Avengers in Time

Friday, 16 January 2026

1966, Film: Carry on screaming

"Carry On Screaming!", a British horror comedy, premiered on 16 August 1966. A parody of the Hammer horror films, it was directed by Gerald Thomas and written by Talbot Rothwell. The music was composed by Eric Rogers, with the title song performed by Ray Pilgrim.

Carry On Screaming! poster

Harry H. Corbett as Detective Sergeant Sidney Bung

Kenneth Williams as Dr. Orlando Watt

The film was the twelfth in the Carry On series, which ran from 1958 to 1992 and comprised 31 films. It featured regular cast members Kenneth Williams, Jim Dale, Charles Hawtrey, Joan Sims, Bernard Bresslaw and Peter Butterworth. Additional roles were played by Harry H. Corbett, Fenella Fielding, Angela Douglas and Jon Pertwee.

Peter Butterworth as Detective Constable Slobotham

Jim Dale as Albert Potter

Fenella Fielding as Valeria Watt

Synopsis
In Hocombe Woods, Doris Mann (Angela Douglas) and Albert Potter (Jim Dale) are courting. When Albert searches the woods for a peeping Tom, Doris is abducted by a monster named Oddbod (Tom Clegg), who leaves behind a severed finger. Albert discovers the finger and rushes to the police station to report the incident to Detective Constable Slobotham (Peter Butterworth), who in turn informs his superior, Detective Sergeant Sidney Bung (Harry H. Corbett), who has been investigating similar disappearances in the same area.

While searching the woods, the policemen stumble upon the Bide-A-Wee Rest Home and are shown into the sitting room by the butler, Sockett (Bernard Bresslaw). Sockett alerts Valeria Watt (Fenella Fielding), the mistress of the house, to the men's presence. She, in turn, awakens her electrically charged brother, Dr. Orlando Watt (Kenneth Williams)...

Tom Clegg as Oddbod and Billy Cornelius as Oddbod Junior

Joan Sims as Emily Bung

Charles Hawtrey as Dan Dann

Angela Douglas as Doris Mann

Main cast

Harry H. Corbett as Detective Sergeant Sidney Bung
Kenneth Williams as Dr. Orlando Watt
Peter Butterworth as Detective Constable Slobotham
Jim Dale as Albert Potter
Fenella Fielding as Valeria Watt
Tom Clegg as Oddbod
Bernard Bresslaw as Sockett
Billy Cornelius as Oddbod Junior
Joan Sims as Emily Bung
Charles Hawtrey as Dan Dann
Angela Douglas as Doris Mann
Jon Pertwee as Doctor Fettle
Michael Ward as Mr Vivian
Norman Mitchell as Cabby
Frank Thornton as Mr Jones
Anthony Sagar as Policeman

Jon Pertwee as Doctor Fettle

Bernard Bresslaw as Sockett

Frank Thornton as Mr Jones and Anthony Sagar as Policeman

Trivia

Harry H. Corbett replaced regular cast member Sid James, who was committed to appearing in a pantomime at the time.
The electric car driven by Detective Sergeant Sidney Bung is a 1904 Brushmobile — only six of these vehicles were ever made.
The exterior scenes were filmed in Windsor, Berkshire, and Fulmer, Buckinghamshire, while the interior scenes were shot at Pinewood Studios in Buckinghamshire.

Trailer

Wednesday, 14 January 2026

1965, Car Spotting: Slachthuis, Lange Lobroekstraat, Antwerpen, Belgium

Front to back

First row, left to right
Mercedes-Benz W111 / W112, DKW 3=6.

Second row, left to right
Unidentified car, Mercedes-Benz W110, Volkswagen 1200/1300 (Type 1, Beetle), Volkswagen 1200/1300 (Type 1, Beetle), Ford Falcon, Citroën ID/DS, Volkswagen Transporter T1 (Type 2), Mercedes-Benz W120/W121, Volkswagen 1200/1300 (Type 1, Beetle), Volkswagen 1200/1300 (Type 1, Beetle), Mercedes-Benz W110, Mercedes-Benz W110, Auto Union 1000, Opel Kapitän 1956, Mercedes-Benz W110.

Third row, left to right
Unidentified car, unidentified truck, Ford Zephyr Mark III (211E), Ford Consul Mark II (204E), Plymouth Valiant 1960/1961, MAN Truck, Opel Kapitän/Admiral/Diplomat A ( KAD A), Ford Taunus 12M (P4, Cardinal Taunus), Plymouth Savoy/Belvedere/Fury 1962, Citroën 2CV, BMW 1500/1600/1800 (New Class), Mercedes-Benz W120/W121, unidentified truck.

Fourth row, left to right
Volkswagen 1200/1300 (Type 1, Beetle), unidentified American car, Volkswagen 1200/1300 (Type 1, Beetle), unidentified truck, Plymouth Belverdere/Fury 1958, unidentified truck, Peugeot 403, unidentified truck, Fiat 1800/2100/2300, unidentified truck.

The rest is unidentifiable.

Monday, 12 January 2026

1964, Nobel Prizes (Oslo, Norway)

The Nobel Prize in Physics: Charles H. Townes (USA), Nicolay G. Basov (USSR) and Aleksandr M. Prokhorov (Australia / USSR)

For fundamental work in the field of quantum electronics, which has led to the construction of oscillators and amplifiers based on the maser-laser principle.

Charles H. Townes

Nicolay G. Basov and Aleksandr M. Prokhorov

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry: Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin (UK)

For her determinations by X-ray techniques of the structures of important biochemical substances.

Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine: Konrad Bloch (Germany / USA) and Feodor Lynen (Germany)

For their discoveries concerning the mechanism and regulation of the cholesterol and fatty acid metabolism.

Konrad Bloch

Feodor Lynen

The Nobel Prize in Literature: Jean-Paul Sartre (France)

For his work which, rich in ideas and filled with the spirit of freedom and the quest for truth, has exerted a far-reaching influence on our age.
Jean-Paul Sartre declined the Nobel Prize.