It's interesting that it all looks so realistic - it makes one realise how false any recreation of a 60s street scene is. I've often wondered why classic vehicles don't look quite right in period dramas - Morse, Midsomer murders, etc - and I think it is because they are too perfect. In practice, a random street scene in 1964 would have vehicles in all conditions and state of cleanliness. The coal lorry will be grimed with coal dust, as will the driver, the wooden drop-sides will be worn, one of the tail lights will be broken, etc.
Also, crucially, a genuine 1964 scene would have plenty of older vehicles. Pre-war ones were pretty common. I looked at and considered several when I was buying my first car in 1966, and these were in everyday use. In the end I chose a 1954 Triumph Mayflower because it was in good working order but mainly, cheap at £10.
I could step straight back into that footage and it would all seem absolutely normal.
But then I grew up with cars older than those. I remember when no more than about four noticing the distinctive exhaust noise of a Ford Popular or a Morris Minor, and I remember the factory protective plastic on the seats of a new Standard Vanguard Phase III, the column gear change, and my uncle taking it up to an indicated 100 mph on the A1. People up the road used a 1920s big Morris saloon as their ordinary car, and I noticed the distinctive noise of it's straight-cut gears even as a child.
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The future of motoring - 1964 new
The future of motoring - 1964 new