Lost 50s - Full Documentary
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Published 2015-06-30
Take a trip back in time to the fabulous 50s in WDSE•WRPT’s new historic documentary. It was an era when drive-ins were all the rage, and a music icon began his legendary journey at a Duluth concert. It was a decade when the Arrowhead region met a major mining challenge, and the region played a strategic role in the Cold War. The 1950s were years of prosperity, as the American way of life revolved around the car, families moved to the suburbs, and television became a part of everyday life. And local milestones included the passing of the last Civil War veteran Albert Woolson, and the opening of the St. Lawrence Seaway.
All Comments (21)
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The best memories of the 50's for me are of my dad & mom who were still young & alive..If you were to go back to the 50's and tell the people what would become of the country in 2023, they would thunk you were nuts.
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“Has it ever struck you that life is all memory, except for the one present moment that goes by you so quick you hardly catch it going?”― Tennessee Williams............................
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I have a typewriter from 1959. It still works great and it doesn't need any updates or my login information. It works every time I sit down to use it. Its made of steel. Not fricking plastic!
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I have lived thru the the 50’s to the present and in my opinion the 50’s was definitely the best era of time.
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I am 67 1/2. The 50s and 60s were just like that. And I remember all of it. And I miss those times so much.
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This video is making me feel so nostalgic. I’m 73…I just said to my 75 year old husband…”Wouldn’t you just love to go back to these times, even if it was just for a day? We live in the UK, we didn’t have drive-in’s, I wish we had, it looks so much fun. We didn’t even have drive through diners, until McDonalds moved here in October 1974. How I wish we had a time machine, I would jump right into it and travel back in time to experience fifties America.
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Oh the memories of the drive-in the commercials lol I was born in '73 and miss my grandparents stories. They helped raise me and made a big impact on my life. Grandpa was from Texas served in army ww2 and Korean War. Cement truck driver. Grandma was 1/2 Cherokee from Arkansas only learned 4th grade picked cotton and wore newspapers and rubber bands for shoe's .worked in the factory making ammunition. I miss them so much they always told me I was smart and bought me my first car.
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I grew up in the 50's and I am so glad I did.It was a great time in this Great Country.
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this is for sure a 2 am type of getting lost in Youtube doc
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I was born in December 1949 so grew up in the 50s with black and white tv with 3 channels and Dad was always trading cars . We live in small towns and the country. Love the country. Everyone was friendly and safe.
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I remember taking my young daughter of three months old ,to Manchester England on a train I sat next to an older lady , she thought I was very. Brave taking a young baby to see my In-laws on my own . I remember the sound of the train , the wheels making that musical Sound , and people in the countryside waving at us . This was 1953 , I remember it well.
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Cant believe I'm watching a documentary about my childhood.
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My dad was born in 1928 (he had me when he was 46). My mom, who’s 82 now, tells me my dad always drove a Cadillac. He owned his own tile business and did well for himself. At the same time, they didn’t talk much of their upbringing and I wish they would’ve. Everyone is gone now or dealing with illnesses (my mom has Alzheimer’s now, but still has some long-term memory).
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It was a great time growing up during the 50's and 60's, I miss it and the people.
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When I go antique shopping I actually use most of what I buy. I prefer old stuff especially if it "works" which it often does.
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The 50's are not lost. Just many of the morals and values.
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I like the 50's and the 60's,What a nostalgia to watch the old past times
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Here in my small town, we still have a lot of the great 50s and 60s nostalgia things, like the drive in, and lots of ppl young and elder have these cars. I love this town.
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The mid-50's were just coming out of the big band era and along came Elvis,Little Richard,Bo Didley,Jerry Lee,Carl Perkins,Chuck Berry and the list goes on and on.🗽👍
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My dad drove a 1958 Buick Special. No seatbelts, air conditioning, air ride shocks, special additions, and solid to the road. I was never in fear of us being rear ended and the steel chrome bumpers was the main factor of that. Nothing foreign about that car. It was American made steel and American labor built for a family of six to head out into the countryside to visit relatives or that leisure Sunday drive.
