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3: Looks at the new Gaelic Scots and their determination to retain traditional culture while developing modern technology and industry in the Western Isles.
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.
Anthropology’s relationship with colonialism has been discussed widely. Yet the ethnography of the colonial service remains largely unexplored on film. This documentary shows how, after 40 years in the...
Series discussing the technical, scientific, economic and political issues in the rise and fall of the cotton industry. Great Britain, India and the United States of America are the three countries...
David Lean’s Oscar-winning adaptation of EM Forster’s classic novel of the end of the British Raj, with Peggy Ashcroft as Mrs Moore, James Fox as Fielding and Victor Banerjee as Dr Aziz.
The title is derived from King Leopold II of Belgium who declared his determination during the scramble for African territory in the 1880s to secure for himself a large a slice as possible of ‘this...
Based on ‘The Times Atlas of World History’, the series of 26 30-minute programmes presents the history of mankind on a global scale. It uses specially designed animated maps, computer-generated graphics...
A young historical researcher, inherits letters written by her great aunt Olivia and becomes obsessed with their revelations of her past in colonial India. Flitting between the present-day and the 1920s, the...
A selection of cartoonists’ graphic images designed to closely examine Britain’s policy of decolonisation. Cartoons drawn for the major newspapers and opinion-forming journals are compared and contrasted...
Documents Papua New Guinea’s Independence Day celebrations in of 16 September 1975, comparing the pageantry of local celebrations with the official ceremony in the capital. Also provides historical...
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