Desert Victory: This remarkable film provides a fascinating insight into the tactics and personalities of the Desert Rats as they made their critical defence of Suez. Pearl Harbour Revisited: This sensitive exploration of the events surrounding the tragedy at Pearl Harbour features film footage and photographs of the time alongside interviews with survivors. The Last Bomb: Taken from US War Department films of the time the moving footage was shot by US Army Air Forces combat camera units in the air battles over Japan. Featuring close-ups of the planes and fascinating portraits of the forces that crewed them the film contains powerful aerial footage taken from US bombers in action.
Featuring National rail deisels; Doncaster Birmingham and Liverpool scenes and a special look at Deltic Crompton and Western trains. Includes the documentary 'Classic British Locomotives'.
A detailed filmography trailers from 15 of her classic movies and fascinating newsreel footage accompanies the vintage 1962 'Legend Of Marilyn Monroe' documentary narrated by John Huston.
What defines bizarre? Is it speeding down a practically vertical incline on a bike and bailing out to a near fatal capacity? Is it a collection of trinkets so intense it could scare not one but five wives? Is it participating in a pyrotechnic display of epic proportions? To some it may be all three to others might disagree entirely.Perhaps to others the world bizarre means self mutilation voluntary electrocution even cannibalism. What follow is a collection of random situations events and people all with one common thread. No matter how you define the word each one can be considered bizarre if not today terrifying.
These programmes cover some of the best preserved railway systems in the world.
Neyo is an immaculate writer, producer & performer. With hits like 'So Sick', 'Sexy Love,' and 'Because of You,' he continues to top the international charts, while dazzling fans with his remarkable dancing abilities. His unwavering work ethic has allowed him to sell millions of albums worldwide. He has received numerous nominations and awards from the music industry, and clearly hasn't reached his peak. In this intimate documentary, packed with exclusive footage, we explore the trials and tr...
This double DVD set is the first ever release of the most comprehensive Beetle documentary made. From its initial conception as Hitler's car for the people through to the modern day Bug that we all know and love this is the definitive guide to the Beetle. It contains exclusive interviews with the people who designed manufactured marketed and sold the car. Bonus features include a 40 minute documentary on the ground breaking Beetle advertising campaign from 1940 to 1980. It's all you'll ever need to know about the world's greatest car.
Bruce Lee - The Immortal Dragon This authorised biography of Bruce Lee is the most comprehensive and well rounded to date. With great attention to detail this documentary uses rare home movies action-packed film clips behind the scenes footage screen tests and photographs from the Lee family archives to tell the remarkable life story of Bruce Lee and his tremendous success as an unparalleled martial artist as well as an international film celebrity. Includes interviews with Lee's family members co-stars business partners and students. The Lee's: Action Speaks Louder Than Words As a compliment to 'Bruce Lee - The Immortal Dragon' this exclusive feature takes you on a guided tour of the Lee Family. Includes rare Lee family photographs and home movies in-depth interviews with Linda Lee Cadwell Shannon Lee Keasler Robert Lee James Coburn Taki Kimura clips from his TV and film appearances and much more.
On the corner of 155th and Frederick Douglas Boulevard in Harlem lies Rucker Park. By appearances, the concrete pavement, anchored on one side by its run down slab bleachers, is no different than any other basketball court in the city, but this is the place where nicknames are indelibly branded, and legends are born. On September 1st, 2006, the top 24 high school basketball players in the USA stepped out on this court, that once saw the likes of Wilt Chamberlain, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and Dr. J to compete in the first annual 'Elite 24' all-star game. Gunnin' for that Number 1 follows eight of these players as they prepare to showcase their skills at the most legendary playground in the world. Directed by Adam Yauch (MCA of the Beastie Boys and Director of 'Awesome; I F***ing Shot That!'), the documentary trails these players on the fast track to the NBA, as they are being groomed to be in the spotlight of a multi-million dollar game. Combining Yauch's unique directing style with raw hip hop music, Gunnin' for that Number 1 Spot highlights these soon to be NBA All Stars.
These guys are never out of their depth! Who do you call when thousands of tons of gnarled metal over 100 feet deep in the water are threatening to wreak environmental havoc if not removed immediately? For the people of Louisiana the answer is The Bisso family as for more than a century they have been assembling a long history of expertise in the incredibly dangerous and highly technical duty of sea salvage and excavation. At Bisso Marine death and dismemberment are part of the job and as a family business those treacherous stakes are even higher. For each mission Beaux Bisso and family assemble a team of engineers divers and renegades to solve a seemingly impossible salvage problem. Hauling up a hunk of collapsed bridge from a river; raising a rust-bucket cargo ship from its watery grave; blasting through the seabed to dislodge gas lines the Bissos and crew don't just use technology to accomplish their jobs they often invent it as they go pulling off a few deep-sea engineering firsts in the process. Watch as extensive CGI details their game-plans providing a context for these unbelievable underwater missions.
Dan Brown's best-selling Angels & Demons portrays a world in which the Vatican is in a secret two thousand year-old battle with a powerful underground organisation the Illuminati. Much like Brown's mega-hit The Da Vinci Code there are real facts behind the story and a remarkable truth to be exposed. Why is the Vatican so secret about much of its history and its doings? Does and even more secret organisation - the Illuminati - really exist? Are the Illuminati plotting to destroy the Vatican or do they have bigger ambitions? Who are the Angels and who are the Demons? HEAR THE EXPERTS - Join Simon Cox author if the international best-selling Illuminating Angels & Demons and Cracking The Da Vinci Code as he and eleven additional noted authorities take you on an in-depth journey to uncover a plan for world domination that dates back to the early foundations of Christian history. DISCOVER THE TRUTH - More than mere investigation or documentary. Illuminating Angels & Demons is a visually stunning travelogue of the intrigue in baroque and renaissance Rome and the implications it holds for us today. SEE THE ART - In the quest to find the facts behind Brown's fiction you will follow the Path Of Illumination and explore the magnificent sculpture and fountains of Bernini the majestic St Peter's Square and the surrounding seemingly impregnable Vatican City. Examine the more ancient Pantheon and Egyptian obelisks and learn of their meaning and importance to Rome and to the Vatican.
Jim Henson's Muppets return in this Disney comedy starring Amy Adams and Jason Segel. When tycoon Tex Richman (Chris Cooper) plans to uproot the Muppet Theater to drill for oil, Muppet Walter (voice of Peter Linz), teams up with his brother, Gary (Segel) and Gary's girlfriend, Mary (Adams), to raise the ten million dollars required to save the vaudeville house. To get the money they hope to hold the Greatest Muppet Telethon Ever but they must help Kermit the Frog (voice of Steve Whitmire), wh...
A celebration of a British classic. The Mini is quite simply the most popular British car ever built. This programme is a true celebration of the Mini in every conceivable form with the help of a dedicated group of Mini enthusiasts.
Military Aircraft Of The 20th Century is a seriesof programmes featuring the aircraft that had the most significant impact on the numerous military conflicts during the last century. Bombers had a major role to play beyondWorld War Two, and this programme examinessome of the most significant to be developedduring this era, from the B-52, through theLancer 10 the B-2 Stealth bomber.
Scotland and Wales have their own peculiar railway histories and this programme gives a brief overall look at each in turn starting with Scotland. Archive footage from the 1930s shows the Scottish railway variety with features on both Edinburgh's Waverley station and Glasgow's St Enoch as well as the locomotive sheds at Inverness. The many rare views include a North British Atlantic and a GSWR 'Baltic' tank as well as the many 4-4-0s which were so characteristic of the country. 1950s and 1960s footage extends the areas covered and all the major companies' stories are told; the Caledonian North British Glasgow and South Western the Highland and the Great North of Scotland. Today's ScotRail brings the story up to date. In Wales the story is that of the LNWR in North Wales the Cambrian in Central Wales the narrow gauge lines of the mountains and the myriad small companies serving the famous coal valleys in the south. Again 1930s footage is supplemented by 1950s archive including as the opener to our story the last days of the earliest of all the Swansea & Mumbles Railway. The coal story takes us from the heyday through the 1950s and 1960s to the end in the early 1990s.
A Year To Remember, the classic series that recalls the definitive events of the 20th Century, compiles contemporary news coverage drawn from the world-famous British Path� archive. Path� News set the standard for cinematic journalism, keeping audiences both informed and entertained for nearly six decades. This programme does the same for a new generation and details not only the major political issues that dominated the day, but also key social changes and cultural trends. This hour-l...
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