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Thursday, 19 June 2025

Jay Richford & Gary Stevan - Feelings (Italy, 1974) [Full LP] {Jazz-Funk...

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Wednesday, 18 June 2025

Esther Phillips - From A Whisper To A Scream (US, 1971)

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Monday, 16 June 2025

RETURN OF THE SAINT S01E08 (Full Episode) (1978)

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Sunday, 15 June 2025

Lucky Feller (1976 Unscreened Pilot Episode)

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Monday, 2 June 2025

1975: MODEL RAILWAYS - All You Need to Know | Model World | BBC Archive

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Friday, 30 May 2025

The resignation of Harold Wilson | Labour Party | This Week | 1976

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Wednesday, 28 May 2025

1968-1972: NICHOLAS SAUNDERS - Bubble blower, author, inventor | BBC

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Tory! Tory! Tory! Episode 2: ''Path to Power''

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Sunday, 20 April 2025

Ear Protection Public Information Film PIF CLIP

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School Leaving Age Public Information Film PIF CLIP (1971)

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1970's Escalator Safety Public Information Film

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COI Chip Pan Fire c1970s UK Public Information Film

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Snatch of the Day (1974)

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(UK) Public Information Film: Ending It All

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Saturday, 19 April 2025

1970: Dawn of the SUPER TRAINS

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Friday, 18 April 2025

Shatter | 4K Restoration | Official Trailer

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Thursday, 17 April 2025

Player ~ Baby Come Back 1977 Soul Purrfection Version

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Average White Band - When Will You Be Mine (The Old Grey Whistle Test, 24 Oct 1978)

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Wednesday, 16 April 2025

Terry Callier: What Color Is Love? (1972)

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Monday, 14 April 2025

Edwin Shirley Trucking Peter Gabriel 1977 Tour video

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Friday, 28 March 2025

Glasgow's FAIR FORTNIGHT Holiday | (1977)

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Alan Hawkshaw - Frontiers Of Science (1979)

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1972: The ORGANORGANISATION MAN | Look, Stranger |

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Thursday, 27 March 2025

Concorde Inaugural flight | Heathrow Airport | 1976

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British Airways: Concorde (1975 )

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Saturday, 22 March 2025

London Weekend Television - adverts, March 1978 (pt. 2)

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1978 Ford Capri

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1979: Will WORD PROCESSORS start a HOME WORKING revolution? |

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Thursday, 20 March 2025

UK Prime Ministers: James Callaghan

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Sunday, 16 March 2025

A Very Singular Man (BBC 1998)

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Operation Clockwork Orange - 1974

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The Streets of San Francisco Theme (Intro & Outro) 1972 - 1977

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Facing Budget Hardship, Ireland 1976

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1974 National Airlines "Fly Judy" Commercial

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Ian Nairn - Nairn Across Britain, From London to Lancashire E1

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The Professionals - Series 2 - 5 Opening Titles - BluRay 720P

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Saturday, 15 March 2025

Fanny - Hey Bulldog (1971) | LIVE

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Tuesday, 11 March 2025

Secret History: Winter of Discontent

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Secret History: Harold Wilson - The Final Days

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Saturday, 8 March 2025

The Cabinet in Conflict: Loan from the IMF (Granada, 1977)

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JAMES CALLAGHAN: Looking Back at Age 80; Life and Career - Part One of Two.

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JAMES CALLAGHAN: Looking Back at Age 80; Life and Career

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HAROLD WILSON: British Prime Minister; 1964 - 70 and 1974 - 76.

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Thursday, 6 March 2025

The Stepford Life Documentary 1975

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Sunday, 2 March 2025

Freddie Hubbard - Red Clay (US, 1970) [Full LP]

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Gene Harris - In A Special Way (US, 1976) [Full LP] {Jazz-Funk, Fusion} ...

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Tuesday, 25 February 2025

Ford Capri 70's advert UK

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Capri Mk3 cinema ad - 1979

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Ford Capri II Commercial (1976)

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Monday, 24 February 2025

The Professionals CI5 | E20: Not a very Civil Civil Servant | (1978)

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Saturday, 15 February 2025

Brigitte (2023 Remaster)

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Garcia & Saunders - Are You Lonely For Me Baby - 1/17/74

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Jerry Garcia & Merl Saunders - 3/9/74 - Aint No Woman Like The One I Got

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'What's Goin' On' - Jerry Garcia & Merl Saunders. Berkeley, CA - Jan 22nd 1975

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Thursday, 13 February 2025

John Peel - Complete Radio Show from 10 October 1979

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Wednesday, 12 February 2025

Freddie Hubbard ‎– Keep Your Soul Together (1973)

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Merl Saunders And Aunt Monk – You Can Leave Your Hat On (1976)

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1974: Are YOU at your level of INCOMPETENCE? | The Peter Principle |

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Sunday, 9 February 2025

Lee Perry - Skanking With The Upsetter Rare Dubs 1971-1974

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Wednesday, 29 January 2025

Margaret Thatcher interview | Conservative Party | TV Eye | 1979

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Brian Bennett / Alan Hawkshaw - Hot Wax (1976)

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Sunday, 26 January 2025

Annie Hall (3/12) Movie CLIP - If Life Were Only Like This (1977) HD

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Cumbernauld, Town for Tomorrow - High Quality - 1970

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Jimmy Carter | What's My Line (1973)

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Tuesday, 21 January 2025

The Professionals - Intro No. 1 (1977) 4K UHD 2160p Remastered

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Sunday, 19 January 2025

The Future of the Docklands | London Docklands | 1970s London | (1976)

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Wednesday, 15 January 2025

MAD MAX (November 1979 ABC Cinema Trailer Reel) -- Home Cinema

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Interesting incidents

  • The 1973 oil crisis

Some readings

  • Deschooling Society by Ivan Illich (1970)
  • Four arguments for the elimination of television by Jerry Mander (1978)
  • Future Shock by Alvin Toffler (1970)
  • Gyn/Ecology: the metaethics of radical feminism by Mary Daly (1978)
  • Human Rights and American Foreign Policy by Noam Chomsky (1978)
  • Person/Planet: the creative disintegration of industrial society by Theodore Roszak (1978)
  • Post Scarcity Anarchism by Murray Bookchin (1971)
  • Reyner Banham: Historian of the immediate future
  • Small is Beautiful by E.F.Schumacher (1973)
  • The Money Game by Adam Smith (1976 ed.)
  • The Postmodern Condition: a report on knowledge (1979)
  • Tools for Conviviality by Ivan Illich (1973)

Key films to watch

  • The Taking of Pelham 123 (Joseph Sargent, 1974)
  • The Ice Storm (Ang Lee 1997)
  • The Anderson Tapes (Sidney Lumet, 1971)
  • The Devils (Ken Russell, 1971)
  • Don't Look Now (Nic Roeg, 1973)
  • Network (Sidney Lumet, 1976)
  • Sweeney! (1976)
  • Jubilee (Derek Jarman (1977)
  • Frost - Nixon Interview, 1977
  • Sauve Qui Peut (La Vie) (Slow Motion) (Jean Luc Godard, 1980)

Key zeitgeist indicators

  • '70s movie rewind
  • 1970s Project
  • Desert Deathstar and the little Japanese radio
  • Desolation Row: deserted housing pods in Taiwan
  • French Letraset catalogue from 1977
  • Hotel California: LA from the Byrds to the Eagles
  • Just look at this list of childhood obsessions to see what I mean
  • Life on Mars
  • Michael Palin's diaries
  • Royksopp - Remind Me - Video
  • Semi-Detached by Griff Rhys Jones
  • Shut It! The music of The Sweeney
  • That 70s Show
  • The BBC Test Card Club

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      • RETURN OF THE SAINT S01E08 (Full Episode) (1978)
      • Lucky Feller (1976 Unscreened Pilot Episode)
      • 1975: MODEL RAILWAYS - All You Need to Know | Mode...
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      • The resignation of Harold Wilson | Labour Party | ...
      • 1968-1972: NICHOLAS SAUNDERS - Bubble blower, auth...
      • Tory! Tory! Tory! Episode 2: ''Path to Power''
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      • Ear Protection Public Information Film PIF CLIP
      • School Leaving Age Public Information Film PIF CLI...
      • 1970's Escalator Safety Public Information Film
      • COI Chip Pan Fire c1970s UK Public Information Film
      • Snatch of the Day (1974)
      • (UK) Public Information Film: Ending It All
      • 1970: Dawn of the SUPER TRAINS
      • Shatter | 4K Restoration | Official Trailer
      • Player ~ Baby Come Back 1977 Soul Purrfection Version
      • Average White Band - When Will You Be Mine (The Ol...
      • Terry Callier: What Color Is Love? (1972)
      • Edwin Shirley Trucking Peter Gabriel 1977 Tour video
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      • Glasgow's FAIR FORTNIGHT Holiday | (1977)
      • Alan Hawkshaw - Frontiers Of Science (1979)
      • 1972: The ORGANORGANISATION MAN | Look, Stranger |
      • Concorde Inaugural flight | Heathrow Airport | 1976
      • British Airways: Concorde (1975 )
      • London Weekend Television - adverts, March 1978 (p...
      • 1978 Ford Capri
      • 1979: Will WORD PROCESSORS start a HOME WORKING re...
      • UK Prime Ministers: James Callaghan
      • A Very Singular Man (BBC 1998)
      • Operation Clockwork Orange - 1974
      • The Streets of San Francisco Theme (Intro & Outro)...
      • Facing Budget Hardship, Ireland 1976
      • 1974 National Airlines "Fly Judy" Commercial
      • Ian Nairn - Nairn Across Britain, From London to L...
      • The Professionals - Series 2 - 5 Opening Titles - ...
      • Fanny - Hey Bulldog (1971) | LIVE
      • Secret History: Winter of Discontent
      • Secret History: Harold Wilson - The Final Days
      • The Cabinet in Conflict: Loan from the IMF (Granad...
      • JAMES CALLAGHAN: Looking Back at Age 80; Life and ...
      • JAMES CALLAGHAN: Looking Back at Age 80; Life and ...
      • HAROLD WILSON: British Prime Minister; 1964 - 70 a...
      • The Stepford Life Documentary 1975
      • Freddie Hubbard - Red Clay (US, 1970) [Full LP]
      • Gene Harris - In A Special Way (US, 1976) [Full LP...
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      • Ford Capri 70's advert UK
      • Capri Mk3 cinema ad - 1979
      • Ford Capri II Commercial (1976)
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      • Brigitte (2023 Remaster)
      • Garcia & Saunders - Are You Lonely For Me Baby - 1...
      • Jerry Garcia & Merl Saunders - 3/9/74 - Aint No W...
      • 'What's Goin' On' - Jerry Garcia & Merl Saunders. ...
      • John Peel - Complete Radio Show from 10 October 1979
      • Freddie Hubbard ‎– Keep Your Soul Together (1973)
      • Merl Saunders And Aunt Monk – You Can Leave Your H...
      • 1974: Are YOU at your level of INCOMPETENCE? | The...
      • Lee Perry - Skanking With The Upsetter Rare Dubs 1...
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      • Brian Bennett / Alan Hawkshaw - Hot Wax (1976)
      • Annie Hall (3/12) Movie CLIP - If Life Were Only L...
      • Cumbernauld, Town for Tomorrow - High Quality - 1970
      • Jimmy Carter | What's My Line (1973)
      • The Professionals - Intro No. 1 (1977) 4K UHD 2160...
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