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Fall of the Khmer Rouge (1980) | Rare Footage from Pol Pot’s Cambodia

Frontline by ITN 2026-09-21 | Fall of the Khmer Rouge (1980) | Rare Footage from Pol Pot’s Cambodia

Wife of American POW reacts to Christmas Message (1970) #vietnamwar

Frontline by ITN 2026-06-28 | On 21 January 1970, ITN's News at Ten recorded an American woman as she listened to a message from her prisoner‑of‑war husband in North Vietnam. Speaking in captivity, her husband Matthew sent Christmas and New Year wishes to her and their two children, reassuring them that he was in good health.

During the Vietnam War, North Vietnam held hundreds of American prisoners – around 700 in total over the course of the conflict, with more than 100 dying in captivity. The war itself inflicted vast human losses: more than 58,000 US service personnel were killed and over 300,000 wounded, while Vietnamese military and civilian deaths are estimated at over 3 million, alongside millions more wounded and displaced across Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia.

By 1970, after years of escalating casualties, the expansion of the war beyond Vietnam, and sustained domestic protest, opinion polls showed a clear majority of Americans had come to view US involvement as a mistake, reflecting a deepening crisis of confidence in the war effort.

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Iran Between Coup and Revolution | Exclusive Interview with the Shah (1960)

Frontline by ITN 2026-06-27 | Between June and July 1960, ITN's Tim Brinton travelled to Iran as part of ITN Roving Reports. Brinton visited the Caspian sea, to observe the Iranian caviar fishing industry firsthand as well as sharing a meal with a nomad family. During his visit to Tehran, Brinton exclusively interviewed the last Shah of Iran, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and his wife Farah, where the Shah spoke about being satisfied with the progress of land ownership in Iran. Brinton also interviewed the chairman of the National Iranian Oil Company Abdollah Entezam about the nationalisation of oil's impact on the Iranian people.

'Roving Reports' was a series of documentary reports produced by ITN News from around the world, broadcast between 1957 and 1964.

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Irish Students Debate Partition in 1950s Dublin (1957)

Frontline by ITN 2026-06-25 | On 7 May 1957, ITN's Cork-born Tom St John Barry interviewed a group of Irish students about the partition of Ireland. Speaking on campus at Trinity College Dublin, the mixed group of Protestants and Catholics gave a diverse range of views on the subject. Coming roughly a generation after the violence of the Irish War of Independence and Civil War, and just before the escalation of the IRA's Border Campaign, the students’ measured and often jocular tone suggests a moment of relative stability in Anglo-Irish relations.

Filmed more than a decade before the outbreak of the Troubles in the late 1960s, the interview captures a brief window in which sectarian tensions appeared subdued and the prospect of renewed conflict seemed distant—offering a snapshot of attitudes in a quieter, often overlooked period between two more turbulent eras in modern Irish history.

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Rare Footage of 1960s Paratrooper Jump Training (1966)

Frontline by ITN 2026-06-23 | A look at soldiers undergoing parachute training after some were court-martialled for refusing to jump.

In 1966, ITN visited RAF Abingdon to film British Army parachutists in training following an incident during Operation Lifeline in which several trained paratroopers refused orders to jump and were subsequently court-martialled.

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Rare Footage of Provisional IRA Commander Martin McGuinness on Streets of Derry (1972)

Frontline by ITN 2026-06-21 | On 30 June 1972, just months after the Bloody Sunday Massacre, ITN filmed Martin McGuinness, Deputy Commander of the Provisional IRA in Derry, overseeing the clearing of rat-infested barricades in the Bogside. ITN's Anthony Carthew interviewed PIRA man Harry McCourt about the decision to remove the barricades, which were first erected by Bogside residents in 1969 in response to incursions by the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC), and reinforced that summer following the intercommunal clashes known as the Battle of the Bogside. McCourt insisted their removal was purely to deal with a rat problem, and that the other barricades would remain standing.

Just 21 years old at the time of filming, McGuinness was rapidly rising through the republican ranks. One week after this footage was recorded, on 7 July 1972, the British government flew McGuinness and fellow republican leader Gerry Adams – who has always denied IRA membership despite widespread allegations that he was a senior commander – to London for secret peace talks at a Chelsea townhouse. Though those initial negotiations collapsed, McGuinness remained a pivotal figure in the movement's long transition from armed conflict to politics. Decades later, following the historic Good Friday Agreement, he transitioned into mainstream politics, eventually serving as the Deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland at the Stormont parliament from 2007 until his resignation in 2017.

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Vietnam War | Intense Combat Footage Captures Pivotal Year of 1972 | Archive Documentary

Frontline by ITN 2026-06-20 | In the spring of 1972, North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces launched the massive Easter Offensive, opening one of the most intense phases of the war as the United States pursued peace talks in Paris and continued “Vietnamisation.” As American ground troops withdrew, South Vietnam faced its first major test as an increasingly independent fighting force, confronting a multi-front assault with waning U.S. support. ITN reporters and camera crews operating across the country documented key battlegrounds, including An Loc and the Central Highlands, capturing a conflict that had shifted into large-scale, conventional warfare and the mounting toll on soldiers and civilians. By the end of 1972, as fighting and diplomacy unfolded in parallel, attention turned to Paris where renewed negotiations appeared to bring the United States closer to an agreement to end its involvement in the war. A year that began in escalation moved, unevenly, toward an uncertain end.

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Bernard Montgomery on a Soldiers Duty in the Vietnam War (1967)

Frontline by ITN 2026-06-19 | On 27 April 1967, Lord Bernard Montgomery of Alamein was interviewed about his latest book, 'The History of Warfare', and his belief that there could be no military victory in Vietnam. During the course of the conversation, the man who commanded Allied ground forces on D-Day reflected on a soldier's duty as a "servant of the state", beholden to the wishes of "the politicians".

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Where the Arms Race Begins | Rare 1950s Footage of Canadas Uranium City (1957)

Frontline by ITN 2026-06-16 | Demand for uranium during the Cold War, for both military and civilian nuclear programs, helped make Uranium City in northern Saskatchewan one of Canada's most important mining communities of the era.

ITN toured the province in 1957 and captured the daily life of communities linked to these boom towns.

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Vietnam 72 | Dramatic Footage Captures Final Months Before Paris Agreement (1972)

Frontline by ITN 2026-06-13 | In the last months of 1972, the world watched as prospects for a negotiated end to the Vietnam War appeared to improve amid ongoing talks in Paris.

ITN reported from Paris, Washington DC and South Vietnam as war and diplomacy unfolded in parallel, and as people sought to understand what an end to the conflict might bring.

Those reports are presented here in full.

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I enjoy it – Vietnam War Interview with US Air Cavalry (1972)

Frontline by ITN 2026-06-10 | On 5 June 1972, ITN's Richard Lindley joined pilots of F Troop, 4th Air Cavalry, as they flew a 'hunter-killer' mission over the fields near Hue City. It was dangerous work, observed Lindley, but the men he spoke to admitted they enjoyed it.

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Colombian Alcatraz | Surviving Colombias Hardest Prison (1966)

Frontline by ITN 2026-06-10 | In 1966 ITN travelled to the island of Gorgona, a notorious maximum-security penal colony located 50km off Colombia's Pacific coast. Known as the "Alcatraz of Colombia," it operated from 1960 until 1984, holding Colombia's most violent criminals and political prisoners, including Eduardo Muneton Tamayo ("The Colombian Papillon") and Daniel Camargo Barbosa ("The Sadist of El Charquito"). It's estimated that more than 150 inmates would die in Gorgona, with only 3-6 successful escapes from the island, surrounded by shark and venemous snake infested waters.

The prison would close in 1984 after pressure from human rights groups and environmentalists, leaving behind this incredible report from inside one of the world's hardest, forgotten prisons.

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How Nkrumah Was Overthrown | Rare Footage of Ghana’s 1966 Coup

Frontline by ITN 2026-06-09 | On 24 February 1966, Ghana's military and police launched a coup that removed President Kwame Nkrumah from power while he was on a diplomatic mission to Asia. The operation, known as "Operation Cold Chop," was carried out with little resistance and brought an end to Nkrumah's increasingly centralised one-party rule.

The new regime, known as the National Liberation Council, suspended the constitution, dissolved parliament, and banned the ruling Convention People's Party. Nkrumah, who remained in exile, denounced the coup as an imperialist plot, while his opponents celebrated what they saw as the restoration of political freedom.

ITN's Sandy Gall followed the coup on the ground.

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D-Day Survivors Remember WW2 Turning Point (1984) | 40th Anniversary Programme

Frontline by ITN 2026-06-06 | On this day in 1984, ITN reported from Normandy as veterans, civilians, and heads of state of the Allied nations came together to mark the 40th anniversary of the largest amphibious landing in the history of human conflict. Operation Neptune, more commonly known as D-Day, saw a force of over 132,000 Allied soldiers land on the beaches of Normandy in Nazi-occupied France. The successful invasion would establish a second front against Nazi Germany, lead to the liberation of France, and open the way to Allied victory in the Second World War.

This special programme captured the anniversary through coverage of the day's official ceremonies as well as interviews with veterans of Great Britain and the Commonwealth, the United States, Canada, and the French Resistance. Part One features coverage of Queen Elizabeth II's journey to Bayeux, where they were to join French President Francois Mitterand in remembering the historic occasion. The programme focuses on the experiences of the British glider-borne troops of the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry responsible for capturing the Pegasus Bridge, marking one of the first successes of the Normandy campaign.

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Lyndon Johnsons Gallstones | A Bizarre Episode in Presidential History (1965)

Frontline by ITN 2026-06-02 | On 13 October 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson under went gall bladder surgery, an operation intensely reported on by the press. Bill Moyers, the White House Press Secretary held press conferences to keep journalists informed about the President's health status. ITN's Peter Woods reported on an operation that attracted media attention worldwide, with various members of White House staff setting up phone systems and telex machines to update those who needed to know about the President's progress during surgery, including American troops in Vietnam. Vice President Hubert Humphery took on the POTUS role for the 3 hours Johnson was unconscious.

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Vietnam 72 | Intense Frontline Footage of Easter Offensive | Archive Documentary (1972)

Frontline by ITN 2026-05-31 | In the Spring of 1972, the Vietnam War entered one of its most intense phases as North Vietnamese forces launched a major, multi-front offensive across South Vietnam.

As the United States pursued peace talks and withdrew its ground forces, South Vietnam faced the Easter Offensive with waning American support.

Operating across the country, ITN reporters and camera crews recorded defining images of the conflict as it shifted from guerrilla warfare to large-scale, conventional combat.

Their reports captured a war entering a new and increasingly brutal phase for the people of South Vietnam, as North Vietnamese forces consolidated gains made earlier in the year and the United States continued to reduce its involvement in the conflict.

They are presented here in full.

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The human race will perish – Denis Healey Calls for World Government (1961)

Frontline by ITN 2026-05-31 | On 29 December 1961, Labour MP Denis Healey was interviewed by Ian Trethowan about the future of the United Nations – just ten days after the Indian Army’s invasion of Goa. Healey argued the UN represented “the only possible framework for a world government,” and warned that “without world government policing world disarmament, the human race will perish.” His belief in the need for stronger systems of collective security was shaped in part by his experiences of the 1930s and the Second World War – during which he served in the British Army and witnessed the consequences of international failure to prevent global conflict.

Healey later went on to serve as Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1974 to 1979, and as Secretary of State for Defence from 1964 to 1970 under Harold Wilson – the longest-serving Defence Secretary to date. He was Labour’s Deputy Leader under Michael Foot between 1980 and 1983.

Following the Conservative victory in the 1987 general election, Healey stepped back from frontline politics, leaving the Shadow Cabinet. He remained MP for Leeds until 1992, ending a parliamentary career that spanned 40 years.

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Inside West Germanys Maximum Security Prison (1965)

Frontline by ITN 2026-05-28 | On 8 July 1965, the UK was plunged into mass hysteria as Ronnie Biggs, a central figure in the Great Train Robbery, escaped from Wandsworth Prison alongside three other inmates. In the aftermath of this national scandal, ITN looked further afield at maximum security prisons, like Stuttgart, which would gain notoriety across the 1970s for holding key members of the Red Army Faction.

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Harold Wilson Interview on Becoming Labour Leader (1963)

Frontline by ITN 2026-05-25 | On 14 February 1963, newly-elected Labour Party leader Harold Wilson was interviewed by ITN’s Alastair Burnet. Wilson had taken over after the sudden death of Hugh Gaitskell, at a moment when Labour was redefining itself in opposition to Harold Macmillan’s Conservatives and responding to debates over Britain’s economic performance and Europe. In the interview, Wilson emphasised continuity with Gaitskell’s policy platform while stressing the importance of economic renewal, higher living standards and social justice. He also reflected on his role as leader, presenting himself as head of a united team, determined to “show to the country the idea of a virile, vigorous, young alternative government”.

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After the Tiananmen Square Massacre (1989) | Secretly Filmed News Rushes Days after Mass Deaths

Frontline by ITN 2026-05-23 | In the spring of 1989, China was gripped by student-led demonstrations centred on Beijing's Tiananmen Square. Calling for political reform, greater freedoms, and criticising government corruption, the movement rapidly drew support from people across the country, becoming the largest wave of protest seen in Communist China. On 3–4 June 1989, Chinese troops and tanks moved in to clear Tiananmen Square, opening fire on protesters and civilians. Featuring pictures filmed secretly as security forces remained on the streets of Beijing, the following footage captures the aftermath of the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre.

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Conflict to Co-existence | Communist China and the Soviet Union in the Late Cold War (1989)

Frontline by ITN 2026-05-21 | In May 1989, the Sino-Soviet Summit was held in Beijing over a four-day conference. When attending, Mikhail Gorbachev became the first Soviet leader to visit China in thirty years. The 1950s saw the relations between Russia and China fall apart during to the Cold War, due to differing opinions and practices of Communism in their respective countries and China publicly rejecting the Soviet Union's policy of peaceful co-existence with the Capitalist Western Bloc. The 1980s saw a breakthroughs in Sino-Soviet relations, with both countries opening consulates in each other's cities in 1986, one in Shanghai and the other in Leningrad. The original plan to receive the Soviet delegation in a grand ceremony was changed due to impact of the Tiananmen Square protests and massacre. Allegedly, Gorbachev avoided passing judgement on the student protests in hopes that the Chinese government and protesters would resolve their issues amongst themselves.

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Future of Gibraltar: British or Spanish? | ITN Reporting 66

Frontline by ITN 2026-05-19 | In October 1966, ITN's Sandy Gall visited a small piece of Britain on the Mediterranean -- Gibraltar.

Geographically connected to Spain, the Rock has been central to a dispute between the UK and Spain for centuries; and in 1966, Spanish dictator Francisco Franco began making claims again that the Rock of Gibraltar should belong to his country. His claim brought all trade to a halt, cut off border traffic, and weakened the economy of the tiny piece of Britain on the edge of the European landmass.

While visiting Gibraltar, Gall reviewed whether it should remain British - looking at its strategic military importance in the nuclear age, its economy, and - crucially - what the people there believed.

The documentary was a part of ITN's 'Reporting 66'. 'Reporting 66' was a series of documentary reports from around the world, produced by ITN News and broadcast on ITV during 1966.

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Sierra Leone Civil War | Dramatic Footage of British Military Intervention (2000)

Frontline by ITN 2026-05-16 | Between 2000 - 2002 the British military intervention in Sierra Leone saw a series of high profile operations to repatriate hostages held by the West Side Boys and to bolster struggling UN special forces (Operation Palliser, Operation Barras). Widely considered a success under the premiership of Tony Blair, the above edit shows the amphibious delivery of troops to the edge of Freetown in November 2000, a richly pageantry display. ITN's Tim Ewart joined British military personnel on the way in to Sierra Leone.

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Golda Meir Celebrates Israels 10th Anniversary (1958)

Frontline by ITN 2026-05-14 | In April 1958, ITN's Michael Barsley travelled to Israel as the country prepared to celebrate the 10th anniversary of it's creation.

Barsley spoke to Golda Meir, then-Israeli Foreign Minister and later Israeli Prime Minister, as she reflected on her country's first 10 years.

ITN also spoke to regular Israeli's about what they did in the country, as well as watching a flautist playing and a group of young folks dancing.

'Roving Reports' was a series of documentary reports produced by ITN News from around the world, broadcast between 1957 and 1964. Black and White B/W material.

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Harold Macmillan Faces Pressure to Resign in Rare Interview (1963)

Frontline by ITN 2026-05-12 | On 28 June 1963, Harold Macmillan sat down with ITN’s Alastair Burnet to discuss his position as UK Prime Minister and leader of the Conservative Party. Burnet pressed MacMillian about whether he would continue as Tory leader ahead of the general election. MacMillian responded with vague answers, citing his health would be the deciding factor on his next career moves. Months later, in October, he resigned as Prime Minister stating it was due to a prostate health concern. Despite his health issues resulting in a quick recovery, Macmillan took it as an opportunity to exit an increasingly volatile political position. Macmillan’s role as PM was tainted by the Profumo affair, a scandal that catastrophically damaged the reputation of his government and leadership.

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Introducing Frontline, Re-Told and Flashback by ITN | Official Trailer

Frontline by ITN 2026-05-12 | Here at ITN Archive, we bring you the most valuable history on film from the vaults of one of Britain’s leading news organisations. Sharing footage of remarkable exchanges, iconic moments, and world‑changing events from the last seventy years. And over time, we’ve focused more and more on what we know you value most: eyewitness reporting from the front lines of global power, politics, and conflict. But we have a problem. The archive is simply too full of incredible stories to tell them all in one place. Don’t worry, we have a solution: More channels.

Yes, we are launching TWO new archive channels:

Re‑told by ITN: a trove of stories from the people – social history, told from the street up – a clear‑eyed look at how everyday lives have changed… and how they haven’t.

And Flashback by ITN – celebrating the pop culture moments and icons that defined entire generations.

And this channel – formerly ITN Archive – is now Frontline by ITN – an unrivalled, on‑the‑ground record of the power struggles that have shaped the modern world.

This is about giving you more of what you already love, while creating space to share stories from every corner of the archive. We know how engaged this audience is, and we don’t take that for granted. This is a story of growth – from one channel to three – and it wouldn’t have happened without you.

So to support our mission to keep history accessible, head over to Re‑told by ITN and Flashback by ITN, and hit subscribe.

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Rare interview from a SAS Commander on Iranian Embassy Siege (1980)

Frontline by ITN 2026-05-11 | On 6 June 1980, a former SAS Commander gave an interview with ITN’s Peter Sissons anonymously, to discuss the Iranian Embassy siege that took place in London. On 30 April, six gunmen stormed the Iranian Embassy located in South Kensington. Campaigning for the sovereignty of the Khuzestan Province of Iran, the armed men took twenty-six people hostage demanding for the release of prisoners in Khuzestan and their own safe passage out of Britain. A six-day siege began after the British government refused to their demands. The police managed for the release of five hostages, however by the sixth day the gunmen grew frustrated and killed a hostage. The British Special Air Service then intervened and initiated ‘Operation Nimrod’, a seventeen-minute raid where all but one of the hostages were saved and the SAS terminated five out of six of the gunmen. Operation Nimrod brought the SAS to the public eye; they became overwhelmed by application numbers of people wanting to join and foreign governments asking for their expertise.

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Battle of An Loc (1972) | Intense Frontline Footage of Vietnam War Easter Offensive

Frontline by ITN 2026-05-11 | In April 1972, North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces launched a major offensive against South Vietnam. The assault came as the United States pursued peace talks in Paris and continued “Vietnamisation,” reducing its ground troop presence and shifting the war's burden onto South Vietnamese forces.

ITN’s Michael Nicholson reported from key battlegrounds across the country, including the contested approaches to An Loc along Highway 13, and the country's Central Highlands. His reports captured South Vietnamese forces facing their first major test as an increasingly independent fighting force, alongside the mounting toll on soldiers and civilians amid intense combat. They are presented here in full.

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Top Soviet In London Talks Chernobyl and Nuclear Age (1986)

Frontline by ITN 2026-05-07 | In June 1986, two months after the Chernobyl disaster, ITN's Peter Sissons interviewed Leonid Zamyatin, the Soviet Ambassador to Britain.

The pair discussed the Chernobyl Disaster and the coming Nuclear age.

Zamyatin, speaking in Russian and dubbed by ITN, expresses the importance of nuclear power only being used for energy and not militarily, in the context of US and USSR arms limitation talks.

The Soviet had been in post in London for just five weeks, a topic which is touched upon at the end of the conversation between the pair.

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How the City of Moscow Prepared for Nuclear War (1979)

Frontline by ITN 2026-05-07 | On 26 November 1979, News at Ten's Martyn Lewis reported on Moscow's metro system which provided public transports as well as shelter from nuclear attacks. 1979 marked a significant year for the USSR, Cold War tensions were high and the Soviets invaded Afghanistan a month after this report. The looming threat of nuclear war meant that accessible nuclear shelter was a matter of public necessity.

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David Attenborough Defends the BBC (1992)

Frontline by ITN 2026-05-07 | On 24 August 1992, Sir David Attenborough spoke to Channel 4 News in defence of the BBC, as John Major’s Conservative government pursued reforms to public service broadcasting. Critics accused the BBC of bias or argued it distorted the advertising market, but Attenborough rejected those claims, stressing its vital role in providing trusted scientific and factual information. He argued that programmes of this kind could be made “in no other way” and were something the country should actively value. Attenborough turns 100 this week. He joined the BBC in 1952 and, over a broadcasting career spanning more than seventy years, became a defining voice of natural history and public service television worldwide.

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1956 Local Elections | Funny Street Interviews

Frontline by ITN 2026-05-06 | On 10 May 1956, John Hartley interviewed members of the public about their local elections. 1956 saw a new approach to British politics. The night before, Labour MP Kenneth Younger went on radio to do a parody of ‘Oh dear, what can the matter be?’ as a singing party-political broadcast. The UK Prime Minister at the time was Tory Sir Anthony Eden, Hartley captured the mix of public support for the Conservative Party, the Labour Party but also a glimpse of British people’s political apathy. Disillusioned by the struggles of post-war Britain, many people may have felt like they didn’t have the capacity to be involved in politics. Some argue that the Conservatives had the country’s best interests at heart, while one woman stresses the need for socialism in Britain to help fight poverty.

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Hugh Gaitskell interview on Cuban Missile Crisis (1962)

Frontline by ITN 2026-05-05 | On 24 October 1962, Labour Party leader Hugh Gaitskell spoke to ITN’s Richard Dixon about the ongoing Cuban Missile Crisis. The confrontation, widely regarded as the most dangerous moment of the Cold War, had been triggered by the discovery of Soviet nuclear missiles in Cuba, prompting the United States to impose a naval blockade and bringing Washington and Moscow to the brink of nuclear war. Gaitskell accepted the American argument that the missile deployments posed a serious threat and breached Soviet assurances, but he also voiced concern over the legality and risks of the blockade. He expressed regret that the decision was taken without prior consultation with Britain and other allies, or reference to the United Nations Security Council.

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Rare Footage of Harold Wilsons Visit to JFKs America (1963)

Frontline by ITN 2026-05-04 | On 3 April 1963, a year before becoming Prime Minster, Labour Leader Harold Wilson visited Washington to meet with President Kennedy and other US politicians. At a time where the threat of nuclear war loomed over the world, UK-US relations stood firm in their alliance. In a speech at the National Press Club, Wilson emphasised Britain's support of NATO and want to further the relationship. Three days after his visit the Polaris Sales Agreement was signed on 6 April 1963, acting as an execution of the Nassau Agreement stating the US would supply Britain with Polaris missiles and Britain would manufacture submarines and warheads. This treaty meant the US had certain assurances by Britain in terms of the usage of the missile but not a veto on British nuclear weapons. The Agreement was amended in 1982 due to the sale of the Trident missile system.

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Richard Nixon Interview on Cold War Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (1963)

Frontline by ITN 2026-05-04 | On 2 August 1963, Richard Nixon was interviewed for News at Ten by ITN’s Andrew Gardner. He was asked about the Test Ban Treaty, where he emphasised that the Cold War wasn’t ending yet despite the treaty signing. The agreement, signed three days later by the United States, the Soviet Union, and Britain in Moscow, banned the testing of nuclear weapons in the atmosphere, in outer space and underwater. It did allow underground testing, though it was an expensive choice. The agreement was made official by the US Senate a month later on 24 September and came into effect on 10 October. 1963 was a pivotal year for the Cold War, the signing of the Test Ban Treaty partially easing global anxieties about nuclear weapons, especially after coming so close to nuclear war during the Cuban Missile Crisis a year before. China and France, however, refused to sign as both countries saw the agreement as a ‘superpower hypocrisy.’ During the mid-1960s to 1970s, France held around fifty atmospheric tests in the South Pacific.

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Israeli Invasion of Lebanon (1978) | Intense Frontline Footage of Operation Litani

Frontline by ITN 2026-05-02 | On 15 March 1978, Israel launched Operation Litani, sending its forces into southern Lebanon in the first large‑scale Israeli invasion of the country.

Israeli leaders said the operation was a response to a deadly Palestinian attack inside Israel days earlier, launched by fighters operating from Lebanese territory.

Some observers argued the invasion reflected longer‑standing Israeli security planning, rather than a response to a single attack alone.

The fighting caused widespread civilian casualties, and prompted the United Nations to call for Israeli withdrawal and establish a peacekeeping force in a country already destabilised by civil war.

Presented here is a series of ITN reports on the 1978 Israeli invasion of Lebanon.

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Margaret Thatcher Questioned Live on AIDS Crisis, Iran-Contra, and Popularity (1986)

Frontline by ITN 2026-04-30 | In November 1986, ITN presenter Leonard Parkin interviewed the Prime Minister of the day, Margaret Thatcher.

Parkin pressed the Prime Minister on the UK's response to the Aids crisis - describing it as "the biggest threat that mankind has had to face".

The ITN journalist also asked about the Iran Contra affair and why Thatcher still supported US President Ronald Reagan on the issue as public mood on both sides of the Atlantic shifted.

The interview ends with a discussion about Thatcher's own popularity and how the public viewed her. The "Iron Lady" - not for turning as ever - admitted that hearing the negative views about her was painful as she is human, but nevertheless described those opinions as "wrong".

Thatcher had been in power for seven years - having won two general elections, in 1979 and 1983 - and was eyeing another victory when the country went to the polls. During the interview she is asked about a range of subjects: from the potential for an early election, the language used in politics, and her view on whether Labour could survive another general election loss.

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Eleanor Roosevelt on Cold War relations (1962)

Frontline by ITN 2026-04-28 | On 18 February 1962, the former US First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt was interviewed by Richard Dixon, during her trip to Europe, to film for her television series; "Prospects of Mankind". She praised John F. Kennedy's abilities as President, and commented on her impressions of Nikita Khrushchev and the tensions on East / West relations. Connected to US politics through her family, Roosevelt was the first presidential spouse to regularly hold press conferences, write for a newspaper column and speak at a national party convention. She was politically vocal and advocated for the rights' of women in the workplace and the civil rights of African and Asian Americans, and even publicly disagreed with the policies of her husband on occasion. A few months after this interview, Roosevelt passed away on 7 November 1962, aged 78.

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NATO Prepares For Submarine Warfare in Atlantic Ocean | Military Exercise (1959)

Frontline by ITN 2026-04-27 | In November 1959, ITN's Neville Clarke presented a special 'Roving Report' documentary embedded within the NATO Exercise Riptide - referred to through the report as "Operation Atlantic".

The military training exercise focused on NATO operations in the Atlantic Ocean, with ITN's reporting team focussing on the U.S., Canadian, and British navy vessels carrying out the mission.

ITN's Roving Reports was a series of documentary reports from around the world, produced by ITN News and broadcast between 1957 and 1964.

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Family Test Nuclear Survival Shelter - Rare Report (1980)

Frontline by ITN 2026-04-26 | On 21 October 1980, amid renewed Cold War tensions, News at Ten’s Sue Lloyd‑Roberts reported on a British family of three testing a privately built nuclear fallout shelter by living inside it for six days. The reinforced structure claimed to offer protection from a direct hit as close as 1,600 yards away, and was stocked with tinned food supplies and a manually operated air‑filtration system. The shelter's creator, engineer Dr Werne Heierli, contrasted his design with the more common canvas shelters being marketed to households at the time, which critics warned were prone to flooding and offered limited protection. Lloyd‑Roberts' report reflected growing public anxiety about the risk of nuclear war, as civil defence planning returned to prominence in 1980, alongside the release of the government’s controversial _Protect and Survive_ public information campaign advising citizens how to respond in the event of a nuclear attack.

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Soviet-Afghan War | Dramatic Footage Captures First Year After Invasion (1980) | Archive Documentary

Frontline by ITN 2026-04-25 | On 25 December 1979, Soviet forces invaded Afghanistan with the aim of propping up a faltering communist government. In the months that followed, Afghan mujahideen fighters mounted a rapidly growing resistance, operating across the country and from neighbouring Pakistan. The invasion was widely condemned internationally and led to a US‑led boycott of the 1980 Moscow Olympic Games. The conflict intensified Cold War tensions and caused a major humanitarian crisis, displacing millions of Afghans. Presented here is a series of ITN reports covering the first year of the Soviet–Afghan War.

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Chernobyl Disaster | Rare Soviet-Era Footage From Inside the Exclusion Zone (1990)

Frontline by ITN 2026-04-24 | On 5 June 1990, ITN's cameras ventured inside the exclusion zone surrounding Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in the Ukrainian SSR in the Soviet Union – just four years after the site became the epicentre of the world's worst-ever civil nuclear incident. Following the catastrophic meltdown of reactor No. 4 on 26 April 1986, the plant as well as the nearby city of Pripyat were evacuated and an exclusion zone of 2,600 square kilometers was established around Chernobyl. But the energy generated by the plant's remaining reactors was still needed – and so, therefore, were the workers who operated the plant.

As well as capturing pictures of the plant, including the newly constructed concrete shell designed to contain the lethal radiation being emitted by reactor No.4, ITN's crew captured the working rhythms of those who commuted daily to and from the plant's control room. Geiger counters in hand, the crew also made their way into the ghost city of Pripyat, capturing the eery, unsettling signs of a once-bustling city abandoned in a moment of crisis. Not all fled in 1986, however, and some returned. The crew also recorded the farmers who stayed behind to till the land inside the exclusion zone.

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00:00 Introduction
01:28 Passing Through the Checkpoint
02:50 Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant (Reactor No. 4)
03:39 Clocking In (Decontamination)
04:07 Inside the Control Room
06:20 The Ghost City of Pripyat
06:57 Classroom
10:40 Pripyat Amusement Park
13:00 Tilling the Land
17:02 Hospital (Young Patients at Play)
20:00 Chernobyl Seen From the Sky
22:20 Air Views of Pripyat

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Richard Nixon Reveals Opinion of Television in Behind-the-Scenes Footage (1980)

Frontline by ITN 2026-04-23 | On 28 April 1980, Richard Nixon was interviewed by Alastair Burnet on News at Ten following the resignation of US Secretary of State Cyrus Vance. In a behind‑the‑scenes moment, as the two posed for ‘cutaway’ shots to be used in the edit, Nixon was caught expressing his distaste for the medium of television.

It was a dislike shaped by experience. Throughout his career, Nixon struggled in front of the camera, from the first televised presidential debates in 1960 against John F Kennedy – where he appeared tense, sweaty and uncomfortable – to his notorious 1977 interviews with British journalist David Frost. Intended by Nixon to help rehabilitate his reputation, the Frost interviews instead forced him to admit his culpability in the Watergate scandal, confirming to an audience of around 45 million Americans the role he played in the events that ended his presidency. Little wonder, then, that Nixon was no fan of television.

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The Nuclear Apocalypse Movie That Traumatised America | Audience Reactions to The Day After (1983)

Frontline by ITN 2026-04-21 | In November and December 1983, ITN reported on the audience and political reaction to ABC's film 'The Day After'.

The film, directed by Nicholas Meyer and written by Edward Hume, portrayed the realities of a nuclear missile exchange and its aftermath, focusing in on the people of Lawrence, Kansas and Kansas City, Missouri living near US missile silos.

The film was polarising before, during, and after its airing: anti-nuclear weapon campaigners pointed to the film as a reason to disarm and disengage in the nuclear arms race, while critics of the film said the film sensationalised nuclear war. Some went as far as to suggest an alternative film should be aired showing 'life under communism'.

US President Ronald Reagan wrote in his diary after watching the film that it was "very effective and left me greatly depressed" and that it had changed his mind on nuclear war policy.

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1976 | Historic Footage of Israeli Settlers and Palestinians in the Occupied West Bank

Frontline by ITN 2026-04-20 | On 9 April 1976, ITN’s Gerald Seymour reported from the Israeli settlement of Kiryat Arba, near the West Bank city of Hebron, nine years after Israel captured the territory in the 1967 Arab–Israeli war. To Seymour, the ongoing construction of Kiryat Arba reflected Israeli determination to retain the land, though residents spoke of nervousness and isolation in the occupied territory. Nearby Hebron had seen repeated clashes between Palestinian youths and Israeli soldiers, which Seymour reported as evidence of the growing influence of the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) among younger Palestinians. Older residents, by contrast, were described as having “come to terms” with Israeli occupation.

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Bertrand Russell Interview on Nuclear War and the Berlin Crisis (1961)

Frontline by ITN 2026-04-19 | On 23 July 1961, Richard Dixon interviewed the leading figure in the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, Bertrand Russell, about his belief that the ongoing crisis in Berlin risked escalating into nuclear war. One of Britain’s best‑known intellectuals, Russell was a Nobel Prize‑winning philosopher and lifelong pacifist whose activism spanned opposition to the First World War, criticism of totalitarianism and a prominent role in the Cold War anti‑nuclear movement.

The interview was recorded during the Berlin Crisis, a period of acute tension between the Soviet Union and the Western Allies over the future of the divided city. Amid fears that the standoff could trigger a wider conflict, Russell warned that nuclear war might follow within twelve months. Just over two weeks later, on 13 August 1961, East Germany began construction of the Berlin Wall, dramatically intensifying the division of Berlin and marking one of the most dangerous flashpoints of the Cold War.

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Lebanese Civil War | Rare Frontline Footage As Syrian Troops Enter Lebanon (1976)

Frontline by ITN 2026-04-18 | In April 1975, violence between Lebanon’s Christian and Muslim communities erupted into a multi‑factional civil war, rooted in long-standing political divisions and the proliferation of sectarian militias, and complicated by the presence of armed Palestinian groups operating inside Lebanon.
By 1976, the conflict had escalated into widespread urban warfare and sieges, drawing in regional powers as Syrian forces intervened with the stated aim of restoring order and limiting the conflict’s spread. As the conflict wore on and alliances shifted, Lebanon’s state institutions broke down, leaving civilians increasingly exposed to displacement, shortages, and communal violence. ITN reporters and camera crews covered the war as the fighting intensified and the deepening humanitarian crisis drew growing international attention.

Presented here is a collection of ITN reports documenting the Lebanese Civil War during the pivotal year of 1976.

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Inside Britains Nuclear Threat Deterrent (1980)

Frontline by ITN 2026-04-17 | In January 1980, ITN's Geoffrey Archer reported on Britain's inadequate civil defence measures against nuclear attack.

At the time, weeks of warnings would have been required for Britain's populations to survive a nuclear attack.

In 1980, Britain relied on air defence systems at RAF Fylingdales to warn of incoming missiles, a Home Office booklet explaining how to survive a nuclear attack, and fallout shelters reporting the aftermath of a bombing.

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Bay of Pigs Invasion | How British Reacted to News of US Invasion of Castros Cuba (1961)

Frontline by ITN 2026-04-16 | On 21 April 1961, ordinary Londoners shared their reactions to news of a US invasion of Cuba, as reports emerged of a covert American-backed operation aimed at overthrowing Fidel Castro’s revolutionary government. The invasion, carried out by Cuban exiles trained and supported by the CIA, sought to remove a regime aligned with the Soviet Union just 90 miles from the US mainland. The operation collapsed within days at the Bay of Pigs, leaving the Kennedy administration facing international embarrassment. These interviews, conducted by ITN's Neville Clarke, capture early public debate in Britain as news of the failed invasion spread globally, revealing anxieties about communism, the upholding of international law, and the risk of a wider Cold War conflict.

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Hillsborough Disaster | Survivors Share Harrowing Stories in Aftermath of Tragedy (1989)

Frontline by ITN 2026-04-15 | On this day in 1989, Hillsborough Stadium in Sheffield, England became the site of the worst sporting disaster in UK history, when fans of Liverpool FC attending the FA Cup semi-final between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest were caught in a fatal crush that claimed 97 lives and left 766 injured. Presnted here is footage filmed in the immediate aftermath of the tragedy, including interviews with survivors and witnesses who shared their experiences and answered questions on how the crush occurred, and who they believed to be responsible.

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