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

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The South Bank

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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]

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