Continuing our series of short films from the BFI National Archive, here’s an excerpt from 1959’s We Are the Lambeth Boys.

Karel Reisz’s illuminating film was shot over six months at a youth club in Lambeth. The piece is packed full of wonderful accents, youthful exhuberance and a fantastic London streetscape.

As distant as the teens’ experiences seem, it’s interesting to consider just how different our own teenage years were compared to the wired generation emerging today.

More from the BFI Archive:
Snow (1963)
Rush Hour (1970)
The Smallest Car in the Largest City in the World (1913)
Tea Making Tips (1941)
Piccadilly (1929)
Trafalgar Square Riot (1913)
Colour On The Thames (1935)

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