Harlem, New York 1930s in color, [60fps, Remastered] w/sound design added

Would you like to live in the 1930s??

My son sent me this video. I was born in Brooklyn, April 12th 1930.family moved to Harlem 1931.Grew up there, got married,moved to Qeens in 1955, now live in Florida. The best days of my life was growing up in Harlem.Thank you for the memories. Iam 93 andstill remember.

This is the closest thing to time travel. Magnificent.

My dad grew up in Harlem in the 1930’s. He had an apple cart and sold horse manure to housewives for their flower pots. He learned to swim in the East River and went to the WMCA on 135th and Lenox. My grandfather was a Pullman Porter and his run was to Toronto Canada. He had a small meat operation and brought back Canadian bacon to sell (at a discount). He also served in WW1 with the 369th Infantry (the Harlem Hellfighters). My uncle Jack owned a ‘speakeasy’ on 131st and 7th Avenue called ‘The Hi Lo Club’. It was definitely a different time when people ’strived’ to improve their lot.

My mother was born in Harlem in 1931, she’s now 92yrs old. I watch these videos with the hope of seeing and recognizing my people…🤗

It's weird, once I see these old videos In color and Improved framerate I can much more easily Imagine what It must've been like living In that time period. With Black & White footage I've always felt a sort of sense of 'detachment'... Like It's almost happening on another planet or something.

Wow, amazing to see this footage of a bygone era. The streets were clean and the people were dressed sharply.

This is how human-beings should look, everyone in this video clip looks so naturally authentic. The street looks like love. Thanks for uploading. I love this so truly much.

My mom tap danced at the Lafayette Theater, and my pops knew Billie Holiday hanging out at 'spots' in Harlem. They moved to Brooklyn in the '50s because Heroin was becoming a problem in the neighborhood. I was born in the late '50s and they told me numerous stories about Harlem. God bless their souls.

People had serious style. Love this footage.

Everyone looks so sharp and elegant, so beautifully put together! Such a rare sight now. Fashion-wise, we have fallen hard.

I'm 75 years old now, remember my mother taking me to visit her friend who lived there. It was 1952 and I was 4 at the time. Everywhere the streets were clean of trash including the apartment buildings. The hallway floors were finished in mosaic tiles and the stairway railings shined like mirrors. A funny note when we exited the subway, my mother said "Welcome to Harlem". I looked up at her and said Holland thinking of the windmills She said no dear Harlem:face-blue-smiling:

I am not naïve to believe that there weren’t several forms of injustice and obscenity during any era, but the decency of the era is far more evident. Clean people, cleanly dressed, clean streets. I love it. Especially the decency of the women and girls in the footage; virtually none wore pants/slacks except where the children played in the water near the end. Much respect.

Look at those clean streets back then! Look at the stylish and beautiful way of dressing! No sloppy jeans or ripped outfits!. Ladies and gents wore HATS when they went outdoors, and there was dignity! Dignity and respect on the outward appearance even if you were poor! WOW if it could look that way again!

No one left home without their hats . Classy , and well dressed..

All of those folks have passed on, its nice to see them brought back to life in this clip.

This was in the middle of the Harlem Renaissance era … so many famous ppl going through Harlem at that time: Louis Armstrong; Bessie Smith; Zora Neal Hurston; cab Calloway; Billie holiday; Langston Hughes … what a time to be alive ❤

Amazing to see our ancestors in coloured videos. No one is alive probably from this footage and it is weird to watch these people once lived and simply disappeared with that world they lived in.

This is maybe the best looking restoration of 1930s video I've seen. I don't know if it's more the technique or condition of video source, but it looks great.

My grandmother and grandfather were in Harlem during the 1930s. She often said how beautiful it was then. Houses were clean, streets were clean, sleep on the stoop at night. People were kind to one another. Harlem Renaissance.