A Day of Thanksgiving

[JeanLouisBarrault]

Newsflash - Turkey was not eaten traditionally to the degree this video makes it out to be. People had chicken, duck etc. Actually rarely had turkey. Turkey was not synonymous with Thanksgiving in those days. How the whole country got brainwashed into thinking it was a Thanksgiving staple is beyond me. And I'm sitting here with people in their 70's and 80's who wanted me to post this.

[2010ladywisdom]

The feel is definitely late forties or early fifties...but it does bring back memories of a more innocent time...may we all return to give God thanks every day before we really don't have anything left to be thankful for.

[PoetryETrain]

Thank you, Happy Thanks giving everyone...

[charityGSHS]

Those snot nosed kids at OWS need to stop and think about all the things we have to be thankful for.

[tomservo56954]

@charityGSHS Would you have bothered if the Tea Party didn't tell you to do so?

[vern123able]

loved it...

[yalecheerleder]

a treasure > brings tears

[TheCliffPhilShow]

Give thanks for the U.S.A.

[michaux6000]

thankful for life and for all the great people on youtube life is great.

[cognates1]

It's nice and all but it's political propaganda. We were already involved in the cold war, this is directly related to some of the shortcomings of the USSR in 1951.

[Sifjada]

@cognates1 It may be directly related to the political happenings of the time, but most, if not all, the points of thanks said in this video are still very applicable today, and I think that many people now have lost sight of these very things.

[jacquekj]

No turkey? It's a vegetarian thanksgiving!

[Chase4everChase]

Thanks for posting this video. I feel honored to be the 100th person to indicate that I "LIKE" this video. I'm sure countless others enjoyed and will enjoy it, too. Sixty years ago sure is reflected in this comforting presentation regarding family closeness.

(Chase)

[daffyandrags]

It's Thanksgiving. I was feeling homesick, but this video made me happy not to be back home in the USA. Thank you

[computerfreaq17]

We have a lot to give thanks for today, because things today are much easier than that time. We get TVs, the Internet, computers, and video games. I have a lot to be thankful for.

[ribbie149]

The fact that this film was made just two years before WWII began makes this film even more poignant. Take this and every opportunity to give thanks for all that is good in our lives.

[ecooney58]

@ribbie149: WW2 started in 1939 when Hitler invaded Poland. This film was made in 1951. Just sayin'.

[Muhnay]

Ahh sometimes I wish we could go back in time, and bring America back to that era, when we made things, good honest things. But yes this Movie sure sets it straight.. we have much to be thankful for.

[jerrysmith29]

Happy Thanksgiving

[ValkyrieRides1966]

Beautiful. You get a glimpse of what America once was in its values. If only we could get back to these kind of values, but it's probably too late. Thank you for posting this.

[lorenalanina]

I can't tell you how grateful I am to have found and seen you little video. It fills the heart with warmth to know how bountiful our Father is to us. Thank you so much for posting this. It is truly wonderful! :)

[MarcelKahl]

Thank you for this great story...

I have allowed myself to use this video in our Church here in Bangkok last sunday when we were celebrating our Thanksgiving as well. Many people love it and could write down what they are thankful of to our be loved God.

Once again Thank you... and God bless you all.

[50zcarsman]

'50 Studebaker bulletnose car at 9:35!

[timm9]

How Nice!! Timeless!

[bgrosval]

Back when America was a true Christian-valued nation.

[Strannik01]

11:01 It's Glen Beck's Paranoid Thanksgiving ;)

[kiptoy]

I think I counted 40 mentions of "Turkey."

[kiptoy]

The core values demonstrated in this film are essential to sustaining a civilization and a stable society.

[MrCol2020]

people hate black and white film's but they forget those people from the past made us who we are to day, I enjoy the old filmed they serve as a reminder how much society has changed , do day greed and so on.......

[Nadine91273]

Whosoever shall hate on black and white movies shall henceforth be deemed an idiot.

[lorenalanina]

@Nadine91273 haha! That is so cute! :)

[ceomeye]

didn't they have crackers??? ahhh, poor pilgrims...

[MWolfL]

I always loved watching things from the past like this. Some people of my generation or recent generations might be put off by black and white films, but for me they have a special nostalgic feel to them. I always love watching old series from the past, like "I Love Lucy" and "The Twilight Zone", and I even want to collect a bunch of stuff that was from the past (out of Betty's Attic, really cool items). I've always wanted to go back in time and enjoy the 50s. Oh by the way: HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

[woohookittys]

Ahh thanksgiving, celebrating the day our ancestors took advantage of the land's natives, stealing their food and pushing them west. Being thankful for all the freedoms we think we have, makes me burst with patriotism just to think about it.

[DarknessEats]

@woohookittys you've been brainwashed... the pilgrims that ate the first thanksgiving are not the same people who broke promise after promise to the natives... there are a lot of people who landed on these shores and to lump them all as evil is pretty ignorant

[reziztanze]

This is how it use to be before feminism, pornography, rock music, t.v violence and the general breaking up of the family unit. And this cultural attack against the family was led by the mass media and their Marxist allies.

[crochetmom5]

I love the 'feeling' of this video. Peaceful and grateful for the freedoms we enjoy in this country.

I am thankful for my 5 good and healthy children and grandbabies. For our warm home and clothes. Food to eat. Thankful for a caring Heavenly Father who loves us.

And most of all this year I am thankful that my husband who broke his neck in an accident last weekend, is not worse off, and is able to move and walk and talk and is still here with us.

[SensualGraveDust]

Best Line! "No Turkey! No Good Thing!"

[Idoljunky32]

Seeing this clip, makes me wish that the world today was a little kinder. Today in America, I beleave that people have forgotten what the true meaning of Thanksgiving is. Seeing this makes me smile! Thank you for posting this! It's one of my favorite clips!

[audiophile55]

I wish you could have lived back then too,dkublin. I was born in 1955, and, I remember all the Thanksgiving's from my childhood. The world hadn't yet gone to pot, and people still respected each other,and there wasn't the hateful people we have walking around among us, back then. I'm so tired of seeing/hearing people using profanity and hate filled speech towards others, in their everyday speech. American's have become selfish and ruthless, and anti God. No wonder we are in the shape we are in.

[Averilli1]

Thats such a good way to relief deppression thinking about how you are lucky

[dkublin]

I wish i was living back than...radio shows,real food,great ctors and actresses and clothes and great real music...no guns in the streets,drug dealings,gangs...true money tough..but stongs morals,people respected each other...everyone new there neighbor.the world we know today has gone to pot.

[Aubrielee]

I agree with you.

[NeponsetValleyGirl]

Don't let it go to pot. Keep your family close, teach them respect. You may not be able to control the enviorment around you, but you can control what happens in your own home. It's a lot of work but keep your morals and values and FAITH. Peace!

[4eva68]

NeponsetValleyGirl:

That sums it all up.

This is a grand size post.

Thanks.

[ezycell]

If this short came on before a movie I went to see, I'd have been shouting for Moe, Larry and Curly!

[ezycell]

The Johnson's Americana of 1951...tranquil, but corny. Wow...I bet these guys were in shock when the '60s hit. Two worlds collide.

[ezycell]

Times sure have changed... These days the stores give you a free turkey just for shopping there. I guess birds were running at more of a premium when Bill Johnson and his family were doing their thing back in 1951.

[hobeangel]

thank you so very much for the share and taking many of us back to a time past when life was far more simple to understand, and families held true to their to their values and respect.

[dave98226]

This Thanksgiving was special this year, and watching this video re-emphasized what I'm thankful for. While greatful for what America means to me, I thank God for what He has provided.

Thank you for your video!

[davidmesaaz]

You know when this was filmed in 1952 we had a lot to be thankful for. Much of Europe had not recoved and were starving. Stalin and Mao were having their political purges. In 1952 and now we have a lot to be thankful for.

[afdpl]

Very "cool":)

[scarletdove]

God bless you for posting And happy blessed thanksgiving!

[scarletdove]

I was looking for somthing like this all over but couldn't find anything So for uplifting spirts on this thanksgiving holiday I'm sending this to all my friends and family God bless!

[roswellnflorida]

May you be blessed for posting this great movie. It is short and to the point and so accurate. I hope you have a Happy Thanksgiving this year too.

[tubbyandme]

I love it!

[verkest1]

Great. thank you for putting this up!. I am going to show this to our youth group kids!

[jimbrayfan]

What a great clip! A little shmaltzy but a fine video

[YellaRose]

Thanks for uploading this! : )