#OnthisDay 1959: Writer, Christopher Isherwood told Monitor why he thrives on being a foreigner. You can watch the full interview at https://www.bbc.co.uk/archive/monitor--christopher-isherwood/z78ymfr | BBC Archive
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#OnThisDay 1959: Some nominative determinism for you all as “Mr Light” explained his idea for a new type of traffic light. Even better, this clip is in black and white! | BBC Archive
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#OnThisDay 1959: The modern art at a Young Contemporaries exhibition did not impress one visitor. | BBC Archive
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#OnThisDay 1959: "The young ones, the auld hands and the mugs - they're all here." BBC Northern Ireland's roving reporter, Sam McAughtry, spent a day in Smithfield Market, where you could buy and sell anything. Great footage. | BBC Archive
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#OnThisDay 1959: Dr Brock Chisholm, former WHO director-general, had some strong opinions about Father Christmas. | BBC Archive
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#OnThisDay 1959: Panorama's Robert Kee reported from Berlin on what life was like for people in both the East and West of the city before the wall. This is fascinating. | BBC Archive
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#OnThisDay 1959: Hot outside? Some iced drinks and a light jacket, you'll be good as new. | BBC Archive
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#OnThisDay 1959: Norwich became the first place in the UK to get a ne…
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#OnThisDay 1959: We've got a lovely bunch of transistors, here t…
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#OnThisDay 1959: The Ford Popular got a makeover. | BBC Archive
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#OnThisDay 1959: Kids were flocking to the Science Museum, t…
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#OnThisDay 1959: "You have to appeal to the adult... the children …
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#OnThisDay 1959: "To me, the world is screaming out for people with a …
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#OnThisDay 1959: "I can't see anything very worrying about havi…
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#OnThisDay 1959: Petticoat Lane market traders and shoppers shar…
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#OnThisDay 1959: This award winning slice-of-life documentary …
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#OnThisDay 1959: BBC News went to visit Britain’s smallest union, th…
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#OnThisDay 1959: Monitor made a short film called Hi-Fi-Fo-Fum, abo…
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#OnThisDay 1959: Tonight went in search of a 'flu remedy. To try the…
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#OnThisDay 1959: Tonight asked the great British public how they c…
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#OnThisDay 1911: Documentary filmmaker Denis Mitchell was born…
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#OnThisDay 1959: Got the flu? Well, one of these remedies will fix you …
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"Love is wise, hatred is foolish..." Philosopher Bertrand Russell, bor…
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#OnThisDay 1959: The World In Space took us for a voyage aroun…
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#OnThisDay 1959: Monitor visited Stratford, examining how the Thea…
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Today in 1959, the sculpture atop London's world famous Elephant …
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