Britain on Film with Tony Robinson

While newsreel cameras were filming political events and world leaders in the 30s, a new breed of amateur film makers were using new, light weight, film cameras and sometimes colour film to capture everyday life in those extraordinary times. Part 1 of 4.

This is WWIl in a way that's hardly been seen, through the film cameras of some home movie enthusiasts who filmed their friends, family and neighbours as they struggled with a war that was fought on the home front as well as the battle fronts. Part 2 of 4.

As Britain recovered from war and the economy began to flourish, home movie makers captured a country that was changing. Part 3 of 4.

Anyone who remembers the 60s will know what a dynamic decade it was, home movie makers armed with the newest super 8 cameras and colour film captured so much of that dynamism. Part 4 of 4.