Items Matching Tag 'History'

1911 Revolution (Blu-ray Details)
Celebrate the landmark 100th movie of Jackie Chan's outstanding career in film and re-live the violent and heartbreaking events of The Xinhai Revolution: a bloody uprising that brought the despotic Qing Dynasty crashing to its knees, ending nearly 3,000 years of feudal oppression. Action legend, Jackie Chan, commands the screen as Huang Xing: the fearless resistance leader and military genius,...

The World History Of Animation (Book Details)
A landmark international history of animation, featuring all genres, styles, media and techniques alongside stunning imagery. With its informative and entertaining text alongside gorgeous illustrations, The World History of Animation is a must-have for any animation enthusiast.

Look at Life: Volume 3 - Science (DVD Details)
Look at Life was a regular series of short documentary films produced in the 1960s by the Special Features Division of the Rank Organisation and screened in their Odeon and Gaumont cinemas – replacing the circuit’s newsreel, Universal News, which had become largely irrelevant with the advent of television news broadcasts. Marvellously concise and beautifully shot, these 'slice of life' colour...

Michael Bentine's Potty Time: Series 3 (2 Discs) (DVD Details)
The pages of the great Potty Encyclopaedia are opened once again with thirteen classic episodes of this marvellously madcap puppet series a favourite of children and adults alike. Created, written and presented by the multi-talented ex-Goon Michael Bentine, Potty Time ran for seven years and was voted into 71st place in Channel 4's 100 Greatest Kids TV Shows poll. Watch re-enactments of some of...

The Round Up (DVD Details)
A gripping story ignored until relatively recently, THE ROUND UP also features a prestigious cast including Jean Reno (The Da Vinci Code) Gad Elmaleh (Comme ton Pére) and Mélanie Laurent (Inglorious Basterds). Based on meticulous research and told through the story of several Jewish families who find themselves taken unawares by the ferocious turn of events, the film portrays the few weeks in...

Nazi Hunters (DVD Details)
A 13 part TV series on Yesterday depicting the relentless hunt of war criminals who, after committing some of the most atrocious crimes in history, have avoided retribution ... until now. Determined to lay justice on these perpetrators, the Nazi Hunters from Churchill to the SAS do anything and everything in their power, even if it means going against everything they believe in, to right the...

By The Will Of Genghis Khan (DVD Details)
This is the story of Temüjin ("Genghis Khan") the ruthless founder of the largest contiguous empire in history, the Mongol Empire. His name is well-known worldwide. His empire stretched from the yellow sea to the Mediterranean. This movie traces the story of the young boy who would eventually become the emperor... Three childhood friends. Three sworn brothers. One grew up to be a great shaman....

The Fall of the Roman Empire (Book Details)
On the cover:'In this ground-breaking book, Peter Heather proposes a new solution to one of the greatest mysteries of history: the strange death of the Roman Empire. From the bejewelled splendour of the imperial Roman court to the dripping forests of Barbaricum, Heather illuminates the panorama of the empire's end with a mix of authoratitive anaysis and great storytelling. He examines the...

D-Day (Book Details)
Publishers synopsis: The Normandy Landings that took place on D-Day involved by far the largest invasion fleet ever known. The scale of the undertaking was simply awesome. What followed them was some of the most cunning and ferocious fighting of the war, at times as savage as anything seen on the Eastern Front. As casualties mounted, so too did the tensions between the principal commanders on both...

The Three Emperors (Book Details)
What it says on the cover: IN THE YEARS BEFORE THE FIRST WORLD WAR, the great European powers, Britain, Germany and Russia, were ruled by three cousins: George V, King-Emperor of India, the British Empire and India; Wilhelm II, the last Kaiser; and Nicholas II, the last Tsar. Between them, they presided over the last years of dynastic Europe and the outbreak of the most destructive war the world...

Britain Since 1918 (Book Details)
What the publishers say: A new political history of modern Britain - entertaining, instructive and thought-provoking. The history of democratic politics in Britain since the coming of universal male suffrage in 1918 is a dramatic one, crowded with events and colourful figures. As well as the great events of war and economic crises, and the quieter drama of constitutional change, this era has...