98 Yr Old Lady Says How Teens Are Different Today

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Before the telephone. Before the automobile. Before the airplane. Before paved roads. When most people rarely traveled more than 25 miles from their homes. It was a time of horses and buggies and the early days of US mail delivery. She was 98 years old and was telling me about her life and times back in 1979 when I filmed this interview in Lancaster Pennsylvania.

Please remember when you are watching this that you are watching 16mm work print outtakes from my 1979 prime time television special, The Information Society. Unfortunately, the material that I selected as possible to be used, has been lost in my fire of 2008. This wonderful video presents what I was going to use, including a lot of irrelevant questions. I wish I had more of this. I wish I had been smart enough as a young filmmaker when I did this back in 1979 to realize the incredible history that she was so able to articulate. The time before the radio. Certainly before television. The time when she traveled by train and trolley and horse. The time when the telephone was a device where everyone in town could hear everyone else speaking. I found this old 16mm workprint in my basement and digitized it not knowing it would be as wonderful as it is. I recorded this for a television special I was making in 1979 called “The Information Society.” You can see the entire 1 hour film on my YouTube channel by searching it although I did not use this clip in the film.

[MichaelRe-cq]

This is a gem, David. I was born in 1988 and I knew my great great grandfather born in 1897. I feel very blessed. He was 104 when he died. He told me stories about being in the first war.

[marsbanditnyc]

“I don’t know whether it’s wrong or right” I appreciate that transparency so much. It shows that wisdom isn’t necessarily knowing *everything*

[spudwickthrockmorton]

Technology claims to bring us closer together but I’ve never felt further apart

[drillerfromdeeprockgalacti]

It must be a strange sensation to live for 100 years, you'd get to see the world change for better or worse, big or small but you'd still actively see the never ending cycle or progress or in some cases regress.

I hope I'll live to 100

[AlexanderYamada]

I really respect that she doesn't judge it, just simply states what is different and not whether it's for better or worse.

[Davale.]

“The family life ain’t what it use to be” I felt that so much

[stevemueller]

Listening to that age means you have to watch all your friends die 😢

[matthewfarmer]

She live to be at the ripe old age 100. Glade you had this film in your basement, not in the building that caught on fire 🔥 in 2008 At first i thought she was the old lady that remember being on the Titanic lol thanks for sharing this clip in your collection. Have a good evening. 🎞️📼

[andrew.nicholson]

This reminds me of my great grandmother Eufaula who was born in 1908. She died when I was in high school. I remember when I was a little kid we’d make the 30 minute drive out to her house in the country. It was just a little old country house with a swing on the front porch and an old claw foot bathtub in the front yard turned into a planter. I remember one year at Christmas I said “Granny Johnson, are you excited about Christmas?” and she said “honey, when you’re my age you’ve seen so many Christmases they’re all the same” me being a little kid I started bawling my eyes out. My grandmother - her daughter - came running in the living room and said “Mother, what did you say to him?”

Now I’ll be turning 40 this year and I feel like I know what she meant. 😂 I sure wish I could have spent more time with her.

[negotiator]

What if Granny answered him, { "NAH! i ain't trying to hear that sh|t| dawg!!!") 😂

[hbailey]

WHAT A GEM OF A LADY!❤ THANK YOU DAVID!

[monochrome]

I just want to hug her and give her a kiss on the cheek. She's such a precious soul. Rip Sweet Grandma.

[analogueoverdigital]

Beautiful answer. She actually thought about it and answered gracefully.

[devenrivera]

She sounds so sweet and innocent. Definitely the grandma you can lean on when your feeling down.

[secondsrule]

We were different kids when I was young and I’m closer to 50. I believe it was better when people talk to each other not look at the screens.

[vinny.deadmoud]

I can't even imagine how this woman seen things bc in literally blown away at what America has become in the past 15-20yrs.. never would've imagined things would be this way as young as i am

[Bigtimecharlie]

I was waiting for her to get up & dance like in don’t be a menace. Stay up playa 😂❤

[calicocalthecopperkid]

Oh, if she only knew what was coming up next😢

[rosalind]

I'm a litte over thirty. I can confdently say kids are not the same.

These little fuckers crack the code on my phone before they can put two words together.

[badjesus]

FACT: letter was found at ancient Roman Fort Hadrian's Wall from wife to husband stationed there; it read: "kids today don't behave like they used to, send more $".