(0)History Channel (Television network)
Publisher
History Channel
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
The North American Apache tribes were remarkably successful, beating opponents who were wealthier, better armed, and more organized. Apache warriors gained an unrivalled reputation as fighters who used the landscape itself to help defeat outsiders. Historians explore two important battles to try and uncover the secrets of their success. Archaeologists and forensic scientists investigate and compare the weapons used by the Apache and their last enemy,...
Publisher
A & E Television Networks
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Michael Guillen travels to China to discover the precursors of modern weaponry. Many tactics developed then are still used today, while the similarity between today's smart weapons and missiles can be recognized in ancient China's arsenal.
Publisher
History Channel
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
The daily life of ancient Egyptians was filled with magic, mystery, and sex. Viewers will get a closer look at the beliefs and habits of one of the world's oldest cultures. There was incest in the royal palace, divine cats, and an entire industry devoted to ushering the dead into the next world. Spells, potions, and incantations ruled every aspect of life. Yet even in these unusual customs, viewers will find the human face of the ancient people of...
Publisher
History Channel
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
To defend against sophisticated Luftwaffe fighter planes such as the Fokker Condor, some of the best scientists and engineers in England and the United States during the Second World War developed innovative equipment and aircraft that were the precursors for jets, flying wings and stealth airplanes. As this film shows, for instance, the Royal Aircraft Establishment developed a means by which Hurricanes could be rocket-launched from merchant ships....
Publisher
A&E Television Networks
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Travel to Egypt and join a team of archaeologists who have uncovered what evidence reveals is the lost fourth pyramid of Giza. Djedefre, son of the great Khufu, would stamp his supremacy by erecting the highest pyramid ever built, towering some 60 feet above Khufu's Great Pyramid of Giza. This is the story of the most powerful, prolific, and arguably, the most cruel and debauched of all Egypt's dynasties.
Publisher
The History Channel
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
"It was the age of hip-swingers, jet-fighters, and Ike-likers. It saw the end of the scourge of polio and the dawn of the scourge of McCarthyism. Much of what we nostalgically revere - the foundations of our pop culture - arose in the fifties. This DVD collection explores the boom-time of the post-war decade when the sky was the limit and the Cold War chilled the planet."--History Channel website.
Publisher
A & E Television Networks
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Get an up-close look at a reproduction of a trireme, or ancient Mediterranean warship. See the reproduction of the gigantic cargo ship Syracusia capturing the vessels' original grandeur. Witness a demonstration of the Archimedean screw, a machine designed in the third century B.C. to pump water out of a ship's hold, and watch as another one of Archimedes' discoveries, the principle of buoyancy, is put to the test. In England, investigate the Antikytheara...
