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A Timeline in Leeds Film

This resource centres around a series of archive films that show different aspects of the city of Leeds, its communities, culture and industries from the 1930s through to late 1980s.

Below are listed the different years that the films cover.  Please see the next chapter for links to each individual film.

  • 1932: Leeds Parks
  • 1937: Shopping in Leeds
  • 1943: The Home Front
  • 1950: Burtons
  • 1950: Leeds Children’s Day
  • 1960: Fish and Chips!
  • 1962: Sporting Leeds, Cyclocross Championships
  • 1968: Sporting Leeds
  • 1968: Building for Leeds Communities
  • 1968: Made in Britain – the Hunslett railways
  • 1972: Shopping in Leeds
  • 1978: Sport in Leeds
  • 1979-1980: Leeds Carnival
  • 1987: Shopping in Leeds