The early 1940s: Britain is under attack, and drastic measures are taken to protect the children.

The 1950s witness the arrival of a new human species, the teenager; film captures the birth.

The First World War, and amid the carnage, the propaganda film is born.

In the 1930s, coal fuels Britain, and this great industry inspires many films and filmmakers.

Between a Great War and a Great Depression, Britons make the best of a brief respite.

Public Information films maintain morale throughout the dark days of the Second World War.

Homes fit for heroes? Life in the slums in the 1930s.

In the late 1950s and early 1960s, motorways began changing the British landscape forever.

In the 1920s and ‘30s, Britain’s fishing industry inspired many films: masterpieces and curiosities alike.

In the 1960s, package holidays came of age, changing Britons’ experience of the world for good.

In 1948, the National Health Service is born, and filmmakers play their part in an historic moment.

Shipbuilding is still mighty in the 1930s, and this very cinematic industry is a gift for filmmakers.

In 1977, Britain marks 25 years since Elizabeth II’s coronation. Patriots party, but punks protest.

In the 1930s, films reflect the continuity and the changes in the British countryside.

With education undergoing huge changes in the 1960s, film and TV are there to record the transition.

The early 1950s, and Britain celebrates the dawn of a new Elizabethan Age.

Urban Britain changes in the 1960s as planners reach for the skies to solve a housing crisis.

The 1950s and ‘60s, and the era of the steam train is passing into history.

In the early 1900s, a new medium - film - documents a rapidly changing society.

1950s fun at the seaside, British style. Filmmakers get into the swing of things.