]

HEAVEN ON EARTH MY PARENTS ARRIVED IN 1956, I WAS BORN 1962!!! EVERYONE WAS AMERICAN NO IDENTITY POLITICS NO PC.

[@ChiRedWhiteBlue]

@@kalashnikov5544 Happiness is when white racists cry because their time has passed.

[@chadkovacs372]

Typical boomer tier take

[@deeguenveur9987]

Yep, I was born in 1953, when Los Angeles was beautiful........now it's a crap hole, putting it nicely......glad I grew up in the time where LA was the place to be.....what a shame it's become.......

[@j.mtz.3492]

@@deeguenveur9987 leave if ur so miserable!

[@deweyoxburger2963]

@@foxbodyblues6709 If I can dream...and I'm a Hispanic multimillionaire

[@jonathanarthur570]

No matter the reality of today, memories of So. California of the past still bring happiness and a smile to me, Thanks for sharing this video!

[@intreoo]

This makes me want to cry for what my home used to be. I love living here in LA (particularly the Gateway region), but it is forever far from what this video portrays. Now, you drive by LA and you'll see the largest homeless population in the US, the most dangerous ghetto in the US, and probably the most depressing wealth gap in the US. The 1950s is before any of this happened; before any of the homelessness, before any of the ghettos, before any of the gaps. People came to enjoy the sun and the city, and they got the sun and the city. There are still some decent and lovely areas in the Los Angeles region, but nothing in all of Los Angeles' history, even the upcoming Olympics, will ever reclaim the glory of former Los Angeles. If I had to put it in one sentence, Los Angeles and California is that one celebrity that truly shined as a symbol of a golden age that took the wrong path and stumbled into a dumpster with a former legacy left behind.

[@roberthuff3122]

Who voted for all these changes?

[@garyurtiaga9426]

@@roberthuff3122No one “voted” for anything like this. This is the result of God removing His hand of restraint on the whole world and it is His plan to return and burn everything. Repent and be saved.

[@getoverit2789]

I have a shorter sentence. Democrats.

[@patsprings4296]

Sad to see how badly it has deteriorated in 60 years. Look at the people, and look at how clean it was. Cali would have literally been a dream-come-true place to live back then - what a tragedy that it's become what it is today.

[@andybaldman]

Blame capitalism.

[@ednorton47]

@@andybaldman It has become exactly what the voters want it to be.

[@andybaldman]

@@ednorton47 Blaming the 'voters' is myopic. There is far more to what shapes a system than just the voters.

[@slouberiee]

I doubt they would show nasty places (which they surely were present in LA at those times) in such a vid.

[@ericpalacios920]

@@slouberiee Absolutely. Cities have always had their slums, they just don't show them in 1950's promotional videos

[@clarkewi]

I moved to West LA in 1958. It was alot like this.

[@JaxRwld]

and now?

[@josesalas430]

clarkewi you were so lucky, I keep asking my self why was I born in 1999 and not in the 1940s, That was a wonderful time to live. I love watching old shows from the 1960s, like The Patty Duke show, Mr.Ed, Lamarin, and movies like Lilies Of The Field. To bad I can’t time travel...

[@donh5794]

@@josesalas430 You might not have liked the '40s.

[@Rawbertd77]

Southern California really did seem like paradise back then..

[@massivebeatzz]

The optimism and positivity of that time...Looking into a bright future... The voice (sounds so official) and the music...it's like "everything will be fine"...

[@pmafterdark]

It's great that in today's world we still have films like this to show that a wonderful era like this even existed.

[@andybaldman]

And to remind us how much civilization has declined.

[@hq9344]

@@andybaldman it’s nice to see what once was… shame what society in general has become

[@mkhedart0mt0avari]

@@andybaldman Yeah man, things have really gone downhill since 1953 when we had... segregation, Jim Crow, and legal sex discrimination? Is that what we're celebrating here?

[@andybaldman]

@@mkhedart0mt0avari Perhaps we could celebrate your cherrypicking? One must look at the sum total of things that have improved and declined to determine the net result to society. Some things have gotten better. And a lot have gotten worse.

[@mkhedart0mt0avari]

@@andybaldman Oh, there are certainly things that are worse today (whether or not they outweigh having fewer lynchings and giving black Americans in the south the vote is a different question). Tell me which ones you're thinking of, though.

[@dh2360]

Thank God we have video showing what life in California was and could be, unlike how it is now.

[@spartan2188]

We have to be honest why California was as good as it was. One, mostly White people. Two, people mostly stuck to traditionalism. No radicalness of any kind. Three, less population. Four, people were more civilized and proper. Drug use was very limited, no drug epidemics. So basically, it can never be like it was.

[@garyurtiaga9426]

@@spartan2188What a jerk!

[@JohnShields-xx1yk]

I'm from Boston, i moved to Van Nuys in 1980 to 1982, we moved back to Boston when we were expecting my son. It's a beautiful place, the weather is beautiful then it rains like crazy for 2 months each year, I missed the seasons of New England

[@dianadoos6120]

Thank you so much for uploading this video I just loved it

[@drwnpadilla]

People of that era are turning in their graves to see what happened to LA

[@harmgregory4560]

nope....

[@helenjackman8984]

There are thousands of us 80 plus year old's around.

[@drwnpadilla]

@@helenjackman8984 Sir I feel you I move there in 1963 and got the heck out of there 2005

[@SamuelClemente7718]

Back when Hispanic and blacks were excluded from education, sports and the pursuit of happiness! What happened to California?🤔🤔🤔😉😉😘

[@TheN92]

ustedeslosricos ! People aren’t as close minded and racist as before, that’s what happened

[@joshidlewine5012]

I wanna live in 1953 Southern California....

[@organenthusiast5803]

Me too

[@MrCooper83]

@@organenthusiast5803 Could you? There was no cell phone, no internet, the cold war, the end of the Korean war. Poor healthcare, smaller TVs, and it was before the sexual revolution.. However nobody got stabbed on Hollywood Blvd in those days, and drug usage was much lower..

[@organenthusiast5803]

@@MrCooper83 My Grandfather went over there around that time ( I'm from the Uk) he always raved about the place. How open everyone was, the beautiful women, the low cost of living in one of the world's most beautiful places on Earth. Sexual revolution I think has back fired in many ways. Huge number of people in their 40's never having been married now. ( not that I'm in favour of oppressing women into traditional gender roles though ) Internet...smaller tvs well people would have had more fun outdoors and were undoubtedly healthier atleast mentally speaking. I take your points but isn't there a part of you that would if you could?

[@bensmyth450]

@@MrCooper83 No cell phones, no internet, and smaller TVs? Count me in.

[@MrCooper83]

@@organenthusiast5803 Yeah but most of the young people could not live without their phones or FB.

[@habibisworld2767]

Those were the days. Cannot wait to move away from here

[@hermanprez]

My parents moved to Montebello from Denver after the war. My dad worked for the railroad as did his dad and brother. I was born in 1953. Souther California was a wonderful place to grow up in the 50's. We'd go to Huntington Beach and the San Gabriel Mountains on the weekends. Sometimes when we went to the beach on Highway 39 we'd stop at Knott's Berry Farm for chicken if it wasn't too crowded. We went to Disneyland for the first time in 1956 and at least once every year after. My parents moved to a new housing tract in Whittier in 1963 that was built in an old orange orchard. Every house had a couple of orange trees in the back. My parents planted a few palm trees that they were proud of. Relatives would always stay at our place when they came to California for their summer vacation. Then we'd get to go to Hollywood, Huntington's Library, the Arboretum, the museums in Exposition Park, sometimes Catalina and always Knott's and Disneyland. When I was a teenager just about every rock band you ever heard of played in LA. Tickets were usually around $6 so I got to see all the greats. Steppenwolf played at my high school for an assembly and Queen did a free concert at my college right outside the library. I bought a sailboat and learned to surf. I drove a VW bug but also bought a Ford Econoline to cruise Whittier Blvd. to meet girls. When I got married LA was getting crowded and housing expensive so we moved north of Sacramento, bought 5 acres by a Lake Oroville and built a house. Our kids grew up country kids. We've had horses and dogs since then and will be here for the rest of our lives. California has been a sweet place to grow up and then raise a family. California is more than a place, it's also a state of mind.

[@jamescalifornia2964]

Born in 1954 . I'm still here ... 😚🤚

[@romansroad2007]

I wish we all lived together again like that simple times and life People where very nice and looking nice too

[@fullthrottlealways]

And White.

[@taylormj96]

Entirely white

[@kalashnikov5544]

Not unless all different groups fight and there's a clear winner. America is just a piece of land that everyone wants to leech off now.

[@mario_2529]

Black man bad ooga booga. White man good

[@goognamgoognw6637]

@@mario_2529 reality kicks in. Denying the truth doesn't change it.