and it was, of course, woodstock. >> i think woodstock was an opportunity for people to realize they weren't alone. a lot of people who in their hometown, or in their family felt isolated realized they weren't. >> the townspeople, quite frankly, were terrified at the prospect of the hippie arrival. >> i was apprehensive. this little hamlet has a population of under a hundred people. >> when i started hearing the figures of 200,000, 300,000 finally 500,000, we had a sea of people there. >> the word got out. everybody and their brother came from all over the country. >> first the sudden rain, then the thirst and hunger from the shortage of water and food just for the opportunity to spend a