TT Film - Three Days in Toronto (1959, 1960 and 1962)

Stumbled across this video today and happened to see my dad driving his blue and white 1957 Studebaker Champion on Eglington Avenue East where we used to live. Dad emigrated to Canada from the UK in the mid 1950's.

wonderful visuals of old Toronto...I was born in 1954, so this brings back deep memories for me...

Amazing video. My grandfather will be passing away soon and is fond of old Toronto footage. I can't thank you enough!

Back when Toronto was civilized! High rises hadn't taken over and streetcars ruled. I often took the St. Clair car along Mt. Pleasant. The padded seats and incandescent lights made for a more comfortable experience.

My grandfather worked for the ttc over 25 years remember he got a gold card to ride free, he drove the red Gloucester trains and I’d ride up front with him, then it was safe to have the doors open, he taught me the signals many nice memories

My late Father got his first job working for the TTC when he came to Toronto back in 1954 from Belgium. He showed me the subway systems and streetcars when I was young. I was so fascinated by it. I remember when Mom and Dad allowed me to go on my own, (with friends) to go downtown Toronto and my fare was, I do believe - 15 cents for Students. 25 cents for Adults. As I grew older, I found jobs in Toronto and my means of transportation - the subway and streetcars, of course :) Thank you guys for this video. It did bring me back to those days gone by.

Thank you. Amazing footage. I appreciate the old days of our beautiful city Toronto Ontario Canada.

I throughly enjoyed this video from beginning to end. A fantastic glimpse of yesteryear. I just love the ttc buses and streetcars and the cars of the 50s and 60s.

the good old days. i remember them well. great video.

I've never seen the Davisville yards look so clean!! I remember those red subway cars and how the lights would blink off and on at certain places on the track.

Cool seeing the Volkswagen beetle among the typical 1950s cars

We are lucky Richard Glaze recorded these for posterity. And what a fantastic job the Transit Toronto team has done preserving these films! It would have been easy to let them sit in boxes and do nothing. I will be contributing to see more like this!

Wow, that is amazing! Thank you for sharing such old footage! Folks are well dressed, cars are elegant, streetcars are practical and very little traffic!

We are lucky somebody made these films and they survived.

Thank you for this! So nice to see Toronto back then

I have family footage of Toronto from the early 50’s, the 60’s, the 70’s and the 80’s. My grandfather used to walk around with his video recorder every where he went.

Born and raised in Niagara falls in 1961 ,thank you very much for the ride back into the past !!

Riding the TTC looks so chill and even fun back then. Nowadays, you're packed in like sardines, and on occasions have to deal with rowdy teens, and mentally ill people and risk getting stabbed.

I really enjoy looking at videos of historic Toronto Especially those in the 1890s

Wow. No condos.