Brighton Seafront Mods and Rockers 1960's Archive Film 33028

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Mods and rockers circa 1964. Panoramic shot of empty Brighton seafront, with the pier, sound of seagulls. Empty boats on the beach by the boathouses. Shots of feet wearing suede shoes and legs in narrow trousers on scooters as they rev up, a hand grips around a scooter handlebar. A girl sits on the back of a scooter, the Mod riding the scooter is wearing sunglasses. Another Mod on a scooter wears a Parka and glasses. A group of Mods set off on their scooters and drive along a street, children walk on the pavement. The soundtrack music is Shadows-esque. Front view of a group of Mods riding their scooters, some are wearing caps and jackets. Shots of groups on Mods and rockers on their vehicles, riding separately. One rider takes his hands off the handlebars for a few seconds. Shots of rockers on their motorbikes. A rocker wearing a leather jacket, gloves and a helmet rides his motorbike. Close up of the front wheel. One of the Mods has an L plate on his scooter. Close up of the statuette on the front of one of the vehicles. One of the Triumph scooters has a tax disc dated "Apr 1965". Groups of motorbikes and scooters from behind. They arrive in Brighton and ride past shops. Some girls stand outside the Top 20 Restaurant Coffee Lounge. Mods wearing Parkas, some with hoods up, sit on their scooters in the street. View of people walking along by the beach. A shoe shine man polishes a young man's shoes as he stands with a group of Mods. View from above of people sitting on the beach, some in deckchairs. On the beach, a young man in a long mac plays a mouth organ or harmonica and pretends to dance. Various shots of well dressed Mods on the beach. Various young people come one by one out of one of the attraction booths, "Enter at your Peril". Policemen stand beside a group of youths. Youths in the street and on bikes. Crowds run on the beach. Boisterous, rowdy mods on the beach, waving sticks and running on the sand. Play fighting, people rolling on the ground. Real fighting, police drag yobs away as people in a crowded street look on. Groups of Mods and rockers, shepherded by police. One rocker waves at the camera. More policemen and arrests made. The arrested are taken to court by bus and try to hide their faces. A shopkeeper sweeps up broken glass outside a shop, trying to clear up, the shop sign reads Lobb, London Ltd. The shop window is broken. Men remove the broken glass and re-fit the window. Shot from inside the shop looking out through the damaged glass shopfront to the road and a passing bus. People standing in a shelter. People asleep on a bench, some covered with blankets. A group reads newspapers. Street filmed from a moving vehicle. A group of people walking away from the town, near a children's playground. Road with a sign for "Brighton", people walking away from Brighton along the road.