My dad is actually friends with the guy who flew it, William Suitor. Basically, William's neighbor asked him to pilot the machine, (he created it) and well, he did. My dad used to play soccer with Will that's how he knew him.

@AaronB99999

2 жыл бұрын

That looked incredibly dangerous

@AaronB99999

2 жыл бұрын

And the physics of it makes no sense. You think of an airplane and it has multiple control surfaces (wings, elevator, ailerons, rudder) to keep it under control. This jet pack appears to just have four nozzles. It would be difficult bordering on impossible to even do controlled straight line flight, much less a takeoff, descent, turn and hover to landing as he does here.

@robinsonnobles6246

2 жыл бұрын

@@AaronB99999 Hahaha def was

@robinsonnobles6246

2 жыл бұрын

@@AaronB99999 Yeah, seriously. My dad doesn't really know how it works lol, but it did kinda inspire me to be an aronautical engeneer

@robinsonnobles6246

2 жыл бұрын

@Pedro Castro Garzon What do you mean? No, I mean my dad used to play AMERICAN SOCCER with Will who flew this. Not Futbol, and you're getting confused with American football. Re-read it.

I Love and miss this Time. I watched the entire LA Olympics and the opening when I was 12 and recorded everything on the first video recorder. And don't miss anything. It was something really big. What a ghost. It was wonderful. Greetings from Bavaria, Reach out.....

I was a kid when I saw that space man on TV, I was so impress ! I will never forget it !

El dollop me trajo a este increíble momento, The dollop brought me here (The spanish one) .

@abrahamcoronelbeltran6033

3 жыл бұрын

Tambien yo

@1996bronco

3 жыл бұрын

X2

@alanpaulgazcavalencia6256

3 жыл бұрын

Fierro

Omg!!!! Seems like it was yesterday, best games of my life, I was 12 years old, ever sinse I like to watch the games!!!!

still the greatest olympic games and opening ceremony by far. the measuring stick. LA '84 has set the bar high for LA 2028

@Charlz1980tv

4 жыл бұрын

Best opening ceremony was Moscow 1980. By far. 1 Moscow 1980 2 Athens 2004 3 Barcelona 1992 4 Atlanta 1996 5 Los Angeles 1984

Legend has Sam is still waiting to go on

JetPack in 1984!!! And in 2019 still not there for everyone!

@rjjcms1

4 жыл бұрын

I watched this on telly in the middle of the night in the UK. Marvellously OTT opening ceremony,aiming to be the biggest and brightest yet,that seemed to convey the LA of the time's optimism and confidence for the future.

@franzbeck3177

4 жыл бұрын

it was not a jet-pack...he was on a zip-line. it was just all one big con to big up the Olympics and America's technology.Also remember the safety of all the people underneath him as he flew over....each and everyone of them also a participant.

@ericcapostagno3271

4 жыл бұрын

you're gonna be pissed when you find out they were first used in the 60's

@franzbeck3177

4 жыл бұрын

used yes....used correctly and safely...no. Did they perform this jetpack stunt racing over hundreds of people in a stadium? No they did not....hence the camera cutting away also

@ericcapostagno3271

4 жыл бұрын

@@franzbeck3177 Why would you comment that? Now you're just making stuff up. Please refrain from using the internet if you're just gonna make stuff up and comment nonsense.

This and the Barcelona 92 opening ceremony were the most beautiful and classiest.

Interesting to see behind the scenes activity. Thanks.

+David Hoffman...you did an amazing job with your 16mm camera...this was BEFORE all the new technology i.e. iphones,ipads ! Thank you so much for you well done documentary on these EXCELLENT Games! As I watched these Games Live on the ABC network I felt so Touched by the strong emotions and the PAGEANTRY that these Games evoked I got the sense many people their in attendance were most enthralled by the Opening Ceremonies-well planned and choreographed by the organizers...WELL DONE! Again...thanks for this inspiring documentary!.

@DavidHoffmanFilmmaker

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much. It was a great pleasure to be at the 1984 LA Olympics and I am proud of the doc I made there. David Hoffman - filmmaker

This was my favorite Olympics. I loved everything. Even, the All Night Long, "All Night Long" Lionel Richie performance.

This is only 4 mins of the hour long, fascinating PBS documentary... Olympic Challenge....Behind the scenes of the historic 1984 Olympic Games.

@KelvinKlink

2 жыл бұрын

Watchin at same time looool

@richardcogbill6791

2 жыл бұрын

I was a volunteer driver during the games. Funny but we actually had very little traffic during those games. I hope to volunteer again in 2028. Great time to be in L.A. for those two weeks of sport. Really great memories.

@AaronB99999

2 жыл бұрын

@@richardcogbill6791 And then it was Rodney King and OJ. Fun times for all.

I honestly think they at first wanted a rocketman to light the Olympic fire, but it was just too difficult.

THANK YOU SO MUCH!!

Man I came here for the rocketbelt flight from Dollop podcast but stayed for the event project manager that guy wow, some gold

I love these! I am getting so lost in your channel!

This awesome to watch.

Enjoyed this very much, thank you. Here in Kenya back in 1984, the opening ceremony of the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games was not televised (at least I don't remember it being televised), though we did get to see several events, via what used to be known as Voice of Kenya (VOK) Television, the only radio and television station in Kenya back in those days. What's the name of the guy running things, the guy in spectacles and wearing the blue coat, what was his full time day job back then, and what became of him? Regards, Michael M. Kamau, Nairobi, Kenya, East Africa, 25th April 2024.

El futuro de veía tan prometedor en esos años 😕, gracias The Dollop ñor traerme aquí, ahora quiero el mío jaja

Easy, Sam! Easy! Easy, easy. Sam, easy now Sam! Haha love this clip, jetpacks need a comeback.

@Charlz1980tv

4 жыл бұрын

The person hired to play Sam was not the brightest of people...

That rocket man though!

@Charlz1980tv

4 жыл бұрын

Well... 1965 James Bond Thunderball had the same gimmick....so...

Behind the scenes of the la 1984 Games

Hello from Japan

懐かしい!イーグルサム!ロケット人間は当時小学生でしたが印象的です。

Amo este momento!!! Me llena de mucha emoción!!!!

I wondered where San Andreas got the idea for that big bulky jet pack, but man if this existed then, I can only imagine what’s out there now

@loudsoundplayer3942

3 жыл бұрын

This is cos Michael Jackson use it at his 1992 Dangerous Tour. GTA sa plays in 1992 too.

@robinsonnobles6246

3 жыл бұрын

My dad is actually good friends with the guy who flew the jetpack, William Suitor. Suitor used to mow his neighbor's lawn who actually came up with the idea, and asked him to pilot. My dad used to play soccer with Will Suitor the pilot.

@iraniansuperhacker4382

10 ай бұрын

they still doin the same shit

I remember bits of Montreal and russia,but this was the one i remember start to finish

This is gold! Do you have any more?

It could have been so cool to see the rocket man lighting up the Olympic fire

イギリス軍空飛ぶスーツから来ました。

It's been 37 years! Where tf is my jetpack ?!

A jet pack? Wtf?

@vladpootin5973

5 жыл бұрын

and in 1984 ! as of 2018 people of most countries still can't comprehend and believe that :) hello from shithole russia by the way :)

@santiagoale1377

3 жыл бұрын

no, i was compresed air its how a spray

@robinsonnobles6246

3 жыл бұрын

@@santiagoale1377 Yep. Gravity industries made a REAL jet pack go look them up.

First 10 seconds are SO Monty Python

It!! America!! DAISUKI👍👍👍👍👍

"What're we wasting our time with javelins for? This man can go to Mars!"

Bill Suitor is THE Rocket Belt pilot!

NCIS brought me here!!!!

@lalainiqaranipusi

3 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣Bruhhhhh me too the jet pack man that died in the forest, Mcgee was talking about it to Gibbs in the elevator when he said that about the Olympics

@californiahusker5456

3 жыл бұрын

@@lalainiqaranipusi lol that’s the one!!!!

@jongenau149

3 жыл бұрын

Same here lmao was looking for this comment

Those cheerleaders are probably retired now!!

Think this is the guy who's been buzzing LAX?

この乗り物めちゃくちゃ近未来っぽくてすごくないですか？

woww

I was in this as one of the dancers. how do I get a copy of it?

@DavidHoffmanFilmmaker

4 жыл бұрын

www.amazon.com/dp/B0002X9KRY

Aquí está la prueba que se volaba con una mochila mucho antes del presente 2021. Práctico no era y la electrónica era mínima por lo tanto toda la estabilización la tenía que hacer el tripulante de la mochila voladora. Ahora todos son en el fondo drones, hasta las naves que llegan a Marte.

Really cool, so all the videos on this channel are shot by you personally?

@DavidHoffmanFilmmaker

6 жыл бұрын

Not all, Charles. Many of the videos were shot by me or the scenes were directed by me and one of my colleagues was the videographer/cinematographer. Some of the other films were part of my archive collected during the 1970s and 1980s. David Hoffman - filmmaker

@CharlesBirdm

6 жыл бұрын

Ok got you. I'd just like to say, this channel is really a service to the modern generation. Why? Because sure anyone can find footage from the 50s-80s from major broadcasts in little clips, but the major difference is with yours, it is long-form, no narration (raw in that sense) and interesting videos that we would shoot today on our cell phones (protests, arguments at universities, etc.) but from that generation. Of course you also do professional multi-camera work, but somehow it is just different in feel to major broadcasts. Through your videos we can really get a feel of what a person or group was going through back then and see how similar and dissimilar these trivial and non-trivial experiences were. Watching your videos gives a "young'n" a shot of experience that could never be felt otherwise (books, newspapers, magazines, radio, etc).

So, Los Angeles won the 2028 Olympics. Imagine what they have in mind??

Los Angeles 2028 Summer Olympics!

"Where the f@#& is my jetpack!"

ロサンゼルスの飛んじゃう奴いいな

1:05 turbo man!

What's that song welcome

were those people waving at balloons?

@farwayout

6 жыл бұрын

To signal the start of these fantastic Games! Indeed....a coming TOGETHER....UNITY as one whole world UNITED....a competition whereas FRIENDSHIPS will FOSTER.....overall just HUMANITY at it's FINEST!!!!

@rjjcms1

4 жыл бұрын

They look a bit like the balloons from The Prisoner.

All the girls now are 60+

I am Japanese I was 11 years old

👑7ING

they gonna use a real jetpack in 2028

1:06

While playing gta san andreas, you type the rocketman password and 01:06

Verynice U.S.A

Is that GTA SA flying Suit !?? :)) I never thought it was real :)) ! I thought rock star made it up

Wat is this? Second reality?

4:06

1:30 Don't screw it up, kid..

You’re all done Sam

Its turboman

@3:30 PLO Flags Anyone?

1:13...."CJ stear egg" gta San Andreas!!!

I remember the 1984 Olympics soooo well! I remember the rocket pack, too. I really wanted one after that. I still want one. The only Olympic games that surpassed the 1984 games were the 1980 games in Moscow, right in the heart of socialist utopia.

@greenhornet8262

4 жыл бұрын

I think LA was more impressive than Moscow. A lot of things they did in LA are reason why opening ceremonies are produced at such a big scale.

@Mario_N64

3 жыл бұрын

And the 1992 Barcelona games, those were really classy and fun.

@GregoryTheGr8ster

3 жыл бұрын

@@Mario_N64 OHMYGOD yes! Long live '92! It was heartbreaking when the US Men's volleyball team lost to Brazil, and had to settle for a bronze medal at best (which they did by kicking Cuba's butt). At least the Brazil team was beat by the Netherlands in the gold medal match, forcing them to settle for silver. Those were the days, weren't they?

The FALCON

Ah yes ROCKETMAN

Alguien más por el dollop?

USA USA 🇺🇸

the rocket men by filming iron man

All those California girls wow

ロケットマンだっけ？

And the baloons went down to the ocean to kill the sea creatures.

Barış Özcan =)

😭😭 at that day I have only 10 years and sponsor by Donald duck 😭😭

PLO flag?

@Mario_N64

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, that was a hot topic back then.

Cheat activated 1:06

Somebody slap this guy

a jetpack ? wtf lmao

California was a much better place back in 1984. It would be politically incorrect to say exactly why.

*....Didn't Anybody Look Up To See The Wire "ROCKETMAN" Was Suspended By...?*

@PizzaDinosaur

5 жыл бұрын

No wires; it was a real, operational jetpack. In fact, it was so cool you'd beat a man with a hammer and lock him in a box for days for the chance to fly it.

@richardcogbill6791

2 жыл бұрын

No wires. The real thing.

норм))

Thank you for the memories - I was there as a 12 years old kid, and I still remember that feeling, like the future had just landed on our lap when that jetpack flew out of nowhere and landed at the bottom of the stadium... those days are so long gone by now, I wonder what happened to this country - we were promised the Moon and Mars on jetpacks, instead we got the whole woke garbage and gender-neutral urinals

I'm so hyped for 2028 ⚽️ 🌎🌍🌏🥇🥈🥉

What America was

No me gusto

It looks fake lol

@lanacastillo49

3 жыл бұрын

Stfu!

bad taste, all plastic