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[1955] Special Enquiry - Britain's Teenagers - a documentary presented by Denis Mitchell - follows the lives of different teenagers living in 1950s Britain.

This clip focuses on schoolgirl Diane, a young Dirk Bogarde fan on the cusp of adulthood, who feels that in West Norwood the people are all either too young or too old. What does Diane do with her time?

youtu.be/CLCKs_Ppp_Q

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[1959] Morning in the Streets - Denis Mitchell's 1959 documentary is full of evocative images of a Liverpool still recovering from the post-war gloom. It won the award for the best television documentary film in the Italia Prize Contest, 1959.

youtube.com/watch?v=z9RZ5ul4SO

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