Flashback 1970s
Lifestyle, Culture, Sports & Social Change
Travel back to the transformative decade of the 1970s with professionally preserved stock footage capturing raw energy, evolving identity, and major cultural shifts. From bell bottoms and disco to protest movements, the energy crisis, women's rights advances, and Bicentennial pride, this collection documents everyday American life alongside landmark events.
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- Curated for Researchers: Selected for historical accuracy and visual impact
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70s MEDICAL HIGHLIGHTSAdvances in artificial cornea transplant, paramedics making a difference, kidney dialysis, physical fitness industry, pediatric magician doctor • 1970s • 28 min • Color
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70s SPORTS HIGHLIGHTSHot dog skiing, tennis boom, Janet Guthrie stock car racing, hot air ballooning, frisbee, American gymnastics • 1970s • 22 min • Color
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FLASHBACK 1970s - VOLUME 1Pediatrics and the magician doctor, School of the Ozarks, World Trade Center construction, animal forest, women training for spaceflight • 1970s • 25 min • Color
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FLASHBACK 1970s - VOLUME 2World Trade Center construction, medieval musical instruments, amniocentesis, Cape Cod scenic, 200 years of American fashion, high performance driving school • 1970s • 24 min • Color
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FLASHBACK: 1970s - VOLUME 3Art of the mime, cancer research Mt. Sinai, college basketball, Werner von Braun on spaceflight, Levi Strauss jeans history, lawyers for the environment, Mark Twain, Louis Armstrong • 1970s • 28 min • Color
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FLASHBACK 1970s - VOLUME 4New fun games, Chinook salmon and Bonneville Dam, video disc development, Cesar Chavez and United Farm Workers, behind the scenes at Laserium • 1970s • 25 min • Color
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FLASHBACK 1970s - VOLUME 5Husband-wife big rig trucker team, New Orleans French Quarter, prison ombudsman Minnesota, Kirlian photography, Cajun life southern Louisiana • 1970s • 27 min • Color
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FLASHBACK 1970s - VOLUME 6San Francisco, ranching life, San Antonio Texas, Port of New Orleans, Avery Island Tabasco sauce • 1970s • 25 min • Color
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1972 PRIMARY CAMPAIGN - ELECTION DAYElection day small town USA, polling places, George McGovern and Richard Nixon campaigning • 1972 • 26 min • Color
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AEROSPACE POWER 1977U.S. Air Force planes, systems and weapons – fighters to bombers • 1977 • 20 min • Color
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AIRPLANE GRAVEYARDMilitary aircraft storage and preservation at Davis-Monthan AFB Arizona • 1972 • 24 min • Color
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AMERICA CELEBRATES - BICENTENNIAL 1976Citizen celebrations, photographs and essay on American life during the Bicentennial • 1976 • 10 min • Color
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BASEBALL ALL-STAR GAME 1975Highlights American League vs National League – Milwaukee Wisconsin • 1975 • 25 min • Color
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BASEBALL ALL-STAR GAME 1978Highlights American League vs National League – San Diego California • 1978 • 25 min • Color
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BOSTON MARATHON 19741,951 runners in the world’s oldest annual marathon • 1974 • 20 min • Color
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CALIFORNIAScenic beauty, natural resources, agriculture, landmark cities – historical overview • 1970s • 30 min • Color
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COLORADO - LAND OF THE LONG LOOKRodeo, river rafting, auto racing, winter sports travelogue • 1978 • 11 min • Color
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CONCORDE ARRIVES WITH FRENCH PRESIDENTSupersonic Concorde lands at Andrews AFB with President Valéry Giscard d’Estaing • 1976 • 18 min • Color
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DRINKING DRIVER, THEVignettes of drinking situations and computer-aided law enforcement • 1975 • 30 min • Color
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DRUG ENFORCEMENT AGENCY DEA PROFILE - 1973Overview of DEA mission and operations • 1973 • 22 min • Color
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ENERGY - CRITICAL CHOICES AHEADU.S. energy crisis analysis and future consequences • 1974 • 26 min • Color
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GLOMAR CHALLENGER: A VERY SPECIAL SHIPDeep sea research and scientific drilling vessel accomplishments • 1974 • 27 min • Color
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HAWAII - 1978Scenic travelogue – Big Island and Maui coastlines to volcanic areas • 1978 • 10 min • Color
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KKK MARCH 1977 - MOBILE, ALABAMAKu Klux Klan march and resulting violent backlash • 1977 • 13 min • Color
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A MILITARY CHAPLAIN'S ROLE - SGT. FOLEY COMES HOMEMilitary chaplain support for families and funerals • 1972 • 20 min • Color
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NEW ORLEANS - 1978Scenic travelogue – Bourbon Street nights, Jazz & Heritage Festival • 1978 • 9 min • Color
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ROOTS OF THE NATIONAmerica’s people, culture and economic history – written in wood • 1970s • 29 min • Color
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SHOWROOM TO THE WORLD - U.S. TRADESHOWU.S. Trade Centers in New York, Paris, Stockholm • 1978 • 6 min • Color
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STREET SCENES 1973 LOS ANGELES AND SANTA'S VILLAGETraffic, pedestrians, billboards, Santa’s Village • 1973 • 15 min • Color
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SHIMON PERES GREETED BY DONALD RUMSFELD 1976Israeli Defense Minister greeted by U.S. Secretary of Defense • 1976 • 7 min • Color
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SUPREME COURT, THE - HISTORY AND FUNCTIONHistory and role of the U.S. Supreme Court – Chief Justice Warren Burger • 1978 • 27 min • Black & White
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TENNIS - WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 1975Arthur Ashe victory at World Championship of Tennis finals – Dallas • 1975 • 27 min • Color
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VISION USA: 1973 - VOLUME 13Times Square lights, Skylab, modular housing, Dartmouth carnival, herb farm, Boston opera • 1973 • 24 min • Color
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VISION USA: 1974 - VOLUME 23Safety Village, artist Don Drumm, Kessler rehab, Great Dismal Swamp, computerized newspaper, traveling circus • 1974 • 22 min • Color
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VISION USA: 1974 - VOLUME 31Magic Castle, aerial logging, artist Charles Huntington, brain pacemaker • 1974 • 25 min • Color
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VISION USA: 1977 - VOLUME 62Henry Settlement NYC, Burpee seeds, Mayo Clinic, Bicentennial barge, lion trainer Pat White • 1977 • 25 min • Color
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VISION USA: 1977 - VOLUME 64Ernest Hemingway, CETA street artists, Republic Steel environmental controls, Janet Guthrie stock car race, Beltsville ag research • 1977 • 26 min • Color
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VISION USA: 1978 - VOLUME 7Citigroup Center & St. Peter’s NYC, early robots, Windows on the World, nautical archeology, Tamara Brooks Haverford • 1978 • 28 min • Color
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WOMEN'S RIGHTS IN THE U.S. AN INFORMAL HISTORYFeminist movement from colonial roots to late 1970s • 1978 • 28 min • B&W & Color
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YOUR F.B.I. FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATIONMission, agent training, history from 1930s gangsters to KKK cases • 1977 • 16 min • Color
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