Moving image materials (Film and videotape) from the collections of the Dallas Municipal Archives, including video of Municipal Archives sponsored events.
I can't imagine being a traffic cop standing in the middle of the road directiong cars. I wonder how many were hit? Great video and look back in history.
Interesting how traffic was never a “problem” that had to be “solved” prior to the automobile. Couching everything in these terms certainly is an effective manipulation tactic when there are large sums of money involved.
That was a delightful listen! Thank you for sharing this. It’s really cool hearing them mention local places here in DFW. Back then, Dallas and Fort Worth were a lot further away.
Looking at these police officers,,, can you just see one of them with a car pulled over like today saying, SHOW ME YOUR F*CKING HANDS. ???!!! 70 plus years and look at USA.
I guess I stop complaining about traffic since I now know it’s been this way since 1955…that’s what I’m going to say when someone says anything about traffic…it’s been that way since 1955…there’s proof…show this video 😂😂😂❤❤❤
I wonder if J.D. Tippit is one of those police officers shown. Or even if Jack Ruby is seen in any of these pictures. He was always where the police were.
Wow, a lot of people didn't like to stay in their own lanes back then... I'd love to go back in time and drive all around the Dallas area. It would be fascinating to see how much smaller all the cities in the Metroplex were back then.
Must be those three thousand new residents a month that don’t know how to drive…I’ve been driving here since 1976 and compared to most every big city I’ve visited the Dallas/Fort Worth drivers have been some of the best ever..if we could only teach those new idiots how to drive 🤬🤬🤬
I believe we should have a special forces auxiliary police dept. to enforce only traffic laws. The police in general are tasked with too many functions and expected to respond to too many different situations.
A hint of the culture at the time points to the difference in morals compared to today,men are wearing shirts and ties,women are wearing dresses that are below the knee.
Triple railway overpass and / or Dealey Plaza, where President Kennedy would be shot on November 22, 1963: 0:59, 2:16, 15:29, and 15:44. View from triple railway overpass: 1:32 and 15:35.
@@tooterooterville I went there also at that time. I thought it was much better then, but that might be because I was so young. Hadn't been in 30 years. I was in my 50's. Road the wooden roller coaster at my teenage daughter's urging. I hurt for a week. :)
Texas is very good on historical footage and documentaries, LIBRARIES. Much, much more than a conservative super state in of only the "Red" persuasion, which is indeed slowly declining and those new arrivals...........people coming in, going to be interesting........no matter how it turns out or opinions any direction, way, etc.......
And the way they tried to fix it ended up causing more issues than it solved. "Just add one more lane. Just one more lane. Just one more lane. Just one more lane."