Daily Life and Popular Culture in the 1950s

[@rowddyone2013]

its amazing how a man with high school education can support a stay at home wife 3 kids, buy a house and a car and not be in debt, now 2 income families live paycheck to paycheck

[@diegodominguez8803]

And yet the American people don’t care that they’re getting fucked over lol. As long as they can barley survive paycheck to paycheck they won’t complain.

[@Ballinalower]

Workers were paid an adequate wage and the top management about 10 or 20 times what the average worker earned. Nowadays workers don't earn enough to make ends meet and top executives are paid a hundred or a thousand times what the average worker makes. It will lead, it is leading to a breakdown of the social order.

[@sheddingfeathers3622]

This is the kind of thing that created Weimar Germany in the 1920s. Looks like we're gonna get a nice 100th anniversary.

[@janesawyer3495]

Women entered the workforce in large numbers in the 70's. Then all the businesses realized most families now had two incomes, and all the prices went up.

[@ursulasmith6402]

@@janesawyer3495 so true

[@barbaraedgley2634]

Accurately described my childhood. We ate together, took Sunday drives together, watched TV together. Dad picked the shows. The TV shows mentioned were my favorites. Drive- in theaters in my teen years. But i remember gas at 26 cents a gal. My 1st job paid 65 cents an hour. And yes, many men, high school grad or not, could support a stay at home wife, several kids & buy house & car. Less stress back then!

[@dianamcfarland1997]

YOU JUST DESCRIBED MY CHILDHOOD ALSO...WE EVEN WENT TO THE GROCERY STORE/SHOPPING TOGETHER AS A FAMILY...WE DID EVERYTHING TOGETHER AS A FAMILY. THANK GOD FOR THOSE GREAT MEMORIES!

[@lavenderflowersfall280]

Of course you have very few choices as a little girl in the 1950s. Meanwhile ....😂

[@HeatherB81]

I’m jealous

[@marknewton6984]

Didn't need $$ to have fun!

[@fgt2078]

Did you raise your family the same way or was it more difficult to do?

[@paulabrown6840]

Born in 1948 I have great memories of being so free all day outside! Miss the innocence of that time. 🌸⭐️

[@speedracer1945]

Life before the 80s was grand . Big Brother took over and now people and the government is watching you on cameras .

[@duckythething1885]

I'm watching you Ow

[@spazzinout]

Okay

[@NiteDriv3r]

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[@osmanbey4412]

My grandfather was also born in 1948. His birthday was 22 September. What's yours?

[@fob1xxl]

This is exactly how I grew up in the 50's . I was born in 1945, so I was a kid during the 50's. It was so much safer as a kid to grow up back then. I had a Mom, dad, and an older sister. We did EVERYTHING together. Never had babysitters. My folks took us wherever they went. We were a family unit that stayed that way until my folks were in their 80's and passed away. I have nothing but great memories of my youth and thank my parents for raising me the way they did.

[@EvelynSmail]

You were blessed I had none of that

[@Waya420]

sounds wonderful i wish id have had a good life like that. i'm trying to make up for it now in my 40s here's hoping i can make some good memories before i pass on.

[@RGustavo_32]

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[@WeebBountyHunter]

I hope you're having a great life I am still very young and I enjoy listening to old people and their stories :)

[@thedailyhummm]

This was the life, even in the 1960s-1980s.

[@MrAsianPie_Extras]

A combo of the 1950's and 1980's would be my dream. Both decades were a great time to be an American. Sometimes you want to go to a place you've never been before.

[@bighands69]

1950s was a far better era as it was much stronger politically and economically than the 1980s.

[@inspiredfandoms3462]

My favorite decades 🥺

[@Maverick_AZ]

My two favorite decades.

[@judyl.761]

Growing up in the 80s (like I did) made you part of Generation X. We did NOT have it easy. Lots of divorce and being ignored by our “Me Generation” parents.

[@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823]

Then how do you know either was so great? 🤔

[@noctus1409]

This video was done very well. I'm not really into documentary type films, but I'll recommend this channel to anyone who cares about the world we live in...

[@inspiredfandoms3462]

I love this one! 🤗

[@noctus1409]

@@inspiredfandoms3462 Right! It makes you wanna go out and look for a time machine and ride that baby back to an era of "black and white bliss". Lol, like being in I Dream Of Jeannie or Leave It To Beaver😌

[@ritahertzberg5762]

I was a child of the 1950s (born in 1949). Thank you for a great summary of these wonderful years. It was a much simpler world back time and a swell time to be a kid in Southern California.

[@dittohead7044]

California was a dream destination at the time

[@lreking8929]

Unless one's childhood was sheer hell, I imagine 99 percent of all people look back on them as simpler, better times. That doesn't make it so, but nostalgia can be a wonderful thing.

[@paulyakaitis3352]

Me too, we lived through a fantastic period and were part of the culture!

[@Tora-Tora-Tora-]

@@lreking8929 1% of me😃

[@Phil-fw2ib]

For white Americans

[@lazyriver53]

TV shows were wholesome. You could sit with your parents and watch them unlike some shows today. Loved the drive in theaters. They charged by the car when I was a kid so a family on a budget to load up the car with kids and food and have a great night out.

[@madelainebellini7447]

patricia collet true. Even stuff rated 12 has loads of inappropriate content (everything is so sexualised)

[@christinebethencourt6197]

patricia collet i am french but when i went in USA , 15 years ago the first thing i was looking for was a drive-in theater, it seems it was a dreamy life

[@2hotflavored666]

@@madelainebellini7447 Exactly as it should be.

[@madelainebellini7447]

Arnas Bakanas ??

[@TULIP.1689]

My parents grew up in the 50s and 60s wonder why I mostly stopped watching TV. I’ll watch cowboy pics with my dad but this new stuff?! No!

[@countesscable]

We married at 21, bought a small terraced house and I stayed at home to bring up our 3 children while my Husband worked. I cooked everything from scratch, sewed and knitted. I took pride in my house and family. We ate together, went to Church and had a small Holiday every year. I would not change my life for anything. We had very little money, and furnished our house from donated or second hand items. We couldn’t afford s car and walked everywhere. If we didn’t have money for something, then we did without. My Children have high powered jobs and their own houses. It is important to live within one’s means. This wasn’t in the 1950’s--it was 1981.

[@jercasgav]

Same here...married at 22yrs old right out of nursing school, paid off student loans hard core, then became a stay at home mom at 25yrs when my first child was born, and have always home schooled. We do everything together as a family. My husband is a nurse. We married in 2007...it is totally possible to glean all the good stuff from the past and bring it into the present.

[@sheilamalcomson5719]

22:21 and me. Married 1979. No phone and no tv till we could afford them. Borrowed twin tub. Second hand furniture. Children wore hand me downs. Coal fire. No central heating. All home baking with a wooden spoon! Didn’t miss what we didn’t have and very much appreciate everything. It’s a different world now

[@ankhpom9296]

You are right and often ignored.

[@caroltanzi29]

Growing up in 1950’s was a gift. What fun it was. Thanks for the memories! Carol from California

[@barbfrontczak1791]

My mom was born in 1954! My grandparents told me many good stories about the 50s! Must of been an awesome time!

[@kjblalark1409]

Yeah the 50s were a good time for white people

[@e.michelle2424]

Despite segregation, blacks had it good as well. Our communities were filled with hard working, respectful, and intelligent men and women who were involved in the community. My mom grew up in Chicago and tells me the most wonderful stories of her childhood.

[@SoloTravelerOffTheBeatenPath]

@@kjblalark1409 America was over 90% white in the 1950s so that's kind of an irrelevant statement.

[@annuakiablue1196]

Colt McGrady but the U.S is literally called the melting pot of countries. Aren’t they the literal description of a multi-racial country?

[@TULIP.1689]

@@e.michelle2424 my parents grew up in the south and went to all segregated schools etc and they track about the racism only occasionally. They mostly talk about life on the farm, family drama, the crazy young people things they did (my dad would race cars!) everyday stuff. People back then weren’t sitting around pontificating all the ills of society ALL the time. It was not like today with social media echo chambers.

[@donnadeandean2720]

The family unit was important to back then. The decade I grew up in. Life was not complicated then and people had respect for each other. I miss the '50's. A happy time.

[@jacquelynbuono5249]

Respect with racism? Sexism?

[@wizardbob1087]

agreed! although not perfect, today is riveting! young men and women are encouraged to degrade themselves on the internet because its impowering people even praise the behavior of underaged children twerking. the 50s was a place of structure and culture. and to the people that use the racist card as an excuse, sure things were not perfect but compare it today. people discriminate more than ever. we live in a world of hate, everyone hates everyone and hate crimes are skyrocketing. cost of living, propaganda, overpopulation and being out of touch with your own family

[@Theranchhouse1]

Being a 'baby boomer' born in 1951 Im familiar with all these...Thank you (from Texas) for taking the time to share with us all....

[@sarahshouse1890]

The 1950s were the golden years, happy and greatful to have grown up in that decade! Loved it!

[@normadurr818]

Amen. Me too.

[@yortlebluzzgubbly3871]

I'm sure it was a blast if you were white, rich and straight

[@shirleyhardt2701]

We were not exempt from troubles in the 50’s, and we weren’t rich by any means. But compared to the 60 years since, we were living in Utopia. They were indeed the “Golden Years”, it was a magic time. How fortunate we were!!!

[@prudenceappleby5111]

@@yortlebluzzgubbly3871 EXACTLY!!! Life was comfortable if you were white & middle class.

[@maureenjackson2041]

@@yortlebluzzgubbly3871 You might want to add male

[@echarts1946]

Loved the 50’s would go back to those years in a heartbeat.

[@RadiantSilverlighter]

You would go back to an era of violent racism and rampant misogyny? I bet you would.

[@echarts1946]

@@RadiantSilverlighter there was none of that in my town family or life….so I don’t know what your life was like but mine was pretty good in 50’s and 60’s.

[@echarts1946]

@@yankee2666 I lived them as a child. I’m talking about the simplicity of life in general. There were rules, stability, respect, discipline, socializing, moms at home, children had shores, children looked forward to Christmas and birthdays for a gift not being given everything they want when they want it. I worked for my first bike and took good care of it. I remember going for tea in afternoon at friends with my grandma where the lady was so happy to have company to take out their best dishes and always fresh deserts. Why are our children now suffering so much mentally, crimes and killings a daily occurrence nowhere is safe. I could go on and on about our lifestyle decay we are now living.

[@sladewilson377]

@@echarts1946 it being good for you doesn’t mean for everyone else.

[@echarts1946]

@@sladewilson377 did I mention anybody else.

[@Spiderman7Bob7]

As a man in my 80's I remember my 50's very well . I loved my 50's decade and they will always be my favorite decade . I get a lot of flack for this, but these years were in my youth as a teenager and as a young man . Why wouldn't they be my favorite years !

[@yankee2666]

There's a great little paperback novel called Jordy, Bounce, and Lilli, that captures the flavor of the post- WWII era through the lives of two small children and their cat. I know it's available on Amazon. … Loved it.

[@kdustormdistro]

My grandpa was somehow able to support 11 children and his stay at home wife with his factory job. I live practically paycheck to paycheck and I only have a dog 😂

[@jamesmiller4184]

Well, that was then, this is how. It was engineered to get generations of millions to labor and save, and finally for most all of that to end in the accounts of wealth of the wealthy.

[@yankee2666]

There's a great little paperback novel called Jordy, Bounce, and Lilli, that captures the flavor of the post- WWII era through the lives of two small children and their cat. I know it's available on Amazon. … Loved it.

[@pamelacunningham3904]

Wow! The memories of the 50's came flooding back to my mind while I watched this video! It's unbelievable to realize how much things have changed from those years!

[@reb1050]

I have watched numerous depictions of life in the 50's and this one seemed to hit home more than all the others combined. Although I grew up in a rural town in Southwest Arkansas, I could still relate to much of what was shown here, especially that which talked about the family even though my father died in 1957 (I was 7 at the time). I remember watching many of the t.v. shows once we got a t.v. around 1958 and, without going into a long drawn out story, I was exposed to the various forms of music available during the 50's.

[@suestephan3255]

I too lost my Dad to a bad heart 1957 when I was almost 7. My mom did an exceptional job of racing us 4 kids ( I was the oldest) and if there was any financial problems we never knew of it.

[@reb1050]

@@suestephan3255 I was the youngest of two boys. I wish I could say that my mom did an exceptional job of raising the two of us, but, alas, I cannot.

[@myrebornlilliebeth5164]

I was born in 1948 and fondly remember almost everything in the video. It was a good era to grow up in. I do miss some of those times. I’m now 72, married 53 years. Even with its ups and downs, triumphs and tragedies, life has been good and God still blesses. Our world has turned its back on Him, though, and I fear for those who do not put their trust and give their hearts to the Lord. Time is running out They will never have it that good again.

[@karenh2737]

Amen!

[@ursulasmith6402]

Yes, definitely

[@jager896]

Well done 53 years today people divorce for any reason they don't have stayability and I agree 💯 that God has no place in the lives of people did you know that in the book of Timothy second c3v4 it says that people will be lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God Eileen peace to you

[@myrebornlilliebeth5164]

@@jager896 Thank you, Eileen. God bless and keep you. Hugs from Gloria 👼🏻💗

[@jager896]

@@myrebornlilliebeth5164 Thank you Gloria Eileen

[@Mark-iy4no]

These times will never come back unfortunately . Those were the days .

[@jake4725]

@John Q. Random yep

[@MrWilliejay1]

@Black Wolf98 retribution is near for them who throught was the good ole days, so do china in 2020

[@vacuumblink2300]

@BlackSoul98 right lol

[@bdog0212]

@Black Recluse Another comment from senone who doesn't know better. Go be told little guy, go be told. This was a white nation and black families did rather well.

[@bdog0212]

@Black Recluse P.s. Pick up an old newspaper, blacks segregated themselves. This is what modern education and hate brings. People like this.

[@joshuatraffanstedt2695]

Man. I'd love to have Came up in the 1950s or 1960s. The home life was like a well oiled machine. Everyone did their part. I love it.

[@tundrawomansays5067]

No, no it wasn’t all this presents by a long shot. There were a LOT of unhappily married adults and their marriages remained a battle zone until their death. What a “wholesome” environment to be growing up in, uh huh.....

[@bdog0212]

@@tundrawomansays5067 That wasn't the majority. Just hush.

[@jamesricker3997]

The 1950s had many of the same problems we have today, society just pretended they did not exist

[@aw1187]

Yeah, dream on. There were many taboo topics, racism, male dominance, unwed mothers, divorcees were ostracized -and many more.

[@sladewilson377]

@@tundrawomansays5067yeah there was just as many unhappy married couples back then as they are unhappy divorced couples today

[@coffeebean4356]

Drive ins’ are SO fun! I suggest this to everyone.

[@belle369]

Coffee Bean I love drive ins! They don’t really have them near me, but when I used to live in New York there was a drive in, and I loved it so much

[@coffeebean4356]

@@belle369 In CT, you could find some around the area. I can't remember exactly, but I'm sure a couple are still open!

[@inspiredfandoms3462]

I wish there was still a drive in near me! ✌️

[@michaelmerck7576]

The ones I went to were old relics into the early 70 s and were very old and the speakers were terrible

[@Realalbertcrowley]

I wish things were still like this the world especially in America would be such a safer and better place

[@spanicandkgyo8547]

huh tell that to the 88% of americans at the time who called them selfs racist in 1956 wow what a nice decade

[@byleexs1991]

@@spanicandkgyo8547 cry more

[@santaclaus3077]

@@spanicandkgyo8547 boohoo

[@dumbdumb3816]

@@spanicandkgyo8547 i rather be treated good instead or being treated like trash today by all the other skin colors

[@spanicandkgyo8547]

@@santaclaus3077 what up with the violence guys chill

[@joshuabrande2417]

Blue collar workers still struggled a bit. Things appeared cheap by todays prices, but money was still hard to get. Not every father wore shirts and ties at the table. Young parents of the 1950s were Depression era children and knew what scrimping and saving , and making do was about.

[@annierosha5946]

I was a kid in the 50s - we also watched Cartoon Express with Engineer Bill and had our glass of milk ready for his game of red light green light.

[@bighands69]

Today they would probably be drinking a glass of Cola and eating lots of sweet foods.

[@oscarsainz9865]

bighand69 yup a bag of chips and in my case water but juice or soda

[@mtbeb5414]

I’m so jealous 😅

[@jonflowers8823]

The 50s ended around 1962 when Marilyn Monroe committed suicide and the beatles came out.

[@jonflowers8823]

@Juvenal Lombera it did but not the 50s fad style,it only lived until 1962 as if the 50s style did not end until 1962 but yeah you're right,the 50s did end numerically in 1960 but not the fad style.

[@devinpeirce7152]

Jon Flowers and started in 1947

[@res3382]

It's not related to music but Ive heard it said the 60s began with JFK assassination.

[@Ace1King1]

@Jan Pearson The 50s ended with the abominable Beatles.

[@carolynhowell9768]

@Bruno56 The 50s end in December 31, 1959

[@christopherdibble5872]

Remember the one room school? The engineers don't wave from the trains anymore, not like they did back in 1954.

[@johnnygunzfilmbuff7821]

Take me back to this decade.

[@texas1949]

Our home in 1966 was $13,000 brand new ! Texas has always been affordable! It was only 1300 sq ft for a family of 5 but we loved it. Lived there 20 years! Daddy and mom would pile us kids into the car and take us to the drive-in... o the way they stopped at a burger joint and bought 12 burgers for $5. A whole bad of burgers!!!

[@howardwayne3974]

You were able to spend $5.00 for BURGERS ?????? My dad would have slit his wrist before spending that much on burgers no matter how many kids there were . we got burgers MAYBE once a year when the burger joint ( and I do mean joint ) had a special . a 10 cent meat and bread one . that was it . meat and bread . it was cheaper than buying burger meat at the store .

[@texas1949]

@@howardwayne3974 Just saw your reply. It’s along time ago for us, huh? Don’t get me wrong. That was not an ordinary occurrence.

[@howardwayne3974]

@@texas1949 I get it man . yeah it was a HELL of a long time ago . one thing for sure there sure as hell weren't any terrorist bombings back then . law enforcement was allowed to do their job . I have a brotherwhise a detective on the force back home , and he fills me in on the staff P D s go through . you wouldn't believe all the crap .

[@texas1949]

@@howardwayne3974 yes I would. It’s crazy. Much respect to the blue line and other service workers.

[@shirleyhardt2701]

@@howardwayne3974 /

[@mairim4578]

I was a teen at that time,love the fabulous fifties.

[@wurstbrot3124]

How was it? Im a teen now and i wished i lived in those times.

[@mairim4578]

@@wurstbrot3124 the best, enjoy your teen years time goes by fast and prepare for a good future.

[@wurstbrot3124]

@@mairim4578 i will sir 👍🏼

[@c.kerns0118]

I would of loved to be a teen during the 50s

[@mairim4578]

@@c.kerns0118 hi,am now 78,the 50’s what a life,I was very lucky,great memories,stay safe.

[@cindyweir9645]

I grew up in the 50s and in our town SS Kresge was on the corner. When you walked in you could smell the donuts. It had a soda fountain and the best hamburgers and milkshakes. We went to the movies every Saturday. And the drive-in theater occasionally. We loved westerns and Vincent Price horror films. Families were close-knit and dinner was on the table every evening. Sunday dinners at grandparents, adults playing penny ante poker after dinner. Family reunions every summer at aunt Sally’s. Us kids played outside until dark. Everyone had a garden and mom canned the veggies.Every summer we ate watermelon on our picnic table in the back yard. Wash hung on clothes lines. Oh the smell of sheets hung outside! Dad had a 52 Chevy and Grandpa had an older Chrysler. Those were the days. I miss them.

[@jamesmiller4184]

Ha! THERE ya go, Cindy! Pretty much a similar story here. It is sad that many here actually hate us for this. It has been taught to them to the purpose of ACTING on it one day.

[@bdog0212]

@@jamesmiller4184 People hate everything today because that's all they know. They are ungodly. Being just 35 I have a great sense of what I missed and think about it all the time. Growing up now I am filled with sorrow.

[@ompeezy]

watching videos like this because i can't comprehend that the present we're living in now, will soon be the past. we''ll eventually be telling stories to our kids and grandkids about when the pandemic happened.

[@benjibean8431]

The 1950's seems so simple for American families - I feel bad for the other parts of the world that had a harder time around this decade.

[@bighands69]

It was simple because America was a free market country that gave freedom to people.

[@bighands69]

@Herman Greenfield The first Amendment is very clear as is the second, third and so on.

[@issac9930]

@Herman Greenfield The 1950s were definitely a decade where the America thrived, and yes, spread Freedom throughout Western Europe, and contained Communism (some questionable decisions were made in the process of containing Communism, but South Korea turned out nice lol)

[@inspiredfandoms3462]

Me too

[@howardwayne3974]

My wife's parents emigrated to America in the 50's , and believe me Europe was a bombed out wreak from W W 2. Even into the late 60's you could see buildings in England that had been hit in the blitz and half the building was sheared off and the bathtub was still hanging out over the edge . and thus was in London , not some little backwater .

[@edwardhouse2933]

so well done - simple - great photos - no extra nonsense or music! Great Job

[@samplerstitcher]

I live in a 1950s' bungalow...I adore it!

[@inspiredfandoms3462]

Awesome! 🤗

[@taylortimeless]

Father Knows Best is my favorite 1950s sitcom

[@karenh2737]

A great show! All the family sitcoms of the era taught lessons and truths. The families were idealized, sure, but showed what family life should be, and we strived for that. I grew up in the 50s, and would relive growing up then in a heartbeat.

[@CarlWithACamera]

It’s kinda mind blowing that here in The Philippines where I’m currently living in early retirement, the average wage for a store clerk and most other jobs is about 350-400 pesos. That’s between $6 and $8. Oh, that’s the daily wage, not hourly. And a typical day is 10 hours with a couple short breaks plus a lunch hour. The society here, with the exception of modern technology, resembles 1950s America in a number of key aspects, most notably the focus on family and young women’s main desire in life being to marry and have kids and a family life. They say you can’t go back, but many expats here would argue that point.

[@MemoryLane77852]

The most conservative decade had the best family up bringing and entertainment.

[@jamesricker3997]

Hardly, the Republican Party of the 1950s closely resembles the Democratic party of today. Economically Eisenhower was to the left of Obama

[@inspiredfandoms3462]

I agree! 🙌

[@hnys7976]

FDR, Wallace, Eisenhower, Truman. These were some of most progressive presidents in the US history. Although Eisenhower was a Republican he supported the minimum wage, student loans and the interstate system. This was at a time when unions were also increasing. Today conservatives oppose these things (big government).

[@MemoryLane77852]

@@hnys7976 Next, I’m going to hear that Lincoln didn’t freed the slaves and Jefferson Davis (Democrat) ended slavery. You liberals are good at rewriting history.

[@hnys7976]

@@MemoryLane77852 Its not rewriting history when it is true. In the past 40 years both the Republican and Democrat party have gone right - Chomsky.

[@legendhcs9677]

I was born in 94 and fell in love with the show Gunsmoke and The Rifleman. This got me curious and I've seen all kinds of commercials and photos from the 50's since. I wish I was in my prime in the 50's

[@jameretief8327]

This makes me tear up to remember when people, for the most part, had manners and society was more ordered in a good way. Church was an integral part of our lives and we benefited from it.😢

[@learn2draw716]

And the racism. Beautiful racism. And child abuse. Domestic abuse. Crime.

[@jameretief8327]

Like that's disappeared? So we have that plus lack of God in our lives. When you get rid of God, other gods will rush in to fill the place, you know like " everything is permissible if you call it "Love". Yeah crap happened back then and life wasn't a bed of roses for everybody but has it ever been. Jesus the Klan more or less disappeared because it couldn't compete with what the blacks were doing to themselves. Pedophilia is now even being publicly being discussed as a "life choice". You ever watched that movie "No Country for Old Men"? Tommie Lee Jones character says, " This country started going downhill when we stopped using the words 'ma'am and sir'. Go on KZbin and look at the way people act if they don't get enough ketchup with their fries. Schools don't teach common morality and manners anymore. These days it takes more than 5 people getting shot to death to even catch our interest. As for the other stuff it hasn't really lessened, it just hides better.

[@yortlebluzzgubbly3871]

@@jameretief8327 Yeah, despite what Breitbart or Fox News or whatever you pay attention to would have you believe, nobody apart from paedophiles (who, and I'd hate to break your bubble here, existed back in the 50s as well) are trying to advocate it as a "life choice". As a matter of fact, I'd be willing to bet overall cases of child molestation are probably way less these days because we're more aware of it and know what red flags to look out for. Not entirely sure what you mean by "what the blacks were doing to themselves" but I assure you it won't have been half as bad as what the whites were doing to them. If you judge human society solely by clickbait people upload to KZbin then that's on you. People screamed their lungs out at retail workers back then as well, KZbin just didn't exist for you to see it all. The 50s was a time of cold war, pre civil rights, the Korean war, and kids dying from polio. Every generation has had it's ups and downs, the 50s weren't some golden age just because they made some decent movies and music and you can't lose your rose tinted glasses.

[@spanicandkgyo8547]

wow life was only nice if you were middle class, straight ,white and even better if you were rich wow what nice decade was in't

[@bdog0212]

@@learn2draw716 Bogus, read an old newspaper. Quit spreading racism.

[@johnpeymann2783]

It just seems to that even with all of the technology and resources that are available to us today... it just seems to me that this was probably the best era to be alive.

[@everythingwillbe6904]

Yep the 50s and 60s were good years to live in. Cheap and safe

[@colletejerlow4204]

No phones simple times. Gives you such a good feeling. They are gone forever. Sooooo sad!!!

[@monascrafts7404]

It's heartbreaking to watch. I grew up in the 90s and even then I thought life was just too "modern" for me. Now it's unbearable.

[@hassymiia6267]

Grew up in 90s too it was calm. Felt lot more greener. More outdoor, park sport activities, bike rides, going walks with mates. Now it's different, lot less.

[@silllykitten329]

I fucking loathe social media and how tech our society is, and also how mentally ill people act for attention. I’m in my 20s. It’ll only get worse. Ugh.

[@robertjohnson2916]

@@silllykitten329 wait for the 2050s.

[@дайтемневонючейдешевойводки]

@@silllykitten329 It'll be getting worse day by day, I'm afraid.

[@Coffee_is_ready]

And still here we are. On youtube.

[@gerardhaubert8210]

Baseball games were usually played in the daylight and milk carton tops could be traded for tickets, which allowed youngsters to attend professional games, unlike today where tickets, food and souvenirs can set a family of 3 over $200.

[@harlow743]

What !! married couples stayed together what a WILD IDEA !!

[@Albanianmapper_North]

I wish it was like this in modern day because a house costs 15 years of hard work

[@thomaslucas6079]

The 60s was a very good decade for a lot of people. The 1980s was the beginning of the end. We used to shop at a combo store when I was a little kid. one end was a Gemco and the other end a grocery store. I was a little kid my parents would do their grocery shopping while I looked around at the Gemco. It was safe for a kid to wonder around on his own and be safe. Nowadays you never see kids doing that it's no longer safe. Lord do I wish I could go home again.

[@barbaraedgley2634]

60s for me were ok till mid 60s, rock n roll changed, drugs came on the scene, long hair, protests, still prefered the 50s, more wholesome.

[@vincentnichols402]

Don't say that the 1980s were a repeat of the 50s every thing in the 80s was coming out new gadgets like in the 50s🤔😂😁

[@NorthKoreaUncovered]

@@vincentnichols402 No it wasn't lol. The 80s marked the end of the New Deal which made the 1950s possible in favor of Neo-Liberalism. The 80s was the genesis of all the problems we have today.

[@bestpossibleworld2091]

Oh, come on. Admit it, the 50s were the greatest decade in American history. It was the post WWII boom and the GI generation was at the top of their game. It was a period of explosive innovation and creativity in arts, science and technology. Even the cars were works of art on wheels. We may never see the likes of the 50s again. I was blessed to live in the 50s as a Baby Boom kid.

[@RadiantSilverlighter]

The greatest decade if you were a white male or lucky enough to be a married white woman. To be black in the 1950's was not great. Not great at all.

[@glitch8661]

@@RadiantSilverlighter not every country was like america💀

[@jackyourmotherisapussyassc164]

@@glitch8661 doesn't matter💀💀 we don't care about other countries this is about america 💀💀 times were not great back then and the older it was the more worse it was

[@bdog0212]

@@RadiantSilverlighter Who are you listening to the blacks of today who don't know better? Black American families did well then, as rare as they were in a majority white nation.

[@TruePicturesStudios]

We have to return to tradition!

[@suiko2255]

Doesn't work now. Be practical

[@jamesricker3997]

In order to do that we would have to re-regulate housing and strengthen labor unions. Not to mention a hefty tax increase.

[@inspiredfandoms3462]

I wish me would! 🙄

[@ronking8016]

Ask my parents who are black what life was like for them. And how whites treated these two decent law abiding people who wanted to share in that American dream

[@prdwite6992]

@@ronking8016 we could just stay separate and be happy

[@joesteele7514]

I was a kid in the 1950s and would give anything for my children and grandchildren to have experienced that time in American culture 😊

[@kimbishop4734]

I love it. This was so my childhood. A great time in our history. 😊

[@beverlyhill6783]

I wish my Life could be like that

[@inspiredfandoms3462]

Same 🤘

[@beverlyhill6783]

@William Sharman I’am about a hour from Boone North Carolina - up in the Blue Ridge Mts - just wish life could be like it was back when - so simple Everything layed out simply - Blessings

[@kennethadams255]

I was brought up in the 50s. It was a great time. Family was everything

[@markmariniello6152]

Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in 1947, and Jim Brown played in the 1960s.

[@jaimecaceres1621]

What an amazing thing! The Americans created the best society the world has ever known in its history. Something so beautiful and successful that it was envied by the rest of the world. Some with healthy envy but others with evil resentment. The sad thing is that hatred of that civilization has germinated within the United States people. Today it is within that same town that yesterday it was praiseworthy today it longs for socialism. An ideology absolutely contrary to the American dream. Americans had reason to be admired, today they are just a nation that worships false idols and has been invaded by people who wish evil.

[@sailorforlifebestti3366]

Life was not as simplistic as this video just described. The 50’s were a time of controlled narrative where they hid all low quality parts and magnified the good parts of society. Constrained and frustrated citizen had no choice but to rebel of this easy going fantasy image of America you and others perceive even now. There were, just as today, struggles and poor people, low quality buildings, dirty streets, inequalities and death and carnage.

[@Takeru9292]

This period in american history was created on the backs of the losers of the second world war. All of Europe had to purchase through the petrodollar/federal reserve and is the main reason why america became a superpower.

[@sailorforlifebestti3366]

@@Takeru9292 how about the people who were working for pennies AKA the blacks. It was more like their backs than Europe. The losers in Europe were being assisted not walked over. Read.

[@theanimalguy3077]

There were and are other great countries too, not just America.

[@bighands69]

@@sailorforlifebestti3366 Black levels of pay were the same as white levels of pay. The reason they were the same was due to the fact there was a booming economy. Democratically controlled unions did introduce minimum pay to freeze black workers out of the economy and they also voted against the civil rights act. Why did not you tell the truth?

[@oldehatt476]

I remember my dad sending me to the gas station to get a gallon of gas for the lawnmower. It cost $.035 a gallon. I would buy a 16oz Barqs root-beer and a pack of Twinkies for $.025.

[@Nana-vi4rd]

I was born in 1950, never knew my father until I was eighteen and married. Grew up with my mom hardly ever home. My grandparents, her parents raised myself, my two brothers and my Mom's sister's oldest daughter. We weren't rich but we weren't poor either. We had love, respect good food to eat and clean cloths and good shoes. We lived in a 2 and a 1/2 room apartment where my Grandfather was the Superintendent. We went to school, but we learned respect and responsibility at home. Which I tried to pass on to my own children. Those two things apparently are a dirty word nowadays.

[@raymeedc]

The Honeymooners only ran for one season, despite it’s enormous success, when Gleason inexplicably finished it off in order to search for greener pastures, which he never found, for that’s the few months of work he’s remembered for. If not for that short run, the vast majority of people today wouldn’t know his name.

[@wwade7226]

39 episodes. By today's standards, that's like 6 seasons :)

[@Cook-hb2nf]

I still love these movies and TV programs! I wish things were still as simple as it was back then.

[@karen4you]

When my parents married in 1954 they bought a fridge and gas stove. Revereware pots and pans. Used all through the long marriage. Didn't keep buying things new so that helped the budget. Our clothes came from goodwill as did records and toys. We got one new toy at Christmas but so did everyone else on my street. Frugality was common. That's how we lived on one salary.

[@margaretdrew6093]

Interesting to watch life in the USA. I am from the,U.K. .

[@MM-gd1dw]

I was born in 1960. All of these things applied: dad worked at a mine, mom stayed home, split -level home.

[@schallrd1]

When they say "Those were the days" this is what's we are talking about.

[@elirosen1391]

It's hard to believe that Sleeping Beauty was the last Disney film made in the 1950s. It seems like it was closer in production to Snow White.

[@mchapman1928]

Mom and dad went to look at a cute Cape Cod style home in 1957. I was 9. The realtor drove to the street and my mom yelled “oh no….never”. Dad said a swear word. We never got out of the car. As we drove away, my parents were hysterically laughing. The address of the house was ‘4 Que Court’. We laughed about that for years.

[@projectw.a.a.p.f.t.a.d7762]

Couldn't imagine how cool it would have been to live back then.

[@marknewton6984]

It would have been VERY cool.

[@tesssanders7993]

That's when I was born shortly after WWII. What I remember is it seemed everything was new, never old or worn looking. Even cleaner, fresh. The house my parents bought was 3 bedroom house for $7,000 and my dad had a Studebaker. Right after JFK was assassinated we moved from Dallas to a farm, main farmhouse small house & acreage for $18,000. We as kds thought it was so expensive.

[@Mrskateboardboy]

My first job in 1965 was $92.50 for 37 1/2 hours, plus 2 1/2 hours at straight time, plus a $4 field allowance each week. On that I supported a family of 4, bought a detached house about 15 minutes from Yonge Street, and a car. What have we lost or given away?

[@khaliahmonet]

I wish prices were still that low haha

[@oliverharris7366]

It was the same way throughout the 1960s. I went to drive in movies with my parents and grocery shopping. My dad worked nights it was me and my mom. When my dad went it was westerns and my mom Betty Davis movies. My sisters got married early and my big brother was running the streets. My brother is a old man and still living a wild lifestyle. The only time he calls is to stear up trouble.

[@klausrain111]

😅my dad bought a Morris Minor in about 1958. he used it to commute to work, 45 miles each way. such a good car!

[@peachii257]

I’m like a 1950’s aesthetic kind of girl I feel like back in the days it’s more fun

[@greencityorgization7372]

Yeah, if you like being forced to be in the kitchen, then you'll love it

[@georgeedwards6259]

@@greencityorgization7372 of course an idiot like you makes a dumb comment like that on a great video about a great decade.Keep it 2 yourself,no room for negativity here

[@Jaapst]

Actually every study says that women were so much happier when they were housewives. Than today.

[@dcgumbrecht]

wietsnuiver123 Actually, more and more women feel free to express their discomforts while women in the 1950s were basically owned by their husbands and they couldn’t express their dismay without disapproval. The sadness rates have increased because they’re actually being reported.

[@patricktrent9413]

@@greencityorgization7372 thats so funny bc in that same time period my grandmother was working for the FBI but i guess she was in the kitchen

[@didibrant7326]

Our family emigrated to California late 1959. You quoted some pretty high prices but I remember a dozen eggs cost $0 .21. This surprised me as in Holland one egg cost 21 Dutch cents. One dollar equalled about 5 Guilder (or 500 Dutch cents). It was in the 60's that Tom McAnn and Kinney shoes cost $5.99 but I bought the better quality Leed's shoes as they would last a whole 3 months. All through my 60's school years, a pair of Jeeper's Creepers tennis shoes cost $2.99 plus 12cents tax because they lasted 3 months as compared to 1 month for the $.99 from Thrifty Drug ( now Rite Aide). Those Jeeper's exuded vinyl chloride and made you deadly sick for the first two days. BTW, forgot to mention, the Leed's shoes cost $6.99. In 1959, a dress was $2.50 but within 2 months the seams would fall apart. About November '59, my father bought a beautiful huge Plymouth sedan for $350.00. It was so big inside and seats were like the huge stuffed seats of a Cadillac and not a scratch. By Summer of 1960, he bought a red/white 1957 Ford station wagon for about $1450 [ got a whopping 6mpg. by the first time I drove it in October '72]. I have the receipts for these 2 cars still. Gas was 29.99cpg in 1966 as gas station across my high school went out of business that year but the sign remained until late 80's. I was so glad when Chinese- made shoes and clothing arrived in the 80's as they lasted years longer.

[@didibrant7326]

@@colonialbuckeye2288 I think the difference between our experiences is you may be a man. Because most women love to shop, manufacturers make women's items less durable. But, I amaze people because I remember the cost of everything I buy and I think that also comes from growing up poor. I usually buy 8 or 9 sets of clothes every 10 years and because I also made them, I check many things to make sure they will last 10 years as I hate shopping. Because I was a considered a tall freak in those 60's, I did have to start wearing men's shirts by 10th grade and they did last much longer. BTW my Jeeper's ( not J Creepers) were men's tennees from Sears ( but femine looking) and the Thrifty tennies were for women. I did have a bad experience with a Chinese- made tennis shoe once in the mid 80's. Lasted 1 month. And you are right about 1990. Those Payless Shoes only lasted 6 months but there were a few well-made ones. But when it comes to shirts and pants which I bought in the 90's, I still wear them. Ohio may have received goods from a different manufacturer in China than Calif and Utah, therefore quality difference? Since 2008, I have only shopped for 5 new shirts as I realized my cotton/ polyester ones were causing me to feel too hot. So only 100% cotton from now on. Those 5 all-cotton men's shirts from Cal-Ranch look very well-made, cost a whopping $50 each, and were made in China. Got them in 2019. All beautiful colors, none with ugly men's patterns, although they are available too. Sleeves are unbelieveably long though. But in my original comment, I was mainly focusing on the fact that when everything was mostly made in USA in the 50's and 60's, nothing really lasted long. All we ever did on Saturday was shop to replace clothes or shoes and noone in our family, even since, ever cared about fashion, had no interest in brand names, neither style, and we wore things to threads also.

[@karencooley6723]

I was born in 1951. I loved the 50s.

[@kristinlynn35]

It depends on what job you have. My husband got a GED and owns his own fence company. I stay home with our 3 kids. We live a comfortable life style So it depends on what you decide to do once you leave school

[@patriot388]

The 1950's were the golden years for America! Never to be seen again! The US has been in gradual decay ever since.

[@Phant0mGetsuga993]

Back then the average American made 3,210 dollars. Today, the average is 56,000. That’s about 17.44x increase in salary. Back then, the average household cost 8000-12000 dollars. Today, the average household costs $320,000. That’s about a 26 - 40x increase in housing price!! In other words, housing prices have increased 1.5 - 2.3 times the rate of salary!! If this keeps up, the new slogan will be called, America the Homeless!!

[@Charles-hy6gp]

Blame Reagan for all that shit, but in reality Bush Sr. was the real POTUS while Reagan was just a mouthpiece

[@thosoz3431]

Back then the family had one wage. The pill meant women could choose to work. And the house price could double.

[@maryannhope8276]

Love this channel ❤👍🏻

[@jeffw1246]

GRIT tv station playing lots of those old westerns as well as MeTV, much better quality shows than what is on a lot of the time now.

[@Spintechfilms]

If only drive-ins were still as mainstream as they once were

[@emichaelny336]

The low prices for everything quoted in the video should be multiplied by about $25. We had silver in our coinage back then and an ounce of silver was worth about $1. If we still had silver dollars today, they'd be worth about $25 each so a $12,000 house in the '50s would go for about $300,000 today (which is about what the average house costs now).

[@More_Row]

Meh

[@daler.steffy1047]

I like the open-minded comments you shared with your viewers as part of your closing to this video presentation.

[@josearellano203]

I was born in 1992. I just enjoy history. I love seeing this. There were three World Cups in the decade too. Nudism was common as well, though more secret than now. The family roles were almost sacred. It's great to have families together, as it should be. Cars were large. No internet yet.

[@marilynkahananui3840]

Those were the best years of my life!!

[@RB-ye4ri]

I REALLY enjoyed The Fifties And The Sixties !!

[@johnacord5664]

They were the rottenest in mine.

[@j7489]

Yeah you ended up bitter. Everyone can tell

[@deborahross9974]

Boy oh boy, how I loved living in the 1950s. I was a child then but I remember almost everything mentioned in this video. I watched the westerns mentioned, Lucy, Jack Benny etc. Oh and Superman. Back then things were a whole lot cheaper than today. Houses, cars, gas and groceries. Oh how I sometimes wished things today were as great as back then. When it was safe for kids to play outside till the streetlights came on. And things were cheaper. Oh well I guess those days of long ago are gone, too bad. And yes Mothers stayed home with their children while the Fathers went to work. America was great and strong after World War 2. We also had a good president. God bless.

[@johngalush8790]

Boy oh Boy oh Boy. Golly gee whiz willakers! Nifty!

[@deborahross9974]

@William Sharman Kansas the sunflower state. Also grow wheat, soybeans, corn and cattle. No I just grow flowers. Enjoy the sunshine state. God bless.

[@jamesmiller4184]

@@johngalush8790 Don't forget 'leaping lizards'!

[@j7489]

Yeah because modern slang is much better. Child.

[@jgsmile1331]

Morality was also a part of tv and movies.

[@Aztec73]

Wow, you really did your homework, This is a Great video.#Aztec73 😊🇺🇲

[@Trillock-hy1cf]

Here in the UK, I think 'The Lone Ranger and Tonto' was only played at Christmas time, which I looked forward to back in the 50's when Dad finally got a B&W TV rented from 'Radio Rentals. I have heard of Babe Ruth who didn't appear in the list of famous base ball players (a game invented by the British, long before it became popular in the US......😀) The 1950's (and the 60's) life was pretty much the same as in the UK, where Dad went off to work, and Mum stayed at home to doe the house work, laundry and shopping etc, and yes, dragged off the the local church on a Sunday for an hour or so (it seemed like a week to me). Around 9 0r 10 I became a choir boy, and only did so because I got 2/6 (half a crown) every Friday for attending, so easy money. They were (to me at the time)the good days to play outside, fall our our of trees, get lots of scratches and bruises, walk along the beach (we lived beside the sea) to check for stuff that came off ships in the English Channel after a heavy storm, and sometimes found loads of oranges or bananas swept ashore in good nick ready to put into a cupboard in Mum's kitchen larder for us to enjoy for free as there was still some shortages after WWII. We had 'Disco's for some 'Jiving', hula hoops phase, Teddy Boys, Mods and Rockers, Skin Heads' Punks, and a lot of other weird pop music, but some really good stuff like the Everly Brothers, Beach Boys, Righteous Brothers, Dave Clark five, The Stones, Beatles, Elvis, Buddy Holly and many more, and we have beyonkey and rhiririririri.....😁 Happy days.... Yes, we had freedom back then and the pop music appeared in the late 50's with no Internet, just a radio for Radio Luxembourg and Pirate Radio ships and later a TV, so no anti social media sites full of inflewenzerz, (c)rapperz, tranzwotzits and other fustilarians all over the place, and Clinics for some parents to send their youngsters to have their gender changed, because either a girl says she is a boy, and boys think they are girls.......not exactly progress to today.......😀

[@austinsatterfield4981]

The idea of a nuclear family needs to be mainstream again. It truly does make for the happiest life for everyone

[@judyl.761]

Yes to that.

[@jennieleisge109]

Just because people stayed together doesn't mean they were any happier than people today. They just stayed unhappily married.

[@nadeen1111]

There isn't much research that suggests the nuclear family contributes to happier or more successful families than other family units. Really, it's just one of many different units that have the potential to be positive!

[@bdog0212]

@@jennieleisge109 They were happier, I saw everyone's grandparents.

[@j7489]

Don’t be an idiot. Look at society. Divorce ruins kids

[@yamil.343]

I miss it & I was born 20 yrs later.

[@kennethswain6313]

That gave good prospective between then and now. We have a very long way!

[@TheNecessaryEvil]

A house in 1955 was like $11,000. Also, there were no expenses going towards internet, cable, streaming services, smart phones/tablets/computers, or a second car. If I gave all that up today, I’d save at least $600 monthly.

[@billhosko7723]

The quit complaining and do it Karen.

[@rinaldoacardi617]

They'd be horrified if they could see the dystopian dog-eat-dog nightmare we live in right now. Over here, the average fresh grad gets paid $500 a month, and a "cheap" terrace house with no privacy is $100,000 if you're lucky. How did we end up so unhealthy and unhappy?

[@ryan.1990]

Because you keep voting for people who let the bankers print more and more money. It's that simple

[@jamesmiller4184]

All of it PLANNED -- no accident. (Well, look at the great wealth disparity. Happened just by it's self?)

[@f0uramxz]

I PAID $60 ON A HOODIE... WHILE A WHOLE MENS SUIT WAS $30? WHAT THE HELL?!

[@nikolaypriyemskiy8452]

It was gold time of America. ❤❤❤

[@LuigiCotocea]

5:52 If you watched *Ten Commandaments (1956)* you deserve a veteran badge

[@Mike-pj1kv]

I guess people generally had better values back then.

[@Allegro-wp8xf]

Noticed anything about the demographics in those times....breath of fresh air. How the USA has fallen since those times.

[@j.g.8494]

Excellent historical survey of 1950s America. It evokes the Zeitgeist of that wonderful era when America was at the peak of its power and prestige. I'm not American. I was a boy and a teenager ager in the 1950s. I was in awe of the U.S. in the 1950s and of Americans and their way of life and those fabulous cars from Detroit. I was a big fan of American movies and singers like Buddy Holly, Fats Domino, Little Richard, The Everly Brothers, The Platters, Nat King Cole, Connie Francis, Frank Sinatra and many more. I admired Elizabeth Taylor, Marilyn Monroe, Ava Gardner, and Doris Day. Clean-shaven American men with their crew cuts (unlike today's ugly facial hair "pandemic"). Handsome, male actors like Gregory Peck, Carry Grant, William Holden, James Dean, Rock Hudson, Montgomery Clift (and others that don't come to mind right now). I liked America so much that I even lived there between late 1969 and the early 1970s. They were the happiest years of my life. There is no comparison between America in the 1950s and America nowadays. The U.S. is now in decline.