New York Christmas 1976 - Super 8mm

Some fantastic Super 8mm tourist footage of New York at Christmas in 1976, featuring all the classic locations!

This is a home movie and the music was the original music added to the Super 8mm film by the person who shot it. Although it doesn't fit the time period it was their personal choice and as such I decided to keep it true to their edit.

[nagazinafireworks]

WOW I was 17 then where the hell did my life go? My parents are gone my sisters are gone my brother is gone, but I'm still going good thank GOD. I was living in Watchung NJ then. Ive had some up and downs in my life mostly good, been with the same company for the past 34 years, I can happily say my life is very good. thank god. BUT I WILL ALWAYS MISS THE 70'S.

[punjabimundaUK]

I was 10 back then in England and we used to dream and wish to go to New York as we watched so many American tv programs like starsky and hutch, kojak, charlies angels.... what a time... its a lifetime away 😢

[robertbeining]

It was like watching an episode of Taxi or Welcome Back Kotter with the 70's NY city sites.

[idaho]

I want to jump inside the video and just walk around to look at all of the awesome cars and feel that grimey 70s new york and if not new york, new jersey just to meet young version of those charming folks I know maybe even meet my great grandmother I was too young to even remember.

[Ashlife]

Who would love a time machine to go back and spend a long weekend exploring in 1976. Just blend in and wander anonymously soaking it all up.

[pauldziejman]

I absolutely love those 70s era buildings. Something about that aesthetic is so comforting.

[TheRedDevil_NC]

I liked 1976 because I spent so many evenings watching Barney Miller and the Rockford Files with my dad. Dont ever take that time for granted.

[alexanderrodriguez]

1976 was the best 4th of July celebration ever in New York. I was only 9, but still remember. The whole city all 5 boroughs. It was a colossal block party never to be repeated

[NewYorkCityBoxing]

When I was a kid in the 70's the entire neighborhood was lit up with beautiful Christmas lights. We would go downtown and every store played Christmas music -- times have changed.

[_BhagavadGita]

I'm 55 years old. Every day, the future look a little bit darker, but the past, even the grimy parts of it, keep on getting brighter.

[Keys]

Nothing like Christmas in NYC in the 70s and 80s. It was pure magic. I miss those days. People actually cared for one another then.

[RumbleFish]

I'm 60 today, and I grew up in NY during this time. It feels surreal watching this today. My health is not good these days, so if I die today, at least I got to see a memory of my past. I was 12 going on 13 in '76, and it was one of the best years of my life.

[dianacarbajal]

I was 16 in that times, Now im 64 and really miss the 70s and80s, beauty view of New York just know by pics, its amazing and modern City, I live inlove of New York, thanks for sharing huges from Perú 🇵🇪🤗🌲☃️⭐🌌❄️🎈🎉🗽🌉🌃🌇🌆🎆🏙️

[johnstutzman]

In ‘76 I was a N.Y.C. cabbie. Memories.

[DWilliam]

American made cars, the garment industry, phone booths, yellow cabs including checker, small stores. I miss it all. Guess my time is getting short. The NY you’re born into is not the one you die in.

[gregman]

I Was 9 In 1976 I Truly Miss Thoses Day's Gone By But Most Of All I Truly Miss My Family And Friends Who Have Passed On If I Could I Would Go Back In A Heart Beat Just Two Be With Them All Again ❤💔

[Slimc]

So many memories. Its tough seeing the towers. People born after 2001 can never really know how big a loss they are. A true wonder of the world. Love the music

[rachelk]

People often romanticize a time when they were growing up, emphasizing the good times and putting the not-so-good times in the back of their minds. If you would have asked older people in 1976 living in NYC they would have said how the city had changed for the worst and how great it was 40 years prior.

[ciaobella]

I was 28 in 1976 and I was living in the Lower East Side, NYC. I remember that Christmas, and the years I lived there with great fondness (1970 to 1990). I lived through the bankrupcy crisis of NYC, gas shortages, several garbage strikes, and a lot of changes in culture and so on, yet they were exciting and creative years for the most part. The younger people today don't realize that my generation is all around them and we didn't have computers, the internet or cellphones. And we were definitely happier because of it. As I am much older now, I can personally compare the tech years to those years before. People were nicer, kinder, friendlier, happier in the 60s and 70s. I know I am generalizing, but you get the point. And let me add that I have lived in many countries in my life, and wasn't born in NYC, but if I'm asked where's my home, I always reply Manhattan.

[Bobster]

I love the old checker cabs, phone booths, and the fact that nobody is walking looking at the palm of their hands. This were the days.