What was known as Armistice Day became Remembrance Sunday following the end of World War Two.
Since it was unveiled in 1920, the Cenotaph in Whitehall has been a focal point for the UK’s remembrance of those killed in war.
BBC Television first broadcast the Armistice Day ceremony, to remember those who died in World War One in 1937 and 1938, but all television broadcasts ceased at the outbreak of World War Two in 1939. In 1946, a year after the end of World War Two, the second Sunday in November was designated as Remembrance Sunday, in commemoration of both wars.
On 10 November 1946, BBC cameras were there to record the national remembrance commemorations, with a new addition to the Cenotaph to mark the years of World War Two.Strictly's 'spectacular' blackout dance momentMeet the AI robot whose artwork sold for over $1m A portrait of mathematician Alan Turing is thought to be the first artwork by a humanoid robot to be sold at auction.Watch as veteran is wrongly accused of shopliftingMoment vehicle explodes on quiet New York streetFatal crash driver on wrong side of the roadLap of honour for Team Blind Dave at HawthornsMy parents went without to feed me, says Treasury ministerFootage shows a truck crash and almost hit a highway worker on the side of an Interstate in New York.
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