This was our music now. It was like hearing the future. The Sixties s1e6: The British Invasion, Tom Hanks
The Stones – we are the bad boys of this British invasion. ibid.
Bob Dylan going electric is another one of those big seismic changes. ibid. Patrick Goldstein, entertainment journalist
Pop music is crucial to today’s art. ibid. Pete Townsend
The Space Race wasn’t just about space, it was about our own sense of security. The Sixties s1e7: The Space Race, Andrew Chaikin, author A Man on the Moon
I feel like a million dollars. ibid. Ed White’s space-walk Gemini 4
1968 was one goddamned thing after another. The Sixties s1e8: 1968: A Monumental Year, Lance Morrow, essayist
The person I felt most related to was Robert Kennedy. ibid. Gloria Steinem
NBC: What’s Happening to America? Conversation 3. ibid. news
By the 1960s women’s position was changing. The Sixties s1e9: The Times They Are A-Changing, expert
Contraception: Griswold v Connecticut. ibid.
Gloria Steinem became a brilliant spokesperson for the Women’s Liberation Movement. ibid. Robyn Muncy
There were no health and safety laws that applied to farm workers. ibid. commentator
Homosexuality is in fact a mental illness which has reached epidemiological proportions. ibid. Charles Socarides, psychiatrist
There are colonies of hippies springing up in most American cities. The Sixties s1e10: Sex, Drugs and Rock n Roll, contemporary quote
We would all like to live an uncluttered life. ibid. contemporary hippy
They say it will be a summer of love, a great pilgrimage. ibid. contemporary news report
The thing the Sixties did was to show us the possibilities and the responsibility that we all had. It wasn’t the answer. It just gave us a glimpse of the possibility. John Lennon
De Gaulle’s complacency seems hard to believe 50 years on but he wasn’t alone: few imagined how momentous and tumultuous 1968 would turn out to be. So how did it happen within five months of that new year speech France was brought to a standstill and De Gaule’s government almost toppled by the worst rioting seen in Paris since the revolution – the earlier one? Vive la Revolution! Joan Bakewell on May 1968, BBC 2018
As the anti-war protests gathered strength they began to coincide with that other great movement that had been sweeping America since the 1950s – the Civil Rights movement. ibid.
Three months into 1968, on March 17th that year, London’s Grosvenor Square became a battleground. ibid.
Czechoslovakia: But for the time being the dreams were not fulfilled. After three months of dizzy optimism the Russian tanks rolled across to the border to suppress what had been a defiant challenge to the Soviet grip on eastern Europe. ibid.
Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir, the great feminist writer, both came out in favour of the students. ibid.
On May 13th the trade unions announced a general strike … the workers had their own objectives … By May 22nd that figure had swollen to ten million. ibid.
The Utopian dream of May had not been realised. ibid.
We decided we weren’t going to be Mickey Mouse any more. We were going to be people. My Generation, 2017 ***** Michael Caine
The first time in British history the young working class, people like me, stood up for ourselves and said, We are here, this is our society and we are not going away. ibid.
Britain in the 1950s was stable, conventional, predictable and dull. But that’s the way our parents wanted it. My generation demanded a new beginning. ibid.
The first generation that had the potential to make a mark of its own. ibid. Roger Daltrey
This isn’t the first generation that’s questioned the moral values of the last generation. ibid. Mick Jagger
The British invasion didn’t just include bands. ibid. Michael Caine
Back home all was not as it seemed. ibid.
It was the feeling that something special was over. ibid.
It was this exciting moment when people said, This is the America we want. This is the President we want. 1968: A Year of War, Turmoil and Beyond, Kate Williams, Sky Arts 2018
Even when you’re a young kid, you kind of know this is a pivotal year. ibid. Bonnie Greer
The counter-culture had started to infect mainstream America. ibid. Joe Boyd
January of 1968 also signalled a turning point in the Vietnam War. ibid. commentator
In America the civil rights movement was reaching a climax. ibid.
In the spring of 1968, Robert Kennedy entered the race for president. ibid. Kate Williams
22nd March 1968 were the first rumblings of what would then become very famous as the May 1968 Paris riots. ibid. commentator
Towards the end of August Chicago would erupt in violence as anti-war and anti-establishment demonstrations clashed with police at the Democratic Convention. ibid.
Hawaii Five-O made its debut in September 1968. ibid.
In 1968 the summer Olympics were held in October in Mexico City. ibid.
Nixon appealed to what he called the Silent Majority. ibid.
Apollo 8: The first time that anyone had seen the dark side of the moon. ibid.
August ’69 – hundreds of thousands of us descend on Bethel, near Woodstock, north of New York City. Thirty-two bands, three days of peace, love and music. Our words. Our footage. Our story. The Festival that Rocked the World, captions, Sky Arts 2019
It was adventurous. It was dangerous. It was fun. It was eye-opening … There was so much weed, man.’ ibid. dude
This is what a pilgrimage must be like.’ ibid.
Interviewer: We’ve got a guy with a lamb. Did you come here for a reason?
Dude: Yeah … Well, this is a revolution … A revolution of a lot of people who refuse to have anything to do with killing. And here there is vegetarian food. ibid. dude with lamb
This was hundreds of thousands of young people on a hillside and without the grown-ups in control. ibid. dude with lamb
I’ve never seen so many hippy-types in one place. ibid. woman
By the end of that first day the rain started. ibid.
On Saturday there was no food left. ibid.
Doctors in the audience ended up donating their time. ibid.
Orange Barrels called Sunshine was one of the most popular forms of LSD. ibid.
One who has become the most famous and sought-after fashion model worldwide: Twiggy. With her androgynous look, pageboy hairstyle, freshness and spontaneity, Twiggy was the icon figure of this new generation. Twiggy: The Face of the 60s, Sky Arts 2020
The 1950s in Britain is a time of austerity. The country is suffering from the after-effects of six years of war, and London is still scarred by the results of German bombing raids. Basic consumer goods continue to be rationed, and a class-ridden society sees an aristocratic elite lording it over a deprived working class. ibid.
The world’s first international super-model. ibid.
‘She was a white girl who could sing that fabulous black R & B music. And it crossed over.’ Definitely Dusty ***** Lulu, BBC 2020
‘Dusty does sum up a kind of fabness of the Sixties.’ ibid. Neil Tennant
Since the death of Dusty Springfield in March 1999, just short of her sixtieth birthday, fans and musicians continue to celebrate one of Britain’s greatest ever singers. ibid.