A perspective on 1968 from an eligible for the draft 18 year old graduating from high school and going on to college during the Vietnam war. It was a year marked by fear and violence yet love, music, and hope for change.

Video produced for Minnesota Historical Society (MNHS) 1968 Film Project.

Here is a brief review of the ViodiTV coverage at MTA – the Minnesota Telecom Allicances 2008 Conference in Minneapolis. The video highlights include juggling the C3 theme of Competitiveness, Convergence, and Consolidation.

Freedom Flight is making sure we don’t forget the 88,000 plus POW and MIA solders around the world. Even though I’ve heard about this before, but the balloon worked as a good reminder. This is footage from the 2008 Hot Air Affair in Hudson Wisconsin. LUke Cesnik tells us about the Freedom Flight organization.

Also see the 2008 Hot Air Affair in Hudson for full details of the days event, including smoosh board races, a couple kites in mild wind, and the evening moon glow.

Highlights from the 19th Annual Hot Air Affair in Hudson, Wisconsin. The video shows (1) balloon set up through flight for the Feb. 2nd 2008 morning launch, (2) an interview with Luke Cesnik and flight of the Freedom Flight II balloon (POW-MIA), (3) a look at the Smoosh Board competition, (4) a talk with Mary Martin the Hudson Hot Air Affair Education Program person, (5) a good time for balloons but tough time for kites and interview with Barbara Meyer an American Kitelfliers Association member, and (5) The balloon moon glow and field of fire wrap up. These were some of the events for Saturday Feb. 2, 2008 in Hudson Wis. This is how they celebrate winter in NW Wisconsin. The Freedom Flight website is www.freedomflight.org.

Reflecting on WWII through uniform collection of Kurt Barickman and memories from veterans in Albert Lea Minnesota. Originally produced for MNHS Greatest Generation Film Project.

Public Domain Photos from archive.gov and Veterans Service Albert Lea. ccMixter.org Creative Commons BY music "Photo theme: Yellow Flowers" by Anthony Raijekov.

A short documentary on growing up during the 1930′s depression as part of the Greatest Generation Film Project produced for the Minnesota Historical Society (MNHS) Film Project 2006. Life was normal to these men and women growing up during that period… they didn’t know of any other way.