See below - a query about two TV history documentaries from a US academic, posted on the H-Net List. If anyone on the BBC-History list can help perhaps they could contact him directly
David Hendy,
Professor of Media History,
University of Westminster.
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Subject: Documentaries question
From: Kevin Matthews <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>>
Subject: Documentaries question
Date: November 18, 2011 11:45:35 AM EST
Dear Colleagues:
Can anyone advise on how I might track down the following documentary series:
The Great Depression
Corp Author: London Weekend Television
Year: 1981
Description: 2 videocassettes (ca. 265 min.)
Narrator: Hodgson, Godfrey
Contents:
1) America - the Hoover Years; 2) Britain, gold, sweat, and tears; 3) Germany from Weimar to Hitler; 4) America, the New Deal; 5) Could it happen again?
Accession No: OCLC: 223718115
Ireland: A Television History, in 13 parts
Corp Author: BBC / RTE
Year: 1980
Description: 4 videocassettes (720 min.)
Narrator: Kee, Robert
Accession No: OCLC: 20284298
As may be evident from the above, I have tried locating these documentaries via WorldCat. According to that source, both are available in only a few locations. I'm surprised by that. Both series were broadcast in the United States on PBS television stations; the Ireland documentary is especially well-known, thanks to the widely available book that accompanied the series.
Regards -
Kevin Matthews
George Mason University
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