Thursday, May 22, 2014
Swinging Britain
“Way
out and weird!” A documentary, still called a newsreel at the time,
from British Pathe explores the fashions, language, and culture of the
youth of London in 1967. They had miniskirts, paper dresses, and
“happenings.” The narrator doesn’t understand whether they are rebelling
against traditional British ways or just developing their own style. It
was some of both, but the deeper issues of the Cold War, racial
tensions, feminism, war, and drugs are ignored. Even music is barely
touched upon, so of course it all looks weird presented this way.
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