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The World at War (30th Anniversary Edition) 217 reviews
Laurence Olivier, Sir Max Aitken
A&E Home Video, 2004
The Most definitive Series on WW2 I Have Ever Seen ... You Must Have This!
+ Great
+ tour d'force
+ Excellent
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First Emperor of China 3 reviews
Razor Digital Entertainment, 2006
Wonderful and Short...
+ The First Emperor
This docudrama, which I must admit I don not yet own on DVD, left a great impression on me, when I got to watch it on the IMAX screen of the Museum of Natural Art of New York.
In a very short lapse of time, all the essential elements that made up the time and life of the first Emperor of Xin (or ...
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Legacy - The Origins of Civilization 5 reviews
Michael Wood
Carlton, 2003
Beautiful and engrossing
+ Naive, slightly dippy, fun and five stars!
+ Capturing the essence of the ancient world
+ Been waiting for this on cd for years !
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Lost Treasures of the Ancient World, Volume 3 [Boxed Set]: Ancient China, Ancient India, Samurai Japan, ... 2 reviews
Kultur Video, 2006
Superbly insightful, beautifully visual hi-tech history
This British series examining great historical civilizations and their cultural and artistic artifacts first became known to me through the History Channel, which broadcast several episodes. Intrigued by what I saw, I decided to purchase this box-set labeled volume 3. It contains six 50 minute long ...
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The History Channel Presents The Crusades - Crescent & The Cross24 reviews
Rosa Maria Sardà, Elvira Mínguez
A&E Home Video, 2005
Somewhat biased History of the Crusades
+ Can You Handle the Truth?
+ The Crusades
+ Excellent Documentary
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The Occult History of the Third Reich31 reviews
Patrick Allen
Eagle Rock Ent, 2004
Strange Rumors Sometimes Turn Out To Be True
+ Pagan Roots of European Holocaust
+ a "One Thousand Year Reich" : Think about it.
+ Hitler was not Atheist, nor Christian.... know this !!!
+ Worth $9.95
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The Spartans17 reviews
Bettany Hughes
Pbs Paramount, 2004
Within my top five dvds in the past decade
+ Two-Hearted Review
+ Some debatable content but overall very good - 4.5 stars actually
The dvd covers the salient historical events, but also covers aspects of Spartan male life that they never taught us in high school. Covers Spartan women (enjoyed the story of Kynisca ... as will you). A cerebral/intellectual approach which exposes the very many unpleasant aspects of Spartan ...
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Empires - The Medici: Godfathers of the Renaissance27 reviews
Dale Kent, Mario Biagioli
PBS Paramount, 2005
"PBS Scores Again!"
+ Overly Glamorized
+ Great documentary about medici family
+ A masterpiece!
+ Enjoy it for fun or education
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Crusades58 reviews
Terry Jones, Anthony Smee
A&E Home Video, 2002
The Crusades: Falsehoods, Mispercetions, and Reality
+ Crusades - Review from the other side
+ Holy Hell
+ Warfare Goes Pythonesque
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Empires - The Roman Empire in the First Century13 reviews
Narrated By Sigourney Weaver
PBS Paramount, 2005
A superb and all too brief look at the Roman Empire of the first century CE and how it was able to reach political stability
The Roman Empire was truly an amazing political, economic and social entity. A wide variety of cultures and tribes were conquered and absorbed into the Empire. From the dark skinned North Africans to the blonde and fair-skinned people of Northern Europe to the swarthy inhabitants of Judea, they all ...
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Secrets of Ancient Empires: The First Beliefs
First Beliefs
Kultur Video, 2006
The bloody act of human sacrifice combined with bizarre ritualized acts formed the backdrop to ancient organized religious systems. This powerful episode of the Secrets of Ancient Empires collection peers into the darker side of life in the ancient world, where acts that appear immoral to the modern eye were an integral part of temple life.
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Journey Along the Silk Road3 reviews
Journey Along the Silk Road
Tokyo Shock, 2005
slice of life along the silk road
I read the two reviews below, laughed and decided this imperfect video was right for me. I'd rather watch wall climbing and lemon eating and than a polished tourist sites video.
The film transports you to a train station where Chinese police clamp down on the photographer, street life in ...
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Triumph of the Will (Special Edition)129 reviews
Adolf Hitler, Fritz Reinhardt
Synapse, 2001
Riefenstahl's Powerfully Cinematic Sensibilities Remain Noteworthy Despite the Controversial Subject
+ Ground breaking photography
+ Triumph of the Will
+ A Mesmerizing Exercise In "Spin"
+ Creepy but instructional look into a thankfully vanished world
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CNN's Millennium Boxed Set 5 reviews
Millenium
Turner Home Ent, 1999
Best series yet, I hope another 1,000 years is made soon.
+ Outstanding
+ A fantastic series
+ Global History at its most thrilling, memorable and effective
+ When the DVD
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The Silk Road DVD Collection15 reviews
Central Park Media, 2002
A brilliant view of Asian landscapes and culture
+ great
+ Unique resource on the Silk Road
This is a truly superb documentary. The landscapes are truly breath taking. It's also a history lesson about a lot of the events that took place here. You get right into Chinese history at the ground level as you travel on one of the most ancient and important trade routes in the world.
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Empires - Napoleon7 reviews
Napoleon
Pbs (Direct), 2006
Vive L'Empereur!
+ The narrative moves quickly, but totally omits Napoleon's affairs in the New World.
This is a nice PBS production on Bonaparte, and can serve as a good introduction to the period, but it glosses over much about that exciting era. I understand that to truly do the emperior justice a bio much longer than this would be required. Unfortunately we go from Austerlitz, to Russia in ...
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Empires - Japan: Memoirs of a Secret Empire10 reviews
PBS Paramount, 2004
A valuable pedagogical tool.
+ Sun Rising over a Flowering Civilization and State
+ A Whirlwind Overview
+ good history
+ Well worth the money
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Lost Treasures of the Ancient World, Volume 3 [Boxed Set]: Ancient China, Ancient India, Samurai Japan, ...2 reviews
Kultur Video, 2006
Superbly insightful, beautifully visual hi-tech history
This British series examining great historical civilizations and their cultural and artistic artifacts first became known to me through the History Channel, which broadcast several episodes. Intrigued by what I saw, I decided to purchase this box-set labeled volume 3. It contains six 50 minute long ...
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Crusades58 reviews
Terry Jones, Anthony Smee
A&E Home Video, 2002
The Crusades: Falsehoods, Mispercetions, and Reality
+ Crusades - Review from the other side
+ Holy Hell
+ Warfare Goes Pythonesque
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Secrets of Ancient Empires: The First Beliefs
First Beliefs
Kultur Video, 2006
The bloody act of human sacrifice combined with bizarre ritualized acts formed the backdrop to ancient organized religious systems. This powerful episode of the Secrets of Ancient Empires collection peers into the darker side of life in the ancient world, where acts that appear immoral to the modern eye were an integral part of temple life.
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