All posts VideoThe Wonder JetWednesday 3 May 2006The development of the ‘jet propulsion gas-turbine’, otherwise known as the jet engine, transformed...VideoLondon AirportWednesday 3 May 2006In April 1944 The Great Western Aerodrome started its transformation from a privately owned...VideoBerlin AirliftWednesday 3 May 2006At the end of the Second World War, Germany was divided into four zones...VideoFive Pounds in NotesWednesday 3 May 2006This film short is trying to relay the message that only five pounds in...VideoWhat A Life!Wednesday 3 May 2006This Richard Massingham film is a bizarre contribution from the Crown Film Unit, and...VideoDomesday book: Day of JudgementMonday 1 May 2006Short film describing how intrusive and unfair the survey seemed to the villagers. Context...VideoDomesday book: Compiling InformationMonday 1 May 2006Short film describing the compiling of information for Domesday. Context This is the third...VideoDomesday book: Questions, questions, questionsMonday 1 May 2006Short film describing the reaction of a Saxon village reeve to the process of...VideoDomesday book: The role of the commissionersMonday 1 May 2006Short film describing the role of one of William I’s Domesday commissioners. Context This...AudioInventions in 18th century BritainFriday 28 April 2006Maxine Berg, Professor of History at the Eighteenth Century Centre, University of Warwick, explores...AudioA bag of secretsFriday 21 April 2006Dr Tracey Sowerby of Pembroke College, Oxford, introduces listeners to the records of Tudor...VideoCharley’s March of TimeWednesday 19 April 2006The key principle underpinning the Welfare State was that it was universal. And that... « 1 … 82 83 84 85 86 … 90 »