27min clip - Timeline 1961 - Everything That Happened In The Year 1961

22min clip - 1961: NEWSPAPERS - Do You Care WHO OWNS THEM? | Panorama | Voice of the People | BBC Archive

3min 11sec clip - Archive interview with Fidel Castro: On the brink of nuclear war

7min 52sec clip - 1961: Aldous Huxley on the power of TECHNOLOGY

9min 25sec clip - 1961: Working in a SUNDERLAND SHIPYARD

6min 49sec clip - 1961: Are the YOUTH in MORAL DECLINE? | Panorama

12min 5sec clip - 1964: ARTHUR C CLARKE predicts the future | Horizon

1min 8sec clip - Color Footage of 1916 New York (Kinemacolor)

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12min 26sec clip via #shaggylocks - Way Stations in Space (1961)

An @ONS interactive graphic - Population increased in #1961 #rural districts - Explore 1961 area population size compared with #2011 (1961 boundaries)

Text from source post "the cities of Birmingham, Manchester, Leeds, Liverpool, Sheffield and Bristol - Of those six urban centres, five also saw the biggest reductions in the proportion of the population of England and Wales they were home to between censuses. The city of Birmingham, as it was defined in 1961, went from housing 2.4% of the population to 1.7%. Places that saw an increase in population proportion between censuses were generally areas that in 1961 were classed as rural districts. As cities spread, people moved and the New Towns were built, some of these previously rural districts became more urbanised." Source = this @ONS post

An @ONS interactive graphic - Population has aged in most areas of England and Wales - Explore 1961 areas by population age bands compared with 2011

Text from source post "The population aged and rural areas became more urbanised. Between 1961 and 2011, the population increased and became proportionally older. This was a result of increased life expectancy and declining birth rates." Source = this @ONS post

An @ONS interactive graphic - Explore home ownership changes by area (Tenure type by local area in England and Wales in 1961 and 2011, 1961 boundaries)

Text from source post "More people owned a #home in #2011 than 50 years before. Renting was the norm for most households in 1961. Only 42% of households owned their own home, and in several areas of central London, home ownership was lower than 10%. By the time of the 2011 Census, 50 years on, home ownership had risen to 64%. The lowest home ownership was still in London areas, as they existed geographically in 1961, the very lowest being in the area that was the 1961 metropolitan borough of Shoreditch, at 16%." source = this ONS post

An @ONS graphic - Homes without a #toilet indoors or attached to the building in #1961 - (1961 area boundaries)

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An @ONS interactive graphic - homes without a fixed #bath in #1961 - (1961 area boundaries)

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3min @AP_archive clip - I gotta bet - 1961

text from youtube "I like a little flutter now and then. I also always keep my eyes peeled for British Movietone cameraman Paul Wyand. He often makes a cameo in newsreel stories and he's in this one about betting shops. He's the first man we see, being naughty! I love it!

Street betting! What a hole-and-corner business it was! And what types the street bookies were! But now, the betting shop is here at-last, and there are official, as well as private shops, quite ready to take your money. Our pictures show how a punter can legally play the horses without going to the courses.

Key scene. CU street bookie standing on corner. MS man passes him bet. MS to LS street bookie running away. MS man walks into betting shop. MS punter same. CU Sign 'Betting Laws'. Man looking at race card on wall. CU finger going through the runners. GV punters placing bets. MS same. MS punter hands cashier bet. CU man writing on time print register. CU duplicate copy passed through grill. MS man looks at copy and walks out. MS man walks into street. CU telephonist from Totalisator Investments receiving man's bet. CU another. MCU betting slip. GV interior toll office. GV same. MS same. MCU betting slip passing on rollers. MS more. CU clock. MS starter raises the flag. GV horses at start. MS starter on stand raises tapes. CU sign their off. TS tace. CU printers on course. MS race - finish. MS man chalking up result on black board. CU same. CU man at grille waiting for pay out. CU cashier hands man the winnings. MS punter walks away with winnings. MS to LS street bookie running away"