English Civil War: An Artillery Master
By Squaducation - 2015
A description of how important science and mathematics were to the artillery in calculating distance and trajectory of a shot together with how much…
Family Life for Men in Ancient Greece
By Squaducation - 2015
This short video gives a man's view of life in Ancient Greece, his position as head of the household and his values
Family Life for Women in Ancient Greece
By Squaducation - 2015
This short video gives a middle-class woman's view of life in Ancient Greece
Farming in Ancient Greece
By Squaducation - 2015
This short video describes what life is like on a farm in Ancient Greece, the terraces they farm on and food they grow and eat
Farming Techniques of the Maya
By Squaducation - 2015
This short video explains some of the challenges faced by Maya farmers and how they overcame them with raised terraces, aqueducts and irrigation.
Florence Nightingale: After the Crimea
By Squaducation - 2015
In the final clip of this series, Florence describes her life after the Crimea War, the report she published on her experiences there and the…
Florence Nightingale: Scutari Hospital - part 1
By Squaducation - 2015
In part 4 of this series, Florence talks about her arrival at Scutari Hospital and her dismay at the sanitary conditions there..
Florence Nightingale: Scutari Hospital - part 2
By Squaducation - 2015
In part 5 of this series, Florence describes the time she spent at Scutari hospital and the practices she introduced there.
Florence Nightingale: the Crimea
By Squaducation - 2015
In part 3 of this series, Florence explains why she recruited a team of nurses and travelling out to the Crimea.
Florence Nightingale: the Early Years
By Squaducation - 2015
Part 1 of a series on Florence Nightingale where she describes her early life, and what she felt it was like to be born in an age dominated by men.
Florence Nightingale: Training
By Squaducation - 2015
In part 2 of this series, Florence explains what training she undertook to become a nurse and the first hospital she worked in.
Galen and Hippocrates
By Squaducation - 2015
In this short video, Galen talks about Hippocrates and his theories
Galen and the Four Humors
By Squaducation - 2015
Galen explains what the four humours are and how they could be balanced to make people better.
Galen the Physician
By Squaducation - 2015
The Ancient Greek physician Galen talks about his travels as a young man and the importance of Alexandria, Egypt.
Gladiators
By Squaducation - 2015
This short video describes the different types of gladiator such as the retiarius and the murmillo together with the different weapons and helmets…
Great Plague 1665 - Samuel Pepys's Account
By Squaducation - 2015
Samuel Pepys gives an eye witness account of the Great Plague in London in 1665.
Heavyweight Crossbow
By Squaducation - 2015
A medieval bowman describes the more powerful heavyweight crossbow which uses a complex windlass mechanism to load it.
Henry VII - The King is Dead
By Squaducation - 2015
This video describes the funeral of King Henry VII, and his successor King Henry VIII's, promise to marry Catherine of Aragon and keep the alliance…
Henry VII's Children
By Squaducation - 2015
A Tudor lady talks about the seven children born to Henry VII and Elizabeth, including their first born Arthur and Henry who went on to become King…
Henry VII: What Did He Look Like?
By Squaducation - 2015
This video explores Henry Tudor and his coronation in 1485. It also covers his marriage to Elizabeth of York uniting the house of Lancaster with…
Henry VIII - part 1
By Squaducation - 2015
Part 1 of Henry VIII looks at what Henry VIII was like as a person and how he liked to spend his time
Henry VIII - part 2
By Squaducation - 2015
Part 2 of Henry VIII describes the fabulous outfits King Henry wore; the different types of fabric such as buckram, taffeta and velvet used as well…
Henry VIII Breaks with Rome
By Squaducation - 2015
Henry VIII explains how he failed to secure his divorce and so separated from the Pope
Henry VIII Wants a Divorce
By Squaducation - 2015
Henry VIII gives his own account of his divorce and breaking with Rome - part one
Henry VIII, Supreme Head of the Church of England
By Squaducation - 2015
Henry VIII describes his split with Rome and his view on the Reformation
Henry VIII: the Pope Says 'No'
By Squaducation - 2015
Henry VIII gives his own account of his divorce and breaking with Rome - part two
Herophilus and Erasistratus
By Squaducation - 2015
In this short video, Galen talks about the discoveries of Herophilus and Erasistratus
How the Saxons Arrived in England
By Squaducation - 2015
This video describes how the Anglo Saxons originated from Germania and travelled to England with the Roman legions and stayed even after the Romans…
Introduction to the English Civil War
By Squaducation - 2015
An overview of the English Civil War, when it started, how long it lasted together with the cause and the devastating effect on the country.
Introduction to the Roman Empire
By Squaducation - 2015
This short video describes the Roman Empire and the countries it spanned such as Germany or Germania, France or Gallia and Britain which used to be…
Joseph Bazalgette: Construction of the Sewers
By Squaducation - 2015
Part 5 of the Bazalgette series. Bazalgette talks about the work on the sewers, one of the biggest civil engineering projects ever undertaken at the…
Joseph Bazalgette: Early Career
By Squaducation - 2015
Part 2 of the Bazalgette series. This video looks at Bazalgette's life before beginning work on the London sewers.
Joseph Bazalgette: the Early Years
By Squaducation - 2015
Part 1 of the Bazalgette series. An introduction to Joseph William Bazalgette and the time in which he grew up.
Joseph Bazalgette: the Legacy
By Squaducation - 2015
This is the final part of Bazalgette's story and his contribution to revolutionise public health in Victorian Britain.
King Charles I
By Squaducation - 2015
A description of King Charles I. How he became King, what he was like as a man and his marriage to Henrietta Maria.
King Charles I: the Execution
By Squaducation - 2015
An eyewitness account of the excecution of King Charles I outside the Banqueting House in London on 30th January 1649
Lewis Gunner - part 1
By Squaducation - 2015
A description of the Lewis gunner, the first machine gunner who could pick up his gun and take it with him even though it weighed over twelve kilos.
Lewis Gunner - part 2
By Squaducation - 2015
A Lewis gunner explains how the Lewis gun was loaded and used in short bursts for the best effect and how it could even be taken into No Mans Land to…
Life as a WW1 Nurse in France
By Squaducation - 2015
A WW1 nurse who describes her uniform and shows how she still likes to be fashionable even among the horrors of war.
Life in the Trenches - part 1
By Squaducation - 2015
A description of the trenches that stretched from Belgium to Switzerland which were built after the war was bogged down in stalemate. Part 1 of a 7…
Life in the Trenches - part 2
By Squaducation - 2015
A description of a trench; the traversing, loop holes and the use of trench periscopes to view the enemy. Part 2 of a 7 part series
Life in the Trenches - part 3
By Squaducation - 2015
A description of the practicalities and problems the army faced in the trenches when it came to supplies and latrines. Part 3 of a 7 part series
Life in the Trenches - part 4
By Squaducation - 2015
This film talks about troop rotation and how it ensured soldiers weren't always on the frontline. Part 4 of a 7 part series
Life in the Trenches - part 5
By Squaducation - 2015
This video describes how injured soldiers were taken care of both on the battlefield and in the trenches by their comrades and the medical officer…
Life in the Trenches - part 6
By Squaducation - 2015
This video explains how soldiers made raids on enemy trenches. Part 6 of a 7 part series
Life in the Trenches - part 7
By Squaducation - 2015
A description of going 'over the top'; the noise of the explosions, the vibration, the fear..... The last in a 7 part series
Lightweight Crossbow
By Squaducation - 2015
A medieval bowman describes his lightweight crossbow, an accurate weapon that could shoot over three hundred metres and be carried into battle, and…
Lindisfarne: a Monk's View - part 1
By Squaducation - 2015
This short video is part one of an eye-witness account, by a monk, of the savage attack on St Cuthbert's church on the Holy Island, Lindisfarne in…