Curated Video
Traditional London dining for the Olympics
AP Television
London, UK - August 1, 2011
1. Wide of exterior of The Fryer''s Delight restaurant
2. Close of sign reading: (English) "The Fryer''s Delight for the tastiest fish and chips in town"
3. Close of fish being dipped in flour...
Curated Video
Traditional and luxury food on sale this Christmas
London, United Kingdom - 30 November, 2007
1. Wide of Fortnum and Masons department store
2. Zoom in to Christmas decorations
3. Various close of shop window showing Christmas food and drink
4. Close of decorations in shop window
5....
Curated Video
How to make the perfect fish and chips
It''s a great British institution.
This traditional dish consists of a hunk of fish, usually cod or haddock, battered and deep fried to a golden brown, served with thickly cut strips of potatoes, also deep fried, topped off with salt...
Curated Video
Bush meets wives of African American clergy
1. US President George W Bush and US First Lady Laura Bush walk in
2. Pan from crowd to Bushes
3. Tight shot of Bush praying
4. Wide shot
5. Tight shot of emancipation proclamation sign
6. Washington DC Mayor Tony Williams and Eleanor...
Curated Video
Polanski To Direct New Version of "Oliver Twist"
APTN Paris, February 2003
1. MS Roman Polanski on red carpet at Caesar Awards
APTN Paris, March 2004
2. MS Roman Polanski at Gucci show
APTN Rome, December 2002
3. MS Roman Polanski at the European Film Awards
APTN Brazil, October...
Curated Video
Floating Christmas tree lit up for festive period
The world's largest floating Christmas tree was lit up in Rio de Janeiro on Saturday night to celebrate the start of the festive season.
The metal tree is built on a floating platform and towers 278 feet (85 metres) over the city's...
Curated Video
Sotheby's preview of The Christmas Collection of Jock Elliott
1. Tilt down exterior Sotheby's auction house
2. Mid shot Christmas paintings
3. Close mid shot of illustration, "Old Fezziwig stood out to dance with Mrs. Fezziwig," by Arthur Rackham, estimated value 20,000- 30,000 US dollars
4. Mid...
Curated Video
London soap company concerned about no deal Brexit
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Storynory
A Christmas Carol Part One
Prepare for the ghosts of Christmas past, present, and future with an audio retelling of Charles Dickens' classic A Christmas Carol. As learners listen to Ebenezer Scrooge's dynamic journeys through time, they reflect on the story's...
Lit2Go
David Copperfield
With 64 chapters and 368,017 words, Charles Dickens' David Copperfield can prove to be a challenge for young readers. Help them out with a resource that not only provides the complete text but an audio version as well.
TED-Ed
Why Should You Read Charles Dickens?
Prisons, orphanages, slums, workhouses. Such are the settings of Charles Dickens' novels. Why would anyone (except for literature teachers, perhaps) want to read these tales? Find out why with a short video that explores the allure of...
The School of Life
Charles Dickens
How much do you know about the life of Charles Dickens? A thorough video discusses the author's professional successes and private failures with engaging animation and informative narration.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Great Expectations 3: Happily Ever After?
This video excerpt is the moving, final scene from the 2012 Masterpiece adaptation of Charles Dickens's Great Expectations. Pip, returned to his humble origins, hears that Estella, now a widow, has returned to Satis House. As he...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Great Expectations 2: Becoming a Gentleman
In this video excerpt from the 2012 Masterpiece adaptation of Charles Dickens's Great Expectations, months have passed since Pip received the news that a mysterious benefactor has provided money for his education as a gentleman. When Joe...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: David Copperfield 2: Comedy and Character
Explore how Dickens's skill in creating memorable secondary characters help make his works not only memorable, but has kept them popular for more than 160 years in this video excerpt from the Masterpiece adaptation of Charles Dickens'...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: David Copperfield 1: Meeting Mr. Murdstone
Explore how filmmakers bring characters to life in this video from Masterpiece: "David Copperfield." David's first encounter with his cruel stepfather, Mr. Murdstone, shatters his idyllic childhood and begins his journey to adulthood....
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Charles Dickens: David Copperfield Collection
This is a collection of three videos from MASTERPIECE: Charles Dickens: David Copperfield. Together they explore the Dickens' famous novel "David Copperfield" in a film adaptation of the novel.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: David Copperfield 3: David and Aunt Betsey
Analyze the filmmakers' choices when adapting a Dickens novel into a film. In this pivotal scene from the 2000 Masterpiece production of "David Copperfield," David, destitute and desperate, approaches his formidable Aunt Betsey for the...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Great Expectations 1: Setting the Scene
This video excerpt is the opening scene from the 2012 Masterpiece adaptation of Charles Dickens's Great Expectations. A man mysteriously emerges from a marsh to ominous music. A young boy, Pip, is shown briefly in a church graveyard,...
British Library
British Library: The Origins of a Christmas Carol
Professor Michael Slater MBE explains the background to Charles Dickens's novel, A Christmas Carol, reveals his reasons for writing it, and discusses its monumental success. [12:29]
British Library
British Library: Class Mobility in Great Expectations
Professor John Bowen discusses class and social mobility in Charles Dickens's novel, Great Expectations.
British Library
British Library: Oliver Twist: Depicting Crime and Poverty
In Oliver Twist, Dickens paints a vivid picture of London's criminal underworld, a subject he harnesses both to excite the reader and to explore the effects of social deprivation. [8:10]
British Library
British Library: The Gothic in Great Expectations
"Great Expectations" is a novel full of strange repetitions, hauntings and doublings. In this video, Professor John Bowen explores the work's Gothic motifs. [7:51]