The Dave Clark Five perform their two biggest hits(Glad All Over/Bits And Pieces) in their hometown of Tottenham. Also top British Singer Helen Shapiro performs in front of a rapturous Polish audience.
ROLL UP ROLL UP! Watch the amazing Rolling Stones appear in that world famous mecca of music.....Hull!. Yes, Mick Jagger has often been quoted as saying that this gig was the ultimate musical experience of his life! Yes,really! So sit back and watch one of the greatest bands ever to roam this earth, in their prime. Well, their early prime then.
Roving reporter John Parsons talks to the beautiful Leslie Caron and gorgeous Kim Novak about their forthcoming films. Leslie Caron appears very nervous(but charming), in contrast to the eloquent and self-assured Kim Novak.
A brief summary of the life of the famous French singer Edith Piaf featuring performances of "Je ne regrette Rien" and "Milord" and her weddings to Jacques Pills and Theo Sarapo. Also featured is her funeral with crowds queuing to pay their last homage. The coffin is then taken to a grave in Pere Lachaise cemetery, where the last religious rites are performed.
Sea Bird, ridden by Australian Pat Glennon, comfortably wins the 1965 Derby from the Irish trained Meadow Court, ridden by the incomparable Lester Piggot.
These tragic pictures of dead Polish civilians murdered in the workshops of Lublin Castle by the Gestapo. Bodies are identified in the courtyard of the castle by grieving relatives. The war is almost over and the Polish people look forward to their imminent liberation by their Russian saviours....??
King George VI , Queen Elizabeth (later the Queen Mother ),and the young princesses,Elizabeth and Margaret, in front of the cameras at Windsor Castle . circa 1937
American owned "Team Spirit", ridden by Willie Robinson, wins the 1964 Grand National at his sixth attempt. In an exciting finish he gets up on the line to defeat "Purple Silk". The newly modified National fences produce a large number of finishers. The winner is to go to the USA, part of the "Horse Drain", a worrying trend of the time.
Everton defeat Sheffield Wednesday 3-2 in the 1966 FA Cup Final after being two goals behind. Goals by Mike Trebilcock(2) and Derek Temple took the cup back to Merseyside.
A cornucopia of British TV stars gather at Battersea Fun Park to support the Variety Club of Great Britain. Appearances from Harry H. Corbett, Bruce Forsyth, Jon Pertwee, Cilla Black, Ian Hendry, Charles Hawtrey, Stanley Baker, Liz Frazer, Jessie Matthews, and Ronald Fraser.