1: The Great Exhibition of 1851: The Idea
Channel: Hooked Wit Films
Date: 17/04/2024

The 1851 Great Exhibition was the first "World's Fair" - but how did it come about? Who was responsible? How was the Crystal Palace building chosen?

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00:00 - Introduction
00:28 - Prince Albert
00:33 - The Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce
00:39 - French national exhibitions in the first half of the 1800s
00:54 - Henry Cole
01:00 - British national exhibitions 1847 - 1849
01:18 - June 1849 meeting to propose an international exhibition
01:27 - January 1850 formation of the 1851 Commission
01:34 - Committee for all matters relating to the building
01:48 - Choice of Hyde Park location
02:01 - Competition for building designs
02:18 - Rejection of ALL competition entries
02:24 - Committee's own design for a building
03:18 - Joseph Paxton's design for the "Crystal Palace"
03:54 - Final building design (as would be built)


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