What Was Metro Like in the 1970s?

Picture a Metro system almost 40 years younger—new and clean with promises of a rail system for the ages. 

"Today it's a reality, no longer just a hope or a dream," says the narrator of "Metro: Here and Now," a promotional video from the 1970s resurrected by Reddit readers and posted to DCist.

The train cars, the seats and the brightly colored carpet were all the same back then, so you might get a kick out of seeing our '70s counterparts enjoying Metro with plaid suits and groovier shades. (Or, you might cringe if you recognize an earlier version of yourself in bell-bottoms.)

The film is archived by the Smithsonian Institution at the National Museum of American History Office of Public Affairs, according to DCist. 

A commenter to an older post on Greater Greater Washington said that he was an extra in the spot, which he said was filmed at Rhode Island Avenue and Metro Center stations, DCist reported.