| IT'S THE AGE OF THE TEENAGER Great item about the fads and pleasures of the 1958 teenager. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 45 |
| Catalog #: | 312215 | |
| Clip Number: | 312215-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 58/51 | |
| Timecode: | 00:04:57 - 00:08:17 | |
| Location: | London, England | |
| Year Shot: | 1958 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | AGE GROUP/TEENAGERS: Recreation ENTERTAINMENT/MUSIC: Popular FADS AND TRENDS: Misc FOOD/RESTAURANTS: Coffee House LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England, London PERSONALITIES: Liberace | |
| Description: | Use catalog # 504451 That 1950s phenomenon, the teenager. Opening title: "SQUARES, the CATS say you've had it at 20. No HEP, and you're not WITH IT." Teenagers dancing, CUs of feet, jazz band. Exterior "Le Macabre Coffee House" Inside: a stereotypical beatnik coffeehouse: teenagers sitting around playing guitars, holding plaster skulls, chatting, playing drums with brushes, chatting. CU of teenage boy who addresses the camera and urges us to get with it. An interview with Lady Lucien (?) in her luxurious living room (she's 30ish), who tells us that teenagers are "delightful"; CU of her interviewer. Group of girls at typewriters in classroom CU of girls typing. Exterior of British department store. Teenage departments of store, girls shopping. Kids lounging outside coffee shop/bar Fads. interior record store: "TOP TWENTY RECORDS" sign. CU phonograph (LP) Girls in record listening booth, with headphones. CUs of posters for Dickie Valentine, "You Send Me", "In Love". Throngs of teens outdoors, night, Tommy Steele more throngs of fans, then girl with "LIBERACE" written across her tight white turtleneck Liberace himself getting flowers from fans. More crowds, these ones to see Frankie Vaughn. Night Club again, including CU of dancing bare feet. Youth, Fad, 1950s, Dance, Prom, Teen, Idol. | |
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