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List Price: $24.95Price: $19.99You Save: $4.96 (20%)In Search of History - The Knights Templar (History Channel)
Actor: In Search of History
ASIN : B000BF0CNE
Sales Rank : 10758
Studio : A&E Home Video
Region Code : 1
Format : Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Binding : DVD
EAN : 9780767084970
ISBN : 0767084977
UPC : 733961730944
Release Date : December 27, 2005
Publisher : A&E Home Video
Manufacturer : A&E Home Video
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Label : A&E Home Video
Running Time : 50
DescriptionTheir fanatical courage struck terror in their enemies. Their fabulous wealth made them the most powerful men in Europe. Their secret rites inspired rumors of heresy. In the Crusades, these ferocious sword-wielding monks were charged with protecting the Kingdom of Jerusalem. In defeat, they were burned at the stake. Journey from Middle Ages Jerusalem to modern day Europe to unravel the extraordinary story of the legendary Knights who some say survived their supposed execution at the end of the Crusades and have preserved their order to this day. Leading historians reveal their fantastic origins, and period accounts bring their legendary battles to life. Ancient documents and artifacts hint at the mysteries that surround them. Did they discover ancient secrets buried beneath Solomon's temple, and conspire to seize part of Europe for themselves? Explore the incredible history of the Crusade's mightiest and most puzzling warriors.
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List Price: $19.95Price: $14.99You Save: $4.96 (25%)NOVA - Hitler's Lost Sub
Actor: In Search of History
ASIN : B0002XVS7Y
Sales Rank : 24418
Studio : WGBH Boston
Region Code : 1
Format : Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Binding : DVD
EAN : 9781593752309
ISBN : 159375230X
UPC : 783421324398
Release Date : December 09, 2004
Publisher : WGBH Boston
Manufacturer : WGBH Boston
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Label : WGBH Boston
Running Time : 120
DescriptionThe true story behind the cataclysmic World War II naval battle that took place just off American shores. 1941. America had just entered World War II, but terrifying unseen weapons were stalking US targets, sinking over 400 ships just miles from American shores in the worst naval defeat in United States history. The stealthy predators were German U-boats, Hitler’s deadly warships of the deep. It was cataclysmic—with bodies and wreckage washed ashore on the eastern seaboard. But the Allies ultimately triumphed, sinking over 700 enemy submarines. Fifty years later, the personal drama behind this wartime state of siege resurfaced when a team of divers discovered an unidentified German U-boat deep in the waters off the New Jersey coast. What boat was it? And what secret mission brought it there? The divers embarked on a dangerous, six-year quest to uncover the secret of the mysterious wreck. Three divers lost their lives in the search, but the clues uncovered have shed remarkable new light on the struggles and triumphs from this undersea war. There’s more in this spectacular two-hour video journey. Trace the history of submarines and undersea warfare from the American Revolution through World War II, and tour the sophisticated—and cramped—interior of a captured U-boat. Dive in dangerous waters with deep sea detectives as they attempt to retrieve clues that will reveal the decaying U-boat’s identity. See how the breaking of secret Nazi codes by the Allies altered the outcome of the war—and helped unravel the mystery behind this German U-boat. And finally, travel to Germany with the divers as they rewrite a part of World War II history, bring closure to families of the lost crew and discover how one man’s life was spared.
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List Price: $39.95Price: $34.99You Save: $4.96 (12%)Crusades
Actors: Terry Jones, Anthony Smee, Steve Purbrick, Marcello Marascalchi, Robin Sebastian
ASIN : B00005U8F3
Sales Rank : 12162
Director : Alan Ereira, David Wallace
Studio : A&E Home Video
Region Code : 1
Format : Box set, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Binding : DVD
EAN : 9780767042819
ISBN : 0767042816
UPC : 733961703849
Release Date : December 02, 2002
Publisher : A&E Home Video
Manufacturer : A&E Home Video
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Label : A&E Home Video
Running Time : 200
Amazon.comOf all the wars waged in the name of God, none has ever matched the arrogance and conceit of the Christian Crusades. For nearly two centuries (1095-1291), this medieval "holy war" variously raged, sometimes so spiritually misshapen by rapaciousness, murder, and political greed that to think it all had to do with Christian faith is absurd. And really, there is no one better to dramatize such a theater of holy war than Wales-born Terry Jones, host of The Discovery Channel's Ancient Inventions and an accomplished medievalist. Best known for his absurdist contributions to all things Monty Python--he was a founding member of Monty Python's Flying Circus and cowriter of Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Life of Brian, and Monty Python's The Meaning of Life, among others--Jones wields an uncanny ability to explain the methodologies and madness of the Crusades while not failing us his sense of humor. Jones wrote the scripts for each 50-minute presentation in the four volumes of The Crusades, which originally aired on The History Channel. His narration is not without an occasional sardonic air, almost of the roll-your-eyes type, which not only lends a skeptical perspective to a frequently misunderstood era in Western Europe, but also quite frequently editorializes the events that occurred between Pope Urban II's call for liberation of Jerusalem from the "infidels" of Islam and the embarrassing moment when officers of the fourth Crusade are conned out of its divine calling by the Venetians. While Jones's reconnaissance is sometimes oversimplified by casually not mentioning several Crusade sorties after the fourth (there were several, but by the 13th century they had become redolent of ennui and misguided commercial adventure), the technical ingenuity of the production and Jones's use of anecdote backed by academicians and preserved eyewitness accounts cinches a viewer's interest. Medieval "siege machines" are re-created to test their mettle against legends of famous battles, Jones dons real 11th- and 12th-century armor to demonstrate the outlandish appearance of Crusaders in the lands of Mohammed, mosaics come to life with body-painted characters of medieval fable, and computer graphics are deployed to re-create the interior of the great cathedral at Cluny. All these elements are contrasted with intermezzos of contemporary European and Middle Eastern society and a moving original soundtrack to make The Crusades a thoroughly engaging documentary of the bloodletting of medieval Christian conquests and the ultimate result of Islamic fanaticism born from its crimson tide. In Jones's own words at the end of Volume IV: "It took 200 years for the Crusaders to create [this] Muslim fanaticism. It was the exact imitation of Christian intolerance." To understand the effects of the Crusades is to understand much of today's religious geography, and Mr. Jones and company can fairly lay claim to having helped set the record straight. --Jamie Friddle
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List Price: $26.98Price: $24.49You Save: $2.49 (9%)Mr. Untouchable
Actors: Louie Diaz, Leon ", Jazz", Hayden, Thelma Grant
ASIN : B000YDOOQE
Sales Rank : 16395
Director : Marc Levin
Brand : MAGNOLIA HOME ENTERTAINMENT
Studio : Magnolia Home Entertainment
Region Code : 1
Format : Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Binding : DVD
EAN : 0876964000963
UPC : 876964000963
Release Date : December 29, 2008
Publisher : Magnolia Home Entertainment
Manufacturer : Magnolia Home Entertainment
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Label : Magnolia Home Entertainment
Running Time : 92
Product DescriptionThis is the true-life story of a junkie turned multimillionaire drug-lord. With the first hand testimony of the Godfather himself, Nicky Barnes, who was the most powerful black drug kingpin in New York City history.
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List Price: $19.98Price: $17.99You Save: $1.99 (10%)Into The Arms Of Strangers - Stories Of The Kindertransport
Actors: Judi Dench, Alexander Gordon, Lorraine Allard, Lory Cahn, Mariam Cohen
ASIN : B00005MEPJ
Sales Rank : 17261
Director : Mark Jonathan Harris
Studio : Warner Home Video
Region Code : 1
Format : Black & White, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Full Screen, Subtitled, NTSC
Binding : DVD
EAN : 9780790753096
ISBN : 079075309X
UPC : 085391887225
Number Of Discs : 1
Release Date : December 28, 2001
Publisher : Warner Home Video
Manufacturer : Warner Home Video
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Label : Warner Home Video
Running Time : 122
Amazon.comThis Academy Award®-winning documentary (produced with the cooperation of the United States Holocaust Museum) chronicles one of the lesser-known stories of the Holocaust: that of the kindertransport, which saved the lives of 10,000 Jewish children. In the late 1930s, England agreed to accept these children seeking refuge from Nazi oppression. They were placed in foster homes and hostels. Narrated by Dame Judi Dench and directed by Mark Jonathan Harris (who received an Oscar® for his 1997 Holocaust documentary The Long Way Home), this devastating and deeply moving film bears witness to the kindness of these "simply wonderful people" and to the resilience of the kinder, now elderly, who recall in haunting stories the unimaginable grief of being suddenly torn from their parents, the trauma of not knowing whether they would ever see them again, and the difficulties some faced in their new homes. Recalls one, "None of the foster parents with whom I stayed could stand me for very long. But all of them had the grace to take in a Jewish child." But despite having their youth uprooted, many possess an indomitable spirit. One woman speaks of devoting her adult life to human rights and social justice causes. "I can't pay back or thank some of the people who helped me," she states, "But I can do something for other people." --Donald Liebenson
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List Price: $19.98Price: $17.99You Save: $1.99 (10%)The Last Days
Actors: Bill Basch, Martin Basch, Dr. Randolph Braham, Alice Lok Cahana, Michael Cahana
ASIN : B00007ELEV
Sales Rank : 13979
Director : James Moll
Brand : Universal
Studio : Universal Studios
Region Code : 1
Format : Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC
Binding : DVD
EAN : 0025192279621
UPC : 025192279621
Release Date : December 05, 2002
Publisher : Universal Studios
Manufacturer : Universal Studios
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Label : Universal Studios
Running Time : 87
DescriptionThe winner of the 1998 Academy Award for Best Documentary, this powerful film traces the compelling experiences of five Hungarian Holocaust survivors who fell victim to Hitler's brutal war against the Jews during the final days of World War II. Including newly-discovered historical footage and a rare interview with a former Nazi doctor at Auschwitz, the film tells the remarkable story of five people - a grandmother, a teacher, a businessman, an artist and a U.S. Congressman - as they return from the United States to their hometowns and to the ghettos and concentration camps in which they were imprisoned. Through the eyes of the survivors and other witnesses, The Last Days recounts one of the most brutal chapters of this dark period in human history, when families were taken from their homes, stripped of their dignity, deported to concentration camps and ultimately murdered. Above all, The Last Days is a potent depiction of personal strength and courage, and a testament to the power of the human spirit. Amazon.com essential videoIn the last year of World War II, German defeat was inevitable. Yet rather than reinforcing his troops and focusing his efforts on battle, Hitler chose to renew his campaign to eliminate the Jews of Europe. Hungary, which had remained mostly untouched during the war, found her Jews being rounded up and shipped off to concentration camps where they were systematically and brutally killed during these last days. This documentary, directed by James Moll and produced through the Survivors of the Shoah Visual History Foundation, whose goal is to document the memories of those who lived through the Holocaust, records the stories of five Hungarian Jews who managed to survive. The five survivors, all now living in the United States, movingly tell how they made it and recount the tragedies they witnessed: Tom Lantos, a Congressman from California, whose 17 grandchildren are a gift from his two daughters to try to make up for the families Lantos and his wife lost; Alice Lok Cahana, an artist who uses her painting to testify to what she saw and to grieve for the meaningless death of her sister Edith; Bill Basch, who while working for the resistance escaped from Hungarian police by joining a group of Jews that were, unknowingly, being led to Buchenwald; Renee Firestone, an educator at Simon Wiesenthal Center's Educational Outreach Program, whose touching connection to the past is discovered in the simple gift of a bathing suit given to her by her father; and Irene Zisblatt, a grandmother who smuggled out, at tremendous risk, a few precious diamonds in order to buy bread when there was no more food to be had. Other interviewees include American liberators, a superkommando, and a Nazi doctor who performed experiments on camp inmates. While the stories are tragic and watching this documentary is a tearful experience, the final message is one of hope, as the five people return to Hungary and the camps with their families to confront their pasts and say their prayers. While the occasionally graphic footage will disturb, this Oscar-winning film is one that should be shared with family as a way of educating and reminding us, "Never again." --Jenny Brown
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List Price: $24.95Price: $22.49You Save: $2.46 (10%)Breaking the Maya Code
Actors: Richard Agurcia, Michael Coe, CCH Pounder
ASIN : B001B2U1BE
Sales Rank : 13799
Director : David Lebrun
Studio : FIRST RUN FEATURES
Region Code : 1
Format : Color, DVD-Video, NTSC, Widescreen
Binding : DVD
EAN : 0720229913423
UPC : 720229913423
Release Date : December 16, 2008
Publisher : FIRST RUN FEATURES
Manufacturer : FIRST RUN FEATURES
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Label : FIRST RUN FEATURES
Running Time : 116
Product DescriptionFor a people to lose their history is a tragedy; to recover it, a miracle.
Breaking the Maya Code is the story of the 200-year struggle to unlock the secrets of the world's last major undeciphered writing system. Based on archaeologist and historian Michael Coe's book of the same title (which The New York Times called "one of the great stories of twentieth century scientific discovery") and filmed in over 40 locations in nine countries, this amazing detective story is filled with false leads, rivalries and colliding personalities. It leads us from the jungles of Guatemala to the bitter cold of Russia, from ancient Maya temples to the dusty libraries of Dresden and Madrid.
The heroes of the story are an extraordinary and diverse group of men and women: an English photographer, a German librarian, a Russian soldier, a California newspaperman, an art teacher from Tennessee, and an 18-year-old boy immersed in the glyphs since early childhood. Surprisingly, the decipherment reveals not peaceful kingdoms but warring citystates in a long struggle for domination. The texts also reveal a strange world of kings and queens who regularly shed and burned their blood to invoke the Vision Serpent, a world shaped by an intricate cosmology that weaves together the lives of humans, the deeds of mythic heroes and the cycles of the planets and the stars.
For the six million Maya alive today, a people who had been cut off from their own extraordinary past, the decipherment is like a time machine - uniting them with their own lost history and opening up an invaluable treasure for all of us.
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List Price: $19.99Price: $17.99You Save: $2 (10%)Ancient India: A Journey Back in Time (Lost Treasures of the Ancient World)
Actors: Richard Agurcia, Michael Coe, CCH Pounder
ASIN : B000CQQIYY
Sales Rank : 10708
Director : Cromwell Productions
Studio : Kultur Video
Region Code : 1
Format : Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Binding : DVD
EAN : 0032031709492
UPC : 032031709492
Release Date : December 31, 2006
Publisher : Kultur Video
Manufacturer : Kultur Video
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Label : Kultur Video
Running Time : 50
DescriptionThe story of India is one of fabulous dynasties and kings, timeless belief systems and golden ages of culture. This fascinating program journeys through the centuries to demonstrate how glories such as the Taj Mahal reflect the character of a unique people. Authoritative and entertaining, this program features a stunning graphic re-creation of an Indus Valley City of the Second Millennium BC. Features superb 3D graphics, State-of-the-art computer generated animation, all new location footage, and expert commentary and analyses.
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Price: $14.98WWI War: The War to End All Wars
Actor: Documentary
ASIN : B001DW2BIS
Sales Rank : 29625
Director : Various
Brand : WORLD WAR I-THE WAR TO END ALL WARS (DVD MOVI
Studio : Mill Creek Entertainment
Region Code : 0
Format : Box set, Color, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC
Binding : DVD
EAN : 0683904506535
UPC : 683904506535
Release Date : December 14, 2008
Publisher : Mill Creek Entertainment
Manufacturer : Mill Creek Entertainment
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Label : Mill Creek Entertainment
Running Time : 437
Product DescriptionWWI: The War To End All Wars is a unique, 10-part, comprehensive look at the war that shaped the 20th Century. Through rare, actual battle footage and rare veteran interviews, The War To End All Wars takes you from the assassination of the Austrian Arch Duke in 1914, to the final desperate battles of 1918. Unique and stunning, you will "go-over-the-top" on the Western Front and witness the carnage in Russia. You''ll take to the skies in the world''s first air war and ride with the legendary Lawrence of Arabia. This is more than a historical or military account of WWI, it is a riveting and personal account of a defining moment in world history. Never before in the history of the world had so many countries fought on so many far-flung battlefields. Never had so many soldiers lost their lives. Never had there been such an unending hell-on-earth. Never has there been such a remarkable look at ''The War to End All Wars''. Episodes: 1. With Flags Waving
2. The Battle of the Frontiers
3. The Taxis of the Marne
4. A War of Chemicals and Engineering
5. Flyboys
6. Citadel
7. Distant Fronts
8. Revolt
9. Changing Tide
10. End Game Bonus features include historic WWI photo slide show.
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List Price: $24.99Price: $22.49You Save: $2.5 (10%)The Minotaur's Island
Actor: Bettany Hughes
ASIN : B001B43IVM
Sales Rank : 18094
Director : Tim Kirby, Melanie Archer
Studio : Acorn Media
Format : Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Binding : DVD
EAN : 0054961812998
UPC : 054961812998
Release Date : December 21, 2008
Publisher : Acorn Media
Manufacturer : Acorn Media
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Running Time : 98
Description
The glorious rise -- and mysterious fall -- of Europe’s first civilization
Best known for the myth of the Minotaur -- a monstrous half-man, half-bull imprisoned in Daedalus’s labyrinth -- Crete gave birth to Europe’s first civilization nearly 5,000 years ago, more than two millennia before Homer composed The Iliad. Then it collapsed in fire and violence. Join historian Bettany Hughes as she follows the footsteps of Arthur Evans, Harriet Boyd, and other famed archaeologists to find startling new insights into Minoan culture. How did this ancient people live, worship, and prosper? Why did they build such magnificent palaces, complete with hinged doors, flush toilets, and elaborate warrens of rooms? What role did the daring, acrobatic bull-leapers play in society? And did the civilization finally succumb to natural disasters, foreign invaders, or religious strife? Fresh evidence excavated from sites all over Crete offers tantalizing clues to the everyday life -- and tragic destiny -- of the accomplished artisans and architects who lived at the crossroads of the ancient world.
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