History Brief: 1960s Daily Life and Pop Culture

The following video provides a brief glimpse into daily life in 1960s America, including many of the broad trends in popular culture.
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[@reb1050]

Born in 49, graduated H.S. in 67. I have to honestly say, the 60's and 70's were the best years of my life...except for 70-76 in the Marines.

[@sarco64]

You can't really understand daily life and pop culture in the 1960s without considering the tremendous influence of the Vietnam War.

[@joeydoherty368]

True. It’s ridiculous that our government thought it ok to draft people to fight wars that were not ours at one point in history.

[@janeceeastwood8035]

True. The Vietnamese War, not to mention sex, drugs, and rock-n-roll. And flower children. A totally different world.

[@MichaelSSmith-hs5pw]

The Vietnam war was run by a bunch of four star clowns who would up giving the whole circus away!

[@LucaArthur10]

" It is remarkable how much long term advantage people like us have gotten by trying to be consistently not stupid , instead of trying to be very intelligent."

[@MiaAva872]

Money invested is far better than money saved , when you invest it gives you the opportunity to increase your financial worth.

[@BradleyRaiph]

The problem we have is because Most people always taught that " you only need a good job to become rich " . These billionaires are operating on a whole other playbook that many don't even know exists.

[@HaroldDylan-]

The wisest thing that should be on everyone mind currently should be to invest in different streams of income that doesn't depend on government paycheck, especially with the current economic crisis around the world. This is still a time to invest in Stocks, Forex and Digital currencies.

[@KaylaAlexis.]

I also keep seeing lot's of people testifying about how they make money investing in Stock, Forex and Crypto Trade(Bitcoin) and I wonder why I keep loosing. Can anyone help me out or at least advice me on what to do.

[@JenniferLynd]

Even with the right technique and assets some investors would still make more than others. As an investor, you should've known that by now that nothing beats experience and that's final. Personally I had to reach out to a stock expert for guidance which is how I was able to grow my account close to $35k, withdraw my profit right before the correction and now I'm buying again.

[@TannerHowdeshell]

Had to watch this for an assignment about the 1960's.

[@user-ho8dr1sx1m]

same

[@happytimesforever___]

same

[@debishaw9355]

I loved the 60’s… this my most remembered decade. My childhood was in the 50’s. It was all a wonderful time to grow up….

[@zz-nc5kx]

Because you were white.

[@hothemeep1219]

​@@zz-nc5kx like most americans

[@zz-nc5kx]

@@hothemeep1219 Sorry - now you are in the minority

[@hothemeep1219]

@@zz-nc5kx I didn't mentionned my skin color

[@zz-nc5kx]

@@hothemeep1219 Let me guess - orange?

[@ulearn474]

I'd love to live every single day of my life over and over in those 60s days.

[@mortisha8693]

That was an OK brief history of American families in the 60s. I was 9 yrs old in 1960 and graduated High School in 1969 so my pre-teen and teen years were in the 60s. It was a lot of fun after the British Invasion of music started in 1964. Music really colored our world. It seemed like a new group or a wicked new song happened every day. When I started High School girls skirts couldn’t be any shorter than 2 finger widths above the knee. Girls couldn’t wear pants to school and boys had to wear collared shirts. By ‘69 things had loosened up a bit. So much happened during the ‘60s, but what I remember clearest was the Vietnam war. Reporters were embedded with the troops and we got nightly body count numbers and horrible visions of fighting and medical emergencies on TV. When the draft came into being, we worried about our boyfriends, brothers and classmates being called up to that horrible war. There is so much more that I remember about that vivid time in my life. I am 70 now and still think about it, especially if I hear music from that time.

[@erickh6587]

How do you remember summer of love in 1967? What was it like?

[@stepht7508]

There will never be another period like that. I wish I could do it all over again 💖 When I hear "Classic Rock"......Sigh.😍

[@jamescampbell8845]

my problem is ive never gotten out of the 60's music

[@jamescampbell8845]

@@stepht7508 i agree the music was the best ever. summer of 67 was fantastic

[@johnceglick8714]

My uncle was kia mid-3/1968 10 days B-4 my 11th bday. He was kia in SouthVietnams Central Highlands ,tail end of TET.

[@user-hz5zu1rb7o]

My grandfather bought his house for 40k in 1962. He got payed 27k a year according to him and he “didn’t pay the suckers up top a cent of tax” he said he’s never payed income tax in his life. His house is now worth 3.5 million dollars mostly because of the land but he doesn’t want to sell it because everything on the land other than the house was built by him he told me that one time over the Christmas break he and his friends spent a few weeks drinking beer and adding 3 bedrooms to his house. Why was I born in the wrong time 🤣

[@andreaalejandra8661]

70 ik😭

[@mizery8242]

@Rusto what?

[@realkingdestroyer826]

@Rusto Gayness is against Christianity, Judaism, and Islamic beliefs, so I don't know how you are gay and Christian

[@jimboonie9885]

@@realkingdestroyer826 Agnostic isn’t Christian smooth brain

[@brosefmcman8264]

@Rusto homosexuality is taught! You learned it through mind programming you would be just fine int those good old days because they taught you the right way!

[@jchow5966]

This was so interesting. My parents bought a house in the midwest for 12k. It was a 1930s tutor that had been well maintained/refurbished.

[@djbigpean]

The 1960's had the best R and B music ever!!

[@19inkorrect91]

Almost all hip hop and r&b sampled songs originated in the 60s and 70s.

[@nuggetsaurusrex]

So what I’m hearing is in 1960 you could buy a house with three years worth of pay. Imagine being able to buy a house for three years of pay today.

[@0RB1TSTUD10S]

Hey, my English teachers are using this to help us learn the 1960’s and for once there aren’t comments like “wow teachers are still using this to teach?!?!”

[@leehawkins5795]

I was a pre-teen & teenager in the 60s......what a special time to be alive.......the music was great......saw my first concert at age 13 in 1967 - The Monkees.......for 3 years I lived on an AFB in Japan.and moved back to the states in 69

[@pam1574]

I miss growing up in the 60s.

[@leehawkins5795]

@@pam1574 I remember when I was a teenager in Japan in the late 60's......the year 2000 seemed VERY far away........now its 2023 and our country is being invaded by illegals.......I'm thankful my parents aren't seeing what is happening.......they served and loved this country 🇺🇲

[@joshuatraffanstedt2695]

This was probably the greatest generations. A lot of firsts came out of this decade. Wish I had grew up in this decade.

[@iwasherenowiamnotok8893]

It was tough back then we had to walk to school and it was up hill both ways.

[@danbitangilayi1698]

iwasherenowiamnot ok lmaoooooo on word

[@doritojesus9844]

by "great" do you mean the cold war, and constant fear of getting bombed by the USSR?

[@morgangrace6995]

THIS TIME WAS AWFUL WHAT

[@gilesscanlon2586]

@@iwasherenowiamnotok8893 you sound funny

[@jerrymeadows5059]

The Sixties were a lot like the Fifties, except for an intense belief by many that there would be a nuclear war with Russia, those pesky riots in the major cities, assassinations of iconic leaders and, oh yeah, that Viet Nam War thing.

[@stevemccarty6384]

Big diff between the 50s and the 60s. In the 50s we loved being Americans and were confident for our future. In the 60s people hated America and felt terrible about being American and distrusted our future.

[@jerrymeadows5059]

@@stevemccarty6384 That's ridiculous.

[@stepht7508]

@@stevemccarty6384 So you remember Pigs Blood being thrown on our boys as they returned from Viet Nam🤬🤬

[@marilyntaylor9577]

Kent State and landing on the moon.

[@albihysenaj5997]

Yeah the 60s was a great decade only thing that was negative was communism, nuclear war with Russia 🇷🇺, bay of pigs, racism, riot protest, rebellions, hippies, rise of crime, assassinating leaders, youth gangs, Congo war and the Vietnam war those were the only things that were bad about the 60s

[@wotawanancy3249]

I graduated in 1964, got a job and married within two weeks. Made 1.25 an hour. My late husband refused to buy a brick house for 8000.00. The 60s for us was a lot like the 50s. Vietnam War was heartbreaking, the hippies were disgusting. We lost friends. Many were injured. But our group of friends supported our guys. Hated the war. Married six years when our only child was born. Stayed home for 7 years and loved being a housewife but feminists basically said we were unfulfilled as women. Yay right. Hold down a paying job and still do everything you did as a housewife. I'm sorry I ever believed that. But I would live those years over if I could. Just make some different decisions. Today's world is a mess.

[@jackjohnsen8506]

I started the sixties as a tenth grade high school student, and after a 2 year tour in the US Army , was making great money and indulging my love of cars, by the end..For me the seventies were was the decade where I bought three houses, and Had the good life.

[@MoeLarrycurly1]

What a time 🤔😁

[@timjohnson2186]

Beautifully done

[@leighauza]

Thank you! Doing research on American culture. This was super helpful!

[@readingthroughhistor]

You are very welcome.

[@marybarnes8423]

I WAS BORN IN 1952 THE 6O AND 70 WAS THE BEST

[@BryanClark-gk6ie]

After the 80's it was over with.

[@erikdukes2505]

I have a grandfather. He was in the early 1940's. Clearly he would have been in his late 10's - late 20's. I once asked him. The 1960's era was a period of innocence. It was the decade known for innocence, hipster and groovy movements. Plus the era was known for its clean, positive music and conservative atmosphere. He replied back with his response "it was a amazing period indeed". He had many enjoyable and fun memories. However he vividly remembered the moon landing. Which happened on July 20 1969. He said to me that was his astonishing memory. I agreed with his opinion. The things I said towards him. He agreed with me on everything. It seemed back then society was innocent and happy. Humans had morality they inherited. With mannerisms and lessons everyone learned and taught. Gosh I am jealous of myself. Of being born in the wrong decade. Make me jealous of having. No recollections from the right decade. Nope I got the short end of the stick. I was born on the wrong side. In the wrong era. My era is the 2000's. Specifically my birthday: 19 / January / 2000. I was born in the period 2000's. Nevertheless my grandad lived and reminisced all aspects. Of the nineteen sixties. He gotten luck for himself. 😊😌

[@skeletorrobo]

Nice video. Might've mentioned presidents, conflicts, the space race etc.

[@readingthroughhistor]

Why? None of that has anything to do with Daily Life or Popular Culture.

[@skeletorrobo]

@@readingthroughhistor Well... please consider... Cuba Missile Crisis Oct 1962 - 28 Oct 1962 Assassination of John F Kennedy November 22, 1963 Gulf of Tonkin Incident 2 August 1964 Tet Offensive 30 Jan 1968 - 23 Sep 1968 Neil Armstrong Moon Landing July 21, 1969 These and other events affected daily life and the popular culture.

[@magicslave3066]

@@readingthroughhistor That doesnt make any senze

[@theodorerelic2718]

@@readingthroughhistor I was born in 1962. Pretty much every facet of American popular culture was touched or influenced by the civil rights protests, Vietnam, the Space Race, and much of our entertainment (movies, TV, music) was influenced by these events.

[@lilliandonaldsonstaff7075]

@@readingthroughhistor I can see what you are saying, but civil rights (including Kennedy, Johnson, MLK) and the Vietnam War influenced daily life and culture to a degree like non other. The space race maybe not so much. This is great video and I am using it for my Canadian history grade 10 class, but the initial commenter makes a good point.

[@rogermansour6085]

Great video with amazing facts. I was in my teens in the sixties. Great memories Evangelist ROGER MANSOUR

[@nunyabidnis5407]

Back then you couldn't embarass, ridicule and try to ruin someone anonymously. Now a person can try to do that from thousands of miles away.

[@thefff198]

Make one on the 2010s.

[@harlow743]

He doesn't make horror movies

[@ethancbaker2002]

@@harlow743 lol look at us now lmao

[@magicslave3066]

@@harlow743 Dude stop your too much 😅😅

[@magicslave3066]

@@harlow743 2010s is not that bad its the easiest and safest people has ever had it

[@seanvasquez523]

@@magicslave3066, Yeah I know. And people also tend to forget that the 2000s weren't as treated with kindness after it ended in 2009 and throughout years like 2010 and 2011 not really a lot of people like the 2000s all that much. This started to change around 2016 however. But before then it wasn't as treated kindly.

[@donaldpogue5160]

I'm using this video to help me with a project.

[@dopet6958]

Yo I like this channel man It’s lit I really enjoyed the information 🔥🔥

[@AraneaTempestatibus]

thanks, I wrote part of a novel set in the 60's, and well, haha, I screwed it up, but now I'm going to start investigating, I learned my lesson.

[@BryanClark-gk6ie]

TV stations signed off at 1:am in the 60's and 70's so I would sit up all mornings on the weekends and learned to play guitar.

[@cuyler49]

Ya, grew up in the '60s. It was a significant time of change.

[@skyliner7333]

Very good overview. Something I do when I am comparing prices then and now is to just add a zero to get a rough estimate. So, 25¢ gas would be $2.50. Still a bargain. A TV costing $200 in 1960 would be $2,000 now. If the average guy was making $5,000 a year, you can see just how expensive many items were.

[@mr.fantastic7756]

But wouldn't we also add a 0 to the end of the man's income as well?

[@anthonybrown8125]

Where is my 20 cent bread in 2023 I need to know.

[@TIMOTHYWILLIAMS24]

What are your sources for info? Im curious. Nice video

[@suzycreamcheesez4371]

what a decade!!

[@ujayet]

I’m 47 I remember my dad love watching gun smoke lol

[@jchow5966]

The best decade of the 29th century to be a kid or young adult.

[@_hydrxngea_5556]

LOL I AM SO LATE! nice vid tho I had to watch this for school

[@hankhill4406]

It's pretty wild that 2 or 3 got you a brand new one of those 60s muscle cars that are selling at auctions today for unthinkable money.

[@StuckyG]

Thank you for detailing more of the conservative values. Most documentaries on the sixties seem only seem to highlight the free love & drugs & protesters & hippies. So it's good to get a little of both when researching. Yes, perhaps a little talk of politics and what was going on around the world would enhance the doc. Thanks for a great job done!

[@donh7909]

I was there.. In my early teens an later..

[@MichaelSSmith-hs5pw]

In 1966, my uncle bought a brand new 1966 Chevy corvette stingray coupe, with a 427 c.i. fuel injected motor with dual side exhaust pipes, for $4,295.00, you probably couldn’t buy the hubcaps for that kinda money today.

[@laylapreater7813]

what’s crazy is that this decade was not that long ago

[@joconnor9256]

In 1970 I was 6 and I clearly remember my babysitter having the shortest mini skirt , you could see her knickers 🤭

[@blackangel9180]

Unfortunately I wasn't born until the 80's. I wish I could have lived during the 60's and 70's.

[@lild6909]

During segregation?

[@blackangel9180]

@@lild6909 I live in a part of the north where segregation and jim crow laws were never enforced here.

[@seppyq3672]

Me too. Mostly cuz I would have loved to participate in all the change. I would have been going to all the protests and marches.

[@chuckenmcnuggets4464]

Lil D yes my father did I would do it

[@stevemccarty6384]

No you don't. I lived those days and for many reasons wish I had not.

[@everyonelovesnoah]

This mans voice is great for this time period

[@SilverMarkE]

The guy in the middle right at 0:07 though...

[@niccoarcadia4179]

He was at Woodstock (he went onstage and hugged Bob Hite from Canned Heat > kzbin.info/www/bejne/aZXSc5yLa9OBZs0 and a few other interesting cultural events as well. He's a time traveler.

[@kevinbenyard9376]

Hey! What about the 1960s wonderful cartoons? I love Hanna Barbara tv!

[@luisreyes1963]

An interesting look at the economic ramifications of the 60's. But just because the economy wouldn't tank for another decade, doesn't mean that social upheaval would soon follow. 🤔

[@stephengrillone7445]

Andy Griffith, great show.women stayed home. Home made cooking, better morals, prayer in school, patriotism and, and laws enforced. Great music. Great cars.

[@cindytrayer4279]

We have fallen so far as a country and as humans.

[@richardhudak685]

In 1969 Navy pay for E-2 is about $2000 a yr In 2022 E-2 pay is $24.650 a yr Would have loved to be in now

[@BridgesDontFly]

Did you make E-3 yet?

[@magicslave3066]

0:20-0:29 i see your point but i feel the decade developed its indidvuality by the end the muaic and fashion is different from the 50s if you thibk about it

[@hothemeep1219]

True but for most people at that time, the majority of the decade was basically the 50's part 2

[@indiosveritas]

Sexual transmitted diseases skyrocketed among teens in the late 1960s, the same time high-school desegregation was ramped up .

[@everythingwillbe6904]

So sad. Wish they just shipped the black off to africa after slavery

[@matrox]

1:35 Prices didn't really start to rise until the early 70s when the US got off the Gold Standard in 71' and switched to the petro dollar thats when inflation began. In the 1920s a candy bar was a nickel, in 1969' and candy bar was still a nickel. It went up to a dime in 70 or 71'. Inflation went up each year since and has become out of control. Today a candy bar is about $1.75 -$2.00!

[@oreotookie8848]

My parents paid $21,000 for their house in 1961. Houses in that area now average 2 million dollars.

[@garyball3417]

The muddy fields in Woodstock

[@stevemccarty6384]

Nothing much was accomplished at Woodstock.

[@richardhudak685]

In 1969 was in navy Made $ 160.00 a month E -2 boot camp

[@magicslave3066]

Thank you please do one for early 1900s and 19th centurh and 18th century

[@readingthroughhistor]

We have one for the 1920s and one for the 1930s. A series on Life in Colonial America is on the agenda.

[@magicslave3066]

@@readingthroughhistor Ok i see thank you though but i meant the first decades of the 20th century 1900s & 1910s i feel they dont get enough attention i find them interesting and for the 19th century i meant indidvual videos for by decade like one for the 1870s , one for the 1840s and so on i just feel i would understand that century better especially since your channel makes history exciting in my opnion but either way keep up the great work i really like your channel especially your decade videox

[@tastetheworld2889]

The 60s 70, 80, ware the best times Today the world sucks nothing to look forward too, the music fashion sucks! I am 29 and I wish I lived that era

[@carljohnson7168]

At least you experienced the 90’s and 2000’s I only have the 2010’s.

[@gilesscanlon2586]

@@carljohnson7168 lool

[@seppyq3672]

Agreed. I cant image 30 years from now people are going to think much "iconic things" came after the 2000s. But maybe im just old at 37. Lol

[@ImTheNewFruit]

Same...😓

[@NickyNicest]

How do you even know? you didn’t live through it. Your basing this off others experiences. And most people who say they miss those generations was because that’s when they grew up. You’re always gonna miss the days that you were a kid. Every decade has its issues. 50 years from now people will look back at the 2020’s and say they miss those days as well. Assuming we haven’t destroyed ourselves by then.

[@andrewgrace4127]

So the 60's was pretty much our turning point in culture

[@lorensims4846]

I'm disappointed you didn't mention the soap opera "Dark Shadows" that was hugely important to my friends and me when I was in the sixth grade. Also the many TV variety shows, "The Ed Sullivan Show" being the most important of at least a dozen others. The many political assassinations had no small effect on the wider populace. Also the space program was very important to us even though we were not directly involved.

[@bellbottomblues131]

Yes! I luv DarkShadows!!!

[@stevemccarty6384]

Television shows were better in the 60s than they are today, and by a lot!

[@larry1824]

Music man the music.

[@richardhudak685]

In 1966 I worked for $ .50 a hr in 1967 I made $1.35 hr

[@lorrainei1622]

That’s awful, wow I can’t believe the pay used to be so low.

[@pristineslayer]

@@lorrainei1622 well money was worth more. During the depression pants were 1 dollar and people could barely afford that.

[@robertwaguespack9414]

I remember the early 70s. The price of gasoline ranged from .31 to .33 per gallon.

[@debraruiz9494]

My parents paid $11,500 for our house in 1955.

[@NerdJoshua]

1:50, where did you get that info? 61K a year is a pipedream today.

[@douglasvancier7683]

The 60's was to the 50's what the 20's were to the 10's and the Edwardian era. The 60's type culture may have come sooner were it not for the Depression and World War ll. The flappers dresses were already shorter and tighter than their moms were. And Jazz music was more hip and lively than Ragtime. Those genres would have escalated further and quicker had it not been for those two decades of setbacks. The children of the flapper moms would have tried to outdo them with their clothing style, and music would have developed further, but the sad economy, lack of money and Hitler's mayhem suspended any of that. And Television may have developed and ended up in people's homes sooner had it not been for technology focusing its' energy on the war effort and children and young adults would have been able to see more of what was really going on in the world. Indeed after the war it was back to conservatism and family morals for a decade or so until the 60's exploded with a new cutting-edge counter culture.

[@brosefmcman8264]

Yup the 60s sucked!

[@barnacles62]

The 1960s gave birth to the hippy culture. That gave birth to the drug culture, and the demise of conventional American living. The hippy movement was a branch from the root of Bohemianism, an unconventional lifestyle that was bred in the late 1800s in France by poets, artists actors etc, that saw Romani gypsies camped near where they lived. They led a lifestyle of their own rules, disregarded the expectations put upon society by religions, pillars of the community and by the judgment of where you were in society making you who you were. The artists took the same life but applied it to the manner of self-expression they wanted to contribute to their passion and art. They dubbed it Bohemianism because the gypsies had just left Bohemia. The beat-nicks, hipsters and hippies were all branches from that root. The hippy movement started as a good thing, it was about peace, love, towards all mankind, which made good health, stable mentality, and true spiritualism untainted by demands of religion. Problem all started and follow this because this is where it all turns bad quick, was they learned Native Americans had used peyote to get a spiritual contact, so they started using things like LSD smoking weed and many other mind-altering things. Keep in mind, many of the frugs they used doctors disagreed on whether they were addictive or not, making them illegal. They were not yet made against the law, it was however considered unethical, or as my people and many others put it you have to be "stupid" to take them. By the summer of love as they called it, it was obvious that hippies were nothing more that addicts, and the delusional Prasanna they displayed had become a total menace to conventional everyday society. It was no longer about peace and love, it was about sex, drugs and rock and roll, the saying that destroys America every time a rebel without a cause says it then tries to live it. They put down the war in Nam, would go to airports to picket soldiers that had fought for their country and expected a welcome, instead were cussed, spit on and rebelled by basically over privileged college kids that had become addicts and lost all conciseness with self-discipline. Their reality was made while on a trip and making love in a orgy which was quite common because of their so called "right" to free love. They were known to be stoned and perform these acts right in public parks and other places. They yelled they hated the government, but most of them got assistance, either by free food and health clinics especially, to be treated for ODS, crabs VD and lice. The y hated capitalists, but the better educated hippies that happened to beat their addictions and grow up, went on to be some of the biggest capitalists in the world. The hippies are painted, and the story has been told all wrong, it was rationalized because it was told by the addicts that lived it. It started with peace and love, it ended with the Manson family, a clear truthful representation of where it led because of drugs. The drug culture has created the decline in America, its responsible for almost all violent crime, divorce, unwed mothers, unwanted kids, and they keep making up more and more names for mental illness being created by the use of and mentality of addictions. Kids raised by addicts using or not are using the same mentality. Rationalize reality to fit your narrative, when reality questions it become rebellious and hostile to defend your "right". The 60s destroyed ethics, boundaries, morals and claimed they did it to make a better change. Instead, they created a country of addict mentality, selfish self-absorbed people that think it has to be their way at any cost. Unfortunately, I don't ever see it changing. I was a victim of addiction, I overcome it, 18 years clean now. I am a real Bohemian, I am an artist, and I live unconventionally, don't care about money, praise, material things. The thing the hippies taught us is what NOT to do. Every youngster especially girls want to picture themselves in some floppy hat, in colorful pastels facing the world like in some Facebook meme pushed by BOHO manufactures for wannabe hippies, but I suggest staying in reality. Bohemianism is a way of life, but it's about self-expression, not self-destruction. Don't think if you don't do drugs the addict mentality of the 1960s won't suck you in. It was basically the exact same thing as what`s happening today with abortion, LGBT, and BLM organizations demanding rights. It is liberal ideology. Most hippies were nothing more than over rebellious pampered privileged college kids that just like college kids today want to rule the world without any experience in life. It is known they want a socialist country, but as peaceful as I try to be, I would kill or die before Id allow that to happen. The saying in my time was always live and let live. Thats not happening when small groups are demanding to shove their way of life down other people's throats. But what makes me sick about Americans being stoked on changing their country, well over 80% of them have been hardly out of their home state, and except for the internet still haven't. Put the phones down and relax, get a book, go to the next block if the people on the one you're at won't treat you ok, because there is as much peace out there as chaos, you can find both. If all you keep finding is chaos, maybe you're wanting to, but just don't know yourself well enough to notice. Like I said, rationalization has become the cornerstone of American mentality.....

[@josearellano203]

Both my parents were born in this decade. All decades have their own special and wonderful things. Space travel became a thing for the first time. And I only say America for the continent. I don't care about fashion or clothes. The decade had World Cups in 1962 and 1966.

[@marquitapalmer43]

Wow. My dad home Korea War Dec.1960 USA Reservist 18 years old began enlisted.

[@mahirakalucasahammed2443]

i’d rather still be single by early 20s in the 60s especially the early 60s

[@janejames9173]

😊😊😊👏👏👏👏

[@susanmclain501]

The 60's was full of turmoil, communism trying to raise it's ugly head, I was there, and the uglyness just kept going until today.

[@jimboonie9885]

Ew you must be one the original mcarthist. Disgusting creatures...

[@pemdemica1712]

I think the red scare was what affected the 60s. People supported McCarthy with every crazy accusation he made until he last accusation was televised.

[@garyball3417]

I don't think we worry about culture and society as much as everybody thinks we did but anyway go ahead and tell your story

[@garyball3417]

I'm not saying you're wrong and I'm not saying you're right

[@stevemccarty6384]

The War and the anti-War movement was terrible. The communists loved it.

[@dimbulb1178]

No Sandy Koufax?

[@robertbuck1874]

The Dodgers never get any respect. And by the way,Iremember the greatest football team ever,the Green Bay Packres

[@harveyquinn7961]

RIP Sean Connery

[@Toxpunk13]

there was hoodies back then?

[@ematique4392]

Looooool good question

[@lindadechiazza2924]

Concessions counter at the movies it is spring notice the potted plants Aprilish as a culture we miss all this traditions

[@sputnik6805]

when you're a writer

[@xkongzilla7243]

The Twilight Zone was a great show

[@nurim.4439]

TODAY THEY ARE 40 YRS OLD AND STILL LIVING WITH THEIR PARENTS.

[@sergeantscumbag2116]

needless to say if you were in the know about things and made even 25k a year you were really set

[@garyball3417]

I just want to say the rain in Spain fall mainly on the plain

[@harlow743]

No the rain in Spain falls mainly in the plane.....so take a bus

[@MsGrowltiger]

1. The media while leaning left weren't propagandists like today. They generally just reported the facts. That changed after Watergate. Media became activists and picked one side. 2. Teachers were professionals and acted like it. 3. We respected ourselves so we respected everyone else. 4. Nobody I knew in our school was on welfare though some didn't have much. 5. Everyone expected to graduate h.s. and either get a job or go to college. 6. If college, after college you got a job. 7. We had fun.

[@desertduck10]

You have to love greed and inflation. Wouldn't it be great to have 60's prices and today's income without inflation.

[@michael2244]

In the 2080's when people look back on our time now

[@randomraisins7954]

60s: *has pretty bad racism* 2010s: *has pretty bad racism*

[@user-tv9to1oe2h]

sure. but 60s racism =/ 2010s racism. not even close

[@randomraisins7954]

@@user-tv9to1oe2h ur right

[@stevemccarty6384]

In the 40s and 50s racism was pretty much accepted.

[@pemdemica1712]

Where in the 2010s?

[@dv7548]

It would really really have great if some those kids then ran for office or talked to some about why they did what they did. Who knows maybe thing won't be as corrupted as they are now and then.

[@wheelieblind]

Mission Impossible did not just attract younger viewers.

[@patriciaperez1406]

Bewitched I Dreams of Jeannie The Adams Family The Monster

[@velvetbear7184]

The 60’s is truly the era when American life started going downhill.

[@wesleyalan9179]

Is that jim croce at 10:30, to the far left? Lol, sure does look like him!

[@harryn9306]

Wow I love croce that's so cool

[@wesleyalan9179]

@@harryn9306 it looks just like him, doesn't it? Lol!😁

[@harryn9306]

@@wesleyalan9179 ya I'm gonna go listen to some operator now have a good night

[@wesleyalan9179]

@@harryn9306 ✌heck yeah, you too!

[@entobie]

The 60s nostalgic views can often be better than the way things actually were, I was 4yrs in 63, this was my first conscious memory of segregation, so all the things you mentioned here would be an afterthought to realities.

[@ellenhage3611]

That's the truth

[@karengrohs4942]

How could you leave out the Civil Rights movement and the Vietnam war?

[@SaudiaMan]

Who else is here for a school assignment

[@Peaches_Creme]

Writing a book for college yeah 😭

[@WyattReynolds-wt3iq]

me

[@SilverBush86]

I have to do a slideshow for English 😭

[@andrewdupuis1151]

i don.t remember much from 60s I was born in 1963

[@theonlyonestanding6832]

You're a marijuana baby .Lol like in the 80's your a crack baby.. Lol

[@kaylasamuels4585]

Same I was born in 1964

[@jimboonie9885]

@@theonlyonestanding6832 marijuana is good

[@fritzsmith3296]

"Divorce rates were low". Yes, do you why"? Courts were very reluctant to give them. Courts were more concerned about the "unity of family", that is keeping the family together for financial reasons. That is, making sure the kids would be taken care of. Even in 1977, when my wife wanted to divorce me, her (and mine) lawyer informed us, it may not happen because her reason wasn't sufficient. "No longer loved him". However (thank God) things were changing and we got "happily divorced".

[@ladyjay1432]

And nobody was covered by "skin art". Refreshing!

[@NickyNicest]

Do tattoos trigger you Karen?

[@ematique4392]

@@NickyNicest loooool

[@thehistoryconisseur1154]

So, '60-'63 was basically like the 50s again. After JFK was killed, it marked a turbulent and also prosperous decade. Although we are more advanced today, I like how this time had a sense of possibility that problems can be fixed.

[@jk4675]

All decades culturally don't start on the 0 year. It's more of a transition so the beginning years of the decade is a cascade of the last one

[@rubyjanemanoban4440]

Wish born during 60s