Browsing: 1960s
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7 Up
(1964)
The film that launched the longest running documentary series -
ever - was produced as part of Granada's World in Action series.
Based on the Jesuit saying 'bring me a boy until the age of seven
an...
All You Need is Dynamite
(1968)
From footage of the Grosvenor Square riot, which developed from an anti-Vietnam War protest outside the US embassy, All You Need is Dynamite follows the disaffe...
Cathy Come Home
(1966)
The film that it is said led to the birth of homeless charity
Shelter, this drama by Ken Loach tells the story of Cathy and her
husband Reg, who struggle against poverty when an injury puts him
out...
Culloden
(1964)
Watkins' first film for the BBC, Culloden uses documentary
techniques to create a 'dramatic reconstruction' of the Battle of
Culloden in 1746. The last battle fought on British soil, it was
closer ...
Delius: Song of Summer
(1968)
Based on Eric Fenby's 1936 memoir Delius As I Knew Him, and
co-scripted by Russell with Fenby himself, it recounts the last six
years of the composer Frederick Delius (1862-1934), who by 1928 was
b...
Tomorrow's Saturday
(1962)
Director Grigsby's second film, shot over two summers in Blackburn
and Preston and again drawing on the principles of the Free Cinema
movement, is set in a cotton mill. Its name comes from the
over...
Vanishing Street, The
(1962)
Robert Vas' second film is about a traditional London Jewish
community threatened by a redevelopment scheme in the area. Shot in
1961 in and around Hessel Street in London's East End moments
before...
War Game, The
(1965)
Paradoxically the parent of the 'what if...?' dramatised
documentaries currently enjoying a resurgance on television, and
still shockingly poignant today, The War Game imagines the effects
of a nuc...
Wedding on Saturday, A
(1964)
This award-winning documentary, directed by Norman Swallow, is
about the wedding of a Yorkshire miner. It was the first time that
mobile video recording facilities had been used, and the production
...
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