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BBC - The Man who Fought the Planners: The Story of Ian Nairn (2014) Movies

Posted by Tutorial at Sept. 29, 2016

These days, opinionated journalists are two a penny. But back in the 1950s, Ian Nairn was part of a new breed of Angry Young Men. Aged just 25 and fresh out of the RAF, he burst onto the architectural scene with Outrage, a blistering attack on the soulless destruction of Britain by shoddy post-war planners. Published in the influential Architectural Review in June 1955, it led to the formation of the Civic Trust, whose remit was to tackle the 'subtopian' eyesores Nairn had so graphically exposed.

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BBC - The Man who Collected the World: William Burrell (2013) Movies

Posted by Tutorial at Nov. 3, 2018

William Burrell made a fortune out of shipping and spent it on art. Over his long life, he assembled one of the most remarkable private collections of paintings, sculptures, tapestries, ceramics and stained glass in the world and in 1944 he donated it all - over 9,000 objects - to the city of Glasgow. The Burrell Collection finally opened to the public in 1983, but the building that bears his name contains no tribute to Burrell and he never commissioned a portrait of himself.

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The Man Who Collected the World: William Burrell Movies

Posted by vman at Aug. 25, 2013

The Man Who Collected the World: William Burrell
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Genre: Documentary

William Burrell made a fortune out of shipping and spent it on art. Over his long life, he assembled one of the most remarkable private collections of paintings, sculptures, tapestries, ceramics and stained glass in the world and in 1944 he donated it all - over 9,000 objects - to the city of Glasgow. The Burrell Collection finally opened to the public in 1983 but the building that bears his name contains no tribute to Burrell and he never commissioned a portrait of himself. Kirsty Wark tells the story of the self-effacing collector and tours the highlights of his collection in the company of its curators.

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BBC - The Man who Collected the World: William Burrell (2013) Movies

Posted by notbanned at Dec. 24, 2017

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ZDF Enterprises - Secrets in the Dust: Collection 1 (2009 - 2014) Movies

Posted by Tutorial at Sept. 19, 2019

Now in its 2nd Season, the story of archaeology fascinates both laymen and professionals. In these installments we accompany Ernst Herzfeld on his last expedition to Persepolis in 1923; we travel to Mexico with the man who cracked the code of the Aztec calendar; we visit the greatest pre-industrial city on earth at Angkor; we join Isidoro Falchi as he discovers proof of the existence of the Etruscans; and we watch Alfred Merlin found the discipline of marine archaeology when he discovers shipwrecks in the Mediterranean..

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ZDF Enterprises - Secrets in the Dust: Collection 1 (2009 - 2014) Movies

Posted by notbanned at Feb. 3, 2015

Now in its 2nd Season, the story of archaeology fascinates both laymen and professionals. In these installments we accompany Ernst Herzfeld on his last expedition to Persepolis in 1923; we travel to Mexico with the man who cracked the code of the Aztec calendar; we visit the greatest pre-industrial city on earth at Angkor; we join Isidoro Falchi as he discovers proof of the existence of the Etruscans; and we watch Alfred Merlin found the discipline of marine archaeology when he discovers shipwrecks in the Mediterranean..

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BBC - Rowing the Arctic (2012) Movies

Posted by vivid23 at April 30, 2012

Scots adventurer Mark Beaumont (The Man who Cycled the Americas) joins polar veteran Jock Wishart on an expedition to row a boat to the 1996 north magnetic pole, a point only ever reached across solid ice. In their tiny boat, the six-man team navigate some of the world's most remote seaways, taking on fast-flowing sea ice that could crush their boat and roaming polar bears. Nobody has ever rowed so far into the Canadian high Arctic - a first in the world of exploration and adventure, only made possible by the dramatic retreat of arctic sea ice in recent decades.

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BBC - The Real Tom Thumb: History's Smallest Superstar (2014) Movies

Posted by notbanned at Feb. 14, 2019

Michael Grade reveals the extraordinary and utterly unique story of General Tom Thumb, the world's first global show business celebrity. Just 31 inches tall, he went from humble beginnings in America to international superstardom, eventually performing on stage before over 50 million people, including President Lincoln and a devoted Queen Victoria. Yet Tom Thumb didn't choose his own career and his selling point was his disability. Is this story one of success or exploitation? And why do we remain just as fascinated by performers with unusual bodies?

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How to Do: Internal Strength for Tai Chi, Aikido, and Everyday Life eBooks & eLearning

Posted by FenixN at Nov. 7, 2013

The first in the new internal power generation DVD series,How to Do Internal Strength,by the man who made the commonsense approach to power generation in the internal arts synonymous with his own name, Mike Sigman. Includes explanations of the theory and demonstrations of the practice of the cultivation of the type of power that is the hallmark of the internal martial arts.

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The Blind Goddess (1948) Movies

Posted by fekmax at Aug. 3, 2014

Lord Brasted is in charge of a postwar fund for displaced persons. His secretary, Derek Waterhouse, visits the Prime Minister to accuse Brasted of taking money from the fund. This results in a libel case made difficult for Waterhouse for several reasons: the man who uncovered the fraud has committed suicide - or been murdered - in Prague, Lady Brasted is an old flame and being pretty devious, and he has been seeing the prosecuting lawyer's daughter.

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