Carnaby Street - we're going to have a smashing time

Great shots of Carnaby Street in 1967. From the film Smashing Time. Includes a shop called 'Trecamp' and the Cranks vegetarian restaurant. It's a spoof of 'Blow Up' and other '60's films.

The film also has good shots of Camden Town and St Pancras. Like many films, not available on Pal DVD or VHS in the UK and rarely seen on TV here. Disgraceful that so much of our cultural heritage seems to be locked away in vaults in Los Angeles.

Category:

Entertainment

Tags:

• smashing
• time
• carnaby
• street
• london
• sixties
• 1960's
• camp

[spencerleeb]

isnt that the toy maker from chitty chitty bang bang? it looks just like him

[doubledeckers]

No it's Michael York. Decades later he was in Austin Powers. The toymaker in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang was played by Benny Hill.

[kickassfan]

Foreever,60s,such a kick ass decade

[GeorgeHarrisonLuver]

Those were the real groovy times! That would be my paradise!

[pykkervots]

Steve Howe the YES guitarist is in this. His previous band Tomorrow are featured in the pie throwing scene. Groovy baaabby...

[CuteMcBeauty]

So Austin Powers's boss Basil REALLY was around in the 60's!! hehehe joke joke, I know, I just thought it was funny, hee hee, a super young Michael York!!

Alas... I was born in 1977.... I'd give ANYTHING to have lived the 1960's, man!!!

[grammargrub]

This looks a good one! If you google "Smashing Time 1967" a USA site comes up ofering DVDs for $20.

[Khultan]

What are they playing at?!?

[Grinnygog1975]

@huntonpeck After reading your posts I was worried the DVD was missing a lot of picture. So I did a quick comparison which you can do as well. Open up the DVD capture here titled "Smashing Time (1967) 2/13" in a new window and pause the clip at :32. Then pause this clip in this window at :25. Then go back and forth between the 2 windows and see that we ARE missing a little of the top and bottom of the image on the DVD, but we have GAINED quite a lot on both sides!

[doubledeckers]

@Grinnygog1975 - in the 1980's and 1990's people used to make up VHS 'mix' tapes for fun - non-commercial and just to swap. This is from one one of those tapes. It would have been edited with two video-recorders. It seems the instrumental part towards the end of the song has been repeated twice.

[Grinnygog1975]

@doubledeckersAND@huntonpeck Where did THIS footage come from - it appears to have been reedited for something. This scene is completely different on the DVD. Here it begins at the end of the song "Carnaby Street" with Lynn singing "I'm here!" and it proceeds to show her parading through Carnaby St. But all of this footage (plus some not shown here) is on the DVD during the song "Carnaby Street" which cuts between Rita washing dishes and having a terrible time while Lynn is having a blast.

[moxie96]

Is this available on youtube full?

[Fletch1821]

Was that Lynn Redgrave in that movie?