Color Movie of 1955 Santa Cruz, San Lorenzo Valley, Watsonville, a Ton of old businesses 

Hey same here!

@@sailingavocet same here... And thats 57 years for this "whole life"

You are very lucky to have old footage to look back to, I’m from the south side of chicago and it’s very hard to find old footage where I’m from.

I love these old videos.

LA is warning people not to wear jewelry because, crime is so bad, you might get robbed. I used to go to Santa Cruz from San Jose but, I feel like I'm not welcome anymore.

+bythebay CK yeah, and they don't make newspapers out of redwood. Watching the gorgeous tree come down was sad.

+Tom Murphy such was the bliss (ignorance?) of the 50's. . .

@@CK-831 Ah, another young one who believes people over fifty are ignorant? I'd much rather be living in the 50's than the chaotic rat race we have created today. OK, shift gears to racism.

And then 5 million central Americans crashed the border and the rest of the immigrants from the 80s and 90s brought 10 of their relatives. You can't afford a home because many millions of Latinos came here in the last 30 years.

@@do-hz4qb you say crashed the border as if you own the land. So then you mean kind of what the white people did to the native Americans then I assume.

@@do-hz4qb damn only 5 million Central Americans came ? That can’t even keep up with the Mexican population. Stay mad

@@do-hz4qb The main reasons we can’t afford homes are 1) because UCSC won’t cap the amount of students they accept so many of them have to flood into the city’s residential housing, which the landlords then inflate the prices of once those students move out after only 2-4 years due to graduating and then the incoming students have no choice but to pay these prices otherwise they’ll have no housing and have to share a 2 bedroom apartment with 5 people to cover rent, and then the cycle continues. and 2) because of the price of housing inflating to astronomical prices, but minimum wage has barely gone up over the years with no help from the city to control rent prices, you have to either have a really high paying job or like i said, have 5 people to a tiny apartment just to make rent. But yeah, blame the latino population, you racist.

@@KagamoneyLen I'm confused. Where did I mention latinos?

Could swim in the water because it wasn't being tested!

"Was" is the key word in that statement. I can relate though. 65-2000 for me and those were GREAT times.

Huh?

@@MaryJane-xe1ej It's not Gross... and it's not sad.... There are more people that is for sure, but it's still amazingly beautiful there - hence the reason it's about 3-4 million for a house on the coast there....

@Lorin Wilson Mexico. Puerto Vallarta. They have the cleanest beaches and warmest waters, even in the sunsets it's beautiful. You should go.

@@MaryJane-xe1ej true. That's true.

@@MaryJane-xe1ej life long resident here also, we need to take back Santa Cruz from all these delusional people that are running I mean RUINING our town....

This educational video definitely needs to be restored. Do you ever notice just how fast downtown Santa Cruz is changing? There are fewer companies that are located in this area. If you cone to the downtown Santa Cruz area, you're going to find more of apartment complexes. Even the downtown Santa Cruz Metro Center has changed. The midtown Santa Cruz area hasn't changed much. What about Mission Street? Has Misdion Street changed much? I know that Wilkes Everett Circle has changed. They don't have a church building there anymore. Even though the Garfield Park Public Library still exists there. Knowing that it's a historical building. 👷‍♀️ 🤣 😂 😎 😅 🤪 🤪 👷‍♂️

I lived in Rio Del Mar about 20 years (52-72) and in Ben Lomond for another 20. The three things I miss about SCC is 1) Riding my bicycle up and down West Cliff Drive; 2) the Flea Market that was at the Skyview drive-in on weekends, and 3) the free concerts on the beach during the summer. Good times.

Yessir, west side sc !

Damn right

I’m watching haha love these kind of documentaries

I don’t live there but I visit every chance I get I’m only 2 hours away

😂🤣🤣😆

Propaganda.

Usually cold water

Haha. I missed that! False advertising.

LIES

I had to skip the part where they were cutting down the tree 🥲

Ya not salinas

Techies? Ha ha ha. It was UCSC that ruined Santa cruz.

@@JamesMcComas-dr2xi You're almost certainly wrong. UCSC has grown, but *it has been growing at the same rate it has since the university was founded.* At the same time, the university has been housing more and more students on campus. Over half of UCSC students now live on campus, which is the highest of any UC. There simply is very little correlation between the growth of UCSC and the cost of housing. You know what there is a correlation between? *Median household income in Santa Cruz and home price index in Santa Cruz.* There have been two major spikes in Santa Cruz median income: 2004-2008, and 2014-present. There have been two major spikes in home price index: 2000-2008 and 2014-present. *Which wealthy group of people started moving to Santa Cruz in the early 2000s and 2010s? Techies.* I'm not saying that UCSC has had zero effect on home prices, but this is data straight from FRED.

Did you notice that Throng was right about what he told about Lisa Simpson to the general American public? He said that the cost of freedom is really high in America today. He agreed with Lisa Simpson.

I wish i couldve seen the inside of neptune's kingdom when it was a giant swimming pool. The old pictures are crazy enough

I've seen this motto written on a postage stamp once before. Freedom isn't free. Even though freedom is what goes along with your attitude.

Did you notice that the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk never had a bandstand at first during the entire 1960s and the entire 1970s? 🤔

Thats for damn sure.

Neither are you or me!

Sorry brother. Thats why I left over 21yrs ago, and I thought it was bad then. Today? Fahgettaboutit!

As I listened to and watched this educational film, it had me started thinking about the Pogonip area up at UCSC. That's where you can see the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk down below.

I went to Gault School in 2006!

nobody is here now also+

There aren't many obese on the central coast counties of California.

@Виктор Певцов experiment welfare!

Back then People mostly all of them Worked for a living....The Country was at it's Strongest then...all the way till we set foot in Vietnam....or should I say ...ALL THE WAY UP UNTIL VEITNAM VETERNS STARTED SETTING THEIR FEET ON THEIR HOME COUNTRY .. ONLY TO BE REJECTED BY A BEWILDERED PUBLIC.....SO SORRY...... SHOULD OF JUST BEEN ...... WELCOME HOME BUD!

Purr cat. Use any platform to push your narrative. they had people of all shapes, size , and ethnic groups. Just as we do today. Its common sense I don't see today.

What's something that I haven't seen just as yet? That's these past educational films about Eureka, CA. The most memorable place I've ever seen in Eureka, CA? It's the Willit Carson mansion. It's definitely a historical monument. Since this place reminds me so much of Bewitched, the Munsters, and the Addams Family. It's those classic macabre-like comedy shows. 🤣

Excuse me but wtf

@@osirissolano6962 old people exist...

@@stutterpunk9573 nooo.... Old people are extinct....

Old Dominican Hospital for me. I DEFINITELY dont like what SC has turned into. Thats why I left 21 yrs ago. The only thing I really miss other than the redwoods and eucalyptus trees is the beach. But then thats nothin like it used to be either. I remember catching fish at the Soquel River mouth and the Capitola pier. Im talking Halibut 5lb Salmon! Now youd be lucky to catch a cold in that bay. No thanks.

+wjb4341 That's ignorant, at best. Crime in Santa Cruz - including racial biased crime - was higher. That you could ignore it or have police beat people up isn't a better place.

+Crissa Kentavr Where do you get your "facts"?

Like I said ... Wish I could have lived there back then!

😂😂😂

Also this was before the rich priced the majority of the local population to other cities.. mostly up north. .com brought me to Canada.. although I still love my hometown before greed killed it.

Sounds cool. I wish I could have experienced those days. Things seemed better back then.

Location services. They're how they target ads at you and they're scary.

Hey Sophie Do you know why they know it’s because your phone is listening to you look it up

They're watching Sophie! they have all our info in the cloud. What do you think about that ?

Might be called the dolphin now

Not anymore

You’re joking right?

@@tonymontana7263 its no worse than it used to be.

😂

@@stutterpunk9573 it aint nuthin like it used to be... But aint much is i suppose!!

Yep.. it was a great thing do you have here in our County before it got ran out by the Feminists!!

My sister was Miss SC County in '69 or '70. Our family from Watsonville. Won bathing suit comp in Miss California (Miss America circuit)pageant held in SC. Went on to win Miss Virginia in '71 in Miss USA circuit when in college. As for strawberries, Watsonville and PV had a lot more apples in the day.

There is nothing wrong with logging. Trees are replaceable. Maybe you want a plastic house.

@@humelakecabin 2000 year old old growth trees aren't exactly replaceable in a timely manner......

Related to Lalo?(rip)

@@hekterr6677 unfortunately no. I did however get head from Lalo’s daughter, Britney. Hopefully, the Lalo I know, is still alive. Been a while.

Chris Christ same brother

Same here brother. I get melancholy all the time. Born there in 65 but left in 2000 cause I couldnt deal with it anymore.

Yeah it’s not the same with out twaked out people And driftwood it you know him

whats yoour address

Excuse me you think I’m gonna say my address

@@stutterpunk9573 oh sorry idk, why not

So what? Why the fuck ya screamin?

@@paulcavigliano6388 because I'm excited lol

A little white lie to bring in the tourist.

You mean you were staring into phone like a zombie not even knowing you were at the beach 1955. You were to busy twitting back in 2019

Yea I’m right behind you in my 51 chevy

I love it keith! I wish I could experience the cruz from back then, i'd love to hear more, especially about what fish you were able to catch back then!

Or where willing to drive over the hill and through the woods.. To silicone valley they go!!

TOM Vlogs same 👍

Where exactly is that?

@@WayneOverbeck on hwy 9 the roaf infront of Henry Cowell entrance takes it all the way up to the quary

@@WayneOverbeck where did you get the amazing 1930's footage?

"Santa Cruz hasnt changed"? Thats your statement? You need to qualify your comments and stick to things you know about, cause this aint one of em.

Wow. That is cool to see. I would imagine it is pretty soft stone?

I drove over natural bridges, what is your address?

@@andresrosado-ubando5421 I live in Live Oak

@@thisisntsergio1352 what street

Your mama self entitled bitch

do you even live here? nothing like that exist here unless you dont actually try to see it first hand

Push Pin that stuff is everywhere buddy. Don’t call people out for not being from here if your not yourself. Figure it out.

Kieran O'Leary excuse me? I’m sitting three miles from the boardwalk right now, I can hear people on the giant dipper. I run a “gang” (it’s a family) and we include people from all walks of life, people from the beach flats, and people from that rich neighborhood with the fuckin mansions by pleasure point. I know what goes on in my town, and of course there is some drugs, and some violence, but not that much more that it requires a sarcastic comment making it look like SC is a wasteland

its a liberal shit hole . go to harvey west and down by costco and try to turn a blind eye. this place is full of exactly what bennie said . . i love santa cruz . i love driving down by the bordwalk and past the harbor and down east cliff through capitola but if youre "family " Gang , cant see it maybe your the problem

Think it was called, "The Plunge."

Why all immigrants come here.

If they moved from OK in the 30s it was from the Dust Bowl

Obviously. This was taken during the summer and the flood happened a few days before christmas. Anybody remember the Xmas parades they used to have downtown??

woah WOAH!!!ITS STILL FUCKING AWESOME HERE

Santa Cruz is still great, but like every city, we have our problems

What do you mean by crap?

@@Cali_Man If you weren't there back in the day (before 1968) you couldn't possibly understand.

The storms of 81/82 gave it a challenge tho.