Days that shook the world. The complete first season plus the pilot
Title:
Days that shook the world. The complete first season plus the pilot
Author:
Hindmarch, Carl.
Publication Information:
[England] : BBC Video ; [New York, NY]: Distributed by BBC Worldwide Americas ; Burbank, CA : Distributed by Warner Home Video, [2008]
Physical Description:
2 videodiscs (approximately 770 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Summary:
Through dramatic reconstruction, eyewitness accounts, and archive footage, each episode pieces together the stories of the moments in history - human tragedies, scientific breakthroughs, and calamitous events that have profoundly affected the world.
General Note:
Title from container.
Originally broadcast on BBC television in 2003.
Language:
English
Contents:
Pilot: First in flight: the Wright Brothers and the Moon landing / written & directed by Carl Hindmarch -- 1: The coronation of Queen Elizabeth II and the death of Diana / written & directed by Tanya Cheadle -- 2. The assassination of Archduke Ferdinand and the death of Hitler / written & directed by Richard Bond -- 3. The assassination of the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and the released of Nelson Mandela / written & directed by Srik Narayanan -- 4. Hiroshima / written & directed by Stephen Walker -- 5. The murder of the Romanovs and the fall of the Berlin Wall / written & directed by Paul Murton -- Kristallnacht and the birth of Israel / written & directed by Nic Young -- Disc 2. 7. Tutankhamun's tomb and the Rosetta Stone / written & directed by Carl Hindmarch -- 8. The first nuclear reaction and Chernobyl / written & produced by Jane Quigley ; directed by Paul Murton -- 9. Black September and Lockerbie / written & directed by David Bartlett -- 11. Marconi's first transatlantic radio transmission and the Concorde's first transatlantic flight / written & directed by Alex Lay -- 12. Chuck Yeager and Bluebird / written & directed by Matthew Whiteman.
Reading Level:
Not rated.
Added Uniform Title:
Days that shook the world (Television program)
ISBN:
9781419868504
UPC:
883929019342
Format :
DVD
