Britain, 1890-1918

'The film Suffragette, which is due for release, portrays the struggle by British women to win the vote. They were exposed to violence and intimidation as their campaign became more militant. So they taught themselves the martial art of jiu-jitsu.'

Sheila Hancock presents a film about the suffragette campaign.

Between the 1890s and early 1900s, thousands of illustrations were produced and distributed around the United States and England, on postcards, in magazines and on public billboards. The message was that women’s rights were dangerous and letting women think for themselves could only end in a nightmarish society.

A gallery of recruitment posters from World War I.

World War I propaganda films.

Clare Balding on the death of Mary Wilding Davison at the 1913 Derby.

Parts of a filmed lesson on The Battle of the Somme film (1916). It concentrates on inferences that can be drawn from the images and issues of reliability and usefulness.