If You Were Born in 1956 — This Is the World You Grew Up In

If you were born in 1956, this is your year: you're turning seventy. Walk with us through the world you grew up in, from the hospital nursery to graduation day in 1974. Cloth diapers and a TV in the living room, polio vaccine on a sugar cube, Dick and Jane, the moon landing at thirteen, a driver's license at sixteen, and the winter of the gas lines. In this episode: 00:00 Turning Seventy 01:34 The Year You Were Born 03:37 The House on the New Street 05:52 Kindergarten and the Sugar Cube 08:38 A Day in November 09:56 Yeah, Yeah, Yeah 11:21 Ten Years Old 12:48 Paper Routes and Pop Bottles 14:26 Thirteen and the Moon 16:09 Sixteen 17:41 Class of '74 19:56 Seventy Where were you born, and what's the very first thing you remember? Tell us in the comments. And if you're turning seventy this year, happy birthday! We read every one. ▸ More Time Travel episodes: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLWpPjqUQg-5g ▸ Subscribe for new stories every Monday, Wednesday and Friday: https://www.youtube.com/@TheWoodgrainYears?sub_confirmation=1 About our visuals: this video combines archival photographs with AI-assisted recreations of everyday scenes. Recreated images are illustrations, not historical photographs. The Woodgrain Years is an independent channel, not affiliated with any company or brand mentioned in this video. Archival photos: Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956, National Archives · Launch of Friendship 7, 1962, NASA · Take-cover drill at P.S. 58, Brooklyn, 1962, Walter Albertin, New York World-Telegram & Sun collection, Library of Congress · The Beatles arrive at Kennedy Airport, 1964, United Press International, Library of Congress · Buzz Aldrin on the Moon, Apollo 11, 1969, Neil Armstrong, NASA · Draft lottery, December 1, 1969, Selective Service System · Gasoline shortage in Oregon, 1973, David Falconer, EPA DOCUMERICA, National Archives. All public domain. Music by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com): "Water Droplets on the River", "Lobby Time", "Teddy Bear Waltz", "Summer Day", "Pensif", "Happy Bee - Surf", "Somewhere Sunny (ver 2)", "Pleasant Porridge", "Infinite Perspective", "Feelin Good", "Late Night Radio", "Fresh Air". Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 · Tracks were edited and mixed under the narration. #nostalgia #babyboomers #1960s