All posts 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...VideoYour Very Good HealthWednesday 19 April 2006The National Health Service (NHS) was one of the major achievements of Clement Attlee’s...VideoPop Goes the WeaselWednesday 19 April 2006In ‘Pop Goes the Weasel’ (as with the cartoon ‘Charley’s March of Time’ from...VideoPedestrian CrossingWednesday 19 April 2006In 1951 there were two million cars registered on the roads of Britain, a...VideoDon’t Spread GermsWednesday 19 April 2006The century between the first Public Health Act of 1848 and the start of... « 1 … 83 84 85 86 87 … 91 »