YouTube is like a time capsule. Not too long ago, I typed in the town of my birth and I found video footage of the area where I grew up, taken at the time I was actually there. Tons of memories came back to me as I saw shops and streets that I haven't thought about in decades.
You can even find news coverage of the 1980 election on YouTube, when Reagan slaughtered Carter. The news folks had long faces back then too!