Hippie Home Movies

[MyHumanLife2011]

cool papers :) was that really the cops?

[MyHumanLife2011]

awsome :) are you famous???? well i dont know but they made a movie of you right? if they haveny they should ^_^

[MyHumanLife2011]

awsome :)

[annahudson76]

that must have been so very hard for you being gay back then i know a guy who had a nervous break down i dont even think he knew what gay was then we just thought some people were more feminine or tom boyish . you were a handsome man I m not gay im a woman .

[MattHatter]

So classic and very far out! Love the cut out images of Vanilla Fudge and Canned Heat! My mom turned 21 in 1969 and was very much a part of the era. Some of this footage would look great playing on a giant projection screen behind a band!

[plus18ification]

i want to be a hippie and i want to be free

[tflood3]

hi i am 45 and gay male and just came across your video and say i was transported back in to that time wow!

[Abe91195]

i would do anything to live back in the sixties, those cameras back then added more emotion than the cameras nowadays

[amo22601]

this is the kinda footage i like finding...its real...it cant not be....so are these good memories?...my mom doesnt like to talk about 'back in the day' ...i think everything was just too chaotic for her...they thought the chip dip thing was sick..but they're really gettin into it...haha...trippy stuff- and ya kinda look a jesus-like...i sppose w/ the long hair/beard trend everyone did... thanx for sharin

[MisterCool]

Hook me up with Nancy's number, lol, just kidding. She was hot, I ain't gonna lie.

[shannonm75]

History doesn't lie. Those were the days.

[jpaulick]

Loved this.

It's like a little time capsule. Fabulous.

Thanks for sharing a piece of your life.

[Oahunative59]

you mentioned Rosie Flores...I remember her at Kearny High and playing music....

[sylvanro]

Rosie is still playing music and has a great website that has a discography of her albums through the years.

[lisat19670]

Great video. I love the sixties even though i was born in 67. i love the music and the style and the sense of freedom that everyone had back then

[6motion6]

Cool that you did this back then, albeit w/less advanced technology. It was made for You Tube vid years before You Tube existed

[troyleecanterbury]

I wish I would have been around back then. I would have been your man !

[sylvanro]

Thanks! :-)

[caban70]

It's like a window to the past. I, just like cysthead30 , wish I was born at least twenty years earlier so I would of been about twenty in that era. My parents were teenagers in 1968 and they had told me stories how great the 60s were.

[caban70]

Man, you were so blessed to have been able to be alive back then. I am a 60s buff. I love everything about the sixties: The music, movies, and style of clothing. I wish I was alive back then. I wasn't born until 1970. I, too, am gay. Thanks for posting these cool vids.

[PlaidLaiden]

You know, you and I have same name :-)

[mcdonchris]

Great vid...i was born in 68 and it's cool to see what people were doing back then...Thanks for posting.

[BrokenLeggBilly]

Excellent piece! Sir, you should package up EVERYTHING and have it distributed on DUD.

[sylvanro]

Thanks! :-)

[librarianeric]

I'm working on a documentary about the history of rock in San Diego - is there any chance I might be able to get a copy of this for the footage of Rosie Flores?

And do you have any other footage shot in San Diego?

Thanks!!!!

[Psychedalien]

This is such a great documentary!!! I just LOVE it. You are an incredible personality. I am also gay and consider myself as a Hippie:)

You documentary is so honest and pure and open!!!!!!

[tlcompanion]

You got a super cool video,very original...

[divinewoodstock72]

That is, like everyone else said, amazing and awesome!!!! Great video!

[Xtralovely]

i wish i was living durin these times...

today music is pure shit.

[kglokz]

what part of san diego?? pleeze tell me

[sylvanro]

College Ave. I was back in San Diego a few years ago and looked at this neighborhood... it seemed to have deteriorated over the years... It was not a great neighborhood back in the day but since then, it had gotten worse..

[TazBabyLA]

Lots of memories, thanks.

Mary Jo

[Wisegeorge]

Is that really the Rockabilly Filly Rosie Flores? The dark haired girl looks beautiful, so it surely could be, but I'll have to watch this a few more times to be sure. Could be though. I'm just not sure. Cool Video of your old home movies. I need to figure out how to convert my old stuff. Oh, and you're probably not gay you just haven't found the right girl yet. Hahahaha Peace.

[sylvanro]

:-)

[HamsterTabbyGirl]

hmmm

[Valentyne]

What kind of video cam did you use? I've always wanted to make films like these

[sylvanro]

this was taken before video... these are super-8 film... NOT video..

[cysthead30]

Dude...your video was awesome!!!....very historical. Thank you for showing us a very unique time in American history...especially such a personal view. Please post more videos and thank you once again. May I ask...did you attend Woodstock or Monterrey or any other now famous events of that era? You seem very socially concious and seem to be the type of person that would've attended some of these historical events.

[sylvanro]

Thanks for your comments. I was 18 & in San Diego during Woodstock & didn't make it there but did go to the 3 day Newport Pop Festival (surprised to find Hendrix from that here on youtube!) In '67, when I was 16, I came to SF for 1st time for "summer of love." Went to the original Fillmore at Geary and Fillmore, also when it moved to Van Ness and Market... also Winterland. Saw Big Brother for free at the Straight Theater. Tried to panhandle spare change from Janice Joplin

[cysthead30]

Wow....that is awesome. I've always wished that I was born 25 years earlier so that I would've been in my 20's during that era. I realize that many of the events and changes that were taking place then developed out of very negative things such as Vietnam and Civil rights but it just seemed like a magical time. Anyway...do you have a myspace profile? I do...check me out at kingsdl76@yahoo under the Myspace search for email address.

[bedfordforrest]

Who gets to decide who's responsibility it is to help another nation? Was it our responsibility to become engaged in World War II? Everyone has their own opinion.

[themaltesebippy]

Thanks for sharing!

[seanharrington]

I am fascinated!

[bedfordforrest]

did you get a college wussy defermant, or go to Nam?

[sylvanro]

I had a conscientious objector deferment because I did not believe in the war and senseless killing.

[bedfordforrest]

It was not sensless to the people of Vietnam, north or south. It was about their right to live under freesom as they saw it. Like the freedom you had to make this film while many were dying.

[popejaimie]

Yeah, we sure did a great job with that one. And we totally should have been there in the first place because their shit was completely our responsibility.

[cumberdale]

Which btw, we did not go there to help the Vietnamese. Before we were armed advisors protecting American/anti-communist interests.

[bedfordforrest]

Every war we fight is in our interest fool! From the Revolution to Iraq, all in our interest. That's how it works, you protect your interest, be it money, oil, or self preservation. And as far as voicing one's opinion, you seem perfectly willing to share your pointless uneducated left wing liberal views with others who don't care, it's a free nation, no thanks to libs like you!

[cumberdale]

Hey why not hold your opinions to yourself? Especially in an area where no one is going to care.

[bedfordforrest]

Did you serve in Nam, or get a wussy college defermant?

[Netram59]

How were you able to edit your footage back then?

[sylvanro]

by physically cutting the film and taping the pieces together...