It's #BackToSchool day. This is the correct procedure, be sure to keep send-offs brisk and manly. | BBC Archive
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It's #BackToSchool day. This is the correct procedure, be sure to keep send-offs brisk and manly. | BBC Archive
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#OnThisDay 1949: Newsreel was at Bosinver farm, where what was once the richest tin mine in all of Cornwall had been reopened. | BBC Archive
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#OnThisDay 1949: Newsreel was at Bosinver farm, where what was once the richest tin mine in all of Cornwall had been reopened. | BBC Archive
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#OnthisDay 1949: The overcrowded commute was set to become a thing of the past as a new double-decker train was introduced at London Charing Cross. | BBC Archive
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#OnthisDay 1949: The overcrowded commute was set to become a thing of the past as a new double-decker train was introduced at London Charing Cross. | BBC Archive
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#OnthisDay 1949: Behold! The steel-jawed man from France, Mr Jean Le Gall. | BBC Archive
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#OnthisDay 1949: Behold! The steel-jawed man from France, Mr Jean Le Gall. | 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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#OnThisDay1949: Newsreel paid tribute to those who kept Britain moving on Christmas Day. | BBC Archive
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#OnThisDay1949: Newsreel reported as Southend illuminations were switched on. | BBC Archive
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#OnThisDay1949: Newsreel reported as Southend illuminations were switched on. | 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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#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 1949: A goodwill voyage of ‘modern Vikings’ from Denmark made their way across the North Sea to Broadstairs. | BBC Archive
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#OnthisDay 1949: Newsreel took their cameras to the Isle of Arran to capture some lovely footage of the potato harvest. | BBC Archive
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#OnThisDay 1949: England and South Africa were linked through the magic of radio. | 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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#OTD 1949: For the time-poor holidaymaker, a weekend cruise to France was just the ticket. This is beautiful newsreel footage. | BBC Archive
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#OnThisDay 1949: An electronic brain could solve maths problems in no time! Well, 25 minutes, give or take a week. | BBC Archive
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#OnThisDay in 1949: A new double-decker train, SR Class 4DD, was introduced at London Charing Cross, aimed at alleviating the overcrowded commute. | BBC Archive
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#OnThisDay 1949: Newsreel reported as Southend illuminations were switched on. | BBC Archive
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#OnthisDay 1949: The overcrowded commute was set to become a thing of the past as a new double-decker train was introduced at London's Charing Cross. | 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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#OnThisDay 1949: "These pictures, unique in the modern history of London, were taken" Newsreel broadcast some striking footage. | BBC Archive
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#OTD 1949: The BBC had exclusive footage of the British Ski Championships. The Newsreel music is no Ski Sunday theme, but it works... | BBC Archive
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#OnThisDay 1949: Newsreel showed footage of the new diesel-electric engine's inaugural run from Euston to Glasgow. The steam engine drivers did not look happy. | 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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#OnThisDay 1949: London was switching the lights on again after the war. | BBC Archive
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An unexploded World War Two bomb in London, you say? Sounds like a job for these fine chaps, from 1949 | BBC Archive
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#OnThisDay 1949: Newsreel covered the traditional Medway barge race. This is lovely footage. | BBC Archive
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"Let us hope that these lights need never be dimmed again." #OnThisDay 1949: London was switching back on again after the war. | BBC Archive
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#OnThisDay 1949: The Vikings invaded. Again. | BBC Archive
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#OnThisDay 1949: Newsreel visited Bonn, birthplace of Beethoven, which was preparing to become the new capital of West Germany. | BBC Archive
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#OTD 1949: BBC Archive hopes that you find this gorgeous film about bell founding ap-peal-ing. | BBC Archive
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