Featuring all the highlights from the Old Glory Annual 2002 this DVD also includes archive footage and interviews.
From the myths and legends of Scotland's past to the realities of today The Castles Of Scotland have featured at the very centre of this nation's history. This DVD presents five castles at the heart of Scotland's story beautifully shot on film and whose enthralling pasts are told by the noted historian Dr. Ian Grimble.Scotland's most imposing two Royal strongholds the Castles of Edinburgh and Stirling both stand on pedestals of rock formed by extinct volcanoes. Between them they preserve in stone the records of many of the most dramatic events in our nation's past.Edinburgh Castle something of a frontier fortress often witnessed the more violent events of history but now enjoys the privilege of housing the royal regalia and welcomes the largest number of visitors of all Scotland's castles.Stirling Castle has been described as the key to the kingdom and so it proved in 1314 when King Robert the Bruce defeated the chivalry of England at Bannockburn nearby.The Earl of Cassellis in the 1770s commissioned Robert Adam to transform his mansion on the cliffs of Culzean into one of the masterpieces of his genius. With its surrounding country park Culzean Castle is today a jewel of the National Trust for Scotland.Dunrobin Castle is a Ducal mansion of astonishing magnificence. It was originally a mediaeval castle transformed in the mid-19th century into what might be mistaken for a French Chateau. This sumptuous home has been lovingly furnished by its fabulously rich owners and is now filled with lavish treasures for visitors to enjoy.The Scots Baronial style of architecture evolved during the middle ages and the Castle of Glamis in Angus is perhaps its supreme masterpiece. Home to successive generations of the ancient family of Lyon this was the childhood home of HRH the Queen Mother.
The Men Of ArnhemIn September 1944 the Allies launched one of the most audacious attacks of the entire Second World War. Men of the British 1st Airborne Division were landed at Arnhem in Holland to capture and hold a vital bridge across the River Rhine. In one bold move the war could have been shortened by many months.It was a desperately risky strategy and it ended in disaster. Allied intelligence had underestimated German strength in the area including a crack Panzer unit. For days the paratroopers held out against overwhelming odds in a gallant action that has since passed into military legend - but defeat was inevitable.THEIRS IS THE GLORY is a truly remarkable and totally unique account of that battle. One year after the war survivors from 1st Airborne returned to the actual battlefield amid the ruins of the town and re-enacted the battle in front of film cameras. There are no actors. There are no studio sets. Everything that happens in this extraordinary drama-documentary film actually happened to those taking part or was witnessed by them.There is no finer tribute to the soldiers who gave their lives at Arnhem and no better film record of one of the fiercest-fought battles of the Second World War.
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