Friday 30 December 2022

1962, Car Spotting: Grote Kerkplein, Zwolle, Netherlands

Front to back

First row, left to right
Fiat 1800/2100, Austin A40 Farina, unidentified car.

Second row, left tot right
Volkswagen 1100/1200 (Beetle, Type 1), Opel Rekord (P2), Ford Taunus 17M (P2), Opel Rekord (P2), Volkswagen 1100/1200 (Beetle, Type 1).

Third row, left to right
Unidentified car, DKW Junior, Rover 90 (P4), DAF 600, Mercedes-Benz Ponton (W120 / W121), Volkswagen 1100/1200 (Beetle, Type 1), Vauxhall Cresta (PA), Peugeot 403.

Fourth row, left to right
5 unidentified cars, Simca 1000, Morris Minor 1000, Ford Taunus 17M (P3), 2 unidentified cars, Citroën 2CV, Volkswagen 1100/1200 (Beetle, Type 1), unidentied car, Peugeot 403, unidentified car.

Parked at the right
Trojan 200 (Heinkel Kabine).

Saturday 24 December 2022

1961, Film and Television Awards: British Academy Awards (BAFTAs)

Best Film From Any Source
Winner: ‘The Apartment’

Nominees:

  • ‘The Angry Silence’
  • ‘Inherit the Wind’
  • ‘Let's Make Love’
  • ‘Elmer Gantry’
  • ‘Shadows’
  • ‘Saturday Night and Sunday Morning’
  • ‘Spartacus’
  • ‘Tunes of Glory’
  • ‘The Trials of Oscar Wilde’
  • ‘La Dolce Vita’
  • ‘Hiroshima mon amour’
  • ‘Orfeu Negro’
  • ‘Pote tin Kyriaki’
  • ‘Le testament d'Orphée’
  • ‘Les Quatre cents coups’
  • ‘L'Avventura’

Best British Film
Winner: ‘Saturday Night and Sunday Morning’

Nominees:

  • ‘The Angry Silence’
  • ‘The Trials of Oscar Wilde’
  • ‘Tunes of Glory’


Best Foreign Actor
Winner:  Jack Lemmon
As in Calvin Clifford (C.C.) "Bud" Baxter in ‘The Apartment’

Nominees:

  • George Hamilton as as Robert in ‘Crime & Punishment USA’
  • Burt Lancaster as Elmer Gantry in ‘Elmer Gantry’
  • Fredric March as Matthew Harrison Brady in ‘Inherit the Wind’
  • Spencer Tracy as Henry Drummond in ‘Inherit the Wind’
  • Yves Montand as Jean-Marc Clément in ‘Let's Make Love’

Best British Actor
Winner:  Peter Finch
As Oscar Wilde in ‘The Trials of Oscar Wilde’

Nominees:

  • Richard Attenborough as Tom Curtis in ‘The Angry Silence’
  • Laurence Olivier as Archie Rice in ‘The Entertainer’
  • Albert Finney as Arthur Seaton in ‘Saturday Night and Sunday Morning’
  • John Fraser as Lord Alfred Douglas in ‘The Trials of Oscar Wilde’
  • Alec Guinness as Major Jock Sinclair in ‘Tunes of Glory’
  • John Mills as Lieutenant Colonel Basil Barrow in ‘Tunes of Glory’

Best Foreign Actress
Winner:  Shirley MacLaine
As Fran Kubelik in ‘The Apartment’

Nominees:

  • Pier Angeli as Anna Curtis in ‘The Angry Silence’
  • Monica Vitti as Claudia in ‘L'Avventura’
  • Jean Simmons as Sister Sharon Falconer in ‘Elmer Gantry’
  • Emmanuelle Riva as Elle in ‘Hiroshima mon amour’
  • Melina Mercouri as Ilya in ‘Pote tin Kyriaki’

Best British Actress
Winner:  Rachel Roberts
As Brenda in ‘Saturday Night and Sunday Morning’

Nominees:

  • Hayley Mills as Pollyanna Whittier in ‘Pollyanna’
  • Wendy Hiller as Mrs. Morel in ‘Sons and Lovers’


 

Best British Screenplay
Winner: Bryan Forbes with ‘The Angry Silence’

Nominees:

  • Howard Clewes: ‘The Day They Robbed The Bank Of England’
  • John Osborne, Nigel Kneale: ‘The Entertainer’
  • Val Guest: ‘Hell Is A City’
  • Bryan Forbes: ‘The League Of Gentlemen’
  • Wolf Mankowitz: ‘The Millionairess’
  • Alan Sillitoe: ‘Saturday Night And Sunday Morning’
  • Roger MacDougall, Guy Hamilton, Ivan Foxwell: ‘A Touch Of Larceny’
  • Ken Hughes: ‘The Trials Of Oscar Wilde’
  • James Kennaway: ‘Tunes Of Glory’


Most Promising Newcomer To Leading Film Roles
Winner: Albert Finney
As Arthur Seaton in ‘Saturday Night And Sunday Morning’

Nominees:

  • Lelia Goldoni as Lelia in ‘Shadows’
  • Jean-Pierre Léaud as Antoine Doinel in ‘Les quatre cents coups’
  • George Peppard as Rafe Copley in ‘Home From The Hill’
  • Joan Plowright as Jean Rice in ‘The Entertainer’
  • Anthony Ray as Tony in ‘Shadows’
  • Billie Whitelaw as Chloe Hawkins in ‘Hell Is A City’

Thursday 8 December 2022

1960’s / 1970's, Cars: Panhard

All Post-World War II air cooled cars produced by Panhard.

Panhard Dyna X

  • design: Jean Albert Grégoire, Louis Delagarde (engine)
  • 1948 - 1954
  • B2, 610 cc (Dyna 100, 110) / 745 cc (Dyna 120, 120 Sprint) / 851 cc (Dyna 130, 130 Sprint)
  • FF layout
  • 4-door saloon, 3-door estate, 2-door carbriolet, 2-door panel van (Fourgonnette)

Panhard Dyna X 4-door saloon

Panhard Dyna X 3-door estate
Panhard Dyna X 2-door cabriolet
Panhard Dyna X 2-door panel van

Panhard Dyna Junior

  • design: Albert Lemaitre
  • 1952 - 1956
  • B2, 745 cc (X86, X86 Sprint) / 851 cc (X87, X87 Sprint)
  • FF layout
  • 2-door roadster
Panhard Dyna Junior (facelifted)

Panhard Dyna Z

  • design: Louis Bionier
  • 1954 - 1959
  • B2, 851 cc
  • FF layout
  • 4-door saloon, 2-door cabriolet, 2-door pickup
Panhard Dyna Z 4-door saloon
Panhard Dyna Z 2-door cabriolet

Panhard PL 17

  • PL stands for "Panhard et Levassor" (the original full name of the company)
  • aka Panhard 17 after the Citroën takeover
  • design: Louis Bionier
  • 1959 - 1965
  • B2, 848 cc / 851 cc
  • FF layout
  • 4-door saloon, 2-door cabriolet, 4-door estate
Panhard PL 17 4-door saloon
Panhard PL 17 2-door cabriolet
Panhard PL 17 5-door estate

Panhard CD

  • design: Charles Deutsch
  • 1962 - 1965
  • B2, 848 cc
  • FF layout
  • 2-door coupé
Panhard CD

Panhard 24

  • design: Louis Bionier
  • 1964 - 1967
  • B2, 848 cc
  • FF layout
  • 2-door saloon (B/BT/BA), 2-door coupé (C/CT) 
Panhard 24 2-door coupé (C/CT) (SWB)
Panhard 24 2-door saloon (B/BT) (LWB)

Saturday 3 December 2022

1960, Car Spotting: Igls, Innsbruck, Austria

Front to back

First row left to right
Volkswagen 1200 (Type 1,Beetle, Oval), Volkswagen 1200 (Type 1,Beetle, Oval), DKW Sonderklasse, Fiat 600/770 Neckar Jagst, Volkswagen Type 2 (T1), Volkswagen 1200 (Type 1,Beetle), Opel Kapitän.

Second row left to right
Volkswagen 1200 (Type 1,Beetle), Volkswagen 1200 (Type 1,Beetle), Volkswagen 1200 (Type 1,Beetle), Peugeot 403, Fiat 600/770 Neckar Jagst, Volkswagen 1200 (Type 1,Beetle), Opel Olympia Rekord Caravan.

Third row left to right
Unidentified car, unidentified car, Volkswagen (Type 1,Beetle, Split Window), Fiat 600/770 Neckar Jagst, Fiat 1100, Renault 4CV, Volkswagen 1200 (Type 1,Beetle), Volkswagen 1200 (Type 1,Beetle, Oval).

Fourth row left to right
Volkswagen 1200 (Type 1,Beetle).

Fifth row left to right
Volkswagen 1200 (Type 1,Beetle).



Saturday 19 November 2022

1977, Music: Belgian Single Charts 05/11/1977

N° 30
Champagne – Valentino

- Country: Netherlands
- Music/Lyrics: Janschen, Janschens, Martin Duiser, Wally Tax
- Highest Position: N° 5
- Weeks in the charts: 9
- Video clip



N° 29
Glen Campbell – Sunflower

- Country: USA
- Music/Lyrics: Neil Diamond
- Highest Position: N° 22
- Weeks in the charts: 6
- Video clip



N° 28
Elvis Presley – Way Down

- Country: USA
- Music/Lyrics: Layng Martine Jr.
- Highest Position: N° 17
- Weeks in the charts: 6
- Video clip




N° 27
The Emotions – Best Of My Love

- Country: USA
- Music/Lyrics: Maurice White, Al McKay
- Highest Position: N° 27
- Weeks in the charts: 1
- Video clip




N° 26
Supertramp – Give A Little Bit

- Country: UK
- Music/Lyrics: Roger Hodgson, Rick Davies
- Highest Position: N° 12
- Weeks in the charts: 14
- Video clip

 

 

N° 25
Chicago – Baby, What A Big Surprise

- Country: USA
- Music/Lyrics: Peter Cetera
- Highest Position: N° 24
- Weeks in the charts: 3
- Video clip



N° 24
Mr. Waldy And Greenlight – Cantina

- Country: Belgium
- Music/Lyrics: ?
- Highest Position: N° 16
- Weeks in the charts: 7
- Video clip



N° 23
Guys 'N' Dolls – You Don't Have To Say You Love Me

- Country: UK
- Music/Lyrics: Vito Pallavicini, Pino Donaggio, Vicki Wickham, Simon Napier-Bell
- Highest Position: N° 8
- Weeks in the charts: 10
- Video clip

N° 22
Cindy – My Guy

- Country: Belgium
- Music/Lyrics: William Robinson
- Highest Position: N° 21
- Weeks in the charts: 7
- Video clip


 

N° 21
Philadelphia International All Stars – Let's Clean Up The Ghetto

- Country: USA
- Music/Lyrics: Leon Huff, Cary Gilbert, Kenny Gamble
- Highest Position: N° 7
- Weeks in the charts: 8
- Video clip



N° 20
The Scorpions – Hello Josephine

- Country: UK
- Music/Lyrics: Fats Domino, Dave Bartholomew
- Highest Position: N° 10
- Weeks in the charts: 7
- Video clip

 

 

N° 19
Judy McQueen – Hey Big Joe Hello

- Country: Belgium
- Music/Lyrics: Joachim Heider, Joachim Relin, Danny Van Passel
- Highest Position: N° 19
- Weeks in the charts: 6
- Video clip
 
 

 

N° 18
David Soul – Silver Lady

- Country: UK
- Music/Lyrics: Tony Macaulay, Geoff Stephens
- Highest Position: N° 12
- Weeks in the charts: 9
- Video clip

 

 

N° 17
Baccara – Sorry, I'm A Lady

- Country: Spain
- Music/Lyrics: Rolf Soja, Frank Dostal
- Highest Position: N° 1
- Weeks in the charts: 11
- Video clip

 

 

N° 16
Will Tura – Goodbye Elvis

- Country: Belgium
- Music/Lyrics: Will Tura, Tony Perdone
- Highest Position: N° 4
- Weeks in the charts: 12
- Video clip

 

 

N° 15
Smokie – Needles And Pins

- Country: UK
- Music/Lyrics: Jack Nitzsche, Sonny Bono
- Highest Position: N° 5
- Weeks in the charts: 9
- Video clip

 

 

N° 14
Elvis Presley – Wooden Heart (muss i denn...)

- Country: USA
- Music/Lyrics: Fred Wise, Ben Weisman, Kay Twomey, Bert Kaempfert
- Highest Position: N° 1
- Weeks in the charts: 27
- Video clip


N° 13
Vader Abraham – 't Smurfenlied

- Country: Netherlands
- Music/Lyrics: Pierre Kartner
- Highest Position: N° 1
- Weeks in the charts: 16
- Video clip

 

 

N° 12
Maggie MacNeal – Fools Together

- Country: Netherlands
- Music/Lyrics: Richard de Bois, Peter Bewley
- Highest Position: N° 8
- Weeks in the charts: 7
- Video clip

 

 

N° 11
Leo Sayer – Thunder In My Heart

- Country: UK
- Music/Lyrics: Tom Snow, Leo Sayer
- Highest Position: N° 11
- Weeks in the charts: 8
- Video clip

 

 

N° 10
Café Crème – Unlimited Citations (Non-Stop Beatles Disco)

- Country: France
- Music/Lyrics: John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Bert Russell, Phil Medley
- Highest Position: N° 10
- Weeks in the charts: 10
- Video clip

 

N° 9
ABBA – The Name Of The Game

- Country: Sweden
- Music/Lyrics: Benny Andersson, Stig Anderson, Björn Ulvaeus
- Highest Position: N° 2
- Weeks in the charts: 14
- Video clip

 

 

N° 8
The Floaters – Float On

- Country: USA
- Music/Lyrics: Arnold Ingram, James Mitchell Jr., Marvin Willis
- Highest Position: N° 5
- Weeks in the charts: 8
- Video clip

 

 

N° 7
Santa Esmeralda starring Leroy Gomez – Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood + Esmeralda Suite

- Country: France / USA
- Music/Lyrics: Gloria Caldwell, Bennie Benjamin, Sol Marcus, Don Ray, Howard Headburn, Jean-Manuel Mobillion de Scarano, Arthur Cobb
- Highest Position: N° 2
- Weeks in the charts: 13
- Video clip

 

N° 6
Danny Mirror – I Remember Elvis Presley

- Country: Netherlands
- Music/Lyrics: Dick Bakker, Eddy Ouwens, R. Dunhills
- Highest Position: N° 1
- Weeks in the charts: 12
- Video clip

 

 

N° 5
Belle Epoque – Black Is Black

- Country: France
- Music/Lyrics: Tony Hayes, Steve Wadey, Michelle Grainger
- Highest Position: N° 4
- Weeks in the charts: 12
- Video clip

 

 

N° 4
Donna Summer – Theme From The Deep (Down, Deep Inside)

- Country: USA
- Music/Lyrics: Donna Summer, John Barry
- Highest Position: N° 4
- Weeks in the charts: 9
- Video clip

 

N° 3
Boney M. – Belfast

- Country: West Germany
- Music/Lyrics: Jimmy Bilsbury, Drafi Deutscher, Joe Menke
- Highest Position: N° 1
- Weeks in the charts: 14
- Video clip

 

 

N° 2
John Paul Young – Standing In The Rain

- Country: Australia
- Music/Lyrics: Harry Vanda, George Young
- Highest Position: N° 2
- Weeks in the charts: 11
- Video clip

 

 

N° 1
Long Tall Ernie & The Shakers – Do You Remember

- Country: Netherlands
- Music/Lyrics: Richard W. Penniman, Boudleaux Bryant, Albert Collins, John Marascalco, Arthur Crudup, Del Shannon, Max Crook, Enotris Johnson, Larry Parks, Jay Turnbow, Ronald Blackwell, Arnie Treffers, Tony Britnell
- Highest Position: N° 1
- Weeks in the charts: 14
- Video clip