1950s, 1960s Kingston, Jamaica, HD from 35mm 

Jamaican was so clean

I lived there from 1957 to 1965. What wonderful memories. If the producer could add captions telling us what streets are being shown, that would be very helpful.

Look how Jamaica was so nice and clean...original 💯💯💯💯💯💯💯

My dad was sent to England in 1955 aged 15. He spent a month on the Andrea Gritti ship which sailed from Kingston to Southampton., England. His father at the time owned a hardware store in King Street in Kingston. Dad missed home.

Everything looked so perfect. And that maid walking in the end. All you could see was lots of care for everything.

That's how I remember Jamaica as a very young child. My mother took me to the parade to see the lighting of the Christmas tree. I'm going to church on Christmas morning then to have a swim at the beach near the airport. Goose and Ham for Christmas Dinner, then visiting family close by. I used to be able to see the giant drive in cinema screen form inside our gate and sometimes being taken to see a movie there where we sat in the car and had snacks served at the window of our car. I still remember that. It was a very nice place to live then.

Back wen ppl used to die of old age

As a 17 year old I would have enjoy living in these day like wow look at the place

The place was soo clean

I know there have been rough times (still ongoing) between then and now but times look better then than now!

It looked better back then than it does today.

Only in Jamaica during the 1950’s and 60’s where you’ll see British and American cars on road at the same time.

I wish I could have been there to see all this beauty.

This is the Jamaica I left in 1959

A nice time and place to have lived. Well looked after as well 🙂

Jamaica was way cleaner than today, man I wish I was borned in these times. But now Mobay is like New York.

Gosh! Wondereful image quality and colour. My mother used to work with Hanna stores at Hanna's 31 just below the original BNS building in the late 1940s and early 50's. Great to see all the cars I knew as a teeneager. Wonderful memories of my youth. Thank you very much. More please!

Wow look at jamaica then to now.

Alot of these classic cars were lost to old age and believe it or not , returned to their original home in America because they were seen as collectables

Surprisingly good quality!

My Dad left Kingston Jamaica in 1956, he didn't want to leave and thought England would be boring.

You are looking at downtown Kingston, not the hood like trench town where I lived, but even then the ghetto was a wonderful place to live, when you have money you criss, crime was not a big deal

This streets were all clean. My parents were born in the 60's and I was born in the 80's. My parents told me it looked clean perfect in the 60's. In the 80's, I was a kid and these streets looked just okay where I used to be in Kingston.

well, this is really an archive because Jamaica will never be this clean again.

I want to learn about Jamaica 🇯🇲 the history, Traditions , & Culture . I ❤ 🇯🇲 food alot

Jamaica 🇯🇲 beautiful

This brings tears to my eyes

i am in 50s know. nice to see how jamaica look so nice and peace full. i remeber the j o s bus from the 70s🏝🏖🌅

Just beautiful. 😊

My parents weren't even born yet,,,, no traffic lights 🚦,, a police in the center directing traffic,,, imagine if I time travel to the 50s , they would know instantly I'm from the future

My beautiful country

Bruh Jamaica move in the opposite direction man! This Jamaica look awesome

Beautiful

Look at Jamaica when Britain was ruleing

Loving this one thanks for sharing very information blessed love to all knowledge is power hopefully everyone pays attention keep up the good work 🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲

Jamaica should get back to those days

How odd it is that persons were slim compared to today.

Lol I can't fathom Downtown being clean and safe, I was born in 1997 and I grew up seeing crime, poverty and blatant corruption

Clean streets proper behavior. It’s the opposite now!

'She's A Beauty'.

That police officer directing traffic.....I wonder with these nowadays driver , taxi and minibuses what would happen Streets are clean,,,, looking like king street in downtown Kingston back in the day

Before stop lights...

3:28 Habour street?

JOS buses, Yellow cabs, and vintage cars... looks exactly footage from the James Bond 'Dr. No' movie. Old Jamaica under the stewardship of Her Majesty's government was much better than what Jamaica has now become. The country was clean, people had values and pride of self and community, even people who were poor could afford to live and eat well. Now Jamaica is rife with corrupt politicians, murder, robbery, rape, slackness, materialism, class divisions and extreme poverty. The white English and American folks who ran most of the country back in the day actually did a good job of it. Look how pristine downtown Kingston was and how decently people carried themselves about the day. There's not even one bit of trash on the streets! Compare that to downtown Kingston now... Colonialism in the early post slavery days was terrible because the mixed, light skinned Jamaicans had more and better opportunities than the dark skinned ones. But that had begun to change in Jamaica by the 1950s though it continues even now in most other parts of the Western world. Independence was a nice concept on paper, but it didn't turn out that well for Jamaica at all. There isn't one remaining British territory that is doing as badly as Jamaica is right now.

Jamaica's all smashed up now.

remind me of a James Bond movie

While the place looked clean and tidy, the system was not for everyone. But, I’m here for the comments.🇯🇲🇺🇸

I miss those good old days, when🇯🇲National Pride🇯🇲Good Order and Discipline reigns🇯🇲

That's some interesting buses ya'll had in Jamaica

King street back then.

Bitter sweet

The first on is where...HWT??

Where are all these classic cars?

Dam Jamaica yikes coming from this paradise to that caos today

Impala 64 man dem a drive

Damn my whole life been a lie. Had no idea this lil black Mecca existed. Now downtown looks like a Hiroshima bomb was dropped there 🥲

Dem Jamaicans is drivin’ hiney backwards you know what I’m sayin? PWG

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Bro I wish I lived in Jamaica that time it’s muchhhhh better than Britain it’s always rainy and full of litter where I live :(

Looks better than nw lol

Even today its still looks clean

Look where we are now 💀

No potholes lol what’s up with that ?!

Yes this is definitely Jamaica downtown King St. but some of the other stuff you are sending out saying its Jamaica other Caribbean islanders is saying its their island.

bowy things n time change enuh...jamaica coming from a far place to present now...n look where are today...of to ask ur self if this life time real....end of time signs n wonder

It still mostly looks the same today. Most of the buildings from that time are still there today.

No reggae no rasta no bomboklat

What did the government do this place😢

This doesn't show all the (mostly rural) rural people living in squalor - without any access to education or healthcare facilities and living in wattle and daub huts. The colonizers lived well on the back of the poor.

Did you ever regret getting independent…. Look at French Polynesia… people there got French passports, all benefits from France, free healthcare and education…. All social support You would be the same under British… was it worth it

For some the good old days when 8o percent of Jamaican was illiterate 70 percent have no land only upper class white or almost white have access to high school or college rastafarian was been arrested and killed racism was still very open in Jamaica

Look at the country how it was well beautiful.. N how many years later it looks like shit a big one thanks for been independent

I think that, overall, Jamaica should have stayed under British rule. Can you imagine if Jamaica were still using the British dollar instead of the $J? I know that things weren't perfect in colonial Jamaica. In fact, it was especially hard for dark-skinned Jamaicans. The main college education they could access was the teachers' colleges. Some like my aunt were fortunate to get scholarships to study in England. Back then only light-skinned Jamaicans could work in the banks and in civil service jobs. The dark-skinned ones were largely relegated to field work and jobs as maids. However, with time the colorism would have lessen even if we had remained under British rule. More career paths would have opened up to dark-skinned Jamaicans. This has happened in the Caribbean Islands that remained British and French territories/protectorates.

back when jamaica was under british control, now it’s a dump