History fans: Video interviews elderly people in 1929

That was great. To think the people interviewed in that video were born in the early 1800s. I’d love to hear more of their stories.

Wonder what the old timey equivalent of "WTF?" was?

because if they could see today they would sure as Hell be using it

Everybody was probably around 50 years old in this film.

That's damn interesting! Thanks for sharing!

Man, that's fascinating. I used to love to hear old timers talk about the past, even when I was a child

At the 9:55 mark the old lady refers to herself as a "north Georgia cracker".

At the 9:55 mark the old lady refers to herself as a "north Georgia cracker".

Yep. She also used a term for walking that I still hear and use today (cause I like it). She said: "We went on footback".

Very interesting hearing the old baw from Missouri talking about entering the “War of Rebellion”, not the Civil War. He was 84 years old in 1929 and I believe he said he began rebelling in 1862. Lol! Listening to his recollections from that important period of American History is pretty fricking cool. The North called it the Civil War and I guess some from the South referred to the war as the War of Rebellion...... makes it pretty clear where the name Rebels came from.

None of them spoke with a British accent. Either they lost it in one generation OR the colonists (around 1776) had already lost theirs. Or a third option is even the Brits back then didn't sound like they do now. I think the third option is the correct one.