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Videos featuring the Island's past


  Brading Roman Villa, Big Dig, 2009

One of the archaeologists showing how soil is analysed for minute finds.

  Brading Roman Villa, Big Dig, 2009

Guide giving an explanation of the dig

  Excavating a Limekiln on the Isle of Wight

Showing the process of uncovering a limekiln at Mersley, from the IW Industrial Archaeology Society

  Isle of Wight - In The Past (Part 1)

Images of a bygone era between approximately 1900-1930

  Isle of Wight - In The Past (Part 2))

Movie scenes from the 1950s and 1960s

  Isle of Wight - in the Past (Part 3)

Steam and railway journeys to and around the Isle of Wight. Edited from old archive footage.

  Isle of Wight - in the Past (Part 4)

Old movie film of the isle of wight-from the 1920s to the 1950s

  Southern Steam - The Isle of Wight in the 1930s

Covering of a variety of rolling stock

  19th century Roller Mill on the Isle of Wight

One of the nation's most important sites in milling history, showing the machinery in operation.

  Isle of Wight Landslide of 1928

British Pathe clips of the big 1928 landslide that cut off the coastal road from Ventnor to Blackgang

  Coastal Erosion on the Isle of Wight

Animation showing historical erosion on the Island's South West coast

  Isle of Wight Postcards

A slideshow of Isle of Wight postcards, mostly between 1900 and 1930, set to the music of the 1920s

  Once We Had A Rocket - Part 1

Story of the Island based development of the Black Arrow rocket, from the men who built and tested it.

  Once We Had A Rocket - Part 2

Story of the Island based development of the Black Arrow rocket, from the men who built and tested it.

  Saunders-Roe SR-45 Princess seaplane

Video commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Saunders-Roe SR-45 Princess's first flight.

  DISAPPEARING HISTORY NEEDLES OLD BATTERY

One of a 'Disappearing History" series giving film coverage of Island forts.

  DISAPPEARING HISTORY SANDOWN BATTERY BARRACKS

One of a 'Disappearing History" series giving film coverage of Island forts.

  DISAPPEARING HISTORY PUCKPOOL BATTERY

One of a 'Disappearing History" series giving film coverage of Island forts.

  Disappearing History Yaverland Battery

One of a 'Disappearing History" series giving film coverage of Island forts.

  Disappearing History, Freshwater Redoubt

One of a 'Disappearing History" series giving film coverage of Island forts.

  Disappearing History Hatherwood Point Battery

One of a 'Disappearing History" series giving film coverage of Island forts.

  Disappearing History Bembridge Hill Fort

One of a 'Disappearing History" series giving film coverage of Island forts.

  Bunker Complex on the Isle of Wight

A look inside a World War II bunker.

  Needles Sea Level Gun Chambers Part 1

An eerie journey through the underground tunnels to the gun rooms and the lookout room.

  Needles Sea Level Gun Chambers Part 2

Further in, covering the reservoir and the lift shaft.