Category Archives: Video Resources

Diamond Jubilee Prince Charles Speech at Concert 2012 Video

A unique family tribute By Prince Charles on Video following the stunning climax to the Diamond Jubilee Concert at Buckingham Palace. A chance to hear again or if you missed on Video player.

Archimedes Codex Book C An intriguing Artefact Rediscovered Palimpsest Project Video

Fabulous example of how to do it all better. An ancient text rediscovered, new human knowledge revealed and all the data and joy from the discovery share and open with a Creative Commons Licence across the internet. Short 14 mins 50 secs video the future of digital research humanities and a sprinkling of the application of some pretty amazing science as well.

Morgans Map of London Post the Great Fire 1682

Morgan Map segment London-bridge-1682

William Morgan’s Map of London 1682 and 1676 were key social history documents, they reveal much more than where and how London was organised in the post Great Fire era and at the dawn of the Enlightenment why is this document important for anyone wanting to understand the later history of London and it’s population. A series of intriguing connections with marvellous maps that illustrate why the mapped and geospatial perspective is compelling and vital in researching your history project.

Videostreaming interactive chats for your historic debates and presentations #GOONS2012

Guild of One Name Studies   live streaming video powered by Livestream

Great service Livestream applied at the Guild of one-Name Studies #GOON2012 conference, find how it is done…

Falklands and Impact on the UK Max Hastings on the BBC

BBC Max Hastings Broadcast reflecting on the BBC

Max Hastings was there and traveled out on the Canberra, established historian and authority on WWII his perspective and views are intriguing…

Intriguing News: How Bright Solid worked with British Library on Digitising Newspaper Collection

How good will it get, 4 million pages and counting....

How was it done, where is it going, how many pages are in the British Newspaper Archive and have you compared it to the National library of Australia’s free to use resource. Would you pay for it and given the OCR quality is it good enough…

Ancestry’s Genealogy Mobile Apps Update Video for family history and more…

ANdroid Ancestry App

Ancestry Android Iphone and Ipad where are they at and what are they doing, a video update and some resources to explore as alternatives Take a look at MyHeritage Ancestry BillionGraves and a great tool called Evernotes. Anytime anywhere its just great…

British Empire BBC Interactive Timeline and Insights of Jeremy Paxman’s Empire

BBC History of British Empire Timeline and the great insight of Jeremy Paxman’s Empire series. Offering further enlightenment and insight into what it is to be British and how a better grip of the past might shed further light on our future…