It was 1970 - the year when The Beatles broke up, the Tories under Ted Heath earned a surprise General Election victory, and Brazil inspired by their star player, Pele, won the football World Cup in Mexico.
Meanwhile, closer to home, an amateur filmmaker called Doug Collender was out and about in Newcastle capturing scenes around the city centre. Our fascinating video clip, courtesy of the North East Film Archive, contains part of Doug's original 12-minute silent colour film and recalls just another day in Newcastle as it was 52 years ago.
The clip begins focusing briefly on a turret at the Castle Keep, before the camera pans left to capture a diesel pulling a passenger train towards Newcastle Central Station across its vast network of railway lines. The Lantern Tower at St Nicholas' Cathedral - these days rebranded as Newcastle Cathedral - comes into view next.
