Residential area of Los Angeles 1940s in color [60fps,Remastered] w/sound design added

in which city in the world do you want to live in 1940s???

That is Greenleaf Street and that school ground is Sherman Oaks Elementary School which I attended and graduated, from the 1960s to 1971. I am in tears. Sherman Oaks is my home town. I love Sherman Oaks.

If anybody wonders why so many of these are filmed in Southern California, there is a good reason why. There was a union rule that movies had to be shot within 30 miles of Hollywood to avoid paying extra. And within that distance you had almost any kind of setting at the time, from rural and farms, to small towns and mountains, beaches, and desert. This is called the "Thirty Mile Zone", and where the gossip source "TMZ" got their name.

Can’t help but think where people are going in their vehicles as they drive past, and that they don’t know we’d be seeing them in the year 2023. These videos are beautiful.

It's crazy to think that those kids playing in the school yard have since gone on to live full lives and many could be now passed away. It's scary how short our stay here is

For at least the first half of the video, I believe this is being filmed on Greenleaf Street in Sherman Oaks as it passes by Sherman Oaks Elementary School (now SO Charter School), turns around at Sepulveda Boulevard, and then heads back east on Greenleaf again. Not sure if it continues on Greenleaf after passing the school again. Using Google and maps, I confirmed where Valley Oaks Cleaners was once located (shown in the distance on Sepulveda as the camera car/truck turned around) and then was able to match up a unique house on Greenleaf shown in the film that is still there. Thanks for sharing this and bringing some life to it with the remastering!

The newest automobile I saw in this film was a 1949 4-door Cadillac Series 61 at the 2:36 mark. Therefore, this film is showing a neighborhood of Los Angeles in approximately 1948 or 1949. I love these films and I greatly enjoy taking trips back in time and seeing places and things as they once were. Thanks so much, Nass!!

0:13 video starts at 14600 Greenleaf going westbound, Sherman Oaks. 3:06 Sepulveda BLVD in the distance, vehicle goes left on Saugus Avenue 3:14 turned around, now going eastbound on Greenleaf. Valley Oaks Cleaners is now the 405 Freeway. 3:30 15237 Greenleaf 3:42 15207 Greenleaf 4:57 14915 Greenleaf 5:15 14839 Greenleaf 5:17 14837 Greenleaf 6:03 14623 Greenleaf

Watching this film is like going back in time. I was born in Long Beach, CA in 1962. Seeing these neighborhoods some 20 years before I even existed is just amazing!

Wow, seeing the kids play like that was truly like a time traveling experience.

Socal before being "enriched" with diversity was so beautiful and idealistic.

Wouldn’t it be incredible if there were different neighborhoods that you could go back in time w/ all of the cars, decor, clothing etc.? I love the 40’s. Thank you for uploading this!

Honestly love this kind of restoration, because it makes the past feel more real. It shows that the world has really been the same for all of history, only we have changed.

Your videos are the closest thing to time travel and in my eyes, some of the most valuable content on YouTube. Thank you so much for your work on these and sharing it with us.

When i watch these videos i love seeing ordinary people going about their lives. I always wonder what lives they went on to live. The quality of these videos makes it feel like it was only yesterday, not 80 years ago

OMG I wish I had a time machine 😞I loved how that young woman was dressed AWESOME. Takes me back to the times when me and my siblings would play outside till dusk with our friends with no worries, never a dull moment. this was in the late 50's and early 60's. Oh my gosh I miss those days so much and the MUSIC. We would walk to the neighborhood store with no problems , we would run up and down our neighborhood streets to each others houses with no worries about crime. Man It was so awesome. I hate these times.

Mannn!! I’d give anything to be able to walk in one of those homes and just explore the house decor, their furniture, and the objects they used during that time. Lovely neighborhood. Seems like ever yard was well kept. Loved seeing the different type of light posts and traffic signs. Also the laundry services vehicle and the Van Nuys transfer storage truck.

Personally, I feel so lucky to have grown up as a kid during the late 40's and 1950's! When the population in SoCal was 40% of what it is today and car traffic was minimal! Even visited Disneyland the first year it opened!

Middle class suburbia circa 1948 or 49. Incredible restoration almost makes it look like yesterday! Thanks again NASS.

Back when it was safe to walk most streets in la. Great job! Thanks for including the originals.