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BBC Time To Remember

In the 1950s, the newsreel company Pathe mined their archive to produce a 
series of programmes for television called Time to Remember. Made by the 
producer Peter Baylis, they chronicled the political, social and cultural 
changes that occurred during the first half of the 20th century.

Each episode was narrated by a prominent actor such as Ralph Richardson, Michael Redgrave, Anthony Quayle, Edith Evans, Basil Rathbone and Joyce Grenfell, all reading scripts recalling historic, evocative or significant moments from an intriguing past.

In 2010, the material from the original Time to Remember has been collected together thematically to create a new 12-part series under the same title thatoffers a rewarding perspective on the events, people and innovations from history that continue to shape and influence the world around us.

Archive footage from the theatres, music halls and cinemas of the 1920s and 30scombines with characterful voiceover to give a glimpse of the entertainment industries in their early 20th century golden age. It includes footage of Charles Laughton applying his own stage make-up, chorus line auditions and rehearsals in the West End, Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks visiting Europe, and Alfred Hitchcock's first talkie, 1929's Blackmail

1 of 12 Pioneers Of Aviation
2 of 12 Stage And Screen
3 of 12 Casualties Of War
4 of 12 A Woman's World
5 of 12 Pushing The Boundaries
6 of 12 The Royal Families
7 of 12 Nations At Play
8 of 12 The Pursuit Of Peace
9 of 12 Crime And Prohibition
10 of 12 Civilians At War
11 of 12 Need For Speed
12 of 12 You're at the last, wordt nog gepost