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Pathé: Want a fallout shelter?
The National Archives education team’s film of the month highlights a Pathé film relating to current events, anniversaries or key topics that you may be cove... read more
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Webinar: Grace O’Malley Pirate Queen of Ireland
Born to an Irish chieftain in a remote corner of County Mayo, Grace O’Malley forged a career in seafaring and piracy that spanned over 40 years. This webinar... read more
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Pacifists besieged in a London church, First World War
This footage shows a meeting of pacifists in a London church, which is interrupted by patriots. We see a large crowd outside the church, some trying to get in... read more
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Webinar: Using the 1939 Register, recording the UK population before the war
The preparations had been made well in advance. Now Britain was at war, and as the uniformed army prepared to face the enemy, a civilian army was mobilised at h... read more
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A momentous question: decorating the Victorian home
The rise of an increasingly affluent Victorian middle class and the availability of mass manufactured goods, including furniture and textiles, contributed to an... read more
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Hearth Tax: an introduction
The hearth tax was levied on householders in England and Wales between 1662 and 1689. Records of the assessments, returns and exemptions are a fruitful source f... read more
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CO 1069 – Australasia through a lens
A look at the work of Charles Percy Pickering and John William Lindt, two European photographers, whose varied paths had led them to Australia.... read more
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CO 1069: The Colonial Office Library Photographic Collection
Stephen Cable introduces CO 1069: The Colonial Office Library Photographic Collection.... read more
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Sarawak in pictures, a century of rule by the ‘White Rajas”
James Cronan introduces files related to Sarawak from the recently released CO 1069 Colonial Office photographic records.... read more
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Women Making Munitions
The film goes straight in to show women using heavy engineering machinery such as belt driven lathes. We see women on the production line assembling shells, whi... read more
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National Service – Women’s Land Army
This short clip consists of a romantic scene in which a noble woman runs a horse drawn plough across the field. It is taken from a recruiting film for more wome... read more
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Women’s Army in France
This clip comes from a compilation film of the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps in France, 1917-1918. In this segment we see women with their sleeves rolled u... read more
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Women Transport Workers
The film starts with a tram being driven and conducted by women. The journey continues as the women driver prepares the tram and we then see the women conductor... read more
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Dublin After The Easter Rising
The film opens with titles locating scenes of the fighting in Dublin at Easter 1916. Several different shots follow that focus on the huge amount of damage caus... read more
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Armistice Day Ceremonies
The film starts with titles explaining the Armistice Day ceremony. It then goes on to show the march past the Cenotaph in Whitehall. Context The Great War offic... read more
