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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2977 results found
Class Metal
A class in the metal workshop. College of Technology and Arts, Rugby. 1937
49 KB
1930s, childhood, images
Class Metal Work
Metal workshop . College of Technology and Arts, Rugby. 1937
38 KB
1930s, childhood, images
Mothercraft Class
Mothercraft. College of Technology and Arts, Rugby. 1937
35 KB
1930s, childhood, images
Class PE
Physical training .College of Technology and Arts, Rugby. 1937
40 KB
1930s, childhood, images
Class Physical Train
Physical training . College of Technology and Arts, Rugby. 1937
35 KB
1930s, childhood, images
Explorers
Childhood explorers, 1930s
749 KB
1930s, childhood, audio
Holidays
Childhood holidays, 1930s
1 MB
1930s, childhood, audio
Santa & Toys
Harry Hemsley, dressed as Father Christmas, and his toys
45 KB
1930s, childhood, images
Schoolboy Boxers
Juvenile Edition of 'Picture Page'. Schoolboy boxing champions, December 1936.
30 KB
1930s, childhood, images
Soap Box Derby
Motor Racing, Outside Broadcast from the Crystal Palace. Hayes interviewing entrants in Soap-Box Derby, May 1939.
59 KB
1930s, childhood, images
Christmas Baking
Christmas baking, 1930s
1 MB
1930s, events, audio
Christmas Morning
Christmas morning, 1930s
1 MB
1930s, events, audio