Here is another section of my series that gives you a sense of what they felt in 1968 - kzread.info/dash/bejne/onuZqLKzdrHRgco.html

By watching documentaries and listening to the music. It's like there were three sixties 1960-1963, 1964-1966, 1967-1969. One could make a strong argument that 1970-1972 was a greater extension. Also from what my grandmother told me the 60s were still like the 50s until November 22,1963.

@ticarot

7 жыл бұрын

11 weeks after JFK was shot, the Beatles came to the USA. That was the real break with the fifties.

@jackadullboy880

7 жыл бұрын

I was young (8) when JFK shot but I remember it so vividly it was more clear than yesterday, It was like everything before that was black and white lol innocent like "leave it to beaver" after that color, beatles, dissilussions yet hope and optamistic until after the moon landing and the woodstock and altamont concert, change change change, the wonder years ! (not all good) lol ya this video brought back a few memories thanks for posting David Hoffman.

@jackadullboy880

6 жыл бұрын

I take it Thomas Rogers didn't like JFK much.

@mcamman6193

6 жыл бұрын

True. Everyone thinks the 60s were all about hippies and turbulence, but when you think about it, that wasn't really prevalent until the end of the decade, and I wouldn't really say hippies peaked until after Woodstock, so around 1970. There was the British Invasion was in the mid '60s but that seemed to really be an era of political splitness: You were either acceptent to change or completely refused it. Even as far as 68', many men still wore suits & ties and women wore dresses. If you think about it, It's almost as if the entire decade was just more a less a transition from one decade to the next. I agree though that 1960-1963 are not much different from the 50s while 1966-1969 are more closer to the 70s. 1964/65 though are kinda somewhere in between.

@norwegianchill2886

6 жыл бұрын

There is something wrong with you.

My parents moved to Seattle from the Midwest in 1962 when my dad got hired for Boeing. In October, they went to the Seattle World's Fair during its final week. However, everyone had to flee the Fair as that day Washington's worst weather event in the 20th century, the Columbus Day storm, sent structures and pieces of debris flying dangerously about as torrential rain and winds up to 125+ mph hammered the West Coast, ultimately killing dozens. They walked in the door once safely home to hear the telephone ringing, which call was my dad's superior at McChord Air Force Base telling him to report for duty as a reservist because his unit was heading to the Cuban Missile Crisis. A very '60s story, I always thought!

I miss and love my Mom and Dad!!

@blakeh6250

2 жыл бұрын

Same

I was born in 2005- I’m only 13, but I like watching these videos to see what other generations lived through. From what my grandma has told me about her childhood, innocence came with not being exposed to outside sources- internet and such- and that family life was the goal. Of course I didn’t live through the fifties and sixties, but I think society’s pressure on citizens to make that perfect suburban life in the fifties helped form the rebellion of the sixties. I think it was a revolution, of some sort, for uniqueness. Anyway, just thoughts ;P I think I wrote too much 😂

@hedylamarr8652

4 жыл бұрын

🙄

@tarajackson3901

4 жыл бұрын

You can never write too much. Talk hard!

@Shyeena

3 жыл бұрын

Its awesome to see someone so young interested in life and history. Don't stop in 1960 America... Research China's President Mau Cultural Revolution and Carl Marx; not the spin Socialists and C0M1ES do today, but what actually happened and know that whats happening now is very powerful people are trying to take over America. You are awesome!

@donnarichardson7214

3 жыл бұрын

I think you wrote just fine. Wish more kids were as thoughtful about the past.

@ohheyfullmetal

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you, guys! I’m fifteen now and thinking about being a history major. Your compliments are so very sweet! 💛

So YOU'RE the man that made this series! l remember when this series came out in 1991. l was in my early 20's and l just loved this show. ln fact, l loved it SO much that l remembered the theme song for 23 years! At the time PBS aired this, l wanted to buy a a copy of this whole series but remember that l couldn't because it was ''for study purposes only'' which really upset me. l am very grateful that you put it on line, AND l remembered every note of the theme song. :)

@christopherdevoto7291

5 жыл бұрын

same here, I love this show.

Born in 1951; this post reminded me of many extremely scary things that we endured. I was white and living in a small Michigan town. We visited Nashville and I was shocked to see “Whites Only” signs... I’d been completely shielded from what Blacks handled daily...😓Thank you!

@poetryjones7946

2 жыл бұрын

Me too! It was scary as hell, the creepy “no coloreds” and “ whites only” signs! I remember feeling as if I were in some bizarre dystopian horror film, even at age 7!

Thank you. I worked for 18 months on this with a team of filmmakers and writers with the desire to create the story for the children of the 60s generation and for their children. Thousands of schools use it today as part of the study program on that era. David Hoffman-filmmaker

@bkey915

4 жыл бұрын

What song is this? So smooth

@zampieritto

3 жыл бұрын

David, you are awesome

@jojohowell1353

2 жыл бұрын

What is the name of the theme song? Love it.

Currently doing my thesis on the 1960s in uni. Such a fascinating time period, thank you for this amazing documentary!

@cindirose3390

10 ай бұрын

Don't skip the influence of Communism in the family units which held to that belief, in your thesis. Good wishes for your paper

My father was a teen in the early 50s in L.A., so as a young adult he saw some of the things that many believe happened in the late 60s and afterward. There were parties where people were taking heroine and marijuana, and there were stag parties. Sexual deviants of all kinds were around, and although it was not like the late 60s people were not going out of their way to hide their sexual indiscretions. I was surprised that even experimentation with the occult was not something new even in the late 50s. All this in middle-class neighborhoods of L.A. Interestingly, my father even hooked up with hippies in the early 60s and ended up in Haight Ashbury. He said they weren't beatniks because they had long hair and were taking all kinds of drugs. He did say that these early 60s hippies that he stayed with were not like the ones in the late 60s. The ones he hung out with were from wealthy families and some of them had PhDs in chemistry and other fields. They often quoted from philosophy books and recited poetry. They were very intellectual. I guess they were the transition from the beatniks to the stereotypical hippies that the media popularized. Keep in mind that biker gangs like the Hells Angels and especially Satan's Slaves were doing the same kinds of things in the late 50s and early 60s that people heard and read about in the late 60s. Satan's Slaves were so notorious for their overt deviant behavior that some of the Hells Angels' members didn't even want to be around them. There were also reports by police of nude people on LSD in the early 60s climbing up trees. This was not so uncommon but I don't know how common it was. I would think that it was pretty common since LSD was not yet illegal. So lots of things were hidden from the public unless someone saw them firsthand.

The young lady at 5:39 has a good philosophy- giving of yourself for others is something to live for. You find your happiness in love for others. That's needed in every age and society.

@thecreationproject7005

18 күн бұрын

Its self martyrdom in modern society

I was 11 when the 1960s began. We would watch, listen to and read current events daily. We had discussions all the time. I never considered it a time of innocence. More like a time of challenge and change. Thanks for the video. I love your stuff.

I was a child in the sixties and my mother was young and beautiful. I miss her every single day, so much I could jump of a bridge and leave the stinking world.

@brianherrington7226

4 жыл бұрын

1959Berre I sometimes feel that way too but I know she’d kick my ass if I did such a stupid thing.

@sharoncrawford3042

2 жыл бұрын

I was a child in the 60s too. My mom was young and beautiful too. I miss her a whole lot too. Shes been gone since 2006. At 64, Im ready to leave this world when God wants me. I know I will see my mom in heaven again.

Mr. Hoffman, this documentary is much too great to be lost and forgotten. I was a teenager when it aired on PBS in 1991 and I am so glad I recorded it. I now show it to my high school students when I teach about postwar America. The quality of the old VHS is not very good, so I would love to have a dvd of it.

Mac 195000 - I think that consistent studies have shown that the generation of the 60s was extraordinarily bright and produced miniaturization, rocket development, developments in health, and the early days of the computer and the Internet among many other achievements. They were well-educated. They believed that they could accomplish anything. And they had the money to do research and experiment like we do not have today. I am afraid they were far from idiotic as you suggest. David Hoffman

So happy to find this on KZread! Saw this documentary on PBS when it first aired. Taped it and watched about once every other year for a while--until VCR's went the way of the turntable. Wonderful, moving exploration of an era that marked many of us forever, for better or worse. I was just a child, but the era-- its leaders( social and cultural) and participants-impacted my views on what was right, what was wrong, what kind of society is possible, what kind of life might be possible. While no historical overview can possibly cover every POV , and 60's history has since been subject to lots of revisionism( good and bad)--this documentary still captures something true about the time and its spirit. And the whole thing should be seen( including "seeds of the 60's")--it's all part of a complex portrait! Beautiful work! Thanks so much.

@DavidHoffmanFilmmaker

6 жыл бұрын

Dear Bella. Thank you so much. I made it to last and devoted myself to it for 18 months. You're right. It doesn't tell the whole story but it does give young people in college classes all across America a sense of the time and the ordinary people who took part in the 60s experience. David Hoffman-filmmaker

@geoffgrogansblockhead

6 жыл бұрын

I wanted to add--I've always found it inspirational. especially in difficult times. peace.

These are awesome documentaries. I can't believe I never saw these before and they are over 20 years old.I've been watching stuff like this for as long as I remember I'm 50 years old. I hope you get/got the credit you deserve Mr. Hoffman

This series is SO well done! Nothing left out. Thank you, from one who lived it. 🙏🏼

Thanks so much for doing this series David. I am so proud and happy that I was born in the time that I was, yes the sixties where a thought time, but I wouldn't change my time in the sixties for anything in the world. They WHERE, the best of times, and the worst of times. I loved it very much and still do to this day, and miss it very very much.

@luissantiago8446

3 жыл бұрын

Feel the very same way.

@zampieritto

3 жыл бұрын

Great definition. I wished to live in the sixties. I was born in 1964

I have so strange feelings when I watching those videos with that music...I do have so strange sorrow about that story, about that time would never come back

@DavidHoffmanFilmmaker

9 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your comment. What you experience in that music is exactly what I intended. Nostalgia. Most of the viewers were not born at this time but for those that were, nostalgia is one of the main emotions they (we) experience these days when looking back at that time. David Hoffman-fillmmaker

David, thank you so much for this documentary. I really liked to watch it. I am more a child of the seventies (born in 1955) but I do remember a lot of those days. Being Dutch, not everything is in this docu is relevant, but it was great.

@DavidHoffmanFilmmaker

9 жыл бұрын

You are welcome and thank you DirkjeA. David Hoffman-filmmaker

@MrMaus1972

8 жыл бұрын

+DirkjeA De groeten uit Den Haag...

@DirkjeA

8 жыл бұрын

+MrMaus1972 `Hallo MrMaus, groetjes terug uit Leeuwarden waar ik nu woon, maar ben opgegroeid in Middelburg, wat, al zou je dat nu misschien niet denken, in de 70ger jaren een swingende stad was met een actieve muziekscene, met veel festivals en concerten.

Brilliant work! I enjoyed your documentary when first aired and enjoy it now. I grew up in New York in the 1960s. Probably the best place and most interesting of times to grow up. We rode the crest of a wave of freedom of expression. I post this from Vietnam where I have lived the majority of my adult life. It's been an amazing life for me made possible by the sixties. The music used in the documentary is perfect too...

one of the most important series to ever air on PBS ... a flawless primer to understanding the WHO WHAT WHEN WHERE WHY AND HOW of the decade. Not the tripe that comes out of the networks in the 21st Century. Author, author Mr Hoffman.

I was born in 1968 and when this series came out I was very into the music from that era so it was great to learn more about the context. Wow that must have been about 25 years ago now.

I enjoyed watching very much. I got lost for a second in time...

Brilliant documentary that touches on subjects that are usually ignored or looked at sideways. Moving.

@DavidHoffmanFilmmaker

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you sir. Your comment means a lot to me. My team on I spent a long time trying to get it right and explain to younger generations the important stuff that happened back then. David Hoffman-filmmaker

@thehotyounggrandpas8207

7 жыл бұрын

Well done! I just watched another of your documentaries and thought it was just as good. Subscribed. Peace!

I saw this when it was originally on TV and it is still one of the best documentaries of the sixties that I've ever seen. I'm still hoping it will be rereleased one day..

'so after 30 ill have something to live for because I will have someone to love and do things for.." sounds so sad

@hedylamarr8652

4 жыл бұрын

U STUPID

@morelenmir

4 жыл бұрын

That was absolutely chilling. I suspect she paused to remember the lines she had been given, or at least told to write.

@hedylamarr8652

4 жыл бұрын

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4 жыл бұрын

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@doodski2873

2 жыл бұрын

Not really sad. Not necessarily. There was a strong family orientation back then. And women were not shy about making family their focus and fulfillment.

Grewup in 60s to mid sevenities. Born 1956. Hard to believe how much things have changed.

excellent video. love love love the acoustic guitar at the beginning. something about it perfectly captures the aura and aesthetic of that decade. the whimsy, the chaos, the innocence, the harshness of modernity.

This is such a fabulous series. (Including the score!) I wish the entire thing were more readily available.

@bwelkk That's what they said in the 1970s, but in the 1990s when PBS asked me to, I had to make sense of the 60s, and I worked a year and a half with the crew of 35 to do it. Maybe we didn't fully achieve it, but thousands of high schools and colleges are using my series to make sense of the 60s for the generations coming up now. david hoffman - filmmaker

David I appreciate your work on this but as an older teenager in the sixties--turned 20 in '66--the times were far better than they are now or in the last 20 yrs. I look at the present time as a bastardisation of what society should be like and will always wish to go back to the sixties!!

@shirleyblaylock7054

4 жыл бұрын

The 50's for me, the 60's before they killed Kennedy.

I love this generation despite it's racism & other troubles. As a Mexican-American I wouldn't have fit in so well, but it still looked like a lovely time. I'm 16 and truly fascinated with the 1950's-60's

@impuritiesshow

8 жыл бұрын

bighands69 sounds good

@impuritiesshow

8 жыл бұрын

Chris Clifford thanks!

@jessicadavis9177

7 жыл бұрын

hmmm.............................you might be reincarnated

@OakhillSailor

6 жыл бұрын

bighands69+ Sure just like anyone can survive and thrive but that does mean it would be despite of all the road blocks that would be put in his way.

@jaddison1112

6 жыл бұрын

Sutter: If you had gone to my High School Banning High School in Wilmington, CA you would have fit in quite well. It was a truly integrated school even in the early /mid 1960s.

Thank you Mr. Hoffman for this presentation. Made me go back in time living in Cleveland ,Ohio. I sorely remember the segregated school and what took place then when the first bus load of students were transported to a school that was in a segregated area many problems came after that. I can go back in time 60 years after serving in the military returning back to my home city many changes had taken place. The poverty has not gone away racisms ugly practice is still being done in more sly ways. But as it was told to me a tiger does not change its stripes. The attitude now in this nation is going to bring it the status of a third world country. In the fifties and sixties their was no significant homeless population in cities, the multiple murders of woman and children. Where is the hope we once had the expectations of working hard and getting the fruits of honest labor. To many today have insane criminal intent even if the establishment calls it white collar crime. AMERICA YOU ARE A LIER . A GODLESS nation telling the world something totally different . But the jokes on you America your check has bounced the lies told have come to light. GOD IS WATCHING AMERICA.

I remember those duck and dive drills in elementary school. I would think, how is getting under our desks going to protect us from a nuclear bomb? Castro scared us all to death. Every Saturday at noon a loud siren could be heard across the city. An emergency warning test they said. Some of my rich neighbors had bomb shelters, adding more fear to my nightmares. As I grew older I remember seeing the black kids standing in a separate ticket line at the movie theater and wondering WHY. They were forced to sit in the balcony where they would throw drinks, popcorn and candy down at us. I can't say that I blame them. The concession stand even sold boxes of chocolate called n###r babies. WTF? The signs at the water fountains, restrooms, restaurants, on buses; I couldn't understand. Then came the Woolworths sit in (in my hometown, Greensboro NC) The black protest marchers followed by the KKK and cops. The National Guard, the curfews. I was shocked and afraid of the hate directed towards these people who had done nothing wrong. Fortunately my parents weren't racist and tried to explain it to me in the best they could. But I was still confused and angry. By the time I was in high school integration finally began to trickle in. I could write a book on the 60's. Looks like I've already started, lol. It was a helluva ride that I wanted to get off of, along with my black friends.

@derektal1

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing

@kiela17

3 жыл бұрын

@@derektal1 You're welcome. Sad thing is, discrimination is still going on today

@derektal1

3 жыл бұрын

@@kiela17 I say to myself, "times change, people don't." Negativity is fueled by fear and people are still afraid.

@kiela17

3 жыл бұрын

@@derektal1 Yep

@whitephillip6997

2 жыл бұрын

@@kiela17 Yeah, & it will NEVER end. That's the world, we can hope & push for better things, but aren't likely to ever see a utopia... but maybe thats not the point of this life.

These videos are far out!!! I like to watch them, and remember.

Though that's true the 50s were formalized and repetitive, I feel it all repeats itself, in the 60s everyone decided to smoke weed and become Hippies, everyone had the same hairstyle and ideology, They tried to rebel against formalism and ended up becoming duplicates of each other, the same applies to the seceded generations. - One reason is because we're trying to find peace by being good of ourselves, Self Righteousness, that's the root in my viewpoint

Brilliant work David Hoffman, I've watched a number of your uploads, brilliant footage and production, thank you so much for making these accessible for everyone on youtube

@DavidHoffmanFilmmaker

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you for noticing Holly. David Hoffman - filmmaker

Man, didn't know ALL that happened back the....what a long decade

That's awesome I was born in 79 but my friends tell me I should of been part of the 60's generation

At the time of watching this video in 2019, 1991 is as far away as this as the 60s from when this documentary was made. Maybe it's tme they made a documentary of the late 80s/early 90s.

I've loved your Making Sense of the Sixties since friends suggested I give it a chance. There's nothing better than a well-crafted documentary/doc series: This will always be one of the best.

@DavidHoffmanFilmmaker

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you Shawn. I am very proud of the series and am pleased that is used in so many colleges when studying that era. David Hoffman-filmmaker

Somehow I missed this on PBS and all this time on YT. Excellent documentary Mr. Hoffman. I'm a boomer was just becoming aware of the outside world at the beginning of the 60s so I remember it pretty well. The instructions on non-violence were new to me and fascinating. Off to look up other chapters now.

@DavidHoffmanFilmmaker

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you. David Hoffman - filmmaker

There wa nothing innocent about the 60's.

@cocotaveras8975

4 жыл бұрын

Gia Turner The early 60s yes there was optimism and exuberance and hope for a better tomorrow. We had just elected a young, new president with boatloads of charisma and the idea of Camelot was swooing the nation. There was innocence but key word in the EARLY 60s, unfortunately that's going to change as the decade progressed to the point where you couldn't recognize this country at all from where it was in the start.

@RetrocadePodcast

4 жыл бұрын

Early 60s, before Kennedy got shot

@harverc229

4 жыл бұрын

Retrocade Podcast Yeah but it was also the racist times.

@harverc229

4 жыл бұрын

50s and early 60s white folks: Ahhhhh good times!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *Mlk and Malcolm X has entered the chat* Mid 60s: Freedom

@brianherrington7226

4 жыл бұрын

Harverc It was trying and had its problems however overall there were better personnel value systems and the heart of most people was in a better place than today.

Thank you for another fascinating documentary.

I was born in '85 and I always think if I was to wake up back in time and it was 1960 what would I do. What would you do guys? How would you try and warn Kennedy? What would you do?

Innocence beginning to be broken!

This is a awesome show thanks for this David

Thank you for making this David.

...food stamps, Office of Economic Opportunity, Peace Corps, Community Action Program, Voting Rights Act, unrestrained computer/internet access, Civil Rights Acts of 1964 and 1968, Natl. Motor Vehicle Safety Act, and I could go on and on. It makes no difference how you feel about it, for or against. The 60s ripple down the years, and you ARE effected by it. This documentary gives a wonderful glimpse on how important it really was.

This from Mr. Dinkjian himself: "The main theme (titled Looyse, meaning 'light' in Armenian, the 3rd movement of Trilogy) and much of the incidental music was indeed released on a recording by my group Night Ark titled 'Picture' on the RCA/BMG/Novus label." I recently had some correspondence with Mr. Dinkjian when I e-mailed him to inquire about the music, and he was incredibly gracious in providing me with this info, and the opportunity to purchase the LP directly from him . . . which I did.

@alicewolfson4423

Жыл бұрын

I also love his music.

before the skies darkened just a bit

I would very much like to see the rest of the series. This chapter provided a very moving portrait - especially of the Civil Rights Movement - I praise to the highest degree all the people who took part in that movement and their attempt at the reality of equality between all races,, especially the African American community.

Thanks😊

People who lived through the sixties realize that the decade was a lot less revolutionary than popular retrospectives would have us believe. The popular culture was heavily influenced by the demographic bubble of boomers, but has since evolved back to conventionality as the boomers have aged. The offspring of the "Greatest Generation" became the self involved generation of privilege and sloth.

@narlywaves2371

9 ай бұрын

It was very revolutionary.

Your best work in my opinion - this series

@Seasass Thank you for your comments. You might be interested to note that the reason that there was almost no Phil Ochs or Bob Dylan in my television series on the 60s is that their agents charged tens of thousands of dollars for 15 or 20 seconds with them in it. I had to choose people who let me use their material for the purposes of telling the story of that time. David Hoffman-filmmaker

It's a dangerous thing to be harshly criticising the faults of a previous generation who are mostly still with us.. The crimes of the current generation are different but as bad, or worse in some cases

@jk-76

8 ай бұрын

It's dangerous to give these old racists a pass.

This is by far my favorite documentary on PBS -- it is so well done, and thought provoking. It's not supposed to be perfect and acceptable to all throughout -- that's the whole point of the 60s. Strong reactions are good, as long as you do something good for others in response. Is a DVD available?

@DavidHoffmanFilmmaker

10 жыл бұрын

Dear Alison. Thank you for your comment. 1 1/2 years of my life to make that series. I do have copies from the old days which I mostly sell to schools and libraries and collectors. Please contact me at allinaday@aol.com to discuss. David Hoffman-filmmaker

@BobBenham

9 жыл бұрын

David Hoffman Mr. Hoffman: 'Making Sense of the Sixties' series is, in my opinion the definitive documentary on the 60s decade. I taped it to VCR way back when; it'd be nice to have this on DVD. I just purchased the Night Ark 'Picture' CD containing the theme song used throughout, which fits perfectly. I'm going to check out your other collections. You did a superb job with this series. Highly recommended!

@DavidHoffmanFilmmaker

9 жыл бұрын

thank you Bob for your appreciation of my series. David Hoffman-filmmaker

I remember that innocent time : the 1950s through the early 1960s ending in 1963 : good clothes, good food , faster better designed cars , excellent music other than smarmy "mouseketeer" rock n roll music ; Good vibes / good energy , hope - NASA ( Space Race ) reverberated daily throughout those tender years No wars , no country run by invisible MEAN ,old , old men in boring generic , grey suits with weird colored ties . I was 9 going on 10 .The summer's balmy breezes of 1959 and 1960, 1961 seemed to go on forever. John K Kennedy's inaugural speech subliminally stayed with us even at that young age ; even as as we went through the 5th and 6th grades. "The New Frontier" lay ahead of us Captained by this young, handsome, BRILLIANT man , President Of The United States , who was COOL who was CAMELOT.

when mmost people think about the 1960's, they think that on january first of 1960, everything went from safe, american 50's to woodstock culture. HOW WRONG ARE THEY!? 1960 through 1962 is basically an extension of the 1950's. 1963 through early 1966, isnt that much like the 50's, but no where near the hippie stuff. 160 through 1965, i think were the best time for sixties. cuz they were life the 50's, but with a little more flair.

@luissantiago8446

3 жыл бұрын

I have fond memories of that period from 1960 until 1967. It was a great period to be a kid. In many ways those days were better then what were saddled with today.

I want to watch more of this. I've never seen this. In 1991, I was only 10 years old. ^^

@cocotaveras8975

4 жыл бұрын

ssjup81 Well, your way ahead of me and saw much more than me as I was born in '02.

I listed to my mother and father tell me about the 60s why couldn't I be born in that time....

This is a excellent documentary called Making Sense of the Sixties. Part two of six called We Can Change the World.

60s schools were BASED.

Great body of work David.

@DavidHoffmanFilmmaker

8 жыл бұрын

+Michael Neal Thank you Michael. David Hoffman - filmmaker

Mr Hoffman, Is there any way that you could PLEASE upload the entire "Making Sense of the Sixties"? I can't find it ANYWHERE

"...the President, but first a word from Pepsosdent" Phil Ochs was GREAT. I was a toddler then. Most folks have heard of Bob Dylan (I saw him perform in 1999.) But not Ochs.

I wish we had music with a message and that addressed or at least acknowledged the issues of today. It seems everything that is churned out is shallow, superficial, and carry no real message. Maybe there is good music out there, but if there is, it sure is damn hard to come across.

@TheZombieman87

9 жыл бұрын

iishuffle28 Listen to Sabaton. Its metal but they sing about historical events.

@24kGoldenRocket

6 жыл бұрын

You wish we had music with a message that addresses the issues of today? Then write it and compose it. The Folk Music composers of that day were NOT seeking fame or fortune. They did not even care if they were "good". This documentary addressed that fact. Stop wishing and follow in their path if that is what you truly want.

@exxusdrugstore300

6 жыл бұрын

We do, just look beyond the pop charts.

@DildoFaggons

3 жыл бұрын

There is and it isn’t that hard to find

@iishuffle28

3 жыл бұрын

@@DildoFaggons Thank you for contributing nothing.

I was born 1960. My teenage years was the 1970s. College early 1980's. I saw the new young republican era with Ronald Reagan, which I was not a part of. I was very much aware of the equal rights amendment, which I voted for. The main thing that happened was the the changing face of conservative politics. I still see people protesting the church and police shootings today but I think more young people were just more visible in their causes in the 1960's.

Wonderful videos!

I wish youth today had guts and stamina like the 60's kids.

@daysturn1971

8 жыл бұрын

***** Sure do!

@CEOkiller

7 жыл бұрын

At least the ones in the early '60's...

@tyrelalex223

7 жыл бұрын

Honey Chiles if you aren't a kid now then you have no idea what we're like. We don't tell adults everything and we're good at keeping stuff a secret.

@Patrick19833

6 жыл бұрын

Kids has it's too easy nowadays because of all the technology..

@Mcfirefly2

6 жыл бұрын

I do not believe it is so easy to be young now. Middle school children are more likely to die of suicide than in auto accidents. Middle school: that's late elementary and early high school in our time. Something is drastically wrong.

I lived through the 60s. Although racism was important, there was also the Vietnam war, the British Invasion, and psycodelic music. Fashions drastically changed. Hippies and yuppies.

@zampieritto

3 жыл бұрын

Now there is the fashion of the rap and techno. No creativity, Coz after more than 20 years still same music

@DildoFaggons

3 жыл бұрын

@@zampieritto u sound so old

@user-xl3uf7ie8y

2 жыл бұрын

@@zampieritto Nothing new under the sun ig

I remember the early '60's as almost an extension of the '50's. Then Kennedy said let's enrich things a little and that was Hopeful. The lingering thing in the background was the Folk movement which introduced another way of thinking and reflecting, and then civil rights came into focus legitimizing it further. Vietnam vomited up from the Red scare and patience was worn. By' '68 onward the explosion was Enormous! The '60's was the era of "WHY" and planting the seeds for" 'now solve This'!"

@tonydialsr7190

3 жыл бұрын

Yes there was hope for a better nation. The civil rights just did pop up and the folk music did not produce it. The fight for Civil Rights for the Black American had started long before the 1960's . You do not know the history, maybe from a Caucasians perspective, if you will take a moment and reflect maybe your short history lessen can be enlightened. Those of us who lived through the White hate experienced something totally different .

Much of the ideological and societal problems we have now are rooted in the radical counter-culture movements of the late 60s. Not the other way around.

@siconauta69

4 жыл бұрын

Totally agree. This radical changes were not good at all...

@tetrahedron1000

3 жыл бұрын

@@siconauta69 Which radical changes?

1960 fight against segregation 2021 fight for segregation

I wish people would wake the hell up and stand up now ! Some do but not enough. Not sure how bad it needs to get !!

@land_and_air1250

4 жыл бұрын

sean michael ummm u do realize that the parties switched positions due to the southern strategy and LBJ right? Like though in the past republicans supported many of the things the Democratic Party currently supports, they no longer do because the two parties switched positions over the civil rights movement

You can find his e-mail address on his website, and write him to ask how to purchase the LP, or, as he also stated in his note to me, you might be able to find the album he references in compact disc format from Amazon.

yep I was there

Krypto282 - the composer is Ara Dinkjian and the album is called NIGHTARK. I love his music. David Hoffman -- filmmaker

Thanks much ... it has been some ride ... 72 ;)

what a good documentary☻

Thank you for the info. I loved the music done my Ara Dinkjian. A brilliant composer and performer. David Hoffman - filmmaker

What a nice job you've done! If you could make it with French subtitles for my friends who can't understand English that would be very nice!

even the early 60s seemed revolutionary

I recorded this on vhs years ago. Was cleaning out some drawers, determined whether to keep or try to buy on dvd, but it's not available on that format. Is there any chance of a dvd release? As a smart female born in Goldwater country in 1949, I always felt that I was different. Went away to college in CA. I thought the Revolution was eminent. I still have 60s values,. Peace and Love. Gun violence is abhorrent. We seniors now need to rise up once more, not accept the rewriting of our history.

Pop-culture of the 60s apex was 62-67; thank God for the Beach Boys, Jan & Dean, the 4 Seasons, early Who, Napoleon XIV & Johnny Rebel!

looking at what happening at the present time I think we are going through a reawakening of activism in this country. Not identical with the 1960s but with some lessons learned.

@nates1880

6 жыл бұрын

The 2010's are an extension of the 1960's in many ways, you are right. However, I would strongly arguer against the so called "changes" that are being pushed now over what was being pushed then. There was something very glaring worth fighting against in those days as the 50's society wouldn't function well in the 21st Century society. White men could no longer be the the only truly free people in the country, and as a result, women and minorities had to become "equal at the table". Today, however, the same talking points are being resurrected as if the 50's society never went away and white men are still above the law compared to others when it is quite clear that it is actually white men at the bottom of totem pole these days. No group is more attacked with almost complete backing and approval by the overall society than the so called patriarchy. I do feel, however, that just like this decade seems to be as turbulent and divisive as the 60's were in many ways, the 2020's will be an updated 70's. That is my greatest fear because for those that have lived through it, the 70's were very different from every other period of time that came before it, some for the better, but a lot for the worse.

@sapphireblue222

5 жыл бұрын

Same Communists behind it again...

The song is relevant for all ages.

Thank you for your comment. When I put that music track at the front of each segment, it was highly controversial because it wasn't “from the 60s” but I thought it just perfect. Beautiful. Powerful. Poignant. In a way melancholy. David Hoffman-filmmaker

@ellaams9280

6 жыл бұрын

there's nothing g innocent about those crazy racist trash from that era, they're just pure evil

mac195000 - I did more than learn the facts when I produced this series. I have a research team of 30 top professionals from all political and social stripes. And I selected this woman because she was a leader in the radical SDS and I was interested in her reason why she did it-not the complete story she was telling. My story for this episode included SDS and other organizations like it and why and how they came to be. David Hoffman-filmmaker

@jameshuseby6290

6 жыл бұрын

Great watching this brings back so many memories of those times.

Fascinating reactions to these times still resonating in our present America. Change frightens people, open society in all it's messiness frightens people it would seem.

Keep it up. Never give up. !!!!

Does anyone remember their grade school report cards, the ones that listed below grades for reading, arithmetic and so on numerical points for things such as penmanship, citizenship et al? My teachers would often comment following a low number next to my "citizenship" score, "Bobby has a difficult time conforming and is often inattentive. It is recommended he be worked with at home." Of course, my parents would reply, "We have noticed his restless nature as well and are doing all we can to see to it he understands the rules....and blah, blah. It's kind of funny, though...I haven't a damned clue what the teachers were referring to. Public school during the late 50s through about 1963 was a very bizarre era as I recall. It seems the only motivation kids received was of the fear engendered proscriptions uttered by goofy looking fat guys wearing horn rimmed glasses and far too much grease in their hair. I recall always being on edge and fearful of whatever...

@scarlettking6744

8 жыл бұрын

yes remember those report cards,, yep their little comments bottom of report card ,, haha tomies been a bad boy lol

@inkey2

8 жыл бұрын

robert glenn I was in the Catholic Schools from 1960 to 66. Each child had to go into the principals office one at a time to receive their report card. The principal (the Mother Superior) would look at your report card and critique it. The report card grades were hand written in perfect penmanship. F's were written in bold red, passing grades in blue. We also received grades for ..... "works well with others"....."puts forth best effort"......"accepts correction well"....."Penmanship"..... The Catholic Schools certainly did live up to their reputation of brutality. I saw a kid literally get slapped so hard he fell out of his seat (i must admit, he deserved it.)

@robertglenn5398

8 жыл бұрын

My best friend attended Catholic schools during his 1st-8th grade years. When I met him during high school, he would laugh whenever anyone complained about how tough things were. He would always say, compared to the Hell I've been in, this is freakin' Heaven, man! Oh, and I recall our report cards stating, "accepts criticism well" I was always deficient because my thoughts, beliefs...just my general attitude, I refused to accept criticism blindly. After all, just because one is only 8 or so doesn't mean a kid hasn't connected in some manner with one's environment. As I look back, I am reminded that adults, particularly the ones educating us, consider kids dumber than a sack of rocks and incapable of cognitive ability. There are times I really believe I was wiser and more grounded when I was eight years old than am I today.

@inkey2

8 жыл бұрын

robert glenn yep...when I finally went to the public schools it was like I had reached the promised land....the land of milk & honey. The Catholic Schools were so regimented it was basically like a religious military school. We all had to wear a suit, tie and polished black leather shoes, up to 55 students to a classroom, we had to recite a litany of prayers in the morning when we arrived, prayers before lunch, prayer after lunch and before we were to go home, we all had to sit in our seats with our hands clasped on the desk looking forward at the nun teaching us. We could not look to the left or right. It was regimented to the point of fanatic lunacy. When it came time to march us to the lunch room the nun would yell "ONE".....and we would stick our right leg out from our desk.....then she would yell "TWO" and you would stand up. If someone in the class did something wrong the whole class would have to stay after school and be punished as well. Theory being that the rest of the class would be so pissed off that they would beat the hell out of the offending student after school. I am just scratching the surface of just how bad it was.

@robertglenn5398

8 жыл бұрын

No wonder the Catholic guy in my band was such a great pianist...he would just attack those keys to the point he was damned near drumming. Must have been a good release of all that parochial engendered frustration.

Tempting to see the ends of eras or any changing moods in public events like Watergate or the Iranian Revolution, but I hardly think people gave up on anything then. During the Watergate events I was involved in a labor strike, which we won and thus improved things for many years afterwards. And when the US helicopters were abandoning the embassy in Saigon I was in the middle of directing and shooting an "underground film," which among other things was aimed at "changing peoples' consciousness." ---Ultimately I think we are all trying to cope with and keep up with changes in the national and world economy and in our own culture--changes which happen sometimes long before we are aware of what they are/were. There is a Jackson Browne song--BEFORE THE DELUGE--about people "making plans and dreaming of the future." Which also requires trying to keep landing on your feet too!

Greetings! Does anyone know what the opening piece of music is called and who it is by? I love the tune and any leads would be much appreciated.

That song at 04:30 is sung at the beginning of the show "Weeds".

Me gusta mucho esta serie, es una lastima que no hayan mas copias para poder comprarlas

@KarmicOmen

6 жыл бұрын

Ciber Quena no hablo espanol

@cocotaveras8975

4 жыл бұрын

Angel Deville He/she is saying that they likes this series very much and it's unfortunate that they haven't made more copies to buy.

Do you have more footage of that Phil Ochs performance? I'd very much like to see the entire clip :)