Thanks for the interesting upload, was fun recognising most of the locations! Just FYI though that's not a Redhen at 5:30 like you mention in the description, it's one of the historic electric Adelaide trams at the Marion rd crossing. The Redhens were diesel railcars on the heavy rail network.
1:10 Wouldn't dare make that move in the rain now - a guaranteed slip on your ass moment since the mall got repaved. Amazing footage by the way. Thanks for sharing it.
I moved to SF Jan 2 1969 i was enamored with the progressive views one of my life mistakes. The geography was spectacular and at the time i thought i was in heaven now i realize it was hell The geography was spectacular and at the time i thought it was paradise
really nice! But I heard Fishermans Wharf and the rest of those famous restaurants closed recently. I guess that makes this little vid all the more valuable
ANY glimpse into what California used to be BEFORE Democrats destroyed it with their policies that ENCOURAGE illegal aliens, violent, car-thieving, blacque savages muggers, homeless bums/addicts. The last time I was there was 1999 with my girlfriend. We were AGGRESSIVELY panhandled on EVERY block, and on every block we had to step around clumps of human feces and our noses were assailed by the rank odor of stale urine. Decided right then to never go back.
I was just 6 years old, and that is the world that I grew up in. Captain's Sea Chest had model boats and cool stuff that a 6 year old boy would want. I was given a lovely little Greek fisherman's boat, made of wood, with real sponges, oars, and a sail. Hand enameled. Lost track of it 20 years ago. Low and behold, I am visiting a machine shop in Berkeley, and the chap had the very same boat on his desk! What are the odds? Went down there in 84 to see Roger Moore as Bond. Those crab pots were wonderful, and Larraburu French bread was divine. I loved the round loaves with square sections on top. My Maltese grandmother and I would put those away! Shrimp cocktails, fried prawns and we were in heaven. The smell of the air can never be duplicated,as it was from that time. A magical place.
While I was in the Navy during the 80s and my ship pulled into treasure island when it was an active base. The skyline was beautiful and sailing under the Golden Gate was one of the coolest things I did. In 88 Igot married and did our honeymoon in San Francisco. San Francisco was wonderful during the 80s and 90s. We also visited and partied with her brother. He passed away in 2005, and we attended his service and it seemed San Francisco started to fall apart back then. My brother in law was an ardent Niners fan and I a NY Giants fan. One time We went to a Niners game in Candlestick Park, and had fun poking fun at our teams. We miss you Rick Go Niner !!!
This is the wonderful city I grew up in! To bad today, look at what these left wing marxists have done to San Francisco!!! Feces in the streets, tent cities going up faster than new homes, liberals are pathetic!
@@frommybluewardrobe yes ! You can toggle google map and see how it is like maps.app.goo.gl/uL6GEVqQyZCYyw2D7?g_st=iw Those 10 storey blocks of flats are still there but are hidden by the church building. You can scroll down Paya Lebar road and see the canal location and that block of flats at the background. It is slated to be torn down this year due to selective development initiatives by the government.
What is often is disappointing in old photos and video recordings is too much attention to historical buildings which did not change much since then. Interestingly enough, footage of just common street life may be more interesting nowdays, because it is gone. When I look on ancient photos of Prokudin-Gorsky, I often a bit sad that he did shots of world landmarks like old mosques and temples. It's not surprise, because he wanted to show the wonders of the world to his contemporaries and tried to not spend expensive photographic plates (he needed three of them for each color shot) for common life. But that common life is more interesting now than, say, Taj Mahal, because humanity still have Taj Mahal, but old street life is gone. Even though this video contains some shots of historical buildings, I'm glad that common streets are also presented.
You take the historical buildings too much for granted. ...just look at Notre Dame. I mean, don't get me wrong, I *absolutely love* just watching old cars and pedestrians long dead, walk around like everything is fine, but let's not forget that there are a hell of a lot of monuments and ancient buildings that were blown up rather recently. In most recent times, the Taliban dynamited a whole bunch of thousand year old statues. It's a great thing we have photos and videos of those places. ...but yeah. I'mma go out and film people walking around, for 2070 people to look at it like "wow, that was a different world"
Back when there were a lot of natives who were extremely cool and decent people, but since then transplants and immigrants have moved in, and the city is changed forever and not necessarily for the better… although the ethnic food scene is pretty darn good
😊🙏 The 1960s to the 1990s were the decades when the Old World Charms & People were still around ... All Union will eventually lead to Disolutions in these 6 Realms of Sufferings! Glad we made Good Karmas while we were living back then as Good Karmas will be manifested into Better Future! Thank You So Much for the efforts & for sharing these precious Old Memories! 🕯🌷🌿🌏✌💜🕊🇲🇾🇸🇬
My parents purchased lots of property there and handed down land from my grandparents it was beautiful a different world sadly they all past , It took time but I sold everything and had a house built in Laguna Hills California.
thesmartlocal.com/read/paya-lebar-airport/ the second photo here, the inside of the airport, matches the film, being at Paya Lebar. However, do agree that from the outside (only) the airport does resemble the KL International Airport in Subang.
