Flashback to 1955 - A Timeline of Life in America

[@pennymartin3821]

I was born 1955, thank you for remembering the year that I was born

[@stephenzies8867]

Me To

[@1985OldSkool]

I debuted in the world during December 1955

[@Thundralight]

Me too and the reason I watched this, although I don't remember any of it

[@VTSGsRock]

my only uncle was born on the first day of 1955, the only memorable event of that yearp

[@benjaminlalruata]

You are so lucky to have lived in that era. I wish I was too....

[@orangehoof]

This is becoming one of my favorite channels. Thank you.

[@sarah-janegalipo3995]

Agreed

[@kurtkauffman4326]

Mine too!

[@glutenfreejoe6099]

Thanks for the video, my oldest brother was born in 1955, he was big into cars & vans, I remember his 57 Chevy and other vehicles, would help run get tools for him & help him work on his vehicles. We lost him at just 19 in 1975 to a cliff diving accident, sure miss him and my second oldest brother born in 1957, he also worked on vehicles, lost him in 2008 to cancer, miss him a lot too

[@tracymesser296]

So sorry for your loss of your siblings! Hope your doing well!

[@suestephan3255]

Sorry for your losses. It must have been devastating.

[@alexsessa7437]

Watching this meant a lot to me. My father was born in 1955. He passed away three weeks ago, after a long illness. I’ve been thinking a lot about his life and experiences, and it’s meant a lot to me to look back at what the world was like when he was born.

[@hzlrobin3656]

So sorry for your loss. It was a very good year.

[@benjaminlalruata]

Your father was lucky to be born and lived in that era,the best of times. May his soul rest in peace.

[@queenyl7287]

Same but my mom

[@divermike]

Ahhh 1955 what a year. The year I was born and don't remember a dang thing about it!!!

[@ApartmentKing66]

Well, you were pretty young then.

[@Disneyfan1955]

Hello My name is David and I was born in 1955 too!😀

[@jimster46]

I was two

[@glenncurley680]

Same!

[@benjaminlalruata]

Mr. Clarkson, you still had the privilege to grow up in those wonderful times, you are indeed lucky.

[@IronChefLif3]

Loving the history you give us. Thank you.

[@brendas.1374]

Great year! My grandparents bought a new 1955 Chevy Belair 2dr Hardtop at Chase Chevrolet in Stockton, CA on May 5, 1955.

[@henrygerfingerfin]

Hello, how are you doing today and the entire family and friends doing today???

[@fw1421]

I was 2 years old. Too young to appreciate how good America was.

[@tomrobards7753]

That is the correct terminology WAS and those were the days

[@benjaminlalruata]

But you still managed to grow up in those wonderful times, lucky you....

[@carolyncarter2615]

4:38 This isolated stretch of highway remains virtually unchanged to this day -- 66 years later! Although there's now a diner with a parking lot monument to James Dean at the location where he crashed.

[@NGMonocrom]

Silver car on a bright sunny day. Reflections cause other drivers to sometimes not see your vehicle. That's what I learned from his tragic death. I love silver. All of the cars I've ever owned in life have been silver. My next car, whatever it is, is going to be silver.... and every day I drive, unless it's severely overcast, I drive with my headlights on.

[@famousbowl9926]

Not true. The lanes have been widened and the road expanded. Stop spreading misinformation.

[@carolyncarter2615]

@@famousbowl9926 And don't forget there's now a rest stop too!🙄 I travel Hwy 46 from the Central Valley to the Central Coast quite often. Most of that stretch is still two lane, not four. It's also not a heavily traveled highway and the landscape along that stretch of road is isolated and hasn't changed in 66 years. Stop pulling YOUR misinformation out of your ass.

[@user-vm5ud4xw6n]

Three years old in ‘55. Thank you for sharing what was going on at the time !!

[@donnakerr4997]

I was raised in an orphanage so it was in 1955 that I was told I had a little sister and brother.It was the best year ever.

[@henrygerfingerfin]

Hello, how are you doing today and the entire family and friends doing today????

[@stargirlzx]

I hope your life turned out well. I cant imagine life being easy in an orphanage in those days

[@MichaelGonthier-s1p]

Thank you. I was born in '55. Great memories...😅

[@Hoonozit]

Thanks for another video.

[@matrox]

I still have my original Mickey Mouse Club Lunch Box circa 1962. The MMC lasted until 59'. But MMC merch was still being sold in the early 60s.

[@stephenpowstinger733]

They had some cute Mouseketeers. A friend had a crush on Annette, who had a good figure.

[@AnnaPaul56]

My Husband was born in 1955. I am going to share this with him. This was very interesting. Thank you.

[@henrygerfingerfin]

Hello, how are you doing today and the entire family and friends doing today???

[@sonyafox3271]

I always remember the year 1955 because, a lot happened that year, a year with a lot of history behind it. Even, though, I wasn’t born till 67.

[@selmazopinion]

I love these videos, thank you!

[@johnenos356]

And on October 22, I made my first appearance in the world. I know, not much of a splash. But it was for me!

[@nancybarta8167]

I went to Disneyland the first week it opened.lol.I still remember the crowds.I feel honore that I was able to hear Rosa speak in the 90s.

[@boboren8246]

Yeah Rosa Parks she's one of the first troublemakers back in the fifties should have done something more about that

[@juord]

@@boboren8246 ok white supremacist

[@juord]

@@boboren8246 ok ⚪️ suprmacist

[@juord]

@@boboren8246 ok wyatt superamcist

[@juord]

@@boboren8246 found a WS

[@albuquerqueturkey1567]

I love these Documentaries

[@cheaplaughkennedy2318]

Can’t help but to think of the 55 Chevy Nomad wagon, awesome vehicle.

[@georgewielosik1567]

I have a 56 Nomad.

[@cheaplaughkennedy2318]

@@georgewielosik1567 cool , beautiful car 👍👌 I believe they’re were more 55s than 56 or the least produced the 57 .

[@georgewielosik1567]

@@cheaplaughkennedy2318 yes had it for a long time, not for sale not original has a 327 runs good red and white fun to drive definitely a chick magnet 🧲. Came stock with AC.

[@cheaplaughkennedy2318]

@@georgewielosik1567 👍👌

[@jeffreysproul3436]

The last film that James Dean made was The Giant which was not completed until after his death and released in 1956 .

[@stephenpowstinger733]

He did not last long in movies due to his untimely death.

[@garyfaught3769]

James Dean did a commercial with Gig Young on driving safety just days before he was killed. He was still dressed in his "Giant" wardrobe while doing the commercial and closed with the line "Drive careful out there, the life you save may be mine."

[@NGMonocrom]

Regarding a couple of the TV shows mentioned ~ 1- The $64,000 Question was cancelled after a huge scandal in which it was revealed that the show's Producers rigged the whole thing. Not at first. But it soon became clear that the questions were too hard for the contestants to answer. Having everyone get eliminated before they even came close to the $64,000 question was going to become boring real quick for audiences. 2- Gunsmoke did get cancelled at one point due to low ratings. Happened while the President of the network was on vacation. The executive he left in charge decided to try to impress the President by being active. Only problem was, he cancelled Gunsmoke.... The President's personal favorite show. Guess who was furious upon his return. He immediately reinstated the show. (Easy to last 20 years when the man signing all the paychecks loves the show.) But with all the time slots filled, something had to be cancelled. A half hour news program got the boot. Along with a little half hour comedic program known as Gilligan's Island. The President didn't like the show from the start. And, didn't care that it was getting very good ratings at the time.

[@elwin38]

Another one of my older sisters was born this year(FEB 15).

[@marknesselhaus4376]

Oh so close. I was born in 1956. Always enjoy these videos :-)

[@ApartmentKing66]

James Dean was heavily involved in racing, yes, but he wasn't on his way to a race the day he died. They were going to tow his Porsche to a race track, but since it was new, it needed to be broken in first. He had just taken delivery of "Little Bastard," his '55 Porsche 550 Spyder, and was driving a big loop to break it in. That's why he was at the Hwy 46/41 junction that day. He and a Porsche mechanic named Rolf Weutherich were headed to Paso Robles to have dinner with some friends of theirs, then head back to LA. However, fate had different plans...Donald Turnupseed, headed home to Hanford, turned in front of him at the junction.

[@anthonycaruso8443]

Turnupseed said he did not see him.Dean had received a speeding ticket earlier.Hollywood trying to pass the blame to Turnupseed?

[@neilpuckett359]

I was hatched that year. That normal America lasted till the 70's.

[@jamesbrehm1119]

I remember some things from that year. I was 10 years old. My best friends grandpa owned the local Chevy garage and we hung out there a lot. Can remember the sales people laughing ( they offered us $2 if we could) at us trying to find the gas cap when the new '56 chevy came out. ( they were behind the taillight that year) They ended up having to show us but, gave us the $2 anyway.

[@tomrobards7753]

SO SORRY FOR YOUR LOSS I LOST TWO SISTERS IN THAT ERROR

[@tomrobards7753]

Well don't leave at the 57 and 58 because they were well hidden too cuz I had a 58 in the 60s in high school and I when I first bought the car I didn't know where gas cap was

[@tracymesser296]

Good times for sure!!

[@terrorgaming459]

How were peoples clothes

[@stephenpowstinger733]

That was a weird design idea. The license plate idea was a little better.

[@lenisbennett3062]

I was 10 in 1955, pop bought a new Oldsmobile Super 88 holiday it was a great time to be a kid. Mom was into rock and roll and pop was into country and I was into both. A lot of great music in the 50s.

[@benjaminking9738]

I Watched this video because I'm working on restoring a 1955 Oldsmobile 88 right now!

[@boblonergan7583]

I was there in 1965 when I was in the Marines. Wonderful place.

[@janeself9827]

Wonderful channel

[@henrygerfingerfin]

Hello, how are you doing today and the entire family and friends doing today????

[@alejandrocortez3298]

I was born in 1955, along with Rock & Roll

[@CraigSmith]

Des Plaines was the first McDonald's Ray Croc personally opened, but it certainly wasn't the first McDonald's. Not even close. The first one was opened by the McDonald brothers in 1940 in California. Des Plaines was actually the ninth McDs. Id highly recommend watching "The Founder" for the story of Kroc and the McDonald brothers.

[@stevenj2380]

The Founder has fictionalized elements but it's a good start. Waa Des Plaines really no. 9? Were the original and then several franchised by McDonald brothers, built with the theme building...before Kroc.

[@bradbundy1471]

Thanks, I was going to clear that up too! I was born in 1952. Seems so long ago. Miss it. 🌲🌲👍

[@marygrant882]

I live across the street from the McDonald's brothers mansion. IN California.

[@DavidSmith-ot1fp]

June 4th 1955 here....a Great year for cars....

[@RankielGuitar]

Great Scott!

[@ladedalounge]

I relax for a moment and watch and forget this fuckery of this technological age.

[@carolyncarter2615]

Yet, it's the technical advances that made it possible for you to watch this video.🙃

[@numba2bvi]

I was born in ‘76 but I’ve realized The 50’s as the height of American culture ❤️❤️ God Bless America

[@itsjohndell]

You didn't mention why the $64,000 Question didn't last. A scandal over fixed game shows led to Congressional Hearings!

[@selmazopinion]

Was the movie Quiz Show based on this?

[@AJ17_]

@@selmazopinion Yes it was!

[@Paramount531]

@@selmazopinion Yes, it is an excellent movie, one of my favorites.

[@Cryo837]

I was only 2 so I remember nothing. But a great video as always!!!

[@mike97525]

I was at Disney land the first week😋

[@DonRRicks]

I was born March 12 in east Texas, the youngest of 7; 4 brothers, 2 sisters and me. Mother and Daddy are gone, both sisters, and two older brothers also. Time sure gets away from us, doesn’t it

[@1985OldSkool]

Major Professional Sports Champions during 1955: - MLB World Series (Sept. 28-Oct. 4) Brooklyn Dodgers defeated New York Yankees 4-3. - NBA Championship Series (March 31-April 10) Syracuse Nationals defeated Fort Wayne Pistons 4-3. - NFL Championship Game (Dec. 26) Cleveland Browns 38, Los Angeles Rams 14. - NHL Stanley Cup Finals (April 3-14) Detroit Redwings defeated Montreal Canadiens 4-3.

[@frankrizzo4460]

Still waiting for the growing up in the 70s story 🤔

[@elwin38]

Me too...i'm a 70's kid. #Generation X

[@joelfrombethlehem]

You'll have to wade, or wait, or stroll through the 1960s decade.

[@jamesslick4790]

The radio version of "Gunsmoke" lasted from 1952 until 1961 (A pretty good run itself) It starred William Conrad (TV's "Cannon") as Marshall Dillon. Since I saw "Cannon" BEFORE I heard the radio version "Gunsmoke", When I do listen, I get an image of Marshall Dillon "riding" in to Dodge City in a blue Lincoln Continental Mark IV. 😜

[@MilitaryVideoWorks3742]

Another great video!!!

[@DRFelGood]

A Classic 😉

[@Lenioogami]

Good times these were

[@henrygerfingerfin]

Hello, how are you doing today and the entire family and friends doing today???

[@kurtkauffman4326]

On 7/2 of that year,Lawrence Welk debuts for the very 1st time.

[@joelfrombethlehem]

Yea! Disneyland!

[@chrispaul7849]

my birth year, lotta cool stuff and sad happened... man, I need a time machine back to the 60s to escape this prison.

[@markhernden9472]

Nostalgia's a funny thing. People of a certain age can look back wistfully at a year like 1955 and perhaps long for that simpler, less crazy time but people then no doubt longed for the simpler less crazy 1910's or 20's.

[@carolyncarter2615]

And no doubt in 50 years people will long for the simpler times of the 2010s and 2020s lol.😝

[@markhernden9472]

@@carolyncarter2615 No doubt, Carolyn lol.

[@NGMonocrom]

In fairness, the 1920s were crazy.... A fun crazy, rip-roaring good time party for many. Sadly, 100 years later, except for the planetary pandemic and the violent riots by certain domestic terrorist groups that the mass media likes to pretend are peaceful protestors; I doubt the 2020s are going to be memorable.

[@austinstratman1809]

nope

[@candancelinzay2552]

@@carolyncarter2615 If I'm still alive I'll tell them how awful it was. ;)

[@matrox]

2:24 Grandma is 67 but looks at least 75.

[@packingten]

Trying to judge age by looks is plain stupid,My Grandma was born in 1898,in 1970 She cut her grass&kept her home SPOTLESS,She looked 60@72,We all see people who look older and younger for their age!. Don't act like people born back when all looked old before their time😡

[@CAG247]

@@packingten I think the style of clothing made people look older than what they were back then. Just my observation though…that and their lifestyle.

[@Melinda8162]

@@CAG247 And, the women had ‘old style ‘ hair dos, and probably never wore make-up!

[@matrox]

I can relate to this year because it was the year my brother was born.😁

[@schallrd1]

Love those McDonald's prices. They still held up through the 60's.

[@tomrobards7753]

Yes in my previous reply above ,, first place we hit after we got out of high school for the day

[@itsmommy100]

I was born 12/15/1955. I had no idea so many of these things happened in the year prior to my birth. I especially didn't realize I was born during the Selma Bus Boycott.

[@Nezmund]

1956 coming up next. My birth year.

[@alexgeorge501]

Nov 5, 1955: the day Doc Emmett L. Brown invented the calculation for the Flux Capacitor

[@SMac-bq8sk]

Glad someone besides me remembered that one!😉

[@AJ17_]

After he fell and hit his head on the toilet while hanging up a clock.

[@OcotilloTom]

I was 9 years old in 1955, I don't think I had any complaints.

[@austinstratman1809]

There you go! I was 7 and I would go back in a flash

[@skyjust828]

OmG I remember the "golden arches" on either side of the McDonald's & the walk up windows 🤗

[@donaldduncan7095]

Thanks, truly a special benchmark year. Born in 55.. ...Besides Disneyland and McDonalds ,Bruce Willis, Kevin Costner, Bill Gates, Mel Gibson, Eddie Van Halen . ( and most importantly me ;-)

[@HEAVENTWA]

Just one minor thing, two brothers with the last name McDonald had opened the first McDonald's restaurant. If I remember right, Ray Kroc partnered with them and then he bought them out. Ray used to sell them milk shake machines.

[@user-wy1dl2me2p]

That's true

[@JohnSmith-cf4gn]

Was born in 1952 but didn't realize what was going on until 1955. 😁😇

[@nicks.carter574]

I WAS 8 YRS. THERE THE FIRST DAY AT DISNEYLAND..

[@jovanweismiller7114]

$1.00/hr minimum wage? In 1955 the Federal minimum wage was 75 cents an hour IF you were in a job covered by the Federal statute. It did, however, increase to $1.00/hr in 1956. When I started working in 1965 the Federal minimum was $1.25/hr if you were covered. If you weren't, in Kansas where I lived, it was 85 cents an hour.

[@palipixel]

I like the content on this channel. Not to be overly pedantic, but the first McDonald's began as a small hamburger stand in San Bernardino, California, around 82 years ago on May 15, 1940. Two brothers, Dick and Maurice "Mac" McDonald, opened the stand as "McDonald's Bar-B-Q." They did sell out to Ray Kroc some years later.

[@stargirlzx]

Many people consider 55 to be the birth year of rock n roll

[@DWhytePA]

I was born on March 12, 1955, the day Charlie Parker died. My dad was a huge jazz fan so my middle name is CoCo after his wife. Fun fact.

[@lookatdis100]

I’m surprised Emmitt Till wasn’t mentioned.

[@Madness832]

There's a retro-styled McDonalds (1:55) in Saugus, MA.

[@AJ17_]

There's one in Seminole, FL too.

[@hzlrobin3656]

I believe that McDonald's was also a walk up. Your order was taken at a window. And you only needed a dollar and you even got change back!

[@larryhutton8776]

I was eleven years old.what a great time

[@luisreyes1963]

With either half of America taking about Rosa Parks or James Dean, it's a wonder anyone remembered Granny Gatewood. 🏞️

[@austinstratman1809]

no one talked about rosa, but Jimmy was IT!

[@davidcanter2376]

They had things for kids and adults to do back then now people just stare at a screen

[@zymaymyn]

June 15, 1955: "This Island Earth" was released.

[@rodbutler4054]

It was the core year of the fabulous fifties that preceded the movie American Graffiti by George Lucas for a glimpse of that era.

[@DjSportsGirl86]

My mom was born that year.

[@charlescrawford1788]

For the whole story on McDonalds, watch the movie, The Founder.

[@jonivance8529]

I was only 2years of age back then 😃, but had to be a good year

[@henrygerfingerfin]

Hello, how are you doing today and the entire family and friends doing today??

[@gunnarbiker]

1955 - The year that Doc Brown had the revelation of the Flux Capacitor, which is what makes time travel possible, after he slipped off of his toilet while hanging a clock and hit his head on the sink! LOL Ray Kroc was a dirty bird, at least according to the movie The Founder. He walked all over the McDonald Brothers.

[@vernwallen4246]

1955 was just prior too Elvis taking off like a skyrocket!🗽👍

[@Rar17732]

My birthday year!

[@DjSportsGirl86]

This was the last Stanley Cup win for the Red Wings until 1997.

[@hcitron]

1955 -Brooklyn Dodgers defeated the New York Yankees for the first time after several failed attempts....

[@nancyjaplon4909]

Yes, that should have been included! People should read Doris Kearns Goodwin’s recollection of that fabulous event in her book Wait Till Next Year.

[@garyfaught3769]

They lost to New York in '41, '47, '49, '52 and '53 before finally defeating them in 1955. True to form they lost to the Yanks AGAIN in '56.

[@dannylee1987]

Back when America 🇺🇸 was truly great !

[@Daehawk]

This was my wife's birth year. She was an angel. She passed 2 years ago at the young age of 63. too soon.

[@juliejackman2649]

Rosa Parks was a courageous woman who did so knowing anything could've happened to her but did it anyways.💕

[@patrickmccarron5059]

Emmett Till was kidnapped and murdered in late August of 1955 too.

[@henrygerfingerfin]

Hello, how are you doing today and the entire family and friends doing today???

[@bonnytaylor7558]

Me too x

[@henrygerfingerfin]

Hello, how are you doing today and the entire family and friends doing today???

[@robertmasina4610]

From talking to people who grew up at the time, a husband and/or father can support a stay at home wife and kids. Try that today unless one has a very high paying job.

[@dianemitchell4595]

I too was born in 1955.

[@henrygerfingerfin]

Hello, how are you doing today and the entire family and friends doing today???

[@guineapiglady2841]

We need a new Rosa Park. The one who refused to wear a mask on a bus!

[@kurtkauffman4326]

It was the next decade before my time.

[@kevinpyne5808]

McDonald's in 1955 officially starts American obesity.

[@samanthab1923]

It took a while though. I remember it as a treat not a meal every day. They weren't on every corner either.

[@kevinpyne5808]

@Felix as a cop True. As the McDonald's multipled, the obesity multipled. Also, Burger Kings and other poison fast food places opened at various times after the first McDonald's. People were not really educated about the dangers of fast food until years after these places opened.

[@a.rosesrbleu9580]

Government food modification folks...not fast food....billions went into making food more chemically addictive...

[@cuspsoftheoverworld]

How is the government involved. Apart from maybe tinned food and MREs, fast food is a private creation - constant focus on speed, convenience, and the perfect combination of fat, sugar and salt. As said before, nutrition wasn’t as well understood then.

[@hzlrobin3656]

You didn't have a lot of obese people in those days. People didn't eat out as much because most mom's were and cooked at home.

[@susprime7018]

My Dad had a 1955 Plymouth Belvedere.

[@brosefmcman8264]

Why a great time to be an American

[@stargirlzx]

The rosa parks incident... one of the most import social happenings in the history of America

[@user-wy1dl2me2p]

Not really

[@stargirlzx]

@@user-wy1dl2me2p shouldn't you be at an ORANGE CLUELESS rally ?

[@jean-pierrethibaudeau7201]

That black woman in the bus had guts. She didn’t know it then but she helped change America for the better. Respect to her. I was born December 5th 1955, right at the birth of rock and roll. I am blessed. 😔 Thank you.

[@noble604]

Rosa Parks. Yes and she was only 42 years old at that time. So much history

[@noble604]

The creator might want to do the history of swimming pools in the US. As they were forced to be integrated, municipalities just tore them up and filled them in because whitepeople didn’t want Blackpeople in the pools (said they spread diseases/didn’t want the boys near their girls/women in bathing suits) so with no public pools and only some families joining private clubs, that gave rise to what we have now... the personal family swimming pool. What was once a community thing (swimming) all changed because of stopping integration and started a whole swimming pool industry.

[@suestephan3255]

@@noble604 I was and still am on Rosa Parks side. Courage

[@slister45]

We lived in Des Plains, IL in 1955. I was born in 1957, and remember getting McDonald's on nights my parents went out and we had a babysitter.

[@henrygerfingerfin]

Hello, how are you doing today and the entire family and friends doing today???

[@iwk-world]

The last one is the best! How could people ever dare to split society in radial classes?

[@henrygerfingerfin]

Hello, how are you doing today and the entire family and friends doing today???

[@rshaddock]

You forgot to mention, on October 7, 1955 Rick Shaddock was born. :)

[@brendataylor7905]

❤

[@purnell_fmily]

I’m still stuck on one dollar an hour LOL

[@user-wy1dl2me2p]

Stayed that way till 68