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Oliver Cromwell - Hero or Villain? Posted by: worcesterjonny
Video duration: 496 seconds A short animation looking at the life of Oliver Cromwell. Was Cromwell a hero or a villain? The film includes tracks by The Pogues, Billy Bragg and Elvis Costello. Related: billy, bragg, charles, cromwell, diggers, ireland, levellers, oliver, parliamentarians, pogues, protestants, royalists, stuart, war |
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Mussolini Posted by: worcesterjonny
Video duration: 412 seconds A brief history of the Italian dictator, Mussolini. From his early life within the Socialist movement to his death at the end of a rope. Related: adolf, benito, eithiopia, fascist, germany, godfather, hitler, hung, italy, march, mussolini, nazi, rome, socialist, spain, the |
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Young Ned Of The Hill - The Pogues Posted by: worcesterjonny
Video duration: 166 seconds A song by the Pogues about the experiences of Irish Catholics in Ireland during the period of Oliver Cromwell's rule. Related: catholic, civil, connaught, cromwell, drogheda, dublin, english, ireland, pogues, protestant, revolt, war |
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Emily Davison - Deeds Not Words Posted by: worcesterjonny
Video duration: 291 seconds A short film about Emily Wilding Davison giving her life at the 1913 Derby for the Suffragette cause. The film is set to The Eurthymics - Sisters are doin' it for themselves Related: are, britain, davison, derby, doin, emily, eurthymics, horse, it, pankhurst, parliament, sisters, suffrage, suffragettes, vote, women |
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The Irish Famine set to 'The Pogues' - Thousands are Sailing Posted by: worcesterjonny
Video duration: 326 seconds A short film about emigration from Ireland due to the potato famine. The film is set to The Pogues song - Thousands are sailing Related: america, are, belfast, britain, emigration, eviction, famine, ireland, irish, liverpool, pogues, potato, sailing, ship, thousands |
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Why did the English Civil War start? Posted by: worcesterjonny
Video duration: 473 seconds A short animation giving reasons for the English Civil War starting. Related: catholic, charles, cromwell, henrietta, laud, maria, oliver, parliament, protestant, queen, religion, scotland, stuart, tax |
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The Green Fields of France by the Fureys Posted by: worcesterjonny
Video duration: 379 seconds A short film about the futility of war by The Fureys. Related: belgium, britain, fields, first, france, fureys, graves, great, green, gun, machine, mud, the, trenches, war, world |
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36th (Ulster) Division and the Battle of the Somme Posted by: worcesterjonny
Video duration: 396 seconds A short animation about the formation of the 36th (Ulster) Division and their heroic action at the Battle of the Somme. Related: 36th, battle, belfast, carson, catholics, heroes, home, ireland, of, orange, order, protestants, redmond, rule, somme, the, ulster, uvf |
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Alternative Ulster Posted by: worcesterjonny
Video duration: 163 seconds Alternative Ulster is a song by Irish Punk band the Stiff Little Fingers. Related: alternative, fein, fingers, friday, good, ira, ireland, little, northern, omagh, peace, sinn, stiff, troubles, ulster, uvf |
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Witchcraft - The History of Witchcraft in England Posted by: worcesterjonny
Video duration: 492 seconds A film about the persecution of women in 16th and 17th Century Europe set to Queen's - It's a kind of magic. Related: burn, cat, civil, devil, drown, england, europe, hang, hopkins, mathew, puritan, satan, spell, war, wiccan, wisewoman, witch, witchcraft |
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The World Turned Upside Down - Billy Bragg Posted by: worcesterjonny
Video duration: 154 seconds A song by Billy Bragg about a 17th Century group known as the Diggers. They simply wanted a share of the land. Unfortunately, Oliver Cromwell didn't share their ideas and used the army to put down the Diggers, as he wanted to protect the ruling elites' position within society. Related: billy, bragg, christianity, common, cromwell, diggers, history, land, oliver, socialism |
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Indian soldiers during World War I Posted by: worcesterjonny
Video duration: 258 seconds A short film about the soldiers from India and Nepal who fought for the British during World War I. This is their story! Related: bangladesh, bravery, first, great, hindu, india, indian, islam, muslim, nepal, pakistan, sikh, soldiers, war, world |
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Navigator - The Pogues Posted by: worcesterjonny
Video duration: 253 seconds Navigator is a song by the Pogues. The song simply tells the story about the men who built Britain's railways. Related: birmingham, british, empire, history, ireland, london, macgowan, manchester, navigator, navvies, navvy, pogues, shane, whiskey |
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The evacuation of children during the Blitz Posted by: worcesterjonny
Video duration: 265 seconds A short film about the evacuation of children during the Second World War from cities such as London and Birmingham. Related: birmingham, blitz, children, evacuation, heath, history, london, lufwaffe, oasis, raf, small |
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Who were the Suffragettes? Posted by: worcesterjonny
Video duration: 462 seconds A film about the campaign for women's suffrage in Britain. Women simply didn't have the vote and they believed that the time was right. The film is set to Destiny's Child - Survivor. Related: child, chumbawamba, davision, derby, destinys, emily, emmeline, pankhurst, parliament, suffrage, suffragettes, survivor, vote |
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The Ethiopian Famine Posted by: worcesterjonny
Video duration: 222 seconds A short film based on the famine in Ethiopia in the early 1980s. The short film was used as an introduction to the Irish potato famine. Related: africa, aid, band, bbc, bob, ethiopia, famine, geldof, hunger, ireland, irish, nations, potato, united |
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The effects of the Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima Posted by: worcesterjonny
Video duration: 308 seconds A film about the reasons why the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima and the effects of radiation on the human body. The film is set to siong by the Cranberries - Zombie. Related: a-bomb, america, atomic, bomb, cranberries, hiroshima, ii, japan, keloids, radiation, war, world, zombie |
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The Rising - When India rebelled against British rule! Posted by: worcesterjonny
Video duration: 488 seconds A short video about the Indian Mutiny. This was when the Indian army rebelled against British rulr. Related: british, cow, empire, fat, hindu, history, india, indian, islam, mutiny, pig, rebellion |
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What did the Islamic World contribute to medicine? Posted by: worcesterjonny
Video duration: 383 seconds A brief history of Islamic Medicine illustrating how advanced the Islamic World was compared to the West in the Middle Ages. Related: ages, arab, avicenna, baghdad, history, hospital, iraq, islam, measles, medicine, middle, muslim, rhazes, smallpox, spain, surgery |
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The Irish Famine - The Fields of Athenry Posted by: worcesterjonny
Video duration: 279 seconds A short film to accompany the song 'The Fields of Athenry'. Related: athenry, australia, death, education, famine, fields, history, hunger, ireland, irish, of, ship, starvation, the |
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1st July 1916 -- The Englishman's Betrayal Posted by: worcesterjonny
Video duration: 277 seconds A video resource to help teach the Ireland in Schools Project, as well as the new Britain and Ireland AS Level topic. The video is dedicated to the remembrance of all those who fell during the Battle of the Somme, and particularly those Ulstermen who fell. Related: 36th, battle, belfast, first, great, in, ireland, loyalist, of, orange, order, project, schools, somme, the, ulster, uvf, war, world |
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Poverty Knock - Chumbawamba Posted by: worcesterjonny
Video duration: 193 seconds A song by Chumbawamba describing the conditions inside the cotton mills in the north of England during the Industrial Revolution. Related: chumbawamba, cotton, england, industrial, mills, poverty, revolution |
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Oliver Cromwell was a hero! Posted by: worcesterjonny
Video duration: 330 seconds A film looking at the life of Oliver Cromwell. Was Cromwell a hero or a villain? This is an update on previous work.The film includes tracks by The Pogues, Billy Bragg and Elvis Costello. Related: billy, bragg, charles, cromwell, diggers, english, ireland, levellers, oliver, parliamentarians, pogues, puritan, royalists, stuart |
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Adolf Hitler - The Rise of Evil Posted by: worcesterjonny
Video duration: 600 seconds A film about the rise of the National Socialists. Related: adolf, brownshirts, germany, goebbels, goering, himmler, hitler, national, nazis, republic, rohm, s.a., s.s., socialists, weimar |
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Why did the First World War break out? (Part 1) Posted by: worcesterjonny
Video duration: 197 seconds A film about the murder of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo by the Black Hand in 1914. The film is set to David Jordan's song - Sun goes down. (Part 1) Related: archduke, austria-hungary, david, down, ferdinand, first, france, franz, germany, goes, jordan, sarajevo, serbia, sun, war, world |
