SIXTIES SECONDS
During Summer in the Sixties we are broadcasting a series of one-minute clips to give a flavour of the global, national and everyday events people encountered in the 1960s. Here are a selection of them...
1963 Britain awakes to the last hanging at Horfield Prison, following an all-night protest vigil
1964 A preacher addresses his black congregation at Bethel Apostolic Church, Bristol
1964 Homeless men warm their hands by the fire on a bitterly cold winter night
1966 Islington resident Mrs Jones talks about her impoverished living conditions
1967 The knighting of Sir Francis Chichester, the first man to sail single-handedly around the world
1968 Invading Russian tanks roll into Czechoslovakia amid protesting crowds
1968 British troops withdraw from Aden following a campaign of intimidation by Egypt's NLF
1968 The Apollo 8 crew send a message back to earth as they orbit the moon
1969 Concorde's first test flight out of Filton in South Gloucestershire
