Philippines: Land And People (1959) 

Philippines in the late 50s and early 60s was beginning to become a progressive country. Let it be a lesson to all countries, that corruption and incompetent leaders will destroy a nation. A very good example is the Philippines where corrupt and incompetent leaders govern the nation to poverty and economic disaster. Thanks for sharing your wonderful short video.

Time when Filipinos have strong sense of identity and culture.

I was born in 1959 grew up in the 60's the Philippines was next to Japan back then.. in terms of economy a U$ 1 DOLLAR is equivalent to 2 pesos.. we have so many imported goods way back them like imported candies in a sari sari stores like M&M pom pom hersheys etc you can buy it for a few centavos and the toys are cheap made in Japan Robots toy guns from USA Uk like matchbox toy cars for 1 peso each.

I just want to say thank you to the people of the Philippines for saving my father's life and that of his men during WWII when they were out of rations due to a Japanese attack. Very good people!

People misinterpret this kinds of videos. This type of videos are made so that old generation would see and learn something from the past, It isn't supposed to be wished upon by someone thinking it was a better life back then rather than today.All this people did there best for future generations to appreciate the present. For the old and wise people who are still living today, this video was made for them to feel nostalgic and see how the world has changed because of them Because of their efforts for future generations that also paved way for us today.

I was born in 1966 in a humble province. Videos like these makes me nostalgic. Life was beautiful then, abundant and simple particularly in the provinces.

Most comments are just like, I wish I could back to the past chuchu. Why not say, let's try to make this present Philippines better and cause the past will never go back.

The Philippines has become so industrialized that most Filipinos now want a corporate job. It could have been better if we have invested more on our agricultural economy and embraced our true culture.

My grandparents were in their 20s during this time. The Philippines in the 1950s always reflected the United States in the 50s as well - progressing and innovating - yet preserved its old world aesthetics, customs and attitudes. Its no surprise this is also considered the country's Golden Era.

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1:46 he pronounced that perfectly

How I wish na mapanood ito ng mga kapwa ko Pilipino, para magkaron din tayo ng sense of pride and love for country. Para mapatanong din sila “Anyare?” The “great nation” that we were once before ay kayang maibalik. Make it even better. It starts with you and me.

Kapag nakakapanood ako Ng ganyang quality ng video parang gusto ko bumalik sa pagkabata Yung dipa uso Yung cellphone

We had so much potential. It's so sad to see now what we have become.

i loved this video of the philippines 1959, i was born in 1982...

This video just saddens me a lot. I might be a millennial, but I truly know how far the Philippines fell. A continuous streak of bad politicians has lead to the destruction of these beautiful lands and caused suffering to its people. If only our leaders abandon their strong ego's then maybe, just maybe, our country might rise once more.

The film was made in the early 60's, when the Philippines was second riches country, next to Japan.

1962 is my year! Nostalgic of these times where simplicity is the way of life! Yet we are happy kids playing in the out fields specially in the evening under the moolights!

The idea that he said that English was used in government, education and in markets. Well not now cause their dreams of using a national language has become a reality

It only took one president to slide our country backwards now his son is the president. We Filipinos don't seem to learn from our past. Those are beautiful times with plenty of good outlook for the future.

12:14 hearing this was nice lol

How life was quite and simple then.

"Take note Manila is clean and modern"- 1959 Admins of Magsaysay to Garcia yan NOT MARCOS!

Philippine society nowadays is rotten to the core, only miracle can bring us back to what we are back then.

"Manila is clean and modern" Well...not now : (

Life of the filipino featured in this video is very, very familiar to me. Means of livelihood is agricultural. Fishing is mostly the source of food with vegetables grown in the backyard. Life was very simple. There was no roads connecting to other towns. No vices, no drugs, no syndicated crimes & people know each other even in far flung barrios. Parents tried their best for the education of their children. Many became professionals & it changed the life of the filipino family. Politicians in those days became rich who engaged in logging who easily got forest concession. Americans were also in logging harvesting the old grown forest trees. I watched all of this the passing of years since my birth in 1947.

The time when young Filipinos were not influenced by showtime hosts saying sanaol

Philippines is the best country that i've ever been to. Awesome people that smile when helping with your needs. Wish i can be back there once this pandemic is over. God bless Philippines!!!!!!

Let us bring back the golden years of the philippines

Its a good thing that they didnt experience the life back then but the generation now take everything for granted. Cultural practices are now just celebrated not lived. I remember when we were young that schools teach values, manners and right conduct now few kids may not have those.

0:46 "densed forest cover over half of this tropical nation." That was in 1959! But when the Americans arrived in 1890, the country was over 90% covered by forest. After the WW2, the parity rights (Bell Trade Act of 1946) given to Americans had allowed them to cut more hard wood trees and by time they completely left in 1974, the forest was denuded to only 30% had remained.

Mga Bata Noong 1959 Ngayong 2020 Lolo Lola Na Sila Ngayon

Philippine was more blessed after the war compare the other neighbor country.. it has the advantage to develop more.. it only takes a one person to destroy it all...

Ang ganda at neat manamit mga tao noon, naka Polo talaga kahit nagsasaka, 😆. Simple life , mesmerizing. I was born on 1981

I love the Philippines it’s just so sad it’s one of the richest nations in the world but for years it’s been overrun with corruption and greed from governments nobody should be hungry in the Philippines

The time when filipinos were respected all over the world

4:45 the filipino are well-off. among Asian neighbor except from japan with high standard of living.

I am currently 19 years old and from Mindanao Philippines, it's just sad to say that the "barrio life" that is shown here is no longer a thing, kids nowadays hold phones, gadgets and other stuff, the streets used to fill with kids playing games such as "tumbang lata" and other mini games, to say I think my generation was the last generation to ever experience the so called "barrio life", me and my friends used to climb trees to get fruits, going to mountains to sight seeing, and other fun stuff, but sadly those things are over and modern life is consuming most of the culture.

Panahong priority pa ang agriculture ngayong prayoridad na corruption eh.

yung mga bata na di pa kilala ang Mobile Legends 🤣

Philippines was on track to be one of the richest countries in Asia but due to corruption and poor governance, it became one of the poorest countries in the world.

"A population of more than a million people, Manila is clean and modern"... fast forward to today!

Back when people are more patriotic than those obsessed with korean culture today

I was born 1959, life in our place, probinsiya was simple and food was abundant. How I wish those days would be back

This was the time when Filipinos knew each other, helped each other, and collaborated. There will be no gadgets, but you will see how children enjoy their lives by playing in the road, working in the farm, climbing trees, and assisting their parents. Kantahan sayawan,. Ang sarap naman mabuhay sa ganitong panahon.

Philippines the times when we are a great country

Back then, there were no illegal sidewalk street vendors in the city proper. Now, cities are overpopulated and dirty af.

Thank You so much for sharing this. It's amazing 👏 🙏👊👍👏

I was thinking to reinvent a 1960 style video film camera to reenact these vintage videos Even though I haven't lived in that era, seems fun and nostalgic

So that's why grandparents who were able to have a basic education are very fluent in English and have good cursive penmanship

Sulat ng lalake teacher sa blackboard ang Pinas 20 million plng population.

My grandma was a toddler then! God bless the Philippines! Philippines 🇵🇭!

Ganda ng Pilipinas then Marcos happened!

Isa ang pilipinas sa mayamang bansa noon, kahit ibang bansa sinasabi na maganda ang pilipinas at maunlad, pero ngayon isa na sa ginagawang alipin para lang mabuhay. Tanong nyo sa mga lolo at lola nyo kung anong meron sila noon malalaman nyo ang totoo.

People will often say that "ohh what could've been". But here's the thing, we can't change what happened. I know it's easy to wish for a time machine and change one little thing in our history that we think will have the best change for our country. And it's easy to lose hope either. We will never know what it was truly like unless we have seen it for ourselves, even those who did will think differently of each other just like how we are now. Different opinions, different beliefs, different ways of thinking. We all want what's best for our country, and that's what our leaders tried to do.. emphasis on "tried". But forgetting what happened in the past. What does it take to run a country like ours?

oh how the mighty have fallen 1950s chad Philippines: hey, S.Korea, you need everything? South Korea: thank you so much for all these foods, im getting full now China: only if Philippines were my side... (stomach roars for foods) today South Korea: hey! don't try to steal my money, im giving you one as im having my vacation modern Philippines: dude, i spent all my money on drugs and for politicians, i need money China: you said *money?* (cough cough), how about the *islands?* in the South China sea ( *cough cough cough* ) modern Philippines: shit

This is what you called "LIFE"

Ah yes, The Philippines. How we wish we could go back into this time of simplicity and peace. Years gone by and here we are now. Only we Filipinos can bring this glory back. Godbless my motherland :)

This is beautiful. Thanks for sharing.

Isa sa dahilan kung bakit tayo naghihirap kasi hindi tayo proud sa sarili nating wika. Pansinin nyo sa comment section majority eh mga english comment pero mga pinoy naman.

Thank you for this Archive❤️❤️

May God bless my country

Imagine the air quality in Manila in the 1950s! I really hope that leadership have thought longer term and is preparing to deal with health issues associated with constant exposure to the air of one of the most polluted cities in the world. Plus the significant increase in obesity (and amongst the poor with limited resources to afford good medical care) and the health issues associated with that. I really hope they increase education and awareness significantly!

magellan did not discover the Philippines he visited Philippines in 1521 where there is already had rich civilization

Philippines have political instability that's why right now they're still struggling but once they surpass the challenge definitely will become a progressive county..

Now we are facing a new problem in our agriculture! And that is the rice tarification Law! Our farmers are experiencing the lowest farm gate price that nobody care about their loss? This will leave them without any other choices, but to stop their rice production activities, in favor of imported rice! our country will be come dependent on foreign products! This is bad to our economy! That the supply & demand of our rice will always be depend based on the dictates of those foreign rice traders! The NFA stated that the law would allow private traders/0r companies to import rice without being subject to regulation to stabilize prices leading to uncontrolled increases in the price of rice!

This was the true golden age of Philippines

The Philippines is a land of promise in the early fifties till late sixties Life is easy then until the corrupt politicians came and rule the island nation inflicting hardship and miseries to its hapless citizenry Merci

I love and respect the filipinos ..

I love the Philippines and its beautiful people

Si marcos lang ang tanging naging presidente ng pinas na tumagal ng 11 years sa pwesto, siya kasi ang laging binoboto ng mga magsasaka noon, dahil mayaman ang mga magsasaka noon dahil ang bansang pinas ang pangunahing exporter ng bigas sa ibang bansa, malaki pa noong ang mga bukid sa pinas, pati saging gulay lahat ng agricultura na galing pinas ay patok na patok noong araw sa ibang bansa, pero nang mag graduate si ninoy sa ateneo university nakipag competensya ito kay marcos, pumasok sa gobyerno bilang pinaka batang senador bata yan ni sen enrile kaya nakapasok sa gobyerno, dahil mabait si marcos pinayagan si ninoy makaupo sa senado, pero traydor pala si ninoy, may koneksyon pala si noynoy sa mga japanese gangsters, sila nag plano na bombahin ang plaza miranda sa may quiapo, at ilang lugar sa mindanao, at bumuo sila ng grupo ng mga Npa , sa mga bundok na may koneksyon sa ilang businessman na gustong magmina sa bundok para sirain ang kalikasan, kaya nagalit si marcos pinakulong niya si ninoy aquino at si enrile, dahil sa kagustuhan ni ninoy na tumbahin si marcos sa castle agka presidente sa sobrang inggit nito

I was barely 6 years old then being born on November 18. 1953.

This is the filipino tradition we forgot and this is the filipino tradition I want

Beautiful country back then. The country should have prospered like South Korea but thanks to Ferdinand Marcos the country headed straight into extreme poverty after this documentary was filmed. Marcos sucked the life out of the economy and stole billions of dollars of which only a portion has ever been recovered.

"Numbers of Filipinos who can read and write is high by comparison with other Asian nations" Now Philippines is one of the lowest

1959, the person I love the most, mother, was born. She's now 63.

Thank you very much for uploading this!

Sayang yung mga puno natin. Ang dami pla natin puno noon. Puro putol lang, walang kapalit.

This is how my great Grandfather happy when he is still in the skin of world❤️😊

Maganda pa Paranaque nung time na ito. Tabing dagat na maraming beach front mansions at resorts. Marami din salt farms noon. Tanda ko pa dagat yung nasa harap ng Baclaran Church. Ngayon wala na dahil tinakpan na nila ng lupa yung Manila Bay para sa Okada, Solaire, Mall of Asia, at para sa mga condominiums. Kawawa at sayang new generations hindi man lang nila naranasan maligo sa malinis na Manila Bay. Paranaque beaches was like Batangas and Ilocos.

what a simple life to live, love it.

Ilove the old filippines

Golden era of the Philippines, sana maulit ganito ka gandang Pilipinas

Most of the people in this video are seniors by now. Creepy.

amazing how well dressed everyone was,how times have changed

Thank you so much giving us a glimpse of how is my country like in the past!

Sana sa ganitong panahon nlng ako naipanganak simple lang ..

Happy are those who take life day by day thankful for the little things in life.

I like how people back then dress so nice so simple yet elegant.

Napakapositibo talaga ng contribution ng America sa Pilipinas nung mga panahong iyon. The Commonwealth Era from the 1900s to 1930s was the golden age of the Philippines. Now America has gone woke, at ganun din ang Pilipinas. 😢

Rice is rice

Nice to look back...how the Philippines and the people were doing then.

My Family used to live at the farm when i was small, Houses are elevated and walls and floorings are made of bamboo. Also we do farming, caring of animals like cows , goat, chickens and carabao.

Grabe ang ganda ng pilipinas nawala ito at nabago after edsa 😢

especially fond of music and are excellent musicians...👍

I wish i was born in this era....Working in a corporate world is so damn stressful.

THANKS PO SA VIDEO WONDERFUL PHIL. GOD BLESS

Ang linis pa ng ilog pasig dyan.

Filipinos are well off and education are way better compare to most asian neighbors,,, im sorry that was 1959 now they are on the bottom of the list,,,,, so sad….

"We could be beautiful..." If corruption will stop pestering our country.