英语发展史电影

BBC制作的节目通常都不带字幕的。这个制作有一本书，以下是这书的资料。同时也可以参考一下The story of English / Robert McCrum, William Cran, Robert MacNeil.这个制作是1986年的，共有4盘影带和1本书。Author： Bragg, Melvyn, 1939-Title： The adventure of English : the biography of a language / Melvyn Bragg.Publication info.：New York : Arcade Pub. : Distributed by Time Warner Book Group, 2004.Location Call No. Status Nonfiction 420.9 B CHECK ON SHELFEdition 1st U.S. ed.Description xii, 322 p., [32] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.Note Originally published: U.K. : Hodder & Stoughton, 2003.Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. [303]-312) and index.Contents The common tongue -- The great escape -- Conquest -- Holding on -- The speech of kings -- Chaucer -- God's english -- English and the language of the state -- William Tyndale's bible -- A renaissance of words -- Preparing the ground -- Shakespeare's english -- "My America" -- Wild west words -- Sold down the river -- Mastering the language -- The proper way to talk -- Steam, streets and slang -- Indian takeover -- The West Indies -- Advance Australia -- Warts and all -- All over the world -- And now ...?ISBN 1559707100

The history of film spans over 100 years, from the latter part of the 19th century to the present day. Motion pictures developed gradually from a carnival novelty to one of the most important tools of communication and entertainment, and mass media in the 20th century and into the 21st century. Most films before 1930 were silent. Motion picture films have substantially affected the arts, technology, and politics. The cinema was invented during the 1890s, during what is now called the industrial revolution. It was considered a cheaper, simpler way to provide entertainment to the masses. Movies would become the most popular visual art form of the late Victorian age. It was simpler because of the fact that before the cinema people would have to travel long distances to see major dioramas or amusement parks. With the advent of the cinema this changed. During the first decade of the cinema's existence, inventors worked to improve the machines for making and showing films. The cinema is a complicated medium, and before it could be invented, several technological requirements had to be met