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by NFA Media ArchiveOctober 11, 2023
🎬BBC South 50 years: Episode 9 Space. A series of 19 mini-features made by BBC South at Southampton in 2011 to celebrate the station's 50 year history.
Episode 9 Space. One of a series of features which celebrate BBC South's 50 years of broadcasting. Tom Hepworth investigates the story of the south's involvement with the space industry and visits Sir Patrick Moore's house in Selsey to look for Britain's first satellite, Prospero.
NFG are indebted to the BBC staff at Southampton for their help in sourcing items for the archive. See more episodes in the Category - BBC South.
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by NFA Media ArchiveOctober 18, 2023
🎬British Pathé – Model cars that can race at 60 mph. Boscombe, Bournemouth, Dorset. C/U 2 men, Alban Adams and Christopher Crockett, who make their own model racing cars. C/U model tyre home-made in special moulds. The cars are perfect replicas of various Formula 3 cars built to a scale of one sixteenth. They run on an eggcup full of diesel oil. C/U Alban Adams putting finishing touches to one of the racing cars. Some of the cars are put on racing track with a simple fitting which keeps them on single track lines. (Looks like an early Scalextrix). Top shot of 4 cars racing round the track
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by NFA Media ArchiveNovember 19, 2023
🎬British Pathé – Item title reads - Flying Boats for sale. Out of date Princess Flying Boats for sale. Calshot, Hampshire. Various shots of the Princess flying boats on slipway, M/S scaffolding on tail. Various shots of the flying boats. Various shots from 1952 of one of the flying boats being manoeuvred into the water at Cowes, Isle of Wight. People run to watch. Various shots of the boat in the water
4523 Views
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by NFA Media ArchiveOctober 25, 2023
🎬British Pathé – First lawn tennis tournament open to amateur and professionals - lots of tennis stars attend. No title. First open lawn tennis tournament at Bournemouth, Dorset for amateur and professional players. L/S tennis matches in progress on row of courts. Various shots tennis player Peter Curtis and Fred Stolle playing game. Panning shot tennis player Christine Truman arriving. Panning shot tennis player Bobby Wilson. C/U tennis player Stanley Matthews Jnr. M/S group of young players. C/U tennis player John Paish. M/S tennis player O. K. Davidson looking at programme. C/U ditto. Various shots tennis player Virginia Wade signing autographs for group of schoolgirls. M/S tennis player Angela Mortimer with fashion designer Teddy Tinling. C/U ditto (Tinling is wearing unusual collarless shirt and necklace!) C/U tennis player Angela Mortimer. Various shots match between Mrs. P.M. Roberts (tennis player Margaret Roberts) and Virginia Wade on the centre court
4482 Views
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by NFA Media ArchiveJuly 2, 2025
A 12 hour segment of live wildlife cameras during Winterwatch 2021.
The team invite you to wrap up warm and join them for an exploration of wonderful wildlife, seasonal beauty and natural wonder. Chris Packham is in the New Forest watching winter transform his home. Iolo Williams is at the Centre for Alternative Technology in Wales
These are the live wildlife cameras that were set to stream 24 hours a day.
2738 Views
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by NFA Media ArchiveJuly 2, 2025
A 12 hour segment of live wildlife cameras during Autumnwatch 2020.
Autumnwatch 2020 was broadcast live from across the UK. Chris Packham near his home in the New Forest, Michaela Strachan was at Tentsmuir Forest in Fife, Gillian Burke was at RSPB Old Moor in South Yorkshire and Iolo Williams was at the Centre for Alternative Technology near Aberystwyth.
These are the live wildlife cameras that were set to stream 24 hours a day.
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🎬BBC South 50 years: Episode 9 Space. A series of 19 mini-features made by BBC South at Southampton in 2011 to celebrate the station's 50 year history.
Episode 9 Space. One of a series of features which celebrate BBC South's 50 years of broadcasting. Tom Hepworth investigates the story of the south's involvement with the space industry and visits Sir Patrick Moore's house in Selsey to look for Britain's first satellite, Prospero.
NFG are indebted to the BBC staff at Southampton for their help in sourcing items for the archive. See more episodes in the Category - BBC South.
🎬British Pathé – Model cars that can race at 60 mph. Boscombe, Bournemouth, Dorset. C/U 2 men, Alban Adams and Christopher Crockett, who make their own model racing cars. C/U model tyre home-made in special moulds. The cars are perfect replicas of various Formula 3 cars built to a scale of one sixteenth. They run on an eggcup full of diesel oil. C/U Alban Adams putting finishing touches to one of the racing cars. Some of the cars are put on racing track with a simple fitting which keeps them on single track lines. (Looks like an early Scalextrix). Top shot of 4 cars racing round the track
🎬British Pathé – Item title reads - Flying Boats for sale. Out of date Princess Flying Boats for sale. Calshot, Hampshire. Various shots of the Princess flying boats on slipway, M/S scaffolding on tail. Various shots of the flying boats. Various shots from 1952 of one of the flying boats being manoeuvred into the water at Cowes, Isle of Wight. People run to watch. Various shots of the boat in the water
🎬British Pathé – First lawn tennis tournament open to amateur and professionals - lots of tennis stars attend. No title. First open lawn tennis tournament at Bournemouth, Dorset for amateur and professional players. L/S tennis matches in progress on row of courts. Various shots tennis player Peter Curtis and Fred Stolle playing game. Panning shot tennis player Christine Truman arriving. Panning shot tennis player Bobby Wilson. C/U tennis player Stanley Matthews Jnr. M/S group of young players. C/U tennis player John Paish. M/S tennis player O. K. Davidson looking at programme. C/U ditto. Various shots tennis player Virginia Wade signing autographs for group of schoolgirls. M/S tennis player Angela Mortimer with fashion designer Teddy Tinling. C/U ditto (Tinling is wearing unusual collarless shirt and necklace!) C/U tennis player Angela Mortimer. Various shots match between Mrs. P.M. Roberts (tennis player Margaret Roberts) and Virginia Wade on the centre court
A 12 hour segment of live wildlife cameras during Winterwatch 2021.
The team invite you to wrap up warm and join them for an exploration of wonderful wildlife, seasonal beauty and natural wonder. Chris Packham is in the New Forest watching winter transform his home. Iolo Williams is at the Centre for Alternative Technology in Wales
These are the live wildlife cameras that were set to stream 24 hours a day.
A 12 hour segment of live wildlife cameras during Autumnwatch 2020.
Autumnwatch 2020 was broadcast live from across the UK. Chris Packham near his home in the New Forest, Michaela Strachan was at Tentsmuir Forest in Fife, Gillian Burke was at RSPB Old Moor in South Yorkshire and Iolo Williams was at the Centre for Alternative Technology near Aberystwyth.
These are the live wildlife cameras that were set to stream 24 hours a day.