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With the United States also suffering, Japan took the opportunity to increase their empire. Turning their attention to East Asia, they plotted the invasion of Manchuria. Part 6 of 8.
Rare film footage, restored and colourised for the first time, provides an intimate window into how everyday Edwardians lived, worked, and socialised. We see the great state occasion of Queen Victoria’s funeral in 1901, footage of life in the Lancashire coalfields, and we also see footage of days out, parades, fun parks, and seaside holidays. Part 1 of 2.
Victorian Britain on Film offers audiences a unique window into a bygone era when a thrilling new invention, the motion picture camera, first captures a nation on film. Most of these films have been transformed by colourising them for the first time. They offer a rare portrait of a powerful and prosperous nation - and Empire - on the cusp of great change.
Everyone knows Columbus, but few know Vespucci. And yet, the continent of America was named after the banker and explorer Amerigo Vespucci. This film attempts to find the truth about the almost unknown Italian; was he a swindler, as was later claimed, or a daring navigator who first recognised the significance of Columbus’ discovery?