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The ROM
Title
The ROM [electronic resource (video)] / BBC Worldwide Ltd.
Published
New York, N.Y. : Infobase, [2014], c2011
Physical Description
1 streaming video file (50 min.) : sd., col.
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
Encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on June 04, 2014.
Films on Demand is distributed by Infobase for Films for the Humanities & Sciences, Cambridge Educational, Meridian Education, and Shopware.
Title from distributor's description.
Access and use
Access restricted by licensing agreement.
Summary
We unwrap a tiny mummy to find out how an Egyptian baby died 2000 years ago, then test two theories about 12th Century Islamic pottery by smoking hashish and blowing things up. We tell the embarrassing tale of a dinosaur lost for decades within the museum's walls, then visit a hard-hat construction zone where curators piece bones together into the colossal skeleton of a Barosaurus. We field test a crossbow against a musket to find out which is the deadliest killing machine, then meet the great-great grandson of Sitting Bull, who uses spiritual means to discern whether the museum's prized Sioux headdress was ever worn by his illustrious ancestor. And finally, we examine the stuffed remains of a prize-winning bulldog to uncover a disturbing revelation about the dangers of unnatural selection.
Variant and related titles
Films on demand.
Other formats
Originally produced: BBC Worldwide Ltd, 2011.
Format
Images / Online / Video & Film
Language
English
Added to Catalog
May 20, 2019
Series
Museum Secrets (Series 1)
System details note
Mode of access: Internet.
System requirements: FOD playback platform.
Audience
7 & up.
Contents
Introduction: The ROM: Museum Secrets (Series 1) (2:02)
Lower Class Mummies (1:47)
Baby Mummies (2:28)
Protecting Mothers and Babies (2:10)
Mummy Cause of Death (1:43)
Mystery Objects (3:00)
Ancient Bombs (3:13)
Hidden Dinosaur (2:20)
Building the Exhibit (4:09)
Crossbow (3:00)
Recreating the Crossbow (2:08)
Testing the Crossbow (4:02)
Schmuck Factor (2:37)
Sitting Bull (2:59)
Gut Feeling (2:44)
Bungie the British Bulldog (2:33)
Shortened Face (2:34)
Royal Ontario Museum's Secrets (0:26)
Credits: The ROM: Museum Secrets (Series 1) (1:01)
Videorecording number
57609s Infobase
57611 Infobase
Subjects
Genre/Form
Educational films.
Internet videos.
Also listed under
BBC Worldwide Ltd.
Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm)
Infobase.
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