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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2977 results found
Race Relations
150 people went on a cruise down the Thames this in 1959 as a practical way of improving race relations. The Event was organised by British Caribbean Association and several MPs took part.
8 MB
1950s, people, video
Ballet Girl
A London girl who's set a precedent by joining the Bolshoi Ballet School for her next few years of training. From 1959
13 MB
1950s, people, video
Holiday Rush
The holiday rush in July 1959, with people leaving London for the holidays
11 MB
1950s, people, video
Tommy Steele
From London Airport in 1959 a party of film personalities left for the first film festival in Moscow. Tommy Steele answered questions from Hardiman Scott.
9 MB
1950s, music, video
Village
Lord Birkett presented prizes to the best kept villages in Buckinghamshire in 1959. Fulmer won the award for places with a population of under 700, and Denham won the award for places with a population over 700.
9 MB
1950s, people, video
Tennis
Britain's Christine Truman won in a hot tennis match over Darlene Hard in 1959. She played much harder tennis & won the first & third sets in temperatures of 120 degrees Fahrenheit to be a winner for Britain.
4 MB
1950s, sport, video
Collins' Music Hall
Collins Music Hall, one of the most famous of London's music halls was closed after a fire in 1959.
7 MB
1950s, people, video
Motor Cycle Police
President Eisenhower visited London in 1959. Whenever President Eisenhower traveled by car in London during his visit, he had a special police motor-cycle escort. They paraded at Crystal Palace, and were inspected by the Head of Scotland Yard's traffic branch.
3 MB
1950s, people, video
Hunter Jets
A display by the R.A.F. Hunters opened the Farnborough Air Show in 1959. BBC Air Correspondent Reginald Turnill gives his impressions of the year's display.
15 MB
1960s, events, video
Roadmaking
The 70 miles of the London-Birmingham Motorway was laid in a little over 18 months. This vast machine, almost a factory on wheels, laid road at the rate of over 1000 feet a day. From 1959
7 MB
1950s, people, video
Magicians
700 Magicians from all over the world met at Buxton for the Convention of the Brotherhood of Magicians in 1959.
7 MB
1950s, people, video
Sheepdog Trials
Sheepdog trials. 1960
9 MB
1960s, animals, video
