Some very cool footage of 60's teens dancing and general "Hard Day's Night" style romping. Uploaded by XenonExplosion who notes:
"Bought a box of empty 16mm and 8mm reels, with a few of them full of leader... and THIS footage!"
"If anyone knows what it is or who the band is, or even the date, please share... It looks like a student film or "music video." (yeah, I know, it's on Film so it's not a video...)"
"It has no soundtrack, and the sprocket side is very dark so I could barely make out --DACHRO-- on the edge, which leads me to believe this was shot on Kodachrome. The video doesn't do the colors or the sharpness justice, they're incredible!"
"I left the sound intact so you could hear the splices go through the projector. Some of the footage is continuous stock even though the angle/scene changes, but most of it is cement-spliced together. Fascinating stuff!"
As the drum features the band name "Mark IV" I looked them up on Wikipedia. No reason to doubt it is a promotional film for that 60's American band, given the American street sign, Mad magazine, KMBC radio station, etc.
Posted by: Joy Watson | February 11, 2012 at 11:52 AM
I don't think that's who they are. That "The Mark IV" was a 50's band. These guys are pretty obviously some kind of 60's garage band....
Posted by: Cookie | February 11, 2012 at 12:17 PM
Is that a large photo of Moby Grape they're holding to camera around 57" ?
Posted by: Dewi Fraunhofer | February 11, 2012 at 06:55 PM
Two groups called the Mark IV had singles released in 1966 - one from Kentucky and one from Poughkeepsie, New York.
The film is probably from 1967 (certainly no earlier) in view of the reference to the film "Bonnie & Clyde" and the image of Moby Grape from their first LP cover.
Posted by: John Poole | February 12, 2012 at 08:29 AM
That's the KMBC 9 TV building, Kansas City, Missouri.
Posted by: Dewi Fraunhofer | February 12, 2012 at 07:51 PM
That issue of Mad is from June 68, so It has to be later than that.
Posted by: A Facebook User | March 16, 2012 at 02:26 PM