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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.
Metadata describing this Open University video programme
Module code and title: A282, "Science, technology and everyday life 1870-1950"
Item code: A282; 01
First transmission date: 1989
Published: 1989
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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