Education

Princess Margaret In Liverpool (1960)

The Princess visits a girls' school and a factory making automatic telephone equipment.

School Pool (1962)

Children at a North London School learn to swim thanks to a portable pool in an empty classroom.

Boy Cooks Issue Title The Young Idea (1942)

Nice shots of schoolboys learning how to cook and sew.

Around Britain AKA Bristol (1949)

Education Minister George Tomlinson in Bristol to open school built from Aluminium.

A-Level Jim Clarks (1966)

Schoolboys build their own go-carts.

Big School Question Flares Up (1965)

Controversy at Kidbrooke Comprehensive - Music teacher complains that school is too big!

Super School Opened (1959)

Look around brand new comprehensive school at Holland Park.

New School (1959)

Marvels of 50's comprehensive education - boys are operating machines while girls cook and iron.

Modern Education (1950)

Girls learn woodwork and boys learn cookery at Secondary Modern School in Oxfordshire.

Modern Teaching Aids (1964)

Children using machines called "Grundy Tutors" and a teacher demonstrates a "Vu-Graph".

Schoolgirl Mannequins (1959)

Schoolgirls model their own designs in fashion show at Education and Careers Exhibition.

Lessons Without Tears AKA Lessons Without Fears (1945)

At Prestolee School kids are educated through play and fun activities.

School Open Air Theatre (1959)

An open air theatre has been built by school boys in Grimsby.

Prefab School (1949)

A look at a modern prefabricated primary school in Brighton, East Sussex.

Beat School Neg Version (1961)

A progressive school in Hertfordshire is featured - pupils smoke and listen to jazz in the classroom.

Beat School (1961)

A progressive school in Hertfordshire is featured - pupils smoke and listen to jazz in the classroom.

Going To School (1962)

A look at various unusual ways children use to get to school around the country.

School Bank (1966)

Secondary school pupils learn about finances by setting up their own bank and printing their own cheques.

Schoolboys Build Hovercraft (1968)

Boys from Bedfordshire Secondary Modern show off the hovercraft they have built.

Farm School (1963)

Children learn all about farm animals at this school in Kent.

School Flat (1953)

Girls at a secondary school have to clean a small flat so they learn to be good housewives.

Schoolboys Make Infusion Pump (1966)

Kent schoolboys make an infusion pump to help people with kidney problems.

School With 26 Twins (1962)

Derbyshire secondary school has 26 twins amongst their pupils.

Hometown - Ashby-De-La-Zouch (1950)

Short but sweet travelogue takes us to the ancient market town of Ashby-de-la-Zouch.

Sugar And Starch - A Banana Sidelight (1933)

Boys perform experiments on bananas in a science lesson.

A Classroom Film - Modern Dairy (1950)

Milk - from the cow via the milking machine to the schoolchild via the milkman.

Come Out To Play Reel 2 (1950)

Great film showing the need for playgrounds to keep children amused.

Come Out To Play Reel 1 (1950)

Great film showing the need for playgrounds to keep children amused.

School Leaving Age Is 15, Children Tell Minister Ok With Us (1947)

Education minister George Tomlinson discusses raising the school leaving age with pupils.