Pop at the pictures
Jon Savage trawls the archive of British Pathe newsreels to pick out pop cultural gems
Pop at the pictures: the Dave Clark Five
Jon Savage: For a short period, the Dave Clark Five were hailed as the Beatles’ successors, and this clip from the Pathé archives provides some inkling of why that might have been
Pop at the pictures: Beatlemania begins
Jon Savage: In 1963, the Beatles became the biggest band in Britain. Here are some authentic slices of the hysteria that greeted their concerts, courtesy of the British Pathé newsreel archive
Pop at the pictures: on the road with the Original Downtown Syncopators
Jon Savage: From from the British Pathé newsreel archive, footage of the hip young band who rode the trad jazz wave in 1962, inspired by the Original Dixieland Jazz Band
Pop at the pictures: When Cliff Richard ruled the charts
Jon Savage: Cliff Richard and the Shadows were Pathé's perfect poster boys for pop when it decided to boost its coverage in the early 60s
Pop at the pictures: Teenage flicks
Jon Savage: In 1958, the American idea of the teenager hit Britain. Pathé News caught early examples of this strange new breed at large in London's Soho
Pop at the pictures: The skiffle craze
Jon Savage: Skiffle might have been shortlived, but this clip of the Vipers in the 50s shows it had all the excitement of early rock'n'roll
Pop at the pictures: Rock'n'roll hits Germany
Jon Savage: Hordes of Halbstarken – the German equivalent of teddy boys – come alive in this hidden rock'n'roll gem unearthed by Jon Savage from the archive of British Pathé newsreels
Pop at the pictures: How Humphrey Lyttelton paved the way for pop
Jon Savage continues his search for forgotten pop-cultural gems in the archives of British Pathe newsreels. Here he explains how footage at Feldman's jazz club set the bar for postwar British youth culture
Pop at the pictures: Ruby Murray
Jon Savage is trawling the archives of British Pathe newsreels to find forgotten pop cultural gems. Here he looks at an era on the point of disappearance, when Ruby Murray, once the hottest thing in British music, would soon be swept away by rock'n'roll
Pop at the pictures: Wartime London dances to America's tune
Jon Savage trawls the archive of British Pathe newsreels to pick out forgotten cultural gems. Here he explains why Rainbow Corner, a club for US servicemen, held 40s London in full swing
Pop at the pictures: Jitterbugging
In the first of a new series, Jon Savage is trawling the archive of British Pathe newsreels to pick out pop cultural gems. He starts in the 30s with the phenomenon of jitterbugging
