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.

Video's include "Miss Mickey – The Flyer" (Mickey Axton) one of the first three WWII women test pilots; the "Romeo's" or retired telephone men in MN; "Collections and Reflections" on WWII vets in MN; and "The Best of Hard Times" with growing up in the depression.

Above: Micky Axton "Miss Micky" was one of the first three women to become test pilots in World War II. She was drawn to flying during the 20′s barnstorming days, educated to become a pilot, recruited into the WASP by Jacqueline Cochran, became a test pilot in WWII, and was the first woman to fly the B-29.

Update: On July 1, 2009 the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives recognized the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP’s) and passed an act that awarded them with a Congressional Gold Medal. Find additional information at WASP on the Web, or WWII Women Pilots, or Wings Across America…

Above: The Romeos are nine retired telco men talking of a transitional time in telecommunications. It was a change from iron wire poles to the start of a new day in communications.

Documentary on World War II veterans in Albert Lea and a historians collection from that era. Produced for Minnesota Historical Society (MNHS) Greatest Generation Film Project in 2007.

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.