Time Machine: Go Back to 1911 New York

[CGI_Ram]

This is a fun 20 minutes... Wild. A different era, simple times. The lives these people lived... generation plus ago.

The first video has been restored and colorized. But... it was originally professionally shot to capture everyday life in New York 1911. Great quality.

It’s a fun watch as you might find yourself immersed into “the feeling of being there”. It’s not a long video, about 8.5 minutes... really cool.




Then... This guy took that video and traced the family history of one of the families seen in the video, from their car license plate. The whole thing really drew me in and was interesting to watch.

 

[den-the-coach]

Really enjoyed the videos, especially the shots of the two leather mills (Gloves) both of my Great Grandfather's worked in the leather industries and moved from NYC to Gloversville (Gloves Get It) New York to oversee & supervise plant operations. Till this day one of the few Leather Manufactures left is a company owned and run by my Uncle....Thanks again @CGI_Ram

 

[Corbin]

Damn both those videos are crazy. I think if I ever end up being excavated 100 or 200 years from now I'll have to make a stone etching to put in my wallet, " don't be rude tug on my bone ;O) " lol

 

[Loyal]

Thanks CGI for the two videos. I've seen the first video a few times, but not the second video. He did a good job running down clues from the video. I enjoy old movie clips like this to try and put myself into the time period to understand how people thought about their world, if possible. Going back to my thread about Rooster Cogburn, that's why I enjoyed the dialogue coming from the characters, especially Jeff Bridges portrayal of Rooster Cogburn. I think the Cohen Brothers nailed that...

 

[CGI_Ram]

I enjoy old movie clips like this to try and put myself into the time period to understand how people thought about their world, if possible.

I do that too.

I find it cool to think about how much is captured today, by photo and video...

People 100-500+ years from now can peak back in a way we cannot.

WILD to think about what that will be like.

 

[Loyal]

I do that too.

I find it cool to think about how much is captured today, by photo and video...

People 100-500+ years from now can peak back in a way we cannot.

WILD to think about what that will be like.

It started with The Dead Poet's Society with me, and Robin Williams bringing out the class to see the pictures of dead boys who died in World War One. This is where carpe diem was made popular. That was nice, but what blows my mind is watching a picture or the film from 1911 or before and knowing that people in the impenetrable jungle to the skyscrapers of Manhattan in 1911 are all gone. A whole World is gone.

That blows my mind.

 

[Mojo Ram]

 

[Q729]

Nice. Cars and horse-drawn carriages coexisting. Kind of reminds me of what Peter Jackson did with that World War I footage. Amazing this footage even predates that.

 

[Ramhusker]

The first thing I notice when watching these old clips, and I love watching them, is that everybody wore a hat back then.