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The Search for Alfred the Great

BBC Worldwide Ltd., (production company.). Films Media Group, (film distributor.).

Summary: Inside the churchyard of St. Bartholomew's in Winchester there is a mysterious unmarked grave, a grave that has long been thought to contain the remains of King Alfred and his family. Now a team of archaeologists are exhuming these bones and, using the latest scientific techniques and DNA sampling, combined with an informed history of the site, seek to find out if this really is the last resting place of King Alfred the Great. Just who was this King? What did he look like? How did he live? And how did he die? This remarkable film uncovers the story of one of England's greatest kings through the investigation of his 1000 year old remains and so pieces together, in more detail than ever before, the story of the extraordinary world in which he lived.

Record details

Physical Description: 1 online resource (1 video file (51 min., 51 sec.)) : sound, color.
remote
electronic resource
Publisher: [Place of publication not identified] : BBC Worldwide Ltd., [2014]
Distributor: New York, N.Y. : distributed by Films Media Group, 2015.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Multi-User. CatMonthString:november.15 Streaming video file encoded with permission for digital streaming by Films Media Group on May 15, 2015.
Formatted Contents Note:	Medieval English Monarch Mystery (3:13) -- First Exhumation (2:37) -- Alfred the Great's Early Years (3:57) -- Pilgrimages to Rome (4:12) -- Second Exhumation (2:41) -- Retreat to Somerset Levels (2:09) -- Battle of Edington (2:51) -- Protestant Vandalism (3:46) -- Resting Place Disturbance (1:53) -- Anglo-Saxon Literacy Project (2:07) -- Alfred Jewel (2:08) -- Radiocarbon Dating (1:45) -- Desecration of Alfred's Remains (2:52) -- Anglo-Saxon Hero (3:18) -- Radiocarbon Results (3:27) -- New Archaeological Evidence (3:58) -- Alfred the Great Summary (3:31) -- Credits: The Search for Alfred the Great (0:48)
Restrictions on Access Note:	Access requires authentication through Films on Demand.
Target Audience Note:	9 & up.
System Details Note:	System requirements: FOD playback platform.
Language Note:	Closed-captioned.
Source of Description Note:	Title from distributor's description (Films Media Group, September 3, 2015).