In the 1920s, Kent was a very different place.

Steam trains brought holidaymakers to Margate
and in the countryside, Cockneys picked hops on
the farm.
By the early 1960s, mechanised farming had emptied the land, and foreign travel was becoming more popular.
Discover how life changed across half a century,
and relive these rare scenes from Kent’s past, including:
•Holidays at Margate, Ramsgate and Folkestone
•The miners' strike of 1960
•Chatham Dockyards and fishing crews at Whitstable
•Winston Churchill visiting Dover

Format: PAL
Running Time: 60 mins approx

In the Summer of 1940, the white cliffs of Dover lay within sight of Hitler’s Army. Kent was now

at the vanguard of Britain’s defences.

For the next five years, the county would be shelled by long-range guns and bombed both
day and night. More than 20,000 civilians were killed and injured - but the people of Kent remained defiant.

From the Battle of Britain to the terror of the V-weapons, this is the story of England’s
front-line county.

Format: PAL
Running Time: 65 mins approx

.In the 1950s, two men built a criminal empire.

To the public, the Krays were celebrities; to their enemies, they were dangerous, ruthless men, dishing out violence and even murder. The Krays operated in the post-war years, where crime meant robbery, extortion and police corruption. This is the story of that criminal underworld, and of the rise and fall of the Kray Twins. From their humble beginnings through to their arrest and imprisonment, this is the history of the men behind the myth.

Format: PAL
Running Time: 60 mins

.London in the 1950s. Churchill is Prime Minister, and the city is in ruins from the Blitz. There are no supermarkets, frozen foods, televisions or motorways. It is a city of back to back housing and smog. The Docks heave with shipping, and no respectable man goes to work without a hat. But the decade brings change. A new monarch takes the throne and the South Bank hosts the Festival of Britain as London emerges from the grim years of Austerity.

Format: PAL
Running Time: 55 mins

With full employment and the end of rationing, life in London becomes easier. The city is swept up in Rock n' Roll, as Soho becomes trendy and coffee bars fill with teenagers. Buckingham Palace sees its last presentation of débutantes. West Indian immigrants are arriving to work on the transport system, and race riots erupt in the run down area of Notting Hill. Olympia holds its first electronic computer exhibition, the new Routemaster replaces the Trolleybus and London's first motorway is opened.

Format: PAL
Running Time: 60 mins

London, 1940: the Luftwaffe is pounding the East End, reducing whole districts to rubble. People shelter in the Underground as their streets are destroyed. The East End is stronger than the enemy, and emerges victorious into a new world. But within thirty years, the old East End will vanish. The roads fill with traffic, the terraced housing is replaced by tower blocks and the Docks are closed. Using rarely seen archive film, this documentary captures the final years of the old East End.

Format: PAL
Running Time: 55 mins