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13.9.1973 London International Footwear Show ENGLAND: London: Various platform shoes being modelled on catwalk
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9.8.1977 Punks on the streets of London ENGLAND: London: Exterior King's Road Theatre (showing Rocky Horror Show); police searching punks; punks along street; punk posters; interview punk girl; ...
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19.10.1971 Spring fashions on display at Piccadilly Circus ENGLAND: London: Piccadilly Circus general view; girl posing on Eros; girls in quasi-military outfit; girl in hot pants suit; girl in ...
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15.2.1971 Decimal Currency comes to the UK ENGLAND: London: Exterior Sainbury's supermarket; interiors; decimalisation conversion table; female customer receiving decimal change; cashier counting ...
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17.6.1971 Race-goers at Royal Ascot, including Queen Elizabeth II ENGLAND: Ascot People arriving in top hat & tails; woman arrival in mini-skirt; Mrs. hilling in head to foot hat; woman in hot ...
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7.3.1978 Skateboarders do their stuff at Europe's first covered Skatepark ENGLAND: Hillingdon: Young people arriving; teenagers skateboarding over undulating terrain; world champion Bobby Piercy in ...
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8.4.1979 Ready-to-wear fashion show in Paris FRANCE: Paris: Models in trouser suits on catwalk; buyers looking at clothes; models dancing on catwalk
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29.3.1979 Tel Aviv scenes ISRAEL: Tel Aviv: People sitting at pavement cafe; food served; catwalk models at fashion show - trouser suits mainly; disco dancing competition
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14.6.1971 Milk provided to children at school WALES: Merthyr Tydfil: Children take milk in classroom; drinking milk through straws; put empties back; children playing
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23.7.1976 School meals increase in cost ENGLAND: Maidstone: Primary schoolchildren queueing for food; dinner ladies dishing it out; many kids eating in assembly hall
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2.10.1974 Excerpts from the General Election scenesetter ENGLAND: London: Commuters across London Bridge intercut with election posters; people in betting shop; people in pub; shoppers; betting ...
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26.8.1970 The Isle Of Wight Pop Festival gets underway ENGLAND: Isle Of Wight: Hitch-hikers on road; crowds gathering in front of stage; 'pigs out' daubed on corrugated iron fence; police on ...
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15.2.1971 Decimal day in the UK ENGLAND: London: Decimal currency handed over at paper stall; man queries cost of paper; commuters get on train; till being operated in supermarket; customer voxpops; ...
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28.11.1979 Metrication of weights and measures comes to the UK ENGLAND: London Petrol signs and pumps reading litres; people filling up; voxpops; conversion table
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20.6.1979 Vigilantes patrol the New York subways in the interests of passenger safety USA: New York: Red bereted youth on platform as train comes in; vigilantes on train
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Restrictions: Muted for website playback only - if ordered, this video clip will include all original audio which may include music. 19.2.1979 Roller disco ENGLAND: London: People on the disco ...
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13.9.1978 Fans go wild for John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John at the premiere of 'Grease' ENGLAND: London: Exterior Empire Cinema, Leicester Square; fans outside; girl carried by policeman; ...
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20.7.1978 The place where everyone wants to be seen in New York - The Studio 54 disco. USA: New York: Queues outside Studio 54; owner Steve Rubell picking out who he wants to let in, turning down ...
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7.7.1978 A revolution in shopping - barcodes. USA: Shoppers in supermarket; barcodes on goods; check-out & computerised cash registers
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21.2.1978 Punk hairstyles ENGLAND: London: Girl given red punk spiky style haircut in hairdressers; interview Geoffrey Combes, Council spokesman, on damage to clients' scalps & hair
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Restrictions: 7.1.1978 Seminal punk rock band The Sex Pistols appear in Atlanta USA: Georgia: Atlanta: Punks arriving for concert, including one with safety-pin in cheek; The Sex Pistols on stage, ...
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1.1.1971 Football graffitti becomes familiar ENGLAND: London: Various shots of Millwall football graffiti on walls in tower blocks estate
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1.1.1974 Extracts from 'Know The British', a documentary made to introduce Americans on how to behave in the United Kingdom ENGLAND: Receptionist in office; secretary; how to approach a meeting with ...
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3.2.1979 Many workers out on strike during 'The Winter Of Discontent' ENGLAND: London: NUPE pickets outside Plaistow hospital; piles of rubbish in street caused by dustmen's strike; mounds of ...
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23.1.1979 Trains on strike during 'The Winter Of Discontent' ENGLAND: Traffic jam in the snow; deserted City of London; mostly empty office & empty desks; bus queues & traffic jams
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21.12.1978 Petrol delivery drivers strike during 'The Winter Of Discontent' ENGLAND: Sold Out signs at petrol station; closed petrol stations; interview with petrol comapny spokesman; queues at ...
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9.5.1977 Green Shield Stamps collected by shoppers to exchange for gifts. ENGLAND: London: Exterior Tesco supermarket with Green Shield Stamps signs; other supermarkets; interior supermarket as ...
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4.6.1973 New commuter trains being introduced, with more standing room. ENGLAND: Train pulls into station; sliding doors; open-plan interiors; driver; Trevor McDonald piece to camera; interview ...
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21.1.1976 The supersonic airliner Concorde opens to fare-paying passengers ENGLAND: London Airport: Check-in desk; Concorde take-off; passengers at terminal check-in desk; Concorde on tarmac; ...
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20.6.1971 The Glastonbury Festival ENGLAND: Glastonbury: Tents & hippies; muddy paths; stage being erected; hippies with drums chanting; hippies in Glastonbury town
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1.1.1972 Big American cars in the Pentagon Car Park - and the occasional Beetle. USA: Washington: Long tracking shot past large American parked cars
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1.1.1971 Slums in England Location unknown Line of derelict terraced houses with boarded windows with small boy on bicycle in front; debris-strewn back of houses
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1.1.1977 All the fun of the crowded beach at Margate ENGLAND: Kent: Margate People seated amongst large amount of empty deckchairs; crowds on the beach; merry-go-round; kids playing; sunbathers
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28.1.1970 'Man Will Be Boys' - men's hobbies in the 1970s ENGLAND: Various: Men sailing model boats on lake; men playing with Scalextric racing cars; men playing war games with toy soldiers; man & ...
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5.2.1970 The 21st Furniture Show at Earl's Court ENGLAND: London: : Interiors Earl's Court; suspended perspex seat; dining room suite; lounge suites; girls in bikinis jumping on bed; suspended ...
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5.4.1971 Railway work-to-rule results in commuter chaos ENGLAND: London: Train into massively crowded platform at Liverpool Street station; scrum to get on board; people crammed in; man gives up; ...
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28.9.1978 Legalise cannabis campaign ENGLAND: Knebworth: Flashback to fans at Knebworth Pop Festival earlier in month; police line at festival; interview with John Aitken, legalise cannabis ...
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15.2.1978 Leyland to close down Speke plant ENGLAND: Liverpool: Pickets outside Triumph factory by brazier; empty car park at plant; new Triumph TR7 cars in compound
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10.4.1978 Scenes around Garscadden in Scotland, as a by-election looms SCOTLAND: Garscadden: Yarrow shipyard workers leaving work; men working on ship; boarded up factory; council estate; ...
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24.9.1972 Ugandan Asians in the UK after expulsion from their country ENGLAND: Stanstead: Asian family along in street; interview Najeket Daylokia on his ambitions in the UK
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26.11.1974 Shoppers at Christmas ENGLAND: London: Oxford Street; Christmas trees and Selfridges; Kenwood mixer demonstrated; vacuum cleaner demonstrated; shoppers in store; electric blanket on sale; ...
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24.7.1978 The 'Aquamart' becomes popular, selling British goods at sea to avoid purchase tax. FRANCE: Dunkirk: Ship at quay; passengersboard; shoppers on board, looking at clothes, electrical goods, ...
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23.10.1972 The Access credit card introduced by three big banks, the Westminster, the Midland & Lloyd's ENGLAND: London: Victoria Brittain piece to camera; interview with Hugh Cameron, creator of ...
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28.9.1976 Tower blocks getting decrepit ENGLAND: various Martyn Lewis piece to camera; derelict tower block in Birkenhead; many flats with broken windows; graffiti; empty playground; Cliff Darley, ...
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30.12.1975 Electrical goods on sale in the sales ENGLAND: London: Sale signs showing prices and deposit terms; televisions on sale; teasmade; fridge-freezers and other white goods; music centres; ...
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1.6.1973 A new invention called 'The Oracle' demonstrated. This was an early form of teletext. ENGLAND: London: Peter Fairley piece to camera; men at work on The Oracle; Fairley explaining Oracle, ...
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