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A guide to the 1951 Festival of Britain on the South Bank in London

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Themes

  • Downstream Circuit
    • The People
      • Health
      • Homes and Gardens
      • Seaside
      • Sport
      • The Lion and the Unicorn
      • The New Schools
      • The People of Britain
  • Other Downstream Displays
    • 1851 Centenary Pavilion
    • Design Review
    • Television
    • The Buildings Themselves
    • The Festival Church
    • The Royal Festival Hall
    • The Shot Tower
    • Trees and Flowers
  • The Way to Go Round
    • Advertisers
  • Upstream Circuit
    • The Dome of Discovery
      • Outer Space
      • Polar
      • Sea
      • Sky
      • The Earth
      • The Land
      • The Living World
      • The Physical World
    • The Land
      • Minerals of the Island
      • Power and Production
      • Sea and Ships
      • The Country
      • The Land of Britain
      • The Natural Scene
      • Transport

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Further reading

  • The Festival of Britain: A Land and Its People by Harriet Atkinson
  • Beacon for Change: How the 1951 Festival of Britain Shaped the Modern Age by Barry Turner
  • Festival of Britain: DESIGN 1951 by Paul Rennie
  • Tonic to the Nation: The Festival of Britain 1951 edited by Mary Banham and Bevis Hillier
  • The Autobiography of a Nation: The 1951 Festival of Britain (Studies in Design & Material Culture) by Becky E. Conekin

Related viewing

  • London In Festival Year 1951 [DVD]
  • The Complete Humphrey Jennings: Volume One, Two, Three [DVD/Blu-ray]
  • A Day in the Life - Four Portraits of Post-War Britain by John Krish [DVD/Blu-ray]
  • Land of Promise [DVD]

Tags

  • 1949
  • 1951
  • advertisement
  • A Hippisley Coxe
  • Arthur Garratt
  • Austin Frazer
  • biology
  • Brian O'Rorke
  • C Hamilton Ellis
  • Commonwealth of Nations
  • communications
  • design
  • Ellis Miles
  • F H K Henrion
  • fishing
  • geology
  • George Williams
  • Hugh Casson
  • Hungerford Railway Bridge
  • hydrography
  • James Cook
  • James Gardner
  • Kenneth Chapman
  • London
  • London County Council
  • minerals
  • Neville Conder
  • Nigel Clayton
  • Patience Clifford
  • pavilions
  • Penrose Angwin
  • research
  • research ships
  • Ronald Sandiford
  • science
  • ships
  • Sonia Withers
  • South Bank
  • sponsorship
  • steam
  • The Exhibition
  • vitamins
  • water
  • weather
  • Wells Coates

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