Posts by The National Archives AudioManju Jobanputra: Personal memories of the expulsionTuesday 9 October 2012Arriving in the UK during the 1972 exodus of Ugandan Asians, Manju felt the...Military historyThe Battle of the Somme: fallen comradesThursday 16 August 2012The clip starts with a title and sequence showing British tommies rescuing a fallen...VideoThe Battle of the Somme: ‘Plum Pudding’ mortar bombsThursday 16 August 2012This sequence opens with a title commenting on the supply operation to make the...VideoThe Battle of the Somme: Battle PoliceThursday 16 August 2012The film clip starts with Tommies making their way across No Man’s Land and...VideoThe Battle of the Somme: ammunition dumpsThursday 16 August 2012This clip gives us a detailed view of preparations for the attack at the...VideoThe Battle of the Somme: the impact of modern weaponsThursday 16 August 2012The clip starts with some pretty harrowing footage of a German trench devastated by...VideoThe Battle of the Somme: destroying enemy defencesThursday 16 August 2012This clip starts with a title card explaining how heavy guns are destroying enemy...VideoWomen Making MunitionsFriday 10 August 2012The film goes straight in to show women using heavy engineering machinery such as...VideoNational Service – Women’s Land ArmyFriday 10 August 2012This short clip consists of a romantic scene in which a noble woman runs...VideoWomen’s Army in FranceFriday 10 August 2012This clip comes from a compilation film of the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps in...Video‘With the North and South Irish At The Front’ Official pictures of the British army in France-Fourth seriesFriday 10 August 2012The opening titles tell us we are looking at the Ulster Division, probably from...VideoDublin After The Easter RisingFriday 10 August 2012The film opens with titles locating scenes of the fighting in Dublin at Easter... « 1 … 12 13 14 15 16 … 27 »