Driving through Los Angeles in the 1940s in COLOR!

[True Dough]

[soothsayer]

1. That's pretty cool

[mahatmakanejeeves]

2. Even then you couldn't find a parking spot.

It looks like the same block. I didn't watch the whole thing.

[Chipper Chat]

3. All the men wore hats.

And the women all in dresses
Looks like smog was around then too.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

4. Very interesting.

Two things stand out. First is that Los Angeles is a lot hillier than I recall. And there's already a lot of smog.

[Demovictory9]

5. Wow

[padfun]

6. Not much different than today

Change the cars and everyone is doing the same thing they are doing today except...

Today everyone has a wireless cell phone on them.

[CloudWatcher]

8. Yeah, blew right through a stop sign!

You can see the yellow cab slowing down, but the car with the camera and the one following it just blew through the stop sign at about 1:30. Crazy LA drivers! No different today

[CloudWatcher]

7. Color added recently

Note the video was posted in "Neural Networks and Deep Learning" .. they've been using recent computer techniques to digitally add color to old black and white footage.

Really nice results though, fascinating to watch!

[ThoughtCriminal]

9. I watch and still can't shake the feeling

That every other car is a private detective trailing a henchman (or the other way around).

[True Dough]

12. Hence your screen name

[ThoughtCriminal]

10. Same route 70 years later

[True Dough]

11. Nice find! n/t

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

13. Thanks for sharing that.

Though, to my eyes, the old city was 100 x more beautiful.

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

14. That's very cool. Love the cars!

I guess I'm just a nostalgia addict--I almost always like the old better than the new.

[Niagara]

15. Neat!

At around the 3:42 mark, a man gave a cheerful wave at the camera.