Rare Footage of Arthur Fiedler Boston Pops Hollywood Bowl July4,1976 Bicentennial

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[thesligoduffyflynns]

Arthur Fiedler conducting @ the Hollywood Bowl July 4th, 1976 oue Bicentennial

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-fGZzS2M1s

[thesligoduffyflynns]

The video you are about to see is something I found by accident. Growing up during that time we used to listen on the stereo receiver live on Friday nights from BSHall with Arthur conducting,

It wasn't like we were sitting around in arm chairs or something but my Da' had a nice little system and when I grew up it was practically unheard of to listen to live quality music.

After finding this gorgeousness I promptly cried because it brought back so many memories and on this yt it was the first time I ever saw Arthur Fiedler conduct live from a few days ago. I just ever saw his photo back in the day.

The first minute and 48 secs open with the Battle Hymn of the Republic. The rest is also including the Overture to 1812.

I can't tell you enough how my heart swelled looking at all those in the crowd and rising up and singing! The comment section on this yt is loaded and even one where someone says "I was the baby"!

I hope you have the same experience and let's do what we can do for truth & justice..... I'm only posting this to give encourage to others because all is not lost-it's simply a battle for that truth and justice we all seek

[Jane Long]

Very nice.

Thanks for posting.

[Mears]

I attended The Pops many times when Fiedler was around,both at Symphony Hall and on the Esplanade.

Those were the days,my FRiend.

Fiedler was quite the fire buff also—and an honorary captain of the Boston Fire Dept.

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[rlmorel]

Man, I was so jealous.

I was from that area, homesick as hell, but there I was on the 4th of July in the Scullery on the USS JFK on a month long mess duty tour. There was a television in the scullery, and as I washed dishes, I watched the Boston Pops live on the screen.

Man, did I ever not want to be washing dishes that day.

[lee martell]

Arthur Fiedler was a fantastic conductor. He, like Leonard Bernstein fully enjoyed performing in large, full concert halls. This is where such music was written to be heard.
The shape of the concert hall matters, shaping the sounds and absorbing the resonance.

I would go to the local library, put on ear phones and listen to an LP of this kind of music. I was raised in Detroit, Mi.,
a few miles from Motown Headquarters. By age 9, I was ready to hear other types of music. Other types of instruments. Mr. Fiedler was one I listened to quite a bit. I enjoyed his album covers. Many were full color illustrations, quite whimsical and a little bit wild.

[thesligoduffyflynns]

Dear Jane and all who posted in response.

Thank you so very much and I hope everyone is encouraged to not be faint of heart in collective conservative beliefs.

Sitting back and watching the chess game on whatever level I do not know but things are being accomplishedbecause you can only listen to so much of the negative news or all the in’s & out’s of it.

It’s a stubborn thing, isn’t it? but Pres Trump is slowly but surely getting the job done.

MAGA!

[laplata]

I remember watching that live. Thanks for posting.

[coaster123]

That is not the Hollywood Bowl. That is the Hatch Memorial Shell on Boston’s Esplanade. Lived and worked short walks away. I was there on many fourths including the bicentennial. Look close, I’m the guy smoking a joint.

[ntnychik]

Thank you! We were there! The concert was at the Hatch Shell on the banks of the Charles River in Boston. The crowd was said to be half a million people. We sat in front of the CBS trailer, with a sea of people in front of and behind us.

The 1812 Overture featured real cannons and the actual church bells of the city of Boston. The ovation at the end was thunderous, causing Fiedler to turn around and smile. It’s on the video just after the 17 minute point. Things only got better with The Stars and Stripes Forever. The crowd was on its feet throughout, jumping and celebrating. I remember someone waving a huge flag back and forth. Then...the fireworks! Like the best finale you’ve ever seen—it went on for a good half hour. Just amazing.
Walter Cronkite showed the highlights of that event on July 4 for many years after.

[x]

Fiedler’s second-in-command and temporary successor, Harry Ellis Dickson, was Mike Dukakis’s father in law.

[Roccus]

I was in the armada of private vessels that helped make OpSail 76 in NYC the success it was. Though I did not get to see the many celebrations that were broadcast from around the nation, every time a get to see a clip from one of those events I get the chills and my monitor gets blurry.

[Roccus]

S/B I get to see

[21twelve]

I was there with my mom and dad - traveled half-way across the country trailering our little run-about. We puttered around the many tall ships in the river.

On Independence Day we were half-way up one of the WTC buildings at a REAL fancy party put on by Pan-Am. My uncle was a big-wig with them. That was quite the event watching all of the ships, and then of course the fireworks afterwards. Mom, dad, uncle, and the Towers are all gone now.

[donna]

I spent that evening clerking at a local U-tote-M convenience store. All my friends celebrated the Bicentennial while I sold beer.

This clip is a wonderful reminder of the spirit of the country at the time.

[Monterrosa-24]

I remember those U-Tote-M stores here in Alabama back in 1980 when I came to this state as a fieldman for Reagan for President.

I spent my bicentennial 4th of July at Fort Riley, Kansas and remember enjoying powdered doughnuts from the mini-PX and playing volleyball as part of Sergeant Sumters forced fun.

When they had a televised memorial service for Arthur Fiedler well after he died, I remember Roberta Flake stealing the venue and bitching about why are we not remembering Donnie Hathaway. One sportswriter said that the crowd in Philadelphia would boo a funeral but Roberta tried to hijack the whole shindig because people dared remember Arthur in Boston without giving equal time to Donnie.

[ntnychik]

We saw the “Tall Ships” in ‘76 on the banks of the St. Lawrence River at Quebec City. It was an awe-inspiring sight, and drew a huge crowd. I can only imagine the setting in New York with the WTC backdrop.

[Flash Bazbeaux]

I was wondering how long it would take for someone to point out that was the Hatch Shell on the Esplanade in Boston. I was there, along with about a million other people. We went to a steak joint which I believe was called J.C. Hillary’s beforehand, and my Dad ordered me a beer even though I was underage, even though the drinking age was 18 then.

I went to the lighting of the Boston Christmas Tree in 1978, just because I happened to be in the area, and Fiedler conducted there as well. He passed away the following summer.

[thesligoduffyflynns]

Thank you so much for sharing your memories of this event

it makes what has been posted even more special.

It’s a rare group we are.

I must apologize for the location as yt did not say it

was the Esplanade ... I had to assume.

[JHL]

I was there that day, 17 years old. It remains one of the most memorable experiences of my life. My brother and a couple of our friends took the Greyhound bus from Atlanta so that we could be in Boston for the Bi-centennial. Four teenagers, no adult supervision, just hopped on a bus and took off, and our parents were cool with that. Truly a different America in so many ways.

The next year, I went off to college, subscribed to National Review, and soon became a conservative in actual thought.

[God luvs America]

Remember watching this with my grandmother like it was yesterday!!! We watched the tall ships sailing in the NY harbor to celebrate the bicentennial earlier in the day then watched this on CBS..people were going crazy- i so remember that guy with the flag...

10 years later i was camped on the West Side Hwy in NYC with a few friends, several thousand strangers, a small propane grill and a lot of beer watching the tall ships sail the NYC harbor once again for the bicentennial of the Statue of Liberty...