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A Year to Remember, the classic series that recalls the definitive events of
the twentieth century, compiles contemporary news coverage drawn from the
world-famous BBC and British Pathé archives.
This programme details not only the major political issues that dominated the day, but also key social changes and cultural trends. This hour-long episode chronicles that remarkable year, 1954.
This was the year in which colonial power took a battering. While France suffered at the hands of the Viet Minh in Indochina and faced riots in Algeria, Britain battled the Mau Mau in Kenya and five senators were shot by Puerto Rican nationalists in the United States. Meanwhile, Colonel Nasser, soon to plunge Britain into the Suez Crisis, became prime minister of Egypt.
In other news, Senator Joe McCarthy’s career came to a sordid end. In Britain, the economy improved, rationing finally ceased, the Queen continued her glorious tour of the Commonwealth realms with visits to New Zealand and Australia, and Roger Bannister ran the first four-minute mile.