Forward a Century (1951)
- Directed by
- J.B. Napier-Bell
- Genre
- documentary
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Runtime
- 29 min
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
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How it feels
This documentary compares life in 1851 during the Great Exhibition with life in 1951 during the Festival of Britain. It shows how things changed and stayed the same over a hundred years.
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