LA Times - Aug 8, 1990
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Category: Languages, Royalty
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Category: Animals, Hunting, Trapping and Other Wilderness Activities, Royalty, 1930s, Europe
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Category: Humor, Jokes, Royalty, 1930s
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Category: Anthropomorphism, Royalty, Advertising, Chocolate, Junk Food, 1970s
Courier Mail Wednesday 19 September 1956
The Queen sees Rock 'n' roll Film
London. September 18. (AAP)- Queen Elizabeth has asked to see the film “Rock Around the Clock” which has led to rock 'n' roll disturbances in several British towns.
A copy of the film was sent from London yesterday to Balmoral, where the Queen is on holiday, the Daily Mirror said today.
The Daily Express reported that showings of “Rock Around the Clock” has been banned by country councils in Stockport, Cheshire, and Gloucestershire yesterday.
But at Burt St. Edmunds in Suffolk, no objections were raised by members of a watch committee after a private showing of the film.
Sir Malcolm Sargeant, conductor of the BBC symphony orchestra, said to day that rock 'n' roll music was “nothing more than an exhibition of primitive tom tom thumping, and was ‘centuries old’. It was not ‘new and wonderful’ as many young people thought. It had been played in the jungles for centuries.”
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Category: Music, Royalty, 1950s, Europe
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Category: Holidays, Religion, Royalty, Children, Foreign Customs, 1970s
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