CVHF Wednesday Round Up
Day 3 highlights with James Holland and a look ahead at exciting things to come on Day 4 at the Chalke Valley History Festival 2017! #AmazingHistory CVHF 2017: Wednesday Roundup from Chalke Valley History Trust on Vimeo.
Entries by Sarah Ewen
CVHF Tuesday Round Up
Festival Director James Holland rounds up the best of the action from Day 2 and looks ahead to Day 3 at the Chalke Valley History Festival 2017. CVHF17 – Tuesday Roundup from Chalke Valley History Trust on Vimeo.
Broad Chalke, Wiltshire: Giving History A Home
A short film on our new home, the pretty village of Broad Chalke, Wiltshire Broad Chalke, Wiltshire: Giving History A Home from Chalke Valley History Trust on Vimeo.
CVHF Day One Round Up
James Holland gives us a round up of day one and takes a look at what’s coming up on Tuesday, 27 June! CVHF17 – Monday Roundup from Chalke Valley History Trust on Vimeo.
New Festival Site – Plans For A Smooth Traffic Management System
This year, Chalke Valley History Festival will run from the 26th June to 2nd July at a new site, Church Bottom in Broad Chalke. It is an intimate spot, lying amidst ancient chalk pasture well away from the village and so noise from the festival should not greatly impact villagers. As the Festival is new […]
Firing WW2 Artillery! Highlights from the Chalke Valley History Festival 2016
We love this CVHF 2016 highlights video by our friends at WW2 Nation! It includes talks with British Dambuster George “Johnny” Johnson, German Knight’s Cross winner Günter Halm, a battle re-enactment, the Blitz Party, a British Cromwell Tank and the firing of the legendary 25 pounder British Artillery gun..
Histrionics 2016
The hilarious historical quiz show was back in 2016 at the Chalke Valley History Festival! Tom Holland was in the chair with Ian Hislop and Dr Alice Roberts pitting their wits in a series of all-new rounds and challenges against Charlie Higson and Andrew Roberts.
VIDEO: KISSINGER 1923-1966: THE IDEALIST by Niall Ferguson
No American statesman has been as revered and as reviled as Henry Kissinger. Hailed as the ‘indispensable man,’ he also attracted immense hostility. In his talk at our festival on 30 June 2016, renowned historian, Professor Niall Ferguson revealed an extraordinary panorama of Kissinger the man: from his Jewish upbringing in Germany to his rise […]
Highlights of Knight’s Cross Winner, Günter Halm’s talk at CVHF
Günter Halm, a veteran of the Second World War, fought under Rommel in the Deutsches Afrikakorps, won the Knight’s Cross for his part in the First Battle of Alamein in July 1942 and later served in Normandy. In his talk at Chalke Valley History Festival on Saturday, 2nd July, he discussed his wartime memories in […]
The Eyes of History
A beautifully shot video of Living History at Chalke Valley History Festival..by Henry Lynch, Bournemouth University CVHF: Little Things Part 2 from Chalke Valley History Trust on Vimeo.
