San Francisco 1960s in color [60fps,Remastered] w/sound design added

I colorized, restored and created a sound design for this video of street scenes in San Francisco in the 1960s. You can clearly see what's going on in broad daylight, people walking, lots of streetcars, old cars from the 1950s and 1960s, and then there are scenes in the Bay Area,

Video Restoration Process:
✔ FPS boosted to 60 frames per second
✔ Image resolution boosted up to HD
✔ Improved video sharpness and brightness
✔ Colorized only for the ambiance (not historically accurate)
✔added sound only for the ambiance
✔restoration:(stabilisation,denoise,cleand,deblur)

Please, be aware that colorization colors are not real and fake, colorization was made only for the ambiance and do not represent real historical data.

B&W Video Source from: California Revealed (San Francisco Municipal Railway)

[megansfo]

Hi, I lived in San Francisco when this was filmed, as a kid. All the scenes are from at least 60 years ago, some look more like the 1950s than the 1960s. One mistake: though the cable cars were red and yellow, the buses and streetcars back then were not. They were yellow and green! Later, in the 70s, was when they started the red and yellow buses. My mother didn't have a car, so I rode busses/streetcars almost every day to school, etc (Lowell HS)

[markmunroe-hzrf]

If I could just go back in time to experience that decade of San Francisco, to shop, to listen to the music, to walk and see 1960s movies.
Just to experience and nothing more.

[richmeyer]

We got a span from the mid 60's to very early 50's and yet those cable cars remain timeless. I always have to remind myself that NASS has added the well matched audio!

[HermannTheGreat]

To be 20-30 years old in the 60's and live in this area, wow!

[marstondavis]

I remember The City when it was a 'World Class City'. Not even a million people living there and yet it was known across the globe as a most beautiful, and classy city. It was safe and fun, and you could do a million things that were free or almost free. You could walk from one neighborhood to another, and you could smell different pleasant smells. There would be coffee roasting companies. Sour dough bread would be baked. They would be making chocolate. China Town with their cooking. It was just a fantastic city. If you're young, you missed it. Sorry, it isn't ever coming back. IT WAS SUCH A GRAND CITY.

[elglowingjar]

I'd love to live then. When life was slower and not forced to be so damn quick.

[fredo]

You can just make out Steve McQueen zooming around the corner in his Mustang.

[daffodil]

The streetcar line through the Stockton Tunnel ceased operation in 1951 and was replaced by the 30 Stockton Trolly Bus.

[mikeyh]

My Dad worked in the shipyards in the early 50's right out the navy with a young child at home - me. Lived in Hunter's Point and then Candlestick Cove - before the stadium was built. Thanks for this.

[kirahastings]

Judging from the hootenany sign in North Beach, the first part was early to mid-60s, the rest is 1950s. Love seeing the old cars. My family briefly had a Studebaker. It was always breaking down.

[jecny]

Yet another one of NASS's awesome time travel adventures. I only wish I could step through the screen and stay there. On a side note, the latter part of the footage is definitely earlier than the first. Probably not later than 1951-52.

[reneebru]

I’m a third generation native San Franciscan, born in 1963. WHAT MEMORIES I HAVE! San Francisco will go down as one of the most beautiful cities to fall. I thank God my parents and grandparents aren’t alive to see this travesty!

[draff]

My favorite scene is the Studebaker with all the travel stickers from places the owner has been to. Another great slice of time. Thanks, NASS.

[stevendreith]

I was born at Children's Hospital in S.F. in 1950. Hard to imagine the changes the City has gone through since then. Simpler times from a bygone era. My dad was a merchant marine during WW11, and traveled the world. He said S.F. was the most beautiful of them all. It's a shame that San Francisco lost it's innocence, and became what it is today.

[seandelap]

It looks so much better than it does today

[mpschunks]

The early part of the video is either late 1962 or early 1963. There is a 1963 Chevrolet Impala in it. Could've been purchased new in late 1962. Also a 1962 Chevrolet Bel Air. The second part of the video is the 1950's. Probably mostly 1957.

[randomvintagefilm]

Cool, my parent's first date was at Haight & Ashbury in 1961 ❤

[MrLukealbanese]

Beautiful, but some scenes the 50s. Very nice though.😊

[HerAeolianHarp]

Lived in SF 26 years and love this 1960s/1950s restoration. Great job! Wonderful to see the Coffee Gallery and cable cars. I do lament how so many SF nostalgia videos become repositories of overly politicized negative comments about modern SF.

[shootfirst]

What a beautiful, clean city it USED to be.