1973 SPECIAL REPORT: "BRONX STREET GANGS" 

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Thank you for preserving history that otherwise wouldn't see the light of day

by '73 the street gangs as depicted in this video were dying out as a lot of the older members were drafted and never came back. Not to mention the bronx was burning down and people had no choice but to move displacing their members to different parts of the city. I had a few friends who parent's packed up and went back to Puerto Rico during this time as well.

I know poverty ain't no joke but damn I just wanna get a time machine and go live these times because something about this gives me huge nostalgia

Puerto Ricans & Blacks forever unified African roots run through our blood. 🇵🇷

Thanks for these classic video uploads

Fantastic archive!( love the soundtrack in the begenin '! With Henry pucho brown and the Latin soul, Jimmy castor bunch and James brown!) ..incredible archive with the great 70s latino style, .last year we went to NYC for the first time in east harlem for 8 magic days, and in the south Bronx meet a two old timer 70s writers( ale1 and John Matos "crash!". Just epic moment, loved the place,atmosphere, peoples.. I grew up in Paris suburb ( with funk soul graffiti..) and I understand many things about Bronx harlem Peoples thanx for the share.. And 70s style for ever.. Friendly from France ,

Hard to believe that these kids are in their 70's now... 😶

Before the fake blood and crip sets

Times were so different back then. Can't imagine technology as advanced as it is today being used during this era. Much tougher society back in those days.

Thank you for sharing this!

Watch "The Warriors". Best gang movie ever from the 70's.

The dance scene in the Club gotta be the most 70s thing I've ever seen I love these old 60s 70s Videos 🔥😁🙏🎶 keep em comin

These were the children born before abortion was legalized...many unwanted & unloved. Back when leaded gasoline was still thick in the air, particularly in the inner cities where traffic was heaviest. When violent crime was on the rise & would reach its peak in the mid-90s. Despite the media fear-mongering, violence has fallen steadily since that time all over the country. Lots of interesting theories as to why. Thanks for another dope vid.

It amazes me that videos like this one only have slightly over 80K views. I find them so fascinating.

My favorite channel thanks brother for keep putting great history on here!! And THE WARRIORS is amazing and I am actually friends with Apache Ramos who was The ORPHAN member with the huge Fro!

Intro is testament to lack of attention span we have today

Its great to see such videos.They enable us to get to know how the previous generation lived.

Another banger! I write this almost every post but where do you find these videos?? Keep em coming!

Back in the 70s, my dad would hang out in Coney Island picking up cigarette butts and smoking them

There may have been urban blight and street gangs but at least you could afford to live and at least there was freedom. I'll take being free over being safe any day of the week. Im from New Orleans and what was once my home and the greatest place on earth as far as I'm concerned is now Disney land for adults and a police state. Rents are so high you cant afford a studio apartment on a welders salary but there's no reason to live there anymore anyway. All the magic was washed away by Hurricane Katrina.

I love how shitty and grimey NY was back then but not sure whether I’d want to live there during theses eras

Puerto Rican people are The most loyal people I've ever met. They will Always help you out.

Pay attention kids. No face no case..

Great show 👍🏻🇦🇺

I love seeing films/news/documentaries and listening to music from the year I was born.

as a native, I love these old films 🎥 ❤

The old Bronx; the one I grew up in and miss.

12:00 Booker T & the MGs - Melting Pot!!

Now you got the so called FBA saying that Blacks and Puerto Rican weren't togethere but this proves otherwise

-They should've had that little kid as the leader. The 1 with the black bandana who was talking couldn't put a sentence together meanwhile the young kid had clear explanations on things lol. But this shows that some gangs were just mainly about hangin out. All gangs weren't always fighting rumbling with other rivals like back in the 50s, or being killer gangs or dealing drugs like the 80s & 90s. & A lot of gangs might have blades & some guns, but it wasn't until the mid 80s when crack hit that gangs started being armed with loads of military guns & killing for control of profits & customers addictions. The gangs shown here are mostly just some innocent kids.

Thats Lehman high school in the bronx 16:29 i went to that school in 2011 its amazing seeing video footage of this in the 70s

my grandfather was part of the savage skulls I still have his clapperboard

Classic Footage 🙏 Hezakya is the man!

Music is just amazing in da intro.

Classic footage

The opening tune to this doc is to funky!

Starting off with the Sanford and son music nice....

These are someone’s grandparents today

towards the end of the video . that was Lehman Highschool in The Bronx. and the cops were harassing students just like they did when I went there in the 90s . nothing has changed lol

bless u hezakya i know i spelled it wrong, wo u and my man , id have none of this knowledge! im still studing Hip Hop

I remember seeing this video a long time ago

The “clubs” were innocent hang outs that kept Everyone off the streets and socialize with each other. They were dance to the hottest tracks and even trade philosophies.The hangout clubs were popular until the late 70’s as discos opened and the youngest were old enough to enter.

Brings back memories of when I joined the Manhattan Maricóns in 74

the real beginning of B boys @12:00 melting pot (break record)...@18:00 he starts to what turned into TOP ROCKING .. .just like that .. ..he says ..I wanna BREAK ,,,,this is 1973....DJ KOOL HERC just began ..... the word BREAK was already in use...you heard it yourself ......Herc called it ..the breaking point ..... when they broke loose from the music ..not the BREAK OF THE MUSIC .... Which it later became known to the Latin B -BOYS as BREAK BOYS .........this is great classic footage ... 1973 I was 10 ..a graffiti writer ...76 -b b-boy -77 mc -88 dj ... never joined a gang ...i knew many members by affiliation ... running around silly stupid crazy un caring ....it was all fun ....i never hurt nobody but the BULLIES they got the baseball bat when you catch him sunday going for milk or paper .. buss his ass,,,....alone ......old school lessons .....

At 3:14 , White gang interviewed are "The Ministers" aka "Ministers Bronx". They were a mix of members from other White gangs who banned together to fight against larger Black and Puerto Rican gangs. Ministers had members from gangs, like the Grateful Dead, Mace Mob, Arthur Ave Boys, and the War Pigs. The largest and most notorious White gang of that era were the "Golden Guineas", who also fought along side the Ministers against Black gangs in 70s. However, most Golden Guineas were older and from earlier generation. Alot of them ended up working with Italian mob or got into bookmaking, hired muscle, etc

U came through with this one my brother

That girl done smoked one too many sherms...

It’s funny how they all dressed like outlaw bikers, yet had no Hogs. 😂 As a native Los Angeleno, it’s odd to see the fashion style difference between Mexican American gangs from that era and these guys.

80 blocks from tiffany's is good documentary from this time period about the savage skulls and savage nomads. Rubble Kings is newer and uses recycled media but tells the same story basically

12:01 Big Daddy Kane sampled that intro on "Another Victory"

That's some Ron Burgundy level jazz flute at the beginning.

“Come out and playeeeyaaaaa”

Wow awesome …that the way the parties were before the had a DJ..

Amazing film!!!

Those old gang jackets had so much swag to em

Love the old 8mm

Aaah the 70's a moment in time...now we are living in a PANDEMIC😷

Loved ❤ the party scene... specially the salsa music piece.. This generation doesn't even know how to dance.

Hezakya nice greetz from china

Why gangs? Easy. It’s like a family for people who maybe don’t have one, or whose family can’t support them. It’s also an organization with a hierarchy, to learn respect, obedience, a sense of belonging, opportunities to advance in rank.

Why is the cop walking like hes a drunk runway model 😂🤣😂

That cop high on a Quaalude.

Do you have social media? I’d like to dm you there about a few things.

Absolutely INCREDIBLE watching that 70s party omg what a Time Machine

Guys we need to make sure this man gets rich!

Such an awesome time 1973 wish I can relive it all, I was young skulls in the bx. God bless my brothers from the past

I remember hearing about the Savage Skulls and thinking the name was so nasty it was almost funny.

Oh my God, I think the kid talking with the bandana on his face is definitely talking shit. You can see it on the other kids faces, he's exaggerating for the hell of it and since his face is covered no one can see what I'm guessing is one hell of a smirk

THE SOUTH BRONX BECAME A BIG GARBAGE DUMP AT THAT TIME VERY SAD THE SOUTH BRONX WAS ONCE A BEAUTIFUL PLACE

Wait gangs have membership Dues?

I was waiting for John Travolta to make a entrance with his crew and Start Dancing lol

Reminds me my uncle CONFI. Savage Nomads R.I.P.. . A serious problem.

I remember these youngsters back in the day I was 75 then very interesting lifestyle back in the day

I live ina south Bx little Italy to be exact 187 & prospect I will neva move this is home for me Big DOA U HEARD ‼️

Wow keep it up man do you have anything Of the (young lords)

6:25 fucking rough being a gang member back then 🤣

They should do a where? are they video...that would be awesome 👌

Gangs are kids that never grew up.

where did these gangs hideout at? like did they hideout in abandoned apartments are sum?

I was part of the gangs by 76 it was over dead or jail or we grew up i grew i was in the south bronx in the heart

it feels so good to see my city how it was back then. like I looove the south Bronx soooo much! ❤️❤️❤️🌈🌈🌈

Well see, um, in a gang world, we use something called fluffy fingers. That's when someone really gets in your face, you know you just, start ticklin' 'em. Yeah. And he starts tickling you. And pretty soon you laughing and hugging. Before you know it, you've forgotten the whole thing. Y'all just go to church together, and get an ice cream cone. Its effective

15:50 Two men enjoying dancing together, but since they are camera they decided to stop dancing together.

That guy talking sounded like the dude on the ghost face killah iron man tape . Anyone know of any 70s or 80s gangs in Baltimore around this era ?

This 1973?

Back when gang members wore leather jackets with Afro’s instead of tight skinny jeans with rainbow hair

@1:23 It’s HIGHTOWER from ‘Police Academy’!!

Ever wonder what happened to these people?

Too bad the cops can't walk the beat like that anymore, we have gone crazy in America! Total lawlessness

Makes me wonder where they’re at now

I tell ny gangsters of today..color coding was in ny in 70s....nothing knew......

Damn, crazy to see little soldier at 5:05 , duke can't be older than 9 or 10

I thru a bum on the third rail in the Bronx back in 75

I was definitely a part of that so this brings back a lot of memories for me! Today's "trump-ettes" have absolutely no idea what our history is all about, but we MUST "educate" them, and as we all know, "education" can sometimes be painful!

The pig in the beginning yea am here kissing babies and they love me naw naw they dont 😂.

cops should walk the beat more often in major cities.

Before hip hop shit was funky ya dig.

That spot were the cops are kicking em out is Herbert H. Lehman High School by Westchester Square along E Tremont ave, my first week as a freshman was the same week the towers were hit, that statue was not there, Go Lions!!!

I grew up, with the spades! Every other gang, and Mafia of course ,... But the spades were my brothers!