Yestervid is a Youtube channel that specializes in archive film mashups. The channel has over 80,000 subscribers and over 25 million views.
Al is a closet historical film buff and spends a bit of time in the film archives discovering charming human stories and amazing nostalgic gems.
The films seem to have struck a chord with many people and are enjoyed by those with a love for culture, nostalgia, environment and history.
A few of the video titles are:
Extinct Animals On Film
The Oldest Footage of New York City ever
How far back in time could you go and still understand English?
Oldest Native American footage
Hey, one of our videos even got shared by Mark Ruffalo (The Hulk, The Avengers, Shutter Island)…
I love you NYC! Oldest footage of New York City ever: http://t.co/sfvvyfRKgf via @YouTube Via @dailykos
— Mark Ruffalo (@MarkRuffalo) March 5, 2015
Here’s the channel promo video:
As seen on…
Press REVIEWS
Huffington Post
“Remarkable video”
Paul Vale, Huffington Post UK
April 23, 2015
NEW YORK POST
“Glorious… dramatic video”
Fahima Haque, New York Post
March 4, 2015
ITV NEWS
“Extraordinary video”
ITV News
April 27, 2015
DAILY MAIL ONLINE
“amazing footage gives an incredible view into what the city was like a century ago.”
Myriah Towner, Daily Mail Online
March 5 2015
LONDON EVENING STANDARD
“…breathtaking film”
Ramzy Alwakeel, London Evening Standard
25 April 2015
DAILY MIRROR
“Amazing… astonishing… fascinating video”
Kara O’Neill, Daily Mirror
April 23, 2015
GOTHAMIST
“I think it’s pretty fishy…
Jen Carlson
March 5, 2015
OPEN CULTURE
“charming then vs. now video”
Ted Mills, Open Culture
April 23, 2015
URBAN MATTER
“…astonishing footage from other cities, extinct animals, verified clips of the Titanic”
Michael Norris, Urban Matter
Jan 5, 2016
