These nearly 3000 items from the BBC Archive have been made freely available for personal, educational, and research use, licensed under the terms of the RemArc licence.
The material is searchable, can be browsed by ‘Theme’ or ‘Decade’, and filtered by media type.
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Children In Radio Studio
Presenter of the interlude 'Let's Join the Children' take children into the penguins enclosure, to record their impressions for their fathers, who are serving in Iceland and The Faroes.
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1930s, childhood, images
Toys In Glasgow Radio Studio
The BBC outside broadcast cameras visiting a West End store so that viewers can watch children enjoying the Christmas toy display. The television announcer helps a little girl to try out one of the toys.
33 KB
1930s, childhood, images
Trade Union Strike
Trade Union strikes, 1920s
3 MB
1930s, events, audio
Cinema Al Jolson
Cinema, Al Jolson, 1920s
2 MB
1930s, leisure, audio
Garden Party
People drinking in a pub
57 KB
1930s, leisure, images
Variety Party
Victory Party (02/05/1945) the BBC Variety Departments peak victory programme, broadcast on the 2nd VE day, May 1945, in the BBC Home Service, and later in the General Forces programme. (Left-Right) - Vera Lynn, Elsie Waters, Jack Train, Doris Waters, and some of the returned British Prisoners of War who were among the audience
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1930s, people, images
Tennis
Arthur Ashe playing against a Britain's player Graham Stillwell in the Fourth Round of the Men's Singles at Wimbledon which Arthur Ashe won 6-2 5-7 6-4 6-2.
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1930s, sport, images
Attentive Class
Picture shows an attentive class of school children in 1927.
89 KB
1930s, childhood, images
Class Listen To Wireless
School listening to Empire Day celebrations 1927.
103 KB
1930s, childhood, images
Inattentive Class
Picture shows an inattentive class of school children in 1927.
90 KB
1930s, childhood, images
Classroom
Picture shows - Schools Talk, at Elstow School, September 1926
91 KB
1930s, childhood, images
Class Cookery
Cookery class. Picture taken to illustrate series of articles in The Listener College of Technology and Arts, Rugby. 1937
39 KB
1930s, childhood, images
