The Golden Era

Here’s Michael Winner’s short film ‘The Square’ shot in Argyle Square, King’s Cross, London, in 1957 (it went unreleased at the time). The skiffle band are none other than Rory McEwan singing ‘it takes a worried man’ and ‘crawdad hole’ while the local inhabitants jive. The members of the group – credited in the film […]

‘Morning in the Streets’ a 35-minute poetic depiction in film giving an “impression of life and opinion in the back streets of a Northern City in the morning”was directed by Denis Mitchell & Roy Harris in 1958 by the BBC’s Northern Film Unit (although not broadcast until 25 of March 1959). The city in question […]

The 1950s seemed to have lingered longer in some places than others. Away from metropolitan capitals like Paris and London, the long-haired revolution had not yet started for some. 13:45ff One explains why he doesn’t like students. INT 26:00ff “la plupart préfere le rock” *Inusa “Les ” délinquants ” de l’époque qui s’habillent mieux et […]

Here’s a treasure trove of film and newsreel clips showing how rock’n’roll made its presence felt in Finland between 1957 and 1961. Uploaded on YouTube in 2016, I don’t know its provenance although I assume it was  made for tv and seems to contain some running commentary. Need I say ? I hardly know more […]