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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Search Results

2977 results found

  1. Birmingham Royals

    Birmingham welcomes their Majesties King George VI and Queen Elizabeth. 1948

    5 MB

    1940s, events, video

  2. Chelsea Pensioners

    Chelsea pensioners celebrate the anniversary of their founder at the Royal Hospital. 1948

    17 MB

    1940s, events, video

  3. Olympic Village

    Preparation of the accomodation for the Olympic competitors in Richmond, 1948

    17 MB

    1940s, events, video

  4. Amateur Marathon

    Amateur Athletics Marathon won by Jack Holden. Race commentary by Jack Crump, Manager of British Olympic Team. 1948

    16 MB

    1940s, events, video

  5. Shelsley Walsh Hill Climb

    Shelsey Walsh International Speed Hill Climb, timed by electrical contact, the individual cars ascend a 1000 yd course. Roger Mays wins & has done since 1933, except during the war years. 1948

    18 MB

    1940s, leisure, video

  6. Theatrical Garden Party

    Noel Coward hosts A Theatrical Garden Party. 1948

    19 MB

    1940s, people, video

  7. Cherry Pickers

    Cherry pickers harvesting cherry crop. 1948

    17 MB

    1940s, people, video

  8. Cockles

    Fisherman collecting cockles in Leigh-on-Sea, 1948

    22 MB

    1940s, people, video

  9. The Longest Day

    Druids hold procession at Stonehenge to celebrate the longest day of the year. 1948

    14 MB

    1940s, events, video

  10. Empire Windrush

    Jamaican emigrants arrive on the 'Empire Windrush' 1948

    8 MB

    1940s, people, video

  11. Boxing

    Italian Guido Ferracin retained his European Bantamweight title when Peter Kane retired from this fight with both eyes badly cut. 1948

    7 MB

    1940s, sport, video

  12. Olympic Ceremony

    Olympics Opening Ceremony, London, 1948

    14 MB

    1940s, events, video