The Hippie Temptation (1967)

August 21, 1967 (US) • TV Movie, Documentary • 50m

Overview

CBS TV news special hosted by Harry Reasoner explores the way-out world of the Hippies and the Haight-Ashbury psychedelic 1960s LSD scene. Footage of LSDs users experiencing bummer trips. The Diggers, the Oracle and cool street and Golden Gate Park scenes with hippies tripping out. The Grateful Dead are interviewed and are shown performing "Dancin' in the Streets" on a flatbed truck in Golden Gate Park. The Hippie Temptation!

Director

Warren Wallace

Writer

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Top Billed

Harry Reasoner

Keywords

drug abuse free love san francisco, california dystopia lsd teenage rebellion generation gap summer of love runaway teen bad trip 1960s hippies trend barefoot teenager vd haight ashbury uptight squares free clinic bummer condesending lazy bandwagon fad pearl clutching