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Edward VIII abdicated in 1936 in order to marry the American divorcee Wallis Simpson. Watch his famous speech in this...
1936 was a great year for British tennis. In front of King Edward VIII and Queen Mary of Teck, Fred Perry met Jack Cr...
Find out more about the women who campaigned for the right to vote in our topic guide on the suffragettes.
On July 21 1969, Neil Armstrong became the first human to set foot on the moon. As he put his left foot down first Ar...
This video is taken from the British Pathe newsreel 'The Radio Revellers' and is a song called 'There's A Tavern In T...
These images are amongst the first items collected by IWM when it was founded in 1917 to record everybody’s experie...
A short film from 1959 showing a car with a built in telephone.
On 12th October 1984 at 2.54am, the Irish Republican Army tried to assassinate Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and t...
This film from 1954 features showgirl Violet Pretty trying on some rather inventive hats designed by Florence Russell...
Is the car really the best form of motorised transportation? This film shows us the Dynasphere, a remarkable inventio...
Born in 1918, Robert is still to this day known as the tallest person in medical history. When the Pathe cameras went...
This is an example of what televisions looked like in the 1950s. They were much smaller than the TVs we have in our l...
US Navy demonstrates its Flying Platform in 1955, a 'flying skateboard' or 'hover board' vehicle that uses a direct l...
In 1913, Suffragette Emily Wilding Davison was trampled by the King's Horse as she tried to attach a rosette as it ra...
A short film showing some rare footage of Queen Elizabeth II on her wedding day in 1947.
Astley Hall is a Grade I listed museum, historic house and art gallery. The Coach House features an art gallery ,cafe...
