Charleston, West Virginia 1932 in color [60fps, Remastered] w/sound design added 

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I've lived in Charleston since 1985. This is a gem of a video to me. Thanks so much!

This is so cool! Born and raised Charlestonian and recognizing some buildings is so weird!

NASS: The small single truck (four wheels), double end, arch roof trolleys seen in your film look very similar to Birney cars of the era. Cars like that were made by a few different builders, including J.G. Brill, the St. Louis Car Company, etc. The city of Charleston in Kanawha County (West Virginia) had a trolley operation from 1888 to 1939. The network consisted of city lines in Charleston and overland lines through North Charleston to Dunbar, South Charleston to St. Albans and Marmet to Cabin Creek Junction. The Charleston Interurban Railroad went bankrupt in 1933 and was recreated in 1935 as the Charleston Transit Co. It also took over the existing bus operation. The company was now anxious to get rid of the unprofitable rail traffic and on June 29, 1939 all routes still trolley were converted to bus. Buses took over the city traffic then and in the same year, intercity bus lines to Montgomery, St. Albans and Nitro went into operation. In the following years, the entire county was operated by bus lines. In 1971, the Kanawha Valley Regional Transportation Authority (KRT) took over the operation, which still operates numerous bus lines in Kanawha County. Today remains of the former trolley operation only the Kanawha Bridge, which is also decommissioned for rail traffic, as well as the building of the former depot, which is now used by an industrial plant. The buses were kept here until May 1950, until the new, still used today bus depot at 4th Avenue / Stockton Street was opened At a receiver’s sale in 1935, the property passed into the hands of the Charleston Transit Company, which converted the entire trolley operation to buses on June 29, 1939. www.mywvhome.com/twenties/streetcars.html

What an amazing channel this is

Awesome as always NASS ! Thanks for sharing

Very good! Keep up this beautiful work of rescuing history through restored videos.

The Vintage Cars are so beautiful! This was during the Great Depression too, President Hoover who actually was a really nice guy but not so good at being President

Both of my parents were born and raised in Charleston. My Pops in 1932 and my Mother in 1935. Thanks for this video.

MacCorkle Ave is the 2 lane road at the very end. That's a 8 lane highway now.

7:05 *_That kid sitting on bridge like that seems it was not a dangerous thing by that time_*

My home town ! THANK YOU !

That moment at 5:08, that’s wonderful, everyone saying hello to the future! So many wonderful people!

Never thought I'd get to see one of these in West Virginia , awesome !

Wonderful as always Nass

Very cool channel subscribed. Please upload old and new videos for us about green natural areas with large areas in the past, thank you

4:44 - 5:45 all those people, happy being filmed, beautiful sunny day, all gone, even the kids you see there. 94yrs ago. It's amazing watching these restorations by Nass, but sometimes a kinda sad feeling when you see people looking like they were filmed not too long ago, and you realise most of them are long gone, nevertheless that's life and it's a joy to watch these wonderful restorations.

That was really awesome!

Both of my Grandfathers owned country stores in rural Kanawha county and one in rural Lincoln county. Both were out old route 14 to Alum Creek. I can see now how it was when they were in town back then. The stories they would tell were amazing, from before the great depression, and into WW11 and beyond. A great many unique personalities lived within ten miles in any direction you went. Wonderful posting. At the end of the film you can see my aunt's house near the river, she is baking biscuits I bet from the amount of smoke.

Nice Video 👍 Thanks NASS

It's scary for me to imagine that all those people you see have probably died now, 90 years later. So many people

Parabéns Nass!! Sou um admirador do teu trabalho aqui em Portugal!! Abraço

Beautiful!!🎉💛

Charleston 1932- My Mom was 2 years old and my Dad was 4 years old. Thank you for posting.

This was before suburbia was born. So, you will see a lot more people in bigger cities.

Nass, WOW! Charleston, West Virginia 1932. Great depression time and almost time for Franklin D. Roosevelt to take office as president from president Hoover. Thanks for the upload. 😊

Beautiful ! Best videos you uploading ‘ please post India if you get it too

dang. im already subscribed lol

Man, I would have loved to be there in 1932 . I would have bought all the 1932 s and 1932 d Quarters I could get my hands on because that is a rare date they didn't mint very many and they're worth some money now ! If only they knew LOL They could have saved them for their grandchildren!

I happened to come across a NASS video (New York, 1940’s) about 2 years ago, and I’ve been addicted ever since!

Every time I see one of these videos it amazes me how drivers could parallel park so close together in those old cars with no power steering and no automatic transmissions. I realize that the skinny tires helped, but still…. At 4:45 what are all those people doing in one place? Looks like it was a hot, muggy day in West Virginia. Not many wearing a coat.

I have only been to Charelston in an Ambulance, three times! I really should go some day. I love that everyone is pretty chill, not in a hurry and hanging on the runner board of those cars!

Thanks!

Did Quarrier Street end at where the library is now? Looks like there's a park there or something.

A pleasure every time.

Amazing how packed it was then. Even in the 80s it was booming. Now you can walk a mile and not pass another person walking.

Love it. I was born up near the airport

I grew up in Northern West Va and never got to Charleston much. Fascinating video. This is 3 years after the crash yet everyone looks rather prosperous and healthy. I have a question. What was the purpose of these films? It seems like someone was sent out to simply document everyday life.

hi , excellent , but have you got a car film from the 1960 s showing the fin cars !

That woman in the white dress, center of the screen at 3:21 ...❤

America is beautiful as always! Even in this very old video. Never been there))) I don't know if I can ever go there to see with my own eyes!

Hard to believe that WW2 is around the corner and most of the kids will be drafted into the worst war yet.

I hope the 30 seconds of ads is worth it

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Awesome, everyone had to stop for the camera 😂

Thx for this jewel. It looks like a French town, cool vibe.

Looks like a parade. Lots of people on the streets and the cars were going just a little faster than the pedestrians.

👍👏👏👏Thank You !

Wow, classic 1932 street scenes of Charleston

All the people from 5:15 thru 5:25 look fabulous! Their atire is well dressed and classy!! Not a modern outfit of sweats or other grungy looking atire anywhere. Having been born in 1956 I remember when everyone dressed like it really mattered; they all smoked cigarettes everywhere all the live long day; too!🤣🤣🤣

HI NASS,, GREAT WONDERFUL VIDEO!! WE LOVE THE SOUND OF THE CARS ,, WE WILL TAKE THOSE HORNS AAAAHHHOOOOGGGA ANY DAY INSTEAD OF THESE DAYS HORNS BEEP BEEEEEPPP,, HA!!!! THANKS..PEOPLE ALL DRESSED UP AND READY TO GO!!!!!!

All the progress was on the people of this generation, the current generation has not achieved any progress, except for consumption.

GREAT VIDEO SUPPER NASS BIG SUPPORT FROM CROATIA

No battery powered cars.

it's very crazy thinking about that the people we're seeing in this video is dead now...

В этот день небо было облачным

Stunning!!!! What happened to America? It was so pretty!!!! Lets change it back somehow!!!!

It feels like some europe city,how does it look now

WHAT in the heck is the structure @5:49?

Эх, а эти люди и не подозревали что через много много лет, в будущем, я буду сидеть на толчке и смотреть на них😢

Do you can a video of these cities? -San Jose, Costa Rica 🇨🇷 - Cancún, México - Mérida,México - Orleans, France - Niza,France Thanks for your work:)

There are oodles of old still photos of Philadelphia. But no old vintage footage, I guess. So no videos about that city.

The hardest year of great depression and peaking unemployment rate.

Delivered cokes there once. During a strike

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I was not aware of the existence of such a noble eastern heartland of the USA. My view on this country all of a sudden is decisively broadened.

So different from the 1907 Vancouver video. Less than 20 years and they'd already completely screwed the roads up with cars and it looks just as miserable as it does today on the roads.

Why no horses? Anyone knows?

5:08 All of those people are dead now.

Personally, I would have rather seen the black & white restoration only! Cool sound was added but hearing a tank go by in the background was laughable.

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No obesity ?

Nice to see people not dressed in camo and trucker hats.

Bloody hell Nass How'd you do it? It's made me cry😢