Last update: 20 September 2005
This is an attempt to identify and date all the clips in the video for "The Return of the Los Palmas 7" by Madness. The single was released in January 1981, so obviously all the clips are earlier than that. If you can supply me with any more information about any of the clips, I'll be very grateful - you'll even get your name in the credits! Clips marked with '*' are in black and white; those marked otherwise were identified by others, as follows:
| Time | Clip | Estimated Date |
| 0:00 | Silly introduction | |
| 0:45 | Camera enters restaurant | |
| 1:15 | *Rocket launches - presumably one of the Apollos | 1969-72 |
| 1:18 | Spaceship - Millennium Falcon from Star Wars? - leaves planet | 1977 |
| *Vintage car tries to jump over a line of other cars but crashes | ||
| 1:19 | Band in formal dress in restaurant again | |
| 1:26 | "Waiter!" | |
| 1:30 | *Football crowd hold up scarves | |
| 1:32 | Björn Borg serves at Wimbledon | 1976-1980 |
| 1:33 | Paraglider on river, viewed from boat | |
| 1:34 | Skier gets legs in a tangle | 1980 Winter Olympics? Is this chap called Arturo? |
| Grand National | ||
| 1:36 | Restaurant again - Suggs waves chicken leg | |
| 1:40 | Lee plays sax on table | |
| 1:47 | *Cut from 10 shilling note to 50p piece | 1971, when Britain's currency went decimal |
| 1:48 | *Swingometer | probably 1970 |
| 1:49 | Tie fighter from Star Wars | 1977 |
| 1:50 | Ballroom dancing | |
| 1:51 | Vet with interesting large rabbit | |
| 1:52 | Eric'n'Ernie with OBE's | 1976 |
| 1:53 | Harold Wilson waves outside no. 10 | 1974, or it might be 1964 or 1966 |
| 1:54 | *Chap bellyflops in wet street - Trafalgar Square at New Year? | |
| 1:55 | Band walk towards camera in cowboy outfits | |
| 2:01 | Poster of "Law and Order", with Ronald Reagan (full poster here) | 1953 |
| 2:04 | Band as cowboys again | |
| 2:08 | (+) Scottish football fans, or maybe Bay City Rollers fans | 1970s |
| 2:09 | West Ham United (+) footballers celerate after a goal | |
| 2:10 | Cricketer (probably Geoff Boycott (*)) hits a ball | |
| 2:11 | Suggs watches clip of "One Step Beyond" and grins at camera | |
| 2:13 | Large crowd waves, probably connected to the next clip | 1977 |
| 2:14 | Royal family appear on balcony | probably Jubilee year, 1977 |
| Ted Heath kisses a woman on the cheek | ||
| 2:15 | Skateboarder performs artistic move | probably 1977 |
| 2:17 | More shots of the band as cowboys | |
| 2:21 | Band in formal dress in restaurant again |
It gets very fast here - there are 50 clips in the next 20 seconds.
| Time | Clip | Estimated Date |
| 2:37 | (+) Bobby Moore playing football for Fulham | early 1970s |
| 2:38 | *Car rolls over | |
| *Two cricket officials in suits chat; (*) these are Garry Sobers (WI) and Ray Illingworth (Eng) at Lords' | 1969 | |
| *Concorde flies overhead | 1970 or later | |
| *Mick Jagger, after being acquitted from trial? | 1968 | |
| That th*tch&r woman waves outside #10 | 1979 | |
| 2:39 | *Two people in a vehicle - looks like wartime footage of civilans | |
| 2:40 | *Spaghetti Junction, Gravelly Hill, near Brimingham | 1960s |
| (+) Frank McLintock (Arsenal captain) and Bob Wilson collect the FA Cup | 1971 | |
| 2:41 | *Woman in large hat - Bianca Jagger? ??? | |
| *US president being sworn in ((+) looks like Nixon) | ||
| 2:42 | (+) BOAC Boeing 747 airliner on tarmac | 1971-1974 |
| *Very quick shot of seated woman's miniskirted legs | 1964-ish | |
| *John and Yoko at press conference | probably 1970 | |
| 2:43 | (+) Flying Scotsman goes from Liverpool to US by ship | 1969 |
| *South African leader??? | ||
| 2:44 | (+) Ted Heath is applauded on stage | early 1970s |
| *Very quick shot of (+) Liverpool football scarves | ||
| *King Kong does something threatening | 1933 | |
| 2:45 | People line a street, presumably waiting for the Queen | 1977 |
| Horses land on the grass after a jump in a race | ||
| 2:46 | "Embarrassment" brass section | |
| *Unidentified woman | ||
| Goalkeeper takes goal kick ((+) total guess, Pat Jennings of Tottenham Hotspur) | ||
| 2:47 | (+) Jeremy Thorpe, Liberal party leader, with election rosette | early 1970s |
| *Important-looking people outside a building | ||
| 2:48 | *Woman smashes champagne bottle against a ship | |
| Three soldiers with rifles grinning | ||
| 2:49 | Jimmy Carter? meeting (+) James Callaghan? | late 1970s |
| Emcee approaches mike at a dinner function ((+) Peter Sellars?) | ||
| (+) Jane Fonda in Vietnam | late 1960s - early 1970s | |
| 2:50 | Female hockey players about to start match | |
| Han Solo with laser gun in Star Wars | 1977 | |
| 2:51 | Björn Borg holds up Wimbledon trophy | 1975-1979 |
| *Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia | ||
| The Grand National trophy | ||
| 2:52 | *Dulux English Sheepdog Competition entrants!!! | |
| *E.R.N.I.E. - the Premium Bonds machine, as immortalised in song by Madness | 1954? | |
| 2:53 | Tabloid headline "Wilson Resigns" | 1976 |
| *military jump-jet | ||
| *very brief shot of football shooting into goal | ||
| 2:54 | *young female gymnast, presumably at Olympics | |
| band in restaurant | ||
| *car hits tree | ||
| 2:55 | band member bends spoon | |
| Spacemen disembark | ||
| 2:56 | *Scottish football fan proudly holds piece of Wembley turf aloft | 1977, of course |
| 2:57 | (+) Princess Anne & Capt Mark Phillips getting married | 1974ish |
| Chas Smash in porkpie hat at piano | ||
| band leave restaurant | ||
| 3:15 | old chap in red hat waves goodbye |