Category: Social history video VideoFilm of the month: A Message from Father ChristmasThursday 3 December 2020The National Archives education team’s film of the month highlights a Pathé film relating...VideoFilm of the month: Armistice – We shall rememberTuesday 10 November 2020The National Archives education team’s film of the month highlights a Pathé film relating...VideoFilm of the month: ‘Our Jamaican Problem’Friday 9 October 2020The National Archives education team’s film of the month highlights a Pathé film relating...VideoFilm of the month: Harvest Uplift, Harvest HelpThursday 10 September 2020The National Archives education team’s film of the month highlights a Pathé film relating...VideoFilm of the Month: Evacuation of DunkirkThursday 4 June 2020The National Archives education team’s film of the month highlights a Pathé film relating...VideoPathé: A Healthier BritainThursday 12 March 2020The National Archives education team’s film of the month highlights a Pathé film relating...VideoPathé: Time to Remember – Fast and Far in the TwentiesWednesday 15 January 2020The National Archives education team’s film of the month highlights a Pathé film relating...VideoWebinar: Grace O’Malley Pirate Queen of IrelandThursday 15 March 2018Born to an Irish chieftain in a remote corner of County Mayo, Grace O’Malley...VideoPacifists besieged in a London church, First World WarThursday 30 June 2016This footage shows a meeting of pacifists in a London church, which is interrupted...VideoWebinar: Using the 1939 Register, recording the UK population before the warWednesday 13 January 2016The preparations had been made well in advance. Now Britain was at war, and...VideoA momentous question: decorating the Victorian homeMonday 22 April 2013The rise of an increasingly affluent Victorian middle class and the availability of mass...AudioHearth Tax: an introductionFriday 12 April 2013The hearth tax was levied on householders in England and Wales between 1662 and... 1 2 3 … 13 »