Here's something from the blog archive. I loved it so much first time round in October 2010 I thought I'd run it one more time. The shops and windows are stuffed with cool toys. What else can you see?
Eagle-eyed Canadian reader Darth has spotted these amazing newsreels on the British Pathe website
[sorry about the adverts at the start!]:
BOXED SPACEX SUPER SET
IN SHOP WINDOW
in Christmas on Carnaby Street, London [1969?] Silent, colour.
Spacex Set in the window briefly at different points in the film.
UNBOXED 'SEARS' ROCKET LAUNCHER
[Apollo Saturn forerunner]
[Apollo Saturn forerunner]
IN SHOP WINDOW, Oxford Street, London
in Xmas Round The World December 1964 - sound, black and white.
'Sears' Rocket appears unboxed at 1.02 minutes for a few seconds [along with a working Dux Astroman!]
Darth's clip pushes back the date for the earliest known sighting of the 'Sears' Rocket by a good six months from June 1965 [reader Jim's TV21 ad] to December 1964.
Films owned by British Pathe.
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