This is insane. I went to the Universal Studios tour around this time. I was maybe six or seven. I'm looking at the exact buildings, the broken bridge, and that tunnel, and all are exactly like I remember them. It's hard to describe the feeling of seeing a contemporary video of images I've only had as memories, barely even recalled in the last forty years until now. It's like I stepped into a time machine.
I moved to LA in 1971 to go to school. Little Tokyo was known as Japan Town or J-Town. Brings back memories. Now I'm retired and living in Hawaii but still missing Los Angeles.
I worked at a restraunt in the corner of Village plaza and further down at Sushi and Teri when I was in high school.. Brings back old memory. Thanks for the uploads.
We were there in 1981 and already most of those Big Cars from the 70's were absent from the roads of LA. Replaced by smaller Japanese and other compact cars. The biggest hire car we could get, was the Ford Granada. Which in the US was a mid sized car and not really enough boot (Trunk) space for all our luggage. We are from the UK. Enjoyed LA though, and driving thru the Mojave desert. The weather was to die for. Las Vegas and the Grand Canyon unforgettable.
I was a very young guy in 1980 . Back then LA was still a pretty great place to live . Turn the clock ahead nearly 40 years ! Now you can have it ! Many parts of the city now resemble a wasteland . Driving 5 miles takes you an hour and crime (LOL) let's not even talk about that !
I was 15 then and it was an amazing time, but I’d still rather be you. There are so many more choices these days for people your age. If I could start over, I would in a heart beat.
I was 15 then also, and you couldn't pay me enough to trade times with the younger generation. I feel sorry for the young people in the times we live in now. This is a crazy, screwed up world today. Where is a time machine.
Cool video. I first thought the video started on Broadway where today there's a restaurant called Howlin Rays, but then I noticed the Japanese Village sign at the beginning. The tram ride brought back a lot of memories.
Serial killers to the best of my knowledge never struck my town. We were very low population and everybody knew each other. It was also a heavily armed town and no mass shootings.
Wow.....No homeless tents, shopping carts, drugged out, mentally needed folks, etc. cardboard cut out sleeping bags around....wow.......if they only knew what a shittt hold many parts of LA became 40 yrs later.........and back then , 1980, at 10 yrs old we thought the Jetson's cartoons would be life in 40 yrs
George Jetson 40 years old he was born 2022, The Jetsons took place in 2062. The program came out in 1962, So you will have to wait 40 years in the future to live The Jetsons! 😁
I was done when the tour guide began to explain that the Capitol Tower was not supposed to represent a stack of records, which is exactly what it was supposed to represent and was and still is known as the "House that Nat built."
I always wanted to go to Disneyland back in that era, was jealous of my school mates saying they went there during the summer. I finally went to Disney in the early 90s as a 20 something year old. Oh Universal Studios. I think ticket cost was like $60.00 to get in to Disney land. I'm from Canada. Been to LA 3 times in my life. Was an Okay place to visit but said to myself wouldn't want to live there.
Wondering what camera and tape combo was used? Looks incredible. Guessing there was a stabilizer put in w/ something like Premiere? Thanks so much for uploading.
the universal studios tour was about 2.5 to 3 hours long when this video was shot. a lot of those facades are gone. now the tram tour is roughly about a hour long.
Notice there's no POELPLE over weight 😮 none I loved L.A way back when, we had an awesome time there growing up, I lived 30 minutes to the east but we we're always going to L.A Alvera Street to eat 😋😋😋😍🥰
I wasn't even in Cali yet in 1980. I'd be three years old in 1980 though. Its weird to see Little Tokyo then and now. Its more like little Korea now. The Japanese people if there are any left are in Santa Monica now.
Back in time where people werent wearing masks and be true themselves God why didnt i lived in 80-ties can someone please builld time machine to send us all there
Going back to a normal society people not addicted to their phones very few vagrants on the street in that time period people didn't tolerate it completely totally different city and country that we live in today.
Thats because they didnt have wide open borders. LA today is a bizarre mix of ethnic groups now. You know something is wrong when many Mexicans there supported Trump and the Wall.
@@andredupuis5461you’re wrong LA in 1980 had over 1000 homicides, majority gang related. Most of those murders were in South Central, the gangs were much worse then, you wore the wrong color during these times and it would have cost your life.
@@de5163 Well, being 6 years old at the time I wasn't really aware of gangs. Probably the section where I lived too didn't see this problem. But have to admit neighbors were closer too. But again depends on where people lived; in 1982 after that we moved to Perris, CA. Where it was nothing. In 1984 is where I noticed on the news how LA was violent.
