1941 - The film, Citizen Kane, is released
1941 - Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) invented
1943 - Antibiotics invented
1943 - Silicones created
1945 - World War 2 ends
1945 - Range of plastics developed to support the war effort released on the commercial market
1947 - First acrylic paint becomes available
1948 - The NHS is established
1948 - London hosts the Olympic Games
1948 - Introduction of long playing vinyl copolymer gramophone records
1949 - George Orwell's '1984' is publshed
1949 - First Airfix self-assembly polystyrene model
