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Joanna of Castile part 11: Visits from Family and Death
46 years of confinement took a toll on Joanna's health. Family members occasionally visited but none attempted to release her. Finally, in her 70s, Joanna died in her sleep. Learn about her mental and physical decline and how her family...
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Joanna of Castile part 6: Plague and Public Image Problems
Famine, few allies, and a bout of plague complicated Joanna's attempts to assert power, following her husband Philip's death. In late December, she ordered that Philp's body be transported to Granada and burried near her mother, Queen...
Weird History
Facts About of Victorian Opium Dens
When we think of opium dens of the 19th century, the conjured image is usually a hazy, smoke-filled room full of questionable characters, right? Well, at one point in the early 19th century, everyone and their mother was taking opium...
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Working As A Bootlegger During Prohobition
Mark Twain once said, "It is the prohibition that makes anything precious." The United States learned that lesson the hard way not long after January 17, 1920, when it made the nation’s fifth-largest industry largely illegal. Smuggling...
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Ireland: divided by abortion
Abortion is banned in Ireland in almost all circumstances, including rape and incest. On May 25th voters will have their say in a referendum that could repeal the ban.
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Life of Ancient Olympians
There are many strange and fascinating facts buried in the long, bizarre history of the Olympics. The Summer Olympics of 2016 look almost nothing like those from a century ago, and it’s not just the slick presentation and technological...
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Rebels in the Records: Irish MP and revolutionary. Countess Markievicz by Gabriel
National Archives: This films is part of a series called ‘Rebels in the Records’. The films in the series were created by young people in July 2021 and combine puppetry, model-making and animation. They explore stories of people and...
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High Five Facts - Roman Daily Life
This video explores five fun facts about Roman Daily Life.
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Selection Bias: How It Can Fool You and Why It Matters
This video explains the concept of selection bias and how it can lead to false conclusions. Through examples like the story of Abraham Wald and the Simpson Paradox, it demonstrates the importance of understanding data and selecting...
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The story behind 'A League of their Own'
When A League of Their Own was released in 1992, it brought attention to a women's professional baseball league that had disbanded nearly 40 years earlier. Based on the true story of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League,...
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Queer Connections in the 1920s
National Archives: In the 1920s people we might now consider to be LGBTQ used innovative and creative ways to meet and communicate with members of the same sex involving love letters, publications and events. This film explores this,...
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Radclyffe Hall - LGBTQ History
National Archives: Marguerite Antonia Radclyffe Hall (12 August 1880 – 7 October 1943)[1] was an English poet and author, best known for the novel The Well of Loneliness, a groundbreaking work in lesbian literature. In adulthood, Hall...
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Somme Tales
National Archives: Funded by the Friends of The National Archives, Somme Tales is a creative project that took place at the archives from 1-5 August 2016 in partnership with professional film-maker Nigel Kellaway. Applications were...
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Fanny & Stella - LGBTQ History
National Archives: This video explores the 1871 trial of buggery for Fanny and Stella, two crossdressing theatrical performers at the time.This film is part of ‘Uncovering LGBTQ+ lives in the archive’, a series of films combining...
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Exacting Justice: Examining the Ravensbrück Trials
National Archives: Ela Kaczmarska examines the planning and implementation of the NAZI War Crimes Tribunals 1946-1948 focusing on records from the Ravensbrück Trials held at The National Archives and from eyewitness testimony of Barbara...
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Pazuzu, the Demon of 'The Exorcist' film
If you've heard of Pazuzu at all, it's because you paid attention while watching The Exorcist. Pazuzu was the demon that possessed young Regan in the film. However, this fascinating character has a long history that goes back several...
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High Five Facts - Roman Clothes
This video explores five fun facts about Roman Clothes.
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Trailblazing Women of the 20s - Footballer Lily Parr
National Archives: Discover the story of Lily Parr, one of the greatest footballers of her generation. Lily is the tenth and final woman to feature in our Trailblazing Women of the 20s series; in each short film, we focus on a particular...
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Rebels in the Records: Equal pay protests from Dagenham Women by Lily
National Archives: This film is part of a series called ‘Rebels in the Records’. The films in the series were created by young people in July 2021 and combine puppetry, model-making and animation. They explore stories of people and...
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What's the most common method of contraception?
Almost a century ago Dr Marie Stopes opened the first birth control clinic. We go out on the streets to ask which are the most common methods of contraception worldwide today.
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Treason and Death: the Downfall of Two Tudor Queens
National Archives: The story of Henry VIII's six wives is intertwined with the history of treason. In this film, Principal Legal Records Specialist Dan Gosling describes how two of Henry's wives, Anne Boleyn and Katherine Howard, lost...
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R Programming for Statistics and Data Science - Building a Bar Chart with ggplot2
This video explains building a bar chart with ggplot2. This clip is from the chapter "Visualizing Data" of the series "R Programming for Statistics and Data Science".This section explains visualizing data.
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Which country has the most female politicians?
In most countries men outnumber women in parliament, but there are some exceptions. The Economist asks which has the most female MPs.
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Donald Trump needs redemption, says an American Christian conservative
The Republican Party is at war with itself. Abigail Skeans, a evangelical Christian and conservative, discusses the current state of politics, and where the American Right goes from here