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In 1947, US pilot Captain Chuck Yeager was the first person to go supersonic and fly faster than the speed of sound, or Mach I.
He flew at more than 1,100km/h.
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'It was absolutely mind blowing'
The family of Peggy Fullerton spoke to #BBCBreakfast after watching footage found by BBC Archive of her playing the piano and being interviewed by BBC Look North in 1981
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Are you an emerging documentary filmmaker who loves archive film? The Make Film History Challenge offers you access to 40 archive films for creative reuse. Make a short film (up to 3 mins) which reinterprets the archive in new and imaginative ways!
ALT Arena - Rudies Come Back (1980) © BBC Archive
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Bells, blossoms and railway branch lines.
The poetry and performance of John Betjeman inspires Words and Music: Betjeman’s World. Listen on @BBCSounds now 🎧
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Listen: Lost BBC Banksy interview resurfaces bbc.in/47F7ZJ4
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This week we are celebrating 70 years of Panorama
What is your favourite memory of the programme?
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The Beatles as you've never heard them before.
Eras: The Beatles tells their story in their own words, featuring newly-uncovered archive interviews with the group themselves: bbc.in/3Qa9GHu
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100 years ago today (10th October), the first BBC radio station for Aberdeen, 2BD, launched.
Check out this clip, when Reporting Scotland’s Jane Franchi celebrated 60 years of the BBC in the North East. (Via @BBCRadioScot)
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Legendary broadcaster Sir Michael Parkinson has died at the age of 88.
Of the many incredible guests he interviewed over the years, he said boxer Muhammad Ali was his favourite.
Here's a clip from one of those memorable interviews from our @BBCArchive
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✨ #BluePeter celebrates 60 years of the show’s coveted badge!
The famous Blue Peter badge was first introduced by Biddy Baxter on June 17 1963
Read more ➡️ bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/2023/b…
ALT left, black and white image of Biddy Baxter opening letters. Right, image of current Blue Peter Editor Ellen Evans opening letters. Image of all the Blue Peter badges below image of Ellen.
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"I laughed myself right into a career..."
Singer, actor and tireless civil rights campaigner Harry Belafonte has died. In 1958, he joined Roy Plomley to share his Desert Island Discs.
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Film director Stephen Frears' CV includes My Beautiful Laundrette, Dangerous Liaisons and The Queen.
In imagine... Alan Yentob finds out about his early days at the BBC.
Watch Stephen Frears: Director for Hire on BBC One at 10:40pm bit.ly/40bI8oq
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Does anyone know where the original BBC #BreakfastTime red leather sofa is? Apparently it was auctioned for Children In Need in the 1980s. I’d love to track it down for our 40th birthday @BBCBreakfast this month. You can email [email protected]
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Did you know that any school, college or university in the UK can now access digitised @BBCArchive?
Find out more ⬇️
#BBC100
#MediaStudies
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Very proud to share the short films created by 50 emerging filmmakers over the summer, inspired by 100 years of @BBCArchive. An extraordinary range of new voices and creative responses to 100 years of film and social history #BBC100: archivesforeducation.com/bbc…
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6 Years in the making, the 'Connected Histories of the BBC' website is now live and searchable: buff.ly/3zSpcAm #Congrats team!
Prof Margaretta Jolly; @denicepenrose; Mike Hammond; @DavidjHendy and Alban Webb pictured. @SussexUni @BBCArchive #oralhistories
#CHBBCwebsite
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In November 1936 the BBC launched its regular TV broadcasts. Learn how they helped to educate the nation in its first 100 years. bbc.in/3sRMulQ
Continuing our #BBC100 celebrations, we look at how in November 1936 the BBC launched its regular TV broadcasts. 📺
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🎙 Meet Una Marson, a trailblazing poet, playwright and campaigner, and the first black producer and broadcaster at the BBC.
Learn her incredible story in Una Marson: Our Lost Caribbean Voice, streaming now on @BBCiPlayer #BBC100
Watch now ▶️ bbc.in/3gpTx2a
ALT Una Marson, a Caribbean woman, is pictured in black and white standing behind a BBC microphone with a piece of paper in hand. She is laughing.
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Groovy indeed!
This BBC Two weather forecast from winter 1966 was far out with a chance of grooviness. #BBC100