BBC Archive

Curated extracts from the BBC's huge content archive.

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1974: Rosa Parks talks about her arrest. Video, 00:02:40
Rosa Parks discusses her 1955 arrest, a pivotal moment in the US Civil Rights Movement.
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On This Day
Posted
15 May 1974
1951: Alan Turing's ‘Can Digital Computers Think?’ Audio, 00:14:45
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On This Day
Posted
15 May 1951
Archive Quiz: Empty sitcom sets
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BBC
1996: Making Grand Theft Auto. Video, 00:05:55
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BBC Archive
Posted
16 May 1996
1972: Walter's one-man strike. Video, 00:05:24
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BBC Archive
Posted
17 May 1972

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Sir David Attenborough

Attenborough: The risk-taker who changed how we see Earth
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BBC News
Posted
7 days ago
Attenborough at 100
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History of the BBC
Posted
7 days ago
1954: Zoo Quest
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BBC
2016: Attenborough's Passion Projects
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BBC Two
1998: Sir David Attenborough on Parkinson. Video, 48 minutes
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Made of Northern Ireland

1976: Valerie Singleton's Belfast shopping trip. Video, 00:04:52
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BBC Archive
Posted
28 January 1976
1980: Belfast punk scene. Video, 00:05:32
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BBC Archive
Posted
19 January 1980
1957: Machines on the Family Farm. Video, 00:04:54
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BBC Archive
Posted
26 February 1957
1971: Jocelyn Bell Burnell on pulsars. Video, 00:04:02
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BBC Archive
Posted
22 November 1971

BBC Archive from around the UK

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1980: A new salon for black hair. Video, 00:02:31
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BBC
Posted
1 day ago
1980: How to make a classic English cricket bat. Video, 00:06:01
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BBC
Posted
3 days ago
1991: Introducing The Red Barrows! Video, 00:03:10
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BBC
Posted
4 days ago
1974: The man who talks to his bees. Video, 00:03:36
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BBC
Posted
7 days ago
1986: Suckling Airways - putting Ipswich on the map. Video, 00:01:59
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BBC
Posted
7 May
1980: Sir David Attenborough answers children's questions. Video, 00:05:50
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BBC
Posted
6 May
1994: What is the future of football in America? Video, 00:06:07
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BBC
Posted
28 April
2001: Teenage Susie Wolff on her driving ambitions. Video, 00:02:02
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BBC
Posted
16 April
1971: Calypso comes to Carnaby Street. Video, 00:03:07
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BBC
Posted
15 April
1981: Blue Peter shows off the tech behind the first London Marathon. Video, 00:03:32
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BBC
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14 April
1980: Which books do kids love reading most? Video, 00:03:18
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BBC
Posted
9 April
1995: The day when nearly every UK phone number changed. Video, 00:02:03
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BBC
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8 April
1976: Operation Hot Cross Bun gets underway. Video, 00:02:32
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BBC
Posted
26 March
2006: Steve Wozniak on building the first Apple computer. Video, 00:07:23
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BBC
Posted
25 March
1993: Dame Jenni Murray discusses Woman's Hour. Video, 00:08:06
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BBC
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20 March
1973: Shoppers rush to bag bargains before VAT is introduced. Video, 00:02:25
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BBC
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19 March
1970: The village with one loo. Video, 00:03:56
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BBC
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17 March
1984: All Aboard the Fashion Bus! Video, 00:04:24
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BBC
Posted
9 March
1970: The secrets of the romantic fiction writer. Video, 00:05:22
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BBC
Posted
6 March
2016: Cillian Murphy on the success of Peaky Blinders. Video, 00:01:26
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BBC
Posted
5 March
1982: Training for the women's Oxford v Cambridge boat race. Video, 00:07:46
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BBC
Posted
4 March
1973: The Office goes open plan. Video, 00:05:17
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BBC
Posted
3 March
1996: Eating a raw leek for St David's Day! Video, 00:03:02
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BBC
Posted
26 February
1985: How tasty are British Army ration packs? Video, 00:06:10
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BBC
Posted
10 February

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