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Christopher’s Movie Matinée: Haphazard Adventures in Flower Power Cinema (1968)

Director

Mort Ransen

Subject

History; Social Studies

In 1968, in Yorkville (Toronto), the NFB provided a group of hippies with cameras, film and a few NFB film crew members so they could make a film illustrating their lives and their world. The footage they...

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Talkest Thou Nothing but of Ladies? (2018 Audio)

aka: Episode 101

Series

Shakespeare Unlimited

Producer

Esther French; Garland Scott

What did everyday life look like for women throughout Tudor society? A new social history, The Hidden Lives of Tudor Women by Elizabeth Norton, introduces us not only to the restrictions, but also to some of...

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Our kind of town (1980)

Genre

Interview; Music

This edition of Our Kind of Town is presented by Keith Howell. Talks to the authors of 2 new books on London- Jo Anderson on Anchor and Hope on community life on the banks of the River Thames through the...

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Dirty old river (1986)

Genre

Feature

Feature on the social and natural history of the Thames, its current uses and views on future uses. Includes interviews with Bob Aspinall, Archivist at Port of London Authority; Chris Bailey of Thames Water...

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Country Houses

Subject

Architecture; Design; History

This film looks at the development of British country houses and gardens over 400 years, since the time of Henry VIII.

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Power of the Political Cartoon, The (2008)

Subject

History; Media studies; Politics & government

Video recording of a discussion between political cartoonist Martin Rowson and Willl Self on the history of political satire. Held at the RSA in October 2008. (30 minutes)

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Old Hands: British Labour Camps 1929-1939 (1999)

Subject

Politics & government; Social Studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (PAL, 35 minutes), £25.00

Exposes the history of the remote labour camps for the unemployed which were set up and run by successive British governments between 1929 and 1939. David Colledge, a Leeds social historian, acts as the...

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Extraordinary Women, Series (2011)

Subject

History; Social Studies; Women’s studies

EXTRAORDINARY WOMEN highlights the lives of thirteen eminent women, a mix of saints and sinners, who lived their lives to the full. It celebrates their achievements, exposes their flaws, but also poses the...

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Marriage in the 1950s and 60s: from Wedding Vows to Happily Ever After? (2010)

Subject

History; Social Studies; Women’s studies

After World War II, during which most women worked outside the home as part of the war effort, everything changed. As the men went back to their jobs, the women were expected to return to their role as...

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City week (1979)

Genre

Documentary; Interview; Special

City Week special with Tom Maddocks focusing on the 50th anniversary of the Wall Street Crash of 1929. The programme coincides with the publication of The Day the Bubble Burst: A Social History of the Wall...

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