The melodramatic and shocking educational films of 1950s and 1960s America.
Tag: 1950s
The Magnificent Seven Samurai
Akira Kurosawa’s action movie masterpiece remains one of the most thrilling movie experiences ever made.
G-Eyefuls – Korean War Glamour Girls
A selection of sexy pin-ups helping to hot up the Cold War in the 1950s.
Away From It All: Vintage British Holiday Resort Advertising
Classic holiday resort posters promising a world of sun, sea and sophistication for British holidaymakers who avoided the temptations of the continent.
Le Macabre: London’s Gothic Horror Coffee House For Ghoulish Hipsters
Remembering Soho’s pre-Goth hangout for morbidly-inclined Beatniks.
Why Shouldn’t People Work From Home?
Let’s celebrate the idea of the office commute coming to an end.
Sabrina – Britain’s Biggest Sex Symbol
Britain’s top glamour girl of the 1950s remembered.
Harmful Publications: The British Horror Comic Scare
The story of Britain’s first horror moral panic and the odd role that the Communist Party played in it.
Little Richard: Rock ‘N’ Roll’s Flamboyant Hero
The raw and unrestrained rock ‘n’ roll legend has died.
Remembrance Of Summers Past
Vintage film footage of summer holidays and carefree social events of yesteryear.
The Tell-Tale Heart – A Classic Animated Tale Of Teror
The extraordinary and creepy 1953 cartoon version of the Poe classic.
Beware Of The Blob – Looking Back At The Gleeful 1950s Science Fiction Classic
The 1950s trash classic is more self-aware than you might imagine – and much more entertaining, too.