In the 1960s, one could occasionally come across video jukeboxes. For example, I recall one in the cafe at Rimini Airport (in the summer of 1963, I think. They were particularly popular in mainland Europe, though they were found in the United States, too. In the American music trade press in the mid-1960s, they were advertised to juke box operators and the first one in New York is said to have been installed in the summer of 1965. The most common kind was Scopitone.
This is a Scopitone clip of German origin. The singer is, I believe, one Teddy Parker, of whom I know nothing and wish to keep it that way. Meanwhile …….
Not much by way of “Historic Aviation” but a bit of fun to brighten the New Year.
By: Meddle - 7th January 2018 at 00:41
Some fantastically banal, inoffensive German Schlager music. Very typical of the era, and ageing far less gracefully than the Connie!
An interesting video, but this sort of stuff was fired out in the ’60s without a second thought. I wager that nobody involved realised that the video would be preserved for perpetuity in the 21st century.
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January 6, 2018 at 11:23 pm