Licensing projects 2024

Footage, audio and images licensed from the IWM collections has appeared in many notable projects this year. Here are a few highlights:

Television / Streaming

Churchill at War. Produced by Imagine Documentaries. Netflix

Using colourised archival footage, 'Churchill at War' looks at the man behind the legend.  As well as providing a Curator Consultancy service to ensure historical accuracy, HD film clips and images were licensed for the four-part documentary premiering on Netflix on 4 December 2024. 

D-Day: The Unheard Tapes. Produced by BBC/Wall to Wall Media Ltd in partnership with The Open University and IWM. Watch on BBC iPlayer. 

Coinciding with the 80th anniversary of D-Day in 2024, the three-part documentary relives one of the most extraordinary days in the history of modern warfare with actors lip-syncing the audio recordings of those who were there on 6 June 1944. 

Interviews with the last surviving veterans were also licensed for Radio 4's D-Day: The Last Voices. Listen on BBC Sounds.

D-Day: The Allies Prepare. Produced by BBC Studios. BBC iPlayer. 

Atomic People. Produced by Minnow Films. BBC iPlayer.

Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger. Produced by Screen Scotland. BBC iPlayer.

Erased: WW2's Heroes of Colour. Produced by October Films. Hulu and Disney+.

Britain's Nuclear Bomb Scandal: Our Story. Produced by Basement Films. BBC iPlayer.

A House Through Time. Series 5: Two Cities at War. Produced by Twenty Twenty Television. BBC iPlayer.

 
Credit: Apple TV        

Masters of the Air  Produced by Apple Studios in cooperation with Playtone and Amblin Television.  Apple TV+. 

As well as providing a curator consultancy service, IWM licensed images as set dressing to bring to life the locations seen in the series. 

 Feature Films

The Commandants Shadow. Produced by Access Entertainment. Amazon Prime. 

   
Credit: Apple TV                                                                                                        Image: IWM (HU 55936). cropped photo.

Blitz. Produced by Apple Studios. Apple TV+ 

McQueen's evacuee character was inspired by an IWM photograph. Second World War era posters were licensed as set dressing.

Commemorative Coins and Stamps

D-Day 80 50p Coin.The Bradford Exchange.                                      The Liberation of Europe WWII Set (Mint). Isle of Man Post Office.   

             

Royal Mail stamp.  Image: IWM (H 3508)                                                 Royal Mail stamp. Image: IWM (H 10874)
With Vice Admiral Sir Bertram Ramsay, 1940                                         At work during a train journey, 1941

Exhibitions

The Thread of Memory | Online.

Maps: Memories from the Second World War | National War Museum, National Museums Scotland.

Publishing

Pan Macmillan                                                                        Oxford University Press                                      
Cover - Image: IWM (MH 33547)                                          Cover - Image: IWM (Art.IWM ART 2376) 

Oxford University Press                                                         Pan Macmillan
Cover Cover - Image: IWM (Art.IWM ART 2959)                    Cover - Image: Art.IWM ART LD 3987

Find Out More

Thanks to all our licensing customers for their continued support.  Contact the licensing team for further information and help with archive research. Affiliated services include Digitisation on Demand, Curatorial Consultancy and Commercial Filming Locations.