In the first of two 52 minute episodes, Episode 1: The Road of Freedom, Dean gallivants across the USA and Europe exploring the modes of travel that made the 1970s so uniquely entertaining. It’s a picturesque journey set against the backdrop of America’s ugly war in South East Asia and at a time when the Middle East rallied together to impose an oil crisis on the West. Of course, this made everyone rethink their travel plans, particularly if you had a gas guzzling muscle car but the fun did not stop here. The decade was also a time when luxury air travel was the paragon of stylish living and when the family vacation became a rite of passage. While some young Americans drove their super-charged V8 engines, others strapped on a rucksack following the Kerouacian dream to limitless horizons of freedom found whilst exploring the vastness of their country.

Using archive and reconstructions to recapture the spirit of the ‘70s “Travelling in the 1970s” is packed with interviews featuring hitch-hikers, hippies, Vietnam veterans, cultural commentators, classic car collectors and many children of the ‘70s as they reminisce about their family road trips across the Interstate.

Credits

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SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY UNIT

Videographer: Bob Gerbin

Production Coordinator: Francis DiClemente

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Mark Goodman

Graceland Bar-b-q

Greyhound

Visit Milwaukee

Harley-Davidson Museum

Costa Mesa Car Rally

Four Seasons Hotels

Pan Am Experience – Air Hollywood

South Street Diner, Boston

VW Club

Let’s go!

The Star Inn, Lingfield, Surrey

Moonlight Drive-In Cinema

International Native Casting, Agency

Café Het Paleis, Amsterdam

The Flying Pig hostel, Amsterdam

Thalys Trains

Brooklands Museum

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titles

BREAKFAST OF CHAMPIONS

graphics

MARTINA DEO

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camera

GARY ROGERS

syracuse university unit

Videographer

BOB GERBIN

production coordinator

FRANCIS DICLEMENTE

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facilities

GUILTFREE POST

dubbing mixer

CHRIS MORRIS

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online editor

GEOFF HOCKNEY

editor

LUKE THOMPSON

junior editors

JONO HARGRAVE

JIM WOODALL

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music by

IAN RITCHIE

JON WYGENS

MICHAEL CONN
MALCOLM LAWS + NAINITA DESAI

PAUL MOUNSEY
COLIN WINSTON FLETCHER

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production accountant

RASHIDA PATEL

production manager

TARA BENSON

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camera assistant

GORDON MCCRACKEN

Production assistant

TASHA BRADE

LOUIS CROSS

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producer

RACHAEL HEATON-ARMSTRONG

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director

IAN SCIACALUGA

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executive producer

IAN CROSS

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Produced by Pilot Film and TV Productions for PBS

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