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Historical Aerial Photography from WWII
Aerial WWII photos from the Bridge Over the River Kwai, part of an invaluable Scottish photograph archive, are available online.
BFI Original Movie Posters and Film Stills
An excellent resource for the history of the cinema, the archive of the British Film Institute holds a vast collection of original movie posters and film stills.
Historical Movies and World War Images
The Film and Video Archive of the Imperial War Museum in London offers online access to over 23,000 movie records from WWI and WWII.
Charles Dickens Manuscript Collection
Charles Dickens' use of iron gall ink threatened the existence of his manuscripts.
Dickens Picture Library & Photographic Archive
The only surviving London house of the famous Victorian novelist, the Charles Dickens Museum is home to an important picture library and historical photographic archive.
Criminal Registers Published by Ancestry
The first UK collection to be indexed by the Ancestry World Archives Project, the Criminal Registers, are invaluable to researchers of family, social and legal history.
Online Historical and Architecture Images
With 1.5 million images of architecture, the photo collection of the Royal Institute of British Architects is one of the most important in the world.
History of 18th and 19th Century London Poor
First founded to provide relief to the poor, the Workhouse became a dreaded institution where only the desperate would willingly enter.