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1940s Christmas

Christmas Eve shopping, 1948

Christmas Eve shopping, 1948

Bethnal Green is full of last-minute shoppers having a butchers for bargains

Panto preparations, 1948

Panto preparations, 1948

BBC Newsreel goes behind the scenes of a pantomime (Oh yes they do!)

Pentlow nativity play, 1948

Pentlow nativity play, 1948

"No polished West End actors these, just members of a village congregation"

Christmas workers keep Britain moving, 1949

Christmas workers keep Britain moving, 1949

Newsreel salutes those who keep Britain ticking over on Christmas Day

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