Interesting video from old footage

"Surreal Old Timey Film Of New York City In 1911"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXRnGwbrnOo

This is fantastic, Jenny.

I lived in New York City for a year when I was 12 (we lived on the 16th floor of a high rise), which makes this even more interesting.

The famous jazz musician Thelonious Monk lived two floors above us and sometimes we could hear his jam sessions. Also would encounter him in the elevator from time to time.

I love old movies and photographs Jenny ... makes me stop and think what life must have been like at the time!!

Thanks for sharing!

That was interesting Jenny, thanks! I enjoy watching those type of videos, although I do prefer the ones of Chicago.

Very cool!

Amazing. I've seen parts of this before, but never the entire film. Interesting mix of transportation... horses, cars, trolleys and trains.

Loved it! Thanks for sharing Jenny100.

I like seeing the different types of transportation, with various types of horse-drawn vehicles, early motorized vehicles, and streetcars. It's also interesting how people dressed back then. And the Flatiron building, with the big clock to the right of it that doesn't seem to be there any more in recent photos.

What stuck out to me was that everyone except for the young children was wearing a hat.

And depending whether you were in the more affluent areas or the poor areas, the men all wore the same light colored hat with a dark band. In the poor area, the men and boys all wear hats I would refer to as tams, but that might not be right.

Thanks for sharing, Jenny100. Really enjoyed watching that

And I was surprised to see just how similar everything was - compared to films of major British cities of the same era

Here's London in 1903
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVQiEJW7RWg

I think all the vehicles are horse-drawn in this one.
Interesting to see what looks like the predecessors of a double decker bus, and featuring ads for products like Nestle's, Bovril, Grape Nuts, Pears Soap, and some I don't recognize.

Thanks Jenny! What amazes me is all the people and traffic and I didn't see one accident or one person getting run over in either video!