Canals The Making Of A Nation (Multi-Region DVD) DVD

Canals as you have never seen them before Presenter Liz McIvor, curator at the Bradford Industrial Museum, travels north, south, east and west along the stunning canal routes of the English regions to tell the stories of our inland waterways and show how dramatically they changed our history, landscape and way of life. You'll learn the extraordinary stories of engineers like Brindley, Outram and Telford who forged the early network of canals across the rugged terrain of the Pennines, how the construction of the Kennet and Avon canal led to astonishing geological... discoveries and the creation of the map that changed the world and of the hard lives and times of the navigators or navvies who built the canals and the generations of Canal Boat People who worked them. Together with this rich history, these programmes feature a wealth of gorgeous landscapes, breath taking aerial photography and imagery of our beautiful inland waterways. They show how even smaller towns have now embraced their canal heritage, how humans are not the only creatures benefiting from the tranquillity of the waterways and why increasing numbers of people are choosing to make their homes aboard narrow boats. A true golden age of canals , from the 18th century to the present day, is here to be enjoyed and celebrated in these wonderful films. [show more]

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