Memories: Looking Back at the 60s
Remember the 60s with hidden gems from the archives. Evoke the past and stimulate memories
Georgia Brown: Who Are the Cockneys Now?—One Pair of Eyes
Singer and actress Georgia Brown revisits her old home in Whitechapel, East London. (1968)
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Mods and Rockers—Panorama
John Morgan interviews groups of mods and rockers about their lifestyles. (1964)
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Barbara Windsor—Best Of British
Barbara Windsor recalls her rise to stardom in musicals and the Carry On films. (1998)
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Waiting For Work
Jack Ashley's film showed the suffering caused by high unemployment in Hartlepool. (1963)
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Engines Must Not Enter the Potato Siding—Tuesday Documentary
A film about railways and railwaymen in the North of England. (1969)
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The Jumbo Jet—Tuesday Documentary
The jumbo has been called a 'pilot's dream', but will it be an airport's nightmare? (1969)
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Hattie Jacques—This Is Your Life
Eamonn Andrews looks at Hattie Jacques's life and career. (1963)
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How They Dug the Victoria Line
The inside story of the construction of the London Underground's Victoria Line. (1969)
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Packing Up and Moving Out—Man Alive
Two mining families make the decision to move from Northumberland to Nottingham. (1967)
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The Town That Floored the World
How did the Scottish town of Kirkcaldy become the world centre for linoleum?
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The More We Are Together—Omnibus
Profile of architect Eric Lyons, whose company builds modern suburban housing. (1969)
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A Branch Line Railway with John Betjeman—Let's Imagine
John Betjeman looks at the Evercreech Junction to Burnham-on-Sea railway line.
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The Suffragettes—Late Night Line-Up
Joan Bakewell chairs a discussion on women's rights in the early 20th Century. (1968)
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The Colony
Documentary about West Indian immigrants now living in Birmingham. (1964)
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Three Swings on a Pendulum
Investigating the so-called 'swinging London' of the 1960s. (1967)
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Pop Goes the Easel—Monitor
Ken Russell's 1962 film on the young British artists of the pop art movement.
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Top Class People—Man Alive
A look at the burgeoning popularity of the working-class celebrity. (1967)
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The Blood Donor—Hancock's Half Hour
Hancock decides to donate some blood but is shocked to discover how much he has to give.
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Holiday Camps—Choice
Derek Hart reports on a unique British institution. (1966)
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The Rag Trade—Going to Work
Film about the fashion industry in the 60s. (1966)
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I Love This Dirty Town
Margaret Drabble investigates the problems of town planning and traffic. (1969)
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Marriage Under Stress 1: Children Make a Difference—Man Alive
Young couples talk about the difference children have made to their marriages. (1967)
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What's the Truth About Hells Angels and Skinheads?—Man Alive
Two youth groups with one aim in common - to cause shock and outrage by any means. (1969)
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Intimate Union—Marriage Today
The good, the bad and the purpose of marriage in the 1960s. (1964)
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