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Civilisations and Ideas This series provides an overview of the important features of key historical periods – from ancient through to modern times - to help learners understand broad patterns of historical change.
The Ancient to the Modern World The period from 650 to 1750 AD was when major civilisations came into contact with each other. Social, political, economic and religious beliefs were often challenged and significantly changed. It was the period when the modern world began to take shape. The programme presents the rise, fall, and connections between the Byzantines, Anglo-Saxons, Vikings, Mongols and Ottomans.
Key Stage 3 2016 | 18 min | CC | AR Additional Resources • Comprehension Questions • Investigating the Aztecs • Erik the Red Biography • Suggested Responses • Unravelling the Bayeux Tapestry • Transcript
8 © 2016 ClickView Pty Limited The Renaissance, Scientific Revolution and Enlightenment The 14th – 18th century was a notable period in history that radically transformed the way we see the world and our place in it. Traditional understandings and worldviews faced major challenges and changes in science, philosophy and society. This was a revolutionary time for scholars, artists, radicals, scientists, free thinkers and philosophers. It was a time for the new ideas which would ultimately shape our modern world. Key Stage 3 2016 | 15 min | CC | AR Additional Resources • Comprehension Questions • A Revolutionary Debate • Da Vinci: Renaissiance Man • Suggested Responses • Five Values to Live By • Transcript
Northern Ireland 1968-1999 This is a series of archival footage from a variety of news sources, recorded during The Troubles. Teachers are advised that the contents may be disturbing for some students.
Army Post Bomb Historical footage. Belfast. 4 October, 1971. This clip shows the impact of a bomb blast. The army post is wrecked and rescuers work in rubble. Injured soldiers are taken on a stretcher into an ambulance.
Key Stage 4 1971 | 3 min | CC
9 © 2016 ClickView Pty Limited Belfast Bomb Historical footage. Belfast. 13 April, 1972. Explosion at Belfast car showroom. Wrecked cars are lying. A mini is suspected of containing a bomb—the car is fired at, then a soldier attaches a cable and blows up the car.
Key Stage 4 1972 | 2 min
Bloody Friday Historical footage. Belfast. 21 July, 1972. 19 people are killed in 22 explosions set off by the Provisional IRA.
Key Stage 4 1972 | 3 min
Bloody Sunday Historical footage. Londonderry. 30 January, 1972. ‘Bloody Sunday’ is the name given to the incident in which the British army shot 26 civil rights protesters and bystanders. Rioting starts as demonstrators approach barricades manned by British troops. Features interviews of a priest and British colonel on the number of dead.
Key Stage 4 1972 | 9 min | CC
10 © 2016 ClickView Pty Limited Bloody Sunday Funeral Historical footage. Londonderry. 2 February, 1972. This clips shows the funeral of 13 people killed in Londonderry on Bloody Sunday.
Key Stage 4 1972 | 3 min | CC
Bogside Riots Historical footage. Northern Ireland. 6 September, 1971. Youth throw stones while troops fire rubber bullets back; Stormont MP John Hume’s arrival at court (charged with failing to move when ordered to do so during a demonstration); rally in Belfast; Ian Paisley speech; funeral of 17-month-old Angela Gallagher.
Key Stage 4 1971 | 4 min | CC
Bomb at the House of Joe Cahill’s Sister Historical footage. Northern Ireland. 9 November, 1973. Bomb at home of Joe Cahill’s sister. Joe Cahill was a senior member of the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA). Car blown up on country road in County Tyrone.
Key Stage 4 1973 | 1 min | CC
11 © 2016 ClickView Pty Limited Bombing in Northern Ireland Historical footage. Northern Ireland. 1 September, 1988. There is renewed rioting in West Belfast overnight after the shooting of Gerard Harte, Martin Harte and Brian Mullin at Drumnakilly, County Tyrone. Unionist politicians applaud the SAS action.
Key Stage 4 1988 | 1 min | CC
Brian Faulkner Elected Historical footage. Northern Ireland. 26 March, 1971. Faulkner elected as the sixth and last Prime Minister of Northern Ireland. Footage of interviews with Harry West on becoming Agriculture Minister and with David Bleakley, the Minister of Community Relations.
Key Stage 4 1971 | 3 min | CC
Brighton Bomb Historical footage. Germany. 3rd October, 1946. Aftermath of the bombing of the Grand Hotel. Features interviews with Andrew Partington (hospital administrator), Viscount Whitelaw (leader of the House of Lords) and victims.
Key Stage 4 1984 | 3 min | CC
12 © 2016 ClickView Pty Limited Brighton Bomb: First Scenes Historical footage. Brighton. 12 October, 1984. Footage of rescue from wreckage of the Grand Hotel. Interviews with conference organisers, Sir Walter Clegg MP and Harvey Thomas, along with Margaret Thatcher PM, Leon Brittain and John Selwyn Gummer.
Key Stage 4 1984 | 6 min | CC
Captain Terence O’Neill’s Speech to the Nation Historical footage. Northern Ireland. 9 December, 1968. Captain Terence O’Neill, Prime Minister of Northern Ireland, makes a televised broadcast to the nation.
Key Stage 4 1968 | 18 min | CC
Christopher Ewart-Biggs Assassinated Historical footage. Dublin. 21 July, 1976. Police and army search the site where the British ambassador to Ireland was killed by a landmine in South Dublin.
Key Stage 4 1976 | 1 min
13 © 2016 ClickView Pty Limited Death of a Constable at the Royal Victoria Hospital Historical footage. Belfast. 1 June, 1981. This clip contains interviews with Rev Robert Bradford, a Unionist MP, and a hospital spokeswoman after Constable Colin Dunlop is shot dead at Belfast’s Royal Victoria Hospital while he was guarding a patient in the intensive care unit.
Key Stage 4 1981 | 2 min | CC
Dublin Car Bombs Historical footage. Dublin. 2 December, 1972. This clip shows the site containing wrecked cars and broken windows at Liberty Hall, after two people were killed and over one hundred injured in a series of car bombs in Dublin.
Key Stage 4 1972 | 1 min | CC
Eddie McGrady MP on the Anglo-Irish Accord Historical footage. United Kingdom. 1988. Irish nationalist politican, Eddie McGrady MP argues that the Anglo-Irish Agreement could be used as a step towards a political solution.
Key Stage 4 1988 | 1 min | CC
14 © 2016 ClickView Pty Limited EIRE: Multi-Party Talks Historical footage. Dublin. 17 February, 1988. Sinn Fein takes legal action to try to prevent its suspension from the talks.
Key Stage 4 1998 | 1 min | CC
First British Soldier Killed Historical footage. United Kingdom. 6 February, 1971. Major James Chichester-Clarke is interviewed on the war with the Provisional IRA, as well as the aftermath of previous night’s riot in terms of clearing up.
Key Stage 4 1971 | 2 min | CC
Ian Paisley Speaks to the Press on Release from Prison Historical footage. Belfast. 4th February, 1969. Unionist politician Rev Ian Paisley (later Lord Bannside) speaks to the press about the forthcoming elections upon his release from the Crumlin Road prison.
Key Stage 4 1969 | 2 min | CC
15 © 2016 ClickView Pty Limited Ivor Stanbrook on Trying Terrorist Cases in Northern Ireland Historical footage. United Kingdom. 1 September, 1988. There is renewed rioting in West Belfast overnight after the shooting of Gerard Harte, Martin Harte and Brian Mullin at Drumnakilly, County Tyrone. British Conservative party politician, Ivor Stanbrook presents his views on trying terrorist cases in Northern Ireland.
Key Stage 4 1988 | 1 min | CC
London Bombings at Greenwich and Canvey Island Historical footage. London. 18 December, 1978. Police investigate the London bomb explosions at a Greenwich gas works and at the Canvey Island fuel depot. They are holding four Irishmen under the anti-terrorism act. The clip also contains footage of incidents in London in December, 1978.
Key Stage 4 1979 | 1 min | CC
London Pro-Bobby Sands Demonstration Historical footage. London. 26 April, 1981. This clips shows a London Republican demonstration during the 1981 Hunger Strike. The demonstrators are told to disperse by the police, and some protesters are dragged away. People demonstrate in Downing Street chanting ‘Bobby Sands MP’.
Key Stage 4 1981 | 1 min | CC
16 © 2016 ClickView Pty Limited Lord Mountbatten’s Funeral Historical footage. London. 5 September, 1979. Funeral cortege of Lord Louis Mountbatten, who was killed by an IRA bomb.
Key Stage 4 1979 | 8 min
Ministers from All Parties Prepare for ‘No Confidence’ Vote Historical footage. London. 28 March, 1979. The fate of the government hangs on the result of a No Confidence vote. TUC leaders hold a meeting at Congress House in London. Mrs Thatcher speaks to the media on leaving her house. Includes interviews with other members of the House.
Key Stage 4 1979 | 1 min | CC
Ninth Anniversary of Internment in Northern Ireland: Protest March in Belfast Historical footage. Belfast. 10 August, 1980. Republican supporters march through West Belfast to mark the ninth anniversary of internment and in support of men on blanket protest in the H-blocks at the Maze Prison.
Key Stage 4 1980 | 1 min
17 © 2016 ClickView Pty Limited Ninth Anniversary of Internment in Northern Ireland: Rioting Aftermath Historical footage. Belfast. 9 August, 1980. Scenes following one of the worst nights of rioting, as Republicans in Northern Ireland mark the ninth anniversary of internment.
Key Stage 4 1980 | 1 min
No Confidence Vote: Activity in Westminster Historical footage. London. 28 March 1979. A very hectic time for all parties with the fate of the government hanging on the result of the No Confidence vote. Various Members of the House of Commons are seen travelling to the house in order to vote.
Key Stage 4 1979 | 3 min | CC
Northern Ireland Draft Peace Deal Historical footage. Belfast. 7 April, 1998. British Prime Minister Tony Blair MP and Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern travel to Belfast after the Ulster Unionists reject the document prepared by talks chairman, George Mitchell.
Key Stage 4 1998 | 3 min | CC
18 © 2016 ClickView Pty Limited Northern Ireland Nationalist March Historical footage. Moira. 22 February, 1998. Clearing up operations take place in Moira following an IRA splinter group’s bomb blast on 20th February 1998. Republicans march through Belfast in protest at Sinn Fein being barred from the peace talks for a month following two killings.
Key Stage 4 1998 | 1 min | CC
Northern Ireland Peace Process: Minister’s Talks with Loyalist Leaders Historical footage. Belfast. 22 March, 1995. Northern Ireland Minister, Michael Ancram, meets with Ulster Loyalist leaders to talk about decommissioning their weapons. It is the first time a government minister has become directly involved in talks. Sinn Fein says that talks with them can begin within the next few days.
Key Stage 4 1995 | 2 min | CC
Northern Ireland Peace Talks Historical footage. Belfast. 1 July, 1999. Prime Minister Tony Blair makes a personal appeal to Ulster Unionist assembly members. Despite this, there is pessimism about the chance of sufficient trust being established on IRA disarmament for the Good Friday agreement to be put into effect.
Key Stage 4 1999 | 2 min | CC
19 © 2016 ClickView Pty Limited Northern Ireland Peace Talks: Sinn Fein’s Return to Talks Historical footage. Belfast. 23 March, 1998. Sinn Fein returns to the multi-party talks despite opposition from Unionists. The talks are in their final stages before all sides must try to reach agreement on a peace deal.
Key Stage 4 1998 | 2 min | CC
Northern Ireland Talks and Sinn Fein Historical footage. Belfast. 13 February, 1998. The talks are again in crisis, with the IRA being accused of two murders in Belfast last week and the possibility of Sinn Fein being expelled from the peace talks. It’s understood that Sinn Fein is considering a legal challenge if it’s expelled on Monday.
Key Stage 4 1998 | 4 min | CC
Northern Ireland Talks and Sinn Fein’s Response to its Impending Expulsion Historical footage. Dublin. 16 February, 1998. Sinn Fein react angrily to their impending expulsion from the Northern Ireland Peace talks. The British Government demanded the expulsion after the IRA was blamed for two recent killings.
Key Stage 4 1984 | 3 min | CC
20 © 2016 ClickView Pty Limited Political Leaders Meet to Try and Break Northern Ireland Peace Deadlock Historical footage. London. 19 April, 1999. Members of Northern Ireland’s rival political groups meet in London on Monday for talks hosted by the British and Irish prime ministers, in a bid to break the deadlock in the Irish peace process.
Key Stage 4 1984 | 6 min | CC
Sinn Fein Leader Gerry Adams Says Northern Ireland Peace Process Is “In Real Trouble” Historical footage. London, United Kingdom. 23 July, 1999. After talks with Tony Blair, Gerry Adams says that the peace process is “in real trouble”. After a meeting lasting nearly two hours, Adams accuses Protestant Unionists of “tearing to shreds” the 1998 Good Friday agreement.
Key Stage 4 1999 | 2 min | CC
Taxi Driver Caught in the Middle of a Crossfire and Injured Historical footage. Belfast. 1 July, 1988. In Belfast, taxi driver Ken Strong was shot whilst driving his taxi as his vehicle was caught in crossfire between the police and terrorists. The clips contains interviews with a coworker and a passenger.
Key Stage 4 1988 | 2 min | CC
21 © 2016 ClickView Pty Limited The Aftermath of Russell’s Extradition Historical footage. Belfast. 27 August, 1988. Violence erupts in the streets of the province as a reaction by Republicans to the extradition of Maze prison escapee Robert Russell to the North. IRA activity includes the hijacking and bombing of cars and buses in the streets of Belfast and Londonderry.
Key Stage 4 1988 | 1 min | CC
The Anglo-Irish Agreement Signed Historical footage. Belfast. 15 November, 1985. This clip features the burning of the Irish Tricolour by UUP and DUP party members; Rev Ian Paisley’s speech; and the signing of the agreement by Dr Garret FitzGerald, the Irish Prime Minister and Margaret Thatcher, the British Prime Minister.
Key Stage 4 1985 | 4 min | CC
UK Unionists Split Historical footage. Belfast. 5 January, 1999. Four of the five members of the UK Unionists in the Northern Ireland assembly leave to form a new party, the Northern Ireland Unionist Party, leaving Robert McCartney as the sole member of his party.
Key Stage 4 1999 | 1 min | CC
22 © 2016 ClickView Pty Limited Ulster Assembly Historical footage. Belfast. 11 November, 1982. This clip shows members in Northern Ireland Assembly, including Ian Paisley and James Molyneaux, and an interview with James Kilfedder, elected Speaker of Assembly.
Key Stage 4 1982 | 1 min | CC
Ulster Strike Historical footage. Northern Ireland. 23 May, 1974. Ulster Workers Council organise a strike because the postponement of the Sunningdale Agreement does not meet its demands. Includes an interview with Hugo Patterson on possible shutdown of power supplies and an interview with Harry West, a Unionist leader.
Key Stage 4 1974 | 4 min | CC
Ulster Strike against Direct Rule Historical footage. Northern Ireland. 27 March, 1972. This clip shows conditions during the Ulster Strike. It also feature William Craig’s, leader of Ulster Vanguard Movement, speech to the crowd and an interview with Craig.
Key Stage 4 1972 | 5 min | CC
23 © 2016 ClickView Pty Limited Ulster Women Win Nobel Peace Prize Historical footage. United Kingdom. 10 October, 1977. Mairead Corrigan on phone accepting the 1976 Nobel Peace Prize awarded to her and Betsy Williams.
Key Stage 4 1977 | 2 min | CC
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