We step back albeit briefly to the Newcastle of 1968 in our striking film clip.
It comes from a piece of footage titled Newcastle upon Tyne: Regional Capital , and is the latest offering specially curated for ChronicleLive by the North East Film Archive. The film, captured by the well-known Turners Film Productions, was intended as a promotional tour of the city, and took a look at the city’s architecture and facilities.
For those living in Newcastle in 1968, it was a year when the new Civic Centre became the city’s seat of government. The British rock band Led Zeppelin - who would become the world’s biggest group in the 1970s - made their UK debut at Newcastle’s Mayfair ballroom. Fans of Newcastle United had something to cheer about. Supporters dug out their passports as United qualified for European football through the Inter Cities Fairs Cup for the first time in the club’s history. Against all odds, the Magpies would go on to life the trophy in Budapest, Hungary, the following year.
