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  1. What the Industrial Revolution Did for Us: Material World (2005)

    Subject
    History; Science; Technology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (PAL, 30 minutes), £24.99

    Dan Cruickshank looks at the achievements of the Industrial Revolution: amongst them not only the Spinning Jenny and the steam engine, but the first jigsaw, the first stethoscope, the first tinned food and...

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  2. Media Screen Roundup - October 2014

    Date
    13 Nov 2014, 10:29
    Author
    Linda
    Post Type
    Post

    The monthly roundup of film and television publications compiled by Simon Baker, Institute of Historical Research, & published here at the BUFVC by Linda Kaye. There is a definite widespread...

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  3. What the Industrial Revolution Did for Us: On the Move (2005)

    Subject
    History; Science; Technology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (PAL, 30 minutes), £24.99

    Dan Cruickshank looks at the development of transport during the Industrial Revolution, including the roadbuilding of John Loudon Macadam; James Brindley’s canal network; George Stephenson and the...

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  4. Plough and the Hoe, The. Part 3: The Green Revolution (1984 Video)

    Subject
    Agriculture; Development studies
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min.

    Discusses the differences between the claims made about the green revolution and the effects as experienced by people in Ludhiana district, one of India’s most prosperous areas.

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  5. What the Industrial Revolution Did for Us: Modern Medicine

    Subject
    History; Science; Technology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (PAL), £24.99

    Dan Cruickshank presents a history of medical innovation during the industrial revolution, focusing on James Lind’s treatment of scurvy with oranges and lemons, in the first ever clinical trial; Edward...

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  6. What the Industrial Revolution Did for Us: Working Wonders

    Subject
    History; Science; Technology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (PAL, 30 minutes), £24.99

    Dan Cruickshank traces the origins of the 21st century working world in some of the innovations of the Industrial Revolution, including James Watt’s steam engine; Richard Arkwright’s spinning frame which...

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  7. What the Industrial Revolution Did for Us: War Machine

    Subject
    History; Science; Technology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (PAL), £24.99

    Dan Cruickshank discovers how the Industrial Revolution created modern warfare. He looks at inventions such as The Turtle, the first submarine used in conflict; the interchangeable Baker rifle; Congreve’s...

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  8. What the Industrial Revolution Did for Us: City Living (2005)

    Subject
    History; Science; Technology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (PAL), £24.99

    Prior to the Industrial Revolution, the day-to-day lives of ordinary Britons had remained unchanged for centuries. Homes were largely rural and functional, and the idea of decorative and comfortable...

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  9. Lenin’s Russia (1971 Film)

    Producer
    Richard Dunn
    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Uses film from the Pathè archive showing Russia in the years before, during, and after the Revolution, ending with Lenin’s funeral in 1924, but the sequences are used not to tell the historical story of...

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  10. Information Technology: A Revolution? (1987 Video)

    Producer
    John Stratford
    Subject
    Information technology
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min.

    Is society undergoing an information technology revolution or is it a gimmicky phrase manufactured by the media? The issues are addressed by Nick Heap, the course team chairman, Shirley Williams, Christopher...

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