7-500: Dateline Diamonds is a 1965 black and white British music film directed by Jeremy Summers and starring William Lucas , Kenneth Cope and the Small Faces . It is an example of the "pop and cop" genre of film, which was popular in the UK during the early 1960s and was intended to present young musical talents to the teenage market. The film was a low-budget B movie and was released as
14-512: A supporting feature to Doctor in Clover (1966). Major Fairclough is linked to an international criminal gang that uses the MV Galaxy (the ship which was the home of the pirate radio station Radio London ) to smuggle stolen diamonds from the UK to Amsterdam . Fairclough blackmails Lester Benson, the fictitious manager of the Small Faces , into aiding and abetting his crimes. The film features
21-591: Is in any way distinguished, and the intervals for music merely slow down the detection," Black-and-white Black-and-white ( B&W or B/W ) images combine black and white to produce a range of achromatic brightnesses of grey . It is also known as greyscale in technical settings. The history of various visual media began with black and white, and as technology improved, altered to color. However, there are exceptions to this rule, including black-and-white fine art photography , as well as many film motion pictures and art film (s). Early photographs in
28-456: The late 19th and early to mid 20th centuries were often developed in black and white, as an alternative to sepia due to limitations in film available at the time. Black and white was also prevalent in early television broadcasts, which were displayed by changing the intensity of monochrome phosphurs on the inside of the screen, before the introduction of colour from the 1950s onwards. Black and white continues to be used in certain sections of
35-458: The modern arts field, either stylistically or to invoke the perception of a historic work or setting. Since the late 1960s, few mainstream films have been shot in black-and-white. The reasons are frequently commercial, as it is difficult to sell a film for television broadcasting if the film is not in color. 1961 was the last year in which the majority of Hollywood films were released in black and white. In computing terminology, black-and-white
42-506: The original lineup of the British band the Small Faces ( Jimmy Winston was replaced in 1966 by Ian McLagan ). The band's manager, Don Arden , arranged for the Small Faces to appear in the film as a promotional vehicle for " I've Got Mine ", the follow-up to their debut hit single " Whatcha Gonna Do About It ". However, the film's release was delayed and the band received no other publicity for
49-590: The single, which failed to chart. The final sequence, showing Rey Anton and Pro Forma, Mark Richardson and the Small Faces performing on stage, was filmed during a genuine Radio London night at the Rank Ballroom in Watford . The film was made at Pinewood Studios and on location. Dateline Diamonds has been released on VHS and DVD . The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "An uninspired attempt to capture two markets by combining sleuthing with pop music. Neither element
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