Beany's Drive-In Restaurant, Long Beach, California, ca. 1952-53

Southern California culture - cars, girls and hamburgers. Great video resolution on this. Long Beach native here. Thanks for posting!

I"m so glad someone thought to capture this on film. Here today, gone tomorrow.

I will take a one way ticket back there any time.

A simple time when families we're together to eat, have fun and just plain live life. Thank you for the peek into yesteryear !!

Beautiful 'technicolor' footage of an era we'll never see a again. I wasn't born until 1960, and always felt I was born about 10-15 years too late. Would've loved to have enjoyed the simpler life of this period in the early fifties. Tugs at my heart alright!

What a wonderful video. Thank you very much. Oh for a time machine.

wow what a time to be alive..how I wish I saw those years.

Well, being born in early 63, Life wasn't too much different than this video conveys, things didn't really change a lot until the 70's, So.... I can appreciate this video more than younger folks! :)

Look how clean everything was. People were happy. People had extra cash in their pockets. No one staring at their phones. And those cars.....

PCH at Ximino st . Old Circle drive in theater across street, heard about this drive in restaurant from my uncle who used to go there. What a big change from what it looks like today. I miss those simple days

Always get a kick out of how new everything looked in these old films, the roads were new, the houses were new, the curbs and sidewalks, the street signs, etc. Also reminded me of the haze we used to have up until the late seventies or so, that’s what a sunny day with air pollution used to look like, things would disappear in the distance. The people who aren’t old enough to remember it wouldn’t think of it. Leaded gas, baybee - used to smell the exhaust at every stoplight. Part of life back then. At least the cars were hot! And you could take a girl out for a dollar and she wouldn’t think you were cheap! 😁 And you didn’t have to talk about your latest tattoo, either! Could do fun stuff, things that didn’t hurt you or get you in trouble or warp your perspective. People were confident in who they were naturally.

Wow, populux style, neon and chrome horizons, faith and optimism, elegant families, space fantasies, drive inns, cinerama, theme parks, outdoor pick nicks, glamour and innocence, what an age! How much have we lost, what happened to the West?

The best time in America ever if i had a time machine i would go back to that time over and over and over

The Cars are fantastic!!!

One thing that stands out in this video, no one is walking around like a mindless zombie in their pajama pants and sandals and there aren't any extremely fat people , they probably didn't waste as much time binge watching Netflix or playing video games.

My uncle bought that mascot from an old man many years ago, he has had it in his play room ever since, it looks small perched atop the "Beany's" sign but it is well over seven feet tall.

I'm a hugh fan of the 50's era though I know it wasn't perfect. I love the tri-5 Chevy Bel Aires! I also love seeing the ladies in dresses and skirts. Women and girls NEED to wear them all the time. I do!!! Not a short skirt but just like the ones you see on here. Not only does it remind you to be a virtuous woman but even men definitely look at you differently. There is more respect and it brings out the gentleman in them. Nothing wrong in being a woman who believes in putting God first, being a good wife, mother and taking care of the family. Just like in the 50's. If we want to have change ...we must be the change. Pray everyday ...return to our Father and eventually life will return externally too. Like the "good ol' days". Peace be with you and in you. 🌹

20 cent burgers and milkshakes, plus 10 cent cokes, and look ma, NO SMARTPHONES. Coool

Wow... what a difference from today. Girls actually wore clothes during the 50's and looked like nice young women. Men wore suits and nice clothes and no one had their pants to their knees with underwear showing each having respect for one another . If there was a time machine I would gladly go back to this time . Being born much later in life I would have loved to have lived in a simple safer America. The city was actually clean nice car and no congestion.

A by far better time....respect, courteous, family roles were defined. I don't think that we can go back to these innocent times.