Magpie presenters Douglas Rae and Mick Robertson try out a new football training boot, to help budding football stars improve their skills. The boot was designed by Leeds United player Terry Cooper while he was recovering from a broken leg. Transmitted in 1972. | Thames TV Archive

67K views · 1.1K reactions | Thames TV's 'TV Eye' looks at the appalling state of affairs eight months after Idi Amin was overthrown. This film catalogues a terrible tale of woe - murder and looting with no proper police force to control it, broken-down hospitals, flattened towns with no materials to rebuild them, and a ruinous black market and asks what the western aid givers are doing about it. | History of Uganda | Facebook

#OnThisDay in 1942 Muhammad Ali was born in Kentucky as Cassius Clay. Thames Television had unique access in 1971 to what at the time was referred to as the biggest event in the history of the whole planet earth, the fight between Ali and defending world heavy weight champion Joe Frazier. Clips available to licence. #muhammadali #boxing #BornOnThisDay | Thames TV Archive