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. Doll

    Trainee Reporter spending her first Christmas in England. She comes from Togo and is training with the BBC French Service for which she is seen recording her impressions of Hamleys, one of the best known toy shops in the world.

    51 KB

    1960s, childhood, images

  2. First Aid Kid

    Children Talking - First aid, 1960s

    468 KB

    1960s, childhood, audio

  3. Ginger Kid

    Children Talking - Ginger hair, 1960s

    885 KB

    1960s, childhood, audio

  4. Girlfriend

    Children Talking - Girlfriend, 1960s

    409 KB

    1960s, childhood, audio

  5. God

    Children Talking - God, 1960

    700 KB

    1960s, childhood, audio

  6. Going To The Moon

    Children Talking - Going to the moon, 1960s

    833 KB

    1960s, childhood, audio

  7. Head Boy

    Children Talking - Head boy, 1960s

    2 MB

    1960s, childhood, audio

  8. Important People

    Children Talking - Important people, 1960s

    323 KB

    1960s, childhood, audio

  9. Love

    Children Talking - Love, 1960s

    691 KB

    1960s, childhood, audio

  10. Marriage

    Children Talking - Marriage, 1960s

    1 MB

    1960s, childhood, audio

  11. Mum And Dad

    Children Talking - Mum and dad, 1 960s

    258 KB

    1960s, childhood, audio

  12. Naughty Boy

    Children Talking - Naughty boy, 1960s

    525 KB

    1960s, childhood, audio