Flashback 1960's
Groovy Decade – Fashion, Everyday Life, Social Issues & Iconic Moments
This collection brings the 1960s vividly to life through public domain archival footage — from swinging London fashion shows and mid-century farm routines to gritty South Bronx streets, Alcatraz prison interiors, anti-drug PSAs featuring Sonny Bono, civil rights glimpses, and educational films on everything from the census to oceanographic research. A treasure trove for researchers, documentarians, and anyone seeking authentic visuals of a transformative decade.
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AIRPORT TRAVELER MEETS AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLUnited Airlines DC-8 flight • Chicago O’Hare to LAX • FAA tower operations • 1963 • Color • 33 min
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ALCATRAZ – THE LONELY ROCKAerials, prison exteriors & detailed cell block interiors • guards on duty • 1963 • BW • 23 min
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AMERICAN INDIAN AFTER THE WHITE MAN CAMEParades, native dances, rodeo, classroom & trade learning scenes • (no year) • BW/COL • 13 min
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BURGLARY INVESTIGATIONFBI training film – liquor store safe-cracking • crime scene investigation • 1960s • Color • 22 min
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CALIFORNIA – OIL SPILL 1969Offshore rig spill • Santa Barbara beaches • oil sludge & wildlife impact • 1969 • Color (silent) • 20 min
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COMMERCIAL ADVERTISING WHAT IT'S DOING TO YOUR LIFERole of TV ads • new products • refrigerators, washing machines, vacuum cleaners • 1960s • BW • 27 min
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DAY ON THE FARM1960s American dairy farm family • milking, corn planting, daily chores • 1963 • Color • 40 min
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THE DECISION IS YOURSVignettes on self-control – sex, drugs, alcohol, smoking • 1970 • Color • 30 min
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EVOLUTION OF THE OIL INDUSTRYFrom medicine to lamps to combustion engines • drilling, refineries, pipelines • (no year) • Color • 30 min
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THE FACES OF AMERICAKaleidoscopic 1965 American life – church, cattle, beach, Air Force Academy • 1965 • Color • 20 min
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THE FARMER AND I – LIFE AS A MID-WEST FARMERMidwest farm chores – chickens, hogs, milking, country roads • 1963 • Color (silent) • 21 min
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FIVE CITIES IN JUNE – 1963Pope Paul VI, first woman in space, Vietnam, Alabama integration, JFK Berlin • 1963 • Color • 27 min
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HYGIENE FOR MEN – YOU AS A MALEMale physiology, reproductive system, common sexual myths • 1969 • Color • 17 min
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HYGIENE FOR WOMEN – PROTECTING HEALTHDating self-control, consequences of sexual conduct, STD awareness • 1964 • Color • 26 min
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ILLEGAL GAMBLING: NUMBERS, DICE, BOOKMAKINGFBI dramatized training – criminal gambling operations • 1960s • Color • 21 min
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INDIANAPOLIS SPEEDWAY – BEFORE THE RACEPit area, time trials, grandstands – no race footage • Parnelli Jones era • 1965 • BW (silent) • 20 min
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LIFE IN AMERICA – U.S. CENSUS 1960Why census questions matter – public business • statistics • (no year) • BW • 29 min
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MARIJUANA WITH SONNY BONOSonny Bono anti-marijuana message to youth • classic PSA style • 1967–1973 • Color • 35 min
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MEASURE OF A NATION – U.S. CENSUS 1960Importance of census for national decisions • statistics • (no year) • BW • 29 min
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NEWS U.S.A. YEAR 1967Elections, Vietnam, racial violence, LBJ, Boy Scouts Jamboree • (no year) • BW • 27 min
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NROTC DRESS PARADE AT UCLAFull dress parade • Ronald Reagan & John Wayne attending • 1965 • Color (silent) • 5 min
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ONE AT A TIME – CRAFTING A PRECISION FIREARMMaster craftsmen building rifles & shotguns • 1969 • Color • 27 min
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PARIS AIR SHOW 1967Military & civilian aircraft, helicopters, precision flying • 1967 • Color • 24 min
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PAUSE AND CONSIDER1960s sock-hop promoting DeMolay youth leadership • rock n' roll • 1960s • Color • 10 min
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ROBERT F. KENNEDY – AFTERMATH OF AN ASSASSINATIONAmbassador Hotel • victory speech aftermath • 1968 • Color (silent) • 3 min
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RUSSIAN SPACE PROGRAM – CANINE RESEARCH 1960Soviet dog training for orbital missions • 1960 • BW • 6 min
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THE SONIC BOOM AND YOUSupersonic flight explanation • White Sands test program • 1968 • Color • 10 min
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SOUTH BRONX – 1965Crowded streets, el train, pigeon coops, stick ball, early drug signs • 1965 • BW • 29 min
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SPIRIT OF AMERICA – BREAKING THE LAND SPEED RECORDCraig Breedlove jet car • 407.45 mph • Bonneville salt flats • 1960s • Color • 28 min
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THE TREASURY STORY – HISTORY OF THE TREASURY DEPT.Money printing, customs, Coast Guard • six bureaus • 1969 • Color • 28 min
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UNITED NATIONS – WHERE THE WORLD MEETSUN Plaza interiors & exteriors • Security Council • peacekeeping mission • 1966 • Color • 29 min
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U.S. COAST GUARD – OCEANOGRAPHIC STUDIESIcebreaker Northwind, cutter Chautauqua, light ship • 1960s • Color • 8 min
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U.S. FASHION SHOW – LONDON 1961Spring women’s fashion trade show • U.S. designers • 1961 • Color • 17 min
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U.S. LABOR DEPARTMENT – CHALLENGE OF CHANGEWWII production, Manpower Training Act • scientific age expansion • 1963 • BW • 10 min
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VOYAGE TO AMERICA – A STORY OF IMMIGRANTS19th–20th century immigration waves • political & religious freedom seekers • 1964 • BW • 12 min
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WATER IN THE WESTRivers, federal irrigation projects • Roosevelt Dam, Salt River Project • 1965 • BW • 26 min
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WISE YEARS WASTED – THE UNEMPLOYED OLDER WORKEROver-50 unemployment • outdated skills • factory closings • 1965 • BW • 25 min
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