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There is an entire generation today which cannot relate to the technology of the 1960s and 1970s.
Everyone back then grew up without home computers, without the Internet, and the only telephones
they had were landlines. If you weren’t home, no one could contact you. Ahhh!!! Those were the
days! Video games would not become popular for another decade, so children actually played outside
with friends when they got out of school in the afternoon. It was a very different world.

American Family Watching Moon Landing in 1969

The state of the art for film cameras was rudimentary when compared to cameras with computer
circuitry in them today.

All cameras during this period used film. The ad above reveals the challenges of taking a good
photo. The photographer had to keep the subject framed while adjusting the shutter speed and
aperture (the size of the hole which allows light into the camera). The typical camera of that era had
a viewfinder which the photographer would look through. The photographer would have to center
the image to be shot in the viewfinder. They would also have to adjust aperture and shutter speed
using various dials mounted on the camera. Additionally, they would turn a focus ring to make sure