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Based on the extensive historical archive of Quarry Bank Mill in Cheshire and portraying the lives of real people, this powerful scripted drama series depicts Britain at a time when the industrial revolution is changing the country beyond recognition. In the 1830s, children as young as nine work twelve-hour shifts in the mills, and the new class of mill-owning families prosper. But the so-called 'white slaves of England' are about to take their lives...
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Twenty six year-old Karl Marx embarks with his wife, Jenny, on the road to exile. In 1844 Paris, he meets Friedrich Engels, an industrialist's son, who investigated the sordid birth of the British working-class. Engels, the dandy, provides the last piece of the puzzle to the young Karl Marx's new vision of the world. Together, between censorship and the police's repression, riots and political upheavals, they will lead the labor movement during its...
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The innovations that marked the transition of the world from an agricultural community to an industrial one started in 18th century England. The Industrial Revolution quickly spread through Europe and the United States. The people behind the Industrial Revolution were ingenious and clever. They sparked an era of experimentation and creativity that has not yet ceased in modern times. Learn about the struggles and triumphs that led the world to the...
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Based on powerful true stories, The Mill continues its tale of British workers in 1838 at the time of the industrial revolution - a revolution that would build an empire for the bosses and a new world of unionized labor and the vote for the workers. First, there is much to be done. A girl afraid to stand up for her rights, young Esther Price (Kerrie Hayes) almost loses her job, but instead finds herself negotiating her freedom. Regardless, the future...
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In this new 2024 high-definition program, learn all about the Industrial Revolution and the important inventions that defined it. What was the Industrial Revolution? How did manufacturing change during this period? What was the cotton gin? What was the steam engine? How was electricity introduced? How did these inventions and other key machines change the world? The answers to these questions and more are covered in depth with the exciting...
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The industrial revolution brought better quality clothing, china, and mechanical devices on a much wider basis. However, it also brought with it a list of problems such as poor sanitation and a lack of labor laws. Scholars from the University of Warwick and UCLA share their knowledge about the Industrial Revolution in this enlightening video.
9) Mill times
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This animated program centers on a small New England community similar to Pawtucket, Rhode Island, where Samuel Slater established America's first textile mill. Live action hosted by David Macaulay, takes viewers from Manchester, England, to Lowell, Massachusetts, explaining technological changes that transformed the making of textiles, a key component of the Industrial Revolution sweeping across Europe and America in the late 18th century.
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Defines and helps children explore the terms Gold Rush, Great Depression, Industrial Revolution and more. Divided into segments, the program is designed to reinforce and support a child₂s comprehension and retention of these terms through use of video footage, photographs, diagrams and colorful, animated graphics and labels. Viewers will see and hear the terms used in a variety of contexts, providing a model for how to appropriately use the words....
11) James Watt
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James Watt tells the story of an industrious Scotsman who set out to improve the efficiency of an existing piece of machinery and, in the process, sparked the Industrial Revolution!