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
Firemen
Firemen managed to save Hackney Wick station in London when fire broke out but at Stoke Newington, from 1959
3 MB
1950s, people, video
People At Train Station
A foot massage machine which was at the 1959 Brussels exhibition, had an experimental run at Liverpool Street station in London. It cost sixpence to stand on a metal plate and get a foot massage.
6 MB
1950s, people, video
Winter
A thaw after a cold spell brought floods to Lakenheath, Suffolk in 1959.
6 MB
1950s, people, video
Boxing
Club Panama Theatre, Brian London v Henry Cooper heavyweight fight weigh in and interview with fighters, Henry Cooper relaxing at home with his family, from 1959
27 MB
1950s, sport, video
Cricket
In 1959, on the third day of the Sydney Test Match & Australia are only 35 behind England with 7 wickets left.
20 MB
1950s, sport, video
Zoo
London Zoo in 1959. Sea-lions are among the animals being visited by a group of school girls on an educational visit.
6 MB
1950s, animals, video
Pub
The last pint was drawn at the Old Bell in Holborn in 1959. It's was pulled down because it would cost too much to modernise.
3 MB
1950s, leisure, video
Toys
Toys galore have come to Brighton for the Sixth British Toy Fair in 1959 at the Corn Exchange and three seafront hotels.
9 MB
1950s, childhood, video
Tattoo
The old fashion of tattooing gained a new popularity among young people of South London. A shop in the Waterloo Road has a steady stream of customers who want tattoos. From 1959.
10 MB
1950s, people, video
Guildford
A special feature on Guildford from 1959.
18 MB
1950s, people, video
Royal Opera Arcade
The Royal Opera Arcade off the Haymarket is being preserved. From 1959.
9 MB
1950s, people, video
Underground Station
The widening of roads around Notting Hill Gate in London above ground and building a new underground station down below. From 1959
6 MB
1960s, events, video
