These Things From The 1970s Had Us Crying

[@julenepegher6999]

The 70’s was the best decade of my life. I was a teen. I would love to go back. That’s why I’m crying. 😢😅

[@julienielsen3746]

I was a teen during the time.Jr. High, and High School. I was bullied at school. but, it was still a great time to be a kid. I'd like to go back as an adult.

[@runrafarunthebestintheworld]

@@JimmySTX-jx3ul yeah I remember seeing video footage of people either crying or feeling worried of what would happen next especially students in school about the Vietnam war starting.

[@shinnam]

I am sorry the 70's were the best decade for you. Life should be getting better.

[@julenepegher6999]

@@shinnam thanks for your concern! Life is great for me. I just have a preference for the 70’s. Cheers!

[@julienielsen3746]

@@shinnam It was great. People were nicer. they had more respect. They dressed nicer. Had more self respect. Not so much confusion. Simpler calmer time.

[@dawng.8836]

Thanks for the tears. It was still a great time.

[@cdfreester]

I don't know where you get your photos, but they are so good and spot on. That picture of the gas station attendant watching Carter on the TV while a customer pumps gas outside is beautiful. Also, that early photo you have of 3 boys outside a house on their bikes - that looked like it could easily have been me with my friends outside our house in Rockford, IL in the early 70s. One thing I do think you might have missed is along with the death of Elvis in the summer of 1977, we also lost Bing Crosby. Not my favorite singer, but he had a huge impact on generations for his singing, movies, and Christmas specials.

[@coldsamon]

I remember the day Elvis died. I was 11.

[@saminaneen]

@@coldsamon I remember, in the 1970's, teenage girls, were REAL girls, and teenage boys, were REAL boys and there was no MENTAL illness, or FAKE genders, and all kids, knew, what public bathroom, to use.

[@leesashriber5097]

​@@coldsamon, I was nine. My dad passed away on September 6, 1977 at 35 years old from cancer. Not even a month later.

[@runrafarunthebestintheworld]

@@coldsamon I remember when Michael Jackson died but that didn't make me cry. Cry over celebrities is overrated but the reaction to Elvis passing away definitely seems it had the whole world crying no doubt.

[@John_Fugazzi]

This channel always has great photos.

[@stevea1025]

Growing up in the 70’s and watching this in today’s world is deja vu all over again.

[@michaelcavalier8750]

I grew up in the 70s. This is worse.

[@Nan-59]

@@michaelcavalier8750I’ll say! Now is NOTHING like the 70’s

[@stevedaniell7643]

The 70s made us tougher and more appreciative. Thanks for the memories.

[@robm3074]

It's interesting how time changes so many things. You mentioned the decay of Detroit Cleveland and other rustbelt cities back then and now we are seeing the same challenges with Los Angeles, San Francisco, Portland Oregon and Seattle.

[@carolynridlon3988]

Add any major large city (Chicago, Dallas, Houston, Miami, St Louis, Kansas city, Phoenix,...) this started during the 70's and really haven't stop spreading.

[@robm3074]

@@carolynridlon3988 I agree with you on that. However I would have been on here all afternoon listing all of the cities that this issue pertains to.

[@saminaneen]

@@carolynridlon3988 I remember, in the 1970's, teenage girls, were REAL girls, and teenage boys, were REAL boys and there was no MENTAL illness, or FAKE genders, and all kids, knew, what public bathroom, to use.

[@brian70Cuda]

Only took 50 years to repeat history, when will people learn!

[@saminaneen]

@@brian70Cuda I remember, in the 1970's, teenage girls, were REAL girls, and teenage boys, were REAL boys and there was no MENTAL illness, or FAKE genders, and all kids, knew, what public bathroom, to use.

[@leesashriber5097]

I actually just watched 'Brian's Song' last night. Still cry every time I watch it. So many memories. Some sad and some we wish we could go back to. Thank you for taking me back. 😊

[@johnmcjunkin4613]

The Apollo 13 mission and the safe return of the Astronauts, the Jonestown Massacre, the P.O.W.'s returning from Vietnam, the Bicentennial 4th of July celebration, the character of Lt. Col. Henry Blake's death on M*A*S*H*, when the characters of Mike and Gloria Stivick left to move to California on the TV sitcom All In The Family, the last episode of the Carol Burnett Show, the Fall of Saigon, the devastating earthquake in the Philippines in 1976, the deaths of legendary actors John Wayne and Bruce Lee, the deaths of two baseball greats Thurman Munson of the New York Yankees and Roberto Clemente of the Pittsburgh Pirates, the deaths of Bing Crosby, Eddie Anderson, Jack Benny, and Freddie Prinze. The deaths of Rock and Roll greats Elvis Presley, Janis Joplin, "Mama" Cass Elliott, Jim Morrison, Jimi Hendrix, Bobby Darrin, and Jim Croce, and many of the original band members of Lynyrd Skynyrd, including lead singer Ronnie Van Zant.

[@MomentsInTrading]

Whoa! Amazing list! 👍🏻

[@fanaticat1]

Yes! I hope Recollection Road makes a separate vdeo with these!

[@steveelder5306]

Jimi Hendrix. say his name.

[@johnmcjunkin4613]

@@steveelder5306: I did try to add it on there, when I found out that I left his name off, after mentioning five Rock and Roll entertainers, but when I tried to edit my text, KZbin kept locking out the edited version, for some reason, similarly like when I went to edit the word Rick, and instead tried to replace it with Rock, KZbin denied my edit on that as well, and only kept my original text as is. So I'm unsure as to how to override it. Sorry, if you felt that I had somehow slighted the great and legendary Jimi Hendrix, which I would never do on purpose.

[@stnwrd]

@@steveelder5306 Jimi Hendrix (out loud)

[@Tomatohater64]

Wow! Did this ever bring back the memories.

[@hearttoheart4me]

My oh my how things change but stay the same. Cities being destroyed, urban decay, rising crime and severe inflation.

[@freedomrings1420]

REALLY? So you are saying that today is like the 60s and 70s? LOL 😂, you must be living under a rock. You definitely are a democrat.

[@DUCKDUCKGOISMUCHBETTER]

Blue (Democrat Party) leadership always results in the same destruction, in any generation.

[@frankrizzo4460]

Yes sadly you are correct.

[@CrazyArt-r5e]

I remember all of these things with mixed emotions all these years later. Was a very turbulent decade. Wouldn’t have missed it for the world. ❤

[@donnamarsh3474]

Feels like we are living through the 70s again...except less fun. 😢

[@keithbrown7685]

and more people around to make problems.

[@tomklock568]

Thank you! You had me tearing up at the mention of Brian's Song! So many things happened in this crucial decade.

[@korbell1089]

I remember falling off the monkey bars at the playground and actually died, but my mom made me get up and walk it off!😂😂

[@saminaneen]

@@user-fp8qe7if7u I remember, in the 1970's, teenage girls, were REAL girls, and teenage boys, were REAL boys and there was no MENTAL illness, or FAKE genders, and all kids, knew, what public bathroom, to use.

[@cindytrayer4279]

🤣🤣🤣🤣 that’s what made us boomers as tough as we are today !! Today’s generation needs to fall off a few monkey bars!!

[@sixtoes2313]

Mothers were tough. ...I bet your arse ain't dead when that ice cream truck comes around.

[@saminaneen]

@@sixtoes2313 I remember, in the 1970's, teenage girls, were REAL girls, and teenage boys, were REAL boys and there was no MENTAL illness, or FAKE genders, and all kids, knew, what public bathroom, to use.

[@Abigail_Wyatt]

You actually DIED yet your on here commenting years later….. Hate it when people don’t know the difference between literal and figurative speech. Looks like you spent more time on the monkey bars than in class.

[@salemslotandmore8278]

Thanks for the Video (and the memories) 😀

[@carolynridlon3988]

I grew up during the 70's (10 yrs old to 20 yrs old in 1980) so I do remember many of these things, but I hoped I would not have to live as an adult thru similar actions again. Today is nothing but a bad copy of the 70's.😢

[@itinerantpatriot1196]

I hear ya. Almost makes ya wish you held on to that pet rock to throw at something.

[@saminaneen]

@@itinerantpatriot1196 I remember, in the 1970's, teenage girls, were REAL girls, and teenage boys, were REAL boys and there was no MENTAL illness, or FAKE genders, and all kids, knew, what public bathroom, to use.

[@julienielsen3746]

@@itinerantpatriot1196 LOL.

[@julienielsen3746]

I was 10 in 1970. Had some hard times myself. But, I still think it was a great era.

[@NASCARFAN93100]

“Love means never having to say you’re sorry.” - Jennifer Cavalleri, Love Story

[@kirnpu]

I liked the 60s but I loved the 70s! I remember being stunned beyond words at the Jonestown Massacre. I'll never forget trying to understand what had happened there.

[@richardjohnson2965]

The sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald, Nov.10, 1975, brought sorrow to the surviving families of those sailors that died that night, brought attention to the dangers of modern Great Lakes shipping, refocused our minds on how modern weather forecasting was still needing improvement, and reminded us that we live on a planet filled with dangerous and powerful storm systems that shouldn’t be ignored.

[@keithbrown7685]

... and gave rise to a song that is immortal, like its creator. Give it a listen, and something goes tingling down your backbone.

[@lisasharf1442]

@@keithbrown7685always the chill…

[@JeffMeadowsOutdoors]

The fact that we are still here to remember these things is a testament to how strong our generation is. ❤

[@saminaneen]

@hillbillyburnout,,I remember, in the 1970's, teenage girls, were REAL girls, and teenage boys, were REAL boys and there was no MENTAL illness, or FAKE genders, and all kids, knew, what public bathroom, to use.

[@fjcrod]

Right you are. Brian's song had me crying like a baby.

[@grumpyoldwizard]

I remember this. I was 16 in 1975. The world was a different place. I still have a scar in my arm, where a bit of protruding metal cut me, from those old metal slides.

[@freedomrings1420]

BOO HOO

[@saminaneen]

@@freedomrings1420 I remember, in the 1970's, teenage girls, were REAL girls, and teenage boys, were REAL boys and there was no MENTAL illness, or FAKE genders, and all kids, knew, what public bathroom, to use.

[@MomentsInTrading]

@@freedomrings1420Are you feeling okay?

[@MomentsInTrading]

At Balboa Park in San Diego, I ran under a metal slide, stood up too soon, and the edge of the slide sticking down cut into the top of my head. I was probably 7 or 8. I started rolling on the ground screaming. I was bleeding a lot. The worst part was a crowd gathered around and someone said, “OMG! Is he dying?” It scared me really bad. Turns out it wasn’t that bad of a cut. Head wounds bleed a lot more than a same sized cut on an arm wound be. My parents took me to the ER, and they had to put a special bandaid that held the wound together some. I still have an indentation on my head where it happened.

[@Nan-59]

In the summer of 1975, I also turned 16 ❤❤❤

[@MrDan708]

As a PA resident, I certainly won't forget the Three Mile Island nuclear plant accident or the unemployment of those times.

[@mckev1]

Great video, thanks!

[@kentborges5114]

500th thumbs up and I am crying ! LOVE RECOLLECTION ROAD !

[@kellychuang8373]

Yes it is though for this video may want to correct a part of this on the Richard Ramirez Nightstalker since he actually started in the 1980's not the 1970's.

[@terrymintle7230]

The movie, The Boy in the Plastic Bubble was a TV Movie starring John Travolta, was on in 1976, based on a true story, that had a immune disease that lived in a Plastic Bubble, he died at the age of 12 from Lymphoma.

[@MomentsInTrading]

Yeah. I remember us kid’s talking about the movie the next day. That was worth including on this list.

[@heidiwagner1363]

THE 70'S DID HAVE ALOT OF SAD TIMES BUT WE MADE IT THREW IT AND LIFE GO'S ON....PEACE AND LOVE☮️🇺🇲♥️

[@markjulianoriginalhooli2217]

Through

[@saminaneen]

@@markjulianoriginalhooli2217 I remember, in the 1970's, teenage girls, were REAL girls, and teenage boys, were REAL boys and there was no MENTAL illness, or FAKE genders, and all kids, knew, what public bathroom, to use.

[@BlueSky-sf4rj]

@@markjulianoriginalhooli2217 you skipped GOES. 😄

[@sonhuynh8222]

Please do one for the 1980s …. 🙏🏽❤

[@rebeccalynn7795]

yes!! please do.

[@saminaneen]

@@rebeccalynn7795 I remember, in the 1970's, teenage girls, were REAL girls, and teenage boys, were REAL boys and there was no MENTAL illness, or FAKE genders, and all kids, knew, what public bathroom, to use.

[@kellychuang8373]

I can say also a good idea there and you can tell the people behind this video that Richard Ramirez actually started killing in that era not the 1970s. Which if you don't believe me Google and KZbin it or find out documentaries of this man but for the killers in the '70's to worry about would be Ted Bundy, SOS (Son of Sam) killer, David Berkowitz John Wayne Gacy or this one that got on a game show and is known as the Dating Game killer Rodney Alcala. Anyway Google and KZbin all about it or find documentaries about him also there was a serial killer starting out in this time known as Jeffrey Dahmer too with his first murder.

[@srice6231]

Yes, Brian's Song certainly made me cry!

[@pongop]

Great video! Also the movie Love Story.

[@Mick_Ts_Chick]

As a huge Beatles fan, that was definitely a horrific day in rock music history. In addition to Brian's Song, the movie that made me cry was Born Free. That theme song still chokes me up. I vividly remember the casualty reports from Vietnam on the news every night. All those poor kids dying, and the grieving relatives that were left behind. Very sad- what a waste.😢

[@lisasharf1442]

I remember Walter Cronkite giving a casualty count every night at the end of the news.

[@rhonda7070]

Excellent--thank you. Hardly seems so long ago, to me.

[@leehawkins5795]

The 70's was a fun decade in my life ( so was the 60's)........I was 15 - 24..........music was AWESOME....,,a few favorites were The Carpenters, the Osmonds, The Boone Girls, England Dan & John Ford Coley and John Denver.......I lived in South Lake Tahoe from 1976 - 1979.......I worked at Del Webbs Sahara Tahoe Hotel and Casino.......saw about 20 shows including Sonny and Cher, Debby Boone, the Osmonds, Captain and Tennille, Paul Anka, John Denver and Rick Nelson........I was working there when I heard on the radio that Elvis had passed away.........he performed there for years........someone i knew had cleaned his suite and he gave her a teddy bear.........the 70's.......many special memories.......and a few sad ones......I remember watching the Munich Olympics and the hostages.....it was TERRIBLE

[@darlahaines6928]

I miss hearing the beautiful theme from Brian's Song on the radio. It was played almost nonstop in 1971-72, and now, nothing!

[@lisasharf1442]

“The Hands of Time”. Beautiful song. I think we actually sang that in choir (once the sheet music was released).

[@BoomGiggity]

I went to see Jaws with my brother when I was 11. When they got to the scene with the corpse popping out of the ship's hull I completely freaked out. I haven't seen the movie again since.

[@hilltopmachineworks2131]

I was 10 when I saw it in the movie theater. Scared the crap out of me too.

[@keithbrown7685]

I thought it was just the head, but it's been a while.

[@Mick_Ts_Chick]

Yep, when that head rolled out, the first 3 rows almost cleared out! 😂

[@craigb.4737]

@@Mick_Ts_Chick LOL .. So true!

[@mikedowell9874]

Seems like good times compared to what's going on in this country nowdays

[@runrafarunthebestintheworld]

So the Oil crisis was a good time? What you mean? Pfft 😅

[@gregwasserman2635]

I grew up in the 70s and have fond memories of it. Every generation and every decade has its share of things to overcome and deal with. The 70s were no exception. The music was great (no autotune! ) and the decade was full of blockbuster movies. There were the disaster movies such as "The Poseiden Adventure" and "Airport!" series as well as the scifi boom of the late 70s, with "Star Wars" leading the charge along with "Close Encounters". But change is the only thing constant in life.

[@lisasharf1442]

Don’t forget “Towering Inferno”!

[@gregwasserman2635]

@@lisasharf1442, absolutely. I think that was the first of the 70s "disaster" movies, but I can't remember the order of them.

[@darryldeclue841]

The Jones town tragedy, that was horrific

[@bavery6957]

I remember us fools playing King of the Hill on monkey bars all the time. I once made it to the top, stood up, and had my legs swept out from under me - BING BONG DING DONG splat - my noggin bounced from side to side, catching a bar on every level going down. Just like a cartoon! I ran home, bleeding and sobbing, had to get stitches for my split left ear. Told not to play such stupid games or somebody could really get hurt! Guess who was on the monkey bars the next day...?

[@freedomrings1420]

When boys were boys and the girls wore the dresses.

[@saminaneen]

@@freedomrings1420 I remember, in the 1970's, teenage girls, were REAL girls, and teenage boys, were REAL boys and there was no MENTAL illness, or FAKE genders, and all kids, knew, what public bathroom, to use.

[@saminaneen]

@@user-fp8qe7if7u I remember, in the 1970's, teenage girls, were REAL girls, and teenage boys, were REAL boys and there was no MENTAL illness, or FAKE genders, and all kids, knew, what public bathroom, to use.

[@runrafarunthebestintheworld]

Ouch..

[@Mick_Ts_Chick]

Yeah we did stupid s*** like that too, lol. Our playground was on asphalt so it was really treacherous!

[@LilannB]

The movie "Love Story" was a popular movie based on the book of the same name. The movie was released in 1970 and the ending made people cry.

[@roncaruso931]

Going to scjhool made me cry.

[@pcojedi]

great video

[@christopherkraft1327]

I graduated from high school in 1976. The seventies were a bittersweet decade!!! Thanks for sharing this interesting video!!! 👍👍🙂

[@freedomrings1420]

Are you a democrat???

[@saminaneen]

@christopherkraft1327,,I remember, in the 1970's, teenage girls, were REAL girls, and teenage boys, were REAL boys and there was no MENTAL illness, or FAKE genders, and all kids, knew, what public bathroom, to use.

[@loopslytle]

Class of 76, yes. The Bi-Centennial year!

[@loopslytle]

What difference does that make?@@freedomrings1420

[@saminaneen]

@@loopslytle Yes, it was the "Bi-Sexual", and "Tranny" year

[@barbaraborgia3289]

Remember when the television picture was fuzzy or flipping, and the best solution was someone touching the tv with one arm and the other arm was outward? And you had to convince the person to stay that way so everyone could watch the show? So glad when cable tv came.

[@Nan-59]

Such a great channel!❤❤❤🎉🎉

[@sianefer-ptah1258]

Likely I'll spend my last days reliving my life with vids like these.

[@kellysturgeon6727]

I love your voice on these videos. It’s perfect.

[@saminaneen]

@kellysturgeon6727,, Stop, thinking about SEX, all the time, stop, being a VIRGIN, and grow up and get laid

[@vetgirl71]

Roots mini series written by Alex Haley was an inspiring and shocking tv series that opened Amerikkka’s eyes in the 70’s! I was in high school and watched this series on tv with my parents & 4 siblings. This phenomenal autobiography of Alex Haley’s ancestors brought attention to how slaves were brought to this country and treated and the reality of American history.

[@craigb.4737]

Incited many fights in middle school for me. Jimmy Carter instituted busing particularly in Houston, Texas. Thankfully, my Dad pulled me and my brother out of the school district to re-locate on the far West Side of Houston. Not knocking you for loving the series but it created a miserable, hateful experience for me.

[@juliejackman2649]

I remember watching this with my family as well.

[@OcotilloTom]

1970 and 71 found me in Vietnam for my 2nd combat tour of duty, I was 24. 1973 found me marrying the love of my life, it's been 50 years this past May. I also started a 30 year career in law enforcement working both in Louisiana and California. So, both good and bad for me like most years. I do think the 1970's had the worst fashions and cars ever! GySgt. Tom Boyte, USMC, retired Vietnam 1965-66/1970-71

[@lisasharf1442]

Thank you for your service, both military and civilian.

[@kplante7881]

Thanks for sharing…!

[@DUCKDUCKGOISMUCHBETTER]

Never heard of Brian's Song until this video. And I was a child of the 70s. I never watched Star Wars, until the 80s sometime, and then on TV or VHS, and never watched Jaws at all. But I was aware of them to some limited extent in the 70s. And although not a real fan, I was aware of the death of Elvis on the day, or day after. And I recall making sure to make a solid memory of my surroundings, and what 8 I was doing at the time I heard it on a pickup truck radio, because I remember thinking that this is one of those things from childhood that you're supposed to be able say later that you remember where you were standing and what you were doing when you heard it. Yeah, I was ten years old...and was already planning my adult stories in that way. That was 46 years ago this month, and I remember looking around me and making a special memory of my surroundings and what I was doing at the time. That was my version of Legacy Box. 😂

[@user-vm5ud4xw6n]

I didn’t even know my husband in the early 70’s and I forget what year he said he came home from Vietnam and had to change out if his uniform into civvies, but that one thing really irked me. All of those guys had choices to make. Some chose conscientious objector, some chose to go to Canada, some chose to enlist because they had high numbers (or low-I forget how they numbered them) -and would have ended up going to ‘Nam. Like my husband. Like so many others. Like many who didn’t come home. But the American public is the group that deserves the ire of our service members. Calling them baby killers and starting fights among other things. Yes, they all had choices. But there was never a time in my life when I was more ashamed of my fellow countrymen and women than when our service members came home and were treated the way they were. If there was ever a time in the history of our nation that we deserved a great big FAIL…that particular time was it. Yes it was a long time ago and we are supposed to forgive. I’m working on it. It’s a lot late and I never knew him, but I thank God Mr. Bob Hope didn’t have the same feelings as the “folks back home” did. He didn’t allow anyone’s opinion keep him from doing a good thing. And that was to entertain the troops over in that blistering hot place that no one wanted to be in! I’m glad the 101st Airborne guys got the Welcome Home they so richly deserved !

[@Dadsezso]

I was in the USMC then. I remember being spit at and called names. It was sad to be viewed that way but didn't stop me from serving 22 years. Glad that I did.

[@KATHIESHOES]

I remember as a 12-year-old kid dressing up as a hippie for Halloween and wearing a button which read POWs never have a nice day. We also had copper bracelets inscribed with a missing soldier’s name, which we weren’t to take off until he came home😢

[@mikec1341]

I noticed he didn't mention the unwelcome reception most vets got. Some like myself who returned, got shit on when I returned to school, and reenlisted because the civilian worlds in the 70s hated its veterans. To this day I have a hard time when someone now "thanks me for my service." Like your husband, just another old paratrooper (82nd in my case).

[@Spike-m2p]

Biggest tear jerker movie of the 70s--Love Story

[@anhpam9205]

Thank you for mentioning the Munich Olympic massacre. I had just returned from my first visit to Israel, two days before. I was 14 and after high school I later deiced to go and make my life there. Last September marked 50 years to this botched up and poorly handled tragedy.Families of the victims have struggled all these years. I was a child in the 60's and that was a much better decade. I didn't enjoy the 70's.

[@barrydysert2974]

i came of age in the 70's. They were the worst of times, they were the best of times. Reliving the pain of those days reinvigorates the joy !:-)

[@DaymianMarin]

I enjoy loving the 70s great video very interesting

[@kellychuang8373]

Yes it really is though a correction for this video Richard Ramirez that Nightstalker dude didn't kill in the 70's it was the 80's actually.

[@DrOlds100]

Crying in the 1970"s? I remember every one of these moments and I'm on the verge of tears right now!

[@samanthab1923]

As soon as I read the title I thought Brian’s Song. I’d hear the theme music & start crying. Same with the Kodak “Time of Your Life” theme from their ad.

[@MustangSally7259]

What a great era!! ❤👍

[@alanolson6913]

Graduated high school in’72. Graduated 4 years later with a degree in German. The gasoline shortage, Vietnam War (52,000 of our generation died there), my first time voting-for Carter-was a ‘coming of age’ moment for me, Bundy, Gacy and the Son of Sam, some pretty good rock bands and many cultural changes. I wouldn’t wish to return to that era but I’m glad to have been there.

[@mikec1341]

I remember Styx and Rush playing at our high school in 73.

[@alanolson6913]

@@mikec1341 It wasn’t the entire band, but Chicago came to mine. I grew up in Southern California. For Grad Night we went to the Santa Monica pier…later we watched the sunrise. Woo-hoo, big time.

[@mikec1341]

Styx was our local band in Chicago. We went to a public high in the morning and a Catholic school in the afternoon for high school and the Catholic school (Saint Paul) always had great bands@@alanolson6913

[@jchow5966]

The Beatles breaking up WAS heartbreaking! But i remember all of these other events and cried about them…… LOVE STORY made me cry the most.

[@Lovejazz01]

I remember , I was about 15 here in Memphis, I has just gotten home from school, turned on my little bedroom tv to watch I Love Lucy reruns, and the local station channel 3 broke into programming to report that Elvis had been rushed to the hospital , and about 20 minutes later they did it again, to report that he didn’t make it, I was in disbelief !

[@hfd268]

Awesome video

[@masoodgha6765]

❤👍❤👍❤ thank you so much

[@onefatstratcat]

Wet pot and broken rubbers made me sad in the 70's :)

[@Dadsezso]

I was stationed at Camp Pendleton when Jaws came out. I lived in a barracks that had a view of the beach at Del Mar. A beach that was usually pretty popular and lots of people became empty overnight. The lifeguard sitting out there alone. 🤣🤣

[@pamelamays4186]

Brian's Song was a TV movie that went on to being shown in movie theaters.

[@jimsimpson2253]

It's funny how you can remember when and where you were at when something occurred in our history. When you talked about the sudden death of Elvis I just happen to be driving by the exact spot where I learned of his death while I was driving to work on the radio.

[@lisam9233]

“Love Story” … that movie was a real tearjerker! Still, with all these things to cry about, I wouldn’t trade growing up in the 70s for anything.

[@samanthab1923]

Oh! That’s right! Always reared up

[@alangray9117]

I watched it in 1975. I was 9. Normally like any boy I hated romantic movies but Love Story made me shed tears. The empathy kicked in. 😢. I was usually more into horror 😂

[@Bluerose888]

What about the movie My Girl?

[@saminaneen]

@@Bluerose888 , The movie is NOW called, "My BOY"..I remember, in the 1970's, teenage girls, were REAL girls, and teenage boys, were REAL boys and there was no MENTAL illness, or FAKE genders, and all kids, knew, what public bathroom, to use.

[@keithbrown7685]

I've heard of the movie, heard it praised, but I won't ever watch it. I imagine it would resonate too much with me somehow. I fell in love, had crushes, or infatuations, and for one reason or another, they went nowhere or they went splat. I don't ever want to be in a position again, of needing someone, and them not needing me. I'm not saying that's what the movie was about, but even the good stuff would remind me.

[@Badger705]

I was so blessed. I know it wasn't easy for my family but we did well compared to many. Good memories and few tears.

[@Spillers72]

What about the Jonestown massacre in 1978?

[@kimberlystankiewicz7961]

When Elvis passed away. I still cry. I was 14.

[@stevedeleon8775]

Sadly nothing has really changed in Big cities like Detroit Chicago & Los Angeles crime is still rampant & growing

[@rbsmith3365]

I remembered. That made my late mother’s mental health worse!

[@TW1257]

Leisure Suits make me cry now. Seriously though....the Pam AM/KLM tragedy on Tenirife

[@lisasharf1442]

“Brian’s Song” still makes me cry. 😢 And I’ll never forget Kent State or Munich…

[@timroot4207]

Thank you !

[@nancycarroll489]

Jaws scared me so much I watched it many years later and couldn’t believe how mechanical the shark looked lol

[@JohnDoe-ny1wp]

Legacy Box. Brought to you by Black Rock.

[@enigmawyoming5201]

Thank you for rounding out my memories of that era. I have only tried to hold on to fond memories, but you have pointed out strong memories of my life that weren’t so positive. Thank you for rounding out my mind data bank of what I lived through.

[@saminaneen]

@enigmawyoming5201, You're welcome and remember,I remember, in the 1970's, teenage girls, were REAL girls, and teenage boys, were REAL boys and there was no MENTAL illness, or FAKE genders, and all kids, knew, what public bathroom, to use.

[@teejaynumber13]

5:00 This section sounds very familiar.

[@christiancastro2442]

Disco demolition night .jonestown massacre ..king kong 1976 ,roots , one flew over the cuckoo' s nest all that made us cry !!

[@cindylou62]

I remember the POWs getting off the plane and kissing the ground, the ones that could walk anyway. I asked why this had to happen and never got an answer.

[@Bella-zq6nb]

God I so wish it was still the 70s!!

[@frankrizzo4460]

I remember the Summer in New York when the Son of Sam was terrorising the city. It was more of a scary time and also it was so hot there were blackouts all over the place not a good combination.

[@BookZealots]

The more things change the more they stay the same. Seeing these photos, things are happening again and much worse this time around. People don't notice it as much though, because "credit" is more prevalent.

[@yugioht42]

The story of the breakup of the Beatles actually took place at the Disney Polynesian resort where the paperwork was signed. The rumor is it’s near the main pool on one of the ground level rooms. Guests and resort staff heard some arguments but that was about it. It was definitely not the villas or bungalows because those were built in the late 90s and updated in the last few years.

[@thegood9]

If we do not remember the past, we are destined to repeat it...

[@Rebelartist83]

Crazy how now we wish we still had 1970s food prices and my dad who's 10 years older than my mom was in Germany during the Munich Olympics with the US army he was supposed to do security detail but ended up doing mortuary detail instead and I didn't come around till 83..but my mom told me grandpa's solution to the gas situation was either a mule hitched to a buckboard or getting ahold of some moonshine that actually if filtered correctly can make your car run but have to be careful how much you use and knowing my grandpa both ideas honestly don't surprise me with something he'd do..and wow Elvis he was something else we later found out he was our cousin.. But my mom remembers being raised by people who survived the great depression and WW2 and they taught her invaluable skills and life skills I had the blessing of being raised by them as well till they passed in the early 00s but mama remembers having a 3 wheel bike with a hitch and wagon on it I think and even though her folks were on the edge of blue collar she'd go pick up scrap metal to sell to help her family on top of her crappy taco bell job .but by the time she married dad and I was around we were still feeling the aftershocks of the 1970s and about to get more craziness with that Reaganomics baloney..but this too shall pass and I just remember God is bigger than any politician and He's holding us and got our backs..😊

[@newkingdom6750]

I'm crying now that we're not BACK in the 70s.. 😢

[@julenepegher6999]

Same here!

[@jeremy1350]

The day Elvis died, I was 10 years old, and in elementary school in Miami. We had the phone on a kitchen wall at that house. My grandmother called from Connecticut (she was an Elvis devotee as well. She had Black Velvet paintings of Elvis on the living room wall) I remember my mother answering the call, then seeing her fall to the kitchen floor in hysterics, it was quite the scene. One I would not forget for the rest of my life.

[@nellymartinez8374]

I was in a plane from Madrid to Paris, talking with a canadian on the 16th aug 1977 when we heard that Elvis was dead, I was teen then and living in France but I remember so well.

[@frankwafer6919]

Lots of memories both tragic and wonderful, thanx!

[@Tricob1974]

Louis Armstrong's death ... that was certainly one of the saddest moments of the 1970s. It was one of the biggest events to ever happen in the world of Jazz.

[@CarsandCats]

It's easy to block out all of the bad things and only remember the good, but the 70's were NOT a good time to be an adult. I watched my parents really struggle financially as well as the Vietnam war call my Dad away. The 80's were MUCH better.

[@LynnRedwine800]

BEST DECADE EVER !!!!!

[@PBryanMcMillin]

I'm surprised there was no mention of the Iranian hostages. For me, that was one of the defining events of the 70s. Most of us probably remember the 70s as the good old days, but there were a lot of bad things that happened during those years. I'm sure the adults of the time look at those days very differently than we did. Of course, the preteens and teens of today will look at this time period as the good old days when they hit our age.

[@craigb.4737]

A couple of Helicopters crashed in the Desert I think. Ross Perot funded that mission or am I wrong here?

[@mikec1341]

You're wrong@@craigb.4737 Look up Operation Eagle Claw. It took place in 1980, not the 70s. You're thinking of something else. We lost a lot of good men that day in Desert One.

[@kenyattaclay7666]

First, I need to give you a correction. The Night stalker known as Richard Ramirez didn’t operate in the 70’s. He committed his crimes in 84 & 85 & he was the second serial killer that had the name The Night Stalker. There was however the Original Night Stalker who started killing in 1979 but that was Joseph James DeAngelo who is more know now as that Golden State Killer. I was born exactly two months minus one day before the break in at Watergate & if you let my mom tell it my first words were Tricky Dick. Also even though I was only 3 I vaguely remember the aftermath of the fall of Saigon because shortly after there was a new kid that moved across the street from my cousin & he was from Vietnam. However my first memory of a major event (really two because they happened within a couple of weeks) was November of 78 when Jonestown happened & hearing that so many of the victims were my age. Then just two or three weeks later seeing John Wayne Gacy getting arrested. That one really hit home because I’m from Chicago. Then the decade ended with a bang because we stated hearing reports out of Atlanta about missing children that were once again my age or just a few years older.

[@saminaneen]

@kenyattaclay7666,,I remember, in the 1970's, teenage girls, were REAL girls, and teenage boys, were REAL boys and there was no MENTAL illness, or FAKE genders, and all kids, knew, what public bathroom, to use.

[@keithbrown7685]

Here is one. OMG here is one. And it was only a TV show. I think it was the end of the second season of the Six Million Dollar Man, and he is leaning over Jamie on her deathbed. He says "I love you, Jamie... I'll always love you (or I've always loved you))" I was ten, and I'd been a romantic since age 6. That one hit me bad. There were things in real life that were hitting me worse, but that show was everything to me. And I watched both shows, all the eps.

[@MomentsInTrading]

Bryan Song was really sad. Wow, forgot about that movie until you mentioned it.

[@bp39047]

What brought near tears for me was getting the axe at Christmas time at my job for the first time in my life. I didn't think such cruelty existed at that point in my life.