San Francisco: Summer of Love, 1967

[threeby8887]

Man this is a beautiful film, of a beautiful time.

Now I have to go. I need to have another argument with God about why He had me being born in 1967 instead of 1947 so I could have been a young man in the Haight. >:(

[Gabii1995ful]

los hippies son los mejores !

[jste77]

also, i wonder if any of these people who were filmed (besides those dudes who were filming) have seen this video and what was their reaction.....

[cordedpoodle]

One of the high points of western civilization along with the Renaissance. I was there too.

[Catdude5000]

@cordedpoodle High points, indeed!! :-)

[dx398]

Where are these people now, how many have died, did they have a good life?

[mikper7]

The chick with the tats at 5:54 is WAYYYY ahead of her time, that's pretty sick (this is the Haight in 1967, not 1997).

[flakbac]

you missed out?take your sgt pepper record and stick it up your ass

[mikenobeardthepirate]

We lived in Pleasanton from 1966 to 1970. I remember ALL of this!

At 3:20 you see a pair of "Straights" and their Film Cameras ? The Hippies, for the most part, HATED being filmed, or having thier picture taken....

[caleb6868]

I watch this footage and feel like I really missed out.

[caleb6868]

This song reminds me of my Hippie Aunt Jude. She lived in a TeePee for about 7 years. She died in 94' still miss her. I learned a lot of good values from her.

[Nguli34689]

Sometime in July of '67, we noticed ugly things going down and it wasn't getting better in "the city". Many heads went north to Marin County: Sausolito houseboat community; Mill Valley; San Anselmo, Fairfax; Forest Knolls; Lagunitas; Bolinas; Nicasio; the Inkwells and the Spillway. White Lightning, Blue Cheer, Red Owsley, and later, Orange Sunshine, Yellow Sunshine, Purple Sunshine, Purple Microdot, Blue Doubledome, Orange Barrels flowed freely along with Pink Mescaline and Chocolate Mescaline.

[faroutlindsey]

Wish I could have seen it in 66 before the crap moved in...I did get to see about the same thing when it kinda moved to Atlanta Georgia in 1969,but sure it couldn't compare to San..Fran..same thing took the Atl. scene down as the Height/Ashbury...bikers,mob,he­roin.run away kids...

[myshilohranch]

Wow, I had forgotten how crowded and full of tourists the Haight had become by '67. Obviously the meth freaks had already started moving in ... yikes. Love the raw footage. Thanks for posting. Great seeing the old neighborhood. Was here '64-'69 ... it was much better before everyone heard about it. Fun reading the posts here and catching up a little. Peace Love Y'all ...

[ItsTimeToLegalize]

@inforapint if you dont like this stuff then why did you search it on youtube, just so you could spread negativity? i dont understand people like you...

[AAARONSD]

it seems like they filmed this for people in the future/present to look back on :D

[Elefantter]

I guess this is the most "realistic" 1967 I have seen. And makes me think that it is not much to long for. Even though it may be a hundred, or a thousand, times better than 2011.

[pinkus44]

striped clothing rules!

[UTubeIsTrackingYou]

Amazing and poignant. Thank you for posting.

- Brother Ron

[greenplanet2400]

Great video!!! I am a young hippie, and I was raised very near the intersection of Haight and Ashbury streets. It's great to see these old videos of my hometown before I was born. Haight-Ashbury is still very cool, but it's too expensive...sort of gentrified....so some of the spirit is lost. It's still awesome nevertheless.

[jdfragman]

i was there from 1964 to 1967it was the best.

[myshilohranch]

@jdfragman Hey, perhaps we knew each other ... it was a much smaller community back then!

[jste77]

when i took my vacation back in time, i tried to warn these hippies about the pending disco era of the late 1970's and the reagan administration of the 1980's, as well as nixon, the AIDS epidemic, crack, 9/11, and rap music. but they didn't listen to me because they were all stoned, and plus they all laughed at me because i was trying to use my iphone in 1967 - in which the reception in '67 sf was terrible. i need to let verizon know about that issue.

[krisgrauel]

@jste77 I tried to show them my flip video camera but they weren't interested. Even when I told them if was from 2010!

[fpetinati]

@jste77 DIRETORIO NACIONAL BONECOS FARDADOS

[inforapint]

A bar of soap would clear those streets for sure.

[brendandawna]

wikipedia(dot)org/wiki/Hey_Jud­e This song was recorded in 1968

[RetroWatch]

Great video! Thanks for sharing.

[TheFreemanuk]

love this place x

Please come rate my music . subscribe whatever say hello x Andy.

[stomp919]

Where the hells Charlie Manson and Anton LaVey? They are what really symbolizes this era and city. A large CIA/LSD experiment fer sure.

[faroutlindsey]

THANK YOU!! Wish I coulda been there!Would love to have felt the way it felt the day you shot this and the sounds,smells etc!!

[myshilohranch]

@faroutlindsey For smell-a-rama: light some patchouli incense and oil. Sounds: tinkling brass bells, acoustic guitar, lots of laughing. ;D

[Supertzar999]

Haight/Ashbury my ass!! Where the f*** is Ben and Jerry's???!

[wannawatchu66]

At the very last second of the video, was that someone flipping off the camera? If so, so much for the Summer of "Love."

[myshilohranch]

@wannawatchu66 This film actually documents the beginning of the end of the "love." The nation had heard and invaded a peaceful little community with gawking tourists, cameras, tour buses and traffic. Some of the locals resented it more than others. Some of us, moved further out. The new people , including the hard druggies, came to turn a profit ... the climate was changing ... sad ....

[wannawatchu66]

@myshilohranch Oh, OK...interesting perspective. I guess if I were a resident at the time, I too, would probably be resentful to some degree. Thanks for your insight.

[myshilohranch]

@wannawatchu66 You are most welcome. Thank you, for being open to a new point of reference.

[wannawatchu66]

@myshilohranch You, too, are most welcome. In fact, I'm *always* interested in hearing what those such as yourself Who Were Actually There At The Time have to say about life in the Haight. After all, in my eyes, that makes you an authority on the subject, and as such, I'm grateful for your willingness to share and educate those like me. Have a terrific one, buddy! :o)

[thegreenolivo]

That was great.

[writersworkathome]

cool...can this be used on a hippie web site with approval? please write me with instructions. Best film yet showing how it was.

[myshilohranch]

@writersworkathome Just remember; this is how it was, towards the end...not in the beginning nor the best. ;D

[Summerslam96]

I should also add that I wear my hair as a high fade from the late 80's/early 90's while others have dreads or bald fades and I'm an Oakland Raiders fan living in West PA among these cocky idiot Steeler fan. Lets face it, I'm a hippie. just kidding

[Summerslam96]

correct me if I'm wrong, but in 2011 kids around my age group have formed convention. They ALL smoke weed, drink, and have sex. I'm 19 and am the minority in which I refuse to do any of those. I don't crave alcohol or weed so I don't do it. I'll wait til marriage for ramming that pussy. Today's convention is the corruption of the late 60's. In a way I'm kind of rebelling cuz I don't try to fit in by doing any of the above. Weird how times have changed isn't it.

[knight1768]

@Summerslam96 hey buddy your doing the perfect thing and stay that way,any fool can get stupid,in fact thats what a fool does best,i grew up in the 60s and 70s but it was a different time with different thinking and ways,on this vid you heard the guy?he said he hardly ever heard anybody even swear,now punks talk like they got shit in there filthy cake holes ,even you said ramming that pussy,we would have never even thought,today has shit to do with the 60s,its screwed all by itself,oh and peace!

[clara2768]

That´s the year i died! I feel so nostalgic!

[SwineFluInCompany]

Youth power baby.

[oto24680]

groovy times , i still suport them times and im only 13

i have long hair and where flowers in it , lol people are scared of me , one person was scared of me so much he said he would go into hidding becuase im brining back the hippie revolution... i laughed. i wish i were there

hey jude lol by the beatles but sung weird...could be my speakers though.

peace n love.

[longlivejerryg]

it's all a dream we dreamed one afternoon long ago..............

[harryfaquad]

1967 I was there...wonder how many of them are still alive, like the guy at 3:07, and the woman with the little baby in her arms. Hope they made it. Who is is gonna make it? We'll find out in the long run )

[oto24680]

@harryfaquad

YOU WERE THERE!!!???

MY ALMIGHTY LORD I WHORHIP U!!!

lol ok that was weird , im very weird people are scared of me because of my apearence and act at school , somone was frowning at me all becuase i ahd long hair and a flower in my hair.

any way its great to hear you were there , ha if i sor a camera filming me in 1967 i would run up to it and pull crazy faces in frongt of it and wave peace signs about.

[Supertzar999]

@harryfaquad Yeah that video is freaky to watch 44 years later. Picture quality is about as vivid as the Haight I'm familiar with recenly, except the cars looked different and no iPods or chain stores. Hope the lady made it. Since I was born in Feb 67', about the same age as her baby.

[JOHNBRANSKI100]

terrible singing

[deweynorth]

I was there..

I remember how we hated the people with cameras I 'm glad now that you were there Thanks

[myshilohranch]

@deweynorth I am SO with you ... I was there too ... and hated the cameras. Now thankful too. ;D

[aewhitehouse]

The hippy at 6:48 is now Obama's Chief of Staff.

[christian420mafu]

god damn it i wish i could be here somebody take me back to 1967 please now!

[bboucharde]

Look closely at this film, which could be the basis for a sociology esaay comparing 1967 with 2011. The biggest difference is: The absence of all the digital mobile devices that folks are obsessed with now. The people in this film can see, hear, & feel their surroundings. They are engaged in each other, face-to-face. No one is blabbing into a cell phone or walking along with wires in his/her ears. A better time than now? Yes, in some ways. Certainly richer interpersonal experiences.

[NeverSmr8]

@bboucharde  Totally =o)

[myshilohranch]

@bboucharde Interesting comparison.

[Lindopski]

If you were 17 then you'll be like 61 now :( goddamn those 60s girls are hot!

[memphis078910]

goodness, looking at this video made me realize that my generation blows ass.

[watever4201]

not the actual beatles

[hotapplepie2009]

I'm sooooooooooooooo tired of assholes. You won't be happy until everybody looks, feels and acts the same way? What gives???

[hnymooner]

whata bunch of useless jerks,,,,kids, look close and avoid at all costs...

[MattHatter]

@hnymooner I've got an idea....how about the kids today take a look at their own pathetic generation and avoid at all costs! 

[bohindramusic]

yo cumplia 10 años aquel verano y los hippies eran como dioses,OJALA hubiese estado alli. Me hice flautista por el solo de flauta en Sol de California Dreaming &

I talk to the Wind ( KingCrimson)

GRACIAS a quien haya subido este video casero!

vivi BARCELONA-Canet 75,76, Calella77 y la movida LAYETANA, fué magico y hoy ECO ALDEAS, en la ECO VIDA

Jamas morirá el Espiritu del Flower Power. Ang Lee haciendo

DESTINO WOODSTOCK tubo miles de Extras llegados con sus Hijos

de Cientos de Comunas Hippies.

[sr633]

Great old movies .I remember back then, when carpets were hung on the walls, the smell of,incense, and young couples makeing leather pocketbooks for sale because they were broke . It tore families apart if the father didn't mind his son being a hippie and his mother hated it.

[sacalepuntaatulapiz]

Asi se veia San Francisco en esos dias del verano del 67..y la cancion de Hey Jude de los Beatles,,ocupaba el primer lugar en el Hit Parde...Fueron tiempos fue una era que ya no volvera..todo tenia MAGIA..........peace and love my friends !

[BishopGarnier]

Yes, it was cool.

I was 3 yers old at this time, in France.

[legaldead]

@Moralvorstellung

I'm sure you just wrote that to get a rise out of people and congrats, you did. But to say what you did is sad.  You probably can never really love because in your eyes peace and harmony is false. I feel sorry for you. Peace may not be a real tangible thing, in fact, it is quite abstract. But, it's the path to peace that is important, not the end result.

[DTtv911]

@moralvorstellung come on man why cant we all just love? this is a big part of san francisco's history. and those "hippie shitrags" were what made the world loving and peaceful but now thanks to people like you there is war and hatred.

[Moralvorstellung]

You pieces of shit from the 60's are the direct cause of the mess our country is in today, with all that free love, drugs, feminist bullshit. Bunch of losers that I don't care about, but I do care when you fuck the country up for the rest of us and for generations to come. Fuck you Hippie shitrags.

[Ulansananelan]

@Moralvorstellung

better peacefull hippies than war loving racist republicans like you!

we seen in 2003 with the iraq war what people like you(bush) brings to this world!

nothing more than war blood hate fanatism and harm!

[nmsulefty]

@Ulansananelan I agree but lets not be mad at Moralvorstellung because he was probably in a foul mood when he wrote that post because his John Wayne and Ronald Reagan military movie marathon was pre empted by Designing women.

[cosmicdoorway]

This film captures the times.

[Django5198]

I have that exact camera at 1:15. 8mm Bell and Howell 624. Love hippies

PEACE AND FUCKING GOOD MUSIC. AND OF COURSE LOVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[dvincentblack]

Great Footage.. Hey Jude came out in 1970!!! Peace.. D

[TheHeliumkid]

kind of a shame. now they call it san fransicko.

[thesyd1975]

lotta freaks Man!! average people with there short back and sides ect must have thought they had just landed from another planet at the time!!

[ReviewYourChoices75]

Truly shocking footage! From Haight Ashbury in 1967 to the Williamsburgs (NYC), Hackneys (London), and Kreuzbergs (Berlin) of today: For more than 40 years now, petit bourgeois egotists have been unleashing their wonderful potential, tortureing the world with their lifestyle.

[VonFisch1]

Anyone recognize themselves in this?

[LuckyOleSun]

It's not really that people walk slower.

Watch a video of downtown L.A. or NYC same year. It's the Haight area, which even then was 50% tourists, just like today, walking around gawking at the cool architecture and hippies and playing with their new-fangled gadgets.

(That pretentious smoker and friend looked like Jerry and Bill at first; I thought, "No way...")

[landis444]

You know if the Beatles got back together then there could be another Haight Ashbury and and .... free love and stuff

[clumpft]

A real insight into those times...awesome footage!!

[Araminta]

Ok I came back, watched it again, and revised my opinion: as far as face and hair goes (since we can't really see his body, although what we can see does look very good), he is, in my opinion, as close to male perfection as is possible.

Somebody seriously give me that flipping time machine already, lol.

[Araminta]

That man @ 2.13 is quite hot.

Is it just me or do they all walk around at a much slower pace than people these days? Nobody seemed to be in a hurry. I love it.

[theawdree]

@Araminta I was thinking exactly the same! They walk so much slower than nowadays! Fantastic! 

[myshilohranch]

@Araminta No one was in a hurry ... until the speedfreaks moved in.

[onemangarageband]

Hey folks, no offense or anything, but "Hey Jude" (even the actual Beatles' version, which this isn't) is not the right song for this. "Hey Jude" wasn't released until August, 1968. The Summer of Love, as the description of the video says, was the summer of '67. This video needs some music from 1967 or before--from a San. Fran. group like Jefferson Airplane or Moby Grape or the Dead.

[myshilohranch]

@onemangarageband Not really, those peeps had moved out of the Haight by about the time this was filmed. The Beatles had already visited, though ... so it is not that far of a stretch ... just sayin' ...

[versoacustico]

that a beatles cover...i think it s janis joplin singing hey jude ...that s not paul mc cartney voice.

[Milzililili99]

@versoacustico right it isnt paul, paul has an (dont be jealous^^) better voice

[Psychedalien]

Beautiful footage. Ojalá que esto va a regresar:) Yo creo que necesitamos el FLOWER OTRAVEZ. Me encanta Hey Jude!!!!!!

[tlcompanion]

This footage was shot on a 8mm camera

If you look at the cars ,you can tell it is

in the sixties...very original...very real...it,s

if I was actually there....feel the flower power

[tlcompanion]

best  footage of the haight 1967...awesone

[Psychedalien]

THANKS FOR SENDING ME THIS AWESOME VIDEO!!!!!!:)

¡Esto tiene que regresar, verdad! Nosotros somos pioneers again:)

[flakbac]

i cant stand that song its not even the beatles

[AHippieFrom1969]

This song is performed by The Beatles. If you don't belive me, look it up.

[ronson232]

Great clip, but why "Hey Jude"? A British song from 1968 doesn't really fit. Why not Moby Grape instead?

[hunkmafia]

very nice amor y paz

[haightbum]

Nice shots of the old neighborhood!

[myshilohranch]

@haightbum Ha! You too? What years?

[lekkerehenk]

thanks for sharing these authentic scenes of the real flowerpower age.

a dutch SF-fan.

[Psychedalien]

Ja prachtig dit!!!!!! Wat een mooie filmopnames!:)