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Ancient India: A Journey Back in Time (Lost Treasures of the Ancient World)

ASIN : B000CQQIYY
Sales Rank : 14643
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

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The 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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The Minotaur's Island

ASIN : B001B43IVM
Sales Rank : 8067
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
Actor: Bettany Hughes

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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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National Geographic - The New World: Nightmare in Jamestown

ASIN : B000ARXF8W
Sales Rank : 17778
Brand : Warner Brothers
Studio : National Geographic Video
Region Code : 1
Format : Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Binding : DVD
EAN : 9780792292500
ISBN : 0792292502
UPC : 727994751090
Release Date : December 10, 2006
Publisher : National Geographic Video
Manufacturer : National Geographic Video
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Label : National Geographic Video
Running Time : 50
Actors: Derek Jacobi, David Macaulay

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It's a story of bubonic plague, starvation, espionage and cannibalism -- and the founding of America's first colony. In 1607, a handful of English adventurers set sail across the Atlantic, expecting a paradise teeming with gold and riches. Now, 400 years later, the latest discoveries reveal the true story of Jamestown--as you've never seen it before. With exclusive access to forensics and archaeology, National Geographic reveals shocking new evidence of starvation and disease, secret plots and Spanish spies. Authentic recreations bring to life one of the most dramatic chapters in America's history.

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Featurette:Bonus Featurette and interactive maps detailing John Smith's journeys exploring "The New World" developed in cooperation with the Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation.
Other:Bonus Featurette and interactive maps detailing John Smith's journeys exploring "The New World" developed in cooperation with the Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation. Comprehensive companion website on Jamestown and John Smith's expedition created by NationalGeographic.com.

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NOVA - Galileo's Battle for the Heavens

ASIN : B000C8STO4
Sales Rank : 9688
Director : Nova
Brand : WGBH BOSTON VIDEO
Studio : WGBH Boston
Region Code : 1
Format : Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Binding : DVD
EAN : 9781593755737
ISBN : 1593755732
UPC : 783421408692
Release Date : December 28, 2006
Publisher : WGBH Boston
Manufacturer : WGBH Boston
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Label : WGBH Boston
Running Time : 120
Actor: Stacy Keach; Peter Thomas (VI); Don Wescott

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At a time when heretics were burned alive for dissent, scientist Galileo Galilei risked his life to advance his revolutionary concepts of the universe. British actor Simon Callow (Shakespeare in Love, Four Weddings and a Funeral) brings Galileo to life, humanizing the great thinker’s passion, intelligence, and arrogance while depicting his frustrations with fellow philosophers and scientists, and with Roman Catholic church leaders.

Based on Dava Sobel’s best-selling biography Galileo’s Daughter, this two-hour film offers a vivid re-imagining of Galileo’s incredible achievements that forever changed the way we view our place in the universe. It also investigates the momentous personal and spiritual conflicts Galileo faced- most especially in defending the controversial theory that the earth revolves around the sun.

Join noted Galileo authorities and experience the remarkable life behind the discoveries, and see letters from his illegitimate daughter, Maria Celeste, a cloistered nun, have shed new light on Galileo’s pioneering telescopic observations, his fateful Inquisition trial for heresy, and life in the seventeenth century.

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Japan's War in Colour

ASIN : B000AQ69QI
Sales Rank : 10032
Studio : Rhino Theatrical
Region Code : 1
Format : Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Binding : DVD
EAN : 0603497047321
UPC : 603497047321
Release Date : December 13, 2005
Publisher : Rhino Theatrical
Manufacturer : Rhino Theatrical
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Running Time : 151
Actor: Brian Cox

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It was assumed no color films existed in Japan until the victorious U.S. forces arrived in 1945. This DVD is remarkable proof that those assumptions were verifiably false. Now you can discover the story of a nation at war from its rare color films, plus letters and diaries from those who lived through it. Almost all the material in this color documentary has been recently discovered and allows the viewer to expereince Japanese culture and events from an entirely new perspective. Subject matter includes Imperial Japanese troops in 1931 Manchuria, remarkable domestic scenes of 1930s Japan, preparation for war in 1939, and images of occupation in 1940s Shanghai.

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30 Years of National Geographic Specials

ASIN : 0792299949
Sales Rank : 26626
Brand : Warner Brothers
Studio : National Geographic Society
Region Code : 1
Format : Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Binding : DVD
EAN : 9780792299943
ISBN : 0792299949
UPC : 727994750031
Release Date : December 14, 1999
Publisher : National Geographic Society
Manufacturer : National Geographic Society
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Label : National Geographic Society
Running Time : 95
Actors: Jacques-Yves Cousteau, Dian Fossey, Birute Galdikas, Jane Goodall, Richard Kiley

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Relive the most spellbinding scenes from our television documentaries of exploration and delivery. Year: 1994

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Mystery, danger, splendor, adventure. Since 1964, National Geographic has been broadcasting television specials that created and, many would argue, still maintain the standard for all nature programming since. Vigilantly focusing on what came before human beings, this special is a grand slam of 30 years (1964-1994) of painstaking exploration and documentation. Its narrative sounds almost biblical: "In the beginning..." there was molten lava. The footage is, as you would expect, dazzling but it is the agile editing and well-crafted storytelling here that makes this video into a poignant success.

Moving from the creation of earth to its inhabitants, the narrative segues to the single law of survival. In the Living Sands of Namib (1978), a spider escapes a predator by cartwheeling down a dune. There are clips of Costa Rican lizards sprinting on water, a woodpecker outsmarting a corn snake, and an Indian tiger begrudgingly retrieving his deer-carcass supper from a thieving crocodile. Procreation is, undoubtedly, the more lighthearted side of survival. Three black beetles are in pursuit of a female running in the sand with a musical score so perfectly selected, it is as if the they are engaged in a well-choreographed dance. The synchronized swimming of mating squids in Jewels of the Caribbean (1994) is more graceful than Twyla Thwarp.

After an introduction to the habitat and behavior of so many creatures, the video turns the spotlight on the tool user, fire tamer, language maker: humankind. Americans on Everest (1964), Dr. Leakey and the Dawn of Man (1966), The World of Jacques Yves Cousteau (1966), In the Shadow of Vesuvius (1987), Australia's Twilight of the Dreamtime (1988), and Jane Goodall: My Life with the Chimpanzees (1990) are classic examples of National Geographic at its best. There are also fascinating clips from early Geographic projects, including the 1917 Katmai expedition.

Well beyond serving as a self-congratulatory slap on the back for work well done, this special has an important message: the animals and natural phenoms we fear the most are those we know the least about. Contrary to popular belief, humans are the largest single threat to all life on earth. By bringing fragile ecosystems into our living rooms, National Geographic hopes to instill conservation ethics in each viewer. --Cristina Del Sesto

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The Korea: The Forgotten War

ASIN : B000H30CFI
Sales Rank : 33161
Director : N/a
Studio : Timeless Media Group
Region Code : 1
Format : Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Binding : DVD
EAN : 0011301661739
UPC : 011301661739
Number Of Discs : 2
Release Date : December 06, 2007
Publisher : Timeless Media Group
Manufacturer : Timeless Media Group
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Label : Timeless Media Group
Running Time : 271
Actor: Korea: Forgotten War

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Korea is often called America's forgotten war, yet history tells us that almost 150,000 American servicemen were either killed or wounded during this "police action." In this collection of newsreels and U.S. Government footage, you will relive America's experiences in Korea from the earliest days of intervention in 1950 to the signing of the Armistice in 1953. Join us as we explore this brutal and bloody conflict in Korea - The Forgotten War.

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