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1066 - And All This

Date released

20 Oct 1966

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1950A

NoS ID

026629

Story no

1 / 4

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: 1066 - and All This. DESCRIPTION: Students re-enact the Battle of Hastings on a site very close to the actual battle field. And the result is as you’d expect, victory for the Normans....

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Digging for Britain (2011)

Subject

Archaeology

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 240 minutes), £19.99

A four-part television series in which Dr Alice Roberts follows an entire year of British archaeology, joining up the results of digs and investigations around the country. Each programme deals with sites...

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Story of English, The (1998 Video)

Producer

Pater Dale; Vivian Ducat

1: The diversity of ‘varieties’ of English in use throughout the world including public school/Oxbridge, post-colonial in India and Africa, feminist, high-tech, American, Pacific Basin, gay, academic....

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Major on Anglo-Soviet relations (1991)

Genre

Speech

British Prime Minister John Major on Anglo Soviet relations during a break in talks with Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev at Downing Street.

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Focus: Jeremy Hooker (1985)

Jeremy Hooker in conversation with Sean Street. English poet, critic, lecturer and broadcaster. Born in 1941, he talks about his works, essays and books. His essays include: A view from its source, and The...

ILR South Radio Online Audio

Media Screen Round-up February 2018

Date

19 Mar 2018, 09:20

Author

Jose

Post Type

Post

The monthly round-up of film and television publications compiled by Simon Baker, Institute of Historical Research and published at Learning on Screen by Jose de Esteban. This month’s summary includes a...

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King Alfred and the Anglo Saxons (2013)

Subject

History

Michael Wood explains the importance of King Alfred and his descendants daughter Aethelflaed and grandson Aethelstan, who became the first king of a united England. 3 x 59 minutes episodes.

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Alfred the Great: King of the Anglo-Saxons (2007)

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 55 minutes), £33.99

Few kings in English history deserve the epithet "great" more than Alfred, King of Wessex. In an age and country blighted by Viking invasions, Alfred inflicted repeated defeats upon the Norsemen and set...

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Battle of Hastings, The (2004)

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 55 minutes), £10.99

An analysis of the Norman victory at Hastings in 1066 which put an end not only to the English King Harold but also to the Anglo-Saxon way of life. The programme uses 3-D computer mapping and imagery from...

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Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, The (2000 Multimedia)

Subject

English language and literature; History

Distribution

CD-ROM

An interactive analysis of ‘The Anglo-Saxon Chronicles’ and the period in which they were written. Features include the full text of J R Green’s ‘A Short History of the English People 607-1066’;...

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