Flag Day: Give me Liberty & give me Dead

Thomas Tittmann
12 minutes ago
2 min read

"O'er the land of the free

And the home of the brave"

FLA@SF: Grateful Dead perform national anthem - MLB (02:34)

U. S. Blues...

I'm Uncle Sam, that's who I am

Been hiding out in a rock and roll band

Grateful Dead - U.S. Blues (Studio Version) (04:39)

Another masterpiece by video creator LongStrangeTrip!!!

[from the creator] "The first part of the video is a short film I found called '200.' It was made to be some sort of trippy propaganda in 1975 and was put out by the US Gov't Information Agency (1) for the bicentennial. Vincent Collins (2) did the animations for that video. I put the rest at the end together."

My adds: LongStrangeTrip replaced the original rocking music with "U.S. Blues."

(1) United States Information Agency (USIA) - see link for info

(2) Vincent Collins - see Grokipedia link for more about this psychedelic animator

Wave that flag...

Uncle Jerry!!!

Life is like a cosmic pinball video game...isn't it?

The next video opens with footage from the Grateful Dead Movie - images that include an interstellar video game and player.

Grateful Dead - Opening Sequence / U.S. Blues (Winterland 10/74) (11:00)

Bi-Centennial Blues

200 - 1975 National Archives

[from the article and video] "200 is an award-winning animated United States Information Agency (USIA) film celebrating the U.S. Bicentennial. The short three and a half minute film, set to an energetic jazz-rock score, involves, according to filmmaker Vince Collins, 'every animatable symbol, image or icon of the USA.'”

200 - U. S. National Archives YouTube (03:22)