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1 online resource (streaming video file) (1 hr. 5 min.) ; 356035744 bytes |
| Series |
Great Continental Railway Journeys ; Series 2, Episode 3 |
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Michael Portillo is back with a brand new season as he retraces more journeys from George Bradshaw's 1913 Continental Guide.Steered by his 1913 railway guide, Michael Portillo explores Germany, the powerhouse of today's European Union and learns how tourists in the early 20th century would have been visiting quite a new country, which they admired and envied but also feared. Beginning in Dresden, Michael explores the city of one of his favourite opera composers, Richard Wagner. He learns about the health craze of the time and attempts the equivalent of a 1913 Jane Fonda workout. He travels to Leipzig on a historic railway line built by British engineers in 1839. (Part 3 of 6) (From the UK) (Documentary) G CCFollow the conversation on Twitter: #sbsdoco |
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Closed captioning in English |
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Broadcast 2015-04-25 at 19:30:00 |
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Classification: G |
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Railroad travel.
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Railroads -- Social aspects.
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Social history.
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Voyages and travels -- Guidebooks.
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Colonies -- Description and travel.
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Germany -- Dresden.
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Streaming video
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Griffiths, Dean, director
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Portillo, Michael, host
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Blume, Mika, contributor
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Buechter, Grete, contributor
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Graef, Hartmut, contributor
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Lace, John, contributor
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Planer, Minna, contributor
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Schultze, Bertram, contributor
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