Indian Summer - 1961 | The Archivist Presents | #311

It’s pouring with rain right now in London, but we did have a little bit of an Indian Summer last week! We had scenes a bit like these in 1961! As you may have noticed the best weather came late this year and its curious how the unemployment figures always seem to rise with the temperature. Swimming pools did a roaring trade and people made the most of it, bathing, sunbathing and well, just taking it easy. Key scene. GV pan Thames to pleasure boat. LS crowds on pleasure boat. LS pleasure boat. LS another. MS pan family in rowing boat. LS sun bathers on grass. MLS same. MS baby at the waters edge. MS dog in water. GV swimming pool. MLS boys in swimming pool. MS boy dives into pool. LS sun bathers. MS same. MLS man sun bathing. MS pan woman knitting. MS man sunbathing . MLS people at zoo cage. CU boy sucking lolly. MCU boy drinking from a fountain. LS polar bear dives into water. LS bear on a rock. MLS lion in cage. MLS polar bear on rock. MS bear on rock. You can license this footage for commercial use thr