Juke Box Story (1958)

Hampstead, London. Medium panning shot of a very refined looking coffee bar, the ’Vanity Fair’, filled with pot plants, leather armchairs and respectable middle-class couples sipping tea. The camera settles on the top of a small flight of stairs where a metal juke box stands, looking very out of place in such a “sober atmosphere“. C/U of a smartly dressed couple chatting over a cup of tea and a cigarette. C/U of the metal juke box which has the name, ’High Fidelity’ written on the glass front. The narrator explains that the juke box, once associated with “jazz and rock ’n’ roll“, is rapidly becoming respectable. C/U of the turntable. A disc is being mechanically lifted from the turntable and replaced amongst the rows of records. C/U of a second smartly dressed couple sitting at a table - she wears a large white hat. As they chat they indicate to where the jukebox is standing. The background buzz of the coffee bar is audible. C/U of the woman in the white hat. She appears to ask her partner for m