Films about King's College - its culture and its history
Created: | 2018-05-08 09:42 |
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Institution: | King's College |
Editors' group: | (not set) |
Description: | Alan Macfarlane talks about various aspects of the College while walking around the College - questioned and filmed by Xu Bei in 2009. |
Media items
This collection contains 30 media items.
Media items
M R James and Ghosts - James' portrait in King's College
40 views
2012 is the 150th anniversary of of MR James the famous ghost story writers' birth - he will be on the first class stamp. As a very distant descendant of James, but, like him, a...
Collection: Reflections on Cambridge
Institution: Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Thu 23 Aug 2012
Spiralling time in Cambridge: reflections in the King's College staircase
26 views
Alan Macfarlane, climbing the spiral staircase up to the roof of King's College Chapel, reflects on the long and spiralling history of an ancient building and an ancient...
Collection: Reflections on Cambridge
Institution: Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Thu 23 Aug 2012
Xu Zhimou's stone at King's College Bridge in Cambridge
58 views
The famous Chinese poet Xu Zhimou was at King's College, Cambridge from 1920-2 and wrote his most famous poem about the view of the river near the College, 'On Saying Goodbye to...
Collection: Reflections on Cambridge
Institution: Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Thu 23 Aug 2012
A short history of punting in Cambridge
37 views
Filmed on the Backs in Cambridge, Alan Macfarlane explains a little of the background to the quite recent invention of the tradition of punting along the Backs. Filmed by Xu Bei...
Collection: Reflections on Cambridge
Institution: Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Thu 23 Aug 2012
A summer walk through Cambridge: part 2 - King's College
10 views
A compilation of various films, available also in parts. Alan Macfarlane is interviewed by Xiaolong Guan and filmed by Xiaoxiao Yan on 8th August 2006
Collection: Reflections on Cambridge
Institution: Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Fri 2 Aug 2013
A tour round a set of rooms in King's College, Cambridge
14 views
Alan Macfarlane explains to Xiaolong Guan, filmed by Xiaoxiao Yan in August 2006, how the 'set' and staircase of Oxbridge colleges work - inherited from a time when all the dons...
Collection: Reflections on Cambridge
Institution: Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Fri 2 Aug 2013
Ancestor Halls of Cambridge
33 views
A film made in summer 2010 of Alan Macfarlane, filmed by Xu Bei, talking about well-known figures in Cambridge.
Collection: Reflections on Cambridge
Institution: Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Tue 27 Mar 2018
Beer and friendship and conversation in a Cambridge College
35 views
Filmed in King's College in summer 2009, Alan Macfarlane explains some of the creative effects of beer and friendship, filmed by Xu Bei.
Collection: Reflections on Cambridge
Institution: Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Tue 27 Mar 2018
Cambridge Combination Rooms and How they Work
20 views
Filmed in a Cambridge Combination (or Common) Room which functions as a club and is the centre of a College. Their particular nature and function and how they contribute to...
Collection: Reflections on Cambridge
Institution: Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Tue 21 Aug 2012
Cambridge University from the roof of King's College Chapel - 2009
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Film taken from the roof of the famous chapel, with Alan Macfarlane a Fellow of the College explaining a few of the sights. Filmed in summer 2009 by Xu Bei.
Collection: Reflections on Cambridge
Institution: Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Tue 21 Aug 2012
Climbing to the roof of King's and reflecting on time
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Alan Macfarlane on the way to the roof of King's reflects on time, continuity and change in England and Cambridge. Filmed by Xu Bei in summer 2010.
Collection: Reflections on Cambridge
Institution: Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Tue 21 Aug 2012
Fellowship and the meaning of community in a Cambridge College
5 views
An interview with Alan Macfarlane in August 2006, questions by Kenong Guan, filmed by Xiaoxiao Yan
Collection: Reflections on Cambridge
Institution: Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Mon 5 Aug 2013
Ghosts & Great Ideas in Cambridge
19 views
Alan Macfarlane in Cambridge reflects on some of the great figures in Cambridge in the past and their influence on creativity and intellectual excitement. Filmed by Xu Bei in 2010.
Collection: Reflections on Cambridge
Institution: Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Thu 23 Aug 2012
How Cambridge University changes all the time - yet remains the same
13 views
Alan Macfarlane talks on King's College front lawn about the history and politics of Cambridge and how the University and Colleges have perfected the art of constant small...
Collection: Reflections on Cambridge
Institution: Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Tue 21 Aug 2012
Inside the roof of King's College Chapel - 2009
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Alan Macfarlane, a Fellow of King's College, Cambridge, visits the roof above the famous Chapel and explains some of its features. Filmed in summer 2009 by Xu Bei.
Collection: Reflections on Cambridge
Institution: Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Thu 23 Aug 2012
Intellectual creativity and the College system in Oxbridge
11 views
Alan Macfarlane reflects on the role of the collegiate system of Oxbridge in sheltering and encouraging intellectual creativity and discovery. The role of clubs and associations....
Collection: Reflections on Cambridge
Institution: Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Tue 21 Aug 2012
John Maynard Keynes at King's College Cambridge
27 views
The economist John Maynard Keynes spent much of his life in Cambridge, connected to King's College. Alan Macfarlane reflects on a few aspects of his life and work. Filmed by Xu...
Collection: Reflections on Cambridge
Institution: Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Thu 23 Aug 2012
On living in an Old Cambridge
18 views
Filmed on King's College lawn in 2010, reflecting on life in an old city. Filmed by Xu Bei
Collection: Reflections on Cambridge
Institution: Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Thu 23 Aug 2012
Placing of the memorial stone for Xu Zhimo
65 views
A film about the placing of a memorial stone for the Chinese poet Xu Zhimo by the bridge of King's College, Cambridge, on 2nd July 2008
Collection: Reflections on Cambridge
Institution: Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Tue 13 Nov 2012
Relaxation & Creativity in Cambridge
5 views
Standing on the Backs at King's College Cambridge and reflecting on the need for relaxation alongside concentration in order to produce creativity.
Collection: Reflections on Cambridge
Institution: Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Thu 23 Aug 2012