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1960 Cat no. 225460
Men’s Fashion Show
1960, Norwich (Norfolk)
Men on the catwalk model tennis wear, silk pyjamas and the city gent look, complete with bowler hats.
Cat no. 225460
0:00:56
Black and White, mute
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1960 Cat no. 225591
Women’s Fashion Show
1960
Models wearing evening dresses and elegant hats descend the grand staircase of a country house.
Cat no. 225591
0:01:48
Black and White, mute
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1961 Cat no. 118268
Aldeburgh Festival
1961, Aldeburgh (Suffolk)
A portrait of Aldeburgh as it prepares for the annual festival, accompanied by the music of Benjamin Britten. Rough seas break over sea wall while at the Jubilee Hall singers are rehearsing Britten’s ‘Turn of the Screw’.
Cat no. 118268
0:08:03
Black and White, sound
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1970 Cat no. 225644
Snape Concert Hall: Acoustic Tests
1970, Snape (Suffolk)
A year after the disastrous fire that destroyed Snape Concert Hall in Suffolk, a large audience takes part in acoustic tests in the rebuilt hall. As well as live music, these include a gun being fired and Benjamin Britten setting off an explosion in a dustbin.
Cat no. 225644
0:05:27
Black and White, sound and mute
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1970 Cat no. 225606
Cressida Lindsay, Author
1970, Scoulton (Norfolk)
An interview with the unconventional poet and novelist who has moved with her family from London to Norfolk and founded a commune for artists at her house in the country.
Cat no. 225606
0:04:57
Black and White, sound and mute
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1970 Cat no. 213383
Smoke
1970, Bury St Edmunds (Suffolk)
A group called Smoke are barely awake as they near the end of their marathon charity play-in at a hall in Bury St Edmunds.
Cat no. 213383
0:03:29
Black and White, sound