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The House Electrons Built

Date released

1971

Series name

Living Tomorrow

Issue no

81

NoS ID

351201

Story no

4 / 4

COI synopsis: Joshua had divine assistance to bring the walls of Jericho tumbling down. Warwick University architects use a computer to calculate stress and loadings in the hope that the buildings they...

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Scramble for Africa, The (1986 Video)

Producer

Ian Thompson

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 30 min., 1996 sale: £19.99 (+VAT inc. p&p)

Covers: Why partition of Africa occured when it did and so rapidly; ‘informal’ versus ‘formal’ trade, influence and rule; imperialism; Africa’s colonial legacy. Presented by Dr I R Smith.

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Children in Shakespeare (2008 Audio)

Professor Carol Rutter, director of the CAPITAL centre at the University of Warwick, talks about her book ‘Shakespeare and Child’s Play: Performing Lost Boys on Stage and Screen’.

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Unification of Germany, The (1986 Video)

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 30 min., 1996 sale: £19.99 (+VAT inc. p&p)

Coves: the myth and reality of Bismarck’s role; the economic and diplomatic pre-conditions; unity achieved under Prussia; consequences for Germany and Europe. Presented by Dr R J V Lenman.

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Mussolini and Italian Fascism (1991 Video)

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 30 min., 1996 sale: £19.99 (+VAT inc. p&p)

Covers Mussolini’s origins and rise to power, the nature of Fascism; Mussolini as supreme opportunist; illusions and delusions; the new imperialism; nemesis. Presented by Professor J A Davis with Danis...

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Dissolution of the Monasteries, The (1986 Video)

Producer

Ian Thompson

Subject

History; Religious studies

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Betamax, VHS. col. 30 min., 1996 sale: £19.99 (+VAT inc. p&p)

Covers: England’s monastic past; the religious orders on the eve of the Reformation; the royal attack; how and why it succeeded; reactions, aftermath and survival. Presented by Professor J J Scarisbrick.

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English Civil War, The (1986 Video)

Producer

Ian Thompson

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 30 min., 1996 sale: £19.99 (+VAT inc. p&p)

Covers: why and how the war broke out; to what extent it was ‘limited’ and why it lasted so long; why the king lost; consequences. Presented by Dr R Clifton.

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French Revolution, The (1988 Video)

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 25 min., 1996 sale: £19.99 (+VAT inc. p&p)

Looks at the causes and course of the French revolution of 1789-93. Covers: the high hopes of 1789 - the Declaration of the Rights of Man; war, counter-revolution and social conflict; the place of the...

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Women Who Have Played Hamlet, The (2007 Audio)

Professor Tony Howard, University of Warwick, talks to Tom Abbott about the women who have played the role of Hamlet.

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Revolution of 1688, The (1988 Video)

Producer

Ian Thompson

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Betamax, VHS. col. 30 min., 1996 sale: £19.99 (+VAT inc. p&p)

Covers: James II and his subjects; motives of William and the English conspirators; risks and uncertainties, luck and planning, reasons for the success; the outcome - how ‘glorious’? Presented by Dr R...

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