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This film is available to license from our website at Huntley Film Archives, by searching for film 1008603 in our Film # search bar: https://www.huntleyarchives.com/ 'Mecca' nightclubs and restaurants promotional film 1960's Great shots of night time London, neon lights and black cab internal. Couple arrive at Empire Ballroom in Leicester Square in a black taxi. Big band and dance floor. Couples swing and drink cocktails at tables. Disco and night club dancing, quite funky, rock and roll and jiving, bit psychedelic. Food served. Close up of bar. Sheffield rock club. Modern style clothes and hair. Couple snogging or kissing. Couple rowing down Thames on a pontoon arrive at Hampton Court. Restaurant. Expensive dinner served to group at table. Wine poured, man sniffs glass. Woman, close up, drinks brandy. Champagne opened. Restaurant kitchen, food prepared. Close up of carvery roast beef joint being sliced. The Horseless Carriage theme restaurant where the diners sit in converted cars to booths. Jolly Boatman Pub. Mecca Bingo, Side shot of an army of gung-ho Old Aged pensioner's. Announcer. Close up pool table and players. Theme night. Dancers dressed as tramps. Ice-skating rink. Children's' spaghetti and eating contest, snack bar. Roller skating rink. Professional skaters. Children ballroom dancing lesson. Flurry of sticky out net coloured skirts. Mass view of the dancers. Competitors in World Ballroom Championships including children. Young boy kisses his partner on the cheek while holding his trophy. Brief appearance by the Beatles. Prince Philip on March 23, 1964 when he presented the Beatles with two Carl-Alan Awards at the Empire Ballroom, Leicester Square. Winner of Miss World Competition on catwalk with robe, tiara and sceptre. Huntley Film Archives is a film library holding tens of thousands of films. The large majority of the films are documentaries. Films cover a wide range of subjects and production dates range from the 1890’s to the 2020’s. As with all libraries we make no judgement on the content of our holdings and make them available for educational purposes for all to see. Films may have content or express opinions some may think inappropriate or offensive, but it is not the work of a library to censor educational resources. Films should be viewed with historical objectivity and within a context relevant to the times in which they were produced