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Princess Anne Opens Reservoir

Date released

1 May 1972

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

2239

NoS ID

029358

Story no

2 / 5

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Princess Anne Opens Reservoir. DESCRIPTION: Her Royal Highness opened the £5 million reservoir and treatment plant at Derbyshire. It will add another 10 million gallons of water for...

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Amesbury Archer, The (2005)

aka: Was the Amesbury Archer the King of Stonehenge?

Subject

Archaeology; History

In May 2002 archaologists discovered the richest early Bronze Age burial ever found in Britain. The so-called Amesbury Archer was buried with gold earrings, copper knives, flint arrow heads and the stone...

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Remaking a 6000-Year-Old Hungarian Copper Shafthole Axe (1996)

Subject

Archaeology

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 19 minutes), £40.00

Places the casting process in context by presenting an overview of the development of the Copper and Bronze Ages in Europe, then describes the ‘metal cycle’ from the point of finding raw copper ore,...

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Standing with Stones (2008)

Director

Michael Bott

Producer

Michael Bott

Subject

Archaeology; Geography

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 136 minutes), £16.99

A first-hand account of the filmmakers’ journey through the British Isles and Ireland, starting at the tip of Cornwall and ending on the Scottish Isles, visiting over 100 Neolithic and Bronze age monuments...

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Homer’s Iliad Via the Movie Troy (2004) (2017)

Subject

Film studies; Literature

Homer’s Iliad, the earliest Greek poem, narrates the archetypal war between ‘Europeans’ and ‘Asiatics’ divided by the Hellespont. Looking at Wolfgang Peterson’s blockbuster Troy (2004), the...

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Who Were the British? (6 Parts) (1965)

Subject

Archaeology; History

A six-part television series made in 1965 looking at the early inhabitants of Britain and the impact of the Romans. Presented by Brian Hope-Taylor with contributions from Glyn Daniel. 38 minutes.

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Landscape Mysteries (2006)

Subject

Archaeology; Geography; History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 233 minutes), £54.99

The Landscape Mysteries DVD Pack includes the 8 full programmes from the series looking at how clues are hidden in the landscape. They include, In Search of Irish Gold, Figures in the Chalk, Britain before...

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Chronicle Collection - Archaeology on Television (2010)

Subject

Archaeology

From 1966 to 1990, the BBC’s landmark archaeology series Chronicle took viewers around the world to explore historical excavations and discover long-gone cultures and civilisations. With a mix of live...

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