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7th February 2019
Top Historical Anniversaries 2019
From the Liberation of Paris to the fall of the Berlin Wall, take a look at key historical anniversaries brought to life via IWM’s collections.
29th January 2019
The Mobilisation of Women in Wartime
Who would have thought that women could do men's jobs, drive, wear trousers and join the forces.
5th December 2018
IWM Short Film Festival 2018: Best Use of IWM Archive Winner
Congratulations to Peter Roch and Jason Davidson for their documentary of how a teenager became the first London sailor to receive the Victoria Cross
4th December 2018
A Day in the Life
Emily Dean, our Senior Media Sales and Licensing Executive, talks us through some of the unique challenges of licensing IWM collection material
8th October 2018
In Conversation with Helen Upcraft, IWM Short Film Festival Director
5 days, 10 programmes, 28 films. The IWM Short Film Festival returns to London on 25-29 October
1st August 2018
Archive in the Movies
Footage and images from the IWM archive has been licensed for several 2017-18 major films including The Darkest Hour and Spitfire.
29th July 2018
New in the Archive: Rare First World War Film of Munitions Workers
Originally filmed by the War Office in 1917 to show the daily lives of munitions workers, the Kodak film was in a terrible state when it was found in a shed four years ago.
28th May 2018
The Dambusters with Dan Snow
A gala screening on the 75th anniversary included bouncing bomb test footage from IWM
7th May 2018
November 1918: War is Over!
Commemorate the end of the First World War with unique footage from IWM's collection
26th April 2018
Curator's choice: Britain at War
IWM's Senior Curator – Film reveals her archive highlight
13th February 2018
Introducing the new IWM Film website
Registered users can save selections, create clips and download time-coded screeners