New York 1956 42nd St WebCam - LIVE

The 1956 42nd St WebCam is LIVE. You won’t believe what I had to do to get it there.

[MM-mndg]

This amazes me that they had some kind of cameras like this for a second I had to rub my eyes to make sure I read it correctly that it was the 50s lol

[ernestpaul]

I believe it is 1965, not 1956. The vehicle models are of the early to mid 60's as opposed to the mid 50's. Still a cool look at a snapshot in time.

[RichardEKranz]

I was totally stunned and couldn't quite put two and two together. Live 1956!? I wasn't even born yet. But beautiful footage.

[rhuxley]

My grandfather would be yelling down at the street from his window for kids to get the hell off his huge car. Mets game on the radio. Apartment smelling of popcorn.

[euphoricrain]

Amazing footage. Picture quality is better than a lot of today’s grainy web cam videos.

[grease_monkey]

more 1960's than 50's but still amazing footage

[CloverPhotoandVideo]

I believe this is from the mid 1960s. I saw a NYC transit bus that was definitely from the 1960s (around the 23 second mark).

[AlwaysAwesome]

Walk / Don't Walk sign.
I miss them.

[unwoke]

Oh, the cars are from the sixties. Time travel is a regular traffic occurrence. 😊

[percival]

Look how well everyone's is dressed, . look how clean the streets are ...gee, I wonder what changed.

[kittiesneverdie]

Judging by the cars it seems like it's more early '60s?

[andreas]

Once there was a time-traveling webcam..

[celebrityrog]

Could you imagine if we had the technology we do today but it was all still in retro style, we all still dressed and wore outfits and styles of that era and cars were still big and bulky looking by design but in fact had all the modern conveniences and great electric milage. What if music never changed and it was always that 50s and 60s style. What if we manufactured everything to be just slightly dull, faded and muted in color, ever so slightly to show that it's old life we live.

[madmikemadmike]

wow so many beautiful cars!!!, Batmobile at :16

[Westlake]

The black Chrysler Imperial at 00:17 is a 1961. I knew some that had one ;) The video looks like 1965 based on the cars shown.
Very cool though!

[JacquelineZe]

Share with us what u did to get it there 😂

[Likwidphase]

It’s just hard to believe there was a webcam

[hmmm]

I think you should add in the description that this wasn't webcam footage 😂 what is it from? A movie?

[rebeccarittenhouse]

Is this from a movie set? Why would they have a camera up there?

[AugustusRex-nkze]

Challenge: spot one single individual who are not well dressed and moves with dignity.