Flashback to 1954 - A Timeline of Life in America

[@russ4338]

I was born in 1953, growing up during those times are unforgettable and I wish all kids of today could experience those such wholesome times.

[@billsharp3786]

This is the greatest series. So many groovy childhood memories found here. Thank you.

[@theresachiorazzi4571]

You can’t beat those times they were the best. Now gone but oh so many memories never to see again.

[@hanniillusion]

if only racism and misogyny wasn’t as bad then

[@susanledger]

This was the year I was born. LOVE Recollection Road!!!

[@ericksonfedor4765]

Wow, if that is truly the year you where born then you deserve a memorial cake because then was nothing but a good and a beautiful life style to always remember.

[@commonsense3921]

Horrible times

[@lyartbane2115]

I'll be 32 this month and my grandfather on my dad's side was 32 in 1954. He died well before I was born. This video gives me a sense of what was going on when he was about my age now. It's awe inspiring how much the world has changed since then.

[@Jean-ni6of]

I would go back in a heartbeat.

[@bobconnolly1614]

Also...the very first transistor radio, the Regency TR-1, was released late in the year...just in time for Christmas. It and its successors were instrumental in driving the rock n roll revolution forward...

[@itominack887]

Thank you for this series. This was my year, and I imagine how it was for my mom and dad. Please keep up the great work.

[@Nunofurdambiznez]

FABULOUS video, as usual!! These year-by-year vids are fantastic - thanks for posting them!

[@beegee22]

Love these videos of wonderful times gone by.

[@williamlevenson5607]

Great videos. Keep'em coming. I'm a history buff, especially my era of the 50's to the present. Its like looking at the family photo albumn. Touches the heart and soul.

[@dougmorris9317]

And on May 28, 1954 my Dad graduated from Waynesburg High School 🎓 He wasn't head of the class but he was the coolest 🙂

[@Superfreq69]

I was born in 1954. This was crazy good! Thank you

[@janetbenning2645]

Me too.

[@joelfrombethlehem]

A great concise review of 1954. I wish I had been born a few years earlier, so I could enjoy '54 as it is presented here. Yet another great production from Recollection Road.

[@lanacampbell-moore4549]

Thanks for sharing😊

[@buckshot6481]

What a great time to be a kid! Awesome time to be alive.

[@pianoplayrpiano99]

The year I was born! Thank you for posting!

[@kathysaylor5676]

me too

[@AllieJ123]

Me. Too

[@monicaqueenan9985]

Ditto 😁

[@markfrench8892]

You realize that you are an antique now? 😂

[@pianoplayrpiano99]

@@markfrench8892 sadly, yes.

[@rickparker679]

as a person born JUNE 3, 1954, I found this to be a real treat.

[@MilitaryVideoWorks3742]

Memories are made of things in these great videos. Thank you so much for creating them.

[@Hoonozit]

My favorite channel.

[@josearellano203]

Even though I was born in 1992, I enjoy seeing years in review. And I love history.

[@m.loughlin1915]

In '54, my dad came home from an overseas job, bought a brand new '54 Chevy for $2400 cash, married my mom, bought a house, and I came along in '55. Took my driver license test in '72 with that same '54 Chevy. A better time in a better town in a better state in a better country.

[@commonsense3921]

“A better time” Says the White man.

[@suestephan3255]

That is cool

[@MikeBrown-ii3pt]

14 years before my time but I love history!

[@samanthab1923]

This is more my parents era.

[@brian70Cuda]

Just better times... We were the UNITED STATES!!!

[@MustangSally2.0]

I was born in 1954, thank you for this. Great times.

[@buggyridge]

Love your channel! I was born in 1954 and also a car guy. Your Burger King video had cars from the 1960's in it also as an FYI. Had one of those falcons.

[@pamelamays4186]

A lot happened in 1954! In addition to all the culturally historical stuff, my parents got married and started a family.

[@OcotilloTom]

I was 8 in 1954...good times!, good times!

[@kathysaylor5676]

me too

[@mikedrown2721]

​@@kathysaylor5676I was born in 1946😊

[@PrivateOGITH]

Milts Stop n EAT Also Came out in 1954 in Moab Utah...

[@michaelorenstein9165]

I was born on Labor Day, Monday, Sept. 6, '54. Six years later, Labor Day (a federal holiday) fell on Monday, Sept. 5, 1960, meaning my first day in first grade was the next day, on my birthday. Fate has a cruel sense of humor!

[@keiththomas3141]

Christmas was magical back in those days. People actually cared about their neighbors.

[@samanthab1923]

Wow had no idea the Nutcracker started back then. That was part of our holiday traditions. Always went in to Lincoln Center to see the Nutcracker in the 70's.

[@brucemarsico6]

Almost all of the major holidays in the USA had a deeper meaning and were revered so much more than now (2021). Most are vaguely alluded to so as not to offend some group or another. Plus....most are all commercialized to the point where that's really what the holiday is for..TO GO BUY SOMETHING!

[@westonmeyer3110]

@@brucemarsico6 Multiculturalism destroys everything.

[@brucemarsico6]

@@westonmeyer3110 Perhaps, but it's the irresponsible citizenry that have come to expect celebrity and political zealots to form the nations policies. Americans (british) are fed bread and entertained by circuses to dull them from the serious reality that's about to overtake them. They are afraid to make a stand to save their identity. But wait...as the saying goes, 'you ain't seen nothin' yet' of the chaos that is coming.

[@drakke.newsdkreagere7960]

Christmas still magical

[@orangehoof]

DiMaggio and Monroe went to Japan for their honeymoon but cut it short because Marilyn agreed to appear with other entertainers in nearby Korea to encourage American troops fighting a war there. The men gave Monroe an enthusiastic response. Back in Japan, Monroe gushed about her trip "you can't imagine what it's like to be worshiped by thousands and thousands of MEN!" The baseball superstar replied dryly, "I think I can".

[@brucemarsico6]

?????? 1954....the truce in Korea was signed in 1953.....monroe went to entertain the troops stationed there....the war had ceased a year earlier.

[@daphneanson9587]

@@brucemarsico6 Marilyn went to entertain the US troops in Korea and told DiMaggio when she came back, "Oh, Joe, you've never heard such cheering!" DiMaggio replied, "Oh yes I have!"

[@chriscohlmeyer4735]

@@brucemarsico6 the truce was signed but it was still being broken into the 1960's. Also the Korean War has still not officially ended with a Peace Treaty.

[@brucemarsico6]

@@chriscohlmeyer4735 Quite...and probably there'll never be a peace treaty. As the United States weakens and becomes less and less committed to the peace in east Asia, the day may come when China attempts to invade Taiwan and North Korea, again, invades the South.

[@chrispaul7849]

joltin was a miserable POS who beat MM regularly--biggest fraud ever.

[@mikehughes4969]

1954 was before my time, but I always like seeing a new video from you.

[@PindarMOD]

I think there is a lot of iconic imagery associated with America in the 50s and 60s. That was probably the greatest era.

[@commonsense3921]

👀

[@freeguy77]

July 1953 - Nov. 21, 1963. The best decade America ever enjoyed! Between the ugly wars and ended the day before the ugliest Friday afternoon, on a Dallas street.

[@catherinebreitfeller669]

Memories😊

[@diannefaith7866]

OMG! This was the year that my parents met!! ♥️ So sad, my dad passed away in 2007 and my mother is 90 years old...

[@thecatlady6]

I enjoyed this review of 1954. So many firsts! However, the last one you said was the first Burger King opened in Miami, FL toward the end of the year. This contradicts the Burger King video from two days ago when you said the first Burger King opened in Jacksonville, FL in 1953.

[@joanzuniga4381]

This cannot be a 1954 phto because some of those cars are later models, i.e the 58 Ford Station wagon, and the 1960 Ford Falcon

[@ericksonfedor4765]

You are absolutely right honestly speaking. I think we need more beautiful memories to share together

[@robbieholroyd8084]

I think he ment first B.K. in mia. I've always heard the first B.K. was in Jax.

[@29madmangaud29]

I really look forward to your shows,,,, and look forward to when you get to somewhere , where I'm from ,,,,,,,,,some 9 more years from this,.............. thanks!

[@model-man7802]

Even though Burger King has came down in quality I still like it better than McDonald's.

[@janetbenning2645]

Me too.

[@lauranorwar]

I definitely like BK’s hamburgers best…but I really like McDonalds fries!

[@freeguy77]

Whoppers can't be beat! Lived in Miami Beach mid-'60s, and knew BK started in Miami the decade earlier. Those Quarter Pounders cost only 40 cents in '65! Fries only 20 cents. Shakes only 30 cents! A whole full meal for less than a silver-based dollar: 4 silver quarters which were plentiful! But their mintage ended in 1964, so the government could finance the Great Society programs and the increased Vietnam War!

[@jimh.8138]

OMG, my mom had one of those panther statues on the tv in the opening scene. Had totally forgotten about that. 😱

[@chefbubbaclemson3701]

Its a Tiger, a Clemson Tiger , modeled on the sculpture on campus... We had one too

[@Madness832]

It's a TV lamp; used to ease eye strain while watchin' in the dark.

[@benni1023fm]

So did Edith Bunker!

[@sunshine3914]

I have a variety of them, but no tv.

[@brendas.1374]

My grandparents bought their first house in 1954.

[@vernwallen4246]

When"rock around the clock"was used in the sound track of the movie"Blackboard jungle"R N'R took off like a sky rocket.Then along came Elvis and the world was never the same.🗽👍

[@freeguy77]

That movie was the next year, 1955. It had a young Vic Morrow and Jamie Farr.

[@maryrichardson6029]

Thank you

[@ericksonfedor4765]

I guess you are so happy about the flack back of the old time memories Mary. How are you? Hope you having a wonderful day

[@MrPedal88]

The year I was born. I feel very fortunate to have grown up when I did. You can have today's, "I ME Mine" world.

[@RIXRADvidz]

My parents were both 17 in 1954, mom in Philipsburg NJ, having her first daughter, my dad captain of the basketball team and student body president of Paducah HS funny what the Army would do to them 9 years later.

[@samiam619]

Dare I ask what the Army did to them?

[@1985OldSkool]

Major Professional Sports Championships in 1954: - MLB World Series (Sept. 29-Oct. 2) New York Giants defeated Cleveland Indians (now the Guardians) 4-0. - NBA Championship Series (March 31-April 12) Minneapolis Lakers defeated Syracuse Nationals 4-2. - NFL Championship Game (Dec. 26) Cleveland Browns 56, Detroit Lions 10. - NHL Stanley Cup Finals (April 4-16) Detroit Red Wings defeated Montreal Canadiens 4-3.

[@joanzuniga4381]

This is a fun series! I do notice that the photos do not always match the year. For example the Burger King photo is clearly not 1954 ...there's a 58 Ford Station Wagon and a 60 Ford Falcon.

[@stevenlitvintchouk3131]

He did say "Burger King *would go on* to offer the Whopper," so we knew that photo of Burger King had been taken a few years later.

[@michaelwascom62]

I have seen a photograph of the first Burger King restaurant, taken about the time it opened. The founders had not yet adopted nor established the iconic designs and logos which would later identify the restaurant.

[@hazcat640]

You forgot the most important event of 1954 ... My birthday!! :)

[@weatherboi]

1954, a special year for me. :-)

[@SydneyRadio2UE]

If in 1954 you were driving a Mercedes, like the one at 1:20, people would automatically assume you had considerable wealth. It was that way until the early 1980's when affordable leasing options became widely available. Today, you can't tell if an average Joe is driving a Mercedes, or someone with lots of money. Sadly, leasing has taken the prestige out of driving a luxury car.

[@sunshine3914]

Even if he’s purchasing it, it will probably never be paid off.

[@keiththomas3141]

Yeah, Mostly retired doctors drove Mercedes back in those days. The Cadillac was the desired car.

[@kathrynbellerose3925]

Interesting as l was born in 1954. Thank you.

[@kathleencalhoun2225]

I had to see this one because this was the year in which I was born. Very interesting.

[@asteverino8569]

I only knew about the first telecast of ‘The Miss America Pageant’. The same evening I was born. Thanks for all the other milestones. They make perfect sense to me.

[@conniealman3237]

Nice to see this!

[@Cryo837]

21 cents for a gallon of gas in 1954. Yet I remember "gas wars" in early 70's with gas as low as 19 cents. Pretty steady gas prices until the "gas shortage" shock of 1973-1974. I remember waking up at 4am and driving my car down to the local gas station and leaving it there and walking home for a couple more hours of sleep until the station opened at 7am. After that prices only went up....

[@DoubleDogDare54]

Had to laugh - four years ago I was shopping around for a good used car to use as a beater. Was checking out one clunker at a Ford dealership and dealing with a young salesman/kid who was still wet behind the ears. We talked gas mileage on the car and I told him I was fussy about good gas mileage because of the Arab oil embargos in the '70s. He gave me a blank look and asked me what I was talking about. He never even heard of the oil embargos.

[@freeguy77]

1960s, not 1970s! The gas wars I remember were in the mid-1960s in Miami. By the 1970s, the 'dollar' was only a piece of paper instead of 90% silver coins (1794-1964), and redeemable into gold at $35 per ounce until Aug. 15, 1971! Now, gold in the $2,000 range, silver over $23, showing the "dollar" has collapsed in value, inflated constantly by the Central Bank elitist central planners (Federal Reserve). End The Fed, return to sound money of precious metals as the Constitution tells the government!

[@billherber7269]

Lakewood Center mall opened in Southern California in 1952. We were told at the time that it was the first mall. But then, what difference does it make?

[@jamesmiller4184]

Give it some time and consideration, and then you might think of it.

[@jehudavis5422]

Look what we have become! God help us!!

[@elgnganal3492]

That was real nice esp when that Benz was first introduced. You definitely had to have some fat$$💵💵 back then to purchase one.

[@frankrizzo4460]

Still waiting for growing up in the 70s🤔

[@johnbockelie3899]

Nixon , shame, shame!!!, breaking the gavel .

[@spiritualservicesgodbless7641]

THANK YOU FOR THE VIDEO

[@stockinettestitch]

The first indoor mall was Southdale in Minnesota.

[@spiritualservicesgodbless7641]

That is interesting I did not know that the Post office and the bank were in the mall back then

[@charcoalblues.6121]

Love these videos but i have to correct this howler re Bill Haley's 'Rock Around The Clock' being regarded as the beginning of the rock era...the great Fats Domino released 'The Fat Man' which is regarded by most if not all reputable music historians as one of the first true Rock and Roll songs and the beginning of the genre..along with Ike Turner's 'Rocket 88'..

[@miriambucholtz9315]

How could you fail to mention the Salk polio vaccine trials that took place during the first half of that year? I was a 7-year-old second grader who took part in them. I still have my card and pin.

[@tolfan4438]

I guess he doesn't want to say anything positive about vaccines

[@chrispaul7849]

salk, lmao, total fraud

[@WilliamKearns5393]

R.I.P Ketia Tahana, August 23rd, 1953 - October 14th, 2017. R.I.P Ian Lewis, June 6th, 1953 - October 14th, 2017. R.I.P The 151 People, 1910S/1920S/1930S/1940S-1853.

[@BrokebackBob]

Still hoping you will do Bob Evans history.

[@RJ-hx5nb]

So fun to watch ...~~~~~

[@ApartmentKing66]

NBC began broadcasting in color on their TV network in 1954. They'd been waiting for the FCC to decide on a color TV standard again. I say "again" because they adopted CBS's mechanical color system with a spinning disc in every set in 1950, but eventually revoked it. They finally decided RCA's all-electronic B&W-compatible color system was the way to go in December 1953.

[@alanolson6913]

I was born in’54. Grew up in Southern California near Newport Beach 🏖️. Different times, a more traditional era. My Dad worked as a pressman at a local newspaper, my Mom was a homemaker for my Dad and us boys. The Ford Thunderbird premiered in October of that year (possibly why I’m a car guy?).

[@jamesmiller4184]

Very nice to hear about, Alan.

[@makellbird2634]

Another thing that happened in 1954 - "Fly Me To The Moon" was originally titled "In Other Words" and was written by Bart Howard in 1954. It has been covered by 800+ artists, including, most notably, Frank Sinatra and Count Basie… 10 years later, in August 1964.

[@jovanweismiller7114]

Until well after 1954, a movie ticket in my hometown was 25 cents. A half dollar would get you a ticket, a candy bar, some popcorn, and a pop

[@AFMMD-q8]

Awww, some things never change 🤨 @ 5:45 the gentleman in the Buick Skylark is not only taking his own parking space but the poor wagon to his right hand too, a little more and he would have parked in the middle.🧐

[@keithwilson6060]

Wow, a lot happened in 1954!

[@roberto1519]

I know this is too much to even think of asking for, but this series made me want something that would cover even from the 1800's and some time before that as both 1800 and 1900's were both the centuries which shaped our society as we know today. I'll start looking for something similar to this content about those eras, maybe even documentaries and the such.

[@interwebtubes]

Can you please make a video about the history of Delaware punch , Especially those striped cans ?; It’s been a very long time since I’ve had one of those tasty cans or plastic bottles of that wonderful punch drink ; Stay safe everyone and please remember to keep your hands clean and washed up at all times, I’m really wanting a can , Or even a plastic bottle of that very delicious punch chilled along with my lunch- time meal, Stay safe everyone and please keep enjoying this channel 👍

[@interwebtubes]

Oh yeah I just remembered, can you please also make a video piece about the Origins of peanut brittle, Definitely not diabetic approved ; But still an awesome snack item for the holidays 👍

[@robertnobles3895]

Interesting video about my birth year. One observation is that when it came to the part of Burger King, the photo would not have been any earlier than 1959 because that was the first year for the white Ford Falcon in the photo.

[@DavidLS1]

Also, the Whopper wasn't introduced until 1957.

[@lauramolony]

My mother was born in August that year.

[@IAmJustSaying6]

November 11th, 1954 saw the first ever. official Veteran's Day. Prior, the day was called Armistice Day. The following day, the 12th, Ellis Island closed for good.

[@shooshoo9366]

Year I was born. It was the best of times in America! Barely recognizable now

[@garyfaught3769]

Lee Merriweather later starred as Betty Jones, Barnaby Jones daughter- in- law, in the TV series by the same name. Still beautiful, even to this day.

[@freeguy77]

Miss America 1955, at 19. Now 87 (Mar 2023).

[@freeguy77]

Also remembered as "Ann" on "The Time Tunnel" for its 30 episodes, one year 1966-67.

[@ivanleterror9158]

If this was supposed to be a photo of that year for the Burger King it is not. There are 2 Ford Falcons (60s cars) and 1 '58' Edsel wagon. I am under the impression that all photos in this series were taken during that year.

[@luisreyes1963]

Back in '53, Ray Bradbury gave us the disturbing Fahrenheit 451. Then in '54, came the beginning of the greatest trilogy in Fantasy literature, Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien. 🧙🏻‍♂️🧝🏻‍♀️

[@DavidLS1]

Asimov's Foundation trilogy (1951-1953) was better.

[@grit5124]

I was 3 years old. Let’s go back to the 50s

[@anthonycaruso8443]

Full employment economy,great schools,very little crime

[@maryrecoy1616]

I wudnt b born for another ten years...crazy the amount time thts gone by..

[@TheTwick]

I was a “child” and payed 50 cents for a movie ticket.

[@TheVenicebeachboy]

Those were the days

[@majortom1950]

Thing is - at the end at the Burger King sat a '58 Ford wagon -- '60 Falcon -- lol

[@ellisjames7192]

The age of innocence.

[@lookeywho1287]

What is that 1958 Ford Station wagon doing parked in front of the Burger King in 1954 ?

[@midtnrailfan1785]

@Love to Spooge LOL, yes and also a '60 Falcon. So I guess those cars found a way to go back in time.

[@jchow5966]

Wish i could haveexperienced that year.

[@lelonfurr1200]

i was 1 yr old amazing cha4nges ahead$!$!

[@allenjones3130]

Peter Tchaikovsky wrote "The Nutcracker".

[@marysheeran519]

Lovely video. I was barely born, but some of these things are in my oldest memory channels. I think it's useful to remember that "under God" was added to the pledge of allegiance to the flag because we were engaged in cold war propaganda, and most people supported that. We were showing we were not godless, and it's why "In God We Trust" was added to our national vocabulary as well. One correction: The ballet choreographer's name is pronounced Balancheeen. Easy error if you don't know ballet. Try anyone on a ballet video speaking of the man if you want to double check.

[@craig4135]

Born in 1988. I wished I was born back in the 50s. That would be awesome to grow up and experience the 60s 70s 80s 90s. That would be a the best years to be alive in AMERICA. Then I could seen and experienced the best times in America. Back when men were men. Back when a look in a man’s eyes and a hand shake meant everything. Back when food was actually food!! No gmo No processed shit with red40 in it. Look how obese people are today compared to the 50s. Back when one man could work 40 hours a week and be able to take care of his family comfortably. Back when cars were $2000 new and built to last. When cars was made to where u could actually work on them urself. Back when a nice house was $50,000 new. Those were the times to be alive in America. Today America has gone to hell in a hand basket. Men want to be wemen. Kids wanting a sex change before they even know what they want to be in life. One man can’t comfortably support his family on 40 hours a week. Those same $2,000 cars are $70,000+ and those same $50,000 houses are $350,000+. I could go on for days. It’s sad times we are living in.

[@AllieJ123]

The year I was born

[@reppepper]

I have that edition of LOTR.

[@gregggoss2210]

Oh boy, I wish gas was still that price. I filled up the other day and it came to $82.

[@MikeBrown-ii3pt]

It cost me over $800 this morning. Of course that was 250 gallons of diesel in my Freightliner. When I filled my pickup on Sunday, it was "only" about $90.

[@tomloft2000]

would you have wanted to make 3 grand a year?me neither.

[@westonmeyer3110]

You can thank Biden for that.

[@wendylindberg]

White Christmas wasn’t centered around the war. It was after the war ended.

[@trentpettit6336]

1954 may have been the year when school segregation was first challenged by America's Supreme Court, but not until 1960 did RUBY BRIDGES (who coincidentally was born in 1954 in Mississippi) become the first black student at a previously all-white public elementary school in the South (to be precise, in a former Confederate state) when she was enrolled at Frantz Elementary School in New Orleans. And she was forced to have federal marshals escort her to and from the building for many weeks. There was an angry mob gathered outside the school to protest her admission to the school on more than one occasion.

[@suestephan3255]

Yes you are right. The SC ruling in 1954 was defied by schools & parents. Ruby Bridges wa a brave little girl, ha a white teacher and because of it wa the only student fir most of her 1st grade. Private tutored and Ruby turned out fine and was not bitter.🙂

[@1954shadow]

The year I was born.