Growing up as a Gen X kid in the 70s and a teen in the 80s, I thought the world would always be like this.  Boy was I wrong.

I miss the warm, analogue, earth-tones aesthetic of the 70s and early 80s. Today everything is silver/grey, digital, and synthetic, all lit up by garish blueish- white LED lighting. Thanks for this little time capsule of a more simple time.

Does anyone else wish society was still like this? I can't be the only one

I miss these times.  I always thought the future would keep on getting better, I was wrong, so wrong.

Back when every mall had at least one fountain or indoor pond with coins.

It’s so crazy that someone in 1978 took the time to record all this for future generations. Cherish this footage.

Back when people got dressed before they left the house.

Those kids in the arcade are around 55-60 years old now. Their (our) lives went by in a flash.

Back when you would hear: "Behave, you're in public."

I can almost smell the fountain chlorine, carmel corn and Orange Julius. Fantastic!

It’s not that everything was “perfect” back then but life was simpler and calmer and less stressful! ❤

The world was so magical back then.  I was born in 1976 and can remember how unhurried life felt before the internet.

I love watching old footage like this, but at the same time it makes me so sad. I feel like I'm im constant mourning for the world we've lost.

I'm happy to be old enough to remember these days.

Thank god I lived my childhood with no cell phone in hand

Born in 67, love your content and miss my America.

This is the year I was born. My dad worked as a delivery driver for a small company and my mom worked part time at K-Mart. They were able to buy a three bedroom two bath house in California. How times have changed.

So serene when compared to the nonsense in malls these days. Miss the 70s and 80s.

I was 12 in 1978, brings back strong memories of my mall experiences at that age. I can smell that Hickory Farms store, like wood and summer sausage. A great time to be young!

Born in 67, malls were my life. I rode my bike EVERYWHERE, went to the roller rink every Saturday, watched Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom, the Waltons, Disney's "Escape to Witch Mountain, and Wizard of Oz was a yearly ritual, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Willy Wonka...as was Charlie Brown, Rudolph, and other animated specials, HR. Puffnstuff, Battlestar Galactica, old cop shows like Rockford, Baretta, McCloud, Ironsides, gas stations used to sell toy trucks and miniature cars to kids, gas was like maybe 50 cents a gallon, it wasn't unusual for kids to ride in the flatbed of a truck, I didn't see my first computer until I was like 11, push button phones seemed high tech after rotary, man I could reminisce all day....