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How to Record an Oral History Interview (2009)

Subject

Education

This short film was produced to support materials provided by the East Midlands Oral History Archive based at the University of Leicester. Further materials and additional video relating to the recording of...

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Great Lives [30/08/2011] (2011 Radio)

aka: William Shakespeare

Series

Great Lives

Producer

Mark Smalley

Biographical radio series presented by Matthew Parris in which his guest chooses someone who has inspired their lives. In this episode William Shakespeare is nominated for great life status by poetry curator...

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Londoners on the Blitz (1976)

Genre

Feature; Interview; Special

Christopher Hourmouzious talks to East Londoners about their personal experiences during the Blitz. A book by Professor Tom Harrison, entitled Living Through the Blitz, and based on oral histories, is the...

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Memories of the Korean War (2016)

Subject

History

Members of the Leicester branch of the British Korean Veterans’ Association talk about their memories of the Korean War. [67 minutes]

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Reel Histories: The Film and Oral History Collections of the Centre of South Asian Studies, Cambridge (2012)

Subject

Film studies; History

Talk given by Dr Kevin Greenbank at the Royal Asiatic Society, South London, illustrated with film clips.

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Sounds from the Park (2014)

Subject

History; Social Studies

Distribution

Audio (Download, 28 minutes)

Radio show which explores the history and traditions of Britain’s last great open air oratory site, the Speakers’ Corner in Hyde Park, London. Speakers, hecklers and spectators of diverse backgrounds,...

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Oral History of Media and Archaeology, An (2017)

Producer

Silas Michalakas

Subject

Archaeology; Television studies

Lecture given by Sir David Attenborough on 12 October 2009, at Cambridge University. Attenborough was speaking as part iof the ‘Personal Histories of Media and Archaeology’ oral history project. He...

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Kenneth Cook WW2 memories (1985)

Genre

Interview

Remembrance day special with Kenneth Cook recalling being cast adrift on a raft for 43 days off the coast of Africa after his ship was torpedoed and sunk during the Second World War and the incidents and...

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Speaking for Ourselves (2007)

Subject

History; Social Studies; Social welfare

An oral history project consisting of 230 hours of audio and video recordings of people aged over 50 with cerebral palsy talking about their lives. The project was funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund which...

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Wartime recollections (1995)

Genre

Interview

Ordinary London women and men recollect their Second World War experiences in a series of separate clips. Topics include being a nurse, air raids, evacuation, rationing, relatives being reported missing, and...

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