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. Oily Swan 1

    A German ornithologist, Dr Heinz Sy, has flown to London with a specialist cleansing material today to try and save the swans which were covered by oil after a barge sank in the Thames. 1956

    7 MB

    1950s, animals, video

  2. Oily Swan 2

    A German ornithologist, Dr Heinz Sy, has flown to London with a specialist cleansing material today to try and save the swans which were covered by oil after a barge sank in the Thames. 1956

    11 MB

    1950s, animals, video

  3. London Parking 1

    Parking meters have been introduced to Mayfair, London. 1956

    11 MB

    1950s, people, video

  4. London Parking 2

    Parking meters have been introduced to Mayfair, London. 1956

    12 MB

    1950s, people, video

  5. Royal Panto

    The Queen, Royal children and Princess Margaret visited the Christmas Pantomime 'Dick Whittington' at the Palace Theatre in London. 1956

    15 MB

    1950s, events, video

  6. Euston Travel

    Holidaymakers leaving Euston Station. 1956

    20 MB

    1950s, people, video

  7. Christmas Eve London

    Christmas Eve in London. 1956

    12 MB

    1950s, people, video

  8. Christmas Eve London 2

    Christmas Eve in London. 1956

    8 MB

    1950s, people, video

  9. Christmas Eve Market

    Christmas Eve in London. 1956

    7 MB

    1950s, people, video

  10. London Zoo

    London Zoo is usually a big attraction on Boxing Day but snow had cut down the expected attendance. 1956

    8 MB

    1950s, animals, video

  11. Snow

    Shropshire is one of the counties which have had their first snow of the winter. Cars stranded in the snow on Long Mynd tell their own tale. 1955

    11 MB

    1950s, events, video

  12. Pantomime

    London theatres were much cosier this cold raw day. The pantomime season is upon them once again. 1956

    5 MB

    1950s, leisure, video