Primary sources: the raw material of history

United Kingdom, 1980

Film
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Episode of Series “Introduction to History”.
The film uses London as a place to show how different primary sources can be used to study its history. The primary sources include an excavated Roman bath-house, early documents, pottery, maps, paintings, business records and archival film.

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Duration

00:24:00:00

Production places
United Kingdom
Production dates
1980

Appears in

Introduction to History

Group of items

Introduction to History

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

014765

Language

English

Subject categories

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Great Britain

History → Great Britain - History

History → History - Methodology

Places → Great Britain

Short films

Short films → Short films - Great Britain

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Colour

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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