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This programme looks at the complex and sometimes mysterious circumstances under which the Crystal Palace was designed by Joseph Paxton; making use of a model of the Crystal Palace at the Museum o...f London and various pieces of physical evidence including identical old iron castings at Oxford Station.
Metadata describing this Open University video programme
Module code and title: A102, An arts foundation course
Item code: A102; 16
First transmission date: 24-06-1987
Published: 1987
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Duration: 00:24:35
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Producer: Tony Coe
Contributor: Colin Cunningham
Publisher: BBC Open University
Keyword(s): Architectural design; Colt repeating revolver; Crystal Palace; Exhibitions; Great Exhibition; McCormick's reaper; Paxton
Subject terms: Architecture--England--19th century; Building--Methods--19th century; Crystal Palace (London, England); Great Exhibition--1851; Manufacturing processes--Great Britain--19th century; Mass production--Great Britain--History--19th century; Great Britain --History --Victoria, 1837-1901
Master spool number: HOU5036
Production number: FOUA211W
Videofinder number: 1444
Available to public: no