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Ancient Egypt and beyond [videorecording]. by Entertainment One (Firm); History (Television network); Istituto geografico De Agostini.;
Pyramids: designed for eternity -- The cities of the Pharoahs -- Egypt according to Cleopatra -- The Pyramids of the Sun -- The ports of the desert -- Sailing with the Phoenicians -- At the court of the King of Kings -- The roads to El Dorado -- The lost city of the Mayas.Produced by Istituto geografico De Agostini.Take a virtual tour through rediscovered cities and see archaeological sites as their inhabitants saw them centuries ago. Explore ancient Egypt, the magnificence of the Pyramids, the city of the Pharaohs, the ancient city of Palmyra, the Mayan ruins and Incan temple at Machu Picchu. Includes state-of-the-art computer graphics, spectacular on-location photography, and research from the world's leading archaeologists.E.DVD, full screen (4x3, 1.33:1); Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo.
Subjects: Archaeology.; Civilization, Ancient.; Documentary television programs.; El Dorado.; Excavations (Archaeology); Historical television programs.;
© c2012., Entertainment One,
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Ripper Street. [videorecording] / by Buring, MyAnna,1984-actor.; Flynn, Jerome,1963-actor.; Macfadyen, Matthew,1974-actor.; Rothenberg, Adam,actor.; BBC Worldwide Americas, Inc.; Lookout Point (Firm); Tiger Aspect Productions.; Tiger Aspect Productions.; Warner Home Video (Firm);
Matthew MacFadyen, Jerome Flynn, Adam Rothenberg, Myanna Buring.Inspector Edmund Reid travels deep into the seedy criminal London underworld hell-bent on taking back the blood-stained streets of Whitechapel. But Reid isn't fighting this battle alone. He's joined by Detective Inspector Bennet Drake, a hard man who prefers to let his fists do the talking, Captain Homer Jackson, a brash American with a voracious appetite for vice, and Long Susan, a madam with shady secrets.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.DVD, 16:9 anamorphic widescreen, NTSC, region 1; Dolby Digital.
Subjects: Jack, the Ripper; Detective and mystery television programs.; Historical television programs.; Police; Serial murders; Television cop shows.; Thrillers (Television programs);
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World without end [videorecording] / by Caton-Jones, Michael.; Chaplin, Ben.; Ellis, Howard.; Firth, Peter,1953-; Follett, Ken.World without endVideorecording.; Nixon, Cynthia.; Pielmeier, John.; Riley, Charlotte.; Weston-Jones, Tom.; Scott Free Productions.; Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm); Take 5 Productions.; Tandem Communications (Firm);
Cynthia Nixon, Ben Chaplin, Peter Firth, Charlotte Riley, Tom Weston-Jones.England is on the brink of a devastating war with France that will last over a hundred years. A terrible plague which will wipe out a third of Europe's population before it is done is spreading. Caris, a visionary young woman, struggles to rise above the suffering and oppression in order to lead her people out of the Dark Ages. With her lover Merthin, she builds a community in Kingsbridge that stands up to the church and the crown. Together, they unearth a dangerous secret and must fight to save their town from ruin, ultimately ushering in a new era of freedom, innovation and enlightenment.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.DVD, widescreen (1.85:1) presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1 sound.
Subjects: Follett, Ken.; Great Britain; Black Death; Historical television programs.; Television mini-series.;
© c2012., Distributed by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment,
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The great fire [videorecording] / by Buchan, Andrew,1979-actor.; Cronk, Gina,film producer.; Huston, Jack,1982-actor.; Jones, Jon,film director.; Leslie, Rose,1987-actor.; Mays, Daniel,actor.; PBS Distribution (Firm),publisher.;
Andrew Buchan, Jack Huston, Rose Leslie, Daniel Mays, Charles Dance.The Great Fire of London raged for four days in 1666, making over 70,000 of the city's 80,000 inhabitants homeless. From King Charles II and Samuel Pepys to Thomas Farriner, The King's Baker in whose premises the fire began, witness the chaos of a city imploding, and the fear and rumors of treachery that took hold. This drama recreates the chaos of a city imploding, and the fear and rumors of treachery that took hold.PG.DVD, widescreen (16x9) presentation; Stereo; Region 1.
Subjects: Great Fire, London, England, 1666; Historical television programs.; Television mini-series.;
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Bonnie & Clyde [videorecording] : the real story / by Grainger, Holly,1988-; Hirsch, Emile,1985-; Arts and Entertainment Network.;
Bonnie and Clyde: The Story of Love and Death -- Man, Moment, Machine: Hunting Bonnie and Clyde.Emile Hirsch, Holliday Grainger.The film features a compilation of two fascinating HISTORY specials: Bonnie and Clyde: The Story of Love and Death; learn how the young lovers found each other in the slums of Dallas and led a notorious gang on a murderous crime spree covering five states. Man, Moment, Machine: Hunting Bonnie and Clyde; which details their ruthless journey to become one of the most romanticized criminals of all time.E.DVD, full screen presentation; 2.0 Dolby Digital.
Subjects: Barrow, Clyde, 1909-1934.; Parker, Bonnie, 1910-1934.; Bank robberies; Biographical television programs.; Brigands and robbers; Historical television programs.;
© c2013., A&E Television Networks, LLC.,
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The Mill. [videorecording] / by Griffiths, Ciaran.; Hawes, James.; Hayes, Kerrie.; Lucas, Holly.; BFS Entertainment & Multimedia Limited.;
Ciaran Griffiths, Kerrie Hayes, Holly Lucas.Based on a powerful true story, The Mill is a drama set in England in 1833, a time when industry is sweeping children as young as nine into the factories and mills to work 12-hour days. Injustice and suppression are the norm, but the world is changing and one feisty young girl takes a stand against the mill owners and their lackeys who rule the children's tired and hungry lives. Inside, Robert Greg (Jamie Draven), the mill owner's son, is taking over the business and modernising ruthlessly, while outside, civil disobedience is on the rise. Times are changing for better or worse and the balance of power is about to fall into the hands of a young girl called Esther Price (Kerrie Hayes).PG.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby digital.
Subjects: Greg, Robert; Greg, Samuel, 1758-1834; Quarry Bank Mill; Historical television programs.; Television programs.; Textile factories; Textile industry; Textile workers;
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Poldark. [videorecording] / by Bazalgette, Edward,television director.; Bentall, Ruby,1988-actor.; Clarke, Warren,1947-2014,actor.; Davis, Phil,actor.; Edney, Beatie,1962-actor.; Ellis, Robin,1942-actor.; Farthing, Jack,actor.; Graham, Winston.Poldark.Videorecording.; Harrington, Richard,1975-actor.; Horsfield, Debbie,1955-creator,screenwriter.; McGregor, William,television director.; Mellor, Eliza,television producer.; Norris, Luke,actor.; Reed, Heida,actor.; Soller, Kyle,actor.; Tomlinson, Eleanor,1992-actor.; Turner, Aidan,1983-actor.; BBC One (Television station : London, England),broadcaster.; Mammoth Screen (Firm),production company.; PBS Distribution (Firm),film distributor.; Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.),broadcaster.;
Aidan Turner, Eleanor Tomlinson, Heida Reed, Ruby Bentall, Warren Clarke, Phil Davis, Beatie Edney, Jack Farthing, Richard Harrington, Luke Norris, Kyle Soller.It's 1783, and Ross Poldark has returned home from the American Revolutionary War to find England in the grip of recession and his beloved Cornwall on its knees. His father is dead, his family's land and copper mines are in ruins, and his childhood sweetheart is about to marry his first cousin. Feeling betrayed by everything he loves, Ross must rebuild his life, embarking on a risky business venture, facing new adversaries, and finding love where he least expects it. Based on the novels by Winston Graham and set against the dramatic Cornish coastline, this striking saga stars Aidan Turner (The Hobbit) as Ross Poldark, Eleanor Tomlinson (Death Comes to Pemberley) as the fiery Demelza, and includes a special appearance by Robin Ellis, who played the original Ross Poldark in the 1970s.PG.DVD, NTSC region 1, widescreen presentation; stereo.
Subjects: Cousins; Fathers and sons; Historical television programs.; Man-woman relationships; Poldark, Ross (Fictitious character); Television programs.;
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Behind the scenes at Downton Abbey / by Rowley, Emma,author.; Briggs, Nick.; Neame, Gareth.;
Featuring an array of never-before-seen images, an official companion to the fourth season of "Downton Abbey" explores the inspiration behind every aspect of the show.
Subjects: Downton Abbey (Television program); Country homes; Historical television programs.; Household employees; Upper class;
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Death comes to Pemberley [videorecording] / by Austen, Jane,1775-1817.Pride and prejudice.Videorecording.; Coleman, Jenna,1986-; Goode, Matthew,1978-; James, P. D.Death comes to Pemberley.Videorecording.; Maxwell Martin, Anna,1978-; Mellor, Eliza,television producer.; Percival, Dan,television director.; Rhys, Matthew,1974-; Thompson, David,1950 July 18-; Towhidi, Juliette,screenwriter.; British Broadcasting Corporation.; Far Moor Media.; LipSync Productions.; Origin Pictures.; PBS Distribution (Firm); Screen Yorkshire (Firm);
Based on the novel by P.D. James.Director of photography, Steve Lawes ; editor, Dave Thrasher ; music, The Insects.Matthew Rhys, Anna Maxwell Martin, Matthew Goode, Jenna Coleman.The characters of Jane Austen's novel Pride and Prejudice are drawn into a tale of murder and emotional mayhem when Elizabeth's disgraced sister Lydia arrives at Pemberley hysterically shrieking that her husband Wickham has been murdered.PG.DVD ; stereo ; widescreen presentation.
Subjects: Bennet, Elizabeth (Fictitious character); Darcy, Fitzwilliam (Fictitious character); Historical television programs.; Murder; Television mini-series.;
© 2014., PBS Distribution,
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Time team. [videorecording] / by Robinson, Tony.; Athena (Firm); Channel Four (Great Britain); Videotext (Firm);
Tony Robinson.For these eight episodes, the team members have selected their favorite digs, ranging from Iron Age, Roman, and Saxon Britain to a World War II crash site in France and a sugar plantation in the Caribbean. Each dig presents a different set of challenges, whether it's zip-lining to an offshore promontory, fighting back jungle growth, interpreting strange findings, or, of course, contending with the ever-present threat of rain. With just three days at each site to complete their excavations, they race against time to reveal Britain's buried history.E.DVD, widescreen and full screen presentations; stereo.
Subjects: Archaeology; Documentary television programs.; Excavations (Archaeology); Excavations (Archaeology); Excavations (Archaeology); Historical television programs.;
© c2012., Athena,
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