Baby Boomers Share What Provoked The 1960s To Begin
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- I am very proud of the TV series I made for PBS called Making Sense of the Sixties in 1989. I had the chance to spend a year examining my youth and how I became an active member of the 60s generation. If you are from that generation or a child of the 60s, I think you would find the entire series of value. This is Show 1 of the series. Middle-class white kids growing up in the 1950s. Many rebelled against that experience. Others loved it and would like to go back to the 1950s which they see as the perfect way to grow up. Black Americans experienced segregation and Jim Crow laws in the South in the 1950s. They rebelled in the 1960s in a group of extraordinary ways. Tens of millions showing the middle-class in the 1950s and found themselves with a piece of the American dream. My family comes from Levittown Long Island and experienced that part of this story. My goal in this series was to share the experiences so many that had with young people, the children of those raised at this time, to help them understand better the various movements that occurred. Not everyone born at that time experienced "the 60s." About 40% of the 80 million baby boomers in America say they were part of the 60s generation. Those of the people I am largely looking at in this show and in the series overall.
I was with my Dad and Uncle at a bar in upstate New York around 1960. I was about ten years old. A black man came in and they talked at length. The black man invited us to his home, a sharecropper's house during apple picking season. We went and met his wife. It was obvious how proud they both were of the home and how they had cleaned up and decorated the place. That memory of how my relatives handled that event was a big part of my upbringing and understanding of equality. My dad's actions and the respect he paid to the family we visited said so much more than words.
Hi Dave,,
Thank you for sharing.
I’m an 90’s child but this channel really speaks to me I throughly love and enjoy watching REAL people who have real experiences of this era Thank you for all the work you put into allowing this content to flourish
Seriously, Mr. Hoffman, your channel has some of the best content on TH-cam. Keep it up!
I am trying my darndest. Thank you for your support.
David Hoffman-filmmaker
I agree, 💯%❗
Yes he does
@@DavidHoffmanFilmmaker Who do you think assassinated JFK in Dallas, Texas on that fateful day?
I agree. His work is So important.
There was this man with a calendar in 1959...
I was going to say... "the end of 1959?" , may be?
beaksofeagles they say great minds think alike
Beat me to it!
You beautifully captured the hopefulness of an era full of soaring promise & crushing heartbreak, Mr. Hoffman. *Thank you* for using your tremendous talent to educate & enlighten generations of viewers. You, sir, are a treasure. ❤
Thank you kindly!
@@DavidHoffmanFilmmaker I'm honored you responded. I wish you good health, security, & happiness.
As a boomer, I can authoritatively say this is about the best series documenting the experience of those who grew up after WW2. If they were white and middle-class, anyway. I can also say that the "Disney Voices" of narrators are incredibly triggering and annoying--all male, white, smug, know-it-all, the epitome of mansplaining. And that if you were a college woman in the late 1960s, you were entirely trapped in a totally white-male-dominated world. Don't DARE tell if you were raped--it's your fault; you can be educated to do anything--as long as it's teaching or nursing, and stop when you get married, which you are required to do (you're a freak if you don't). The sixties SO needed to happen to liberate people from that world, and the fight for women, minorities, gays, is still going on.
Thank you so very much for this series, David. Having lived through this period, much of the content is heart wrenching and oh so personal.
The variety of film and interview narration of those historical videos, the editing and sound track, what perfection.
Thank you SO much for this posting! It seems so wrong that you have no access to the rest of this. I'm surprised that this one hour has brought back so many memories and feelings of that time. Thank you again!
I feel like the spirit of the 60's, the anger, the resentment, the desire to see change is a fire inside of my own belly. I'm watching so many of your videos. taking notes, writing down questions. I'm writing down questions to ask people, I'm going to be doing my own interviews. I'm pushing and it feels so important. It feels like the most important thing I've ever learned about.
I would love to see the result of your efforts, Kate. If you can afford it, become a patron and let me help you do your thing. Patreon.com/allinaday.
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Well done! I was aged eight to 18 during that decade, immature at the start. All too aware at the end.
Ya know I'm from the eighties. Things seem pretty tame compared to other generations, even the 90's were more socially active and had more politically motivated disruption.
I think we were the subdued generation. Everyone was just expecting to get a job and live subdued to the system. The system then proceeded to fail further rather than succeed into something better. Many of us never knew or considered what it was to be poor. Now many of us are inspite of working or after having a lucrative career.
It's all been squeezed out of us by a one sided economic system. That has gained nothing for this country but a larger gap in in equality.
I was named after Kennedy . I lived with the motto ask what you can do for your country. Not what it could do for you. I wore black like Johnny cash till I was 21.
What did I get for doing my best for America expecting the same in return. Robbed , discredited, beat down thrown in the trash and left for dead. That's the truth.
John Schomisch You were named after one of THE GREATEST PRESIDENTS IN THESE UNITED STATES FOR A REASON!! ... You may not have faired well in life due to economics 1980s and beyond for various unknown reasons, but HUMANITY & THIS PLANET NEED YOU NOW.... Sooooo (w/all due respect) suck it up as we're all having to do ... Ck out my other post in this thread... You're here for a reason: do what i said re# 5 g etc ... Before we look like Mars!!🙏
@@JR-zm2yuthe day after the Plaines hit the towers . I sined papers and went a half million dollars in debt on a party store. I was worried going into debt during a terrorist attack, or economic down turn.
The former owner, some one we rescued from the fall of Saigon during the fall.assured me the terrorist attack was the best thing that ever happened for me. Everyone looses their jobs and have nothing but time to stay drunk. Just enough money to do it.YOU ARE GONNA BE RICH!
THAT NIGHT OUT CELEBRATING.
I was told I was no longer a democrate. I owned a business, i was now a Republican. It was my job to take the democrats for every dime they were worth.when they cried they can't give more...take it anyway.
I was a honest man that made it in spite of having a condition called suicide headaches. Some of the worst pain known to man. 5 times a day 45 minutes a shot. For 35 years my neurologist knew how to treat them. Yet I never got the medication till I was 47 years old.
Their is a whole lot more to it than this I assure you. You would ask the same thing most do when I explained it....why haven't you killed someone yet.
I have been doing my best to point out this hipocracy. Felt like I was fighting alone for a very long. In fact I still do. I have been living in a fifth wheel for 8 years next to a 20x20 shack pretty much in the woods.
Suffering in pain.
I can count the number of times so called friends have pulled in my driveway on one hand. They all wanted something from me.
They are all rich compared to me.
Want an answer.
@@JR-zm2yu I could not get to any if your comments other that one you gave to me. I notice you use the preying hands character a lot.
I was raised Catholic, every friend I had from church robbed me. No kidding.
In fact this is the best one. The person I bought the party store from was a member of my church. I would always want to sit near her when I was very young. As she was Asian and I found her interesting.
We shook hands, went to communion together yada yada.
After I bought the store I talked to her about church one time.
She explained to me how she hated most of the people that went to that church. She was not even Catholic herself. The only reason she was their, was because the Catholics drank the most beer......so
If God is your answer...maybe your right? but I would not put a whole lot of hope in any kind of organized religion. Lol
We live in a world that is so f'd up.
I could tell you honestly the story of my entire life. I mean Completely, I have nothing to hide. But the truth, you would find so unbelievable . that any lie ever told to you. . Would soon be easily acceptable.
John Schomisch Firstly, i looked up the cluster/suicide headaches and found the following that may be something you may want to consider. In fact, when i clicked on another link one of the comments also said the first option was a life saver for the woman's husband: th-cam.com/video/G13OCS0u0J0/w-d-xo.html
John Schomisch Here's the comment I previously posted re: this documentary: Your question: what brought on the 1960s - my guess is, as now history is repeating itself: THE PERFECT STORM HAPPENED. However, various battles were fought and wore down any true change by distraction and many layers. In my opinion, if people can review the history shown in your documentary and compare it to today, the answer may be clear: Black lives matter (not the S o r os funded organization - look into his history and aspirations to rule the world, but people coming together against the injustices done against ANY people), women's rights matter, children's lives matter ETC ETC. A G E N D A by the e li tes can not be allowed to destroy humanity & this planet. In the words of JFK: Ask not what your Country can do for you, but what you can do for your Country. Sooo what does that mean today? See the peace in everyone's eye.. Take John Lennon's song 'IMAGINE' as sung by Shakira at the U.N. ... I was born in '62 and was in front seat of the grocery cart when my Mum heard the Assassination of JFK come over the airwaves. Thus, 6 yrs old when Martin Luther King, Jr. was Assassinated, & then 2 months & 2 days later RFK was both assassinated (after RFK stood on the back of a pick up to give his heart-felt empathies to the black community)... And then came the Vietnam War .., and extended to today: the Military Industrial Complex. In the words of MLK, Jr., I dream a dream ... Personally, i dream a dream that ALL cultures will realize that we've ALL BEEN PLAYED... Thus, the answer: join hands across the world and rely on each other regardless of how difficult it may be. SAY NO TO Va cci nes meant to tie humanity into an atmospheric # 5 g grid... (fyi - look up ANY C O V symptom in conjunction w/# 5 g at 60 g hz including, but not ltd to hypoxia, cardiac arrest, blood clots, low blood count, seizurez, inflammation, high altitude sickness ETC ETC - oh, and also look up Neuro Link)... Unlike the '60s, ALL OF HUMANITY AND THIS PLANET DEPEND UPON SEEING PAST THE DISTRACTIONS OF EACH INDIVIDUAL BATTLE & SEEING THE WAR AT HAND. Remember: we've lived through the American Revolutionary War & Civil War (ETC) here in U.S. And the world has lived through WW1 & WWII... This BASICALLY WWIII WAR WE'RE ABOUT TO LIVE THROUGH IS GOING TO TAKE ALL HANDS ON DECK FROM THE U.S. TO UK, EUROPE, ASIA, FAR EAST, AFRICA: We Are The People & We Are The World - NO HUMAN BEING SHOUD EVER BE DOWN TRODDEN ON; NOR SHOULD ANY HUMAN BEING BE DISREGARDED REGARDLESS OF RACE, CREAD, COLOR, SEXUAL IDENTITY ETC - WE ARE ALL CITIZENS OF THIS PLANET & A CHILD OF (your) GOD🙏 KEEP LOOKING UP 1 & ALL - WE'RE GOING TO BE OK IF WE STICK TOGETHER!!😘💜🙏
As always, your offerings are top quality - thank you!
This series was mind blowing for my 16 year old mind when I first saw it. So well done and I’m thankful it’s hopefully making its way to TH-cam
The theme music for this series is downright haunting. It helps create the atmosphere.
Thank you. I am very proud of it. I searched and searched and searched to find just the right composer. Ara Dinkjian (aradinkjiancom).
David Hoffman filmmaker
You found the perfect music! @@DavidHoffmanFilmmaker
What provoked the 1960's to begin? The relentless marching of time.
in my series, I am referring to the cultural 1960s, not the calendar.
David Hoffman-filmmaker
@@DavidHoffmanFilmmaker I am well aware of that fact. This was my poor attempt at a bit of humour! Love your work, sir! Hope you have a great day!
Incredible representation of American History and very fitting for the time we are in now. It is useful to take a peak on history when you are creating opinions about something that is happening right now.
Thanks I appreciate your documentaries. A lot of valuable information. I saved it but did find myself having to go back and correct the aspect ratio on this one so that it didn't have that stretched out feeling.
This is a great documentary. I recall seeing it back in the day and thinking highly of it. It ages beautifully. Bravo!
These amazing moments of such historical significance that you've captured and presented so masterfully need much wider viewing ... Now, more than ever!!! I'll keep doing my part to share them, but I sincerely hope that they get more broad viewing to the masses, soon! Thank you, again!! 😷👌💓
Good to the last drop! 😉👍
Yo, thank you for uploading this documentary!
This is so important, and I am so so thankful to have found this channel. I am watching a lot, taking notes, trying to make sense of so many things. I am so glad to learn. I wanted to say, when I got to the part where the young people were learning how to protect their heads from getting hit, I cried. The force of what they were preparing to endure just hit me like a ton of bricks.
I just found your channel. I have been searching the PBS archives for years looking for this series. I understand why you obscure the music tracks but it was a big part of the documentary. The film speaks powerfully about becoming a more perfect union, something that seems alien in these times. Thank you for sharing these stories.
I don't hide the music tracks. That is done by TH-cam, sadly.
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In many ways the 50s were the transition from the old patriarchal, white dominated establishment which had reached it's peak during the 50s to a more egalitarian, diverse, urban and educated world.
it's pretty interesting how fluid time evolved, how the 20s has some things of the 10s, the 10s of the 00s etc
Yes! Sometimes going backwards, sometimes progress is forward.
Even though I was too young at the time, I got the tail end of these times, having graduated from high school in '75 and in first grade when JFK passed down the street of our Catholic grade school here in San Antonio only to be publically slaughtered the next day in Dallas, Texas, and that traumatized me and I never grew out of that stage of wanting to know more. I always wanted to be older to be able to have experienced the University life of the '60s. In the late '70s, I bought a big book of photographs put out by Rolling Stone called "The 1960's" and I would spend hours wishing I could go back, imagining I was there. Well, I went on through life and here I am again, Mr. Hoffman, feeling the same desire to go back, but, at least, I have your films to help me quench that desire. May the world heal. Thank you, David, for sharing these priceless gems with us. "LONG MAY YOU RUN!"
This is the 60s I remember, and these are the boomers I knew. Brilliant.🖤🇨🇦
Thanks for these videos David! They have been really interesting and eye opening for a zoomer like me I don't think i would have watched anything as good if it wasnt for you.
That's great your generation is trying to learn from others.
TY For Another Great Video!
Kennedy wasn't exactly the idealistic liberal people make him out to be. He was a Reagan style tax cutting conservative who was equally aggressive against communism.
I know it can't be helped but the muted audio segments during the documentary because of the copyrighted music makes it a real chore to watch.
If you're watching on a touch sensitive screen, quick double tap on rhe rhs of the screen winds the film forward 10 secs. But watch the pictures and imagine the music. Actually I was too busy crying.
Well to answer your question, It was a blistering day back in 1959, and 364 days....had gone by...
We concluded that was not the case. We were not talking about the mathematical date but the attitude of the sixties.
Ah then maybe a title that includes the word "What provoked the change in attitude of the 1960s To begin?" May get less sarcastic comments if title was more direct. 😊
That is not what we found. You might want to look at other elements of the series by searching the words "making sense of" on my TH-cam channel. You will see clips from the series. What primarily provoked those who participated in the 60s generation, about 40% of the baby boomers, or how they were raised in the 50s. Some elements of that were successful. some elements of that were completely unsuccessful.
David Hoffman - filmmaker
Lots of clues.
David Hoffman - filmmaker
@@DavidHoffmanFilmmaker I debated whether hoffman was to old to do this to, but I determined that I must stop being so age-ist, and so, I have no choice but to r/woosh
just great, thanks, David, cousin Ron
RIP JOHN LEWIS!!!
TYVM 🌻 🦋🌻 David Hoffman always try to watch your videos.
Mr. Hoffman NEVER DISAPOI TS..Always hits the mark☆
David, you made that entire series? I've seen parts of it in the past. I was at UC Berkeley from 1969 to about 1972, but never finished my degree.
There is also a film about Berkeley in those years, which I have seen some of.
Will you please upload the entire series eventually? These are just incredible sources of information
Someday Kyle.
David Hoffman - filmmaker
December 31st, 1959?
damn, well fast
Nope.
David Hoffman filmmaker
@@DavidHoffmanFilmmaker These people think they're clever. Thank you for another great video.
@@archlich4489 Clever is not the intent, it is merely a joke, one need not be clever to make a joke, but must be rather ignorant to miss the intent of one.
I was born in 1960. So far I've made it thru the
60s
70s
80s
90s
2000s
2010s
Now into the 2020s. Been a party so far
🙋♂️🤠🇺🇲
I feel like the 60s was a cultural apex of some kind. The convergence of all things modern.
I found your channel today and have been binge watching. Youre an amazing film maker and i cant wait to binge on everything. You have gained a new subscriber in me and I will be spreading the news
Thank you Tyler.
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I was born in 1950. I was a hippie from 1967 to 1975. All I remember is everyone saying, "let it all hang out, or, if it feels good do it, or, live the way you want to live!" Never mind any one getting hurt. Never mind taking responsibility for your actions. It was all about me, me, me! I though that all of this freedom was "cool!" Now here we are 60 years later and look at the mess. No one taking responsibility. It's always some one else's fault. At least here in Central Ohio, we are VERY SOFT on crime. In the AM, when I look at the news there are usually 2/3 shootings over night. We've always had loony politicians, but the two most recent presidents are nut jobs. We still seem to be struggling with civil rights. Rudeness, stupidity, meaness and laziness are more prevalent than ever. So, the 60's really made our country better? We are more divided now than at any time since the end of the Civil War. When will the sanity return?
Just my sense of your TH-cam channel. I don't believe you were born in 1950.
David Hoffman filmmaker
@@DavidHoffmanFilmmaker Unfortunately, I am 73 now. Grew up on a farm in Ashland, Ohio. Parents were almost Victorian in their values. So, that hippie freedom was awesome. I have had some feedback that people my age don't use various social media. I live in a senior community and most of my neighbors aren't very healthy, so they probably don't. I'm afraid I've turned into a bit of a snarkie old man now. I'm not saying that the 60's weren't wonderful because they were. Best music of any time in Rock history. Not this shit now. That's the problem of getting old. It's hard to keep up and eventually you just stop caring. God, I hope you don't think I'm even older? 73 is bad enough! I've just lived long enough to see where things were and where they are now and trying figure out how we got here. I live in Columbus, Ohio, and all of my neighbors sit on the porch but go in by dark so we don't get shot. That's not an LOL either. I've lived in C.O. since 1978. It was never anything like this then. I'm afraid to even go downtown to the symphony at night. I stick by my words that people are meaner, stupider, lazier and ruder. Maybe there just that way to old people? Yes, good things did come out of the 60's. But how do YOU explain NOW? Maybe I just need more THC gummies? If my neighbors found out, I'd be evicted. Also I forgot to mention George Floyd. That's why I asked, have civil rights really gotten any better since the 60's. If so, that never would have happened.
Thank you for your response. I apologize for my distrust of your actual age. Keep on doing what you are doing and I appreciate your comments on my comments or my videos.
David Hoffman filmmaker
@@DavidHoffmanFilmmaker Thank you for your response too. Believe me, I can't believe I'm 73 and that old either? Fortunately, I'm in excellent health. Starting getting into health foods and supplements around 1975. My body is awesome, but my brain is getting old faster. I will keep watching your podcasts and enjoying them. So, how do we stop all these shootings? But no, you don't need to reply. (No help from dumbass Donald I'm sure!)
Fantastic documentary
This is one of the most profound documentaries that i've ever heard. The broadcasting by PBS likely means that the contacting PBS w/prices noted are likely out of date and are still owned by PBS. Mr. David Hoffman, if you haven't already done so, please have itvre-released💜🙏 p.s. it's epic!
I can't afford to get the rights again. I would like to.
David Hoffman How much would that be today?
@@DavidHoffmanFilmmaker Have you thought about doing a gofundme to get the rights back?
A I thought of that too, but what if raised only a tenth of the amt needed?
Total cost for the six hour television series? Probably $150,000
David, just discovering your channel and immensely appreciate your content. I wish TH-cam wasn’t censoring sound. It’s a slippery slope, if history teaches us anything. How can we view this full, unedited documentary?
Nicholas. If you become a member of my TH-cam channel before Thanksgiving I am offering the entire six hours of the series to members on Thanksgiving day. To become a member, click the join button underneath the video screen on the right side.
David Hoffman filmmaker
That's Phil Ochs you can barely hear singing. Great protest singer!
Very interesting my friend thank you so much for sharing.
Behind every Great Man is an even GREATER WOMAN. Please bless the Hoffmans, God..
you had me at malvina reynolds
This video makes everything seem like it had to do with race tensions. This country has never not had race tensions. There was a lot of contributing factors: number one I would think had to do with the cold war. WW2 was the bloodiest war ever, and if we went on with WW3, it was going nuclear. It was a backlash to 50s Mccarthyism. Civil unrest in the south by whites and blacks also played a part. A bohemian culture has existed in the west at least since the 19th century, now finally ushering the counter culture. The pre-war on drugs era. All the assassinations that went on during that time. Vietnam. Rock N Roll. Everything played a part. And everything didn't just blow up on the morning of Jan. 1, 1960. It was a course that took its time getting there. Honestly, I'd say it started long before any of that. But the point America finally opened its eyes to see the new world past the white picket fences I'd say was when JFK was assassinated. But that's only when ppl started to notice it.
I think the assassination had a tremendous influence on everyone's mental image of the US. Most people, I think, assumed the assassination was not the work of a lone gunman (Warren Report notwithstanding). So "who really killed JFK" launched many conspiracy theories and a lot of distrust of "the system".
Also the Baby Boom ensured that the proportion of young people in the population was at a high point. Young people are more susceptible to messages of rebellion.
R. Heart As we're experiencing now, the Assassination of JFK was felt World Wide😒💜🙏
Civil War had 350,000 more combat deaths than WWII.
Dusty River Now ... W/that in mind ... Mr g a t es etc reportedly want to eliminate most of humanity so that only 500mil people survive ... Ck out my other posts on this thread🙏
@@athopi I'm looking at it from a worldwide matter. Nearly 70 million died. Or more.
This was eye opening, shocking!!,. Excellent documentary
Hi Mr. Hoffman. Love your "Making Sense of the 60's" series! As I showed this episode to one of my US History classes, I noticed the sound for the song "Back of the Bus" in the folk music section is all distorted starting at 12:50. I don't mean to be a pain, I just really like that section and was sad when the kids couldn't hear the song!
That is the TH-cam algorithm punishing me for lack of proof that I have the rights to that song. I once did but cannot prove it today due to a fire that destroyed my archive.
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@@DavidHoffmanFilmmaker I should have realized it was something like that. I realize now that you also had to cut out the "Little Boxes Malvina Reynolds" song that was also in that episode. Thanks for the response!
How Incredibly remarkable that the Lyrics "ticky tacky and they all come out the same" were playing in my head as I googled Melvina Reynolds and found the song that was muted out of that video which is called "Little Boxes". Wow. I am indeed a "baby boomer"....
I need to apologize. I had never heard of you (David Hoffman) prior to this video. My criticism of the muted audio was petty, and I'm sorry. I was born in 1961, and I feel that I missed out on the Hippie movement because I was too young, which makes me sad.
Your commentary is of great value to me. I read your story and I shall continue with interest viewing your content. I will become a member. Many of those featured in your content could be me at my age. Keep up the good work. Thank You (no such button on my screen, so I am saying it directly) I'm going to continue watching the video I started now. I hope that by muting that segment of the audio I mentioned that the Gods at TH-cam have allowed you to post it.
Does anyone know the song in the intro. Reminds me when I was a wee girl and listen to it when I sat in the kitchen with my mom baking cookies. I would like to have it to play. Sweet memories 💖
I'm interested in the economic underpinning of the hippie/antiwar/counterculture. There's lots of info about ideology, but equally important was cheap rent, networks of squats and group homes, availability of part time work. And cheap or free transportation by bus or hitchhiking. Do you have anything about that? Everyday life of counterculture people.
Bus, hitchhiking and also cheap air fare and low long-distance telephone rates. All that combined to make it easier for young people to travel and pursue a wide variety of ideas and activities. Suddenly affluent college kids did not think twice about phoning the opposite coast, or even getting on an airplane and flying there. I went back and forth from Philadelphia to San Francisco two or three times a year.
@@RalphDratman I was just getting born at the peak of the fun, but some of this continued through the seventies and the punk scene.
Reading stuff from the time, it seems that, if you were willing to live fairly poor, you could easily get by on a couple days part time work, and travel freely. This left people time for activism and art and study.
I wonder if such a scene is even possible now.
@@ernststravoblofeld I struggle to understand why things have changed so much since then. Maybe it is a consequence of stagnant real wages and rising tuition. Gasoline and housing also became much more expensive. Probably there were other less obvious changes too. It really is sad that our country has gone so far down hill.
@@RalphDratman Some of it seems very deliberate. The war on drugs was a good way to target squats and group homes, removing cheap housing. There was a concerted campaign against hitchhiking, that far exceeded any dangers. And if you take the economic policies of the 80s as a deliberate reaction to the more communist or anarchist ideas of the 60s and 70s, it looks like a deliberate plan to work people into submission.
Hi David:
Bless you for your efforts in capturing and sharing your histori. 60's films.
In this one, early on, there is a song by a women as it pans college classroom scenes that did not play. Im curious to hear it. Its is lost to the vocal aspect of the film, can you post the words?
Thanks,
Eva
TH-cam removed the words and the song. I apologize for that but have no control over it.
David Hoffman filmmaker
@@DavidHoffmanFilmmaker Thanks for your reply, David. I'm a child of the 60's..and luv the words to songs. I understand there may be rights or other stipulations infringing on your film content. Oh well. All the best...and thanks for sharing! Blessings......
Are you thinking you might ever do a series about the nineties, the arts and the teens of today? Would love to see them get the David Hoffman treatment. Gonna dig into your videos a bit more right now and see what you got.
In the 90s I was in Silicon Valley and I did manage to capture some of the experiences and the people doing amazing things there. It's worth you're looking at those clips if you are interested in that period of time.
David Hoffman
@@DavidHoffmanFilmmaker absolutely. and may i say - you are so good about responding to comments/questions. but it's no surprise you read and reply and are interested in what people say: we're just like the people in your films!! You remind me of Alan Lomax - has anyone ever told you that?
Also, are you the author of Citizens Rising: Independent Journalism and the Spread of Democracy? As always, thank you so much, it is appreciated!
It's all about Beatniks, juvenile delinquents, and rock n roll baby.
I was born in 1961, one of 3 best years for a kid to grow up in. The other two were 50s and 70s. I'd go back if I could, like was simpler and people were nicer. I obviously didn't go to college in the 1960s so I didn't experience any of this.
It is so painful to watch this, reliving the events of that time, and the idealism. I believed then that in 30 years the tension between the races would have greatly improved. What I did not understand then was that white racism was and still is so powerful. I assumed that additional education would improve the understanding and attitude of both black and white. From the perspective of today, that seems ridiculously naive. But it seemed so logical. I still don't completely understand why that failed. I now think that failure had a lot to do with the presidency of Richard Nixon. The Republican Party made itself the perpetuator and protector of white racism.
Looks like you're a white person.....I would assume you have benefited from your skin tone. Not all white people are racist.....that is not possible.
@@brucemarsico6 Like every other white person I have benefited from my skin tone. But I want everyone with any skin color to be able to live peacefully and successfully, without police harassment or economic disadvantage. It just seems obvious to me that everything works better when everyone is treated fairly.
Bruce Marsico May i ask why you're attacking? Perhaps you may want to re-read the comment??
Ralph Dratman Then ,as now, there was an a g e n d a. Nixon took us off the gold standard to that of fiat... Follow the $.. He was not the caliber of JFK💜🙏
@@JR-zm2yu You are a troll. It is obvious because you are using words like a g e n d a , g a t e s, etc.... to avoid being detected as a troll. But you are. Stop.
Thank you! This is what I wanted.
My short thoughts on this is the 60s started in 66, before that it was a continuation of the 50s values and look.
I would generally agree.
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@@DavidHoffmanFilmmaker so would I.
I just have these emotional tsunamis going through me.
David Hoffman ... Have you watched Adam Curtis's historical socio-political documentaries. They're extremely interesting and well made.
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Great film selection. Riveting interviews.
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5:14 The theme song from Weeds, Little Boxes.
Somehow it's gone.
We're ya at man? Seem like It has been a couple days since I have seen a post... Just now notified....
Excellent documentary. Thanks
The end 1959 provoked the 60s
Really Horrible that the music is removed... makes the video almost unwatchable!!
David I would be interested in knowing what your current view of the political situation is now do you see any similarities? Thank you
Thank you thank you thank you ❤️
I love these docs...except for the insanely bogus ads that appear on all YT videos. How do the get away with showing one fraudulent ad after another?
Sound is all messed up, David.
The songs have been muted by the TH-cam copyright police... 🙄
I enjoy these videos, keep them coming.
Thank you Dorothy for your comment. If your resources allow, I would sure appreciate your using the THANKS button under any of my videos including the one you have commented on. It is something new that TH-cam is beta testing and would mean a great deal for my continuing efforts.
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New Year’s Eve really pissed of 1959 so it became 1960
But that is not the start of the 60s as a cultural experience. That began after the death of Pres. Kennedy.
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Thanks David! I understand your viewpoint on the matter and I agree with you. The statement I made was merely an attempt at a dry joke. -Kearney, paper enthusiast
For me , " 1963" , on that Dark Cold Day in November , is the Day when "THE MUSIC DIED " .
I felt the return , immediately, of those old men in suits with concrete FACES the color of slate grey cement.
"Ohhhh Noooo !!!"
I've watched so many of your films-many gems! I'm wondering; "Do you lack the rights to use the music from these films? What's going on. with the sound in this one.?
The rights I obtained way back when I first made this for a three year period. Unfortunately, I had no funds to re-up the rights so now you two blocks the musical sections of my documentaries some of the time.
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😇It would be proper use of timely content likes this for measuring the success or failures of social evolution in the USA. For example compare Detroit or Baltimore from this moment in time and compare how it has improved today. 🤔
Mr. Hoffman - how much would it cost these days to get your documentary re-released ?
the entire 6 hours would probably cost about $150,000 to as they say re up the rights.
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David Hoffman That is a pretty penny. I have a thought re: groups that may be interested in taking care of that. I imagine that PBS would have to be part of it, correct?
No. At this point PBS would not have to be any part of it. And shouldn't be. They are highly bureaucratic.
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My grandparents lived in the Soviet Union
O the first comment had mine. Good job. Game well played. Checkmate..
My guess is it was 1959 that did it. 😂 Couldn't resist. Jokes aside I love your videos.
Technological advances affecting societal attitudes.
That system actually organized and created the comforts we enjoy today
I'm a baby boomer and have always been an active participant. I would have painted a much different picture.
What year was this documentary made?
it was broadcast on TV in 1990.
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Thanks much, always interesting to know the year for the work shown
PLEASE go to Wikipedia and write an article about this series. Here and all the other places you've put it up on TH-cam the series has been chopped up to the point we don't know what those original episodes were. Better yet, just start from scratch put them ALL up in order with some standardized bitrate and resolution.
Last end of year 2022 holiday I gave the gift of the entire series to watch to all of those who had been members of the David Hoffman community and to patrons who gave me $25 or more a month to support my continued efforts. It was a special gift indeed.
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60 years after the Kennedy assassination, it is still too painful for me to watch the news clips.
After watching this program (and I'd seen several of them already), it all of a sudden dawned on me that the real mover and shaker of the 1960s from a political POV was not JFK but LBJ. JFK had little interest in domestic policy, it seems, because, (as David Hoffman correctly says) racism and segregation were taboo subjects for JFK's southern Democrats, those who helped him win the presidency by a narrow margin. He talked about going to the moon (not political, and not domestic), he lifted the spirit of patriotism ("ask not.." etc.)the Spirit of the 1960s of 'Question Authority," "Everything in our life is political;" equality of justice and rights were not on his radar or agenda. LBJ, wisely understood these seminal issues and DID something about them: poverty, civil rights, voting rights, a new spirit etc. One might say that, the greatest accomplishment of the JFK presidency is that he had selected LBJ to be his VP! Sadly, LBJ broadened the War in Vietnam, thus tarnishing his legacy of great domestic policies. Although the video does not expressly says what I'd just described, it more than hints at it. Thanks David Hoffman for pointing me and others in the right direction.
3rd or 4th viewing of this what a great documentary
How ironic that at the segment of your video when criticism of the university officials by a musician named Melvina Reynolds (5:13) is exactly when the audio is muted. We don't get to hear the lyrics of the song, which one must assume, is critical of the mentioned group of officials. I can't help but wonder what other segments of the video are muted when they criticize some other person or group which could possibly be offended. I'm so disgusted I didn't bother to watch the rest of the video. I was liking this, and I was willing to "hear you out", but that's impossible with segments of the audio track edited out. Very Sad.
Of course I purchased all of the music rights when this ran on TV but those rights have ended and that is why TH-cam blocked it. Nothing to do with the message. Everything to do with the music industry and TH-cam's deal with them.
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University administrator didn't understand. LOL
When was this aired or filmed?
It looks like the 80s recollecting the 60s
The interviews are all from 1989, and I think it aired a few years later. Somewhere 91 to 93
I regret my behavior and attitude during the 60's and 70's. It's a miracle that I've made it to senior citizen status.
If these used to play on pbs, I probably caught some as a kid.
Ok, I feel like the stupid censorship not only hid an old song from 50 YEARS AGO, but hid important dialogues in the process! If I'm wrong and only the song was played, please let me kno. Overall, the censorship is plain stupid
December 31st 1959 would be my answer....
Nope. See the series. The 60s started with the death of Pre. Kennedy.
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You're both right, chronologically 1959 led to 1960 and the death of JFK provided a social collective mindset; more like a veil ripping from the idealism the Kennedy presidency enbodied. I wasn't there, but my parents were. I remember going to my Grandma's house on the weekends and on the hallway, was a lonely framed picture of JFK hanging for ages (during the 70s and 80s). What he and his absence socially ment to my latino family was pretty profound. To touch or move that picture from the hallway was sacriligious. My Granny loved Kennedy and she always told us kids, that she was never going to forget the day he was killed, with watery eyes.
Watching the opening I thought people like Janis must have been so traumatized and boom there she was. David did you ever come in contact with Johan Didion?
I did not.
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