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1870-1950 is a period characterised by a succession of innovations with remarkable effects in everyday life from new sources of power, new modes of transport, new clinical techniques to a great lei...sure industry. This programme made entirely from archive film, shows how the new communications media were used to promote faith in the power of science and technology. Negative effects were glossed over - the message was that science and technology would create a better tomorrow.
1870-1950 is a period characterised by a succession of innovations with remarkable effects in everyday life from new sources of power, new modes of transport, new clinical techniques to a great lei...sure industry. This programme made entirely from archive film, shows how the new communications media were used to promote faith in the power of science and technology. Negative effects were glossed over - the message was that science and technology would create a better tomorrow.
| Module code and title: | A282, "Science, technology and everyday life 1870-1950" |
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| Item code: | A282; 01 |
| First transmission date: | 1989 |
| Published: | 1989 |
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| Restrictions on use: | |
| Duration: | 00:23:25 |
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| Producer: | Neil Cameron |
| Contributor: | Colin Chant |
| Publisher: | BBC Open University |
| Keyword(s): | Communications technology; Hollywood; Industrial revolution; Leisure industry; Mass production; Medicine; Power supplies; Transport |
| Subject terms: | Mass media; Science--Social aspects; Technology--Social aspects |
| Master spool number: | HOU5908 |
| Production number: | FOUA261B |
| Videofinder number: | 2791 |
| Available to public: | no |
