Posts Tagged ‘1960s’
A Vietnam vet has uploaded his home movies shot during his service in the Vietnam War and set to classic songs by Johnny Cash, Credence Clearwater Revival, The Trashmen, and The Tokens. Found at LiveLeak.com from Old_Sloop.
Woodstock Home Movies, 1969
Saturday, August 15th, 2009
Filmmaker Barbara Bedick captures the ambiance at Woodstock just before Max Yasgur gave his speech. Found at YouTube from rbedick.
Robert McNamara Videos
Monday, July 6th, 2009
The controversial former defense secretary Robert McNamara has died. McNamara was defense secretary during the Vietnam War.
Robert McNamara On The Cuban Missile Crisis
Robert McNamara Admits The Gulf Of Tonkin Didn’t Happen
Conversations With History: Robert McNamara
Giant Moon Robot Shoots From Its Nipples!
Friday, June 26th, 2009
It also pisses on you! Great. Found at YouTube via Cracked.com.
Bizarre Sixties-Era Freudian Toy
Thursday, June 25th, 2009
The Topper Toy Sixfinger: No, it doesn’t look like a finger. Found at YouTube via Cracked.com.
Kermit The Frog Says Drink Wilkins Coffee Or You’ll Die
Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009
This is a series of local commercials Jim Henson did for Wilkins Coffee featuring early versions of Kermit the Frog and other muppets engaged in violent acts over the consumption of coffee.
Found at Super Punch via Boing Boing via YouTube.
Super Punch explains:
From 1957 to 1961, Henson made 179 commercials for Wilkins Coffee and other Wilkins [...]
Question Authority: Demented Sixties-Era Children’s Film – Up Is Down
Monday, June 22nd, 2009
Up Is Down is apparently a children’s film from 1969 and a fascinating portrayal of the cultural attitudes of the time. The notion of complexity, of shades of gray, appear to be a foreign concept: Everything is black and white in this film. Found at YouTube from Filmstripman.
A Cultural History Of America Courtesy Of Barbie TV Ads
Sunday, June 7th, 2009
Watch a fascinating exploration of America’s cultural attitudes through the past five decades illustrated in Barbie TV commercials. Found at Slate V.
The Crawling Hand
Saturday, April 11th, 2009The Legacy Of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Monday, January 19th, 2009
MLK at the End of the Montgomery Bus Boycott
Arrest of Rosa Parks Sparks Boycott
The Rise of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Discusses Sit-In Demonstrations
Meet The Press: Roy Wilkins, NAACP and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Accepts the Nobel Peace Prize
Civil Rights March in Selma
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. [...]
