Slow motion replays were introduced to help the audience

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5. A cultural revolutionPrime Minister Harold Wilson and President Lyndon B Johnson at the White House (Gamma Keystone via Getty Images). Below is an excerpt from a BBC radio news script on Thursday, 28 July 1966 Canada Goose Jackets (courtesy of the British Library).

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