{"id":1611,"date":"2013-01-01T09:27:51","date_gmt":"2013-01-01T08:27:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www2.imperial.ac.uk\/videoarchive\/?p=1611"},"modified":"2023-09-26T15:01:59","modified_gmt":"2023-09-26T14:01:59","slug":"videos-for-schools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/videoarchive\/videos-for-schools\/","title":{"rendered":"Videos for Schools"},"content":{"rendered":"

Back in early 1982 a tenuous link with the History of Science and Technology division brought forth an idea to make a series of videos designed for schools. Colleague Dr \u00a0Kathy (Kathleen) Burk had links with a publishing company based in Wiltshire. They produced mainly audiotapes on history and some on music. They had started to venture into videos but with limited success from both the technical and production viewpoint (they had no production facilities of their own).<\/p>\n

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Simon Schaffer\u00a0 filming in Bath<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It was therefore suggested that because of the Imperial College connection with the company there might be some merits in linking together our combined skills: History; Publications & Marketing and Video Production. So a compromise was reached over the production of 8 videos between 1982 to 1990.<\/p>\n

In this entry I’ll be showing you two videos made between 1982 and 1984. Simon Schaffer has become a well known presenter on broadcast television with series such as the 2004 “Light Fantastic” shown on BBC TV. But back in 1982 he had only recently joined Imperial College in the History of Science and Technology division. Kathy Burk asked him to consider making one of the videos for schools and so we produced the 1982 video called Science and the English Enlightenment.<\/p>\n