1950s 1960s unexpected changes coming out of the 1950s the people of britain never thought that life...
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1950s
1960s
UNEXPECTED CHANGES
• Coming out of the 1950s the people of Britain never thought that life would change as much as it did. The dreary days of rations had been and gone but life was still much the same old routine.
• But the brighter days of the 60s lay just around the corner…
1960s DIY • At the end of the 1950s most households were
decorated in dark wood furniture, grandfather clocks and carpets or tiles in the same plain colours.
• However, when the 1960s arrived with an air of change about them, modern families decided that it was time for a revamp.
• Delicately carved doors were boarded up and painted; Fireplaces were boxed in and new, lightweight furniture replaced the usual, dull colours with dazzlingly bright ones.
LIFE AT HOME IN THE 1960s
The audio cassette tape was invented in 1962
The first touch tone telephones were introduced in 1963
Television sets became much more popular and were seen in most households
Cars became more and more developed and models such as the Chevy camaro (left) and the Ford Shelby mustang (right) became very popular.
TECHNOLOGY
Coronation Street – First aired in 1960
The thunderbirds
The Magic Roundabout
Doctor who- First aired in 1963
TELEVISION
The 60’s as We know it.....
Send me no flowers
1964
A hypochondriac
thinks he's dying this time,
and makes plans for his
wife which she discovers and misunderstand
s.
Director: Norman JewisonStars: Rock Hudson, Doris Day
How to steal a million 1966
Romantic comedy about a woman
who must
steal a statue from a Paris
museum to help conceal
her father's
art forgeries, and the man who
helps her.
Audrey Hepburn and Peter O’Toole
Vampire hunter Van Helsing returns to
Transylvania to destroy handsome bloodsucker Baron Meinster, who has
designs on beautiful young schoolteacher
Marianne.
Paris when it sizzlesThe sprightly
young assistant of a
Hollywood screenwriter
helps him over his
writer's block by acting out his fantasies of possible
plots.
Audrey Hepburn and William
Holden
Cleopatra
Elizabeth Taylor
Historical epic. The
triumphs and tragedy of
the Egyptian queen,
Cleopatra.
The film industry experimented in the 60’s. Life was so easy going
and free, that anyone would watch anything. Colour was used
to show how modern the film was, However some films still stayed in black and white. Audrey Hepburn and Doris Day were the big well know actresses of their day (and
even today).
The Early Sixties
Suits
Short Boxy Jackets
Over-sized buttons
Simple, Geometric Patterns
Evening Wear – Full Dresses
Stiletto Heels
Mini - Skirts
Biker Fashion
The ‘A – Line’ Dress
MOD’s
The Mid - Sixties
Mary Quant
The Late Sixties
Frayed Bell Bottom Trousers
Work Shirts
Headbands
Tie Dye Shirts
Baggy Trousers
Often were bare foot
Men’s fashion and Music in the 60’s
M ds
The British Mod style emerged from a desire among British youth to break away from the stiffness of the 50’s and uncouth look of the teddy-boys, and to emulate the more stylish Italian, French and, latterly, American fashions.
The original and enduring mod style is a slim-fitting dark coloured suit, worn with a lighter coloured shirt and thin, dark tie, along with a pair of dark shoes.
Mods usually prefer a two-tonic coloured suit, made of a light material and fronted by three buttons (with the bottom button being left undone).
Vibrantly expressed by The Who with their symbolic use of arrows, Union Jack jackets and RAF target emblems.
Mod Bands
• The Who• The Small Faces• The Kinks• The Yardbirds• The Action
Rockers
The Rockers were another teenage subculture of the '60s, who rivalled the Mods.
Unlike the bright, fun and classy look of Mods, Rockers preferred to be more scruffy and rebellious.
They wore heavy biker boots or brothel creepers and accessorised with studs and chains.Rockers’ fashion was
heavily influenced by bygone decades
Rocker Bands
• The Jimi Hendrix Experience• Elvis• The Rolling Stones• Pink Floyd• The Doors
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