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Britain AD: King Arthur's Britain, Britain AD: King Arthur's Britain, Programme 3
directed by Timothy Copestake, fl. 1993-2009; produced by Timothy Copestake, fl. 1993-2009, in Britain AD: King Arthur's Britain (London, England: Digital Rights Group, 2004), 49 mins
Finding new and previously unexplained evidence, Francis Pryor overturns the idea that Britain reverted to a state of anarchy and disorder after the Romans left in 410 AD. Instead of doom and gloom Francis discovers a continuous culture that assimilated influences from as far a field as the Middle East and Constan...
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directed by Timothy Copestake, fl. 1993-2009; produced by Timothy Copestake, fl. 1993-2009, in Britain AD: King Arthur's Britain (London, England: Digital Rights Group, 2004), 49 mins
Description
Finding new and previously unexplained evidence, Francis Pryor overturns the idea that Britain reverted to a state of anarchy and disorder after the Romans left in 410 AD. Instead of doom and gloom Francis discovers a continuous culture that assimilated influences from as far a field as the Middle East and Constantinople. Through scrutinizing the myth of King Arthur to find out what was really going on when the Romans left, Francis is confronted...
Finding new and previously unexplained evidence, Francis Pryor overturns the idea that Britain reverted to a state of anarchy and disorder after the Romans left in 410 AD. Instead of doom and gloom Francis discovers a continuous culture that assimilated influences from as far a field as the Middle East and Constantinople. Through scrutinizing the myth of King Arthur to find out what was really going on when the Romans left, Francis is confronted by evidence that confounds traditional views of the 'Dark Ages'. There was also no invasion of bloodthirsty Anglo Saxons, rampaging across the countryside. With new archaeological evidence Francis discovers a far more interesting story.
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Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Timothy Copestake, fl. 1993-2009
Author / Creator
Timothy Copestake, fl. 1993-2009
Date Published / Released
2004-09-20
Publisher
Digital Rights Group
Series
Britain AD: King Arthur's Britain
Speaker / Narrator
Francis Pryor, 1945-
Person Discussed
Francis Pryor, 1945-, Arthur, legendary King of England
Topic / Theme
Cultural adaptation, English people, Myths and legends, Royal courts, Imperialism and Colonialism, British, Post-Classical Period (500–1450)
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Copyright © 2013 by Digital Rights Group
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Cuba: In the Shadow of Doubt
directed by Jim Burroughs, fl. 1981-2010; produced by Suzanne Bauman, fl. 1982-2013 and Carol Polakoff (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 1987, originally published 1986), 1 hour
Filmed on location at La Plata, Castro's former guerrilla headquarters- the first time any foreign film crew had been permitted there - the documentary examines the origins of Castro's revolution, and its ultimate successes and failures. It places U.S.-Cuban relations within the context of history, dating back to...
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directed by Jim Burroughs, fl. 1981-2010; produced by Suzanne Bauman, fl. 1982-2013 and Carol Polakoff (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 1987, originally published 1986), 1 hour
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Filmed on location at La Plata, Castro's former guerrilla headquarters- the first time any foreign film crew had been permitted there - the documentary examines the origins of Castro's revolution, and its ultimate successes and failures. It places U.S.-Cuban relations within the context of history, dating back to the Spanish-American War in 1898. The documentary goes on to paint a canvas of everyday Cuban life. It contrasts the successes of Cuba...
Filmed on location at La Plata, Castro's former guerrilla headquarters- the first time any foreign film crew had been permitted there - the documentary examines the origins of Castro's revolution, and its ultimate successes and failures. It places U.S.-Cuban relations within the context of history, dating back to the Spanish-American War in 1898. The documentary goes on to paint a canvas of everyday Cuban life. It contrasts the successes of Cuba - medical care, education and housing - with the often repressive political measures implemented by the Castro government. We hear from Cuban artists, State Department officials, exiled writers, and Fidel Castro himself. We visit the Psychiatric Hospital, the Women's Prison, and a library to see what books are available. This film does full justice to its complex subject. It is neither a rationale for Communist Cuba nor a political tool for Cuban exiles. It will interest audiences of all political persuasions. High School College Adult
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Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Suzanne Bauman, fl. 1982-2013, Carol Polakoff, Raul Julia, 1940-1994
Author / Creator
Jim Burroughs, fl. 1981-2010
Date Published / Released
1986, 1987
Publisher
Filmakers Library
Speaker / Narrator
John F. Kennedy, 1917-1963, Fidel Castro, 1926-2016, Raul Julia, 1940-1994
Person Discussed
John F. Kennedy, 1917-1963, Fidel Castro, 1926-2016, Fulgencio Batista, 1901-1973, Che Guevara, 1928-1967, José Martí, 1853-1895
Topic / Theme
Cuba and the United States Border, Economic conditions, Government policy, Heads of state, International relations, Revolutions, Socialism, Guerrilla warfare, Bay of Pigs Invasion, April 17, 1961, Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962, Cuban Revolution, 1956-1959, Cuban War of Independence, 1895-1898, Political and Social Movements, Trade and Commerce, War and Violence, Politics & Policy, History, World Hist...
Cuba and the United States Border, Economic conditions, Government policy, Heads of state, International relations, Revolutions, Socialism, Guerrilla warfare, Bay of Pigs Invasion, April 17, 1961, Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962, Cuban Revolution, 1956-1959, Cuban War of Independence, 1895-1898, Political and Social Movements, Trade and Commerce, War and Violence, Politics & Policy, History, World History, Cubans, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Copyright © 1987. Used by permission of Filmakers Library. All rights reserved.
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Dealing with Pirates
directed by Nils Giversen; produced by Soren Klovborg (Copenhagen, Capital Region (Denmark): Danish Broadcasting Corporation, 2009), 1 hour 1 mins
7th November, 2008 a phone rings at one of Denmark's largest shipping companies, Clipper. Somali pirates have hijacked the cargo vessel CEC Future and 13 crew members. The pirates demand 7 mio dollar. A nightmare has just begun.
For the first time ever a TV-documentary reveals the dramatic negotiations between a...
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directed by Nils Giversen; produced by Soren Klovborg (Copenhagen, Capital Region (Denmark): Danish Broadcasting Corporation, 2009), 1 hour 1 mins
Description
7th November, 2008 a phone rings at one of Denmark's largest shipping companies, Clipper. Somali pirates have hijacked the cargo vessel CEC Future and 13 crew members. The pirates demand 7 mio dollar. A nightmare has just begun.
For the first time ever a TV-documentary reveals the dramatic negotiations between a Western shipping company and Somali pirates. Experts are flown from London to Copenhagen to assist Clipper's CEO, Per Gullestrup, who f...
7th November, 2008 a phone rings at one of Denmark's largest shipping companies, Clipper. Somali pirates have hijacked the cargo vessel CEC Future and 13 crew members. The pirates demand 7 mio dollar. A nightmare has just begun.
For the first time ever a TV-documentary reveals the dramatic negotiations between a Western shipping company and Somali pirates. Experts are flown from London to Copenhagen to assist Clipper's CEO, Per Gullestrup, who faces a nervewrecking and very unusual task: He will have to try to strike a deal with pirates thousands of kilometers away and is under enormous pressure to free his crew members as quickly as possible. Per Gullestrup has to withstand threats and call bluffs as the crew slowly breaks down.
We followed the dramatic events in a hijacking that lasted more than two months. Authentic footage discloses negotiations, as they took place. And in an exclusive interview the pirate's negotiator reveals the tactics of the pirates on board.
Finally, 68 days later, in January 2009, the deal was finally settled and the money drop was made.
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Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Soren Klovborg
Author / Creator
Nils Giversen
Date Published / Released
2009
Publisher
Danish Broadcasting Corporation
Topic / Theme
International relations, Maritime commerce, Humanities
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2011. Used by permission of Danish Broadcasting Corporation.
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DK Timelines, China's Golden Age
produced by Makematic and Northern Ireland Screen, in DK Timelines (Belfast, Northern Ireland: Makematic, 2022), 4 mins
This is a timeline of the history of China’s Golden Age from 618 to 1279. The Tang and Song dynasties were periods of significant economic and cultural progress that lasted for more than 600 years and together are considered as China's Golden Age.
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produced by Makematic and Northern Ireland Screen, in DK Timelines (Belfast, Northern Ireland: Makematic, 2022), 4 mins
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This is a timeline of the history of China’s Golden Age from 618 to 1279. The Tang and Song dynasties were periods of significant economic and cultural progress that lasted for more than 600 years and together are considered as China's Golden Age.
Field of Study
Asian Studies
Content Type
Instructional material
Contributor
Makematic, Northern Ireland Screen
Date Published / Released
2022
Publisher
Makematic
Series
DK Timelines
Topic / Theme
Monarchs, Post-Classical Period (500–1450)
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2023 Makematic
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Face the Nation, Sunday, June 2, 1957
presented by Stuart Novins, 1914-1989; produced by Columbia Broadcasting System; interview by Stuart Novins, 1914-1989, Bernard Joseph Cutler, 1924- and Daniel Schorr, 1916-2010, in Face the Nation (District of Columbia: Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS), 1957), 1 hour
Topic: Soviet agriculture production/ peaceful cooperation/ armed forces
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presented by Stuart Novins, 1914-1989; produced by Columbia Broadcasting System; interview by Stuart Novins, 1914-1989, Bernard Joseph Cutler, 1924- and Daniel Schorr, 1916-2010, in Face the Nation (District of Columbia: Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS), 1957), 1 hour
Description
Topic: Soviet agriculture production/ peaceful cooperation/ armed forces
Field of Study
Business & Economics
Content Type
Interview
Contributor
Columbia Broadcasting System
Author / Creator
Stuart Novins, 1914-1989, Bernard Joseph Cutler, 1924-, Daniel Schorr, 1916-2010
Date Published / Released
1957
Publisher
Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS)
Series
Face the Nation
Speaker / Narrator
Nikita Khrushchev, 1894-1971
Person Discussed
Nikita Khrushchev, 1894-1971
Topic / Theme
Capitalism, International relations, Politics, Socialism, Peace, Communism, Agriculture, Political and Social Movements, Americans, Russians, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
Copyright Message
Copyright © 1957 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved.
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France Actualites, November 2, 1945
produced by Les Actualites Francaises, in France Actualites (Bry-sur-Marne, Ile de France, 1945, originally published 1945), 11 mins
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produced by Les Actualites Francaises, in France Actualites (Bry-sur-Marne, Ile de France, 1945, originally published 1945), 11 mins
Date Written / Recorded
1945
Field of Study
Newsreels
Content Type
Newsreel
Contributor
Les Actualites Francaises
Date Published / Released
1945-11-02, 1945
Series
France Actualites
Topic / Theme
Empire, Colonial populations, Postal services, Legislatures, Fashion, Soccer, Dams, Energy industry, Trade and Commerce, War and Violence, World History, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2011. Used by permission of INA.
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In Search of Medieval Britain, 6, London & the South East
directed by Paul King, fl. 2002-2014; produced by Paul King, fl. 2002-2014, in In Search of Medieval Britain, 6 (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2008, originally published 2008), 30 mins
In this fascinating historical documentary series with a difference, Dr Alixe Bovey from the University of Kent, retraces the steps of our medieval ancestors as she journeys through the beautiful British countryside with the 14th Century Gough Map - the oldest surviving map of Britain - as her guide. Following pil...
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directed by Paul King, fl. 2002-2014; produced by Paul King, fl. 2002-2014, in In Search of Medieval Britain, 6 (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2008, originally published 2008), 30 mins
Description
In this fascinating historical documentary series with a difference, Dr Alixe Bovey from the University of Kent, retraces the steps of our medieval ancestors as she journeys through the beautiful British countryside with the 14th Century Gough Map - the oldest surviving map of Britain - as her guide. Following pilgrim trails and visiting many magnificent buildings and ruins, she provides a unique window onto life at the height of the middle ages...
In this fascinating historical documentary series with a difference, Dr Alixe Bovey from the University of Kent, retraces the steps of our medieval ancestors as she journeys through the beautiful British countryside with the 14th Century Gough Map - the oldest surviving map of Britain - as her guide. Following pilgrim trails and visiting many magnificent buildings and ruins, she provides a unique window onto life at the height of the middle ages and reveals clues to the origins of the map itself. Part travelogue, part history series, all of Britain is explored as Alixe reveal a face of Britain that has never been seen before.
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Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Paul King, fl. 2002-2014, Alixe Bovey
Author / Creator
Paul King, fl. 2002-2014
Date Published / Released
2008
Publisher
BBC Worldwide
Series
In Search of Medieval Britain
Speaker / Narrator
Alixe Bovey
Person Discussed
Edward III, King of England, 1312-1377, John, King of England, 1166-1216, William of Sens, William Fitzstephen
Topic / Theme
Architects, Architecture, Fine arts, Castles, Churches, Clergy, Epidemics, Food preparation, Maps, Monarchs, Religious beliefs, Rivers, Seaports, Sieges, Trade and commerce, Black Death in Europe, 1348-1350, Siege of Rochester Castle, England, 1215, Disease and Health, Religion and Belief Systems, Trade and Commerce, War and Violence, World History, Post-Classical Period (500–1450)
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Copyright © 2008 BBC Worldwide
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Nippon News, Number 191, Nippon News, No. 191, January 26, 1944
produced by Nippon News, in Nippon News, Number 191 (Tokyo Metropolis: NHK International Inc., 1944, originally published 1944), 9 mins
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produced by Nippon News, in Nippon News, Number 191 (Tokyo Metropolis: NHK International Inc., 1944, originally published 1944), 9 mins
Date Written / Recorded
1944
Field of Study
Newsreels
Content Type
Newsreel
Contributor
Nippon News
Date Published / Released
1944-01-26, 1944
Publisher
NHK International Inc.
Series
Nippon News
Speaker / Narrator
Tōjō Hideki, 1884-1948
Person Discussed
Tōjō Hideki, 1884-1948
Topic / Theme
Women in workforce, Decolonization, Military strategy, Airplanes, Legislatures, War and Violence, Trade and Commerce, Race and Gender, World History, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
Copyright Message
Copyright © 1944. Used by permission of NHK International Inc.
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Story of India, 6, Freedom
directed by Jeremy Jeffs, fl. 1996; produced by Leo Eaton, in Story of India, 6 (Arlington, VA: Public Broadcasting Service, 2008, originally published 2008), 55 mins
This last episode in the series The Story of India tells how a foreign multinational (the East India Company) thousands of miles away gradually and almost by chance took power over great swathes of the Indian subcontinent; how after the horrendous shock of the 1857 'Mutiny' the British state took over and turned t...
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directed by Jeremy Jeffs, fl. 1996; produced by Leo Eaton, in Story of India, 6 (Arlington, VA: Public Broadcasting Service, 2008, originally published 2008), 55 mins
Description
This last episode in the series The Story of India tells how a foreign multinational (the East India Company) thousands of miles away gradually and almost by chance took power over great swathes of the Indian subcontinent; how after the horrendous shock of the 1857 'Mutiny' the British state took over and turned this supremacy into the Raj, the jewel in the crown of the greatest empire the world had ever seen; and how the Freedom Movement deliver...
This last episode in the series The Story of India tells how a foreign multinational (the East India Company) thousands of miles away gradually and almost by chance took power over great swathes of the Indian subcontinent; how after the horrendous shock of the 1857 'Mutiny' the British state took over and turned this supremacy into the Raj, the jewel in the crown of the greatest empire the world had ever seen; and how the Freedom Movement delivered Independence to India in 1947, albeit a divided India. The series ends by acknowledging the extraordinary achievements of Indian democracy over sixty years and flags India's predicted rise to be the largest country and the second largest (or even the largest) economy in the world in the next three decades.
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Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Leo Eaton, Michael Wood, 1948-
Author / Creator
Jeremy Jeffs, fl. 1996
Date Published / Released
2008
Publisher
Public Broadcasting Service
Series
Story of India
Speaker / Narrator
Michael Wood, 1948-
Person Discussed
Mahatma Gandhi, 1869-1948, Charles C. Stuart, fl. 2001, Jawaharlal Nehru, 1889-1964
Topic / Theme
Battles, Decolonization, Hinduism, Imperialism, International trade, Islam, Military occupation, Rebellions, Indian Mutiny, 1857-1858, Partitioning of India and Pakistan, 1947, Imperialism and Colonialism, Religion and Belief Systems, Trade and Commerce, War and Violence, World History, 21st Century in World History (2001– ), 20th Century in World History (1914--2000), Industrialization and West...
Battles, Decolonization, Hinduism, Imperialism, International trade, Islam, Military occupation, Rebellions, Indian Mutiny, 1857-1858, Partitioning of India and Pakistan, 1947, Imperialism and Colonialism, Religion and Belief Systems, Trade and Commerce, War and Violence, World History, 21st Century in World History (2001– ), 20th Century in World History (1914--2000), Industrialization and Western Global Hegemony (1750–1914), Early Modern Period (1450–1750)
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Copyright © 2008 by Maya Vision International Ltd.
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Universal Newsreels, Release 42, May 19, 1932
in Universal Newsreels, Release 42 (Los Angeles, CA - Hollywood: Universal Pictures Company, 1932, originally published 1932), 8 mins
This video, published by Universal Pictures Company Inc., is about memorial services in Paris, France.
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in Universal Newsreels, Release 42 (Los Angeles, CA - Hollywood: Universal Pictures Company, 1932, originally published 1932), 8 mins
Description
This video, published by Universal Pictures Company Inc., is about memorial services in Paris, France.
Date Written / Recorded
1932
Field of Study
Newsreels
Content Type
Newsreel
Date Published / Released
1932-05-19, 1932
Publisher
Universal Pictures Company
Series
Universal Newsreels
Topic / Theme
Assassinations, Heads of state, Memorial services, Great Depression, 1929-1941, Mukden Incident, September 18, 1931–February 18, 1932, Trade and Commerce, War and Violence, American History, Depression & World War II (1929–1945), 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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