That's because the world was black and white (Love it when dad puts one over on Calvin): 
Posted on 07/21/2020 1:44:36 PM PDT by NRx
Colorized film footage of New York City from the late 20s and early 30s showing street scenes and the construction of various skyscrapers including the Chrysler Building. The footage also shows the effects of the Great Depression on life.
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Thank you, loved it! Great post.
Joe was standing in front of the appliance store watching FDR give his fireside chat on TV through the window.
You ever see this one from 1979? Asking people questions in Manhattan. I find this more fascinating than anything because I was 18 back then and what surprises me is how interested people seemed in seeing a camera on the street. Today they wouldn’t give two looks.....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UiMus1FJb9w
Not a lot of colorized folks back then.
Wonderful to see that 1911 footage, MasterYoda! Wow. Makes me think somebody could make a full length movie with modern actors in the foreground and this stuff behind.
Fascinating. I saw a lot of beautiful shops and picture windows. If those people back then could see how De Blazio and his looters have trashed their beloved city. . .
Getting links to stuff like this is what FReeperland is all about. Thanks.
Excellent, thanks for sharing.
It would be quite a juxtaposition to film an addendum to this clip showing the miscreants of today destroying all that was built with blood, sweat and tears by our ancestors (built the hard way in most instances without today’s mechanical/electrical devices). What an abhorrent state of affairs.
They don’t make’em like that anymore!
That's because the world was black and white (Love it when dad puts one over on Calvin):
Classic.
Wait, I thought blacks built the USA and white folk just sat around and counted money? /sarcasm
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