#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 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 th…
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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 ma…
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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 1954: Lieutenant-Colonel Dickson (and Sergeant Major) showed off the British Army's swanky new Belgian rifles. Tsk, tsk - no cock, hook and look? | BBC Archive
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#OnThisDay 1948: The "Olympic Games Town" was under construction in a London park, and logs were being piled up in preparation for the athletes' arrival. | BBC Archive
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#OnThisDay 1948: The "Olympic Games Town" was under construc…
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#OnThisDay 1948: Newsreel broke the news that there was a place ca…
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#OnThisDay 1948: BBC Newsreel took a look at how pottery was ma…
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#OnThisDay 1948: BBC News took a peek at panto preparations (oh ye…
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#OnThisDay 1948: Newsreel was keen to show off the nifty outside …
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#OnThisDay 1948: Newsreel showed footage of the Olympic torch en ro…
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#OnThisDay 1948: "Father, mother, children, the dog, the newest bab…
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#OnThisDay 1948: Richmond, in Yorkshire, really, really wanted ev…
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#OnThisDay 1948: "Completely lost in the mists of antiquity, are the or…
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#OnThisDay 1948: Newsreel cameras were at the Shelsley Wal…
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In 1952, many thousands of mourners queued overnight to pa…
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It's the #SummerSolstice! #OnThisDay in 1949, the Ancient …
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In 1953, the BBC filmed the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. …
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#OnThisDay 1948: Newsreel followed the 32nd Mine Sweeping …
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#OnThisDay1949: Newsreel reported as Southend illuminations were s…
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#OnThisDay1949: Newsreel paid tribute to those who kept Britain …
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#OnThisDay 1948: Newsreel showed footage of Sir Nigel Gresley being …
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#OnthisDay 1949: The overcrowded commute was set to become a thi…
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#OnThisDay 1951: Now that Christmas is over for another year…
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#OnThisDay 1950: Newsreel documented the making of "the pe…
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#OnThisDay 1948: Is it a boat? Is it a plane? No it's... actually, yes, it is …
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#OnThisDay 1953: This Television Newsreel report captures the sens…
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