4/5 TIME OF CHANGE
  by Joseph Taglioli (Inkster, MI)
This is a straightforward 'how it was' collage documentary of the 1960's. It worked well for my ninth grade history class as an overview of the 'decade of change' and what happened. Having lived the sixties as a teenager, today I continue to be amazed at the concentration of societal evolutionary events. The Peter Jennings narration is matter of fact and unbiased. I am happy it was available for my students.

4/5 *Actually I'll Give 4 1/2 ***STARS***
  by Alex Honda (Los Angeles, CA USA)
THE FABULOUS 60S DVD set isn't bad for what you get. There are four DVDs with 10 episodes (3 on DVDs #1 & #2 and 2 on DVDs #3 & #4) on them. Each episode is dedicated to a year in the 60s and starts with 1960 and ends with 1969. Each episode runs about 40-50 minutes.

I didn't have a problem with the footage. In fact, I found it acceptable considering that most was taken from news footage or some other sources and probably wasn't meant to be preserved. There are some audio glitches that's present on the original source footage, but they're very small and hardly noticeable.

There's a lot of footage with good natural sound, and there are wonderful images of everyday life as well as celebrities, politicians, and other people and happenings of the 60s.

I deducted the half-star because there is no "play all" feature, so you must go episode by episode. And there's no menu card or insert so you don't really know what's on the DVDs until you put them in your player. And there's no special features.

Another tiny problem was with the Peter Jennings narration. On the first episode (DVD#1--1960), the narration is just a bunch of headline slogans and sometimes they come off sounding like snide comments. This also happens on the DVD #3--1967 episode. I don't know why the writers, at the time, wrote those two episodes like that? I almost didn't continue on with episode two because of that, but I'm glad I did. It got better.

Again, not too bad for the price.

1/5 GREAT PERIOD - TERRIBLE PRODUCTION
  by Thomas Dussault (Princeton, NJ)
This DVD is pathetic by way of sound. The video is poor. The titling is second rate. It runs maybe six hours with perhaps thirty minutes of good viewable images.

The writing for it is also inferior. In sum, it is terribly produced.

4/5 A Reasonable Compilation
  by Carman F. George (Maryland, USA)
The original title for this series was, I believe, called "Decades." It does a reasonable job of capturing the tempo of that time and is presented in the style and format of the period. It is an interesting look, overall.

3/5 The Fabulous Sixties
  by Dawn K. Sandquist (Louisville, KY)
It was thorough but it tended to focus more on the turbulence and conflicts of the 60's and not the wild and wonderful side. We need both for sure but the 'wild and wonderful' was overshadowed. I had this silently showing at a 60's party while a whole lot of other things were going on and some of the graphic nature just didn't work for that kind of venue. I guess when I read the word "fabulous" I was equating it with more of the fun side. (I wish there was a video of the 'fun' side of the 60's.) Having lived through the turbulence and violence of the 60's I am very aware of the sacrifices people made in civil rights, during the Vietnam war, governing this country, speaking up and moving forward in music, inventions, space etc. Like I said, it was thorough. It just wasn't what I expected in totality. Maybe the title should be changed?