17 Films & TV Shows Set In United Kingdom During The 1850s
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The Aeronauts
England The 1850s The 1860sIn 1862, daredevil balloon pilot Amelia Wren teams up with pioneering meteorologist James Glaisher to advance human knowledge of the weather and fly higher than anyone in history. While breaking records and advancing scientific discovery, their voyage to the very edge of existence helps the unlikely pair find their place in the world they have left far below them. But they face physical and emotional challenges in the thin air, as the ascent becomes a fight for survival.
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Gwen
Wales The 1850sA mysterious — and suspicious — run of ill fortune plagues a teenage girl and her mother and sister on their hillside farm in this folk story set in the dark hills of Wales during the industrial revolution.
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The Black Prince
England The 1840s The 1850sFaith. Trust. Hope. — The Black Prince follows the story of the last Sikh Maharaja — the son of the powerful ruler Ranjit Singh — who was placed on the throne at the age of five, after the death of his father. In 1849, the young prince was removed from the throne and eventually sent off to England. His attempts to return to India and reclaim his kingdom were subsequently thwarted by the British.
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Stardust
England The 1930s The 1850s The 1830s The 1840sThis Summer A Star Falls. The Chase Begins. — In a countryside town bordering on a magical land, a young man makes a promise to his beloved that he'll retrieve a fallen star by venturing into the magical realm. His journey takes him into a world beyond his wildest dreams and reveals his true identity.
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The Adventures of Greyfriars Bobby
Scotland The 1870s The 1860s The 1850sThis is the true story of a little dog that refused to leave his master's graveside in Edinburgh. The dog visited the grave for years.
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Shipwrecked
England 🇳🇴 Norway The 1850sA young Norwegian boy in 1850s England goes to work as a cabin boy and discovers some of his shipmates are actually pirates.
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The First Great Train Robbery
England The 1850sNever have so few taken so much from so many. — In Victorian England, a master criminal makes elaborate plans to steal a shipment of gold from a moving train.
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Black Beauty
England The 1850s The 1870s The 1860sThe all-new motion picture about the most beloved story of our time! — Anna Sewell's classic 1877 novel beautifully comes to life in this family drama set in England. Told from the point of view of Black Beauty himself, the story sheds light on the details surrounding the colt's birth and his perception of humans (he has various owners throughout his life). While some owners are compassionate -- none more than Joe Evans (Mark Lester), the boy who first owns the colt.
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Burn!
England The 1850s The 1840sThe man who sells war. — The professional mercenary Sir William Walker instigates a slave revolt on the Caribbean island of Queimada in order to help improve the British sugar trade. Years later he is sent again to deal with the same rebels that he built up because they have seized too much power that now threatens British sugar interests.
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In Search of the Castaways
Scotland 🇦🇺 Australia 🇳🇿 New Zealand The 1850s The 1880sA Thousand Thrills, And Hayley Mills! — Two teenagers, Mary (Hayley Mills) and Robert (Keith Hamshere) are lead by Professor Paganel (Maurice Chevalier) on a search expedition for the children's shipwrecked sea captain father. This Disney film was based upon Jules Verne's 1868 adventure novel Captain Grant's Children.
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The Lady with a Lamp
England The 1850sBased on the Reginald Berkeley stage play, this compelling historical drama offers a depiction of the life story of Florence Nightingale (Anna Neagle), the young 19th-century Englishwoman famously drawn to a career in nursing. Traveling to Turkey during the Crimean War, Florence gains a reputation for being devoted to the care of wounded soldiers and for pioneering higher standards for sanitary hospital conditions.
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The Master of Bankdam
England The 1890s The 1880s The 1870s The 1860s The 1850sTwo brothers struggle for control of the family business in 19th century Yorkshire.
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Fanny by Gaslight
England 🇫🇷 France The 1880s The 1870s The 1860s The 1850sReturning to 1870's London after finishing at boarding school, Fanny winesses the death of her father in a fight with Lord Manderstoke. She then finds that her family has for many years been running a bordello next door to their home. When her mother dies shortly after, she next discovers that her real father is in fact a well-respected politician. Meeting him and then falling in love with his young advisor Harry Somerford leads to a life of ups and downs and conflict between the classes. Periodically the scoundrel of a Lord crosses her path, always to tragic effect.
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A Dispatch from Reuters
England 🇧🇪 Belgium 🇫🇷 France 🇩🇪 Germany The 1860s The 1850s The 1840sGerman Julius Reuter (Edward G. Robinson) sends 19th-century news by carrier pigeon and then by wire, founding a news agency.
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The White Angel
England 🇩🇪 Germany The 1850sHer heart was too big for one man to possess! One world was too small to share all her love! — In mid-nineteenth century England the medical establishment does not recognize the value of skilled nurses, cleanliness, nutrition and kindness. Florence Nightingale's heroic measures slowly changes all of this.
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Balaclava
England 🇺🇦 Ukraine The 1850sA British army officer is cashiered, and re-enlists as Private to take part in the Crimean War. He succeeds in capturing a top Russian spy which results in the famous Charge of the Light Brigade to take the Balaclava Heights.
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The Charge of the Light Brigade
England The 1850sSilent film drama of the famous incident..
