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Our collections span the world and tell a century of stories, scroll down to explore. 

This collection includes footage from a diverse range of scenes and eras including  punks, hippies, rave, Swinging 60s and the hip hop scene. A particular focus is amateur footage shot by people who belonged to the subcultures giving a rare insider's view from hanging out on the streets to shopping and parties.

The Swinging 60s was one of the most iconic and creative eras of the 20th Century, and Kinolibrary’s collection encapsulates it in all its glory. Featuring beehive hairdos, miniskirts, and all round hedonism.
This collection includes rare footage of many stars of the era including Jimi Hendrix, David Hockney, Pink Floyd, Marianne Faithfull and Julie Christie. Get a glimpse of colour shopping on Carnaby Street, John Lennon at a warehouse party in London, hippies in Haight-Ashbury, the Rolling Stones hanging out by the pool in America, Andy Warhol at work in The Factory and student rallies in the USA and UK.

Swinging Sixties

Get stuck into our wonderful collection of hippies roaming the streets of Haight Ashbury, on Esalen retreats and taking psychedelic drugs at festivals and parties.

Hippies

Wild dance moves, flares, halter neck shirts, spandex… Kinolibrary’s groovy Disco collection will make you feel like you’re in Saturday Night Fever!

Disco

Immerse yourself in our show-stopping, high quality Rave collection, a real highlight of Kinolibrary’s archive. Pumping acid house, sweaty dancers and bright neons; follow our ravers as they queue up to dance 'til sunrise at illegal warehouse parties. After the raves of the early 90s, the latter half of the 90s and early 2000s saw the birth of the UK Garage scene. Kinolibrary’s garage collection features footage of Wookie, Mikee B, and young ravers sporting designer clothes. Moschino and Polo at the ready! Emerging from the Jungle movement of the early 90s, the Drum and Bass movement was characterised by 160 to 185 beats per minute and fast breakbeats. Rooted in Caribbean culture, the people involved in this movement were breaking the boundaries of other electronic dance music genres. You can expect to be toured around club nights from garage to trance, lively dancefloor close ups, DJ’s mixing behind their decks, as well as interviews with the hottest club promoters, producers and artists. This collection is a no holds barred sensorial submergence.

Rave

Breakdancing, record scratching and boom boxes - footage the 70s and 80s of the early hip hop scene in New York.

Hip Hop

Experience one of the best UK punk collections in the world, full of the fashion and fury of this iconic movement. Bands, fans, mayhem and safety pins... London’s Calling! Come and experience it all along The Kings Road and beyond.

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