The ABC news promo is a stunning work of graphic art/animation and compresses nearly an entire cultural sensibility into a few dynamic seconds...how little things seem to have changed.

You can't pay for Cronkite's reaction to moon landing, priceless.

Jesus, Fred. Were we ever that young? I suppose every generation will ask the same question at some point, but such bittersweet memories. I don't believe we could ever adequately thank you enough. Two simple words, but they can convey so much. Thank you, Fred.

Joan Crawford appeared in the "Mountain Dew" ad because it was marketed by Pepsi-Cola {still is}- and she was on their board of directors at the time.

I just want to jump into the screen and be back in 1969.

1969-when the military draft was televised and the NFL/AFL Draft wasn't.

1969, I was 14 yrs old. The song by the Archie's "Sugar Sugar" was playing at my girlfriend's house when I kissed her.....my 1st REAL kiss......Wow💑✌

Second Chance was a 1972 movie of the week.

I made it put of Nam alive and was finishing up my Army tour , on border guard , in West Germany.

Man....wow! The memories, seemed like a lifetime ago. Life for me was innocent I guess ignorance wss bliss. To quote the phrase if I knew then what I know now....of course being a child in the single digits during the 1970s Saturday morning cartoons, Schwinn muscle bikes, no computers or cell phones. Playing outside then watching TV, we thought we had hit the big time when we got a 19 inch color Quasar wow! Going out to eat was going to Burger Chef, McDonald's, Burger King, and it happen 1 to 2 times a month and I got to drink a Coke a cola and was a real treat! I played with toys and used my imagination no battery where the toy can play by itself today. What a great time and then becoming a teen in the 1980s. The radio and music was the soundtrack of my life always growing up and memories being made. Sadly time marches on and the only constant that there is changes every day.......

Hey! I don't remember seeing "It was a Short Summer Charlie Brown!"

100 more videos? I'm retired , your Station is one of my new interests and I have nothing but time. Bring em on Brother.

I turned 10 years old in 1969 and remember most of these features. Just turned 60 years old and it still seems like yesterday. Thanks for making me feeling young!

You're genius. I could watch and watch these. You really capture the essence of the times. Love them all!

I sure would love to see It Was A Short Summer Charlie Brown. I love watching The Peanuts specials.

Amazing how fast the lyrics and tag lines from those Pepsi and Twix ads in particular came back to memory from other 50 years ago.

Holy crap, that ABC News bit is AMAZING! Gripping, MTV-fast edits and then-cutting-edge graphics and music that never fails to get me dancing in my seat -- I hope they gave whomever did that promo a HUUUUUGE raise! Oh, and I also used to have that "ABC Movie of the Week" theme song as my ringtone! So timeless! Anyway, my parents were already married and had purchased their first home in 1969 so they were definitely out of the "youth culture", but still young enough to really enjoy life, plus since I wasn't to come along for another ten years I'm sure they had plenty of time to watch a lot of these TV shows and commercials, and unless they were idiots they were DEFINITELY watching that Apollo 11 moon landing! I wish I could ask them but they've been gone for a number of years already. Anyway, thanks so much for allowing me a peek into a world that existed before I was born! I really appreciate it.

Thank you fredflix. I'm 61 years old and I remember all of what you show in these.to quote a great man thanks for the memories.

My God, I was 8 at the time of the ABC news prom and still remember it, left a big impression on me a dynamic decade indeed!

Timely! I remember sitting on the floor in front of the TV watching the moon landing, nervous because I thought the lunar surface might not be solid. The ubiquitous voice of William Schallert; The Mothers-In-Law; network movies every night of the week; SO much good stuff! As always THANK YOU FOR POSTING, it means a lot to us.

1969 - I was 5 but I do remember Apollo 11 vividly. I still have the Apollo 11 coin to this day. It was a wonderful year full of magic and fun, except for the Draft Lottery :-( I cannot imagine what those young men and their families went through. Fred, I imagine you were too young for the draft but I'm sure you had friends who had older brothers who were sent to war. Some never came back and those that did weren't the same anymore ....

The ABC news promo was top notch.

Three VW Beetles in the Love American Style opening skit.

Along with Burt Bacharach's ABC movie of the week theme, I liked the CBS late movie intro music. CBS must have begun using it at least as early as 1966. I found it hauntingly beautiful and I used to hum it to myself at night layin' in bed waiting to become drowsy. Later, I played it by ear on the piano---I had begun taking lessons in the first grade. This is an especially enjoyable vid for me, Fred. Thanx!

I saw all of the Mercury, Gemini and Apollo missions live on TV with my dad when we weren't at school or work, sometimes my mom and youngest sister watched with us

Thanks for all these great promos.i watched the Apollo 11 landing with great interest as my father worked on the space program

For God's sake, let the Rabbit have Trix!

Oh my God! I can remember 50 years ago! I was 5 years old sponging up everything around me. 🐛👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 🐵🐢🌑🌞📖🎵🎶

i remember that Saturday of Apollo 11 landing on the moon..i was 11 and my younger brothers and i were playing running thru the house and Mom told us to stop and watch for it was history in the making...it was too....thank you Mother, for i remember you & that day :)

Love the Burt Bacharach song "Nikki" (written for his daughter) for ABC's "Movie of the Week". Great song!

Wow Fred. What a find! Was that the first episode of Love American Style? The original singers of the theme (The Cowsills) were replaced in season 2 w The Fred Fox SIngers. Such prestine condition. Stewart Margolin ( Angel from The Rockford Files at the start of the clip). His brother Arnold was essentially the program creator.

Wow, watching the soft drink commercials, I had forgotten all about the paper straws. Land of the Giants was and still is a favorite. Irwin Allen was a big part of a kids television watching, then; can't imagine a childhood without him. Love Amer. Style, ABC Movie of the week; we didn't know it then, but something so routine as watching T.V. could be an endearing memory in our futures. Another tip of the hat to you Fred. You make the past feel better, thank you.

When journalism was objective and trusted. 9 years old. I'm so glad I was born in that decade.

Dude, I seriously just listened to my Archies greatest hits yesterday.

I was only three, but the Pepsi (especially that jingle), Mountain Dew and Trix commercials all seem familiar to me from a very young age.

Dunno about you guys , but soda ( even Gatorade )was so much better in a glass bottle than crummy plastic that don't last long before going bad . Also you could get a few cents in returning the bottles for recycling though back in the 60's a few cents bought something . Also it seems that ABC network ruled in 69' with its TV shows and movies .

July 21st 1969. I was 19 yrs old. I started at a Paper Mill Aug 27 1969. Big News Between the Moon Landing. August 8th 1969 A Tornado touchdown around 5:00 pm. 9 miles above Cincinnati Ohio. The south end of the town we lived in. Didn't Know a thing about it until the 6:00 oclock news.

Loved the Pepsi commercial gingle when I was a kid.... Thanks for the memory!!

Back when life was simpler and the world seemed better in so many ways especially compared to 2021.

thanx for posting these, I was born in 1957 and love nostalgia so your videos bring back a flood of great memories.

Many of the TV ads from 1969 included cigarettes, sugary dye-filled Pepsi soft drink, ham burgers, toxic insect spray, and sugary Gatorade. Explains why older people looked so sick back then. The most sensible and useful ad was the anti-Marijuana PSA.

Turned 11 that summer. Thank you for letting me be a kid again!

As sister's and I grew up in Denver Colorado we often saw "Don't litter" as Chief of a tribe face camera a tear roll down his face. As Smokey the Bear encourage citizens put out camp fires to prevent Forest fire.

1969 I was 10 but remember most of this. My dad controlled what we watched and not too much TV ,he preferred we went to the library to read and check out books.

recorded the moon landing on cassette...listened to it in school

That Pepsi jingle: Sung by Barry Manilow, Ron Dante, Toni Wine, Melissa Manchester and Valerie Simpson (or a variation thereof, no doubt..) Thank you for posting this, it revived a long forgotten memory of why I insisted on going barefoot most of the time at age 4 (Mountain Dew) and why I wanted to be a jingle singer when I grew up (I’m a vocal coach and choir leader instead)...

Feed I have no ideal on how you do what you do or how you locate or compile it but I can believe there is a lot of work involved in it so just let me say thank you fred

I was 5. I remember watching the moon landing during dinner, and my parents getting me out of bed to watch Neil Armstrong's moon walk. I was seriously unimpressed, as I was a regular viewer of The Jetsons and found them way more impressive.

Wow Fred, another classic gem.❤❤❤❤

Great content fred. Keep the memories coming, we need it right now.

Ike Godsey (Joe Conley) from the Waltons at 1:50.

I got in trouble for eating a whole box of Space Food Sticks at once. I believe it was the peanut butter ones.

Robert Klein used to say as part of his stand up act, Armstrong should of yelled out “Coca Cola” when he first set foot on the moon, because he would be set for life.

THANK YOU! 🙏❤️👍👏👏 This was very heart-warming to watch! I wasn’t even 10 years old yet.

There was a Tang commercial from 1970 that I have not seen since, someone has the audio only posted here and it's the Archies singing.

Houston... this is tranquility Bay....the eagle has landed. My dad, mom, and my brothers we watched all of this.

Famous guest stars notwithstanding, Stuart Margolin and Barbara Minkus were the faces of Love American Style.

The Archie comics was very popular with preteens (and some teenagers) in the Black-community back then. Then the popularity quickly died after the cartoon aired. People were so disappointed with The Archie Show, later followed by Everything's Archie, that even the comic-book was kicked to the curb. The episode of "Poochie The Dog" on The Simpsons always reminded me of the time my older step-brother's friends (all junior high-schoolers at the time, they call it "middle-school" now) and a couple of my friends (we were still in grade-school) were all gathered at our house to anxiously watch the very first episode of Archie. When it was over, there was mostly silence while everybody looked at each other then a couple of guys just came straight out and said it, "hey man, that was corny". Comparing what we saw on TV to the comic we liked so much, we all agreed, shaking our heads in disappointment. Like I said, that Simpsons episode always reminded me of the Saturday morning when that cartoon show killed the popularity of anything Archie in the hood.

👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻 I remember rotary phones and vcrs that ejected on the top of the machine. I remember 8-track tapes and big old microwaves. I remember when it was safe to play outside until dark and to be carefree. Oh yes, I remember......

Meanwhile, Roman Gabriel held the record for most fumbles by a QB!

In 1969 i was five years old My brothers were teenagers during that era all i did was wait for HR Pufnstuf then I remember seeing all this stuff in my tv In Erie Road crystal beach Ontario canada seeing all this makes me feel five years old again

The voice over for the Trix commercial was Tom Bosley, aka Mr. "C" from "Happy Days".

a great collection

I thank you for this channel. It;s a real blast to the past.

I have a question. What did they use back in the day to make those colorful ABC station IDs? Was it an early computer? Because CBS and NBC had very similar styles, colorful graphics on a black background.

I still LOVE Mountain Dew!

The ABC news spot was intense..kinda gave me a panic attack!

Hey I hear that Rick Dalton, aka Jake Cahill from Bounty Law, was in that episode of FBI. 5:55 😉

1969 was 16 years old and in high school

How could I forgot about the draft lottery my parents tensed every time it came on because of my 2 oldest brother

Uncle Walter.

That ABC news intro was awesome! (I say that as a history buff.)

Thank you for this fantastic video. I was 8 years old when a lot of this went on.

I remember I used to love "The Archies" back then and I was always buying there records. LOL I remember I used to purposely insist to my brother that they were real and he used to get really mad at me!! ROFL

50 yrs ago ? --- watching the Archies !

that is only time I saw Richard Deacon with hair!

Very nice video. Great scrapbook and editing job. Super professional job and rare pieces. Thanks! [Maybe you can find the quick clip of Land of the Giants with the huge kitten batting someone with its paw.] Great PSA at 12:06.

hey Fred, that was greatest ! like Tony the tiger would say.

Little Sally is so sweet.

This is so awesome! The year of my birth, love this!! thank you for sharing 😊

Love the f.b.i.and miss watching movie of the week some how movie being made available all the time don't feel the same

This was my Whole Childhood Summed Up to about 3 years old , , Brings back Memories , Such Susceptible times , a Lot of Indoctrination , I Loved being in those Day's though :) QC

From Draft Lottery to see who goes to Nam to NBA draft lottery to see which idiots get paid millions in less than a generation.

The Whopper at 12:00 has a HUGE top bun! That’s a ton of bread!

More slam-bang ‘60s nostalgia from FF. Where do you get all that top quality color vintage video? That ABC News intro is mind-blowing.

What's really creepy as hell is those "Creepy as Hell" type of comments...

"Noxious Weed" is a good name for a band.

Fred-Great retrospective!-Keep them coming.

Love the Sir Galahad bit.👍

thanks, I remember most of this. Seeing the preview for the movie of the week I actually remember seeing that.

I remember this, I was 7.

I was born in October of 1968 so probably my crib? I love your videos!

This is like a time capsule, awesome! Thanks!

In the "FBI" Promo, you can see someone firing a Thompson SMG, ("Tommy gun"). Although usually associated in mass culture as THE gun of 1920's-30's gangsters and WW2, The FBI didn't declare the Thompsons in their arsenals "obselete" until 1974! Many police departments had them as well after WW2. I know of at least 1 Pittsburgh suburban department that had at least one in the 1990's (Now probably just for historic purposes.)

My childhood....

And that was a standout moment from Woodstock for you... when it was over?

Seven years old at this time in history... Damn....

GROOVY AND FAR OUT MAN..........

2:18 Avery Schreiber sighting!

thanks.. love these posts