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- čas přidán 7. 08. 2024
- Before the telephone. Before the automobile. Before the airplane. Before paved roads. When most people rarely traveled more than 25 miles from their homes. It was a time of horses and buggies and the early days of US mail delivery. She was 98 years old and was telling me about her life and times back in 1979 when I filmed this interview in Lancaster Pennsylvania.
Please remember when you are watching this that you are watching 16mm work print outtakes from my 1979 prime time television special, The Information Society. Unfortunately, the material that I selected as possible to be used, has been lost in my fire of 2008. This wonderful video presents what I was going to use, including a lot of irrelevant questions. I wish I had more of this. I wish I had been smart enough as a young filmmaker when I did this back in 1979 to realize the incredible history that she was so able to articulate. The time before the radio. Certainly before television. The time when she traveled by train and trolley and horse. The time when the telephone was a device where everyone in town could hear everyone else speaking. I found this old 16mm workprint in my basement and digitized it not knowing it would be as wonderful as it is. I recorded this for a television special I was making in 1979 called “The Information Society.” You can see the entire 1 hour film on my CZcams channel by searching it although I did not use this clip in the film.
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Here is another incredible storyteller - old lady - 100 years old!
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She looks great for being 100 years old.
Very interesting. 🤔
Love your content ❤
I can't believe this is 45 years ago that is crazy how much everything has changed I wasn't even born yet I was born in 1980
4:19 did she fart?
I think she burped lmao @@kyla6538
In 1975, I was 19 years old, and helping feed a woman who was in her 90’s. She was telling me about when her family had moved to Texas in a covered wagon. All I could think of was, WOW!
My ancestors were one of the first families in Texas. (Not the 300; they settled in Houston)
They settled north of Dallas, a small town called Era Texas. Family farm is still there and originally built homes. You can see from the construction how things were built in rural America in the mid 1800’s. Most drive by and think nothing of it, but once you understand there is an actual history behind them, they become very intriguing and inspiring.
Thank you for your story
And now her memory passes on through you.
so you were born in 1956? that’s cool!! :)
Actually 1955! 😊
I use to take care of a 100 year old man and I will always remember what he said to me about today's technology, "people today have more accessibility with one and another but are more isolated than when he was young, people were more united".
Unless you were another race than white :P
Jesus is the only way. We have all sinned and deserve Hell. Sins that may seem small in our eyes are big in God's and are worthy of Hell, such as lying lusting and stealing. But if we repent and trust only in Jesus, he is faithful and will save us from Hell and give us eternal life in Heaven. Trust in Jesus!
John 3:16
Romans 6:23❤😊
9:30 @@christianweatherbroadcasting
EWW...
You believe in a racist, vicious, mysogenistic, angry, vengeful, petty God.
I'll pass, thank you very much.
And according to Your Bible, we were made in God's image, God works in mysterious ways and
HE will forgive mass murderers and rapists (except he also believes in an eye for an eye), yet all the children and ppl who came before the Bible around the world are burning in Hell simply bc they never knew about Him!
He also believes in and encourages incest and all HE cares about is punishing those who do not choose to worship him. We literally were made to worship Him.
How vain and petty can one being be??
Is he THAT insecure?
Sounds like the typical abusive husband/family annihilator (don't forget about the flood and Babylon).
So, I'll pass.
But you go on worshipping...sin all week and ask forgiveness in church on Sunday. But don't forget to pay your tithes...or you won't get into Heaven!🫡😂😂😂😉😉
@@DigitalViscosity ok tipster clone thanks for the tip.
I am a RN and worked in a rural hospital for a time about 20 years ago. I would always ask the older folk about how they lived their lives - most were farmers. They would talk about hand milking 30 cows twice a day and hand threshing, and horse teams for plowing. I was often picked on by the other nurses for these conversations - they’d hear me talking with them and laugh saying “Molly’s getting the farm report again.” I enjoyed hearing stories of the lives lead by some of the hardest working folk I have ever known.
I would ask and listen, too. In the 90s though, plenty WWII veterans still around and people who grew up without paved places, telephones, tv...
Hundreds of thousands of years people just did stuff rather than watched tv. Always in motion.
We, as a civilisation, lost so much.
@SaraMKay The WWII era men, with their wives sitting at their bedside each and evey day. Not causing problems, just there to keep them company. They were the greatest generation. It was their kids who ruined . I am glad to be in between and have at least had the pleasure to have known these people and been taught and influenced by them. What the heck happened?
Working with older folks, taking care of them or just helping them out a little, especially with the dementia/ Alzheimer’s residents, was the best part of getting the pleasure of taking care of them.. I could sit and listen to them for hours.. most couldn’t tell you what day of the week it was, but they would remember many things from growing up or in their younger years..!! Bonus for keeping their minds active ..!! It’s not a job when you’re doing what you love..! Miss them and helping them terribly..!!
I love this! My grandma is 98 and I love her stories
Jesus is the only way. We have all sinned and deserve Hell. Sins that may seem small in our eyes are big in God's and are worthy of Hell, such as lying lusting and stealing. But if we repent and trust only in Jesus, he is faithful and will save us from Hell and give us eternal life in Heaven. Trust in Jesus!
John 3:16
Romans 6:23❤😊
I sat with my 94 year old neighbor and watched Neil Armstrong step onto the moon in 1969. I was 15. He came to California in a covered wagon and lived long enough to see a man on the moon. While he did tell me stories of his youth I didn't understand at the time, the treasure of knowledge and history I had sitting next to me. I wish I had a few minutes with him today. He was a good man and I'm glad I knew him.
thats crazy, that means he was born in 1875..mind blowing..
@@Ned88Man when I read your comment I thought about my grandparents. My dad was 40 when I was born in 1955 and my grandfather was 40 in 1915 when my dad was born. That means my grandfather was born when Wyatt Earp was Sheriff of Tombstone.. 1875.
MOONLANDING???
@@TheDJRoqone let me guess... It was filmed in a studio in Hollywood or an Air Force hanger in Nevada? Right?
@@coptertim GOOD Guess
"Back in 81"... Hits a little different when talking about 1800s
So shes now 139 years old??? WOW!!!!
@@999manman i thinkshes passed away by now .
@@imme9498 Yeah...I was just funnin'...
The 20s back then clearly would have meant the Roaring 1920s, and The 90s would have meant The Gay 1890s. Not anymore. This woman was born 16 years after Lincoln's assassination.
What's funny (or unsettling) is that you could tell young people today that she was referring to 1981 and they might actually believe you.
She was born 16 years after Lincoln was assassinated and interviewed 10 years after the Moon landing.
The Moon landing movie, probably more apt to say 2 years after Star Wars.
K Jhnsn shut up
@K Jhnsn I started programming in the 1990s on microcontrollers with less power than the Apollo Guidance Computer. The AGC was a wonderful piece of engineering, by the way. The first computer to use microelectronic integrated circuits, weighing less than a hundred pounds and using less electricity than an incandescent light bulb. The magic you can work with a few thousand transistors and a few kilobytes of storage might surprise you. Have some respect for the accomplishments of the generations that came before us. They weren't idiots.
And yes, putting humans on the Moon was partly done for propaganda, and party to justify huge expenditures on missiles in the Cold War. A robotic probe like the Soviets used would be just as effective in terms of scientific value. And recent missions have all been robotic. Putting humans on the Moon is horribly expensive and largely pointless beyond a PR stunt. That's why we haven't gone back.
Nice reference points
@K Jhnsn there's no satellites either!! (Not like they define them anyway)
"I'm no happier now than I was in those days. Then I thought I had everything... maybe a little more." This speaks volumes.
I always hear that people must've lived miserable lives because they didn't have our modern conveniences. I used to believe that until I read historic literature. They didn't necessarily believe they were miserable, and interviews such as this one confirms my suspension.
I didn't grow up with modern conveniences; today, I'm glad that many of them exist. @@grace52775
I think she has her wig on backwards.
I often did this, because it looked more natural, and prettier.❤
And I love her jewelry, especially that broche!
Yes...the bliss of youth. Innocence can be bliss. If it is all you know you don't know why you shouldn't be happy!
My great grandmother ( 1887 - 1977 ) said she loved her lifetime because she witnessed from horse and buggy to the moon landing. So very much innovation. Plane travel, automobiles, TV, two world wars, the depression era, it was wonderful listening to so much history lived by one person.
Similar to my great grandfather (1875-1977).
Im curious that if someone of that people borned in 1880's.. mentioned about XIX century reset, etc..
I was born in 1977
She speaks of “the youth of today”. I graduated high school in 1979, the year this was recorded. It’s now 2020 and I’ll be 59 in the spring, nearing retirement. I always marvel at the passage of time.
I was 9 in 1979.
Me also
I graduated high school in 2019. Going to be a blink of the eye and I'll be 59 too
@M Harris Good advice.
Sharon H I was born this year, a great year to be born.
I mean I know it's a wig and dentures but my goodness she looks great! Such pride in her appearance.
I worked in a care home in the 90s with plenty of residents that were born before the turn of the century. I absolutely loved hearing the stories and seeing how the past generations behaved. I made a genuine best friend in a 98 year old lady and I was 23 and newly married. She helped me be a newly wed and advised me on my first baby. learnt a lot to carry with me through my life.
Absolutely priceless. Thanks for this.
M Tv I worked at homecare in 80s I had a lovely old lady in her 90s we emigrated to Australia in 89 and she wrote to me until she died at 102.a blessing indeed
If your comment had to include remarking about her wig and dentures then maybe there's something about YOU that needs fixing.
@@karentaylor8660 are you okay?
My comment was full of admiration and love and I only mention the wig and dentures to avoid the silly people on here that would point it out to me. Seems I haven't avoided silly comments in any case.
@@mtv4701 right???? Like what was that comment even about?? Jesus.
@@mtv4701
Ignore The Karen!!!
Your comment was Beautiful
Watching her makes me realize how fast life goes by and then our time on this earth is gone.
And she is still glamouorus
@@AliBaba-mb1pu her hair is flawless
So true life here on earth is very very short
@@Swank1079 Pretty sure that's a wig.
And that’s ok :) enjoy what you have now because none of it will matter when you are gone
A little perspective for those young ones. This woman was 31 when the Titanic sank!!!
I was comparing this woman to my Gram, then I realized she was born 1 year after my great great gramma. It's so wonderful to see this video. I hope it made it to her family. This is pure gold!
This is a treasure. Not enough stuff like this in the world.
blindpringles - This is an American Treasure 🙏 Thank You David Hoffman 🙏
Lorryn SilverSpike - TRUE - 💕 and you are a sweetie 💕
if you're a reader, there's a treasure trove of this stuff in the world.
love is the answer . especially once everyone realises the moon landings look so fake it makes any starwars fan look like a dweeb. not even a dork nowhere near nerd status . sad.
grasshopper man - 👍 👍 👍 👍. 👍
My grandmother, born in 1896, used to call underwear, "unmentionables."
you must be bad at math like other people that comment on videos like this because somebody from 1896 wouldn't be your grandmother should be your great-grandmother dummy
@@OfficialDJTasawennateken The first word in a sentence should be capitalized. When a sentence is finished, a period is necessary. Furthermore, if you're going to address a person directly, the name used must be offset with a comma.
You have no idea how old the person is that you are calling a "dummy". They may be 60 years old. In that case it would be very possible that their grandmother was born in 1896.
@@classicpontiac37 Or, they could be 74 and their mother could still be alive at 95 years old.
@@Susan.Lewis. my grandmother is still alive at 90. I remember my great grandmother as a young child. I believe she was born around 1898. 🙂
I’m a software developer, so I’ve embraced technology in that way, but there’s also no doubt in my mind that on the whole, people are far less happy than when I was a kid in the 80s and early 90s. At this point the difference is actually dramatic.
We’re evolving technologically but devolving culturally
TOTALLY agree. I have the same job as you and I love technology so much, but I genuinely think we were culturally closer without all the distractions tbh
makes me so depressed that i was born in 98, especially when i see comments like this. im so jealous of my parents who were my age in the 80s and im completely terrified of the future as technology is already bad enough. honestly makes me feel like shit
@@bighouse5804 same man and I was born in 99. The internet really changed things if I am honest a bit too much for the worse even if it has made things way easier.
The convenience of using the internet has a huge downside. If your grandparents were here, they would say quit wasting your time.
I was born in 1960. A teenager in the 70s. Things have changed so much. We had a telephone and a black and white TV. I thought we were pretty well off compared to some of our friends. As kids we didn't use the phone without permission. We did what our parents told us to do, or you would get a good ass whipping. We had fun, but I do like modern technology to a point. Seems like people don't interact with each other as much. Go without your phone and computer for a month and you will see what I mean.
Up until the 70s my great grandma had her own garden, killed her own chickens and had no electricity through the 80s in Corbin Kentucky. She passed in 2018 at 103 I miss those times dearly
Did she ever eventually get electricity? 💡
I had some relatives in that area! Yes, very rural.
I'm from Lawrenceburg, Kentucky. My great grandparents did the same. Planted a 1-acre garden in late spring. They Slaughtered hogs, chickens, and cows for meat year around. I loved sitting with them and listening about the early 1900s, about tobacco and family. My great grandfather was one of 21 children.
That was the best way to live and eat
RIP to your great grandma I'm sure she was a kind loving person as much as she was loved.
Though, i must add that Corbin KY is a racist, trash town that runs off of the legend of KFC, illegal cock fighting, CORRUPT video gambling illegally ran by the state police, and Meth
I am thinking, she had no idea she would be seen and listened to around the earth on little super computers we held in our hands....
Lol fucking crazy right🤯
Adam Slosar abd 30 years from now people will be watching us thru their heads or eyes or even download content right away into their memory who knows
Or even on an Android smart watch going one step further. makes you wonder the tech in the next 100 years.
imagine if you told her about a small device that was only a few millimeters thick, almost the the length and just under the width of your hand that you could use to take pictures, make calls, record video, look at maps, play games, watch video, listen to music, browse the internet on, etc. i bet it would've blown her mind that you could do all that stuff and so much more on a small little device.
steviebboy69 lol just imagine 15 years from now, tech moves quick dude
Fascinating. This woman lived through one of the greatest times of technological and social change in human history. She witnessed the invention of the phonograph, the automobile, the telephone, the airplane, the radio, the television, the atom bomb. She witnessed the Spanish-American War, WWI, the rise of communism and the Soviet Union, the women's suffrage movement, the Great Depression, the rise of fascism and WWII, the Holocaust, the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the atomic age and the Cold War, Sputnik, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, the moon landing, the Civil Rights movement, the Cuban Missile Crisis, the assassinations of JFK, MLK, and RFK, the Watergate scandal and the resignation of a president, Voyager 1 and 2, the dawning of the computer age, and the beginning of the women's liberation movement and the gay and lesbian rights movement. She lived through a time that saw the eradication of polio and smallpox, the discovery of insulin to treat diabetes, the world population explosion, the splitting of the atom, the discovery of DNA.
An individual born in the 1880s would for the first time in human history hear recorded voice and music; ride in a horseless carriage; hear voices and see images transmitted live from hundreds or thousands of miles away; see people riding flying objects in the sky faster than the speed of sound; watch rockets soar into outer space carrying humans that would set foot on the moon; and witness human carnage and weapons of mass destruction that the world had never seen.
There was no generation before or since that lived through such profound changes in human history.
Wow.I could not have stated a better response.
Right on!
Perfectly said! Amazing to consider.
I wonder if people born today will experience similar drastic changes. If you look into tech now, neurobiology, AI, etc., it's easy to suppose that the next 100 years are going to be "sporty" as well! Interesting times ahead for sure.
Design & more How could I forget that! I added it to my comment. Thanks!
What a very thoughtful and informative comment.
My great grand father was born in 1900.he passed in 1987,but once we sat down together and I asked him about what he was like as a young man. He told me great stories of being in the Cavalry Service... I miss him terribly!
Writing letters - it was far more special to send and receive than emails or texts. When I was a kid in the 80s, I would get letters from my pen-pal in Northern Ireland. I remember thinking I was a worldly big shot because the envelopes I received were clearly from overseas, and no one else in that small town was getting those. Thank you, lady, for bringing back those memories.
I had a pen pal from Hong Kong & it was very exciting to receive Air Mail!
When she talks about how none of the technology made her any happier, that's a valuable lesson we could all learn from.
Technology helps in other ways which can make life easier. Dumb people confuse ease with happiness. Wait.... maybe they're happier from ease. Geez.
Technology brings me social media, and I think that's making me less happy.
IncognitoTorpedo ..ya exactly. Social media, specifically, is the problem and not technology in general
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@@billbradleymusic It's true that technology can make life easier but it can also make life harder. The washing machine, electric stove, refrigerator, etc made life easier in once sense of the word but it also made life harder in that people had to work harder and harder to pay for the stuff, i.e., it propelled them into the rat race.
Progress is a double edged sword; always has been.
She's old enough to remember stage coaches, but hip enough to have Hollywood Squares on the TV. This is just fantastic stuff!
Cardinals Baseball Classics At 70 now, I remember finding (at about 8 years old) a very old Coach, abandoned in heavy brush, when out exploring with neighbor kids.
We still have stage coaches, if I recall right. But of course, they're for the tourists, mainly. I recall them having one in Greenville, SC several years ago; and they might also in Glendale, KY (though I can't be 100% sure because we couldn't stay that day to see; could just be a horseback ride by now; you'd have to go check). Glendale, KY is basically a town of antiques for the state.
Hip??? Ok boomer
@@Dave-tx1um Hip was said in the 90's as well. Have you never heard of Hip Hop? Still, assumptions are assumptions, but I am guessing Cardinals Baseball Classics is at least in their 40's, but a Boomer, doubtful.
@@Mathadar Wonder what she'd think about seeing all the pollution cleared up in the skies by the early 2000's, just to see the aerosol sprays from planes, alchemizing the weather, and blocking out the blue skies, by the later 20-teens, to geo-engineer the "climate crisis"
What a treat to listen to her. My grandma was born in 1918, she passed two years ago, she was 101, I loved hearing her stories. Thank you for sharing this!!!
That TV in the background locks this in time for me. My grandmother ("nanny") was of this generation. She remembered horses bringing ice for the icebox, survived the depression with humour and could beat a large group of my teenaged friends at knowing the punchline of every dirty joke ever invented. I wish I could bring her forward in time for one dinner. Damn, I miss that woman.
I'm a care provider for old people. The best part is listening to the stories that they tell.
Save trump from what?
Marie Ferguson look at the username of the comment
My great grandpa never stops talking😩😩
@Marie Ferguson I'm a tiny kid. 🙌🙌🐇🐇🐥🐥👐👐I only ask him to buy me Toys.
@Marie Ferguson I think you'll be fine Baby Marie
This is a huge gift to people my age. More young people need to treasure history and learn from it
A gift to all ages
Vintage same😊
Yup definitely agree.
Sam brown I'm 11 years old and I HATE geography history maths and most subjects
FACTS 💯
She was alive during the Victorian Era, The Edwardian Era, the 2 world wars, and Martin Luther King.
i actually think more about rosa parks more what she may have thought at the time
Also she was alive when Garfield, McKinley and jfks assassinations took place
Sarah saw the U.S. take part in 6 major world wars, women being granted the right to vote, civil rights signed into law, the new deal, people being sent to the moon, the fall of the berlin wall and the soviet union, and in her last years, the invention of the internet and disabled americans' rights.
And last but not least, her 119-year long lifespan spanned 23 presidents. When she was born on 9/24/1880, Rutherford B. Hayes was president. When she died on 12/30/1999, Bill Clinton was president. "Who was the first president and/or candidate you voted for an election" / "Who was the best/worst president in your lifetime", are 2 questions that people her age are actually the best people to ask those questions to.
Powerful
Jfk That's not a huge deal even your father or grandfather would have been living during jfk assassination@@jmgjmg3110
My great-grandmother, who was born in 1896, would tell me about the 19th century. She died at 97 when I was 4 years old. She was a fascinating women.
I was born in 1996
@@mysteriousmuffins4217 i was born in 2008
@@mysteriousmuffins4217 I was born in 1990 and I can remember going to my Great Grandmothers house in West Virginia quite often she was born in 1917.
@@mysteriousmuffins4217 i was born in 2006
I was born in 1981, yet I had a kindergarten teacher who was 93 years old. I knew people who, in turn, knew Civil War veterans and others who remembered that time. In my earliest years, an old man in my neighborhood was almost 100, the son of a former slave. And having known countless people who were born before 1920, they were contemporaries with people who were born in the last years of King George III's reign (he died in 1820). My point is, younger ones need to appreciate that these people and their stories aren't ancient. They're still very, very recent. We just don't live long enough. People will one day look at 2020 the way we look back on 1920 and 1820. It goes by fast, one second at a time.
Very true! It's quite hard to believe!
Oof. The reality of this is painfully apparent
So true. I seem to be the only millennial I know who appreciates boomers and the invaluable wisdom they have. Most people in my generation seem to think “old people” are expendable bygones who ruined society with their backwards thinking. I disagree. One of my favorite things to do is just listen to my grandparents speak about their views of the world. I may not agree with everything, but I take every word they say into consideration because they have done and seen far more than I have.
This is actually my biggest take away from these videos. I’ve watched a few and every time it puts into perspective how it all wasn’t that long ago even though the numbers seem so far
@@redcomic619 Le wrong generation
My great aunt Margret is 104, born February 8, 1916 and it blows my mind whenever I see her. She’s seen so much and she’s still sharp and sweet at 104. Bless her heart 💖
Take a viedo of hers now and upload her wisdom God bless
Ask her the secret to longer living?
Unfortunately Margret passed away peacefully in her sleep a few months ago. Due to the climate of the world we weren’t able to hold a full ceremony for her. She will always be in my heart and I am forever grateful to have know her, I’m glad she’s in heaven with her children ❤️
@@spicyroo4429 This years surely been a year for loss and grief. Sending your family my condolences. For sure she witnessed a lot and got to meet several people. She was born 4 years after the titanic sank, that's unbelievable.
My grandma was born in 1930 and told me people over things is the secret of happiness and also gratitude towards God
How did they stay in touch and get information? They wrote letters! I love it!!! I mail handwritten letters to friends. A handwritten letter and greeting card are so meaningful...and they still touch people today.
I vow to go back to writing letters myself, or god forbid actually call someone..lol
They sure do. A group of us childhood friends met up the other day and we all brought the hand written letter we used to send to each other when we growing up between the ages of 12 to our late teens. We all opened these letters and read out loud what we had wrote and each one of those letters was so special, funny. It captivated a time of our lives that was easily relived as we listened. We wrote about everything that was happening to us with great detail and we made sure to write BFF with hearts and XOXO and a promising P.S. at the end. We had boyfriend, we had gossip, and we laughed out loud. We even had some passing of family members. There are no words to really describe the profound feelings felt as we heard those words and thoughts of our youth. Those letters are priceless treasures of our lifetime growing up. We are in our 40s and things are sadly very different now.
Yeah, I love getting cards I eventually throw away. 😂
She feels the same way about technology as I do. "We live in a wonderful world today but...I'm not any happier than I was before I had all those things"
What a beautiful soul.
My great-grandmother was born in 1889, and lived to be 103 years old. She never talked about the past, unless you asked her, and my aunt was always asking her about what life was like back then. It was fascinating to listen to. I remember she said that the first time she ever saw an automobile, it scared her, because she didn’t know what it was. She didn’t have any idea such a thing existed, and it was loud, and fast! Faster than the horse she was on!
wow
I could of talked to your great grandmother for hours on end!!
My great grandmother lived to 105, born 1902. She described her first sighting of a car exactly the same as yours. She said it scared her so much she jumped and hid from it.
That must’ve been like seeing a UFO up close coming at you
My Great Grandmother was born in 1904 my Great Grandfather was born in 1897.
My grandparents were born in the 90's (1890s), so I'm very familiar with folks like this wonderful lady. My late father was born in 1917, my mom is 93 and still with us. Time goes by quickly, best not to waste it griping about others.
So your parents have a 10 year age difference.
@@euronymid Yup. 10 years, 5 months, 28 days.
Very true and well said.
My pop pop was born in 1917 and he's still here!
I think thay are the greatest generation, then the silent generation then boomers then gen X. Gen Y, Millennials, and gen Z
Interesting, the bit about how times arent necessarily happier now than they were then for her. They had everything they needed. Beautiful
Back when I was a kid children were to be “ seen and not heard”. And that’s good because I learned to listen. And by listening to the old folks stories I learned a lot. They had a lot to say about the history they lived through. Amazing history that is now a blessing to me to understand their perspective.
Wow, just 3 “automobiles when she moved there” then everyone had horses and couldn’t afford cars now everyone has cars but can’t afford horses
Adrian Derrett Yes! Only wealthy people can afford to have horses now!
My Grandpa was born in 1892 in the mountains of North Georgia and said he never saw a car until he was 12. He died in 1978 and it's amazing the changes he lived through.
I wish we switch cars to horses
EverlastGX after you’ve stepped on tons of shit through the course of one day you’ll change that wish back real quick
@@thetruthandnothingbutthetr6484 much better than breathing pollute air and horse shit is not that bad
She is a very sharp individual for 98 years. Very well spoken, cognizant, and oriented.
She lived for another 11 years by the way...this was filmed in late 1979, and she lived to see 1990. Amazing.
@@austinballard6815 Even more change happened in her lifetime. Also she saw the degradation of American culture and the rise of the polarization trend with everyone being heavily political and divided.
@austinballard6815 she made it to 109? that's incredible!
@@austinballard6815what is this lady’s name? And how do you know when she died?
Thanks!
@@ImTheCrew Louise Souder...she lived in Lancaster, PA born 9/15/1881 died 5/23/1990....google her name and findagrave, I posted her 1990 obituary there last year. Pretty long, complete with a more recent pic of her. She was quite a woman!
"I thought I was better off than most everyone else." ❤️ Oh to be content, and feel you live in abundance, even if you don't.
She did
Yep
Interviews like this are gold. My grandmother was first gen American, born in 1888 in North Georgia and died in Tennessee in 1982 when I was 21 and she was 94. She was bright and vibrant until her very last year. I adored her! She had gone from horse and buggy to seeing a man on the moon! I remember my mother telling me I should ask her questions and even record her (on my cassette player!) but I never did, too busy living in the present, I suppose, not knowing that the future depends a lot on the past. I’m 60 now and seeing this vid really makes me regret even more that I didn’t record her. Moral of the story - listen to your mama, she probably knows best (at least mine did.)
did she talk all old timey or did people back then sound as casual as us today?
Chattanooga?
This woman is the definition of blast from the past
She actually did walk uphill both ways
Rd ok
Rd - In the snow!
4:20 now thats a blast from the past lol
This old coot is off her rocker. You can tell. She's sitting in on the sofa.
"Technology"Not much happier now than she was then. Back then she had everything she needed! GOLDEN words right there!
None of us could survive in that world. We would have to be born again. Gee, where have I hear THAT before?!
And cares they had none..That is what they have loaded off onto our backs today.....staggering
And now everybody whines that they don't have enough.
She was young then. Also people tend to remember the positive parts of their childhood rather than the negatives. Also those who had horrible childhoods tend not to reach 98 and get interviewed. Generally healthy and happy people live longer. Their was plenty of misery back then as is clear from history. Each generation has its positive and negative aspects. It's likely the kids of today will remember now as a positive time to a large degree.
@@jeremywvarietyofviewpoints3104 I dont know about all of that as my Dad was born in the late 20's and stated everyone was in the same boat no one had any money. I believe she spoke as it was. We today over think things to death and if thats not good enough we get some statistics to back us up...........
1928 she got a radio 🤩 that’s just so awesome to hear her say. I appreciate this era so much. My dad told me that when he was little tv wasn’t color so they had glass screens with colors to go over your tv and it looked like it had some colors in there. Miss my grandma 🥰
My Great Great Grandfather who was born in 1866 use to be a furniture repairman
She remembered the date because it was an exciting purchase….we take nearly every electronic item for granted nowadays.
My great grandma is thankfully still alive, 92, stays at home, never learned to drive, and surviving COVID-19. I prayed for her to live to be 100, and I’m still praying.
Love you Bonnie Gordon👍😊🙏❤️💚💕✝️
She will be 93 on November 26, 2021.
(Born November 26, 1928)
You should have recorded her before she died you dork
@@funkmonster don’t be an authentic a$$h0le and show disrespect - thank you.
@@funkmonster she's still alive you idiot! And maybe she'll live longer than you...you know the intelligent do have longer life expectancies.
How’s she doing now?
Mi abuelito paterno nació en 1922 y falleció en el 2022, vivió 100 años y ya murió por secuelas del covid-19.
Recuerdo él me contaba historias de su juventud, de su trabajo y familia. Es triste porque quedó huérfano y muy pequeño, los únicos familiares que tenía eran sus padres, al fallecer ellos quedó completamente solo. Fue muy dura su infancia.
Mientras mi bisabuela materna nació en 1933 y aún sigue viva, me da un poco de tristeza verla ahora y recordar cómo ella era antes, cuando yo era niña. Yo tengo 27 años, y mi bisabuela está cerca de cumplir los 100 en unos años si Dios lo permite.
Me parece nostálgico ver cómo en dos décadas ha envejecido mi bisabuela tan drásticamente, apenas caminar puede, comparado con antes que sembraba y mataba gallinas.
I always say, older people are living history books.
@@goopapa4758, lol.
well the ones that are of sound mind at least
And that's why I like being around them they always have stories of the good times and the bad either way they are interesting
Lmao you are wise beyond your years.
Thought that up all by yourself, eh? Smooth.
I said to my dad” I bet grand daddy wouldn’t believe that people would be walking & driving with phones & Tvs in their pocket huh?” My dad said “ Hell boy, daddy wouldn’t believe you’d be paying a dollar for a bottle of water!” That really put it in perspective.
Even worse $3 water
Inflation... $1 today could be the equivalent of .05 cents in the past depending on what year you’re referring to.
Same same
I'm only 73 but won't pay for a bottle of water. Over my dead body, absolute foolishness except situations like Flint obviously. Had tap water tested and do it yearly, it's fine.
I remember when water was free and you had to pay for porn. LOL
@@furtherahead5867 So funny!
"What you have today. Depends on your government." She summed up life in America, with 8 words.
Patriotism 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
@@rebeccalynn1804 lol barf
Yes! I would have loved to hear more of her thoughts on that and how politics has changed throughout the decades.
@Imatellyasumtn czcams.com/video/UxcesKtJ844/video.html
“Depends on what kind of people you have at the head of your government” was the quote. It might be a little semantic to point out the difference, but she is talking about character and integrity, not dependence on the government.
My grandmother passed two years ago at the age of 86. I remember talking for hours at the dinner table. No electricity til after she was married. She and my grandfather, who passed 27 years ago, were sharecroppers in their early years. She remembered when he got his first steady job with the city of Vidalia, Louisiana making $28 a week, and how good it was to have steady money. Up until the last couple years of her life she kept a garden growing in the back yard, made the best golden brown biscuits and cornbread on a black skillet. Canned her own jelly-and had story after story to tell and wanted nothing more than for her kids and grandkids to come visit so she could cook for us. I miss her so much.
What year was she born?
I still remember my great grandmother who was born in the 1880's. She lived in this really cool old house that was built in the 1800's and was on the side of a small mountain in Roanoke Virginia. She was the sweetest person ever. The first time I met her was when I was 8 years old in 1970. In her thick southern accent she said to me and my siblings "well, hello theyah' little dahlins'! So wundahful' to meet you. Would yawl like some fudge? I made it special, just for yawl".
Who was your great grandmother? I'm from Roanoke Virginia!
@@amandawestmoreland8512 Her name changed twice. Her maiden name was Ruth Wise and she was born in Bluefield WV. Her first husband was my great grandfather and his last name was Trail. He died in a flu epidemic way back in early the 20th century so she remarried and her last name changed to Graybel.
Oh she sounds delightful
I used to live in Roanoke myself!!
That sounds like a treasured memory of your great grandma, and the fudge was probably great! Thanks for sharing Steve.
This piece of film is an absolute treasure. And this woman is just fantastic.
*Was just fantastic.
Reminds me of my grandma and other elderly people of my neighborhood growing up we sat around the fire place and I would listen to them for hours 😊
Spot on 👌🏻❤️
The real treasure is at 4:19.
@@tomrobards7753 I love & loved listening to elderly people tell about the past when I was growing up.
I wish I had the foresight to ask my grandmother more about the olden times when I was young.
I wish my family had more info about my great grandfather who immigrated from Hungary in 1908. I saw him once when I was 10
@@dalepeto9620 We found out some family history from Hungary by talking to Hungarians who helped us research some history. We even discovered we had a family crest and that quite a few ancestors were in important battles - they all seemed to be cavalry men from what I could find out. If he left in 1908, your grandfather probably left at one of the best times. That was pretty much the height of the empire back then. Do you know what village or area he was from? My Hungarian grandfather used to tell me about how in the school, their teacher would talk about the Map of Austria-Hungary and what a huge empire it was... and how after the two wars, it lost so much land (and so much national pride). Some of the stories about him crossing the border were just so sad. He never told me the story of how he fled Hungary on a whim in 1956, it was his siblings that ended up telling me once he died. Wish he hadn't died of lung cancer at the age of 65, because the more I learned - the more questions I had!
@@sharnistevens1428 Bereg Co. Hungary my great grandfather, his wife Nagy, which is now Slovakia, If he had lived until 1977 ( the movie Roots) we might have gotten some info. If he had stayed he might have been killed in WW I . I never learned if he had siblings in Hungary. We ate stuffed cabbage and halushka and still do. My Dad used to listen to Gypsy music. I just recently visited Great Granpa's farm ( abandoned, and was a Whiskey Rebellion Site). A rails to trails bike path that I use goes thru his town. The railroad station that he arrived at is still there. My Dad used to spend summers there. There are still two Hungarian Social Clubs nearby. My Dad liked Eva Gabor (from Budapest ) and Al Hrabosky the "Mad Hungarian"
@@dalepeto9620 my Great Great Grandfather came over from Stockton England about 1888 on a boat he was born in 1872 and died in 1949 I have a picture of him and my Great Great Grandmother she was born here in the US in 1879 they got married in 1896.
SAAAMMEE! Although, I did try to ask both of my grandfathers about WW2, but they would never talk about it. Who knows what they witnessed then? I suppose they felt like they went through that hell to have a better world and didn’t want to burden their children or grandchildren with it.
What an incredible piece of film. Thank you, David. Now THIS is history. This woman seems to have an understanding of what's to come; particularly with her concern of the lack of patriotism and family, from what I gather.
"in my youth, I had no worries"
wow, what's that like
she was just saying that because she was old and looking back on life, she definetely would of had worries like every other normal person
She was in her youth during the turn of the century, with world unrest brewing, heading for World War I. Maybe she didn't need to pay attention to world events, although radio was then in infancy, but growing fast. Nice not to worry.
Really though
Probably the same as your youth was
@@anwjuice I’m in my youth and have endless worries, so yeah, I can’t relate
I love that “I thought I had everything and more back then” really puts things into perspective
Because back then, there wasn't as much stuff. It hadn't been invented. You had one of whatever you needed, and style and design wasn't much of a factor. If you needed a wash tub, you could probably choose one from the Sears and Roebuck catalog, which only had one to choose from anyway. People made their own clothes or had someone make it, or again, the Sears Catalog or the one store in town that had clothing. So people didn't have four of everything, as what would be the point? There is no point, but that doesn't stop us from buying too much of everything, in every color. It was a utilitarian age, and focus was on necessity. Industry prided itself in quality, not quantity or the latest fashion. And people didn't have a lot of money, either, back then. They took care of what they had, making things last. They mended clothing, fixed their tools, their cars, etc. as buying more was considered wasteful.
I sometimes wish I lived back then when all you needed was a job, house and food and didn't need anything else to get by on. Now you gotta have a car and insurance for it you gotta have a phone and so on. A simpler life would be a nice change.
@@yellowbird5411 My grandmother said her family went by the motto: "Use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without." Different mindset back then.
@Matthew Stuart By convincing us that we needed more, and more
Commercial ads limited to print and radio. Social media would have been neighbors using the rumor mill.
Her talking about her wedding trip to boston and her chuckle as she had a mental flash back is the best.
As a person who loves history I love talking to older people about their life. My grandpa was born in 1929 and is still alive today. He told me what life was like during the depression and he would see nothing but sadness and disparity but he was blessed that his father found a stable job and the desperation did not even affect him at all. He said he felt so bad it was a terrible sight to see to see all those bread lines so long. He would tell me how in the Bronx he would collect little pieces of scrap metal and hand them in for the war effort so on. He was very bright for his age too, he told me he always read the paper to see where the allies were advancing or retreating so on at the time. My great grandpa would also teach him various terminology that obviously a 12 year old wouldn’t understand for he was in Austria-Hungarian army. I asked him what his father thought of when the Germans and Russians signed the non aggression pact and he said was absolutely shocked but even more so when the Germans invaded. My great grandfather said to my grandpa that he didn’t think the Germans could pull it off. He thought that it might have worked if the Germans weren’t forced to divert forces to Greece to help Mussolini and his escapades all around the balkans. Good thing at 91 he is still around so I can ask him as many questions I want and he still sharp as a tack. He has his license and drives, reads 3 books a week, and reads the paper every day. One of the smartest men I know.
Please ask him lots of questions and film him! and post it to youtube :) it will be huge
Wow
@@amberalden4965 he’s still alive!
It hurt when she smiled and talked about the future generations keeping and loving this country.
the future generations love what this country can be, not what it is. Sometimes that could be misconstrued as not loving this country.
@@bassoonman2000 Progressiveness has done a lot of damage to this country. And when it doesn't work, the answer seems to be to push even harder. It's crazy. Virtually everything she talks about that made her happy is based on conservative values. People today are miserable because of the rise of extreme progressivism. You'd have to be blind not to see that.
Yeah it hurts, and it annoys me that IMMEDIATELY this thread turned to liberal/conservative rants/bashing. What I love about this woman was she never once... NOT ONCE played the political card. In fact we can not ascertain for certain what her political views were. We only know she loved her country and she loved her community, and she championed them both... even the youngsters leading the way into tomorrow.
THAT'S what we're missing today... Civil rhetoric and discussions.
@Frustrated Omegle who is "us"? And how can you accurately depict the minds of most of the younger generation? Conservativism is not the only thought process to bring the best out of this country. It is the one that white america is most comfortable with as it protects the privileged at all cost. Anything contradicting thought has been labeled an abomination.
@@kevin9c1 and you'd have to be blind not to see what the damage conservativism has done to this country as well. Divided we stand.
She goes..."I was born in '81" That's 1881, ha.
Just like I say I was born in the 50s oh, I will always be 1950s in my head but it's already a long time to the 1900
@who else likes memes Soon it'll be that way when someone mentions the 20s. In maybe 15 years, when someone says the 20s they likely won't be talking about the 1920s
Yeah I was also born in '81!
Pretty close to the civil war...
@who else likes memes well, actually, everyone in their right mind would think 1881.
This isn’t that difficult. This video was recorded in 1979... soooo when she said 81 there’s only one option, 1881 because she’s not talking about being born in the future.
If this video had been recorded in 1995 for example, then you’d still assume 1881 because it wouldn’t make sense to talk to someone over 100 who was born 1981.
Make sense?
This lady was born 7 years BEFORE Jack the Ripper began his reign of terror on Victorian London - just insane!
And the same year as garfield assassination too
I miss my grandma she was 95 when she passed away back in 2016. And the biggest things she ever witnessed in her life time are the transition from silent movies to talkies, black and white films into colours, abdication of King Edward VIII, cars with air conditioning, and telephones to iPhones (when she was alive she used to call my iPhone “that stupid thing”) and she’s was happy that the world never had another world war.
I love the fact she brings up how close the family and community were back then. She was happier. Makes sense.
@@MattInIllinois Running a home IS work! It's definitely undervalued today. Many women do not want to be at home due to the responsibility. Cooking, cleaning, taking care of the children, paying the bills, etc. I would have loved to have done that with my son but divorcing a abuser/deadbeat dad, I was my son's only hope. And I did it WITHOUT government assistance! I'm very proud of that fact. My son turned out great and has his own family now.
@@MattInIllinois Thank you so much.
This makes me wish that I would have asked my own grandparents more questions!
I have done the grandchild interview with my granny. She passed away a few months later. I have the 2 cassettes. Then I interviewed my great uncle charles (granny's brother). I have all these cassettes because I was being selfish. I wanted to keep them past the expiration date :( any time I am missing my granny I can listen to her
@@JLKDOOM That's so cool! I didn't really get to spend a lot of time my grandparents, not as much as many of my cousins did.... also was a picky eater never really got to enjoy grandma's cooking. Have you digitized any of it to share with others or just preserve them? Those tapes aren't going to last forever.
@@drasco61084 I haven't digitized anything :/ just kept them for me, my family doesn't want to listen to them so I dont play them for anyone for that reason
@@JLKDOOM one day they may wish they had. You never know.
My grandmother said I was only one that was interested . . loved her stories. . her father had a bathhouse In down town Los Angeles when she was a youngster ..saturday night was a big deal indeed she said 😊 later how fun she had watching the silent movies being made in Hollywood.. Now its my turn to be old ..I miss her & sure do wish I asked more. 👍
It's very interesting to hear her explain how the information revolution has not made us happier than what we were before. People start taking things for granted and their appetite keeps growing. However, the essential components of our happiness are probably unrelated to the level of our technological advancement.
Well said!
Why do I feel so much nostalgia!!! Life is passing us by let’s be present and enjoy each day we are here!!! This was beautiful to watch 🥰
Rip to all grandmas and grandpas that were born in the 1800's.
I still remember my grandma.... RIP
@@Awakeningspirit20 my grandma was born in 1888. Died 1979. I was five! Nowadays without medications most people wouldn't make it to 60...
Most of my great grandparents born before 1900 and born 2001
Same generation as my great grandmother who died nearly 20 years before I was born
My Grandma was born in 1890 died in 1983. She grew up in Baltimore with a Bordello across the alley and she would visit the horses at the end of the block that would pull the steam fire engine. Blind and barley able to walk she still threatened to use her backhand on me when I was being a smart ass. Tough, great Grandma.
Wow
"I'm not any happier now, I thought I had everything back then" just wow.
Whenever I talk to old people, there's always a couple things that peak my interest. The first is about their speech, how close is their speech to when they were young. Their fluency, their accent... how much of it is a reflection of how people must have talked back then, being confined to smaller social bubbles without the same education or exposure through TV etc. I always try to figure out the line between what was caused by age and mental decline and what was caused by the times. The other is their fashion (and smell without being to creepy); the way they dress and smell probably hasn't changed all to significantly. How we identify these things in elderly people today as signature of their age, was probably signature of youth back in the day. My mind melts whenever I try to look through the ages and see how these trends change beyond the scale of human lifetimes.
These tiny little glimpses into the experience of existence at different stages of the progress of our species. Sometimes I try to extrapolate these changes beyond further generations, alas the further you go, the greater the error.
I am now only weeks away from completing my machine.
I agree completely (save for the last part lol)
Machine you say? Sounds intriguing!
Interesting view. Also, what machine are you talking about and did you completed it?
Progress of pur species..... please dont tell me you still believe in the evolution. That has been debunked. We do not share any DNA with not one single ape on earth. Indo Europeans dont even share the same DNA as Sub Saharan Africans. So how would anyone prove we all came from Africa and started as some type of Ape.... i never believed that. Even when it was forced on me my whole life at school.
My great grandmother was born in 1899 and I got to spend a lot of time with her as a child before she passed away. I loved hearing about her life in the early 20th century. She was in her 40s during WWII! She lived to see 9/11. It's crazy.
Imnoon08, Hi Thanks for telling us about your great grandmother. I wrote about mine as well here. a few days after you. All the best.
Sarah Knauss died in 1999 so no she didn't see 9/11.
I was so blessed. My grandparents came from huge families. My I am the youngest child of youngest children of youngest children. My grandmother was born a 13th child in 1889. Growing up in the 70's I was surrounded by these great aunts and uncles who were born in the 1800's. What a blessing ❣️
Hello Nida how are you doing
"Everything you have today depends on the people you have at the head of your government".
Wow, she should know. She seen it all.
These movie tapes are priceless, and should be archived in
The Library of Congress.
My grandma was born in 1926 and I remember her telling us a story about her mother in the late 1910's when they first saw an aircraft as they were ploughing corn fields. They dropped everything and ran in fear from a 'metal flying monster'
Wish I could give this a 'Love' instead of a 'Like'. What a wonderful lady. An amazing glimpse into the every day lives of our ancestors.
“The family life isn’t what it used to be”.... she was spot on about Patriotism, as well....very wise lady❤️
I’m in my 40s and I should let my son interview me so that I can tell him of the games we played like marbles, jacks, hop scotch, riding bikes popping wheelies and making ramps with bricks and plywood, catching horned roads, catching lightning bugs, playing tag, hide and seek, red light green light, mother may I.. dang, kids these days are missing out
if you are a subscriber, on the community pulldown menu on my CZcams channel homepage, you will find instructions for how to help your son interview in the most meaningful way to future generations who will watch the video.
David Hoffman-filmmaker
also a 70s baby. don't forget coming in when the street lights go out, matchbox cars, bmx, and snow. remember when we actually had winters? what a concept....
horned toads are now almost extint. we caught them too
@@HellcatMad flipping rocks for salamanders. rolling up pants to catch crayfish, snapping turtles to sell to the chinese restaurant (serious). staying up 48 hours straight in 1986 when mario bros came out.
we could write a book
@@an0therdimensi0n99 don't forget the sore fingers and callouses that finally built up from the Mario game. of course pong got boring after a while. remember pong?
Thank you so much for your work, Sir Hoffman!
Too bad you didn’t interview my grandfather who remembered EVERYTHING! Even each day of the week anything happened on! He lived to 101, grew his own veggies and was the healthiest man I’ve ever seen. I miss him to much! But I agree with this movie producer... why didn’t we get so much more of these beautiful people? Darn.
CheriByGrace - How lucky! Both of you.
As a little girl I was fascinated by the stories my elderly neighbor told me of her family's move to Kansas in a covered wagon.
MY 1890 BORN, GRAMOTHER~ FROM LEEDS~BRITTANIA, A VICTORIAN,& MY bABOOSHLA IMPOSSIBLE, TO SPEEK, ABOUT 1917~THE FALL, OF RUSSIAS ROMANOV TSARS, I'VE READ ALL ABOUT IT~
My grandma was born in Bismarck, North Dakota 1914. She said that when she was a toddler, her family took a covered wagon to Los Angeles.
This is history I absolutely LOVE!
I used to sit every night after school and talk to my great gran about life before and during ww2 and I wish we had all the phones etc we had today cos I’d have loved to have recorded her!
my grandmother just passed at 101, born in 1920 rural Ontario. Born a farmer's daughter she grew up in the great depression and in ww2. It was amazing to see how the circumstances of her upbringing shaped how she lived the rest of her life, particularly towards reusing everything to ensure there is no waste. I distinctly remember waitresses and nurses commenting about how lucky she was to grow up when she did, which surprised her as she didn't believe anyone could be particularly lucky to grow up in such an era of need.
I think these people recognise that we live in a time of need. We need God and family and connection with our neighbours and with those in our own country. We may not want of physical things but we lack most everything else that matters.
Snippets of history straight from the mouths of those who lived it. For me, your docs are golden.. Thank you David.
My dad passed away January 5th, 2019 just 5 month shy of his 99th birthday. Listening to her reminds me of my dad. So much has changed in their lifetimes. Old people have such a wealth of knowledge to share.
I am so sorry
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Don't beat yourself up about what you could have asked, could have filmed, could have saved with this wonderful woman Mr Hoffman. If you hadn't done this all these years ago, her story would have gone to the grave with her. As a non-American but citizen of this planet, this story still resonates strongly with many lessons for today. Thank you for bringing her and her era back to life through my smart phone across the gulf of time. A fascinating clip.
Had a neighbor back in 2000 I was 9. The neighbor was 102 when he passed 2 weeks before 9/11 . he said in the early 1920’s people were very handy and creative than today. He even called that problems were going to occur in the world. More sicknesses more diseases. RIP mr Moe 💙 he was a well spoken man with intelligence and knew so much about weapons
“The world went and got itself in a big damn hurry.” - Brooks Hatlen
why soserious ..in a hurry. to take everything you have...looters
why soserious Great movie
@@MR..181 The quote from Brooks was from the movie Shawshank redemption sir.
@@shanghunter7697 Shawshank Redemption is such a great movie. Poor ol Brookes just couldn't make it on the outside.
A fantastic movie.
“The family life isn’t what it used to be”...imagine if she could see it now. This is 41 years ago, and family life has changed so much since then for the worst in most instances
I'm 22, and I know what you mean. Ive seen how people have drawn away. By people I mean family.
@Black powder Productions My wife and I were just talking about that last night. We're in our mid-fifties, both of our parents, grandparents and most aunts and uncles are past on. We feel just the same, disconnected from today. Too many things have changed in all aspects of life everywhere. It's ironic that we have mobile phones and internet on a constant basis and yet families rarely spend (actual) time together. Thankfully still on special occasions, but not like our parents generation, laughing and visiting while playing games together, dancing along with music in a living room or local fire hall with just a simple record player and small amp. It's as if the aspects of life that are good and simple no longer can exist. We have to keep up making good and simple memory-making times together with friends and family as best we can, for the sake of our children.
Amen more and more single mothers an entire generation of men raised by women.
Fix it! Help! Learn from Q
The family unit has been raped by Uncle Sam. I.E the American voter.
Our house was built in 1855. It has so many unique and quirky features that you just don't see today and such beautiful woodworking throughout. I wish the walls could talk! I bet they'd have some really neat stories to tell :) Just like this amazing lady. I can't believe her patriotism - makes me proud. I could listen to her talk for hours. I wish there were people like her around today :(
Man, I miss my great grandparents! They had such good stories, advice and knowledge to give.
Was listening to her and watching the TV behind her. The days when a tv was something you could put stuff on. We had one like that.
Looks like Hollywood Squares is playing in the background... ❤️
Yeah, I appreciated watching the TV behind her too. Those scan lines were thick.
There's a business for someone: Making narrow objects you can stick on top of your TV, and really narrow ones you can put on top of your laptop.
That looks like Bernadette Peters on the show at about 3:30...
@@Nonduality non-scratch clips could help hold useful things in place. I'm wondering what we might put on top of tvs today if we could.
I have a relative who's no longer alive that wrote his life memoirs... entirely in longhand. A huge book full of stories relating to his experiences and watching technology advance from horse and buggy to first man on the moon. It saddens me to think that this kind of knowledge is overlooked by so many people and is largely lost to the ravages of time. History is so important, and a person can gain so much empathy by looking into the past and seeing how folks lived when things were truly harder than they are now. Her patriotism is inspiring, also.
Great clip, as always.
Can you either publish that or put it up as a google drive with a link or something? I’d be very interested in reading that
Have you ever thought about publishing it somewhere? I'd sure love to read it!
Heck, I'd read that.
It's at my parents' house, but I will definitely look into getting it online somehow the next time I visit (this April.). I will have to warn you, I don't know how the paper has held up over the years and his handwriting was quite spidery.
@@alyssav2124 I'd also be very interested in that
I could listen to her talk for hours. Living history ♥️
Imagine having a grandma who tells you a real story like a bedtime story: once upon a time there was George Washington...
The title is this clip should be: “None of the technology has made me any happier.” So profound!
I would say for starters at the television and telephone made her happier. Life was good for her all the way along but she loved new technologies.
David Hoffman - filmmaker
99% correct!!!! And, I only speak for myself. At least, amputations don't have to be done while you're wide awake.
@@thomastedder654 Chloroform was widely used as an anesthetic before amputations even during the Civil War.
@@jaredison2708 but that chloroform is terrible for you, I'm glad we have modern anesthesiologists haha
Exactly! The technology has only enslaved us more to the technocrats.
I love listening to anyone older than me relating their former days. Everyone has something interesting to recall, in my opinion. However, to have your faculties in your late nineties is a plus and she has great recall doesn't she. Such a span of history and the changes she has experienced is amazing. Im glad you found this piece of film to keep her memory alive for posterity. Thank you for this.
I agree❣️
We have so much to learn from the elderly.. so many important lessons and interesting experiences they recall 💞
It's very disappointing to me when I see how often younger generations will disregard, disrespect and dismiss the elderly, as if they don't know anything or don't have anything of value to say 😞 that couldn't be further from the truth.
It was also actually common, at least for all of the elderly people who I knew to live well into their 90s and still had their wits about them.
People who say we "live longer today" are talking about those who are sadly kept alive through medical technology but when speaking about true quality of life, nothing compares to that era.. even growing up poor, they were still healthier, happier and humble.
@@merncat75 they didn't have genetically modified foods that have been modified to remove nutrients, and makes its own internal pesticides. There's no nutrients in gmo food tbags been forced upon us. Our water is poisoned with flouride and whatever else they decided flouride is a industrial waste and Nazis used it to make prisoners more docile. It blocks a enyMe in the brain. And calcifis the pineal gland. If flouride helps teeth and so great why does a spill require level 3 hazmat suit? Where did they get their example of humans drinking? Do you swish water arou d your mouth before swallowing. How is the flouride protecting teeth if it's not touching them. If babies don't have teethyet and in5-6 years get their adult teeth. Why are infant waters have the heaviest flouride levels? Wouldn't adult needs more not brand new teeth? Back to GMO this is why weed is now being legalized it's been GMO it's not like weed 30 years ago. It's been modified for a long time. Mississippi State has a1000 acre farm they do research on. Even your dirt weed is much stronger. But it has been made to hurt people they don't know it yet. One-day people will compare the DNA of today's weed to samples of past and seeitsnot true marijuana anymore. Jus like corn has bat genes in it weed is changed now
@@JamesSmith-lt5zz Yep, I agree. Your comment looks like ones that I have left myself almost word-for-word on other channels.
I'm first-generation American, my parents raised me very old school we actually grew our own food, I physically helped from planting seeds to harvesting crops and cooking everything.. I ate homemade every single day.. as a matter of fact I didn't even try fast food for the first time until I was 16 years old and I never ate processed or packaged food growing up. We never even kept "snacks" in the house. If I wanted a snack there were a dozen options but we never opened up a bag or box of something. All those preservatives are changing people's DNA too!!! Each generation is being affected by medication and GMO "foods"
@@merncat75 glysophates is what is changing our DNA. Look up Dr. Stephanie Seneff she is leading scientist on such topics. Also, we need HDL cholestero. don't listen to the FDA! They are communist
@@mickeythompson24 trust me, I know ALL about that stuff, even the cholesterol topic.. I have studied herbalism, naturopathy and holistic healing along with some Eastern Philosophy..
But I have to tell you that the fact that our DNA is literally changing quickly from one generation to the next goes SO much deeper than glysophate.. many more reasons but way too much to explain here.
it is refreshing to see that someone is at least aware of it happening at all because most people are oblivious.
I feel like we have disappointed her. And that bothers me for some reason.
"The youth are going to carry this nation. And I want them to hold their patriotism and love this nation." Unfortunately her wish has become the total opposite. I fear this country will become unrecognizable in a very short time. What a beautiful lady.
@@coldhardtruth233 yes indeed she would. She was so right.
@@coldhardtruth233 what about the last one?
This country was built on the lives and bloodshed of my ancestors
@@lordspittah8432 would you rather be living in Africa?
Many horrible things happening now in China and abroad.
I am not responsible for what happened 300 years ago.
Many cruel genocides and atrocities were also committed against my ancestors, the Irish.
But I would not want to leave the U.S.A.
This is now, not 150 years ago!
This is also a free country.
You can take responsibility for your own life.
Get over it.
Don't expect a lot of sympathy for
the past.
Let's do something about modern day slavery.
If it's made in China don't buy it.
30 days of this would bring China to its knees.
I think you're ancestors would approve.
SHE KNEW THE SOCIALIST DEMOCRATS WOULD FUCK THE COUNTRY OVER!!!
"I think it was about 1928 we got a radio, it sat right here.." ...points to the 1979 TV.
I think it was invented earlier than that. on Downton Abbey show the radio exist in 1924/5🤭
@@katerinadicamella The first commercially made radio available to the public was made in 1921 by Westinghouse. Previous to that, people used crystal sets. The first radio station was KDKA Pittsburgh in 1920.
Keyword: sat
It's a late 60s tv but I thought the same thing
She didn't have a radio until she was 47!
I want to get this old so I can tell people about before the internet 😂
This was the year I was born.
I was born in 81 also. Damn she aged!
I'm not her age yet but several years ago, late 90's, my oldest granddaughter, in first grade, asked how life has changed since I was her age. All I had to do was tell her, and her younger sister who was listening in, we didn't have video games. They were both shocked and almost in tears, gasping "poor grandma!" "what did you do?" I went further by telling them we didn't even have color tv back then, we had black and white. It was my turn to be shocked when the oldest said we didn't need color tv 'cause our clothes weren't colored. It took a while to realize I'd showed them old black and white photos of me and my family. They took that as a sign that the world was black and white way back then. Kids are funny. :)
@@hoosiergrandma7640 I love that story! My grandpa repaired TVs so they were the first to have a color TV!
My other grandma was able to buy a business after my grandpa passed away and the other day I was looking at a picture of her at the store and realized that she never in her wildest dreams would have thought that was possible when she was young. Look at her driving herself around and wearing pants and stuff. Scandalous!
@@notafuckinpplperson8233 yeah but then it will be like Tron or something so the shock is greater. 😜
My grandmother was born in 1926, so her oldest memories went back to the 1930s, half a century later than the lady in the video. Yet Granny lived in a similar sort of world growing up in a rural farming village in Cambridgeshire, England. No electricity, no telephone, no television, not even a radio. Bathing in a tin bath by the fire, wearing exclusively homemade clothes and patched hand-me-downs, eating mostly homegrown food. People driving horses and buggies and pony carts through the village instead of cars, most of the locals living out their entire lives without ever moving out of the village.
I suppose it must be different in the USA, where general development was more rapid than in Old Europe.
He asks her how she feels to live at the dawn of the Information Age:
“I’m not any happier”
Man, this hit hard. For all we have done, we’re not happier.
Just a thoughtful consideration. Happiness is a temporary experience that folks have either more or less of. Satisfaction. A feeling of safety. A feeling that you can take care of your family. Not getting sick from dreaded diseases that antibiotics prevented. Those things may have changed. In my view we are better off than we were when she was alive. But unfortunately, that was not the things I discussed with her during that interview.
David Hoffman filmmaker