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Podcast. Dr Jack Grieve, Lecturer in Forensic Linguistics at Aston University, asserts that very little is known about how new words spread in language. New words are regularly identified by lexicographers,...
Video recording of a lecture held on 7 March 2012 in the series ‘The Lost Hospitals of London’ organised by Gresham College. (53 minutes) In 1739, Captain Thomas Coram was dismayed at the sight of...
This sixth compilation of films made by the Central Office of Information examines the issue of ‘risk’ in our everyday lives. Complimenting the safety messages in Volume Four, STOP! LOOK! LISTEN!, the...
The fifth volume in the COI collection, PORTRAIT OF A POEPLE, proudly looks at Britain and its people. Promoting an idealised notion of Britain has often been at the forefront of COI film production: from...
This third compilation of COI films helps paint a positive picture of life in the Services. The films include morale-boosting documentaries, propaganda items and numerous recruitment films, which placed...
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...
A historic global experiment to create a user-generated feature film, compiled from footage shot on the same day by anyone from around the world. The aim is to document a single day on earth through a...
Morris Dancing is a form of English folk dancing that dates back to the 15th Century, in which men in costumes adorned with bells would offer their version of the dance of the Moors, with scarves, sticks and...
The first volume in a series of DVD compilations of films made by the Central Office of Information. Established in 1946, the Central Office of Information (COI) was a successor to the wartime Ministry of...
Established in 1946, the Central Office of Information (COI) was a successor to the wartime Ministry of Information and was responsible for producing thousands of films which celebrated Britain, its people...
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