Some documentaries about the year 1900
There certainly are quite a lot of these this year.
Years
Elsewhere in 1900
The second modern Olympics takes place in Paris. Events include angling, cannon shooting, life saving, pigeon racing, fire fighting and ballooning. The Boxer Rebellion in China escalates into a full-blown war between China and a coalition of western forces The Boer War continues, with heavy losses on both sides, and the expansion of concentration camps …
1900
MP3 direct download | Itunes | Mixcloud | Feedburner (RSS) | MP3 pack Is this a new century? Difficult to get agreement on this one, but it’s certainly a new decade, and changes are very much in the air; changes that haven’t quite filtered through entirely to the mix you’re about to hear, but which …
1899 in Art
Kamal-ol-molk – The Doshan Tappeh Street Almeida Júnior – Saudade (Longing) Winslow Homer – The Gulf Stream Claude Monet — Charing Cross Bridge John F. Peto — Still life with Mug, Pipe and Book Nikolaos Gyzis – Behold the Bridegroom Arriving Paul Gauguin – Deux Tahitiennes Thomas Eakins – Wrestlers Vilhelm Hammershøi – Ida Reading …
1899 in Film
The Devil in a Convent Momijigari The Kiss in the Tunnel War Footage From 1899 (later compilation) The Pillar of Fire King John The Dreyfus Affair Upside Down; or, the Human Flies Street Scene, Mansion House, London The Mysterious Knight The Mysterious Portrait
Anton Chekhov – Uncle Vanya
Are you Uncle Vanya? I am. [Gunshot sounds] Ouch! – The Reduced Shakespeare Company
The Newsboys’ Strike
Conflict raged across the world in the closing years of the 19th century, from the Spanish-American war to colonial wars in Africa and the Boxer Rebellion in China. To focus on these big-picture events only would miss perhaps a more important fight – that of the newly awakened voice of labour against the ruling classes …
The Second Boer War
At the closing of the Victorian age, the Boer War saw the British discover they were not invincible after all – and though they ultimately won, the consequences would set the stage for South Africa’s history up until the present day. This documentary series goes into the story well, and includes plenty about the British …
Joseph Conrad – Heart of Darkness
The British Empire was never the positive, civilizing force that it was sold as, but the Victorians seemed, as a whole, to either sweep any misgivings under the carpet or consider them less important than their blossoming sense of national pride. It’s only in the dying years of the era that cracks start to appear …
Elsewhere in 1899
New Things Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, Opel Motors, aspirin, Elgar’s Enigma Variations, the paperclip, Scott Joplin’s Maple Leaf Rag, The Bronx Zoo, FC Barcelona, A.C. Milan, Oxo beef stock cubes, The Miele Company The first international Peace Conference ends, with the signing of the First Hague Convention. RMS Oceanic sails on her maiden voyage – at 17,272 …