Sir Clive Sinclair, The C5 Story / Filmhub.

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The History and Future of Television BBC Worldwide Ltd.

Table of Contents: “…BBC's "Alexandra Palace" (2:07) -- Pioneering Programmers (2:03) -- John Logie Baird's First Broadcast (1:45) -- Digital Archaeology (1:00) -- Television's Fatal Flaw (0:38) -- Broadcasting: One-Way Technology (1:15) -- Two-Way Technology: Interactive Television (2:53) -- Internet's New Audience (2:22) -- Sharing and Interpreting Experience (2:19) -- Researching the Future of Media (3:24) -- Student Programmers in Action (2:06) -- World's First Outdoor Broadcast (0:59) -- Life After the Death of Television (2:58) -- Broadcast Excerpts and Analysis (3:43) -- Pioneering the New Medium (Internet) (2:56) -- Making an Interactive Documentary (2:23) -- Mass Market Entertainment on the Web (4:29) -- Limitations & Promise of the Worldwide Web (1:51) -- Introducing the Cable Modem (3:36) -- Concluding Thoughts (1:14) -- Sam's Story (1:52) -- Credits: The History and Future of Television (0:53)…”
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Domenico Brucciani and the Formatori of 19th-Century Britain. by Wade, Rebecca

Table of Contents: “…The Galleria delle Belle ArtiExhibiting plasters in parks and gardens; Plaster casts and production of ceremonial space; Decorating the Alexandra Palace (twice); Chapter 4: Death Masks and Dance Halls; Posthumous plaster heads and hands; The places of plaster and the spaces of rational recreation; Chapter 5: Building Museum Collections of Plaster Casts; The British Museum; The South Kensington Museum; The National Portrait Gallery; The Natural History Museum; Plasters in 'provincial' museums: Leeds Art Gallery; Australasia; North America; Chapter 6: Casting Aside.…”
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