History

• BoB: On demand TV and radio for education 

Bob gives anyone in UK Universities access to television and radio programmes from 75 free-to-air channels. Search the archive of over 2.2 million broadcasts and watch films, documentaries, news programmes and more. It is the permanent archive for BBC1 London / BBC2 / BBC4 / ITV London / Channel 4 / More4 / Channel 5 / BBC Radio 4 / BBC Radio 4 Extra.

Find some great tips about how to use BoB in these short videos.

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• British Cartoon Archive 

The British Cartoon Archive at the University of Kent lets you search over 90,000 images of socio-political cartoons from British newspapers and magazines. You can download images free of charge for non-commercial purposes as long as you credit the source according to this example: British Cartoon Archive, University of Kent: 06646, Michael Cummings, Daily Express, 4 January 1965.

• Colonial Film: Moving Images of the British Empire 

This website holds detailed information on over 6000 films showing images of life in the British colonies. Over 150 films are available to view in full - advanced search lets you limit to those which have videos.

• India on Film: 1899-1947 

Over 100 films covering different aspects of India 1899-1947 from the British Film Institute National Archive

• Photos of the Great War 

World War I image archive