Observed arrival · 2026-11-09
Things & Empires: the histories packed into ordinary things
A short-film project tracing the history behind everyday objects, with accompanying stories and sources.
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- Viewers curious about trade and material history
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- The first film’s source panel cites a 1989 Hansard figure and links to 14 sources.
Field notes
The first film is listed at eight minutes, with a related story and a link to 14 sources. One displayed source is a Hansard record dated 16 May 1989, cited for the figures of 16,573 registered London dockworkers in 1970 and 1,739 in 1989. The homepage marks the film CC · EN · NL; its nutmeg-and-stock-market follow-up is labeled “coming soon.”
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