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This programme looks at the wide variety of historical sources available to the historian. It opens with a comparison of three different inscriptions from Roman London - a tombstone, a building til...e, complete with graffiti and a fragment of an official inscription. This leads into a discussion of the King John Charter to the City of London. An inn sign reveals some living patterns in Georgian London, and fashion is shown to be an unwitting testimony to the Victorian way of life. Other Victorian items are also discussed - several personal documents, a published work, a presentation fire-engine, a toy theatre and music hall photo - in order to provide a fuller picture of Victorian London.
This programme looks at the wide variety of historical sources available to the historian. It opens with a comparison of three different inscriptions from Roman London - a tombstone, a building til...e, complete with graffiti and a fragment of an official inscription. This leads into a discussion of the King John Charter to the City of London. An inn sign reveals some living patterns in Georgian London, and fashion is shown to be an unwitting testimony to the Victorian way of life. Other Victorian items are also discussed - several personal documents, a published work, a presentation fire-engine, a toy theatre and music hall photo - in order to provide a fuller picture of Victorian London.
| Module code and title: | A102, An arts foundation course |
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| Item code: | A102; 02 |
| First transmission date: | 15-01-1987 |
| Published: | 1987 |
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| Duration: | 00:24:32 |
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| Producer: | Tony Coe |
| Contributors: | Caroline Goldthorpe; Arthur Marwick |
| Publisher: | BBC Open University |
| Keyword(s): | History; Museum of London; Primary sources |
| Subject terms: | History--Research--Great Britain; History--Sources |
| Master spool number: | HOU5565 |
| Production number: | FOUA236Y |
| Videofinder number: | 1538 |
| Available to public: | no |
