Swinging Britain

Series

Series Name

Colour Pictorial

Issue

Issue No.

662

Date Released

31 Aug 1967

Date recorded

15 Aug 1967

Length of issue (in feet)

849

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Swinging Britain

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 1

Summary

Pathe synopsis: Portobello Road, Carnaby Street and weirdies in Trafalgar Square - there seems to have been a teen-age revolution or, maybe, an invasion of strange youngsters with a uniform and a lingo that seems foreign to the middle-aged. Examine the scene - and it is both eye-catching, ear-deafening and surprising. You see that some of the "way out" kids are serious students, some are winning Britain an export business in "new" cosmetics and clothes. There are "with-it" whizz kids now running their own, gay magazine taking in the young scene in boutiques and discotheques in Newcastle-on-Tyne and Manchester as well as swinging London. They’re out with the archeologists digging up the remains of King Arthur’s capital, Camelot, then laying on a "Happening" - and nothing could be more psychedelic, whatever that means. Like it or not, we see swinging youth intimately - at work and at play.

Keywords

Fashion and costume; Youth

Written sources

Pathe Colour Pictorial Lobby Cards   Used for synopsis

Credits:

Commentator

Wilfrid Thomas

Length of story (in feet)

789

Story extras:

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