1968, Car Spotting: Ruysdaelstraat, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Left to right

First row bottom to top
Fiat 500, Citroën 2CV, Ford Taunus Transit, Austin Cambridge (A40, A50 or A55), DKW 3=6, Renault 8, Opel Kapitän (P2), NSU Prinz 4, unidentified car, unidentified car, Austin/Morris Mini (ADO15).

Second row
Opel Kadett B.

Third row bottom to top
Opel Rekord (P2), Simca Aronde (P60), NSU Prinz 4, unidentified car.

1967, Film: Le Samouraï

The French-Italian film "Le Samouraï" was released on 25 October 1967. The film was directed and written by Jean-Pierre Melville, based on the novel "The Ronin" by Joan McLeod. Main stars are Alain Delon, François Périer, Nathalie Delon and Cathy Rosier. The music was composed by François de Roubaix. Director Meville wrote the film for Alain Delon. The film is often considered as one of the best crime films ever. "Le Samouraï" inspired "The Killer" (John Woo, 1989), "The Driver" (Walter Hill, 1978), "Reservoir Dogs" (Quentin Tarantino, 1992) and "Ghost Dog" (Jim Jarmusch, 1999).

Le Samouraï poster

Alain Delon as Jef Costello

Nathalie Delon as Jane Lagrange and Alain Delon as Jef Costello

Synopsis
Jef Costello (Alain Delon) is a Paris hitman working under contract. He is hired to kill the owner of a night club and afterwards he becomes the prime suspect...

Alain Delon as Jef Costello

Nathalie Delon as Jane Lagrange

François Périer as the Superintendent and Caty Rosier as Valérie, the pianist

Main cast

• Alain Delon as Jef Costello
• François Périer as the Superintendent
• Nathalie Delon as Jane Lagrange
• Caty Rosier as Valérie, the pianist
• Jacques Leroy as the man in the passageway
• Michel Boisrond as Wiener
• Robert Favart as the bartender
• Jean-Pierre Posier as Olivier Rey
• Catherine Jourdan as the hatcheck girl
• Roger Fradet as police inspector
• Carlo Nell as police inspector
• Robert Rondo as police inspector

Nathalie Delon as Jane Lagrange

Alain Delon as Jef Costello

Nathalie Delon as Jane Lagrange and François Périer as the Superintendent

Trailer

1966, Belgian Comics: “Suske en Wiske”, "De vliegende aap"

In 1966 the reissued "Suske en Wiske" (UK: "Bob & Bobette" or "Spike and Suzy", US: "Willy and Wanda") album "De vliegende aap" ("The flying monkey") was published. The series “Suske en Wiske” was created by Willy Vandersteen in 1945.

No 65: "De vliegende aap"

No 2: "De vliegende aap", original cover from 1948

No 65: “De vliegende aap”
- two-coloured
- first published in 1948 in blue and brown
- never published in English
- story and drawings by Willy Vandersteen
- published in French ("Bob et Bobette") as "Le singe volant"
- the album was completely redrawn

Arthur (left 1948 original, right 1966 redraw)

Banana and Suske (Spike) (left 1948 original, right 1966 redraw)

Boumbala (left 1948 original, right 1966 redraw)

The story was pre-published in the newspaper "De Nieuwe Standaard" from 28 September 1946 until 12 February 1947. The main characters are Suske (Spike), Wiske (Suzy), aunt Sidonia, Lambik (Ambrose), Arthur, Putifar the donkey, Boumbala, Serpentos, Banana, and Kanga the snake. The locations for this story are Belgium, and Dongo (parody of Congo). The album was reedited in 1968 as No 87 in the coloured series.

Kanga and Lambik (Ambrose) (left 1948 original, right 1966 redraw)

Lambik (Ambrose) and Putifar (left 1948 original, right 1966 redraw)

Lambik (Ambrose) and Wiske (Suzy) (left 1948 original, right 1966 redraw)

Synopsis
When Lambik (Ambrose) is reading the newspaper he becomes suddenly very excited about a photograph of a strange creature at the top of a tree in the forests of Dongo. It's a photograph of his brother Arthur who knows the secret of flying...

Kanga and Serpentos (left 1948 original, right 1966 redraw)

Aunt Sidonia (left 1948 original, right 1966 redraw)

Suske (Spike), Lambik (Ambrose) and Wiske (Suzy)
(left 1948 original, right 1966 redraw)

 

1965, Designs: cars, furniture, electronics, clothes II

Ogle Triplex Scimitar GTS
- Designed and produced at Ogle, Letchworth, Hertfordshire, UK, 1965
- Based on the Reliant Scimitar GT (SE4) with the same 2,994 cc Ford Essex V6 engine
- Commissioned by the “Triplex Glass Company” to demonstrate their use of laminated sundym glass
- Showed at the London Motor-show in 1965

Ogle Triplex Scimitar GTS

Ogle Triplex Scimitar GTS

Ogle Triplex Scimitar GTS

NSU Autonova FAM
- Designed by Henner Werner, Pio Manzù and Michael Conrad
- Produced by NSU, Neckarsulm, West Germany, 1965
- Based on the NSU Prinz 1000 with a 1281 cc four cylinder engine by Glas
- Showed at Frankfurt Motor-show in 1965

NSU Autonova FAM

NSU Autonova FAM

NSU Autonova FAM

Polaroid Swinger
- Designed by Henry Dreyfuss, USA, 1965
- Manufactured by the Polaroid Corporation, USA, 1965 - 1970
- The first inexpensive instant camera

Polaroid Swinger

Polaroid Swinger

Braun Citruspress MPZ 1
- Designed by Robert Oberheim and Reinhold Weiss, West Germany, 1965
- Manufactured by Braun, West Germany, 1965

Polaroid Swinger

Polaroid Swinger

Djinn bench
- Designed by Olivier Mourgue, France, 1965
- Manufactured by Airborne International, France, 1965 - 1975

Djinn bench

Djinn bench

Triumph adverts, 1965

Triumph 1200 (Herald) (USA/Canada)

Triumph 1300 (UK)

Triumph Spitfire (West Germany)

Triumph Spitfire (Danmark)

Triumph Spitfire Mk 2 (USA/Canada)

Triumph TR-4A (USA/Canada)