Fabulous 60sIt was the best of times, it was the worst of times? It was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair? The Fabulous 60s takes a kaleidoscopic look back at this most turbulent of decades, ten tumultuous y... more »ears that began in hope with man?s exploration of space and the election of John Fitzgerald Kennedy, youngest President of the United States? and ended in a welter of Cold War intrigue, political assassination, civil unrest, student demonstration and US involvement in another war in a country known as Vietnam.Legendary journalist Peter Jennings narrates this year-by-year scrapbook of The Fabulous 60s, an historical cornucopia packed with the unforgettable sights and sounds of an indelible era.« less
Genres:Television, Educational, Documentary Sub-Genres:Television, Educational, Documentary Studio:MPI HOME VIDEO Format:DVD - Color DVD Release Date: 04/24/2007 Original Release Date: 01/01/1970 Theatrical Release Date: 01/01/1970 Release Year: 2007 Run Time: 10hr 0min Screens: Color Number of Discs: 4 SwapaDVD Credits: 4 Total Copies: 0 Members Wishing: 0 Edition: Box set MPAA Rating: NR (Not Rated) Languages:English Subtitles:Spanish
"It was thorough but it tended to focus more on the turbulence and conflicts of the 60's and not the wild and wonderful side. We need both for sure but the 'wild and wonderful' was overshadowed. I had this silently showing at a 60's party while a whole lot of other things were going on and some of the graphic nature just didn't work for that kind of venue. I guess when I read the word "fabulous" I was equating it with more of the fun side. (I wish there was a video of the 'fun' side of the 60's.) Having lived through the turbulence and violence of the 60's I am very aware of the sacrifices people made in civil rights, during the Vietnam war, governing this country, speaking up and moving forward in music, inventions, space etc. Like I said, it was thorough. It just wasn't what I expected in totality. Maybe the title should be changed?"
A wonderful vintage documentary!
Ethan D. Van Sciver | Orlando, FL | 05/28/2007
(5 out of 5 stars)
"Wow, was this fun stuff! A breezy, 70's TV look at the prior decade, fresh from having experienced it! A lot of pop culture obscurities, (I love LBJ lifting his beagles by the ears...) you'll probably end up watching the whole thing in one sitting. Enjoy seeing clean cut American kids become angry, long haired radicals in the space of 10 viewing hours! Our parents were nuts!
Enjoy!"
A Reasonable Compilation
Carman F. George | Maryland, USA | 04/07/2008
(4 out of 5 stars)
"The original title for this series was, I believe, called "Decades." It does a reasonable job of capturing the tempo of that time and is presented in the style and format of the period. It is an interesting look, overall."
GREAT PERIOD - TERRIBLE PRODUCTION
Thomas Dussault | Princeton, NJ | 05/20/2008
(1 out of 5 stars)
"This DVD is pathetic by way of sound. The video is poor. The titling is second rate. It runs maybe six hours with perhaps thirty minutes of good viewable images.
The writing for it is also inferior. In sum, it is terribly produced."
*Actually I'll Give 4 1/2 ***STARS***
Alex Honda | Los Angeles, CA USA | 10/31/2008
(4 out of 5 stars)
"THE FABULOUS 60S DVD set isn't bad for what you get. There are four DVDs with 10 episodes (3 on DVDs #1 & #2 and 2 on DVDs #3 & #4) on them. Each episode is dedicated to a year in the 60s and starts with 1960 and ends with 1969. Each episode runs about 40-50 minutes.
I didn't have a problem with the footage. In fact, I found it acceptable considering that most was taken from news footage or some other sources and probably wasn't meant to be preserved. There are some audio glitches that's present on the original source footage, but they're very small and hardly noticeable.
There's a lot of footage with good natural sound, and there are wonderful images of everyday life as well as celebrities, politicians, and other people and happenings of the 60s.
I deducted the half-star because there is no "play all" feature, so you must go episode by episode. And there's no menu card or insert so you don't really know what's on the DVDs until you put them in your player. And there's no special features.
Another tiny problem was with the Peter Jennings narration. On the first episode (DVD#1--1960), the narration is just a bunch of headline slogans and sometimes they come off sounding like snide comments. This also happens on the DVD #3--1967 episode. I don't know why the writers, at the time, wrote those two episodes like that? I almost didn't continue on with episode two because of that, but I'm glad I did. It got better.