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History of Britain: Docs, newsreels & rare footage

History of Britain: Docs, newsreels & rare footage

Delve deep into the archives with our History of Britain sale – over 40 must-have documentary, public information and newsreel compilations from £8.99

Perhaps the key title in this collection is Public Information Films of the Home Front, featuring legendary campaigns such as Dig for Victory, Careless Talk Costs Lives and Make-do and Mend and filled with advice that remains pertinent in today's austerity Britain.

Calmer times and places are explored in This Sceptred Isle where travelogues chart thirty years of domestic holiday ideas, while rare news footage and interviews from the BBC and British Pathé are used to shine a light on decades of British life in the A Year to Remember series.

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Various (Documentary), 1939-45

£13.49

Variety Acts and Turns of the Second World War: 1939-1945

Over 2 1/2 hours of the performances and songs sung...

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Various (Documentary), 1941-1946

£16.99

Railways in Britain: Britain's Railways at War

A comprehensive collection of original archive documentaries covering the wartime...

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Various (Documentary), 1945

£20.99

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Public Information Films of the British Home Front 1939-1945

The definitive compilation of Second World War Publ...

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Various (Documentary), 1945

£16.99

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Keep Calm and Carry On: News Reports from the British Home Fro...

An 8 hour digest of newsreels reporting on war rela...

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Various (Documentary), 1974

£18.89

This Sceptred Isle: Day Trips in England 1940s to 1970s

Spanning the 30 years from 1944-74, This Sceptred I...

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Various , 2010

£13.49

Pathe Collection: Fabulous Fashions of the 1940s

This release in the British Pathe Cinemagazines series casts its focus on 1940s f...

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Various (Documentary), 1959

£21.49

A Year to Remember: The 1950s

Using rare news footage and interviews from the incredible British Pathé archive,...

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Various (Documentary), 2011

£20.49

A Year to Remember: The 1960s

Using rare news footage and interviews from the incredible British Pathé archive,...

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Various (Documentary), 1946

£13.49

Railways in Britain: The Scottish Express

Scottish Express is a 1946 film showing a steam train journey from London's King'...

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Various , 1916

£16.99

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The Battle of the Somme

Smiling awkwardly at the newfangled cameras, troops move towards the Front in the...

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Rosie Newman, 1946

£16.99

Rosie Newman's Britain at War in Colour

This previously unreleased and digitally restored 1946 colour documentary is one ...

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Various (Documentary), 2011

£13.49

Britain's Railways: The Golden Age of the Big Four - 1920-1939

Filled with archive film, The Golden Age of the Big...

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Various (TV), 1963

£13.49

Flashpoint Berlin: 1957-1963

In the late 1950s and early 1960s, ITN filmed a series of news items abroad calle...

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Various (Documentary), 1951-1987

£20.99

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Nuclear War in Britain: Home Front Civil Defence Films

With the dawning of the nuclear age, a new form of ...

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Various , 2009

£16.99

British Railways: 1948-1961

The definitive archive-film led history of the early years of Britain’s nationali...

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Various , 1950s

£13.49

British Motor Shows of the 1950s

British Motor Shows Of The 1950s looks at British cars in the 1950s, with a deca...

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Various (Documentary), 1951-59

£16.99

Entertaining the RAF: The Astra Gazette Newsreels

The Royal Air Force Astra Gazette newsreels were made by Pathé in the 1950s to be...

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Various , 2010

£13.49

British Motor Shows of the 1960s

British Motor Shows of the 1960s complements British Motor Shows of the 1950s wit...

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