Footage of a 1960s re-enactment of the Battle of Hastings has been restored 60 years on. The footage was captured at an event in East Sussex in 1966 to mark 900 years since the historical battle, ...

Nearly six decades after the footage was given to English Heritage, the movie will be shown to the public for the first time this weekend.

A remarkable time capsule film capturing the very first Battle of Hastings re-enactment has been unearthed and restored after ...

A local videographer shot 300 reels of color film during the re-enactment, which shows "soldiers on foot getting remarkably close to horses" and "a rather relaxed attitude towards health and safety." ...

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A remarkable colour film has been restored, capturing the first-ever regular Battle of Hastings re-enactment. Filmed in 1966 by Alan Wootton and his team, the footage shows the early beginnings of ...

I’m stroking a dog that has a Viking persona. Bonny – a fox-red Labrador also known as Bonryth – is napping on hallowed turf ...

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English Heritage acquires film of first re-enactment, ‘a lot of pushing and shoving’ between Kent and Sussex students ...

A historic prayer book that contains details of the religious life of monks following the Battle of Hastings has been revealed. Although the original prayer book is lost, it was reconstructed from its ...

Hastings gets all the glory, but it was the third major battle England fought in less than four weeks in the autumn of 1066.