BBC Television Newsreel
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Current affairs from the 1940s and 1950s, with lashings of jaunty music and received pronunciation.
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1948: The Whole Family go HOP PICKING in Kent | Newsreel | Classic Clips | BBC Archive
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1949: HMS IMPLACABLE's Last Voyage | BBC Television Newsreel | Retro Transport | BBC Archive
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1952 FA Cup: SCUNTHORPE Prepare for SPURS | Newsreel | Classic Sport | BBC Archive
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1949: BOAT RACE to be TELEVISED in full | Newsreel | Classic Sport | BBC Archive
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1952: King George VI - Lying in State | Newsreel | BBC Archive
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1949: BACK TO SCHOOL For Boarders | Newsreel | Classic BBC clips | BBC Archive
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1949: ARRAN - Island of POTATOES | Newsreel | World of Work | BBC Archive
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1949: BOAC FLYING BOAT Lands on the THAMES | Newsreel | Retro Transport | BBC Archive
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1951: Gruelling BEN NEVIS Mountain RACE | Newsreel | Classic BBC Sport | BBC Archive
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1953: Driving the QUEEN'S CORONATION route | BBC Newsreel | Iconic News Stories | BBC Archive
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1951: CUTTY SARK - Last of the TEA CLIPPERS | Newsreel | Retro Transport | BBC Archive
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1950: 'SPIDER MEN' builders at work | Newsreel | Classic BBC clips | BBC Archive
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1952: Britain's BICYCLE industry | Newsreel | Classic BBC clips | BBC Archive
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1954: Roger BANNISTER runs the first ever 4 MINUTE MILE | Newsreel | Classic BBC Sport | BBC Archive
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1949: Christmas Day WORKERS Keep Britain Moving | BBC Newsreel | World of Work | BBC Archive
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1952 Gets a NOISY Welcome | BBC Newsreel | BBC Archive
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1952: What's the BEST CHRISTMAS GIFT this year? | Television Newsreel | Christmas | BBC Archive
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1951: The POST Arrived on Time | BBC Newsreel | World of Work | BBC Archive
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1948: Tour of the 1948 OLYMPIC VILLAGE | Newsreel | Classic BBC clips | BBC Archive
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1948: GOODWOOD MOTOR CIRCUIT's First Race | Newsreel | Classic BBC Sport | BBC Archive
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1951: Skiing in a WIND TUNNEL | Newsreel | Classic Sport | BBC Archive
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1951: Building the HOLME MOSS TRANSMITTER | Newsreel | Making of... | BBC Archive
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1951: EASTER CELEBRATIONS begin in LONDON | Newsreel | BBC Archive
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1948: COCKLE COLLECTORS at WORK | Newsreel | BBC Archive
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1954: New RIFLES for the ARMY | Newsreel | Retro Tech | BBC Archive
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