The 1968 film if...., which satirised the worst elements of English public school life, and culminated in scenes of armed insurrection, won the Palme d'Or at the 1969 Cannes Film Festival.[29][30] These actions were felt in British public schools; the new headmaster at Oundle School noted that "student protests and intellectual ferment were challenging the status quo".[31] These challenges coincided with the mid-1970s recession and moves by the Labour government to separate more clearly the independent and state sectors.[20]