A Baltimore Christmas 1963 RARE 

Jesus! What a tearjerker....

It's hard to believe what it was then what it is now Baltimore has changed so much

Nicely filmed; great zoom-control.

Edmondson Village was my mom's haunt. How she loved it - all Baltimore - so. Her house was the one with the driveway literally at the end of Edmonson where it joins 40 in that triangle (not the corner house, but next to it). For this year I think she just moved back into town. Previously she had been there all the '50s, and talked about visiting Santa with her friends as teenagers for fun at Hoschild's. Thank you so much for posting!

Such sweet pathos, a place in my mind's eye....A glimpse of my beloved home town, in a different place and time, of Mom and Dad and the people I now only see in my dreams. I swore I would never leave, but unfortunately all that remain are the vestiges of that shadows within my heart. Gone but never forgotten.......

Loved it...thanks for sharing!!!

I remember going to the Christmas Tree sale at Memorial Stadium with my Father. You could get a really nice tree for $2.50 .

I love it and I shall share it with my Baltimore Old Photos Group.

Love the music, perfect... this makes me cry .... recently lost my Mom. She carried the American Flag for one of the parades about 1943??

Thanks to the Silanskas, Sr. & Jr.! This was beautiful & magical! I wonder how many of those people in the film may still be with us? I lived in South West Baltimore at the time and would have just turned 10 years old in early December of that year. You have provided me with a video Christmas card which I will now play every year during the holidays from now on! Thank you! And a Merry Christmas to all wherever you may be whenever it comes around next time!

It's sad how Baltimore is now

This is wonderful!!! WOW!!!

5 minutes isn't enough to honor baltimore it was home from 71 to 84 I still consider it to be my hometown. My lovely angels ask about where daddy grew up and I hate to tell them that hometown is long gone,replaced with crimes, socialism and narcissism. I weep for "charm city"

Very moving video.. Baltimore, sallying forth on Thanksgiving to usher in the Christmas season just days after the loss of President Kennedy. Just trying to keep their chin up and a stiff upper lip. Thanks for posting this video.

Let's all get together and build a time machine.

just watching this brings tears to my eyes, this was perhaps the best year for Baltimore, every joy every year this would bring love joy and peace to every boy and girl who grew up in Baltimore, now today Baltimore is considered one of the most dangerous city to live in 😟😟, to many crimes and violent uproars that it saddens me to think what has become of Charm City. This is the Baltimore that we will always cherish in our hearts forever. ❤

Looking at this video, I'm starting to see that Baltimore is on its way to becoming the next Detroit.

I was only days old when this 8mm film was made by my dad. You can briefly see me in my moms arms. They have both passed away but growing up in Baltimore in the 1960's and early 70's was ... magical. Yes there were many problems at that time but I choose to remember the joy and promise of a city that offered so much. My Grandmother was the infamous Mary Avara who fought against pornography until her dying day. She was a member of the Maryland Motion Picture Censor Board but what I remember most was her small house on Carrolton Avenue, just down the block from Hollins Market. Her home was always opened to ANYONE who wanted or needed help. Race did not matter!!! Everyone knew her as Miss Mary and she helped EVERYONE!!! She taught us to love everyone equally and help anyone in need. I only wish Baltimore would remember that simple sentiment. Like so many others, I miss the simplicity of seeing life through a child's eyes. These images bring back so many of those incredible memories. We moved to Delaware when I was 10 in 1974 and then to Florida in 1983. I have watched the deterioration of our great city from afar but I believe the memories of a child can help us to want a better tomorrow. Let's not give up, or call names... let's try to provide to the children of today incredible memories for tomorrow. Keep the faith. It can get better.

Glad you liked it... :)

I was 12 at the time. We never attended the parade, but would visit the downtown shop windows and Edmondson Village. ANd yes, that was a muted year as we reeled from the death of President Kennedy. The days before greed and speculation killed our cities.

I was born that year live in WAverly then

Baltimore is an outhouse now

ooooh myyyyyy.,,,,, THANKYOUUUUU THANKYOU I WASNT BORN YET... BUT THANKYOU THIS IS SOOOO BEAUTIFUL AND I CAN TELL GAS PRICES WERE CHEAPER AS THEY SPARED NO EXPENSE THIS IS BEAUTIFUL

The year I was born..I was 8 months old. This IS rare bc the whole 50+ yrs I lived there I never saw a Christmas parade there.

Awesome!!!

So cool remember when clowns were a happy funny subject now it's about killing an stalking nice how far we have come lol beautiful time tho very good time, I'm saying being a kid then in small time America, morals an respect unlocked doors all that God Bless

My Mom was there when She was a Young Woman.Just Fresh out of High School

😳 I hated the city of Baltimore MD, it was run down and very Depressing as a Child and I was Lonely. A lot of Disfunction Caused by some very BAD people!

Is this the parade that came down Maryland Ave.

I was either at Knocko's or the Diner.

do they still have the christmas parade in downtown Baltimore ?

Near what intersection was this filmed? There are shits of City Chevrolet in this film. Where was City Chevrolet?

After Mayor Schafer, Baltimore sank faster than whale poop. Congrats, Democrats!

How awful it must have been in Baltimore back then to live in a racist and patriarchal culture. Baltimore today is great.

All these laments, likely from the very folks who abandoned the city in superstitious white flight.

:)