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This is the fourth programme for this course designed to provide the social, political and geographical context of the revolutions of 1848 in one area of Europe. This programme is presented by Paul... Ginsborg of the University of York and it concentrates on an area of Italy often neglected by the text books: the North East, and Venice in particular. First there is a film description of Venice then the three geographical divisions of the Veneto, ending with the Dolomites, on the borders of Austria. Paul Ginsborg then describes how the rising in the north east, at first successful, was rapidly confined by the Austrians to a few small areas. He examines, as examples the heroic peasant resistance in the valleys of the Cadore, near Cortina d'Ampezzo and then the siege of Venice itself, as he puts it the "last European city in 1848 to hold out against the forces of reaction".
This is the fourth programme for this course designed to provide the social, political and geographical context of the revolutions of 1848 in one area of Europe. This programme is presented by Paul... Ginsborg of the University of York and it concentrates on an area of Italy often neglected by the text books: the North East, and Venice in particular. First there is a film description of Venice then the three geographical divisions of the Veneto, ending with the Dolomites, on the borders of Austria. Paul Ginsborg then describes how the rising in the north east, at first successful, was rapidly confined by the Austrians to a few small areas. He examines, as examples the heroic peasant resistance in the valleys of the Cadore, near Cortina d'Ampezzo and then the siege of Venice itself, as he puts it the "last European city in 1848 to hold out against the forces of reaction".
| Module code and title: | A321, The revolutions of 1848 |
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| Item code: | A321; 08 |
| First transmission date: | 11-08-1976 |
| Published: | 1976 |
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| Duration: | 00:24:22 |
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| Producer: | Edward Hayward |
| Contributor: | Paul Ginsberg |
| Publisher: | BBC Open University |
| Keyword(s): | Austria; Revolution; Venice |
| Footage description: | The programme opens with film of Venice, particularly locations of traditional industries, over which Ginsborg explains the city's mid-19th century importance. Shots of Venetian craftsmen at work, over which Ginsborg describes the city's economic life in 1848. Ginsborg states the aims of the programme. Over prints and film of the railway across the Venetian lagoon Ginsborg explains the railway's importance, and proceeds to describe the political aspirations of the Venetian bourgeoisie prior to 1848. From the city's Correr Museum of the Risorgimento, he briefly describes the bourgeois leaders Manin and Tommaseo. Over film of different areas in the Veneto, Ginsborg describes the kinds of land use and the condition of the peasantry in the region prior to 1848. Ginsborg describes the build up of peasant unrest between 1846 and 1848. Anti-Austrian caricatures from the time are shown, and he describes the events that led to the outbreak of revolution in Venice. Shots of the city. More film of Venetian locations, over which Ginsborg describes the events of March 1848. Many prints from the time are displayed. Ginsborg describes the spread of insurrection throughout the Veneto, over film of locations finvolved. The Austrian military campaign is described with the aid of an animated map. Peasant resistance in the Cadore region is examined in detail. Austrian campaigns throughout Northern Italy in 1848 are described over an animated map. Resistance within the city of Venice is described over film of relevant locations and prints. An animated map indicates the military strategy of both Austrians and Venetians. Reasons for the defeat of the Venetians are given oven a variety of contemporary illustrations. Ginsborg concludes by placing the insurrection of Venice in the longer perspective of Italian unification. |
| Master spool number: | 6HT/72086 |
| Production number: | 00525_3219 |
| Videofinder number: | 3316 |
| Available to public: | no |
