Season 1
12 episodes · 2010
1Pioneers of Aviation
The story of the men and women who took to the air in the first half of the 20th century.
2Stage and Screen
The story of a golden age of theatre, cinema and music hall during the 1920s and 30s.
3Casualties of War
A look at the sacrifice made by ordinary people during the 20th century's two world wars.
4A Woman's World
A look at how women's roles in society changed through the first half of the 20th century.
5Pushing the Boundaries
The innovation and technological breakthroughs of the first half of the 20th century.
6The Royal Families
The fates of the European royal dynasties during the first half of the 20th century.
7Nations at Play
Newsreel showing how we spent our leisure time during the first half of the 20th century.
8The Pursuit of Peace
1950s newsreel tells the story of the struggle to maintain peace in the 1920 and 30s.
9Crime and Prohibition
1950s newsreel tells the story of gangsters and Depression-era criminals in the USA.
10Civilians at War
1950s newsreel tells how two world wars impacted on the UK's civilian population.
11The Need for Speed
The people who went furthest and fastest in the first half of the 20th century.
12In Times of Needfinale
The hardships and privations of the 1920s and 30s on both sides of the Atlantic.
