BoomerByte - The Soundtrack of a Generation
BoomerBytes is an audial pastiche of sounds from the Baby Boomer Era (1940s-1960s). Content consists of public domain government films, PSAs, political campaign materials, and various clips that recall innocent times with a menacing Cold War backdrop. Relive fears of Communist paranoia, teenage social etiquette films, how to survive nuclear warfare as well as historic moments that marked the decades of children growing up in the wake of World War II. Note from Joe Hill; I am NOT "Joe Hill, author and son of writer Stephen King." Joe Hill is my real name and I am not related in any way to the famous labor organizer, Joe Hill.
BoomerByte - The Soundtrack of A Generation - Halloween Spectacular Vol 1 - Sci-Fi
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Alien Creatures,Giant Insects & Mad Scientists
There is no question that the 1950s were a "golden age" for a lot of things. Baseball, TV, Rock & Roll...and Science Fiction. Herein you will hear clips from the 10 best science fiction films of the 1950s. You are welcome to argue the list.
Sci-Fi films of the'50s preyed on three dominant fears of the era; The "alien-from-another-planet" theme was fueled by Roswell and the Cold War; "Giant insects" were nightmarish distortions of our fears that insects would deplete our food supply (hence the heavy use of DDT); And "Mad Scientists," although not a new theme, was refueled by a giant, decade-long leap in scientific research, not to mention the sudden popularity of Dr Spock and Sigmund Freud.
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