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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Canal Family
Picture shows a BBC commentator interviewing a family on a barge travelling on the Grand Union Canal somewhere between Hayes and Kings Langley.
72 KB
1950s, people, images
Miners Health
A medical checkup & X-ray for miners is part of survey for Pneumoconiosis Research Unit, where Doctors study the disease & seek a cure for it. 1950
23 MB
1950s, people, video
Land Girls
The Women's Land Army is to be disbanded next month after 11 years of service. They worked on the land to keep our food supplies going while male agricultural workers joined the forces. The Queen spoke of their great response to the call. 1950
19 MB
1950s, events, video
Whirligig
'Whirligig' - a fortnightly magazine programme for children. Here a scene from 'The Adventures of Hank' - Francis Coudrill with Hank, the cowboy puppet and his horse, Silver King, November 1950
140 KB
1950s, tv and radio, images
Bear Film Frolics
Bear cubs having fun with their keepers, 1950
11 MB
1950s, animals, video
Polar Bear
Schoolchildren visiting the Polar Bears at the Zoo, 1950
19 MB
1950s, animals, video
Xmas Turkey
A turkey farm in the run up to Christmas 1950
10 MB
1950s, animals, video
Cubs And Scouts
Cubs and Scouts on parade at the festival of youth. 1950
6 MB
1950s, childhood, video
Tennis Lesson
Schoolchildren having a tennis lesson. 1950
7 MB
1950s, childhood, video
Tennis Match
Road to Wimbledon tennis match. 1950
28 MB
1950s, childhood, video
Festival Of Youth
Teenagers take part in a Tug-of-War and a cycle race. 1950
7 MB
1950s, leisure, video
Horse Show
Children watching horse show at festival of youth. 1950
7 MB
1950s, leisure, video
