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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