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1 online resource (streaming video file) (51 min. 59 sec.) ; 315082086 bytes |
| Summary |
Over 150 years ago, long before the telephone, or the electric telegraph, a message was reputedly sent a hundred miles from Holyhead to Liverpool in just 27 seconds! Neil Oliver discovers the remarkable story of the 'Optical Telegraph'. He also explores an extraordinary cave, almost impossible to reach, yet inlaid with beautiful stonework. Nick Crane discovers that every pebble tells a story as he shows us how to read the history a beach. Alice Roberts traces the story of a young foreign boy washed up on the Welsh shore and reveals how he changed the course of medical history. (From the UK in English) (Documentary Series) (Part 2 of 8) G CC WS (60 mins) |
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Broadcast 2010-07-02 at 19:30:00 |
| Notes |
Classification: G |
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Cipher and telegraph codes.
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Mussel fisheries.
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Optical communications.
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Splints (Surgery)
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Stone carving.
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Telecommunication -- Message processing.
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England -- Liverpool.
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Streaming video
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Bowyer, Mike, contributor
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Burek, Cynthia, contributor
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Crane, Nicholas, host
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Elias, Twm, contributor
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Jowett, Nick, contributor
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Krestovnikoff, Miranda, host
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Large, Frank, contributor
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Mould, Kim, contributor
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Oliver, Neil, host
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Pace, Rod, contributor
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Richardson, Chris, contributor
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Roberts, Alice, host
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Roberts, Dyfrig, contributor
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Trefor, John, director
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