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28th August 2019
Remembering The Battle Of Arnhem 75 Years On
'A bridge too far': Unique footage reveals how Allies' Operation 'Market Garden' fell apart
12th July 2019
Dan Snow meets Alfred Hicks, a cameraman who filmed D-Day
The British Army Film and Photographic Unit (AFPU) produced some of the most enduring images of the Second World War
11th July 2019
Showreel: Keeping fit
Be inspired by IWM's archive to make the most of the sun and keep fit at the same time
11th July 2019
NATO Declassified: Screening event for archive researchers
IWM held an event in June to showcase the NATO Film Collection now available for licensing
11th July 2019
IWM wins two FOCAL Awards
Jane Fish was named Footage Person of the Year and They Shall Not Grow Old won Best Use of Footage in a Cinematic Feature
5th June 2019
Showreel: NATO
Look back at key moments in the history of the first peacetime military alliance via our showreel
28th March 2019
Curator's Choice: And so to France....
Rare archive film of the D-Day Landings
25th March 2019
Look back on 70 years of NATO with our newly digitised collection
Over 2000 titles available for licensing, providing a unique insight into the Cold War era.
7th February 2019
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
Showreel: 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