Under the austere leadership of the Church of Scotland, and a purely literal reading of the Bible, Christmas was ‘banned’ and remained so for hundreds of years in the presbyteries of the Northern British Isles, only officially rejoining the collective sanctioned celebrations in the mid-Twentieth Century. Blaming the once-supreme Catholic
Shooting The War: Woman On The Home Front | WW2 Documentary | Reel Truth History Series looking at how the Second World War was documented by German and British home movie makers. This episode focuses on amateur footage taken by women and depicting German and British women on the home front of
I well remember back in 1981 when I got hooked on cars. I was fifteen and about to go for my drivers licence. I was about to be set free in my Mum’s HQ wagon. No supervision, no skills, no concept of mortality. Quite how I didn’t kill
This Timeless TV Western starring Lorne Green, Pernell Roberts, Dan Blocker and Michael Landon, is one of the most popular shows in television history! DEATH AT DAWN: Criminals have taken over Virginia City and are forcing citizens to pay for protection lest they suffer an “accident”. A store owner who
Patriot Realm While sitting in my car contemplating the vastness of the Universe, as I am oft to do, I noted a very simple, everyday occurrence. A pedestrian left a building and stood by a crosswalk. An approaching vehicle stopped and waved the pedestrian on. The pedestrian entered the crosswalk
Samples from more than 50 songs from 1979 mixed together into one 3-minute song. We’ll be releasing a new video for the following years each Thursday for the month of October. If you have a great Youtube or Vimeo video to share send it to videos@thebfd.co.nz
Here is one of the best old comedy shows from the ’50s, The Three Stooges, Starring Moe, Larry, Curly, Shemp. Actually, the Three Stooges were made for movies as short videos in the 1930s. I think of them as made for TV in the ’50s because that is when and
The very last episode broadcast on the 21st July 1978. Source is a Philips N1500 VCR recording and very rare. This tape cost £17.50 for 45 minutes. Remember, that was a lot of money in 1978 and equivalent to £80 today! If you have a great Youtube or Vimeo
THE GREATEST RAID OF ALL “What a story it is, straight out of a Commando comic book.” the guardian Jeremy Clarkson tells the story of one of the most daring operations of World War II — the Commando raid on the German occupied dry dock at St. Nazaire in France on
