1960s Nightclub, Teenagers Dancing, Beatnik, Jazz

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CU fingers on saxophone, CU toe tapping, drum stick on drum, teenage girl dancing. Nightclub, teenagers rock n roll dancing, beatnik. Could be jazz club. Great scene.

[@jamesdettmann94]

I was the guy at 0:26. This is the first time I'm seeing this footage, and my God it's making me well up. Fun times from long long ago.

[@ciganyweaverandherperiwink6293]

Gorgeous!!!

[@BeMyArt]

❤

[@SuperCOCOPANDA]

How old are you?

[@jamesdettmann94]

@@SuperCOCOPANDA 81 now, born in April of '42.

[@RingJando]

you are not that important, James

[@CrawfordRichard]

The movie is called BEAT GIRL, a british movie from 1960. that's Oliver Reed in the plaid shirt, his third movie role and as yet, uncredited.

[@donnaoreilly4475]

Lawd he was good looking

[@marzinjedi6437]

Storyjack yep spotted him

[@clubhead433]

Yeah, He played in the 1998 TV film Jeremiah as General Safan.

[@earlmartin1030]

I thought that was Oliver Reed.

[@jerryrivera7704]

No its not its Oliver woolberg

[@joshargan1601]

Great sound! Love the faces they make. The guys are badboys and their shirts are still tucked in. Awesome.

[@ciganyweaverandherperiwink6293]

And the huarache sandals were de rigeur, I always get a kick out of seeing them on 'bad boys' and 'bad girls' in old black and white photos.

[@zzzwy777]

the word hipster was invented in the 20's , bohemians, hipsters,hepcats,beatniks,hippies the names always change the fundamentals always remains the same

[@GabiBliss]

and the smell...have a bath you feral children......

[@zzyzxRDFwy15]

The name "Beatnik" came from the press: The Beat Generation (sub culture after WWII) + recent Russian Sputnik satellite = Beatnik.

[@sunkintree]

And yet squares are always just squares. A square title for a square person

[@ukulelemusic5979]

This tune is about 10x better than most songs that claim to be “beatnik”

[@jeffc4862]

It was composed/performed by John Barry who eventually went on to compose a massive amount of soundtracks including most of the 007's from the 60's, and 70's

[@TyQuan3777]

@@jeffc4862 I DO NOT TOLERATE BACKCHAT YOU EAR ME GOBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBA

[@mrlevinielsen]

I was gonna say, “it’s a cover of the Beat Girl theme” until I saw this comment. As one could probably tell, I’ve never seen the movie, haha

[@Porsche996driver]

This almost had a punk beat!

[@1158scott]

Nice info about Oliver Reed (good close up). Also first film of singer/actor Adam Faith & first movie score of John (James Bond) Barry.

[@JMarieCAlove]

Cool music! My dad plays jazz music with his Saxophone too! And I recognize that face, Oliver Reed! He was really cute here! I've seen him in several movies, my favorite one with him is The Three Musketeers! I think his last movie he appeared in was Gladiator. He was a great actor!

[@ciganyweaverandherperiwink6293]

So many people over the past few decades have gotten the beatnik look TOTALLY wrong when trying to pay homage to it, understand it or revive it in some way. It's staggeringly unimaginative and is always reduced to that same single image of a woman in black ankle-skimming stovepipe trousers, a black turtleneck, a beret, a cigarette, a scowl, a pair of ballet slippers, black sunglasses and a copy of 'Howl' being read over a cheap cup of black coffee. When trawling through old photographs, fantastic archive footage etc it's a terrific revelation to see just how varied the beatnik fashions were, formulaic but with so much variation on an unspoken aesthetic code. I wish people would stop being so lazy in their research when there's so much delightful archival footage to study. I can't get enough of it and love seeing how the girls REALLY put their outfits together. Time for a proper revival on the street style blogs. No more dull pastiches and lazy stereotypical 'photocopies of photocopies'. Thank you so much for this upload, terrific fun and hugely underappreciated documentation.

[@toastnjam7384]

You are so correct. I was a 50's kid and there was a beatnik hangout I walked past every day to and back from school. Being different from the usual 50's crowd I found them fascinating.

[@lillustpotion]

Can you recommend some of your favourite resources? I’m really interested to learn more about this period in fashion history!

[@ciganyweaverandherperiwink6293]

@@lillustpotion Books and videos, there's so much here online and in bookstores. Vintage magazines and old footage of all sorts. All kinds of books, even memoirs from that era will include unexpected tangential flourishes detailing the curation of wardrobe items and styling tips. I've been studying fashion and beauty for decades so it's hard to write a top ten list as the info comes in little nuggets from unexpected places. The more time you dedicated to sourcing vintage underground magazines, books and movies the more you'll discover. It's really eye opening. So many beatnik outfits/hair and make up combinations would confuse the mainstream wannabe stylists as they're WILD and not what modern mainstream types would imagine was worn back then (it's a bit like discovering that Kolomon Moser was NOT a 1960s artist but from a MUCH earlier era entirely, so ahead of his time he was). Also, music memoirs and old music magazines are great for fashion tips as they all involve every day teenagers so you can compare the suburban wannabes to the more sophisticated NYC and SF crowd etc. A mix is always good. Same goes for researching post punk and the goth scene. It varies wildly not just due to aesthetics but class, culture and geography. Hope you have as much fun as I do when reading about fashion history!😃

[@lillustpotion]

@@ciganyweaverandherperiwink6293 thanks so much for replying :)

[@1funkyflyguy]

@@ciganyweaverandherperiwink6293 This scene is from a film set in London, not NYC. That is Oliver Reed in the close up, looking like he's tripping out.

[@harryblack5041]

Shirley Anne Field is the main girl jiving- (dark hair; white top). She died recently. Also appeared in a slew of Britudh movies, incl Saturday Night and Sunday Morning- Peeping Tom, and found later hollywood success....

[@btone95]

RIP Jared I miss you bro ❤❤❤🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾

[@skipgoforth1445]

That blonde is a real gone kitty!

[@MrJasonwoodrow]

That sounds far more like a surf sound than bebop jazz the beatniks pursued.

[@dirtywaterpj_dj]

The music is by John Barry, who was later responsible for the James Bond theme.

[@skydiamond8705]

It mix between both that what it sounds like it’s like using jazz instruments but making a surfer Pop sound

[@clintonorman2859]

I played in a band that covered this song... man it's fun to play on guitar and whip the joint into a FRENZY! Huh, didn't know that was Oliver Reed.

[@Porsche996driver]

Gillian Hills had talent. This was called Wild for Kicks in the US. Was she a redhead - all that hair wow. But how she looked at each element was very sultry. Great camerawork.

[@emarsshelpline9848]

Excellent excellent excellent.

[@ronniet71]

Dope!!! They where getting it back then!!!

[@jackreacher5667]

Oliver Reed looking pissed and dancing around like a ballet dancer, the girl screwing her eyes up like a harpy, so funny and sad at the same time.

[@JMarieCAlove]

Funny and sad at the same time?! Dancing like a ballet dancer?! Umm no Lol.. They were just acting. And no, Oliver Reed doesn’t look pissed. Lol 🤦🏻‍♀️

[@davidirwin1549]

That is some extreme rock and roll - just shocking !

[@trence5]

🤣🤣😂

[@remyazharyyosef1811]

This should be trending today in 2020. And Oliver Reed literally looked like Oscar Isaac.

[@tinjadog]

OMG Oliver Reed!!

[@romariorosso9502]

Beautiful era, beautiful free people.

[@afrank198]

Thats my type of bag, baby! *dances along* 🤓

[@dondouglass6415]

Oli is certainly shaking his booty and doin the stoned face in this trad dad disco...... tec... Huzzah!!! 😅

[@BlackWave54]

Back when the vibe was easier to see.

[@rizzmiester]

Love love love....

[@TheBootyWrangler]

Damn there were some baddies back in the 60s no cap

oh wow man

[@bobbyshiflett8596]

I just saw this movie, night before last. It's called Beat Girl. "If you want to fight, go join the army. Fighting is for squares!"

[@robinceuleers5595]

Beatniks are the Hipsters of the 50s/60s i guess :P

[@Primus.711]

Yeah daddyo beatniks were like the first hipsters.

[@wamblecropt7506]

Beatniks grew out of the original hipsters of the fifties, coincidentally, called 'hipsters'.

[@zzzwy777]

the word hipster was invented in the 20's , bohemians, hipsters,hepcats,beatniks,hippies the names always change the fundamentals always remains the same.

[@gustavoperezcadena559]

😂

[@jeromewade4110]

@@Primus.711 And morphed into hippies

[@joaovictordallagnolsoares2708]

Esse video é muito loko

[@Felix-cx8ri]

Cool.

[@1funkyflyguy]

It needs more cowbell in this London hepcat scene!

[@CurtMillen]

Groovy

[@jaamesanderson4253]

Hey !.that's the guy that played Bill Sykes in the movie Oliver !!

[@henrymcnally1775]

Yes Oliver Reed is his name

[@meyou-dv8ns]

This is the song that the lead dinger of the B52's said they stole to write Rock Lobster

[@UriahD85]

You gotta watch Greenwich village story

[@mcylinder]

Score by a young John Barry. Who also did Bond films.

[@markbrandus]

Yep, that's Oliver Reed

[@lelacorleone4099]

A really truly young Oliver Reed in this clip, who went on to play the slave trader and gladiator trainer in GLADIATOR, producing the champion Russell Crowe.

[@Zopf-international]

Oliver Reed pre bottle fight face.

[@stephenogden5470]

The John Barry Seven playing the title music to the film Beat Girl ,1960

[@champignondeParis]

zero jazz in this clip

[@mistermoses4553]

When my grandfather have a first love

[@LloydMajor]

AWESOME! Can any of the footage be used?

[@liketanyanot]

Is that Oliver Reed??? I love this

[@rayva1]

Wups! Wrong video. Hang on Sloopy was what accidentally brought me here.

[@painexotic3757]

its weird seeing hot chicks from the 60s-70s and knowing that they're all 60+ years old now lmao

[@ShoaibKhan-bz5qm]

yea and if they're even alive sadly

[@GabiBliss]

sex kitten today, old moggy tomoz.......meow......

[@K3L3X]

​@@ShoaibKhan-bz5qmunless covid got em, we don't know if they're alive till this day.

[@KieranOD94]

Living through a variety of age old diseases and asbestos only to get killed by COVID

[@coralarch]

The blonde is doing a fair job of being a BB wannabe

[@guyinsf]

I was thinking the exact same thing the first second into the clip!

[@dbetaki8846]

There are many actresses that did far more movies than BB. Have you seen the career and legacy of aliki vougiouklaki ? She for sure copied bebe. Yet she was 20 times better, and ended up with a career of over 30 years, considering she also died very young. BB wasn’t the only blonde around. Each country had their own.

[@annkow9154]

BB and Marilyn were on top in this time She is totally styled as her

[@anthonywashington6586]

Why they look high as kite?

[@petrajuarez6108]

The guy shaking his head like roadblocks

[@milaorellana1163]

was this a show?

[@EduardoMorais00]

it's from "Beat Girl", John Barry's score.

[@milaorellana1163]

whats the blonde hair girls name btw?

[@natmcg3603]

Gillian hill

[@andynixon2820]

She was also in the films blow up and clockwork orange . But you'd never have recognised her .

[@earlmartin1030]

Oliver Reed was getting down.

[@Instagramdiff1]

❤️

[@tulurium8]

whats the name of the band or song

[@vianabuenavibra5833]

Jajaja 😄 de q planeta viene disculpe?

[@unactivechannel007]

Far Out man

[@PeterPhosphate]

Did anyone spot Adam Faith!

[@DavenHiskey]

A W E S O M E

[@mkfmkf55]

Cooler than cool...

[@wilmoney4619]

Was that lawrence Olivier?

[@catchwreck928]

credit to Foundational Black americans for creating all these genres including jazz rock n roll blues soul funk gospel etc etc

[@danamccarthy5890]

Hot, hot, hot Peter McEnery!

[@oivarr]

Song name?

[@jasond1976]

Sounds like Red Lobster by the B-52s

[@captlarry-3525]

French ?

[@uberwolf1424]

The locker room

[@PRYNCESSJO]

What year was this??

[@birdgod5584]

1964

[@danamccarthy5890]

1960

[@1funkyflyguy]

London 1960's

[@foxwild1703]

What I like most, is that large K covering a good portion of the video, can't advertise yourself enough. Try a bit larger, and in the center of the video.

[@realprime1452]

This video would be a lot better in color.

[@capriomrowkicz1751]

0:23 dance best

[@SloMoShort]

Bohemia (Czech Republic) around the mid 19th century is where all sub cultures of today derived

[@uy7munir]

Cucky Booms LIKE

[@brigittebeltran6701]

This is not the Nepentha of NYC in the 60's...

[@1funkyflyguy]

This is London in the 6o's

[@djrychlak4443]

If only they could have unleashed the accordian.

[@AnakinSkypeWalker]

I'm the guy at 0:55 and I'm still there

[@karmasandy]

i do love a man in a nice open toe sandal with a sock .. or was that her?

[@aliengodproductions8838]

Sandra Davis 😐...... 😂😂

[@honeydew2907]

1:03

[@leonardkrol2600]

Jazz ruined many teenagers in those days. Luckily good wholesome rock and roll was available.

[@Mississippi4Clemson]

00:34 is that Jean-Claude Van Damme in the plaid ? 😂 I’m an 80’s kid , So I’m impressed that even back then they focused in and got closeups of the Girls backsides 🤣

[@eecortese]

Oliver Reed

[@hirampriggott1689]

Ha! Now I know where the B-52's got their idea for Rock Lobster.

[@TheBootyWrangler]

Also I see how popular culture recycles itself many times over the years. Rompers woulda been popular with the young women back then fasho

[@captlarry-3525]

Not Jazz, Not Beatnik ..,, but it is a great beatnik exploitation movie of some sort.,

[@captlarry-3525]

I think it is French.

[@Werewolfoflondon1]

Oliver Reed looked messed-up!

[@user-tn3xf9hx2o]

See how everything is better without technology Why they had to invent smart phones why

[@swain-Ix1tv]

what device are you watching this on my guy

[@user-tn3xf9hx2o]

@@swain-Ix1tv tv

[@smeeagain3102]

I bet any black people watching this are just rolling on the floor laughing 😂

[@fs.pureblood]

Even then Oliver Reed looks plastered.

[@Woogy.]

This ain’t no damn jazz

[@balaportejean7015]

🤦‍♂️oh i dk why ...but i don t really feel it Jesus is the Son of God. Believe in his death and resurrection and repent from sin

[@oscar_anderson_beats_4399]

what

[@cowgovroom9788]

well that took a turn

[@philipthomson7460]

0:55 A young Oliver Reed..