Why do we sleep?
Russell Foster is a circadian neuroscientist: He studies the sleep cycles of the brain. And he asks: What do we know about sleep? Not a...
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Oranges And Lemons (1956)
Oranges And Lemons (1956) in Covent Garden, London. Oranges and harvest traditions around the world started and finished in Covent garden, London. Here's a film...
Acrobat steeplejack thrills Geneva (1949)
One of the safest jobs in the world...not. Steeplejacking was not for the fainthearted in the 1940's.
Grape Harvest (1962)
Grape Picking Season in the Barossa Valley, Australia.
Children’s Dentistry (1957)
This is a children's dental department in one of the London's hospitals where fear of dentists is overcome by transforming dental surgery into a playground.
Station Bees (1958)
Honey bees used to be kept on the roof of Waterloo Station where they produced honey flavoured by the Lime trees.
Vibrating belts to slim off those curves
Getting into shape (1930) "GETTING INTO SHAPE ! - Every day in every way they're producing new machines for slimming off those curves. Here are...
Granny’s Club (1938)
Grandmother's in London's Dockland's paid a penny a week to spend the afternoon playing dominoes, enjoying their tea and playing musical chairs together.
Beach safety
RNLI advice on how to stay safe at the seaside.
