#OTD 1948: The Olympic Games were held in London and the BBC televised them for the first time. This fascinating short film shows how the BBC provided facilities for the broadcasters of the 61 competing nations so they could be seen and heard around the world. | BBC Archive
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#OTD 1948: The Olympic Games were held in London and the BBC televised them for the first time. This fascinating short film shows how the BBC provided facilities for the broadcasters of the 61 competing nations so they could be seen and heard around the world. | BBC Archive
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#OnThisDay 1948: Newsreel captured all the sights and sounds of the Royal Agricultural Show. Well, mostly just the sights. | BBC Archive
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#OnThisDay 1948: Newsreel captured all the sights and sounds of the Royal Agricultural Show. Well, mostly just the sights. | BBC Archive
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#OnThisDay 1948: Newsreel broadcast exclusive footage of the british prototype Fairey Gyrodyne setting a new world speed record at White Waltham Airfield. | BBC Archive
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#OnThisDay 1948: Newsreel broadcast exclusive footage of the british prototype Fairey Gyrodyne setting a new world speed record at White Waltham Airfield. | BBC Archive
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#OnThisDay 1951: Self-service shopping reached the UK. The manly men of Newsreel deferred to noted woman, Marjorie Anderson, for this report. | BBC Archive
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#OnThisDay 1951: Self-service shopping reached the UK. The manly men of Newsreel deferred to noted woman, Marjorie Anderson, for this report. | BBC Archive
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#OnThisDay 1948: BBC Newsreel took a look at how pottery was made. This is possibly the most relaxing thing we've watched all year. | BBC Archive
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#OnThisDay 1948: BBC Newsreel took a look at how pottery was made. This is possibly the most relaxing thing we've watched all year. | BBC Archive
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#OnThisDay 1948: BBC News took a peek at panto preparations (oh yes they did.) | BBC Archive
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#OnThisDay 1948: BBC News took a peek at panto preparations (oh yes they did.) | BBC Archive
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#OnThisDay 1948: Newsreel was keen to show off the nifty outside broadcast kit the BBC was using to cover the 1948 London Olympics. You might want to sit down for this one, camera geeks. #Olympics #OlympicGames | BBC Archive
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#OnThisDay 1948: Newsreel was keen to show off the nifty outside broadcast kit the BBC was using to cover the 1948 London Olympics. You might want to sit down for this one, camera geeks. #Olympics #OlympicGames | BBC Archive
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#OnThisDay 1948: Newsreel showed footage of the Olympic torch en route to Wembley Stadium, ahead of the 1948 Olympic Games. | BBC Archive
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#OnThisDay 1948: "Father, mother, children, the dog, the newest baby and piles of household goods all set out for the pleasant and profitable business of hop picking." Newsreel reported on Londoners 'hopping'. A wonderful piece of social history. | BBC Archive
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#OnThisDay 1948: The Olympic Games were held in London and the BBC televised them for the first time. This fascinating short film shows how the BBC provided facilities for the broadcasters of the 61 competing nations, so they could be seen and heard around the world. | BBC Archive
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#OnThisDay 1948: "Completely lost in the mists of antiquity, are the origin and meaning of this strange old English dance." Newsreel was in Abbots Bromley, to watch the mystifying horn dance. | BBC Archive
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Today in 1948, work started on the mammoth task of repainting the gargantuan Sydney Harbour Bridge. It will take a team of eighty workers nearly five years to apply the one-hundred and four tonnes of paint required. | BBC Archive
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#OnThisDay 1948: Newsreel cameras were at the Shelsley Walsh Hill Climb, to watch driver Raymond Mays win - again. Give somebody else a chance, Raymond! | BBC Archive
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#OnThisDay 1949: "For special occasions, why not flowers on your feet?" For more vintage fashion, visit - https://www.bbc.co.uk/archive/fashion/zvss7nb | BBC Archive
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In 1953, the BBC filmed the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. Television transmitters carried pictures across the UK and Europe, while a special transatlantic delivery of BBC film reels ensured North American viewers didn't miss out. | BBC Archive
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#OTD 1949: Flowers were the big fashion accessory. "Today, professionally selected blossoms are obtainable in all the cities of the world" | BBC Archive
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#OnThisDay1949: Newsreel paid tribute to those who kept Britain moving on Christmas Day. | BBC Archive
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#OnThisDay 1948: Newsreel showed footage of Sir Nigel Gresley being put through its paces at the new Locomotive Testing Station in Rugby. | BBC Archive
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#OnThisDay 1950: Newsreel documented the making of "the periodical with the world's biggest sale", the Radio Times Christmas edition. For more Radio Times than you can shake a stick at, visit BBC Genome: genome.ch.bbc.co.uk | BBC Archive
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#OTD 1949: The Cafe Royal held a hat show "in an attempt to make men hat-conscious again." If you'd like to see more of this cutting-edge fashion, you can! Just visit https://www.bbc.co.uk/archive/fashion/zvss7nb | BBC Archive
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#OnThisDay 1953: This Television Newsreel report captures the sense of anticipation and excitement on Coronation Day, as thousands camped out overnight to catch a glimpse of the new Queen. | BBC Archive
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#OTD 1948: Catch as catch can wrestling, hammer throwing, caber tossing and “putting the shot”… It can only be the Braemar Games, which was celebrating its Royal centenary. For more Scottish archive you can visit - https://www.bbc.co.uk/archive/scotland/zdnyxyc | BBC Archive
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#OnThisDay 1948: Newsreel showed footage of the last German prisoners of war leaving Britain. | BBC Archive
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#OnThisDay 1951: Newsreel investigated what everyone was up to during the Christmas holiday. | BBC Archive
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#OnThisDay 1949: "When women start to wear frivolous hats again, you can be pretty sure that care does not lie too heavily upon their menfolk" Newsreel experienced the sights, lights and fashions of Hamburg. | BBC Archive
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#OnThisDay 1949: Newsreel reported on the first flight of the very large but short-lived Bristol Brabazon. | BBC Archive
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#OnThisDay 1950: Newsreel showed the newest fashions from head to foot. Now, where's BBC Archive's white bobble hat? More fashion archive here - https://www.bbc.co.uk/archive/fashion/zvss7nb | BBC Archive
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#OnThisDay 1948: Prince Charles, now King Charles III, was born at Buckingham Palace. 365 days on, BBC Newsreel looked back at the day in question and events since. Clip taken from BBC Newsreel, originally broadcast on BBC Television, Monday 14 November, 1949. #bbcarchive #bbcnewsreel #princecharles #kingcharles | BBC Archive
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#OnThisDay 1951: BBC Television Newsreel trained its cameras on Britannia, the new British Rail Standard Class 7 steam locomotive. | BBC Archive
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#OnThisDay 1949: Newsreel focused on some old West Country customs. Betwaddling stuff, for a grockle... | BBC Archive
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