Fathers of pop

London in the 1950’s saw the beginnings of a ferment from which “the London Pop Scene” emerged in the sixties. Said to have begun with the Independent Group at the Institute of Contemporary Arts, one of its members at the time, Reyner Benham, reconstructs some of the events, attitudes and influences of the time and discusses with the survivors how it was then and how it looks now.

Credits

production company

Arts Council of Great Britain

producer

Rodney Wilson

director

Julian Cooper

Duration

00:49:00:00

Production places

United Kingdom

Production dates

1979

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

012532

Language

English

Subject categories

Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Popular culture

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Great Britain - Social life and customs

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → London (England)

Crafts & Visual Arts → Arts - Great Britain

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - Great Britain

History → History

Music & Performing Arts → Music - Great Britain

Music & Performing Arts → Music - History and criticism

Music & Performing Arts → Music appreciation

Music & Performing Arts → Popular culture

Music & Performing Arts → Popular music

Places → London (England)

Short films

Short films → Short films - Great Britain

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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United Kingdom, 1979

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