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Lesley Sharp

Toby Stevens

Breid McLoone

Time to Remember: Episode 7: Nations at Play

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Episode 7

Episode 7: Nations at Play

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Newsreel showing how we spent our leisure time during the first half of the 20th century.

Newsreel and 1950s voiceover are used to illustrate how Britons spent their leisure time during the first half of the 20th century, including Henley regattas.

Lesley Sharp narrates as original newsreel and 1950s voiceover are used to illustrate how Britons spent their leisure time during the first half of the 20th century. Includes footage of Henley regattas, frolics at the seaside, the Victorian fairground, horse riding in Hyde Park, Royal Ascot in 1919, Deauville in the 20s and the British Empire Exhibition at Wembley.

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