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Pyramid workers
An Egyptian pyramid worker describes where the workers came from, where they lived and also explains how they worked in crews under a foreman.
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Protest, Arrest and Prison
Part of a series on women's suffrage, this video covers the protest made by the WSPU after the suffrage bill was filibustered in 1905 and the arrest of Christabel and Emmiline Pankhurst.
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An Ancient Greek Marketplace
An Ancient Greek farmer explains all the things to see and do on a busy trip to market.
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Maya family life - part 2
A Maya woman describes a typical Ancient Maya home and the things they used
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Campaign of Arson 1912
Emmeline Pankhurst describes the escalation in militant tactics and some of the acts of arson undertaken to further the cause.
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Emmeline Pankhurst; becoming a suffragist
Emmeline Pankhurst introduces herself, her early life and some of the events that led her to be come a suffragette.
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Conciliation and violence
Part of a series on women's suffrage, this video covers the organisation of a conciliation committee and the violence experienced by suffragettes.
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Mary Seacole; the British Hotel
In part 5 of this series, Mary explains how she built the British Hotel at Kadikoi in the Crimea to tend to the needs of sick and convalescing officers.
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William Harvey's discovery
William Harvey explains how he discovered circulation; how blood flowed around the body.
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Maya calendar
This short video explores the two calendars; the Tzolk'in and the Haab and how important they were to the Maya people.
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Florence Nightingale - Scutari Hospital part 1
In part 4 of this series, Florence talks about her arrival at Scutari Hospital and her dismay at the sanitary conditions there..
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Florence Nightingale - the Crimea
In part 3 of this series, Florence explains why she recruited a team of nurses and travelling out to the Crimea.
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Saxon law, crime & punishment
A Saxon thegn describes a gemot, witan, the dooms and a Hundred Court together with some of the punishments handed out to those found guilty.
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Norse women
A Norse woman explains what every-day life was like for them and describes the many chores they had to carry out; some were lucky enough to have a slave to help them.
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Emily Wilding Davison
Emmeline Pankhurst explains who Emily Davison was, and what she did for the suffrage movement.
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Saxon village life - part 2
A Saxon woman describes a typical village house and explores what people drank, ate and how they cooked. It also includes where they went to the toilet.
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Emmeline Pankhurst – woman registrar
Emmeline Pankhurst talks about her time as a woman registrar
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A Roman slave woman
This video shows what life can be like for a slave woman, it shows a Celt who had been captured in England and taken to Rome to serve as a slave
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Mary Seacole; the end of the war
In the final clip of this series Mary describes what happened to her when the Crimea War ended in 1856 and she returned to London.
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Roman baths
A Roman legionary describes a Roman bathhouse and the various rooms and facilities available such as the palaestra or gym and the caldarium and frigidarium.
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The Epsom Derby, 1913
Emmeline Pankhurst talks about death of Emily Wilding Davison at the Epsom Derby in 1913
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Mary Seacole; introduction
In the first of this series Mary Seacole introduces herself and talks about her family and early years.
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Anglo Saxon place names
This video looks at place names and their Saxon origins, like the word 'bury' meaning fortified place which lends its name to Banbury, Shaftsbury, Salisbury. It also covers some county name origins like Essex coming from the East Saxons.
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Maya religion - sacrifice
This short video looks at why the Ancient Maya believed in sacrifice and how they carried it out - not too gruesome but not for the feint-hearted either.