Houston ... and Then Some. - 1973 film about Harris County, Texas
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- Äas pĆidĂĄn 2. 01. 2019
- A 16mm sound film covering the many aspects of Harris County, Texas. A veritable who's-who of all the leading county officials in the early 1970s.
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l was born in '72 and lived in Houston all my life. Wish l was born in the 50s so l could have enjoyed the 70s.
wildbill9919 thatâs how I feel about the 90s. Wishing I was born in the 80s
Hemp Rope yea bro I loved growing up in the 2000s, wish I experienced the 90s for what they really were, Iâm a 1990
Baby
I'm an 80's baby and would love to have seen the 50's, 60's or 70's
@@cmfnjaf0741 me too!
@Luis Cummins you gotta be born in the 70s to enjoy the 90s. Not 80s . If your born 1989. You'd hardly experience the 90s in its full form. You gotta be in your 20s or 30s to truly experience . Every generation romanticizes a decade or two in the past. 80s and 90s were violent af, you wouldn't fit in lol
I was in the third grade Attending Shadydale Elementary when this film đ„ was made about my Hometown of Houston Texas
You might enjoy this one then:
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I miss Houston. I grew up there in the '70's. Wasn't an easy life but I managed to get through it. RIP José Torres.
Wow-what are the odds I'm listening to a podcast called CHICANO SQUAD and they're talking about Jose Torres.
Born in 1974 grow up on Canal ST 2ward, but did not know the story RIP José Torres.
As someone who lived in Houston for 40 years, This video is priceless!!!! Thank You.
*That was a long time ago and things have changed now,but we keep the tree just in case*
Never too far from the old west, apparently. Eeeesh.
OH
I was say.. You mean the LYNCHING TREE
Everything was very brown in the 70's wasn't it
Michael R color scheme that was in style that decade
@Michael R relax, it's better for your blood pressure, sweetie.
M R Lol, Try as you might, there is nothing racist to be seen here.
Still today in 2021
This is great. Thanks for uploading.
I like the creepy Moog music they play during the morgue sequence. Houston was a VERY different city in the early 70âs than what itâs like today.
1:25 The skyline looks sooo different. Amazing wow
Thanks for posting this online! Who knew that we all own the Lynchburg Ferry!
Its so weird seeing the skyline missing all these new buildings, especially the market square tower with the pool all the way in the top
Back when PR films were mostly informative and devoid of any political leniency. Times long gone.
So very True,
this is actually propaganda so itâs basically the same
đ€đŒhustle town my city
NawfWest In Here!!
Based on the downtown skyline, this is more like 1975, 1976 not 1973. Two Houston Center and Pennzoil Place are already there, both came after 1973
Exactly
Yes, and even the Gulf sign, a year before it departed.
Born in 67 this is my Houston. I'm old bah humbug.
Born a little bit south of Houston at "Galveston County Memorial Hospital" in Texas City in 1974 and grew up in Arcadia aka Santa Fe. Houston and the surrounding communities are in my blood and it's hard to believe how much I miss the place. My family & I moved up to the hill country back in the early 2000s and yes, the Austin area is much more beautiful & clean, but it isn't home. How I yearn to smell those muddy bayous & the salt water of West Bay! Sigh.....
Arcadia, Alta Loma and Algoa, all gone and now absorbed by Alvin and Santa Fe.
My family settled here in Bellaire in 1972, from Buffalo, NY. We left for Beaumont in 1974, but returned here in 1976, eventually relocating to northwest in March 1978, where our parents stayed for next 23 years. I moved out to Southern California in July 1989, although I frequently visit H-town since 1993.
The sheriff's patches & badges were changed in 1990 and reads: "Sheriff - Pride of Texas: Harris County", issued by what is now the HCSO.
Paul Nguyen How old were you in 1972.
@@polishherowitoldpilecki5521 When my parents moved to Bellaire, I was just 1.
What a delightful microcosm of time and space
I been in texas since 2014. Amazing how time flies
That's when Sharpstown was nice!
Back when there was no traffic lol
Traffic was still horrible, a lot of cars on 2 lane roads, westheimer 2 lanes, highway 6, 2 lanes, Richmond ave, 2 lanes, 1 coming 1 going. The traffic in 73â was worse then, than it is now!
Oh yes there was. I10 was a nightmare when it was 3 narrow lanes each way.
Back when the speed limit was 50 mph
Well itâs 55 now so ???
65
There was a mass murder in Houston in 1973.
The Candy man they called him. His name was Dean Corll
From 70 to 73
Life looked so much better back then. Why canât I be rich mannnnnn!!!!
Yeah life back then was way better for minorities and gay people!
i was born in this part of houston since 1990 wish i wouldve exprience this like my parents did in the 70s and 80s
I wish I was born in 50âs or 60âs to see this Houston.
Would you mind just enjoying the video & not harping on some shoulda-coulda-woulda nonsense? When Iâm scrolling down Iâd prefer reading comments pertaining to the actual subject of the videoâŠ. Have a nice day.
â@@macysondheimđ€Ł you clown
â@@macysondheim Mad Karen đ
@@SpiderKidwarzone đ€Ą
Such a casual mentioning of a hanging tree.
I want to go to Houston. Wait I live in Houston
Samee
Year Dean Corrl was killed...1973'
Aka candyman , inept Houston police
Dpmode TapiaBeltran 2020 lamar drive
Born in 1979 and from San Antonio Texas But i like Houston Texas.. i only been to Houston stay a night or 2..then off to New Orleans đ
Some areas still look like this
The guy who did the theme song and opening for DALLAS Tv show was probably inspired by this video
4:59 is that truck on the run? Lol. Some y'all grandparents were wilding out đđđđđ
@Nikko Puga Actually it was white man this time lol
2:41 Damn baby.
Htown baby đ€
I see the River oaks area. wow. I see the Avalon Square Apartment at 2:27 close to the start.
I prewired the complex for the phones when it was being built
i was born in 1986 at Jefferson Davis hospital. funny how this video has better quality than camera phones now a days
I am glad they preserved ol' Jeff Davis hospital. For years it was derelict. Now it's an apartment building
No it's not... Lol.. what? đ đ
@@RobertTapia no mames wey
Omgosh! I was born in 1985 at Jefferson Davis. đ
@@DixieBanjo They preserved the original hospital on Elder Street. The one that most people remember was the one on Allen Parkway which has since been demolished.
I remember them Fury III gold and white sheriff cars that look as big as the Lynchburg ferry
lol yep
Iâm currently sampling audio from this film to use in a metal song would I get into a issue with using this as a form of audio sampling
I canât find any site giving me info if this is in the public domain
dont go over 30-45 seconds
each sample
3:48 that's a good dog looking out for his boy
Counting out 3 million on the open title...
Everything was small back then.
I was waiting for SHAFT to show up.
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At 4:35 mark looks Ike old Jack laments them days.
why was this originally made? was it on TV?
Promotional material to attract businesses
Houstonâs 1973 skyline still better than modern day Dallas đ
Especially the Gulf sign, which existed from 1966 to 1974.
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And thatâs considering we have one of the tallest abandoned buildings in America downtown too.
it looked like it was bombed by someone lmao
21:00 i wonder what year were those powelines build around houston
They go back to the 1950s, at least.
@22:29 There was a sign there for Kay Bailey, which I think is future senator Kay Bailey Hutchinson.
I wasn't even born yet.
The Astrodome is still standing there today.
I came to Houston from New York in 2012 and I wish I could bring my friend from New York here and show them the 2012-2016 Houston the city vibe is changing now đ
Thatâs the year I moved BACK to Houston from the NYC area after college and I couldnât recognize my own city. It had grown so much.
Fuck. I was born 15 years late. Shout-out to the all men's commish court. Damn that look cool af
looking at the terrible car dependency đ
Decent vid
I love my city
Houston Rockets!!!!
lol @3:10 caught me off guard
Great scriptwriting! âThen the ball is in our lap.â(8:24)
Katherine Brown looks like a good time
She is looking like a snack. đ
We used to tell people that were running their mouths that if they kept it up they were going to go to Ben Taubđ
The HPD would take out to jack rabbit rd which is now FM 1960
@@willieoliver2023 Wow. I remember Jackrabbit rd. I thought that was Harris County sheriff's dept. Jurisdiction. It's been a long time and I would have never remembered that without you refreshing my memory. I've had goose eggs on my head and a busted lip and black eye before from them using those long aluminum flashlights before. I grew up and lived in southeast Houston around the Almeda mall area.đ”âđ«đ€Ł. Yes I was talking trash to them when getting arrested back in the 80s and I paid the price. When getting downtown I tried telling them the cops beat me up while handcuffed and the cops said I was lying and my injuries was because I ran from them and when they caught me I tripped and fell into a ditchđ€Ł. I can laugh about it now and am glad they have body cams now to help prevent police brutality. I laugh about it today because I definitely had it coming and they warned me to shut my mouth or they'll do it for me. Police brutality was and still is a very real thing. Sorry for the long post but I'm strolling down memory laneđ
Harrisburg County huh? Who knew..
You can drive an hour away and you're still in Houston!
4th largest city in usa i believe
That's the sad part, you are fully dependent on a car. With out it you can't take part in society
@@link2442 being a teen here sucked untill i got a car a year ago lol
Thatâs the same of any city in America? New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, âŠ. We arenât any different.
That is NOT 300 million dollars.
It is after the Houston mafia, the politicians, and corporate oligarchs get their cut.
I was born in Sharpstown Hosp 1972.
4:33 This was the official Harris county hanging tree. WOW!!!!! Where is this??
near Hobby Theater
Lol we need those back now. Crime is through the roof in Harris county.
@@713comics5 wow. hmm seems like you are a criminal too based on your absurd opinion. sure, you also deserve the same punishment you think would be nice to bring back. or donât you think thatâs too cruel.
@@713comics5the more people, the more crime, thatâs a fact lmao
I Born In 1975 Houston
Not the lynching tree đđđ
Lynching tree is crazy đđđ
@@yuse.officialthis is the real deal Holyfield
The hangin tree was interesting đ€
We had an âofficialâ hanging treeâŠ. Shhiiit.
my home sweet home has turned into pure shit!!!
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Glad we donât have to buy our license anymore
I was a freshman At A&M in 73. Harris Co. has really changed, and not for the better.
Sad but true
In many ways for the better but in many ways for the worse.
3:33 you can see the fake money just under the cover bill
Los que fundaron barriĂł magnolia Litle MĂ©xico si cĂłmo Sam hoston tx.historia.
Little Mexico in Segundo Barrio?
Back when our county, city and schools were still run by qualified adults instead of clueless amateurs put in office purely because of identity politics.
11:07. Is that Marvin Zindler?
It does look like him. And according to his Wikipedia entry, he worked for a time in the Sheriffâs office.
@@wacokidd after Marvin worked in the office, he came to KTRK 13 (I think)
Pretty sure itâs not.
Lol I highly doubt that was 300 million dollars
PhillieD XO it was 3 mill
It's 2022 and the Harris co budget is 5.5billion. HPD spends 1.5billion alone! Harris co Housing budget is less than 1 million .. sad shit!
Texas made
In 1973 i was 4 years and you ?
In heaven
-25
17 slanging angel dust
born in â75 at Parkway Hospital. Grew up on the NE side.
Still dead
And reap. Lmfao. Showed Tdcj
2019 and Harris Co is more populated
Understatement, Cpt. Obvious
im_tamps93 idk why people think over populated cities are cool đ , cities with less people are better , there are more jobs,and more space and more land to buy
Heâs talking about Harris County Jail. Lol
Wow the police use to be human like back than that was the most kind of arrest for a car chase that I've ever seen even if it was fake
Dumb ass it was worse
Wrong friend, very wrong, I lived there.
Wrong hpd was killing people back then
Now they're trained killers chomping at the bit to execute their own citizens they work for.
yeah, unless you were black or latino
1973' Houston mass murders, inept police dept of Houstonđđđ
No. Houston police during the 1970âs consisted solely of professionals, who worked long hard hours, handled business w/ respect & integrity, carried out dangerous duties to protect the public, and acted as positive role models & inspiration to youth across the country. They donât need to be pestered with these childish remarks & nonsense accusations. Have a nice day.
@@macysondheim yeah!!! Ok đ€
@Dpmode IPC news flash, HPD is still inept.
â@macysondheim7260 you are a complete DIP.
HPD so totally dropped the ball and did NOTHING TO STOP IT.
Even when Dean Corll's license plate was called in. So take your dumb comments elsewhere.
Dean corll 1973
2:33 LMAO
We Harris county residents don't own the Astrodome because it after all these years, still isn't paid for.
There was no freeways too.
loop 610, 45, 45 south gulf freeway, 10, 59 all existed then
Yes there were, 610 was built in the 50âs.
Hey who owns this footage? Would like to license a clip
did you get help with this or find any other old hosuton footage?
I guess the residents of Harris County own it..
Go away greedy man
You own it
Kids that no one wants.....damn LOL
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I was working sacking groceries for $1.50 hr at weingartens on 43rd n oak forest after school during early 70s
I think they changed to Gerlands. I shopped there in the mid eighties.
Living hear 57 years.We don't own anything not even the homes we purchased.We all don't have access to everything. Places were low income residents forced to live lived torn down and replaced with rent 3 times or 4 times normal rent.Now we have a different type of homelessness.A guilty until proven innocent.Must realabiltate themselves. Over charge residents on utilities bills, but all business lights on all night all year around. Toke prayer out of school from kids but invite rappers that rap about sex and drugs also invite drag queens to read to kids.Control sex trafficking but women and son allegedly cought trafficking kids in school 2024.Video outdated .Not the image we see. Story maybe true then not today.
When everything was white good old days!!
Lmfao
You Racist Bastar
If it ainât white, it ainât right âđŒđșđž
â@@macysondheimyour a tiny hat.. Look at your second name.. đ€Łđ€ŁBut you wanna be white supremacist.. You absolute sausage đ
Gibbs me dat fo free âđżđ
Child support? What a joke, my dadâŠWhen he lived in south Houston more than 20 years ago my grandma made him and his siblings clean up offices and other buildings, even the police station and nobodyâŠ
ABSOLUTELY *NOBODY* CARED!âŠ
Why should others be burdened with your problems? Which are what seem to be petty, foolish complaints & bogus accusations.
@@macysondheim Am saying that what they say is a joke.
You mean the LYNCHING TREE
Sadly, thatâs the first thing my mind went to.... đą
@@Zazoo1995 You damn right thatâs what he meant. Itâs no coincidence thatâs the first thing we both thought about when that man was talking about that tree đ
@@TheDVM Exactly. I canât say 100%, but you and I both know the Realities of Blacks in America for the past 300+ years, especially in the South.
@@Zazoo1995 Glad someone else thought about similar things. I thought I was alone in the comments
@@Zazoo1995 Plenty of Whites criminals were lynched too. Anyway maybe those blks that were lyncher were actually guilty.
If I had my way 80% of these county offices would close. It just enables people to to continue to live in poverty.
I am extremely apalled. Not ONE individual here on the comments section.. Not ONE... Harris County is in bad shape. I wish I could volunteer in EVERY S.I.N.G.L.E field tittle there is in my county. All these judges and elected people show absolutely no class and no humanity. I actually dont want the money. I actually want to see MY county thrive to the point that every individual is given the task to volunteer in water testing, air checking, tittle registration, libraries..guys? We had actual busses filled with knowledge. Um. I dont want money. I actually want to make individuals unleash their fullest crrativity and implement it in our county. Im so sick and tired of reading " wish i was rich". You got nothing to offer as a poor, and you wont have shit to offer if your rich.
I can only dream of what my county woyld look like: Every single ashthmatic person in USA woyld come here and breathe the real oxygen, we would have bird centers and people singing in union, we woukd have curtains in the streets when there was a holiday. We would cheer parades every single holiday. No wonder our kids are stealing in Dollar Trees and women crying at apartnent complex in their cars because the man just cheated with her down stairs neighbors. Im so sick and tired of this. Lots of AmericNs have given up their citizenship because they find some of this in countries you'd never thought could have it.
I am appalled by all of you. Shame on EACH and every single individual watching an old video of our county and not wonder what the hell is actually happening TODAY. You wash your hands and your toilet bowl and you dont do shit but expect others do it for you? You fat lazy American!?
Umm.....okey
I understand what you mean. Our county, like the majority in the United States, is being run into the ground by the globalists and their municipal Roman / Vatican districts (under the Vatican & regional monarchical realms since Abraham Lincoln was assassinated and subsequent creation of the Vaticanâs outpost, known as âDistrict of Columbiaâ). Their agenda is to destroy the United States. They donât want anything to be labeled as âyour land, your park.. etcâ. They want to take it all away from you.
When I arrived here in 1980, there were at least (5) buildings under construction at the same time. I miss downtown Houston the way it was until someone got the brilliant idea to build the useless METRORAIL.
Downtown hasnât been the same since. đ
Useless? Itâs the 7th most used In the nation in passengers/mile and many of the medical centers 100K employees use it. Hardly âuselessâ
Least car brained Texan
Keep crying. My home equity/value loves having the train close by.
41,900 on weekdays and 12.1 million people using it annually is not useless