Adeptly portraying young people during topical debate, the documentary puts this within the context of their social and political development.
Crime, fashion, smoking, parental controls and pocket money are all issues on which these young people have something to say. The death penalty, yet to be abolished, brings from most an eye-for-an-eye attitude. The commentator asks who is to take these young people's feelings and opinions beyond the headlines to greater understanding.
Around that time, Harold Macmillan was telling the parents of these so-called rowdy young people that they've never had it so good. Jobs were plentiful, if sometimes dull. The film goes some way to represent the work ethic of these young people and their motivation. Work puts money in their pockets and equates to having a good evening. A good evening is an evening with friends, dancing and shouting when you feel like it.
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