Film of Atlantic City Boardwalk in 1919

YouTube ^ | 1919 | Ford Motor Co.

[NRx]

Film footage showing life on the boardwalk circa 1919 in Atlantic City NJ. Appx

[Diana in Wisconsin]

That was neat! Thanks!

[arthurus]

Lo! the American rickshaw.

[wally_bert]

I liked it myself.

Lucy the elephant is an eye catcher.

[easternsky]

Enjoyed that Thanks

[Chauncey Gardiner]

I marvel at how well dressed my grandparents generation was, even doing the most casual of things. I didn’t see a single pair of flip flops, a tank top, or a fat person.

[PAR35]

Some of those hussys were showing their ankles.

[heterosupremacist]

Loved the video. P.S. I saw some good breakers, but no surfers/body surfers! Wassup wit dat? 8O)

[heterosupremacist]

#7 - Some of those hussys were showing their ankles.

The prophet has decreed that ‘ankle flaunters’ should immediately be stoned to death!

8O)

[PeterPrinciple]

the human traffic flow is interesting, all bear to the right. Wouldn’t happen to day.

[Bonemaker]

Gee, New Jersey hasn’t changed a bit...neat,tidy, clean, happy people,smiling faces,polite,considerate, low taxes, smoking...

[doorgunner69]

You forgot the /sarc

That is fine, well understood.

[AZLiberty]

Atlantic City in 1919 was more proper than most church ceremonies are today, including weddings and funerals.

[Bonemaker]

Roger that!

[exit82]

At 3:01, Lucy the Margate Elephant—still exists, built in 1881:

http://www.lucytheelephant.org/

[PAHighlandBorn]

That was so neat, thank you!

[exit82]

What I liked is that the film has been speed corrected—it makes everyone seems more human walking at a normal speed.

Interesting Naval and Army uniforms. This was the first summer after the Great War.

[mowowie]

Strange knowing that every single person in that video is now dead.

[SkyDancer]

Great movies. Who says you can’t go back to the past?

[Covenantor]

Where’s Nucky Thompson?