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Not quite. 'Hippie' and possibly 'hipster' started out as derogatory terms indicating poseurs jumping onto whatever the latest trend was. Actual hippies preferred to be called 'freaks', if I understand correctly.
'Hip,' meanwhile, evolved from 'hep,' which meant aware of what was going on. As far as how far back the terms and the concept goes, I'd say at least as far back as the 1950's and the Beats, sort of the precursors of the counter-culture.
And yeah, you might be able to find Lawrence Welk and Jackie Gleason clips on YouTube but they weren't exactly hip even at the time. Beats considered TV strictly squaresville, man.
Anyway, a hipster was a Rat Pack type while a hippie was more acid rock. Not really the same at all.
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