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.
You can download individual items from the collection, or use the search and filtering to produce your own downloadable collections.
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TV & Radio Blue Peter
Blue Peter' introduction from 1981 with Peter Duncan and puppy 'Goldie'
21 MB
1980s, tv and radio, video
Dogs Bichon Frise
A Bichon Frise dog at Crufts 87. The Bichon Frises name translates to mean, 'Curly Lap Dog.' He is a tough and healthy dog who was bred to be a lap dog for French Royalty
93 KB
1980s, animals, images
Dog training
Barbara Woodhouse teaching people to train dogs, from 1980s
17 MB
1980s, animals, video
Ice Cream Van
People queue by an ice cream van.
146 KB
1980s, childhood, images
Meccano
Boxes of Meccano - Highway Construction set, from 1980.
112 KB
1980s, childhood, images
Rubik's Cube
Rubik's cube: Although the cube had been invented as early as 1975 by Ernö Rubik, cube fever spread only in 1980 to last until 1983. The Rubik cube, was one of the biggest selling puzzles of the twentieth century.
55 KB
1980s, childhood, images
School Football 2
Children play football as their teacher looks on, from 1980s
97 KB
1980s, childhood, images
School Sports Day 2
Primary School children take part in a sack race on school sports day, from 1980s
111 KB
1980s, childhood, images
CND Rally
A Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament rally in Trafalgar Square, London, from October 1980.
142 KB
1980s, events, images
Council House Deeds Thatcher
Locals protest against Thatcher government during a visit by the Prime Minister in the 1980s
18 MB
1980s, events, video
Demonstration
Unemployment demonstration during the Conservative Party conference of 1980 in Brighton
81 KB
1980s, events, images
Demonstration Liverpool
Unemployment demonstration in Liverpool in 1980, attended by 150,000 people
107 KB
1980s, events, images
