The 1940s House: The Master Bedroom

The 1940s House: The Master Bedroom

IWM Senior Historian Terry Charman tours IWM London’s 1940s House (closed January 2012) and speaks about life in wartime Britain for the typical family.

21 Comments

  1. Perktube1 on February 19, 2023 at 5:38 am

    Utility furniture…

  2. Jillian lea on February 19, 2023 at 5:44 am

    Is this the same house used in the film?

  3. dustin grove on February 19, 2023 at 5:45 am

    I’m a reporter working a story about sleeping in the 1940’s. Can we use a clip of this in our story?

  4. SPOOKS28 on February 19, 2023 at 5:46 am

    This is a middle class house not the ordinary working persons house it doesnt really represent the norm.at all it’s ridiculous get real !

  5. Mz Clementine on February 19, 2023 at 5:47 am

    My grandparents had separate rooms for the longest time but when they moved in the same room, they slept in separate beds as well. Their own rooms were to their own taste, decorated feminine pretty pastel for my grandmother, my grandfather had richer masculine rich colors and more wood in his room. I found it quite hilarious my grandmother wanted nothing to do with sleeping with my grandfather. I’m shocked that I’m here and that they had two daughters… 🤭

  6. wmnoffaith1 on February 19, 2023 at 5:54 am

    My grandmother still had this bedroom furniture until she died in 2006. The same exact vanity and headboard. People saved a lot more money then because they had well made furniture that would last the length of their whole marriage/life.

  7. Adrian Ghandtchi on February 19, 2023 at 5:58 am

    Two suits sound a lot more fashion savy than the shirt and pj bottoms style today

  8. Robert Cooper on February 19, 2023 at 5:58 am

    looks like my grandmothers house

  9. oscar alcon on February 19, 2023 at 6:00 am

    I love it

  10. Mary Cahill on February 19, 2023 at 6:01 am

    I love Yardley lavender.

  11. X on February 19, 2023 at 6:02 am

    yes edwardian it is a reconstruction of the shows’ house

  12. Jeffrey Hodge on February 19, 2023 at 6:05 am

    I still have and use my mum and dads post war austerity wardrobes for man and woman and dressing table complete with mirror and a piece of furniture for keeping sheets etc ,is it called an ottoman . I’m sure that’s what my late mum called it ,my family say throw it all out but I love it and it does the job ,Dads wardrobe has shelves on one side marked shirts and a draw marked socks etc ,I am nearly 70 ,I bet some vintage household would love this furniture.

  13. Barbara Vick on February 19, 2023 at 6:06 am

    While there were some very different things, such as doors mounted on opposite sides or rooms being laid out differently, this house was almost exactly like the house the 1940s family lived in.

  14. Malcolm Guthrie on February 19, 2023 at 6:11 am

    B

  15. Kat James on February 19, 2023 at 6:15 am

    The videos are just too short to give proper information about what really happened during war times. The narrator just touch the tip of the iceberg by talking a little bit about rationing but if they’re going to start why not give us a little more meat on the bone, LOL.

  16. Sarah M on February 19, 2023 at 6:17 am

    I have authentic 1940s curtains almost just like those ones!

  17. pendragonshall on February 19, 2023 at 6:29 am

    You can keep your socialist government thank you very much.

  18. Julie Newman on February 19, 2023 at 6:30 am

    I think there would’ve been wallpaper on the walls, not paint. I remember the eiderdowns. But why twin beds in the master?

  19. edwardianmusicaldiva on February 19, 2023 at 6:30 am

    isnt this the house they used for the sires 1940s house?

  20. dangernoodle on February 19, 2023 at 6:30 am

    People say American government controls everything the citizens do but they don’t have SHIT on the British government

  21. The NYC ndn on February 19, 2023 at 6:31 am

    Damn why are these videos so short?!

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