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This programme follows the life of Alfred Russel Wallace from a tithe collector through to his interest in natural history.
This programme follows the life of Alfred Russel Wallace from a tithe collector through to his interest in natural history.
| Module code and title: | A103, An introduction to the humanities |
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| Item code: | A103; 16 |
| First transmission date: | 27-01-1998 |
| Published: | 1998 |
| Rights Statement: | Rights owned or controlled by The Open University |
| Restrictions on use: | This material can be used in accordance with The Open University conditions of use. A link to the conditions can be found at the bottom of all OUDA web pages. |
| Duration: | 00:24:24 |
| Note: | Loan copy available on compilation video A103/13,14,15,16. Programme also used for AZX103/16 |
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| Producer: | Jenny Bardwell |
| Contributors: | Paul Barber; Dierdre Beddoe; Elwyn Hughes; James Moore; Gareth Morgan-Jones |
| Publisher: | BBC Open University |
| Keyword(s): | Chain measuring; Land surveying; Mathematics; Nineteenth century; Science; Usk Castle; Welsh language |
| Footage description: | Footage - Exterior of Kensington Cottage - Boy with dogs outside cottage - Flowers - Wallace as a young man - Wallace in period costume looking at country side - Wallace with butterfly - Music playing "Titan" by Mahler (0'21"-1'00") - Frontpiece of "Darwinism" by A.R.Wallace (1'01"-1'10") - Wallace behind Waterfall (1'11"-1'30") - Wallace in Neath Valley (1'31"-1'40") - Welsh Landscape (1'52"-2'03") - Cover of "My Life" by Wallace (2'04"-2'14") - Map of South Wales (2'25"-2'52") - View of Usk - Still of Kensington Cottage - Bridge of 3 arches - Steep bank (2'53"-3'26") - Mountains - Skirrid - Sheep grazing (3'27"-3'47")- Various shots of children playing around Usk Castle (3'48"-4'57") - Page from autobiography (4'58"- 5'05") -John Moore and Paul Barber showing surveying techniques using Chains and Sextant (5'17-7'34") - Map of Wales (7'35"-7'34") - Exterior of Carmel Chapel,Nantmel - Welsh preacher at at Neath Chapel (8'11"-9'21"). - Map of Wales - Still of Bryncoch Farm - Photograph of stone cottage (9'22"-10'04") - Wallace entering cottage (10'05-10'12") - Slides of Farm with Sheep"Harvest Moon" - Milking time - Sheep in country lane (10'24"-10'40") - Still from London Illustrated News "Grand meeting" - Toll gate opening - Engraving of "Rebecca and her Daughters" - Genesis Chapter 24 verse 60 (10'53"-11'58") - Exterior of Toll Gate - Toll charges - Engraving of Rebecca and her daughters (12'09"-12'30") - Fire - Wallace sitting - Slide of Shepherd - Still of The Rebecca riots - Wallace walking down lane - Still of Mechanics Institute - Mechanics Institute (12'30"- 13'39") - Title page of essay by Wallace (13'48"-14'10) - Wallace entering the Royal intitution Swansea - Books on Table - Wallace opening books - Frontpiece of "Elements of Botany" (14'23"-15'31") - Fields with sheep - Cave mouth - Waterfall - Wallace getting ready to sleep on rock (15'32"-17'52"). Wallace walking through wild flowers - Page from "Encyclopaedia of plant" - Wallace by Rocking stone - Page from "Zoologist - Rock face/Waterfall (17'25"-19'23") - Slide of Llanwit Cottage - Llanwit Cottage - View of hills - Tithe map of Llanwit - Wallace reading (19'24"-21'03") - Interior of Royal Institute Swansea - Annual report of Swansea literature and Science society - Page from "The Cambrian"(21'04"-21'26") - Wallace walking pass window - Wallace leaving Institute - Wallace with feet in river (21'27"-22'00") - Picture of Wallace (22'01"-22'16")- Map of Southern Archipelago - Front cover of "Malay Archipelago" - Dedication to Darwin (23'18). |
| Master spool number: | DOU9386 |
| Production number: | FOUA516W |
| Videofinder number: | 5413 |
| Available to public: | no |
