For YEARS She Recorded Everything on TV

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  • Опубликовано: 2 июн 2024
  • Meet Marion Stokes. In 1979, Marion began recording TV 24/7, capturing sitcoms, news and everything in between. She was determined to preserve television history that networks were constantly erasing to save money and free up storage space. As a former librarian and activist, Marion was passionate about access to information. She sometimes had as many as eight tapes spinning away at once. Even getting her family in on the act. “We’d be out at dinner and we’d have to rush home to swap tapes” recalled her son Michael. By the time she passed away in 2012, Marion had amassed about 71,000 tapes - the only comprehensive collection preserving this period in television media history. Now, the Internet Archive is digitizing her incredible work to make it publicly available. Marion's vision of universal access to knowledge will finally be realized, thanks to her tireless effort of secretly recording everything for thirty years. #foundmedia #internetarchive #internethistory

Комментарии • 9 тыс.

  • @DeanDocs
    @DeanDocs  Месяц назад +17105

    "Secretly?" - To clarify: Her family and friends knew about the recordings, but she kept them private due to past government surveillance of her political activism. This caution likely stemmed from her and her first husband's attempted defect to Cuba. As a new RUclipsr, I aim for accuracy and will be more careful with potentially ambiguous statements in the future. Thank you for helping me improve my content.
    --
    There is much more to Marion and her story! Check out the great documentary about her life titled *_Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project._* dir. Matt Wolf, where most of this footage is from. I'm unable to link in a Short but her collection (thus far) can be found if you Google "Internet Archive Marion Stokes Collection."

    • @thehutch7728
      @thehutch7728 20 дней назад +262

      Thanks for sharing that! I’m excited to check this out!

    • @emilylee9894
      @emilylee9894 20 дней назад +195

      Hopefully, her estate is being fairly compensated.

    • @pear7828
      @pear7828 19 дней назад +302

      They're Digitizing her collection..🤔 & "..Those in power, are able to write their own history"..
      ...🤔Yeah, they better be sure to preserve the originals.
      ..Or at least keep multiple backups away from "those in power"

    • @tomokokurokiirl
      @tomokokurokiirl 19 дней назад +229

      @@KeweenawPatriotwhat do you think the purpose of the Internet Archive is? Preserving old media and making it publicly available is exactly what they do. Stop being so paranoid. They're probably grateful for her efforts

    • @global001
      @global001 19 дней назад +15

      Just seen it here. Great work

  • @kloroform1681
    @kloroform1681 7 дней назад +2490

    "Those in power are able to write their own history." BIG facts 💯

    • @2009samiy
      @2009samiy 4 дня назад +9

      youtube mary and jesus in the quran and mohmmad in the bible and the Torah and the scientific miracles of the quran and mohmmad in hindu scripture

      according the bible that you have

      (Matthew 4:1) Jesus was tempted
      (James 1:13) God doesn't get tempted
      (John 1:29) Jesus was seen
      (1 John 4:12) No man has ever seen God
      (Acts 2:22) Jesus was and is a man, sent by God
      (Numbers 23:19, Hosea11:9) God is not a man
      (Hebrews 5:8-9) Jesus had to grow and learn
      (Isaiah 40:28) God doesn't ever need to learn
      (1 Corinthians 15:3-4) Jesus dies
      (1 Timothy 1:17) God doesn't die
      (Hebrews 5:7) Jesus needed salvation
      (Luke 1:37) God doesn't need salvation
      (John 4:6) Jesus grew weary
      (Isaiah 40:28) God Doesn't grow weary
      (Mark 4:38) Jesus slept
      (Psalm 121:2-4) God doesn't sleep
      (John 5:19) Jesus isn't all powerful
      (Isaiah 45:5-7) God is all powerful
      (Mark 13:32) Jesus isn't all knowing
      (Isaiah 46:9) God is all knowing
      ...................
      ....

    • @spookyariel1
      @spookyariel1 4 дня назад +15

      ​. The people in power were writing those books too. Yawn.

    • @RagTag-N-Bobtail
      @RagTag-N-Bobtail 4 дня назад +36

      And you can bet your boots we'll get a heavily filtered version of her recordings.

    • @PeppyWasTaken
      @PeppyWasTaken 4 дня назад

      ​​@@spookyariel1I don't know if you have heard any arguments against that but.. from what I gather.. the writers of the new testament of the Bible were nobodies.

    • @awakenyewhosleeprealityisn4860
      @awakenyewhosleeprealityisn4860 3 дня назад +8

      @@2009samiy
      Nice try. God used many ways to get his humans to depend upon Him and to include Him in their lives. He knew beforehand that the law wouldn’t work. He is all-knowing, ever-present and all-powerful. It was always in His plan to become flesh (and as flesh He was subject to all the complications, rules and indignities of it) so that He could be born, live, teach and then die and rise again to bring those who want to be in communion with Him, life everlasting.
      It’s quite simple.
      John 3:16
      If we choose to accept His free gift of salvation, we get to be with Him forever. No person on earth knows what total separation from our Creator is like. People talk about it like it’s going to be a permanent party where all the most fun people will be. Make no mistake. If you choose to ignore Him, you will find yourself in the most desolate place imaginable with nobody to comfort you.
      Read your Bible prayerfully . Ask the only Living God into your life. Pray for wisdom and strength.
      You won’t be sorry!!

  • @sarahessley1323
    @sarahessley1323 Месяц назад +53676

    She owned 7 apartments to store them all. She could afford the apartments because she was an early investor in Apple. She’s a great woman beyond the tapes as well.

    • @ethereal41
      @ethereal41 25 дней назад +2344

      I applaud her for seeing apple as a great investment opportunity.

    • @sansuusilly
      @sansuusilly 24 дня назад +174

      i made the likes 200
      E: woah, 20 likes? not the most ive ever gotten but thats still quite a lot
      EE: the reason ive commented this is because youtube having anonymous likes is annoying.

    • @ethereal41
      @ethereal41 24 дня назад +525

      @@sansuusilly that's cool, nobody actually cares.

    • @evangelaanton1906
      @evangelaanton1906 22 дня назад

      ​@@ethereal41I do

    • @wbaba34
      @wbaba34 22 дня назад +187

      @@ethereal41I care

  • @robertwolfgan
    @robertwolfgan 4 дня назад +149

    You have to call it "The Marion Library" when it's available for the world.

    • @christianfreedom-seeker934
      @christianfreedom-seeker934 2 дня назад

      Let's be real. The government is either deleting it all in secret or they are editing the heck out of it.

    • @ChildOfGod028
      @ChildOfGod028 2 дня назад +1

      It was kind of pointless if they can pick and choose what to do with the tapes and even get rid of important ones. Her family won’t notice if it was 70,000

  • @TheSpiritualBae
    @TheSpiritualBae 3 дня назад +409

    We honor you beloved ancestor Marion Stokes for having a grand vision and seeing it through. Your legacy lives on. Thank You

    • @Danielle-ck6ms
      @Danielle-ck6ms 2 дня назад +7

      She's not your ancestor, you sound like you're about to cast a spell.

    • @rabbithole8858
      @rabbithole8858 2 дня назад +4

      ​@@Danielle-ck6mspeople are crazy

    • @lostangel3852
      @lostangel3852 13 часов назад +1

      ​@@Danielle-ck6msWay to miss the point.

    • @Danielle-ck6ms
      @Danielle-ck6ms 10 часов назад

      @@lostangel3852 No, just calling out the goofiness is all 🙂

    • @bobbywasabi9589
      @bobbywasabi9589 40 минут назад

      You making it sound like a demonic ritual why tf you saying ancestor she isn’t related to you bruh

  • @tonyhammers7837
    @tonyhammers7837 11 дней назад +3097

    She deserves a National Library. American HERO

    • @yanicyoda4762
      @yanicyoda4762 9 дней назад +31

      Facts.If she doesnt i dont know who does

    • @HwoarangtheBoomerang
      @HwoarangtheBoomerang 9 дней назад +32

      A beautiful irony.
      She's someone women should look up to instead of feminist bullshit.

    • @junglekutz5625
      @junglekutz5625 8 дней назад +6

      When she was alive. There’s no real reason to recognize her when she’s no longer around. The same goes for her quality of thinking…….as it was only recognized, being that someone found it to be useful to them. Recognition is good, but not when it’s after the fact or extended in a condescending manner. As people are graced with intelligence to share responsibly and accordingly, in order to add to evolution and all that *Life stands for.

    • @XError40404
      @XError40404 8 дней назад +23

      @@HwoarangtheBoomerang This is what feminism is SUPPOSED to be, great women doing great things, not whatever is going on nowadays

    • @bethshadid2087
      @bethshadid2087 8 дней назад +3

      Yes she does.

  • @thepaladxn7802
    @thepaladxn7802 12 дней назад +2247

    This is a win for humanity. Thank you, Marion Stokes.

    • @welcometoSunnydale291
      @welcometoSunnydale291 11 дней назад +24

      Only if they show Everything and not omit things that don’t go with certain narratives.

    • @yamondakawazuki8941
      @yamondakawazuki8941 10 дней назад +14

      yeah huge win, except how they can way more easily censor whatever they want once it’s digitized lol completely negating the point of her doing any of this

    • @meikusakabe4167
      @meikusakabe4167 10 дней назад +1

      well said my friend

    • @MeMi-gw8ft
      @MeMi-gw8ft 10 дней назад

      ​@@yamondakawazuki8941they still must preserve the originals.
      However, whatever is made available, we can all save our own copies.
      It would be a lot of work but would have been great to make these available on their own site.

    • @KarenLopez-in5ih
      @KarenLopez-in5ih 9 дней назад

      Like feminist who poison society with the toxic radioactive Kool aid....?who use shame guilt insults on men who must submit to manipulative fake anger.?for prefabricated drama that never happened.?​@@welcometoSunnydale291

  • @camerakid76
    @camerakid76 3 дня назад +58

    It’s bonkers now to think about tv stations recording over shows and older broadcasts to save tape. So many shows lost. Bless this woman for she knew and took action.

    • @mariatorres9789
      @mariatorres9789 2 дня назад

      It's to hide proof, when they change narratives. It's not to save tapes. They haven't used tape for storage, since computers.

    • @gator9339
      @gator9339 5 часов назад +2

      That's how the old episodes of Dr Who became lost media.

  • @SC-gp7kt
    @SC-gp7kt 3 дня назад +7

    But can we trust that it really IS being digitized and preserved, with public access?

  • @janehenry3206
    @janehenry3206 Месяц назад +11016

    She had incredible foresight...

    • @PuertoRicanRattlesnake
      @PuertoRicanRattlesnake 21 день назад +68

      Not enough to specify to never trust it being re-recorded by somebody other than her family, Who exactly is funding the Internet Archive

    • @George_Washington1732
      @George_Washington1732 20 дней назад +172

      @@PuertoRicanRattlesnakeI don’t know, but the lady was an early investor in Apple, so they could potentially have the funds

    • @play005517
      @play005517 20 дней назад +56

      Normally this is the duty of the national library of each country to record everything. Many countries do this for newspapers but of course it should be argued radio and televisions, and Internet should also at least some national archival institute should be responsible for archiving everything public

    • @Locateson
      @Locateson 19 дней назад +22

      ​@@PuertoRicanRattlesnakeYou can fund it, with donations

    • @transuranicelements1335
      @transuranicelements1335 19 дней назад

      This is publicly supported. I've been donating to Internet Archive for more than 5 years now and I encourage others to do so. I used to watch the Mod Squad (70s series) but it was removed. Ditto with Agatha Christie and other books that were shared by public fr their old files 🫤 It's a continuous fight to access free information for public.

  • @lullabylin
    @lullabylin 8 дней назад +481

    What a fantastic woman! She KNEW about corruption and that if things are erased from our history, it opens the door to all kinds of evil! What a brilliant person. RIP. You did a good thing!

    • @VincentTorneyPlus
      @VincentTorneyPlus 6 дней назад +10

      . Definitely A
      🗽#HERO🇺🇸

    • @2009samiy
      @2009samiy 4 дня назад

      youtube mary and jesus in the quran and mohmmad in the bible and the Torah and the scientific miracles of the quran and mohmmad in hindu scripture

      according the bible that you have

      (Matthew 4:1) Jesus was tempted
      (James 1:13) God doesn't get tempted
      (John 1:29) Jesus was seen
      (1 John 4:12) No man has ever seen God
      (Acts 2:22) Jesus was and is a man, sent by God
      (Numbers 23:19, Hosea11:9) God is not a man
      (Hebrews 5:8-9) Jesus had to grow and learn
      (Isaiah 40:28) God doesn't ever need to learn
      (1 Corinthians 15:3-4) Jesus dies
      (1 Timothy 1:17) God doesn't die
      (Hebrews 5:7) Jesus needed salvation
      (Luke 1:37) God doesn't need salvation
      (John 4:6) Jesus grew weary
      (Isaiah 40:28) God Doesn't grow weary
      (Mark 4:38) Jesus slept
      (Psalm 121:2-4) God doesn't sleep
      (John 5:19) Jesus isn't all powerful
      (Isaiah 45:5-7) God is all powerful
      (Mark 13:32) Jesus isn't all knowing
      (Isaiah 46:9) God is all knowing
      ...................
      ....

    • @7x779
      @7x779 4 дня назад +8

      You are corrupted, because you listen to and believe corrupted sources like the quran, and hinduism. Jesus Christ is the way the truth and the life, nobody comes to God the Father except through him. I tell you the truth, you must be born again. Unless you repent and turn from your wicked and evil beliefs and receive the Lord Jesus Christ as your savior, you will perish. Those who reject this message are condemned. Pray about it, humble yourself, don't kick back at the Holy Spirit but let him convict you of your sin, he will bring you to Faith in the Lord Jesus Christ and make you born again and a new creature and write your name in The Book of Life

    • @tat2dMama68
      @tat2dMama68 4 дня назад +9

      So it’s all getting digitized, now it’s even easier to erase.

    • @yytyyy5329
      @yytyyy5329 4 дня назад

      Wow she’s so woke

  • @AnonymousMusing
    @AnonymousMusing 3 дня назад +49

    Thank you, Marion and your family, who helped acquire televised history.

  • @jomitchell6711
    @jomitchell6711 4 дня назад +18

    Thank you, Marion. We might not realise it yet, but your work will have such a positive effect on humanity and history.

    • @dubtrotter
      @dubtrotter 2 дня назад

      So many different offshoots of old shows and art will be made

  • @justinbieber8028
    @justinbieber8028 Месяц назад +20504

    These are the kind of people that historians in the future will absolutely love.

    • @kerolokerokerolo
      @kerolokerokerolo 19 дней назад +86

      If VHS are preserved... Now we need this for every country in the world. I'm assuming she "only" recorded USA tv

    • @alexc8114
      @alexc8114 19 дней назад +44

      We are in the future

    • @garyslayton8340
      @garyslayton8340 19 дней назад +138

      ​@@kerolokerokerolo
      She lived in the us
      She got us television

    • @odioaleman
      @odioaleman 19 дней назад +30

      ​@@kerolokerokeroloI know at least of a few European nations, the UK, Spain and France that require by law the presentation of a recording tape to the national archives.

    • @jorrdan.
      @jorrdan. 19 дней назад +38

      @@kerolokerokeroloIt states that all of her recordings are being digitized at the end of the video

  • @Chesh89
    @Chesh89 8 дней назад +1149

    And she is now, herself, part of this important history. She's the reason we get to have this footprint, thank you to her and her family for their efforts to preserve and inform.

    • @misst.e.a.187
      @misst.e.a.187 8 дней назад

      The media is and always has been controlled.

    • @sunflowing
      @sunflowing 5 дней назад +2

      Important? Tbh it was just tv. Lady fr wasted her life for tv.

    • @JustEverton
      @JustEverton 5 дней назад +3

      ​@@sunflowingI wished I could become a millionaire by "wasting time"💀

    • @Chesh89
      @Chesh89 4 дня назад +8

      @@sunflowing edgy 🤣 you absolutely know that's not true. History is traditionally written by the winners so you only get a biased perspective, but she recorded major world events as much as small wins for humanity, along with countless dark moments and the history of entertainment without bias or agenda other than preservation. What did you do today? If you truly believe she wasted her time, then go do something that isn't a waste of yours rather than judge the efforts of someone else who, although maybe not valued by people like you, helped move our human understanding of where we came from forward even just a bit. The sacrifices made to improve our future understanding of history unaltered is a huge feat compared to what most do with their time.

    • @LionofJudah222
      @LionofJudah222 4 дня назад +5

      She recorded the true events of history; that gets changed. In 100 years a lot of us will have forgotten the true history. I commend this woman, she was truly extraordinary and ahead of her time. ❤

  • @michaelreimer951
    @michaelreimer951 4 дня назад +4

    Saw an old broadcast from 1979 where the city of Houston contemplated making a law that people could only use their cars every other day. This is something that I could not even find when trying to find it online. Pretty awesome she did this and anyone else that are digitizing things so we can get a real feel for the times.

  • @Freakinout14
    @Freakinout14 4 дня назад +12

    Marion Stokes is my hero. I value preserving media so deeply I actually teared up hearing about her contributions and life outside the tapes.

  • @ramudaamemura_
    @ramudaamemura_ 17 дней назад +3782

    This is why archivists and those who search for lost media are so important to the history of digital media. I have only praise for this woman's dedication.

    • @LateNightRewrites
      @LateNightRewrites 16 дней назад +17

      Her dedication was laudable, the internet archives devotion to making all information equally available, even in spite of institutional bias, fell far short

    • @ramudaamemura_
      @ramudaamemura_ 16 дней назад +22

      @@LateNightRewrites AI generated ahh reply

    • @ramudaamemura_
      @ramudaamemura_ 16 дней назад +2

      @@16-BITFPV and where did you come from 🤨

    • @16-BITFPV
      @16-BITFPV 16 дней назад

      @@ramudaamemura_ your mom's house 🖕😉

    • @16-BITFPV
      @16-BITFPV 16 дней назад

      @@ramudaamemura_ Your momma's house. 😉🖕

  • @nathansimpson8983
    @nathansimpson8983 Месяц назад +3440

    God bless that woman
    She understood better than anyone else how important it is to remember.

    • @Sheila-from-MCGI
      @Sheila-from-MCGI 20 дней назад

      The God of MCGI accepts gays, bisexuals, transgenders, lesbians, black people, white people, asians, disabled people, the blind, the deaf, and etc! We at church would rather be hated by others than deny people

    • @jackatk
      @jackatk 18 дней назад +1

      Being the first comment on someone else’s comment is only fun when you know what to say :/

    • @lurkwave
      @lurkwave 11 дней назад +2

      Is it remembering thats important, or preserving the truth so that we never forget?

    • @bandolierboy1908
      @bandolierboy1908 5 дней назад

      ⁠​⁠@@lurkwaveremembering is key to reaching truth

    • @Michelle.1952
      @Michelle.1952 5 дней назад

      ​@@lurkwave they literally mean the same thing 🙄. Stop trying to be profound.

  • @jacqwerner7919
    @jacqwerner7919 3 дня назад +5

    That's amazing her information should be in the Library of Congress and also accessible to every person in the United States and around the world. She was definitely a forerunner of the I guess maybe you could say Independent Media it's definitely not like it is today but still she took the chance in the information and I believe she wanted it so the future could see all the mistakes and the things that we did wrong in the past and maybe learn from them. In my eyes I think she's a a hero!❤

  • @dtikvxcdgjbv7975
    @dtikvxcdgjbv7975 4 дня назад +3

    Great work, Mrs.Stokes!
    Bravo for supporting and understanding family!

  • @immahere
    @immahere 20 дней назад +3381

    As someone who works at a small TV station, I have to thank her. There's so much history in TV that is lost the second it airs, and storage space is limited. People like her make it so history can be told

    • @deshyvin
      @deshyvin 20 дней назад +54

      I understand you just work there. But in the digital age saying storage space is limited is wild. .. a 16 terabyte HDD is $300. That's about 8000 hours of HD video, and roughly 17000 at standard quality.. that's just shy of 600 half hour episodes.
      Idk how small your station is but the bigger conglomerates have no excuse other than "just don't wanna"

    • @BrokenCartridge.
      @BrokenCartridge. 17 дней назад +24

      ​@@deshyvin yet the big boys still say "I dont wanna" because. Why would they?

    • @runswithraptors
      @runswithraptors 17 дней назад +10

      Yep we had to make room so we can store years and years of worthless security footage, meaningless databases for dead websites etc 😅

    • @mokus603
      @mokus603 16 дней назад +11

      And her sacrafice is rewarded with a thought and prayer. Great example to set for future generations: nobody cares about you but they might take your life’s work.

    • @ffnovice7
      @ffnovice7 16 дней назад

      Second Post, you have to realize the medium limitations of half a century ago, and the conventions they set to legacy media of today. A 💾 only had 3MB when I was growing up paying for each one at the library in order to save my report on MS Word back in the .doc days.

  • @smode983
    @smode983 8 дней назад +766

    She recorded my entire childhood. Born in 79. All of those commercials and news stories and shows that made up my life. I'm here for it and can't wait to have access to it!!!

    • @allhopeabandon7831
      @allhopeabandon7831 8 дней назад +32

      I was born in '74...equally looking forward to this archive...

    • @sherlockbonez
      @sherlockbonez 8 дней назад +30

      1980 waiting to watch koolaid commercials again.

    • @vicvega3614
      @vicvega3614 7 дней назад +11

      ​@@sherlockbonezbet she got old Jerry Springer im pumped

    • @stringercorrales6627
      @stringercorrales6627 6 дней назад +5

      You can keep the commercials. I don’t want commercial interruptions from any era.

    • @Shark_King325
      @Shark_King325 6 дней назад

      Some of it is already on Internet Archive has been for some time check it out

  • @yvonnesantiago3776
    @yvonnesantiago3776 4 дня назад +2

    Mrs. Stokes is a hero & deserves recognition at the highest level.

  • @KitsuyuutsuR
    @KitsuyuutsuR 2 дня назад

    Marion Stokes, you are my hero! 🥰
    Seriously, this woman recorded EVERYTHING from the time I was 6 years old! Things I remember that I’m sure everyone else has long forgotten or cared about, history that has conveniently been “erased”… Marion thought to get all that proof of things that happened and get some nostalgia for those of us who would love to see part of our pasts that we remember again 😊 They literally need to make a library just for the data she collected so it’s all in one place for us to access, so we can all browse what she collected over all those years. I can’t wait to see what she has! 🤩❤️ Thank you, Marion and family, for saving so much for the rest of us! ❤

  • @michaelvial125
    @michaelvial125 7 дней назад +335

    My dad use to record every documentary he ever saw was going to appear on tv, he had thousands in the cupboards. i grew up watching hundreds of animal documentaries, history and things of interest. Superb.

    • @kateackerman4003
      @kateackerman4003 7 дней назад +19

      Contact someone to digitize them if still available.

    • @JimiBegbaaji
      @JimiBegbaaji 5 дней назад +10

      Treasures like this often get thrown out by subsequent generations. To create space.

    • @moonfairy74
      @moonfairy74 5 дней назад +7

      I kick myself all the time because I let myself get talked into giving up bootlegs of live Grateful Dead shows on cassette tape. I should have gotten them digitized because they were too old to listen to without having problems.

    • @TheOfficialTarynTots
      @TheOfficialTarynTots 4 дня назад

      I use to watch all documentaries I could find even if Idk what they were about until I saw Zoo in 2007 on HBO. I stopped watching them for a bit but now I make sure to read what they are about before I watch.

    • @EikottXD
      @EikottXD 4 дня назад

      NOVA

  • @pfcwells522
    @pfcwells522 11 дней назад +533

    She was ahead of her time but existed at the right time to do what she did. Shout out to the Internet Archives for doing this. I hope the cataloge can be accessible in full. She captured a lot of originals news stories that are damn near impossible to find online today. That is the real treasure of her collection.

    • @bendy6626
      @bendy6626 9 дней назад +22

      Not only that, the quality of the reporting is so information-dense, full of detail, and non-panicky. Unlike today.

  • @raoulroberts
    @raoulroberts 3 дня назад

    An extraordinary act of public service that deserves the recognition it is due. Thank you, Marion Stokes, Michael, your family, and the Internet Archives for preserving history and being guardians of fact and truth. ❤

  • @Bear-nu8xm
    @Bear-nu8xm 3 дня назад +1

    She should be revered for generations! What an amazing woman!!

  • @coffeebeanB
    @coffeebeanB 15 дней назад +490

    "Those in power are able to write their own history" such important words

    • @michaelbrownlee9497
      @michaelbrownlee9497 14 дней назад +10

      Yes, it's like a time machine.

    • @feliciamaddox8530
      @feliciamaddox8530 14 дней назад +10

      YOU NAILED IT SISTER🙏 💯❤️👍🏾🇺🇸

    • @PineappleSea19
      @PineappleSea19 14 дней назад +28

      Now we just have to hope they don’t mess with her tapes or try to edit them in some way even cutting them off when not all has been said things like that media does all the time now but she truly is a wonderful genius woman for doing this🔆

    • @ThaHandyMan
      @ThaHandyMan 12 дней назад

      All said...

    • @BeTheChange99
      @BeTheChange99 12 дней назад +13

      ​@@PineappleSea19 I was thinking this. They could easily leave out unwanted truth during their digitalization.

  • @peggyfeeler7971
    @peggyfeeler7971 9 дней назад +514

    Thank you Mrs. Marion! You knew and understood the importance of the truth in news and history, and you recorded it.

    • @ILGuy2012
      @ILGuy2012 7 дней назад +3

      "truth in news" Unfortunately, too much is not truth.

    • @notmyname3556
      @notmyname3556 7 дней назад

      ​@@ILGuy2012 exactly why she does this. So we have proof of all the lies the media made over the decades.

    • @eavye95
      @eavye95 6 дней назад

      ​@ILGuy2012 well maybe not THE "truth" but if someone said something back in 1980 and they're trying to say now they said something else, she may have recorded the proof that they did indeed say something else. Much like Joe Biden constantly lying about things, some that don't even necessarily matter, fortunately people have been able to prove him wrong. He is NOW saying how he marched for and supported civil rights, but some of us know the truth and how he felt about integration and segregation, the fact that he was close with at least 1 known member of the KKK, and that's the perfect example of someone who tries to write their own history.

    • @Metzger23
      @Metzger23 6 дней назад +2

      @@ILGuy2012 There’s still reading between the lines and looking at how history keeps repeating itself. Still important.

  • @michaeld420
    @michaeld420 10 часов назад

    What a selfless and beautiful thing to do. Thank you, Marion.

  • @monicamora5247
    @monicamora5247 День назад

    A thousand thanks Ms Marion for your invaluable legacy and work!

  • @mind-of-neo
    @mind-of-neo 4 дня назад +287

    THIS is what a true HERO looks like! What a great media preservationist. May she rest eternally in paradise.

  • @gollygee2385
    @gollygee2385 4 дня назад +525

    She deserves an Absolute Thank You!!!!!! She sacrificed her time and energy so everyday history wouldn’t lost and erased✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾Rest in Power Sister Marion you have my utmost RESPECT!!!

    • @madlopt
      @madlopt 2 дня назад

      She is an idiot 😂Those tapes are useless due to bad quality and having TV tapes with better quality 😂

  • @tmtyd3000
    @tmtyd3000 2 дня назад

    Thank you, Marion Stokes, for recording and documenting history. You are truly a legend.

  • @earthling_parth
    @earthling_parth 2 дня назад

    Huge thanks to Marion and her family. Also Internet Archive deserves some praises. Those people are some of the best people on the Internet now.

  • @eddiemorrone870
    @eddiemorrone870 10 дней назад +452

    That’s impressive. It’s actually tremendously important to history because broadcast media so profoundly affected people’s day to day and long term decisions.

    • @rdred8693
      @rdred8693 9 дней назад +8

      Which is terrifying.

    • @misst.e.a.187
      @misst.e.a.187 8 дней назад

      That's why it was created - to sway the masses according to the agenda

    • @robdiesel1579
      @robdiesel1579 8 дней назад +3

      ​@@rdred8693 It was different back then. Up until the late 80's when the Fairness Doctrine was revoked, the media made more sense and was less... bombastic, unintelligent and partisan.

    • @tocide
      @tocide 7 дней назад

      ​@@robdiesel1579at least they are still lingering around

    • @XanaxMilf
      @XanaxMilf 7 дней назад

      She is so ahead of her time it feels like she is a time travel, she was an early investor in apple too and the fact she knew to do that so she can buy apartments to store those things is interesting. She might just have extremely high intuition

  • @mysteryof7
    @mysteryof7 8 дней назад +159

    This woman was a gem. Incredibly smart of her to think ahead in that way.

    • @2009samiy
      @2009samiy 4 дня назад

      youtube mary and jesus in the quran and mohmmad in the bible and the Torah and the scientific miracles of the quran and mohmmad in hindu scripture

      according the bible that you have

      (Matthew 4:1) Jesus was tempted
      (James 1:13) God doesn't get tempted
      (John 1:29) Jesus was seen
      (1 John 4:12) No man has ever seen God
      (Acts 2:22) Jesus was and is a man, sent by God
      (Numbers 23:19, Hosea11:9) God is not a man
      (Hebrews 5:8-9) Jesus had to grow and learn
      (Isaiah 40:28) God doesn't ever need to learn
      (1 Corinthians 15:3-4) Jesus dies
      (1 Timothy 1:17) God doesn't die
      (Hebrews 5:7) Jesus needed salvation
      (Luke 1:37) God doesn't need salvation
      (John 4:6) Jesus grew weary
      (Isaiah 40:28) God Doesn't grow weary
      (Mark 4:38) Jesus slept
      (Psalm 121:2-4) God doesn't sleep
      (John 5:19) Jesus isn't all powerful
      (Isaiah 45:5-7) God is all powerful
      (Mark 13:32) Jesus isn't all knowing
      (Isaiah 46:9) God is all knowing
      ...................
      ....

    • @7x779
      @7x779 4 дня назад

      Hopefully there's no leftists Liberals are Democrats that are archiving her work, hopefully they won't censor or delete anything that disagrees with them and their worldview

  • @user-el4ir9ow8m
    @user-el4ir9ow8m 2 дня назад

    Thank You Mary Anne.
    I consider you to be a National Treasure of The United States for doing and accomplishing such an amazing archive of information and events that is now set in stone and will be available for the republic to benefit for their own knowledge or understanding !

  • @justcommenting4981
    @justcommenting4981 Час назад

    Thank you for your service Marion.

  • @eavye95
    @eavye95 6 дней назад +80

    This woman is a genius and this is so important. She knew, we didn't know, but she did. We need these now more than ever because these people still write their own history even with the internet.

    • @user-fi3fu6lh3q
      @user-fi3fu6lh3q 3 дня назад +2

      Especially, bc of the internet.
      Fast and permanent information

  • @TheEmperorjun
    @TheEmperorjun 9 дней назад +153

    She deserve some kind of a post humous recognition for these historical items worth of the archives of human development...

  • @christking8844
    @christking8844 2 дня назад

    Stokes was a visionary. I followed her for decades. She was diligent in her destiny!
    Wonderful woman!

  • @Eddies_ead
    @Eddies_ead 28 минут назад

    How awesome to be this forward-thinking and realizing the value this information would be to future generations. Great woman.

  • @Reikotsu
    @Reikotsu 7 дней назад +51

    This is on another level of preservation of history. She made a great contribution to society.

  • @davida1606
    @davida1606 7 дней назад +100

    I have a gratitude list in my heart of all the teachers that showed me they genuinely cared. I am adding Marion Stokes to this list. We should all be grateful for her passion, important work and contributions. This is very impressive and inspiring. Very touching.

    • @ChilleBruh
      @ChilleBruh 3 дня назад +2

      Beautiful, and a great idea!

  • @Shade_razor-79
    @Shade_razor-79 3 дня назад

    This woman needs to be recognized in some way.. brilliant.. I can see how being a librarian would drive her to document our world in this new way.. purely awesome

  • @ScorpQueen31
    @ScorpQueen31 3 дня назад

    I Want to Know More About Her because She Sounds so Awesome,❤️. That Was Dedication, Thank You Mrs Stokes. You are a Part of Our History❣️

  • @ediesaffron3593
    @ediesaffron3593 7 дней назад +170

    God Bless Marion & the Internet Archive! The Wayback Machine never fails! ❤

    • @2009samiy
      @2009samiy 4 дня назад +1

      youtube mary and jesus in the quran and mohmmad in the bible and the Torah and the scientific miracles of the quran and mohmmad in hindu scripture

      according the bible that you have

      (Matthew 4:1) Jesus was tempted
      (James 1:13) God doesn't get tempted
      (John 1:29) Jesus was seen
      (1 John 4:12) No man has ever seen God
      (Acts 2:22) Jesus was and is a man, sent by God
      (Numbers 23:19, Hosea11:9) God is not a man
      (Hebrews 5:8-9) Jesus had to grow and learn
      (Isaiah 40:28) God doesn't ever need to learn
      (1 Corinthians 15:3-4) Jesus dies
      (1 Timothy 1:17) God doesn't die
      (Hebrews 5:7) Jesus needed salvation
      (Luke 1:37) God doesn't need salvation
      (John 4:6) Jesus grew weary
      (Isaiah 40:28) God Doesn't grow weary
      (Mark 4:38) Jesus slept
      (Psalm 121:2-4) God doesn't sleep
      (John 5:19) Jesus isn't all powerful
      (Isaiah 45:5-7) God is all powerful
      (Mark 13:32) Jesus isn't all knowing
      (Isaiah 46:9) God is all knowing
      ...................
      ....

    • @ReligionAndMaterialismDebunked
      @ReligionAndMaterialismDebunked 4 дня назад

      ​@@2009samiyMan-made, horrendous Abrahamic religions. Thankfully, near-death experience consensus shows most people are leaving cancerous religion and material atheism dogma (most atheists polled worldwide said they're non-materialists), too. Near-death experience consensus, science, history, mistranslations, forgeries, self-contradictory statements, unoriginal claims, and so forth debunk the hideous Bible and Qu'wrong/Qur'an.

    • @MommaGuarisco
      @MommaGuarisco 4 дня назад +1

      ​@@2009samiy😂😂😂😂the hypocrisy

  • @firewaterbydesign
    @firewaterbydesign 16 дней назад +793

    *The MOST IMPORTANT words out of this incredible woman's mouth was, "Those in power are able to write their own history." She knew EXACTLY what she was doing!!! What an AMAZING and BRILLIANT woman!!!*

    • @xademyolo1317
      @xademyolo1317 15 дней назад

      Yep they been trying there hardest to write that trump is a dictator even though they are the dictator

    • @Inorepotatoes141
      @Inorepotatoes141 15 дней назад +5

      yeesh why'd ya put it in bold my eyes hurt

    • @firewaterbydesign
      @firewaterbydesign 15 дней назад +20

      @Inorepotatoes141 *Because I have issues with my vision called pinpoint vision. I have a severe astigmatism in my eyes that causes my vision to blur even with corrective lenses. When I am using my phone, it makes it easier for me to see and edit the text that I write. I am sorry if my vision loss offends you.*

    • @AqEppo
      @AqEppo 15 дней назад +3

      ​@@firewaterbydesign unnecessary passive aggressiveness. Un-bold it before posting.

    • @nk-dw2hm
      @nk-dw2hm 14 дней назад +3

      ​@@firewaterbydesignexcept it's not "by those in power" it's basically information democracy. The details are analyzed and a consensus is formed.
      Anything that is covered up by those in power wouldn't be allowed on tv in the first place

  • @michaelgodwin9379
    @michaelgodwin9379 2 дня назад +2

    God bless this lady we can watch tv from my birth year 1979 she actually recorded everything

  • @insightandsenses
    @insightandsenses 3 дня назад

    Cool Marian! 😎 Thank you for preserving the truth with the history of TV since 1979.

  • @jasmindisney8787
    @jasmindisney8787 14 дней назад +508

    I'm glad it's being digitized, what a wonderful record

    • @ChrisCooling
      @ChrisCooling 14 дней назад +6

      well, it was. They've done nothing since 2019 and only did 300 something tapes.

    • @Sandra-Le-Vett
      @Sandra-Le-Vett 14 дней назад +30

      @@ChrisCooling exactly.
      But it makes you wonder, ‘why.?’.
      IMO ‘they’ just wanted to have possession of the collection, but not actually disseminate them out to the public, in their original recorded state.
      It’s almost like they just wanted control…and possibly to be able to add (retro-edit) a digitised (whatever) to the originals,
      ..it’s always about control.

    • @iamlegend8120
      @iamlegend8120 13 дней назад +7

      ​@@Sandra-Le-Vett Right, how did they even get access to them?!

    • @theoriginalmonstermaker
      @theoriginalmonstermaker 13 дней назад +2

      ​@Sandra-Le-Vett wtf would anyone care about tapes from the 70s?
      It's MORE like, "a bunch of idiots on the internet THOUGHT they cared, but then they spent 3 weeks doing it, and got bored"

    • @theoriginalmonstermaker
      @theoriginalmonstermaker 13 дней назад +1

      ​@@iamlegend8120asked her family?

  • @Josh-vc2ul
    @Josh-vc2ul 4 дня назад +109

    A librarian, makes sense! A passionate archivist. Thank you Internet Archive for taking on the preservation missin

  • @trevorpowers6032
    @trevorpowers6032 3 дня назад +2

    Love her. So ahead of her time

  • @celestialveins
    @celestialveins Месяц назад +1642

    Y'all think she got the berenstein bears

    • @user-bx4ti6ig3i
      @user-bx4ti6ig3i 22 дня назад +77

      They've always been Berenstein bears.

    • @OhioanGhost
      @OhioanGhost 21 день назад +17

      No doubt, that’s important media

    • @isuck6049
      @isuck6049 21 день назад +25

      If only she had recorded 5 years earlier, maybe she could've recorded the first live tv sui apple cide in history

    • @Tomscorpio83
      @Tomscorpio83 21 день назад +30

      Or Max Headroom Incident

    • @isuck6049
      @isuck6049 21 день назад +2

      @@Tomscorpio83 even then, I don't think it lead us to anywhere anyways, almost 40 years later and it still hasn't been solved lol

  • @user-wp4cs6eg8q
    @user-wp4cs6eg8q 15 дней назад +820

    This is a perfect example of how someone can seem crazy when people don’t see the vision. Keep focus and never give up on your goal, one day the work you put in will matter more than anyone could ever know.

    • @bax2603
      @bax2603 14 дней назад +10

      well said!

    • @angel2641
      @angel2641 14 дней назад +6

      Yesss

    • @Quinn37
      @Quinn37 14 дней назад +2

      It's kinda crazy.

    • @notacomputer5486
      @notacomputer5486 14 дней назад +2

      No this is just crazy. People like you just love to eat it up when it's packaged as revolutionary or special 🤭

    • @kalyasaify
      @kalyasaify 14 дней назад +7

      the biggest geniusses seem insane while the mass thinks being stupid is normal

  • @aitzepe
    @aitzepe 3 дня назад

    This is a lot. 🤯
    Thank you for putting me in touch with my most favorite hero of all times. ❤
    I bow to you My Queen.
    🙇🏻‍♀️

  • @libbyfransen7053
    @libbyfransen7053 2 дня назад

    Thank ❤ you Marion. What a smart woman. Her statement was accurate and profound.

  • @ashesdivide731
    @ashesdivide731 11 дней назад +256

    She is who we should be talking about and focusing on. She is making sure that History is preserved and not forgotten or rewritten.
    Well done.

    • @jamesongogoleczko5932
      @jamesongogoleczko5932 10 дней назад

      History of the bias Yankee imperialist media?

    • @hopeseeker97
      @hopeseeker97 10 дней назад +6

      Hopefully the next person continues this as they digitize her tapes...so they won't be lost, rewritten, or erased.

    • @BlankStare7326
      @BlankStare7326 10 дней назад +1

      Focus is on her ! So glad to hear of this life story!

    • @beverlycharles6534
      @beverlycharles6534 9 дней назад +2

      Amen!!! She was a trailblazer. Preserving history is a serious & remarkable undertaking.

  • @Zinkolo
    @Zinkolo 12 дней назад +375

    This woman is a literal hero.
    We should all aspire to be like her

    • @jean-claudechucklee7911
      @jean-claudechucklee7911 10 дней назад

      Let's not get carried away now 🥴
      Just keep scrolling through shorts you 🤡

    • @Scriptorsilentum
      @Scriptorsilentum 10 дней назад +8

      foresight, purpose, motive... She needs to be placed on a stamp in more than one country.
      in her own small way - an archive/library of usa t.v. history - her spiritual ancestry unquestionably begins with those who founded library of alexandria and every single collection of records and knowledge ever since. that was the spirit in her.

    • @urmymommy576
      @urmymommy576 9 дней назад +1

      This is someone who should be on those quarters for women, not random people or people who did nothing for the modern world.

    • @HwoarangtheBoomerang
      @HwoarangtheBoomerang 9 дней назад +2

      @@Scriptorsilentum The tragedy is that she couldn't record it all. I bet she always lamented that, too, in the back of her mind. But she did what she *could* do; and God bless her for that 😌🕊.
      May we all aspire to do at least 1 thing that's significant for someone else.

    • @forensicaccountant259
      @forensicaccountant259 6 дней назад

      Actually, she was a literal HEROINE. 😉 You know, due to the fact that she was a woman and all.

  • @tomb613
    @tomb613 21 час назад

    Yet another American woman whose work and dedication to the truth should humble us all. Marion Stokes is a national treasure and deserves to be recognized for her gift to history and the world.

  • @kevztunz
    @kevztunz День назад

    I don't know if people realize just how important this archive is. This woman deserves all the awards.

  • @andreawallenberger2668
    @andreawallenberger2668 6 дней назад +32

    WOW! What a true hero of journalism and culture. TY to Ms Stokes.

  • @MrTTdawgTT
    @MrTTdawgTT 17 дней назад +495

    This is someone who should be famous and recognized by everyone.

    • @PolloDeLaPiscina
      @PolloDeLaPiscina 16 дней назад +3

      lol. For taping tv. an American hero

    • @zen-sufi
      @zen-sufi 16 дней назад +18

      ​@@PolloDeLaPiscinaWhen they take down all internet info and books you'll wish there was preserved media.

    • @MrTTdawgTT
      @MrTTdawgTT 16 дней назад +10

      @@PolloDeLaPiscina For keeping a diligent record of what they were sending into people’s homes. Most of what she saved is one of a kind and would not exist had she not had the forethought to do this. And she didn’t just leave the record button running while she watched her shows, she made a point of saving as much as she could.
      If you asked those stations what new product or method they were brainwashing the masses with on any particular week, they would give you a generic vague answer about the popular shows, but this is a true look at exactly what was swaying the opinions and politics of the time.
      It is irreplaceable.

    • @JustAnotherNomad92
      @JustAnotherNomad92 16 дней назад +3

      A lot of the past television history would be lost if not for her.

    • @ppstorm_
      @ppstorm_ 15 дней назад +2

      no its not, its the cringiest thing a person could do lol

  • @osananda
    @osananda 2 дня назад

    Thank you Marion Stokes and your family.
    Ever Peace 🕊️

  • @eaglehawk3536
    @eaglehawk3536 День назад

    I've always wanted someone to look up to and now I found her- a true hero!

  • @barbietingz6464
    @barbietingz6464 15 дней назад +461

    Her dedication is so immense. Her name should be written in history books.

    • @Cmizz1
      @Cmizz1 14 дней назад +4

      Hate to say it, more than likely she won't be. At least not as it should. Just like many before her😒

    • @qj7958
      @qj7958 13 дней назад +4

      She won’t..they don’t like people like her!

    • @bestofgrime7723
      @bestofgrime7723 13 дней назад

      Her culture will forever be written in the history books. A what not to do history lesson.....

    • @bestofgrime7723
      @bestofgrime7723 13 дней назад

      I bet she erased or didn't record anything that goes against her "culture". In fact after a quick Google search its clear to see I was right.

    • @nd7289
      @nd7289 13 дней назад

      ​@@bestofgrime7723you don't know this specific woman's culture. What an absolutely irrelevant comment

  • @0psec_not_good
    @0psec_not_good 6 дней назад +46

    This woman is simply amazing. Everyone deserves free access to information in this day and age.

    • @2009samiy
      @2009samiy 4 дня назад

      youtube mary and jesus in the quran and mohmmad in the bible and the Torah and the scientific miracles of the quran and mohmmad in hindu scripture

      according the bible that you have

      (Matthew 4:1) Jesus was tempted
      (James 1:13) God doesn't get tempted
      (John 1:29) Jesus was seen
      (1 John 4:12) No man has ever seen God
      (Acts 2:22) Jesus was and is a man, sent by God
      (Numbers 23:19, Hosea11:9) God is not a man
      (Hebrews 5:8-9) Jesus had to grow and learn
      (Isaiah 40:28) God doesn't ever need to learn
      (1 Corinthians 15:3-4) Jesus dies
      (1 Timothy 1:17) God doesn't die
      (Hebrews 5:7) Jesus needed salvation
      (Luke 1:37) God doesn't need salvation
      (John 4:6) Jesus grew weary
      (Isaiah 40:28) God Doesn't grow weary
      (Mark 4:38) Jesus slept
      (Psalm 121:2-4) God doesn't sleep
      (John 5:19) Jesus isn't all powerful
      (Isaiah 45:5-7) God is all powerful
      (Mark 13:32) Jesus isn't all knowing
      (Isaiah 46:9) God is all knowing
      ...................
      ....

    • @keithpangelinan6200
      @keithpangelinan6200 3 дня назад

      John 14:6

    • @Amarice1234
      @Amarice1234 3 дня назад

      ​@@2009samiy, bot.

  • @bravesoulchannel1685
    @bravesoulchannel1685 3 дня назад

    Impressive. My heart goes out to to for her efforts. Also, to her family for supporting her vision and now fulfilling her wishes.

  • @miovicdina7706
    @miovicdina7706 4 дня назад

    As a daughter of a Librarian, myself understanding the importance of documenting, recording and archiving everything going on in society, I say
    Bravo, bravo, BRAVO, Marion!! 👏👏

  • @3clipse449
    @3clipse449 9 дней назад +67

    As someone who’s interested in an old tv show with no releases, I rely completely on recordings made by others to catalogue. People who did/do this are amazing, and it’s still needed today. Not everything on the internet is permanent

  • @seanwalton6208
    @seanwalton6208 18 дней назад +533

    I'm glad she did this. She's clearly a devoted archivist - without bent or skew.

  • @MC-8
    @MC-8 2 дня назад

    This is beautiful. What a wonderful legacy. May she rest in peace ❤

  • @warmachineacc
    @warmachineacc 3 дня назад

    Wow, that's incredible! Preserving the Information of news, tv shows and commercials for future generations to enjoy and cherish. I wonder if anyone is still doing that today. To many governments and companies today are busy erasing the past.

  • @dhanymahila8262
    @dhanymahila8262 14 дней назад +536

    I AM TRULY GREATEFUL TO THE FAMILY FOR ALLOWING THIS....CAN'T WAIT TO START BINGING THE FOOTAGE

    • @jray5894
      @jray5894 13 дней назад +3

      May have historical value, but most of those years were pure crap as far as entertainment value, lol

    • @robinnewmanburton
      @robinnewmanburton 13 дней назад +13

      ​@@jray5894 you must have been born in the late 90's or later???

    • @dhanymahila8262
      @dhanymahila8262 13 дней назад +1

      @@jray5894 MAYBE....BUT ENTERTAINMENT IS IN THE EYE OF THE WATCHER🤷🏾‍♀️😂

    • @abeabe4029
      @abeabe4029 12 дней назад

      99.99 % is trash

    • @aintijustthecutest3863
      @aintijustthecutest3863 12 дней назад +8

      I hope they also saved old commercials cause those are so entertaining to watch

  • @elchivodesandoval2888
    @elchivodesandoval2888 5 дней назад +6

    Thats badass. She definitely is exposing stuff we were lied about stuff they "never" said on t.v. all the same words repeated over and over.

  • @malcolmsaysomethinggreatka2017
    @malcolmsaysomethinggreatka2017 2 дня назад +1

    Now we know how valuable it is, history is being rewritten daily. Britannica had definitions that were straightforward, now those same definitions have been removed or made to define something unrelated.

  • @emyvrosales
    @emyvrosales День назад

    Marion and Alexandra, 2 amazing women that freed us and made public information possible

  • @jaredf6205
    @jaredf6205 Месяц назад +690

    I love that she did this in Philadelphia so all my local things I grew up with are preserved.

    • @Bunnyboo3419
      @Bunnyboo3419 19 дней назад +7

      Omg wow I did t know this!! Same from the Philly area !!

    • @richarddavis8863
      @richarddavis8863 19 дней назад +3

      My favorite American city. I don't know if I've just had good luck but it's the friendliest big city I've ever been to

    • @ashenmoonclash
      @ashenmoonclash 19 дней назад +12

      That is crazy how your city probably has a lot more newscasts preserved than a lot of others just because of her.

    • @ImpetuousPorkus
      @ImpetuousPorkus 18 дней назад +2

      @@richarddavis8863shhhh, don’t let the secret out!!! We gotta let people continue to think Kensington represents Philly as a whole. It’s such a misrepresented city that’s not understood by anyone who hasn’t lived in it. Fine by me because it helps keep rent low!

    • @richarddavis8863
      @richarddavis8863 18 дней назад +3

      @@ImpetuousPorkus I can't give the secret away, I tried lol. I was telling a guy the other day how much I loved it and how friendly it was and he said "You're being facetious right?" I dunno, I'm from West Virginia and people are super friendly here and Philadelphia is the only city I've been to where people will give you a nod and "sup" when you pass em on the street, chat with you in line at the store. In Atlanta and LA people act like you're schizophrenic for making small talk lol

  • @SwivelIanJ
    @SwivelIanJ 9 дней назад +66

    This is the whole point of the Internet Archive. Thank you and your family's work.

  • @fobbitoperator3620
    @fobbitoperator3620 3 дня назад

    Thanks to the arduous efforts of 1 woman, Ms Marion Stokes, the modern world has a meticulously catalogued chronologically archived collection of 30 years of our history, to pass on to our future peoplez.
    This is what being a valuable member of society looks like!

  • @nameprivate2194
    @nameprivate2194 2 дня назад

    With the new digital multimedia, archival material is much more important than before.
    That former librarian (R.I.P.) captured which otherwise would be lost, possibly forever lost in antiquity.
    It's a lot to sort through, but she did a great conscientious thing. God, rest that good woman's soul.

  • @kandyburress1299
    @kandyburress1299 11 дней назад +168

    Thank you, Marion. History owes a great debt to you for your determination and foresight of capturing important historical moments for future generations.

  • @fagan4119
    @fagan4119 13 дней назад +298

    Great now I can watch that episode of Days of Our Lives I missed in 1983. Thanks, Marion.

  • @timmullen8951
    @timmullen8951 13 часов назад

    Amazing! Visionary.
    I talk about Raygun's War against American labor in general & American organized/unionized labor in specific that is still going on because lived through it. But I & my memories won't always be here. Marion's videos will still be here. Thank you, Marion Stokes.

  • @villainuday5365
    @villainuday5365 День назад

    If the content she so preserved for people to have access to is somehow charged, taxed and sold(not free), then it beats her efforts.
    It should be accessible for the world to see.
    What a visionary lady. Not the hateful kind of person many of us are now...

  • @DartsNoCity
    @DartsNoCity Месяц назад +290

    We love you, Marion! Your name will ring through the ages. You will never die. We love you too, Internet archive people.

    • @transuranicelements1335
      @transuranicelements1335 19 дней назад +2

      Me, too! I discovered Internet Archive when looking for an old newspaper article. I read some books there (although some were removed like Agatha Christie's etc) and watch old TV series (Mod Squad was also removed though). I donate to them.

    • @Tom-ul3gb
      @Tom-ul3gb 18 дней назад +4

      Ms Stokes Saved it All When Everyone else Would Delete them 🤍

  • @momistaken
    @momistaken 2 дня назад

    Wow! What a lot of our history! Useful in so many ways!

  • @560GamingTV
    @560GamingTV День назад +1

    I do work with a man who’s 80 yrs old. He’s probably got nearly half the amount of her collection on video. Thank you to your hoarding nature, record keepers.

  • @bajoobiecuzican
    @bajoobiecuzican 16 дней назад +136

    She was a visionary woman. Intelligent. Elegant. I’m happy that her legacy lives on ❤.

  • @victormunhozzz
    @victormunhozzz 17 дней назад +357

    I LOVE ARCHIVISTS!!! Not only is it *cool* to revisit and rediscover old media, it's also very important for history and making sure that it can't be rewritten by those who want to abuse their power.

    • @ffnovice7
      @ffnovice7 16 дней назад

      G*h damn Shego was so fine

    • @AA-yb5np
      @AA-yb5np 15 дней назад +2

      Maybe u should try visit the Vatican Archives. If u love Archivists

    • @KyleReeseCel2029
      @KyleReeseCel2029 15 дней назад

      Unfortunately it can be rewritten eventually overtime with AI. Which is likely to happen because the government and media controls the narrative.

    • @wirelessone2986
      @wirelessone2986 15 дней назад +2

      A paper archivist had an original birth announcement photo of my grandad from 1914...it is the only one that survived...I now have it...he lived 1500 miles away from where grandad was born

    • @YogsenForfoth
      @YogsenForfoth 15 дней назад +2

      @@AA-yb5np
      There is amazing information in the Vatican archives as well.

  • @ambermuth
    @ambermuth 3 дня назад +1

    This woman should have her own holiday. WOW! 🤩
    Also, I freaking love your cut. This clip loops perfectly. Def had to subscribe after seeing this short.

  • @georgehickman648
    @georgehickman648 3 дня назад

    What an incredible lady with an incredible foresight. 🌟

  • @marcpennington8455
    @marcpennington8455 6 дней назад +21

    How COOL! Marion Stokes is a name to remember! Great foresight and wisdom and realizing the technology was available to do that! Hero!

  • @hikiran_the_argonian
    @hikiran_the_argonian 20 дней назад +235

    This is a bigger help than I can comprehend, that is not just the history of Television but also; forgotten new stories, advertisement, POV of the world at the time, out look on Life & just Life in general! Tis amazing snapshot of history we’d have!

    • @Iloveallmsc
      @Iloveallmsc 20 дней назад +8

      There is a great PBS doc on her!! Very impressive person. 😊

  • @SkipDix
    @SkipDix 3 дня назад

    Thank you, Mariam. You did a justice for the people so they can see real history as it unfolded and a true understand what was actually happening in our past. that may make you one of the greatest Americans of our time.

  • @ASunrise7
    @ASunrise7 3 дня назад

    Amazing commitment! God bless her and her family for making this possible!

  • @kristoffersana960
    @kristoffersana960 14 дней назад +76

    Amazing. She’s one of those quiet heroes that deserves respect and recognition.