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Postwar (KS2)

Many postwar records held at The National Archives are still so secret they are not open to the public.

Read Cold War reports from behind the Iron Curtain, the complex discussions that led to independence for Britain's colonies and even documents concerning UFOs.

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    • Focus on Film Focus on Film
      Investigate film as a historical source
      Key stage 2 - 5
    • Moving Here Moving Here
      200 years of the history of migration to England
      Key stage 2 - 4
    • Crime and Punishment Crime and Punishment
      From heretics and poachers to car crime and walkie-talkies
      Key stage 2 - 5

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