In the 1970s, Metro was a brand new rapid transit service unencumbered by constant track work, broken escalators and unhappy customers. This shiny, happy Metro of yesteryear was captured in a 1970s promotional film called “Metro: Here and Now,” which was recently posted to Reddit.

The 13-minute film explains the history of Metro, how it operates and its benefits while very groovy music plays. Images of afro- and sideburn-sporting Washingtonians enjoying Metro trains and stations that look exactly the same today accompany the very positive narration.

“Everything about Metro has been designed with people in mind,” the narrator says. “Its convenience, comfort, safety and beauty all were tailored for people.” (Contain your laughter, please.)

The video was uploaded to YouTube last December without a description. Sadly, its uploader enabled a lock on YouTube communication. But a comment on an old Greater Greater Washington post, of all places, provides helpful information about the video’s history.

The original film is housed at the Smithsonian Institution archives in a box of National Museum of American History Office of Public Affairs records, which includes “press releases, memoranda, tapes documenting Museum activities, newspaper clippings concerning the museum, correspondence, exhibition catalogs, exhibition scripts, invitations, guest lists and photographs.”

According to the commenter, the film is narrated by Cody Pfanstiehl, a longtime Metro spokesman who died in 2007. The commenter, who said he was an extra in the film, continued, “Primary shooting was done on two separate days at Rhode Island Avenue and Metro Center.”

Watch the video, which was recently posted on Fix WMATA, below.