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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Search Results
2977 results found
Guitar Purchase
Buying a guitar, from 1950s
17 MB
1950s, music, video
Harp
A harp player, in traditional Welsh costume playing in the field at the Urdd Eisteddford Ammanford in 1957
63 KB
1950s, music, images
Hastings Girls' Choir
The Hastings Girl's Choir
55 KB
1950s, music, images
Humphrey Lyttelton Band
Humphrey Lyttelton and his band. (left-right): Johnny Picard (trombone) ; Bruce Turner (clarinet) ; Johnny Parker (piano) ; Eddie Taylor (drums) ; Jim Bray (bass) ; Humphrey Lyttelton (trumpet).
40 KB
1950s, music, images
Jazz Band
Humphrey Lyttelton and his band. (left-right): Humphrey Lyttelton (trumpet) ; Johnny Parker (piano) ; Johnny Picard (trombone) ; Bruce Turner (clarinet) ; Eddie Taylor (drums) ; Jim Bray (bass).
44 KB
1950s, music, images
Jimmy Lloyd
Jimmy Lloyd, young singer from Trinidad, making his first appearance in 'Six-Five Special' on November 30th.
46 KB
1950s, music, images
John Barry Seven
The John Barry Seven. (l-r) Jimmy Stead, John Barry, Dennis King, Dougie Wright, Mike Peters, Vic Flick, and Keith Kelly.
45 KB
1950s, music, images
Joyce Shock
Joyce Shock, 20 year old singer and former secretary to Frankie Vaughan, making her debut in 'Six-Five Special'. Joyce Shock made her first public appearance as a singer at the age of twelve in a youth club show.
45 KB
1950s, music, images
Lita Roza
Lita Roza from 1956. How much is that doggie in the window?
39 KB
1950s, music, images
Lonnie Donnegan
Lonnie Donegan with his skiffle group. Left-Right:: Dicky Bishop (guitar), Danny Wright (guitar), Lonnie Donegan (guitar), Nick Nicholls (drums) and Micky Ashman (bass).
39 KB
1950s, music, images
Mantovani
Mantovani, conductor
22 KB
1950s, music, images
Oh When The Saints
A group of guitar students play 'Oh When The Saints' from 1950s, with their teacher giving them advice
17 MB
1950s, music, video
