Great quality. Nice style as well. Most of the video shots of NYC from this period look like the shooter was on speed. Cool to simply see street shots in real time; the way most of us remember the city back in the day.
I'm from NYC and I was in the military in 1985 , so i see what I was missing , apparently not to much , NYC still looks the same just the car's are smaller
Oh it so did it was the real new york new york back then not a fun house like it seems today. But thats why I like the upper east side it does not change much. and it has aways been a safe area too for years.
Man, watching this vid makes me feel like I'm back walking the streets of Manhattan on a Saturday afternoon, hanging out in my old diggs in the Village, hitting Times Square back in the day with my crew---now, I hardly visit Manhattan. Can't remember the last time I was in the city. Goes to show you how much I DISLIKE it NOW--GOD I MISS THOSE DAYS!!!
Awesome vid!! I like to see what stuff was like back then for people, especially in cities. Also loved seeing that United Van Lines International cabover semi!!
dude, don't worry about the audio, this picture is superfanstastico. i lived there that year, and recognized those pimps in the big mobile trying to drive around you. haha. gorgeous footage, thank you for posting.
THATS how NYC should look. the fact that they are proposing a shitty nissan van thing as the "flagship" cab of the city beginning in 2013 is complete bullshit. I mean they're using a japanese car to represent America's most famous city! 20th century, we miss you!
You know, you have a point; my wife has an old friend who lives up in 80th and York and sometime last year we went to have lunch with her on a weekend. That neighborhood hasn't changed since I was born and raised in Manhattan! lol
Man do I know how you feel ! The village is a nice place but am in love with the upper east side thats my home in the city this vid was going up 3th avenue from like 59th street to 75th street were my building was.
@67tr876 seat belts in a new york cab ain't natural! but that sound vaguely familiar from the 90's. and i remember seeing some signs posted that made me laugh. like seat belts are gonna help you survive those rides? in the 80's it was still 'hang on for your life' -- there is a great film shot in nyc from that era with patricial arquette, i think, can't remember the name. gotta look that one up again.
Awesome!! Man, the quality is beyond excellent for 1985!! That looks every bit as good as a digital recording made today! Was it recorded on 3/4" tape and shot with a movie camera or something?
@northbeachfilms haha ya o btw do you rember when you got in to a cab and the rock cats use to tell you to buckle up. Now idk if that was there in the 80s but I know sure in the 90s I heard that a lot when you got in to a cab. It was something like "Hi this is the rock cats telling you to buckle up for a self ride and plz come see use at radio city music hall" ya something like that.
I was born in 1970, so I was a 1980s teen, except for me the thing about being an '80s teen is that at the time I wished I was a late-1960s teen. Peace, man!
@@saeedurrahman2056 Dude, you're making it sound like I have less than one year left. 49 out of 50 Actually, my 50th birthday is in August. I've never been that old before!
I find it sad that people would have nostalgia from a time in NYC history when all you could see walking down 42nd Street is porn theaters, go go bars, and people trying to sell you cocaine. Oh and let's not forget the sky high levels of crime and low quality of life. NYC was terrible 30 years ago!
