Posts by The National Archives AudioDaduhubhai Patel: Personal memories of the expulsionTuesday 9 October 2012Forced to leave Uganda by Idi Amin’s army, Dadubhai brings a personal account, not...AudioKirit Thakrar (narrated by JP Agrawal): Personal memories of the expulsionTuesday 9 October 2012Kirit had just turned 17 and was living a typical teenage life in Uganda...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... « 1 … 12 13 14 15 16 … 27 »