Flappers on the beach on a motorcycle, mid-1920s.

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Do you know why they're called flappers?

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lmao shut up tom 🤣 🤣

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damn I want a Bike so bad because I'm poor and don't mind if I get hit by a truck at high speeds, this reminds me of the 1980 Ducati 900SS I want :(

Really cool photo, for some reason it reminds me of these photos from the 70's with Arab women wearing Western clothing and bikinis @ the beach.

[–]SierraKiloBravo[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

I'm endlessly fascinated by photos from the past. The world has changed so much in a handful of years, yet somehow so much has stayed the same.

Back when we could go outside, I would often sit at the cafe near my office at lunchtime, and once or twice a week this old dude would ride by on this beautiful old Norton. Such a great looking machine.

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I'm endlessly fascinated by photos from the past. The world has changed so much in a handful of years, yet somehow so much has stayed the same

You will love this, (make sure highest resolution settings are on in the video!) it was originally released by the MoMA. I actually find it kind of creepy because of how real the people in this upgraded footage look - they look like they're still alive, but they've been dead for over 100 years. In a way, the world hasn't changed that much. There's cycles.

It's scary how fast time passes, you feel that while watching this video. It's an obvious life fact, but it's like the video is silently screaming at you, "you'll be just like these people one day.."

[–]SierraKiloBravo[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Wow, that's incredible! I've seen clips of that before, but never the full thing - thanks for sharing :-)

Related - have you seen They Shall Not Grow Old? Similar to your vid above, but footage from The Great War. Stunning stuff. This is my review of it.