Synopsis
A HH movie trailer entitled, America: Who Really Discovered the Continent?
- Programme: Horrible Histories
- Series: 8
- Episode: 12
- Channel: CBBC
- Broadcast year: 2020
- History | America, 1713-1975 | British settlement in North America, 1713-41 | Developments in colonial society
Licence: ERA Licence required
UK only
Staff and students of licensed education establishments only
Cannot be adapted
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3: Industrial New York | Filthy Cities
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