Old New York 30s, 40s in color [60fps, Remastered] w/sound design added 

Which city in the world would you like to visit in the 30s or 40s??

FYI, the train this is filmed from, in the middle - end of this video, is either a New York Central or New Haven commuter run going southbound into Manhattan. The passing train is a set of New Haven multiple units, and the very end of the video is where the train enters the park avenue tunnel to finish the trip underground

the master of film restoration delivers once again . thanks for the vid nass

Aside from the wonderful film, I love catching glimpses of the wall ads!

The MetroNorth ride is one of the coolest parts, because so much has stayed the same (though so much has changed too, particularly on the other side of the train). Another really great video.

The added sound effects really bring these old movies to life. I wonder how many traffic cops were phased out of their jobs as traffic lights became automated.

Was a NYCTA subway conductor 1983-2013. Born in St. Vincent's Hospital ,1958. Most of the city looked like this until 1970. Can still walk through a few blocks, especially in industrial areas, that still looks like this.

Nass, Thanks for the upload. I always loved the menswear of this period and the cars! The females looked fabulous too! Too bad we lost that sense of dressing up today!

"The good old days"? Not for me. I'm 83 and remember much of that NYC. Also remember Summers without air conditioning, with polio epidemics, with Neanderthal medicine that would not have helped me live as long as I have. No thanks. I'll take today. Believe it or not, I still look forward to a tomorrow.

Absolutely amazing. Thank you, from a lifelong native.

NASS as always with not only the stunning HD quality videos, but the best sound designs, crystal clear color, and overall amazing work bringing us into another time altogether. Think about it. Isn’t this a modern day Time Machine????

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Love love love these Vintage Videos! Wish I grew up in an era where people dressed so modest

Absolutely fascinating. When the train footage starts, the year is 1947 based on the movie marquee for "Lady in the Lake." The Ronald Corman movie advertised was released in 1947 as well. Due to the leafless London Planetrees I saw, as well as the date of the movie's release, I put the date of filming roughly around April 15, 1947. Also note the faded ads on the side of buildings. Given the year of the film, the "old timey" advertisements fading into obscurity are probably from the 1880s to early 1900s.

Amazing work colorizing these old films, it brings that period out so much more. Great job thanks for doing this

I love the shots of the apartment buildings taken from the train. Old New York.

This really is a great video. It is amazing how the population has changed about the view of a camara. Now, nobody normally stares at a camera. Nice work!

Wonderful! The clarity of these images is amazing. Thank you for producing these videos!

Like a Time Machine!! WOW. Thank you!!!!

The actual line itself is the New York Central's (now Metro North's) Harlem Line, from somewhere in the Bronx (I want to say Fordham Road but don't quote me) over the east river bridge, then curved onto Lenox/Park Avenue and into the 125th St. Station. at about 7:00. After, the train continues south on what I think is the 3rd track (if looking left to right) into Grand Central

These films are such valuable historical documents. Showing the businesses, the fashions, the street furniture etc etc.... All those 1001 things that get lost in the memory or that have no record left of their existence, but once they are captured on film we cant forget them. Beautiful to look at.

Adoro ver essas filmagens de uma época do pleno crescimento de uma cidade como essa !! adoraria poder ter vivido essa época....

Out of all those apartment buildings the train at the end was passing I noticed just ONE window with an Air Conditioner in it. That was back when they were expensive and a lot more rare.

On the train ride I saw a movie poster for The Late George Apley with Ronald Coleman. 1947.

Always enjoy your work NASS. Your efforts and talents are obvious. Thank you for sharing them.

Gorgeous work!

The scene from the train at 8.13 where it opens up onto a street , huge appartment building on one side , the building site on the other, all the people going about their daily business, sunny day, so much to take in, absolutely beautiful imagery & then by 8.34 it's gone. I keep running that sequence again, one minute you're close to the buildings you're passing, then it all opens up to this massive scene of beautiful imagery & excellent quality too. Well done NASS. First Class.

My day is complete with another NASS post. I'll never get tired of traveling to the past. Thanks NASS!

Mind boggling! History will be kind to you for providing those masterpieces of restored footage.

Really enjoyed watching this video..the clarity is excellent considering the age of the original film.Thanks! 🇨🇦 June 16,2023

What fascinates me is how well dressed everyone is

C'est vraiment de l émotion quand on regarde cette vidéo de la vie d avant

These videos and pictures are always a nice step back in time.

beautiful work. Id love to try to watercolor some of those scenes. thank you for sharing these videos!!

Excellent video the policeman operating the traffic lights was very interesting i guess this would be the 30s the train part loved it noticed the sign showing for victory so now into the 40s going past all the buildings with signs great piece of film.

another gem from Nass, great work!

People seem facinated when they spot a camera love seeing all the old buildings even clotheslines

Wonderful. The sound effects really add to the experience.

Back when the US was about manufacturing, wow..

NEW YORK IN 1930 AND 1940 WAS A BEAUTIFUL GREAT CITY THANKS NASS ON THIS GREAT OLD VIDEO OF GREAT OLD NEW YORK GREAT OLD USA

These videos are awesome!!! Thank you very much!

Beautiful. People had respect for themselves, for each other and their environment. Look how clean the streets are and no graffiti.

Excelente video, nos mostra um pouco da pujança de um cidade nos 30/40 em pleno periodo de guerra e a cidade funcionando normalmente. É sem duvida uma volta ao passado, parabens...

I was born on the wrong year and am nostalgic for a time I've never experienced.

Sunbather on the fire escape was a nice surprise.

Que espetáculo de vídeo!!!

These are always a treasure. Thank you, NASS.

Love watching these. It's so eerie to think that everyone is gone from this world in these videos. Gotta appreciate life!

The train ride was great!

Love these!!! Thank you!!!

The train ride views are incredible...

terrific train travel tour

The stairs going up are for the elevated trains at the South Ferry Terminal of the 2nd,3rd, 6th, and 9th Ave. El lines.

Coming into the screen at 4:15 from the left is the 1930 Rolls-Royce Phantom I Brewster bodied "Windblown" coupe chassis number S132PR that Rolls-Royce of America presented at the 1930 New York auto show and then sold to socialite and heir to the Johns-Manville asbestos fortune Tommy Manville. Simply incredible that a random film of traffic would capture a one off incredibly important show car owned by a famous person and is a car that still exists today.

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One of my favorites so far. I love seeing the old advertisements. Any of Boston from this time period?

Capturing a moment in time and sending it into the future.

Loved this, thank you~~

Awesome job as always NASS

Again, as if time travel was a reality. To a world that seems so close, but as if a parallel universe.

Look how everyone is dressed. It's WONDERFUL! Even the STREET VENDORS pushing carts are well dressed!!!!!!!

I'm looking at the officer who's directing traffic.The pollution he must have inhaled is incredible. The gasoline was combusted in the engine and blown out the tailpipe. The dirty 30's.

WOWWW, look at that entrance to the Holland Tunnel 2:40. Fascinating footage!

The cleanliness of the streets are amazing.

From "City on the Edge of Forever": Strangely compelling, isn't it? To step through there and lose oneself in another world.

Forgot to note the train footage dates from 1947.

Some of the men are not wearing hats. Outrageous!

Everybody is so well dressed!

I WASN'T HERE,YET,BUT IT'S THE DAYS WHEN BOTH MY PARENTS WERE VERY,VERY YOUNG=THEY WILL REMAIN IN MY HEART FOREVER❤️🙏❤️🙏🌹🌹🌹❤️❤️❤️😔

The train sequence in the latter part of the film has got to be taken from the New Haven railroad, which, at the time, skipped the 125th St. station as in this film. I am a native New Yorker (as were my parents and two of my grandparents) and fantasize that at some point I am going to see my older relatives (my parents, grandparents, various aunts and uncles and great aunts and uncles, etc.) in some of your street scenes...

Classy video, nice vibe

все в костюмах тройках, шляпах, платьях, нет фриков, трансов, лгбт и наркоманов, люди как люди)

AT 9:19 is 104th Street and Park Avenue - filmed at some point in the 1940's. My grandparents, who were immigrants from Eastern Europe, and mother (when she was a girl) lived here in the 1930's and moved out in 1940 to the South Bronx. Their tenement is still there, but out of this photo. My mother went to the elementary school on the right side of the photo on the north side of the street. On the left side of the street there is a low grey building with a cornice. My grandfather, who died before I was born, was an iceman in the 1930's and kept his horse and wagon there. I know my grandparents did not have much money -- and lived on the fifth floor of the tenement -- rent was cheaper. My grandmother was a seamstress and would take home work, watch my mom through the window, and then get paid by the piece. There is a famous photo of New York City children playing in water in the hot summer in an open fire hydrant in the 1930's what was photographed right here. I have only heard fond memories of this neighborhood, East Harlem, now The Barrio, when I was growing up.

HI NASS,, WHAT WORLD IS THIS WOW!! THE FAMILY IS SAYING WHAT CLOTHES,,MEN WEARING HATS..DAY AND NIGHT A POLICE WORKS THE TRAFFIC LIGHTS?? A DIFFERNT LIFE STYLE ,,MAX MY SON LIKED THE TRAIN RIDE..WHAT AREA WAS THE TRAIN GOING?? UP TOWN ,, APT.S ,, WORK AREAS.. THANKS..

What strikes me is the elegance of the people. People are better dressed than nowadays when people are scruffy. We can measure the degeneracy of Humanity through its clothing habits. As Karl Lagerfeld said, *_"Joggers are a sign of defeat. You've lost control of your life, so you go out in joggers."_* Thanks for the video. I relay it.

Please add more NYC videos from 1900-1960. And do you have any videos featuring downtown Newark for the same era? I sold women's shoes and went to college there. Great (and not so great) memories.

Nice one, Nassy. Wish the photographer shot at a more orthogonal angle so we could see all the way down the streets. Alas...

Beautiful sinery of New York.

Traffic cops wearing white gloves. Amazing.

Elegantly dressed persons.

So civilized compared to today in every way. Amazing. Wish I could go back. The best future would be in the past.

Flashback in the 30's & 40's

The cars are adorable.

awesome

The golden years of America! Never to be seen again!

Watching these vids ALWAYS makes me want to go play Bioshock again. And HOLY CRAP! Several men are NOT wearing hats in this video! Uncouth ruffians!!!

NASS! ThanksMuch!

This makes me wish time travel really was possible.

5:02 a modern-looking warehouse 9:15 that's one dangerously long clothing line

I really like watching these videos, but the one fact that I always come back to, is that pretty much everyone you see except for some very young children is dead.

Wow the traffic was controlled chaos 😮

Did you notice that people were so skinny back then.

People took so much pride in their appearance.

Nass muito obrigado seus vídeos muito legais e uma máquina do tempo, saudações parabéns brazil.

There was a lot of fashion and those automobile was art on wheels If I could back it time It is where I like to be

3 cents for an apple. Now you pay about $3 for one. 🙄

Great job!

Nice see people dress up

I like the Esso gas station that later on was renamed Exxon.

Jesus cool it on the tapping shoes