Reel History of Britain

Season 1, Episode 15: Britain's Secondary Modern Schools

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Archive footage telling the history of modern Britain. A look back to the 1960s when an exam, the eleven-plus, could map out a child's future.

All Episodes - Season 1

Britain's Wartime Evacuees
Episode 1
Britain's Wartime Evacuees
 Britain's First Teenagers
Episode 2
Britain's First Teenagers
 Soldier, Soldier
Episode 3
Soldier, Soldier
 Britain's Black Diamonds
Episode 4
Britain's Black Diamonds
 The Roaring Twenties
Episode 5
The Roaring Twenties
 Britain's Home Guard
Episode 6
Britain's Home Guard
 Britain's National Disgrace
Episode 7
Britain's National Disgrace
 Britain On the Move
Episode 8
Britain On the Move
 The Glory Days of Fishing
Episode 9
The Glory Days of Fishing
 Sun, Sea and Sangria
Episode 10
Sun, Sea and Sangria
 The Birth of the NHS
Episode 11
The Birth of the NHS
 Steel Ships and Iron Men
Episode 12
Steel Ships and Iron Men
 A Right Royal Knees Up
Episode 13
A Right Royal Knees Up
 Britain's Green and Pleasant Land
Episode 14
Britain's Green and Pleasant Land
 Britain's Secondary Modern Schools
Episode 15
Britain's Secondary Modern Schools
 Long to Reign Over Us
Episode 16
Long to Reign Over Us
 Streets in the Sky
Episode 17
Streets in the Sky
 The End of the Line
Episode 18
The End of the Line
 Dawn of a New Era
Episode 19
Dawn of a New Era
 Beside the Seaside
Episode 20
Beside the Seaside
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