1979 Wall Street Workers Answer Questions. Are They Any Different From Now?

David Hoffman
David Hoffman
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Publicado 2015-05-28
I found this collection of “outtakes” in my archive. I shot these interviews on the streets of New York in the late 1970s when I was doing a documentary on the coming of the information age -We called that the information society. The documentary I made was presented on PBS in the prime time in 1980. You can see the entire film by searching the words "information society" on my YouTube channel. Unfortunately, my soundman and I asked people to give one word answers. It would've been much more interesting to hear much more from them but we had a job to do and just a few hours on Wall Street to film it. . As I look at it, it shows me that in a way, little has changed on Wall Street and probably on every street in an American city where workers are interviewed. But in other ways much has changed. Remember when you see this that most people at that time had never been filmed so this was a new experience which is why so many hung around our crew and watched what was happening. With the coming of cell phone video, very few can say that today.
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  • @mustafasaglam7035
    What’s your job? 1979:Typing, I don’t know :) 2020: Key Accounts Manager Assistant and Marketing Executive Officer
  • @ryanshahi7732
    It’s funny that all people look little shy but not insecure But now every body look confident but so insecure
  • @Dan-dn9vk
    My grandpa appears in 2:40, had no clue he was in this until I watched it. He died in 03 and miss him very much ! RIP
  • @boopah4365
    "How do you feel about repeating every thing I ask you?" "How do I feel about...............?"
  • @givemepizzaorgivemedeath3983
    pretty funny how people in 1979 thought society was overwhelmed with information. it was literally a millionth of what it is today.
  • @James7796ify
    They all went home that night and had to wait another 36 years for me to write this comment
  • @TheBlackMambaa248
    I find it extremely interesting that a lot of these people repeated the question before answering. It seems like people during this era were more careful with their words. They all seem to be thinking really critically about their answers. People shoot from the hip now.
  • @PokerMikeLuzzi
    People in background 1979 - Let me check this out, I may be on TV. 2020 - get that thing out of my face
  • @jasminelav.332
    I love how there's a cloud of 70's people curiously staring at us, staring at them from 2019.
  • @TempeSoldier123
    Imagine randomly searching videos and seeing yourself in a video from 1979. That would be crazy.
  • @mishi144
    They walk slower, they react and speak slower, they're more reserved, refined and calm, there's less people, it's generally quieter, they dress up and seem neater in appearance.
  • @MrGreen2802
    If nobody does this already, I may have to do it myself. But 2019 is coming up aka the 40 year anniversary. Someone should ask the same exact questions to people in New York and compare the change in 40 years.
  • @cooleobrad
    Wow, all these people gathered around just to see someone with a camera on the street. So different from modern society!
  • @part4963
    In 1979: People were actually confident to say "I don't know" In 2020: Everyone thinks or want to know or say everything.
  • @dejiadeleye5697
    It's incredible how in the old days people used to gather around camera interviews in the streets like it was some remarkable and ground breaking new thing, vs now a days where people just walk by thinking, eh it's just a street interview.
  • @drumstick74
    What was most interesting was all the people crowding behind the people being interviewed...Today, people would just walk by, if someone was filming on the street, I think.
  • @DavidMatine
    I want to jump in there and buy Apple stock.
  • @danielkrome6640
    Crazy how this people had no idea that 43 years later people will be watching them.