EPISODE · Apr 13, 2011 · 15 MIN

The Festival of Britain

from The National Archives Podcast Series · host Briony Paxman

The Festival of Britain opened on 3 May 1951. It was a summer-long, nationwide festival celebrating Britain's contribution to civilisation past, present and future, in the arts, in science and in industrial design.

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