A few other things I couldn’t fit in the description: - A big thank you again to those who’ve supported the channel on ko-fi/thereorderboard! I’ve put the money to good use in this production, buying some 3D models! Apologies also to those who’ve been waiting, the gap was much longer than anticipated. Unfortunately, the main reason was a tough work schedule which meant a lot of my evenings were sacrificed for that. Added with this video obviously having no footage at all, and everything requiring quite a lot of research! A new voting system doesn’t help either… A big thank you again to those who’ve done work on this before, including regular commenter @MrJDSWorld for his review of the board - it pointed me to a few photos I didn’t know I needed! - Which brings me to two minor corrections (the upload had happened, and it was sort of too late to go back!) For some reason, my data source for the lower thirds spelt out Anneke Grönloh without the ‘umlaut’, so Groenloh. It’s not wrong, it’s just not consistent with what I usually do. Secondly, the CanYouWin function (which flashes Italy when it’s mathematically the winner) is a out by one point movement. In a race where Italy seem so far ahead at the end of Yugoslavia’s voting Italy has 41, with Luxembourg a distant second with just 14. However, because of the 135369 system, the board needs to behave as if any country could get 9s from every subsequent jury. Weirdly, at the time Yugoslavia gives Italy the 5, if Luxembourg got 9 on every subsequent round, it would be 14 + (3x9) = 41 …a tie. Well, we know there’s no tie system in the actual contest, but the board needs one - so at that time it counts back how many points Italy have earned and how many Luxembourg could theoretically get. Now if this situation did arise, Luxembourg would win on the countback, because it would have three 9s, over Italy’s 0. Essentially, Luxembourg are still in the race (hanging by their finger nails) at this stage. Unfortunately my code was only the counting 5’s earned, which meant on the tie, it computes that Italy would win. This is all very much a minor point to raise, because as soon Switzerland awards Monaco 1 point in the next round, the ability for Luxembourg to get three 9s evaporates, and Italy wins anyway. You can see why you can’t do this when your mind is on other things, can’t you?! 😊 - Forgive me for using the green room photo when we’re not really there yet in the Contest, but hey, I needed to fill those gaps! - I think the 135369 system is handy compromise of the 123 system used in Luxembourg, the lengthier 12345 system used in London and the original 1 member 1 vote used before. I think the ghost of the 1961 overrun is still looming large over the productions, and the need to know how long the voting will take is the reason the 1 jury member, 1 vote system was dropped. With the 135369 system you know at worst, there’ll be three announcements from the jury - this stops a potential lengthy 10 announcements! The issue with the 123 & 12345 systems is that it removed any dramatic moments when one song can sweep the board with a 7 or 8. That’s where the beauty of 135369 comes in…there’s some drama, but it’s also under control! - Let’s talk lack of recording, briefly. There’s lots of speculation about the missing archives, but I think we’ve just been lucky so far. This is the first time we’ve been to a country with a much smaller television industry. RTL in Luxembourg, as I’ve mentioned, was a giant in a small country. Although recording television was being played about with as early as 1931, it just wasn’t the norm for a long time into the 1960s. That’s why I mention how frighteningly close we were to DR recording it. There’s an interesting wiki article about how early television was recorded, and it was literally done by pointing a camera a TV - look up the Wiki page on ‘Kinescope’ and you can see how it was done. When you read the type of live events that were recorded, for example, the Wedding of Princess Elizabeth in 1947, her subsequent coronation in 1953…you start to see that there’s quite a high bar! I should also point out there’s pre-WW2 recordings in Germany, for example of the live coverage of the 1936 Olympic Games (not the famous Olympia film, which was for cinematic release) and a few Nuremberg rallies. Film, which was used to record these programmes, was quite sturdy and could be used again - and so it often was reused. 1964 is not 1953 mind you, but I think the ninth Eurovision Song Contest perhaps just missed the bar in a much smaller broadcaster. To answer a point about the high quality of the 1963 recording, this is a result of the telerecording process using a kinescope - the recordings could replicate the detail of the live picture much better than video tape, which became commercially available in 1958 not to mention it was more durable and easier to move around. Video tape formats such as VHS would obviously be much better in the future, but the BBC was still using some kinescopes until as late as 1985. - Probably a good time to mention a man called Niels-Jørgen Kaiser. He was the head of the Entertainment department at DR for 11 years, until 1975. For Kaiser, the Eurovision Song Contest simply didn’t meet his high brow tastes of what state broadcasting should be offering. He particularly didn’t think the popular style associated with Sejr Volmer-Sørensen - the writer of Dansevise - should be the type of music that represents Danish culture to the world. There were attempts to engineer Denmark’s entries to be more to Kaiser’s liking, but in 1966, a fourteeth place was all the justification Kaiser needed for pulling Denmark’s involvement with the ESC. Clearly, he wasn’t particularly moved by hosting in 1964. It’s no coincidence that Denmark wouldn’t return until 1978, after Kaiser had left, although I’ve also read that both the 1972 Danish Referendum on EEC membership, and Sweden’s victory in 1974 prompted the Danes to return. Jørgen Mylius, a pop and rock journalist at DR fought hard for that outcome. - Here’s some snippets from andtheconductoris.eu: - UK: In 1964, the BBC chose Matt Monro, nicknamed ‘the singing bus driver’ and one of England’s most popular crooners, to represent the United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest. The year before, Monro had sung ‘From Russia with Love’, the theme song of the eponymous Bond movie. In ‘A Song for Europe’, Monro performed six songs, from which a winner was selected by the British public: ‘I Love the Little Things’, composed by Tony Hatch. - andtheconductoris.eu: “In Copenhagen, we watched the opposition during rehearsals, because we wanted to see how strong the opposition would be. The French chap (Pourcel - BT) came on and, while doing the song with the lady, he got the ending completely wrong. He really mystified the orchestra. They had no idea what he was doing. While we watched him doing it, we thought: “Oh dear, that was really badly conducted!” On the night of the concert, in the British delegation, we wondered if he would do it again… and indeed, he got it wrong again! He made a hash of the final bars. Because the orchestra had had a bad time with the ending of the song, they were very nervous indeed when I came on. We were next! I looked at them and I saw there was a lot of tension on those faces. I had to think of a way to ease their tension. While I was being introduced to the audience on camera, I turned to the concertmaster and said in a loud voice: “Well, by the way, remind me, is this piece in 3/4 or in 4/4?” They all laughed their heads off, because it obviously was an idiotic question… but it put them at their ease and we got a good performance.” - In the voting, Italy’s Gigliola Cinquetti proved unstoppable, pushing Matt Monro into a rather distant, yet honourable second position on the scoreboard. Then, the British delegation were in pretty high spirits when they were driven to Copenhagen’s airport to be flown back to London the following day. “We were all lined up, waiting to get on the plane,” recalls Rabinowitz. “As we had done a lot of shopping, we got rid of all our baggage which was already on board. Suddenly, an official came down the line and said: “Behind there - which was behind me - nobody gets on the aircraft, because there are not enough seats.” The BBC officials erupted in a great storm of indignation. It turned out that we had been called three times before and hadn’t shown up. In the meantime, our seats had been sold to others. Matt Monro was just behind me in the queue. Although I was officially the last to get on board, I decided to cede my place to Matt because he had a concert that same night in London. So he joined the plane and I stayed behind with a substantial part of the BBC delegation … There we were, stuck in Copenhagen, with our entire luggage gone. At the expense of the airline, we were allowed to go back to the hotel to spend the night there and have a dinner. The next day, we were promised, we would be put on another flight back to the UK. Initially, we were feeling a bit down-hearted, but suddenly we realised we had an open expense account for elegant food and drinks! In the restaurant, we ordered the most expensive dishes and the rarest wines. While we were enjoying ourselves to the full, about half past eleven in the evening, a man from British Airways burst in the door. He brought us the message that a plane had been diverted from Helsinki to touch down in Copenhagen and take us back to London that same night. Of course, at that stage, we wanted to have nothing of it! We told him there was no need to take all that trouble for us. “Forget it!”, we told him. And so we stayed and enjoyed ourselves, eating and drinking to our hearts’ content.”

Fun fact: the winner of the 1964 contest set the record for highest percentage of available points taken.

Brilliant with the 3d reconstruction of the stage, you've outdone yourselves again! :)

And people say neighbourly voting is a new thing at Eurovision! It seems that Lotte can barely contain herself at times while the Nordics vote.

That was way beyond brilliant given the difficulties! Already waiting for a talking doll ;)

A work of art, this is. Wonderful. My points for Copenhagen 1p 🇪🇸 Spain 3p 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 5p 🇮🇹 Italy

this was your most ambitious project ever and the result is absolutely amazing. It's like we finally managed to see the 1964 show.

Is it weird that I screamed with happiness upon seeing this?

Thank you for the shout-out! This is amazing work, it must have taken you forever to do it. I became a little obsessed with the 1964 contest last year, and I refuse to believe that there isn’t something out there somewhere. I know the answer is “they wiped it” but I imagine quite a few of the participating broadcasters taped the show? A bit like you, I went down the tape-wiping rabbit hole last year, and it’s amazing what’s been lost…the BBC wiped their coverage of the moon landing, amongst other things. Understandable perhaps at the time, but it’s a shame broadcasters saw no future use for anything they produced. It was only when home VCRs became cheap and appeared in many homes that they realised there was value in old footage. I just can’t believe the BBC wiped the moon landing tapes. Surely they could see the value in that??

I was hoping you'd incorporate the "graph" style scoreboard somehow so this made me really happy! Loved the scoreboard in general and the reconstruction, it's a shame it was lost because the show seemed like quite slick compared to other 60s years

Well done you! Having to go from a lost contest to such a nice scoreboard, you did a great job! It must have taken quite a bit of work to get the stage right, though. I also appreciate the mix of photographs and your reorderboard Because of the lack of footage, I find it hard to judge the 1964 contest. However, I do see you point on the slowly modernizing sound of the contest; I've heard the Luxembourgish entry comes close to what is popular (and now I'm kicking myself for only putting this seventh, haha). There is a slight increase of quality amongst the overall field, though we have a while to go before the lineups get really good. My top five: 5. SUI 4. FRA 3. ESP: this was a last minute change with SUI, which I had on my original notes! I really like the lyrics to Caracola; they are really pretty and hint at some nostalgia. Also, they have some really nice harmonies! 2. AUT: I think this is Udo Jurgen's best entry in the contest. I like the melancholy in it and how much pondering Udo goes through. Plus, I like the piano parts of this piece! 1. ITA: But there's a reason why Non ho l'eta walked it. From the opening intro, which gives way to a dainty song about a girl wanting to wait until she's older to love, is indicative of the times, but stretches through to the present day. Gigliola has the voice and the stage presence to deliver this piece, and it's quite fantastical while grounded at the same time. One of the best winners ever, in my opinion.

Have never seen the behind the scenes interview! Wow 🤩

yet another magnificent production. Like the parable of the loaves and fishes, you have made a banquet out of mere morsels. My points for 64 (using the same system - it is difficult for me to even make a top 5): Luxembourg - 1 point Netherlands - 3 points Italy - 5 points. Beautiful. One of the best Eurovision winners of all time.

Thx for this. It was great to watch it. The 3d reconstruction of the stage is brilliant. Leaderboard is also Very well done. Thanks for your effort and your work.

I can only add to what has already been said. You did a terrific job putting all of this together to make a watchable and atmospheric video, given the lack of moving footage available. The graphic styling, the 3D modelling... everything was superb. Well done once again!

EVEN MORE POINTS: - Tony Hatch, the writer of the UK entry…I knew I had seen his name around quite a bit, but couldn’t think where. He had an amazing career - writing ‘Downtown’ for Petula Clark of course…but that wasn’t it. Then I realised…every night, about 5:58pm, BBC One. Tony Hatch had written the theme tune to ‘Neighbours’, the Australian soap that was very popular in the UK in the 1980s and 1990s and his name appeared in the credits. - And finally a little round up of where we are history wise in 1964: Once again, American news dominates throughout the year with a Presidential election in November which is comfortably won by the incumbent, LBJ. So called ‘advisors’ to South Vietnam would increase to 21,000 at this time. The Civil Rights Act came into force in July in the US, banning racial segregation. Also in the United States, the Beatles would get their first number 1 over there (I Wanna Hold Your Hand), kicking off the British invasion…I think really, that this pointed the UK music industry to see success in the US as bigger and better than success in Europe - which would eventually have a damaging effect on the UK’s performance in Eurovision. Julie Andrews would go on (in 1965) to win an Oscar for Best Actress for her performance in Mary Poppins - the first Disney film to get a nomination for Best Picture - it released this year. I’m typing this having spent the morning watching action from the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo, and in 1964 the Games were also there, although they kicked off in October, which probably allowed them to get around some of the heat issues plaguing these Games. Goldfinger, the successor to From Russia With Love (Matt Munro singing) is released in October. BBC Two launches, eventually, after a power cut. Malta gains her independence after a brief discussion with London about joining the United Kingdom - the UK declined, apparently. Harold Wilson becomes UK Prime Minister, the first Labour leader since Attlee in 1951. In a remarkably peaceful ‘coup’, Khrushchev, leader of the USSR since the death of Stalin in 1953 was quietly removed replaced Leonid Brezhnev and Alexei Kosygin. Yet more change!

Amazing job, considering the lack of material you had to play with. A massive well done. Seriously, you are a legend.

You have made a masterpiece. Thank you very much!

The small bars under the contestants are great

Phenomenal effort! I really enjoy these. Thank you! 👍

you outdid yourself...this is a masterpiece

You doing gods work as always 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Really like your graphic design, it seems very 60s. It's truly such a shame that there's no recording of the contest. But you did a wonderful job giving a taste of it.

FIRST!!!! I AM SO HAPPY THANK YOU

✨SCREAMS IN NON HO L’ETA✨

And now we had found some footage from the show for Gigliola's awarding and reprise thanks tot he Finns!

This might be your best achievement yet! A truly watchable edit of the 1964 show. Thanks so much for the work you’ve done on this. The 3D stage is fantastic and I delighted you incorporated the dice on the scoreboard in such an imaginative way. It’s a shame that any contest is missing from the archives but 1964 is a particular loss. After the studio version of 1963, 64 feels as if it’s growing into the contest we know and love. The big stage is definitely designed for television rather than a theatre and the opening with the military band gives the show a real sense of occasion. It’s a shame we can’t see the live camera work (apart from the hint from the film clips of what was on the monitor by the conductor). The behind the scenes clips showing the camera positions suggest that the visuals would still have been fairly static. As for the songs - I’m delighted Italy have won at last and both ‘Non ho l’eta’ and Gigliola Cinquetti are worthy champions. The UK and the Netherlands stand out for me as well, but the best song comes from Austria. The German lyrics and the arrangement here don’t make the most of it, but Matt Monro’s version ‘Walk Away’ is one of my favourite songs ever.

People complain about phones at concerts (back in the before times) and illegal recordings at concerts and big events, but if that guy in the audience wasn’t recording the show, we would have so little footage. But I think that what we see in your video from 1:40 - 2:13 is genuine DR footage from the broadcast, as it seems to come from the camera positions seen at 0:24

Thank you for sharing this for all of us to enjoy

Bravo. That was very well done.

Beautiful job congretulations

My votes: 1p Denmark🇩🇰 3p France🇨🇵 5p Italy🇮🇹

Great job as always

Masterpiece!

That comeback from Üdo was something else

Masterpiece 🟩⬜🟥

That staircase on the actual stage was very narrow and didn’t have a bannister. It makes me anxious just looking at it.

At least now we'll have something to see

Tapes of preparations exist, but not of the actual contest 😭

ok here's the unofficial story as told to me by my dad. there was a full broadcast of the 1964 esc, unfortuntely in the late 1960s/early 1970s, there was a huge fire in the archives of denmark's tv station, and unfortunately the master copy of the reel was destroyed. :(

Muy bonito y bien hecho el video

21:07 - it’s a shame more broadcasters didn’t do that with their physical scoreboards back in the day, hide it until the voting, then we get a Treasure Hunt style reveal.

First time Spain delivered their votes in English and from Madrid. Before they did that from Barcelona. Btw. You know who was the Spanish spokesperson?

I can’t understand Danish, but does Lotte make a joke about the actual scoreboard only counting up to 70 points, when it was possible a country could receive more?

Good Job

I'd /so/ love to know what that catchy march at the beginning was, whether it was an existing piece, or specially commissioned for the contest.

Sad that Spain and Germany barely got Any points, best songs of the year in my opinion.

English intro - 02:58~03:09

Felicidades por el trabajo bien echo, alguien puede explicar por que la cancion española no gusto? Creo que es una cancion adelandmtada a su tiempo. No creo que la politica pudiera unfluir

36:10 Italy gets a trophy

Political voting from the monegasques, this contest isn’t what it used to be 😡

I am curious. Do you have supporting evidences to prove your theory? Denmark did not bother to record the event? Thank you

How you will does the 1965 contest voting,as doesn't existing registers of this contest as the records was destroyed on a fire on RAI archives ?

What font did you use for this?

Go Denmarks Voting

Norwegian jury voting FIVE points for their own song! Never seen before... Like selfish children. LOL

Italy first win ❤️🇮🇹