Night Club (Fun Palace outtakes)

Inside a London club where black and white youngsters listen to a band, jive, drink and smoke – “cigarette smoking only” insists one prominent sign.

Brief but interesting silent footage of a smoky London club, where a black band plays for a mixed crowd of men and women, black and white – although it’s notable that there isn’t a black woman in sight. This was one of several reels shot by Joan Littlewood for a film that was intended to illustrate the reality of London social life in 1963.