My granny was a UK flapper, she also had her house converted from gas to electricity as a child and her entire school went on a trip to see a Zeppelin landing. A funny scenario she told me about: as an 18 year old flapper she was walked out the door in fishnets and a miniskirt to go to the jazz club. Her Victorian era mother shouted after her: "You're going to catch an awful cold dressed like that young lady!" My gran cheekily replied: "I'm not dressed like this to keep warm Ma!"
@@alyssajones4368 Nice to see people recognizing that here we are 100 years later, and what or where we have gone or become in the last century. And thanks for the acknowledgement Alyssa. Here's to abundant good things coming your way in the next 10 years!
@@alyssajones4368 On a more current note, I really miss some of the stars of the last 20 years who should still be with us today... namely Prince, the King of Pop MJ, and some others I can't think of at this late hour
I'm 72 years old. In a couple of months I turn 73, I grew up with people all around me who lived through the 20's and their stories were amazing. My mother was born in 1911, and my father 1913. They spent their teen-age years growing up during the 20's. I think maybe the great depression was probably the thing that I heard about most often. The old automobiles, the fashions, even the politics were discussed openly in our household. My father held great admiration for President Harding, and often said President Coolidge and Hoover brought this great nation to its knees, and they single handedly almost brought about a second revolution. Having lived through both World Wars, my parents were a wealth of information. Amazing times were those Roaring 20's.
Sad, isn't it? And scary. Amerika is overtly racist these days, a Frankenstein party of filth and corruption has loosed its monster it so unwisely put at the helm, ...and no one gives a shit.
Who knew, a nation built on the genocide of one people and the brutal enslavement of another would be so evil? We're in hell and we haven't begun to see the karma coming.
Yes. The usa has never empjasized the study of history and they are really hurting now because of that. I hope that they push for morea more history focused public education system along with theor technology study.
people are dying.. not of covid.. right now. If there's prosperity, it's off the backs of the individuals the entire society threw under the bus, during this time.
It was blamed on Spain as it was neutral. That "flu" was from the POISON shots at Fort Riley and from there it spread. And you are an absolute TOOL if you think this is more than the FLU and "Covid will be over". Too many lies have been told to justify illegal "lockdowns" and the governments are drunk on power and control. No, you have seen nothing yet. That SCMUCK Gates talked about this "pandemic" and a SECOND "pandemic" afterwards before this ever came about. "Herd immunity". CATTLE are called a HERD. HUMANS are groups, parties, mobs, a population, HOMO SAPIENS but not a "herd". But that is what "they" think of you. So wear your Sheeple Mask and Goober Gloves and take your aborted baby lung tissue shot, it will only get better as you accept their lies. Millions of others see through the horrendous lies and double speak.
I had a great Aunt who died in the 80s. She was born in 1900. She used to tell me about the times she had when I was 18 in 1985. It was amazing to hear. As a young man....I just didn't have any idea....but her stories were really great. What a time to have been alive.
Every time I see someone working on an assembly line, I feel sad. I remember my 2 years in a factory, standing and facing a wall from 8:30 AM to 4 each day, and all you do is hope for the next coffee break, lunch break, afternoon break, then "Thank God I can go home now." For some folks it's a great deal and they don't mind assembly work or it feeds their family, etc, but I look forward to a day when it's all automated but with everybody doing something else, not being jobless. Not to take away from Henry Ford's monumental achievements, either. Great country, still great, maybe we can overcome the fighting of 2020.
AI will thankfully put everyone out of work but to have an economy with buyers and users of the AI production, there will have to be universal income but it will be a good thing, not a bad thing like it would be now. I HATE working but I know socialism and comism doesnt work, AI is the only hope to eliminate poverty and drudgery.
@@joejones9520 i have to disagree with this theory. I believe people with that kind of future in mind have their minds in the right place but forget the unintended consequences. Most people wouldn’t like a basic income. I believe giving out a universal basic income would create a nation of depressed people with a lot of time on their hands to do a lot of bad. Earning money to support your family and yourself is a great accomplishment that builds a person’s character. It increases confidence and self esteem. Depending on the government by putting your hands out for scraps is the opposite of what this country is all about.
I worked for thirty years on an assembly line for general motors and hated every minute of it.After awhile you forget how to think.The money was good enough that i just stayed.
Mark Sullivan's volumes, "Our Times" tells of how much the 20th century changed, from 1900 to 1925: he LIVED in those times, but he mentions in the late 1920s how popular bridge playing was, way too popular - women were neglecting their housework and kids!
The roaring 20s were much like the late 60s and early 70s, or so my great aunt told me. She said that I reminded her of her when she was my age. Of course there was different music, different cars, different "party.favors", but the spirit was still there.
However, for most of America that was rural, the twenties were a difficult time. Crop prices were low, tractors increased productivity driving prices lower, while displacing farm hands and eliminating all the industry related to horses and their equipment. Then the Great Depression hit...
However, for most of America that was rural, the 2020’s were a difficult time. Oil prices were low, self driving technology and robots increased productivity driving prices lower, while displacing auto mechanics and eliminating all the industry related to driving and their equipment. Then the Great Depression hit...
Agreed! Just cause 51% now lived in the cities, doesn't mean the other 49% were doing great. My mom's side was able to stay rural until the 60's and my father's side stayed rural until the 70's.
I too am guilty of wanting to go back in time to live and experience early America but we all don't understand the conveniences we have in our modern world. Just the thought of having to go do your business in an out house at 130 am with a foot of snow and the wind howling would make us change our minds in an instant!! No elc heaters the list would go on and on and on of the conveniences we take for granted I have to tip my hat to those Old-Timers they were a Hardy and tough individuals we call our grand parents or great-great grandparents
@@serenityrahn5656 or that there was no effective treatment for diabetes until the 1920s, they were so clueless before that there was one remedy that said eating MORE sugar would help! diabetics lived short, miserable lives in the good ole days.
Ford was being a smart/cheap ass as the car was already cheap enough. It would make the car more expensive. Everything was black even the suits back then.
That's it, leave no doubts if just how ignorant and stupid you are, just like your treasonous criminal Trump and his new treasonous criminal mob, the Republican party!
I am older than my wife but she has a greater degree than I had. She is a lot smarter than I am. The richer get richer and the rest of us get very little.
granskare, that depends. My husband used to work for his mother as a furniture mover & made very little. Since they went bankrupt & he had to get another job, we’ve done WAY better. Better pay & benefits. It depends on your marketable skills, experience, & mind set. I recommend the videos by Esther Hicks on that as well.
Voting these days are shit, today popular vote doesn't mean crap when the electoral votes only count and they are corrupted by people bribing them etc or "friendly gifts" if you call it so much bullshit
Incorrect assumption at 26:13 . Charles Lindbergh was NOT the first to fly across the Atlantc. That honor goes to John Alcock and Arthur Brown, who did it on June 15, 1919. Lindbergh was first to fly SOLO from NY to Paris.
Interesting/informative/entertaining. Excellent motion -still photography/picture's 📷. Enabling viewers to better understand what whom the orator describing. Unfortunately the Volstead act continued for 13-years.
The economic downturn of 1920-21 broke the American family farm economy. Agricultural prices fell through the decade, and the collapse became systemic after '29.
"To create a consumer out of a citizen, required profound changes in people's values and behaviors. And the segment of the nation's society that changed the most were women." You said a mouthful there.
I had to laugh when they said it was automobiles that were responsible for larger urban areas. In 1902, one farm equipment company, by itself was one of the largest manufacturers in the world, producing over 700,000 pieces of equipment a year and shipping them out in 65,000+ train cars. Huge numbers of farm workers were no longer necessary, and racism kept most from holding other jobs. Urban areas were where the work was at, so they left the rural south.
I want to go back there to live - just for a little while until rug gets pulled out from under and everything comes crashing down. I would have to be able to take my iPhone with me though..
I watched a documentary on Ford before, and while he was a wildly problematic man in many ways, mostly a product of his time, the way he treated his employees, the thinking behind paying them more etc is something I wish his modern equivalents would adapt. Instead we seem to have taken leaps backwards. Companies don’t care about employees. The bigger they are the worse they pay them and treat them-amazon, disney etc. They seem to value profits over people, encouraging slave like labor in order to make those at the top richer than God himself and that’s it.
I remember one person on my street who had coal delivered to his house . This was in the fifties . As kids we were fascinated by the coal Shute and the noise it made . When that man died that was the end of coal
The problem with all this, now we have a lot more shit to have to pay for and it doesn't last very long. Especially what we pay for vehicle nowadays. 😐
Greedy corporations downsize their workforce and pile on more work to the ones that are left. All to increase profits and satisfy investors. I've seen this happening for 20 years now. On the other hand, I've noticed many young employees with a lack of ambition to work. They would rather spend the day checking Facebook than putting in a decent days work. Of course there are exceptions to the rule.
I would rather live in the roaring 20's than covid 20! And oh, the style they had back then! But no mention of Harold Lloyd-how could such a great comedian be overlooked?!
Henry Ford said, "You can buy a model T in any color you want as long as it's BLACK!" WHY! Because his assembly line was so successful that he had a hard time keeping up with demand so every model T built was black because black paint dried faster!
@@theskeptic8489 Yes you are correct in that this decade is the blue print for our daily lives. It brought the beginning of the consumer age, leading to the mass consumer ages since. The juggle of the working day vs the social life of the evening and weekend.
@@radioguy1620 And a 48 hour work week. $5 a day is MUCH closer to $105 an hour today. The Model T was available for $495. Today the cheapest car in America is $19,320 and seats TWO people. The Indian built TaTa.
And now millenials and gen z can only afford to have roomate living situations or cheap apartments in low income areas. Unless, of course, they come from a family who can afford to financially support.
Great documentary! But may I add to the content of the jazz section by sharing information about the Hill District in Pittsburgh, Pa. Half way between Chicago and New York, Whiley Avenue was a thriving African American entertainment stop over along the rail lines.
@@johnmcnulty4425 Not much left to do with the confederate loving conservitards. At this rate, a lot of them will get themselves into jail for treason, violence, or will just fade into obscurity by leading their mediocre lives.
Depends on who you were. If one had made a great deal of money from the Great War, well, the decade 'roared' from its first year...1920. It just took a few years for the rest of the nation to catch up to the frenzy.
@@frankbray9416 About 1920 professional dancers adopted the dance, and, after its appearance in the black musical Runnin' Wild (1923), it became a national craze.
My Great Grandpa ran "Shine". He was based in N. OH. used to run "Shine" from TN to OH and MI. Got some neat old photos of him and his 'Souped Up" cars. Ended up he made enough $ to start up a Funeral Home. I guess he'd seen so much death during the Great Depression he figured Funerals where the next big money maker. That family business long gone but I've thought that after I'm seeing so many people "kick the bucket" after taking those experimental injections? Might be a good time to at least buy some property for a cemetery.
The elements of the time that made it roaring are absent from today's world and life's. As we now know the events of the time that created such fast growth in production output, sales, earnings and inflation eventually brought about the biggest economic crisis in history.
