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Hello Everyone,
In this 1970 clip, pictures of hippies, and other late sixties youth are presented, along with the reaction of older folks to their long hair, clothing, and sexuality. The negative reactions are superimposed with clips from the silent movie era, showing that when the older folks were young, they did their share of "crazy" behavior.
For those who lived in the late sixties, and early seventies, you will see the clichés, and the atmosphere of movies, songs, and psychedelic special effects of the time.
Enjoy.
Georges in Montreal.
Interesting and ironic all at the same time...
Mouse
Thanks, Georges, for posting this link. I thought it was rather interesting to see the difference between some of the interviewed 'old persons' talking about how different they were when they were young and then to see the older footage of what their generation were doing when they were young themselves.
-Shawn (Mr.Crow)
Great film!
This film brought back a memory - I'm certain I saw it when I was in high school. It was shown as part of the California "state requirements" class (which covered driver's ed and other topics). I remember my teacher was pretty enthusiastic about "Replay". Seeing it again 25 years later, I understand why.
Ed
Far Out Man....LOL.
All you old folks are very fortunate to have lived in the best era this country ever experienced. Long hair was definitely popular in this era. As well as drugs...I enjoy movies and music from this era even though i didnt even exist during this era. My two favorite movies from this era are EASY RIDER and VANISHING POINT. Well thanks for sharing
hmm, for some reason it doesn't work with my iMac running os x 10.2.8.
is this another windows only deal? maybe I need a later version of os x.
another question--I just noticed that out at the right end of the followup links, there is this: (0)
just beyond the date. I have never noticed that before and am curious about what it means. thanks.
Hello,
You can download the Video, for Psp/Ipod, and it will save as an mp4 which will be visible by Quicktime.
Good luck,
Georges
Thanks I might try that at some point--I'm somewhat doubtful that it will work however because there always seems to be some sort of problem when something has to be downloaded in order to get something else to work. Now, Youtube--that's something that seems to work no matter what. But anyway, maybe the quicktime on the mac will be okay. Thank you for the instruction. I would not have known to try that otherwise.
Wow, Man! Far out! It's interesting that they were saying the same things that parents have been saying to kids for, well, ever! Mine were confused by me, and I'm confused by mine. The green mohawk was a surprise. I told him he'll see pictures in 10 or 20 years, and say, "What was I thinkin'?" That's how I feel when I see the pics from the '80's of my perm! He doesn't believe me. I know I'll be proven right, but not for a while. It seems that the extremes, like perms and mohawks, fade away, but long hair is a recurring classic!
Very interesting. I love seeing things like this. It shows how the details change but everything is really always the same. Kids back then were getting "brainwashed" by rock music, now it's video games. What silly thing thing will my generation (I'm 22) come up with to blame our kids mistakes on once they start growing up? What will my kids do to rebel against me if I'm a video-game-playing, rock-music-loving, long-hair-having father?
What was with that woman that was against women having the right to vote? Huh?
Greg
In the late seventies, there was a temporary backlash against rock culture, it was called "Disco". The Disco folks started dressing to impress, and rejected jeans and long hair.
This is a classic example of "Traditional values". Those who push traditional values idealise that a woman's place is in the home, and women shouldn't be in politics.
This kind of view was extreme on the conservative spectrum back then. The older folks being interviewed were likely to be the grandparents of the young folks, and some did not seem to mind the long hair on guys, since some may have been at their prime in the pre-WWI epoch, where long-haired men were visible.
I am including a picture of a long-haired man taken in the early 1900's, in Britanny France.