All Our Yesterdays (TV series)

It relied on film footage, and may be considered a precursor to the later Thames Television World at War production.

The format was a studio commentary, supported by newsreel clips that had been shown in cinemas 25 years ago that week.

A measure of comic relief was provided by wartime cartoons, especially by Osbert Lancaster for the Daily Express, with captions read by actors.

The presenters were: One wartime newsreel which found a new audience was "Hoch der Lambeth Valk".

This propaganda film of a Nazi rally, with goose-stepping parades, had been re-edited, reversing some sequences, so the marchers appeared to be dancing "The Lambeth Walk".

Brian Inglis in a publicity shot for All Our Yesterdays