The Counterculture

Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters, the Acid Tests, the Grateful Dead, the Human Be-In and the Summer of Love — the decade psychedelics went public.

Part of Psychedelics

99 moments in this segment.

1. 1964-06-14 — Magic Trip — Ken Kesey's Merry Band of Pranksters (trailer). ) — The restored footage of the Merry Pranksters' 1964 cross-country bus trip.
2. 1964-06-14 — Magic Trip — Ken Kesey & the Merry Pranksters (full documentary). ) (1964).
3. 1965-01-01 — The Earliest Known 'Bill Graham Presents' Event Posters — 1965. (1965).
4. 1966-01-01 — How Owsley 'Bear' Stanley's LSD Shaped the Grateful Dead's Sound. The legendary underground chemist who made the era's purest LSD — and engineered the Grateful Dead's sound.
5. 1966-01-01 — Wes Wilson's 1966 San Francisco Psychedelic Posters. (1966).
6. 1966-01-01 — Grateful Dead — Viola Lee Blues (Live in San Francisco 1966). ) (1966).
7. 1966-01-01 — Dr. Timothy Leary — LSD Interview, Merv Griffin Show 1966 (archival). Dr. Timothy Leary — LSD Interview, Merv Griffin Show 1966 (1966).
8. 1966-01-01 — Grateful Dead — Cream Puff War (Live at the Fillmore, SF 1966). ) (1966).
9. 1966-01-01 — Grateful Dead — It's All Over Now Baby Blue (Live in SF 1966). ) (1966).
10. 1966-01-01 — The LSD Labs That Changed Music — Owsley Stanley & the Grateful Dead. Owsley Stanley, the underground acid chemist.
11. 1966-01-01 — Timothy Leary Speaks on Narcotics (AP Archive). ) (1966).
12. 1966-01-01 — S.F. Mime Troupe Concert Poster 1966 — Bill Graham & the Grateful Dead. (1966).
13. 1966-01-01 — Timothy Leary vs. David Susskind — LSD Debate 1966 (archival). Timothy Leary vs. David Susskind — LSD Debate 1966 (1966).
14. 1966-01-01 — The San Francisco Diggers — Free Food in Golden Gate Park, c.1966. (1966).
15. 1966-01-01 — Timothy Leary — Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out (1966). ).
16. 1966-01-08 — The Grateful Dead at an Acid Test — San Francisco 1966 (archival). The Grateful Dead at an Acid Test — San Francisco 1966 (1966).
17. 1966-01-08 — Ken Kesey: 'The Acid Test' — 1966 (archival). Ken Kesey: 'The Acid Test' — 1966 (1966).
18. 1966-01-08 — Acid Test — Pigpen, Ken Babbs & Neal Cassady 1966 (archival). Acid Test — Pigpen, Ken Babbs & Neal Cassady 1966 (1966).
19. 1966-01-08 — Neal Cassady Explains the Acid Test — 1966 (archival). Neal Cassady Explains the Acid Test — 1966 (1966).
20. 1966-01-21 — The Trips Festival 1966 — Birth of the Counterculture (documentary). The Trips Festival 1966 — Birth of the Counterculture (1966).
21. 1966-05-19 — Grateful Dead — Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, May 19 1966. (1966).
22. 1966-10-31 — Ken Kesey at the Acid Test Graduation — 1966 (archival). Ken Kesey at the Acid Test Graduation — 1966 — Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters.
23. 1966-10-31 — Acid Test Graduation — Film & Photos 1966 (archival). Acid Test Graduation — Film & Photos 1966 (1966).
24. 1966-10-31 — Acid Test Graduation — San Francisco 1966 (archival). Acid Test Graduation — San Francisco 1966 — The last of Kesey's Acid Tests, October 1966, days before California's LSD ban took effect.
25. 1966-10-31 — Ken Kesey — Acid Test Graduation Interview 1966 (archival). Ken Kesey — Acid Test Graduation Interview 1966 (1966).
26. 1966-10-31 — Acid Test Graduation Ceremony — San Francisco 1966 (actual footage). ) (1966).
27. 1967-01-01 — Swinging Britain in the 60s: A Psychedelic Dream — 1967 (British Pathé). é) (1967).
28. 1967-01-01 — Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr.: The World of LSD — 1967. (1967).
29. 1967-01-01 — Grateful Dead — Dancing in the Street (Live in San Francisco 1967). ) (1967).
30. 1967-01-14 — Human Be-In — Full Program, Golden Gate Park, Jan 14 1967 (archival). Human Be-In — Full Program, Golden Gate Park, Jan 14 1967 (1967).
31. 1967-01-14 — Human Be-In — Polo Field, Golden Gate Park, Jan 14 1967 (archival). Human Be-In — Polo Field, Golden Gate Park, Jan 14 1967 (1967).
32. 1967-01-14 — The Human Be-In — Short Film 1967 (archival). The Human Be-In — Short Film 1967 (1967).
33. 1967-01-14 — 1967 Human Be-In — Rare San Francisco Film (archival). 1967 Human Be-In — Rare San Francisco Film (1967).
34. 1967-01-14 — Human Be-In — Golden Gate Park, January 14 1967 (archival). Human Be-In — Golden Gate Park, January 14 1967 (1967).
35. 1967-01-14 — Grateful Dead — Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, Jan 14 1967. (1967).
36. 1967-01-14 — The Human Be-In, San Francisco — 14 January 1967 (HistoryPod). ) (1967).
37. 1967-01-14 — Human Be-In 1967 — Golden Gate Park, San Francisco (archival). Human Be-In 1967 — Golden Gate Park, San Francisco — The "Gathering of the Tribes" in Golden Gate Park, January 1967, where Leary first said "turn on, tune in, drop out".
38. 1967-01-18 — Timothy Leary Speaking at UCLA — January 18 1967 (archival). Timothy Leary Speaking at UCLA — January 18 1967 (1967).
39. 1967-03-26 — 1967 Seattle Hippie Be-In (newsreel archival). ) (1967).
40. 1967-04-30 — 1967 Hippies at Detroit Love-In Rally (newsreel archival). ) (1967).
41. 1967-06-01 — Summer of Love — American Experience (PBS promo). ) (1967).
42. 1967-06-01 — Haight-Ashbury Hippies Parade — 1967 (Footage Farm archival). ) (1967).
43. 1967-06-01 — Summer of Love 1967 — KTVU Fox 2 (archival). Summer of Love 1967 — KTVU Fox 2 (1967).
44. 1967-06-01 — Summer of Love — American Experience, Chapter 1 (PBS). ) (1967).
45. 1967-06-01 — Home Movies of 1967 Hippies in San Francisco (archival). Home Movies of 1967 Hippies in San Francisco (1967).
46. 1967-06-01 — 1967: Who Are the Hippies? — Panorama (BBC Archive). ) (1967).
47. 1967-06-01 — Looking Back at the Summer of Love — KPIX/CBS Bay Area (archival). Looking Back at the Summer of Love — KPIX/CBS Bay Area (1967).
48. 1967-06-01 — 1967 Summer of Love Footage — Hippies of San Francisco (ITN archival). ) (1967).
49. 1967-06-01 — San Francisco During the Summer of Love — 1967 (archival). San Francisco During the Summer of Love — 1967 (1967).
50. 1967-06-01 — The Complete Summer of Love Story — Both Sides (documentary). The Complete Summer of Love Story — Both Sides (1967).
51. 1967-06-01 — The Haight-Ashbury — 1967 TV News Reports (archival). The Haight-Ashbury — 1967 TV News Reports (1967).
52. 1967-06-01 — Summer of Love: The Psychedelic Revolution of 1967 (documentary). Summer of Love: The Psychedelic Revolution of 1967 (1967).
53. 1967-06-01 — Remembering San Francisco's Summer of Love. The summer of 1967, when a hundred thousand young people converged on San Francisco's Haight-Ashbury.
54. 1967-06-01 — 1967 — The Summer of Love (documentary). 1967 — The Summer of Love — The summer of 1967, when a hundred thousand young people converged on San Francisco's Haight-Ashbury.
55. 1967-06-01 — The Summer of Love (British Pathé). é) (1967).
56. 1967-06-01 — Hippies Gather on Haight-Ashbury, San Francisco 1967 (archival). Hippies Gather on Haight-Ashbury, San Francisco 1967 (1967).
57. 1967-06-01 — San Francisco's 1967 Summer of Love — CBC Documentary. (1967).
58. 1967-06-01 — 1967 Stoned Hippies Tell All to a Film Crew (archival). 1967 Stoned Hippies Tell All to a Film Crew (1967).
59. 1967-06-01 — Summer of Love (1967). The summer of 1967, when a hundred thousand young people converged on San Francisco's Haight-Ashbury (1967).
60. 1967-06-01 — Summer of Love (1967). The summer of 1967, when a hundred thousand young people converged on San Francisco's Haight-Ashbury (1967).
61. 1967-06-01 — The Human Be-In (1967). The "Gathering of the Tribes" in Golden Gate Park, January 1967 — the counterculture's coming-out (1967).
62. 1967-06-01 — Haight-Ashbury 1967 (1967). The San Francisco district that became the capital of the hippie movement.
63. 1967-06-01 — Summer of Love (1967). The summer of 1967, when a hundred thousand young people converged on San Francisco's Haight-Ashbury (1967).
64. 1967-06-16 — Monterey Pop Festival 1967 (archival, 4K remaster). ) (1967).
65. 1967-06-16 — Monterey Pop — Official Trailer (Pennebaker archival). ) (1967).
66. 1967-06-17 — Janis Joplin — Ball & Chain, Monterey Pop 1967 (Criterion). ) (1967).
67. 1967-06-18 — Grateful Dead — Viola Lee Blues, Monterey Pop Festival 1967. (1967).
68. 1967-06-18 — Ravi Shankar at Monterey Pop — June 1967 (archival). Ravi Shankar at Monterey Pop — June 1967 (1967).
69. 1967-08-22 — The Hippie Temptation — CBS News Story 1967 (archival). The Hippie Temptation — CBS News Story 1967 (1967).
70. 1967-11-14 — Report on Hippie Culture in Haight-Ashbury — Nov 1967 (AP Archive). ) (1967).
71. 1968-01-01 — Late 1960s Haight-Ashbury Hippie Community, San Francisco (Kinolibrary). ) (1968).
72. 1968-01-01 — Psychedelic Liquid Light Show — Joshua's Lights at the Fillmore 1968. (1968).
73. 1968-01-01 — Moby Grape at the Fillmore East with the Joshua Light Show — 1968. (1968).
74. 1968-01-01 — Love-In — 1968 (British Pathé). No title. Love-in Austrian Style, Vienna, Austria. C/U woman's head covered with paper flowers at a "Love-In" dance / disco. C/U hippy man wearing square specs and daisies on his head. C/U man wearing fake moustache and cowboy hat. C/U two men one with feathers in his head. C/U of big flower on girl's chest pan up to two girls smiling. C/U girls' legs, pan to heads covered with streamers. Various shots hippies bobbing on the dance floor. C/U man dancing, he has "LSD" written on his sailor hat. C/U girl's back,…
75. 1968-03-03 — Grateful Dead — Free Concert on Haight Street, SF, March 3 1968. (1968).
76. 1969-01-01 — Joshua Light Show Staff in the Fillmore East Studio — 1969 (archival). Joshua Light Show Staff in the Fillmore East Studio — 1969 (1969).
77. 1969-01-01 — Eros Hippies — 1969 (British Pathé). é) (1969).
78. 1969-01-01 — Psychedelic Liquid Light Show — Joshua's Lights at the Fillmore 1969. (1969).
79. 1969-06-01 — Woodstock 1969 (1969). The festival that became the counterculture's high-water mark — half a million people, three days in the mud (1969).
80. 1969-06-01 — Woodstock 1969 (1969). The festival that became the counterculture's high-water mark — half a million people, three days in the mud (1969).
81. 1969-06-01 — Woodstock 1969 (1969). The festival that became the counterculture's high-water mark — half a million people, three days in the mud.
82. 1969-06-01 — Woodstock 1969 (1969). The festival that became the counterculture's high-water mark — half a million people, three days in the mud (1969).
83. 1969-08-15 — Richie Havens — Freedom, Woodstock 1969 (archival). Richie Havens — Freedom, Woodstock 1969 (1969).
84. 1969-08-15 — The Woodstock Music & Art Fair 1969 — Footage Without Music (archival). The Woodstock Music & Art Fair 1969 — Footage Without Music (1969).
85. 1969-08-15 — Woodstock 1969 — 8mm Home Movies (archival). Woodstock 1969 — 8mm Home Movies (1969).
86. 1969-08-16 — Santana — Soul Sacrifice, Woodstock 1969 (archival). Santana — Soul Sacrifice, Woodstock 1969 (1969).
87. 2003 — Summer of Love (1967). The summer of 1967, when a hundred thousand young people converged on San Francisco's Haight-Ashbury (1967). The subject dates from 1967; this photograph was taken in 2003.
88. 2009 — Ken Kesey (1965). Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters (1965). The subject dates from 1965; this photograph was taken in 2009.
89. 2012-06-15 — The San Francisco Diggers (full documentary). ) (1967).
90. 2013 — The Human Be-In (1967). The "Gathering of the Tribes" in Golden Gate Park, January 1967 — the counterculture's coming-out. The subject dates from 1967; this photograph was taken in 2013.
91. 2015 — Haight-Ashbury 1967 (1967). The San Francisco district that became the capital of the hippie movement (1967). The subject dates from 1967; this photograph was taken in 2015.
92. 2016 — The Grateful Dead (1969). The house band of the Acid Tests, whose live improvisation became the sound of the psychedelic scene. The subject dates from 1969; this photograph was taken in 2016.
93. 2016 — Ken Kesey (1965). The novelist (One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest) whose Merry Pranksters and Acid Tests turned LSD into a public happening. The subject dates from 1965; this photograph was taken in 2016.
94. 2016 — The Grateful Dead (1969). ). The subject dates from 1969; this photograph was taken in 2016.
95. 2016 — The Grateful Dead (1969). ). The subject dates from 1969; this photograph was taken in 2016.
96. 2018-06-15 — How the Grateful Dead Changed Live Music Forever (music history). ) (1966).
97. 2018 — Ken Kesey (1965). Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters (1965). The subject dates from 1965; this photograph was taken in 2018.
98. 2019 — The Grateful Dead (1969). ). The subject dates from 1969; this photograph was taken in 2019.
99. 2021 — Ken Kesey (1965). Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters (1965). The subject dates from 1965; this photograph was taken in 2021.