What a video. A snapshot of a bygone era. Wonderful. Thanks for sharing

OK, you've brought tears to my eyes. Wonderful times. I was 25 in 1968 and didn't we strut our stuff!? Great film, even a bobby on the beat. We belonged to London, London belonged to us long before we gave her away.

Really groovy! Seriously, BRILLIANT, watched it a few times. Great insight into those days. Thanks for sharing.

I bought a dress from a shop in Carnaby Street in 1968.....oh happy, happy days.

Just brilliant, what a great piece of teenage history 10/10 to who had the idea of filming this days adventure, I actually worked at Lord John in Carnaby St at this period and feel the rush.

I lived in London from the 1960s to the 1990s so all the old buses and trains are so familiar; incredible to think that this early colour TV film is over 50 years old; so timeless...

A fantastic little film that tells more about the period than a thousand official documentaries.

Thank you Mackenzie for these clips...they are wonderful. We took a couple trips to England (including London) in 1967 and 1968 while my father was in the US Air Force stationed on Crete for 2 years (driving a Chevy Malibu that still had the Texas license plates on it that we had brought over)...I was 11 and 12 years old and have digitized the precious 8mm film he shot at the time...and the Kodachrome slides...almost look like they were shot yesterday. If I had been just a little bit older, I would have been more appreciative of how beautiful the girls were at the time. p.s. - unlike many others here, I like the soundtrack you included...it helps keep the segments lively and moving!

Absolutely fantastic - I mean FANTASTIC !

Studio one and two cinema in Oxford street (8:57) in background. I grew up in the west end and loved this cinema which always showed Disney produced films. Lyon’s corner house was everywhere and one could get good cheap food. Lots of shopping in Carnaby street too when I later was a teenager. First job was for a company in Oxford Circus. Brings back many happy memories. Thanks for making and posting.

Lovely ...Hope very much you are all still friends and happy . I think we have all been very lucky to have been that age at that time . Well done .x

Oh man the Old London is so beautiful 😍👍

Take my hat of to the man behind the camera this is quality-even For todays standards , to film that back then like that. Is impressive. I first looked at it and thought it was made to look old with modern camera it’s so good . Brilliantly filmed, Great quality as well ; Great camera man 👍

A time when fine dining was a Saturday night in with a Vesta beef curry and rice and a bottle of Blue nun. The simple things in life, wonderful times.

Luv this!!! Good memories. Glad i grew up in this era.

Mateus rose and golden wonder and ford anglia. Love it !

I remember visiting London in the late 60s when I was in my early teens & it had a lasting impression on. I remember seeing the hippies playing guitars & my dad said ' look at those long haired layabouts' in jest. 2 years later I grew my hair longer when I left school.

Superb work... well done... music is great... captures the times very well... the cars... the cravats... and not a mobile phone is sight...

TOTALLY AWESOME, PURE FABULOUSNESS ! I lived in Hounslow SW London and did my clothes shopping in Carnaby Street at a dizzy age of 14 LOL Take me back PURLEEESE :)

Firstly I must say that this vid is wonderful - thankyou. I was 17/18 when this was filmed & I had been working in St Mary Axe 2 years prior for less than 4GBP per week! Out of which I was paying train fares & money to my Mum. However I did have a lovely Mateus Rose girlfriend & we tried to dress in the lastest gear - usually from C&A. Historically 'times' are always tough for those that do not 'have enough' to meet their desires. I never have been wealthy but have always looked on the bright side with true Hope in the Lord. Please don't be nasty. We can't go back but we can look forward In Faith

What a beautiful, clean, classy society. No angry bearded ones running about slashing throats. Bobbies could do their jobs. A bygone era never to come again....

Blimey, a bobby on the beat. These days, that's an even rarer sight than finding an ashtray on a motorbike.

I used to do day trips to Carnaby Street in the sixties to get the cardboard carrier bags with flowers on that we used to use for school bags and psychedelic wrapping paper to cover my school books with and protest badges. Those were the days. The shops were such fun then.

Absolutely loved this, I feel like I'm there! Thanks for posting

love this. for some reason the 60s always catches me, any time from the past, it has a unique magic and watching this video shows me a reality that I couldn't live because I was born in this century, which makes me appreciate it much more. I don't care about the music, still a good video

Former soviet girls miss those days too. I remember The Beatles mania, Romeo and Juliet with Leonard Whiting and Olivia Hussey, Mark Lester etc. Forgive me my English. Tanks! 60 years old Margarita, Israel.

Thanks for sharing this beautiful archive of a great place during a great time.

Absolutely incredible to look into time and see a year before I was born. Thanks for posting.

Fabulous. Looks like great friendships❤

I bought a luminous pink tie from Carnaby Street in the late 70s. What I didnt realise was how it shone and changed colour to an iridescent orange under the old ultra violet disco lights. Amazing

Sometimes you capture footage no knowing you’re capturing golden moments

So surreal and cool almost like it was filmed in these days but sadly days are gone past

great video , great to see what the world looked like the year I was born...fab video.

I've so enjoyed this film , from an engineering point of view but also to see a fun time in the 1960 ! Great !

Lol those guys could have been me ..I was 19 then and just bought my first car a Ford Anglia ( 1964 model--the one in the film was D reg --1966))...yes I wonder what they look like now---I know what I look like now ...:) when you are that age you take your youth for granted.....happy days......

Anyone remember The Birds Nest disco in Kings Road Chelsea or The Brockwell Tavern ? The happiest of times back when I lived in the PROPER London back in '68 Went back home to Glasgow, but I'll never forget those happiest of times.

Gosh. The girls in the late 1960s really were nice to look at!

Oh I miss this generation I was born in 1941 I wish I could spend a lot of time in 60s I'm a bit busy in my whole life I don't even know what's happening

Simply wonderful, thanks for sharing a great video. I used to shop in Take Six in Carnaby Street and often was stopped for an autograph by some girls thinking I was Charlie Watts... I Swear I haven't changed a bit since and I am not on statins! :))

The style of the filming has got a Hey, hey, we're the Monkees, vibe to it. I was four years old back then. The cars are what I remember the most from that era. It would be nice to know what became of those hip young 60`s kids.

I'm watching this video as I'm listenning Deep Purple 1st album "Shades of..." it really goes nicely together

Those mod shirts are back in fashion again :)

Thanks for posting this personal footage from those interesting days. Remember Lord Kitchener? I was his valet.

Holy moly, love the video, i was 15 back in 68,Greetings from the States.

Wicked Anglia , cool threads & fuzztastic soundtrack , man ! ✌️

Everyone well dressed, makeup discreet, females looking very attractive, natural. No huge puffy lips , eyebrows that look like train tracks , I can never understand why females of today think its necessary.

It makes me shudder to think what the streets of London must look like today.

all my friends moan at me for filming them all the time. i can see similar looks in the faces of your friends! but youve acctually got an important piece of social history here

THE old FORD ANGLIA dad had one many trips to coast ..... happy days

Looking great McKenzie...

WOW memories. Thanks. I`m welling up.

If you look up your vehicle on the DVLA, your Ford Anglia REV 615D, is still around! Thanks for uploading this.

Those were great days, lovely video, thankyou for sharing.

Those girls would be considered beautiful in any era.....

Lovely video, Lovely music, Lovely People, its made me feel happy x

This footage was taken 20 years after the 1948 Summer Olympics, 60 years after the 1908 Summer Olympics and 44 years before the 2012 Summer Olympics. All three of those Games happened in London.

I hit London three years later. Carnaby St. no longer had the hip feel.

No stabbings, people kind to each other.

Oh God!! They were so beautiful!! I wonder what they look like now. Probably all on Statins

Talk about time travel ,I was 8 years old then and lived in London .Loved watching that and the music was perfect !

O man we had some laughs there! Afghan coat in carnaby st and trying to score and getting ripped off😂😂 I'd go back tomorrow if someone let me borrow their time machine

Roll up, roll up for the mystery tour Roll up, roll up for the mystery tour Roll up (And that's an invitation), roll up for the mystery tour Roll up (To make a reservation), roll up for the mystery tour The magical mystery tour is waiting to take you away Waiting to take you away

Time is fleeting..you never know what ya got until its gone

I was born the year after 1969, it must have been great to be young then

Then-recently new Beatles releases in shop window @ 0:14. Young people in sharp mod splendour. Tres cool!

Sooo good, loved it thanks! Wonder how they are all doing these days

The faishon in late 60's and early 70's was so slick and the soundtrack captures this perfectly

Thank you so much for posting, this is really interesting and lovely to watch! As someone born in '98, it's really weird (but also kinda nice) to feel so nostalgic for a time so long before I was even born! I don't really think the music suits the footage though, just a personal preference...

The girl in the green top is really lovely

I love this. Thanks for uploading

I was 12 then. Saw Cilla Black doing a photoshoot down Carnaby Street in 1968 . I asked for her autograph and she told me to "piss off!'

55 years ago yet still seems more real than today!

This is great❤

Yeah that's more like it! Fantastic job! - Wishing you all the best - Mikey

Wait...London used to have British people in it?!? Oh dear! Thank goodness they don't struggle with such a lack of diversity anymore! It must have been so terribly scary and unsafe!

everyone so young and thin and happy, no fat people hardly anywhere.

The Press were quick to show us the beach invasion skirmishes early 60s. I think they forgot the other true side; super generation cool mods. Credit to society mature, trendy and class kids all the way. Great Video.

Fashion of the 60's, the best ever.

England was World Champions in football at this time .... btw ;)

The fashion is so colourful

great video, great music, so cool would of been around then

This is so cool. I wish I had lived in the 60's. The 21st century is pants.

Bought a very wide tie with flowers all over it, this was summer '68.

Holy River! 7:00 Look at that, Johnny!

I can almost taste the Mateus Rose !

then a girl was a girl, a guy a guy. now you never know, so sad. i miss those times.

Still smart fashion at the time when the Hippes were becoming a force with the scruffy hair and flares

Assuming they were 20 in this movie, they'd be in their 70s now!

Great to see this film| The street had Magic then, inevitable that the multi corporates move in boring street that could be anywhere? Anyhow from the above date I'll be getting my scooter next year and the year after that my Ford Anglia which cost me 65 pounds as I remember great days!

I had an Anglia same colour as the green shirt !

before all the headphones turned pink and the glasses were cleaner, what a truly better time

These are probably like me now in there 70s,It seemed a great time then to be young and free.glad I was then and not now

J.Lyons..!!! OMG.. I got my first job there! By the way, what's the soundtrack? Sounds so funky!!!!

So lovely.

Great video 👌

An American here who loves London.

I was 2 in 1968, cool video

Fabulous footage unfortunately totally besmirched and ruined by an absolutely awful soundtrack!

Fantastic video, where are they now? I hope that all are well!

Really caught the feel of the times.