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Simon Schama's Power of Art 62 reviews
Simon Schama
BBC Warner, 2007
More, more...
+ needs to be on bluray
+ Best Insight to understanding these artists!
+ Introspective Gold
+ Great video, lousy audio
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John Adams (HBO Miniseries)370 reviews
Paul Giamatti, Laura Linney
HBO, 2008
John Adams DVD
+ "John Adams" Miniseries
+ John Adams
+ John Adams
+ Revolution addict
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A History of Britain - The Complete Collection 65 reviews
Timothy West, Bill Paterson
A&E Home Video, 2002
No One Tells it Like Simon Schama
+ RULE BRITANIA!!!
+ A Great Series!
There is no one quite like Simon Schama. He makes the history of Britain coherent, understandable, and unique, and he has the ability to help the viewer comprehend the great achievements of Britain while being honest, humorous, informative, clear and articulate in the presentation. His stories ...
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Trinity & Beyond - The Atomic Bomb Movie82 reviews
William Shatner, Edward Teller
VCE, inc., 2006
Trinity and Beyond is spectacular!
+ ON MY TOP 10 LIST
+ Trinity and Beyond
I had caught a glimpse of this movie on cable and knew immediately that I had to have it. The movie is eerie and powerful and the soundtrack adds such a punch it will move you. William Shatner narrates with a calm, matter-of-factness which only adds to the feeling of how the U.S. military
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Planet Earth - The Complete BBC Series1775 reviews
David Attenborough
BBC Warner, 2007
essential blu-ray title
+ Planet Earth
+ BEST DOCUMENTARY EVER
+ My favorite DVDs!!!
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The 50 Years War - Israel & The Arabs42 reviews
Will Lyman
Pbs Home Video, 2000
Very objective
+ Headlines In One Of History's
+ Good but a bit dry
+ the greatest documentry series ever made
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Christianity-The First Two Thousand Years 29 reviews
Christianity-First Thousand Ye
A&E Home Video, 2001
Good Exposure
+ good pre-modern history of christianity
+ really good, not great
+ Interesting
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The French Revolution (History Channel)29 reviews
George Ivascu, Phillip Levine (II)
A&E Home Video, 2005
One of the Best History Channel Productions Ever!
+ Saint Bastille's Day: The Birth of Liberty, Equality and a New World Order.
+ It helped me get an A!
+ Educational and Entertaining!
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The World At War - Complete Set219 reviews
Laurence Olivier, Sir Max Aitken
Hbo Home Video, 2001
A Classic Documentary
+ The World at War five DVD set
+ The World at War 30th Anniversary Edition
+ Great
+ tour d'force
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Byzantium: The Lost Empire22 reviews
John Romer
Koch Vision, 2007
Superb (instant favorite) documentary. Excellence in writing, narative, set, cultural value
+ The Roman Empire survived well into the fourteenth century.
+ The best of Byzantium
+ Quality production
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Russia - Land of the Tsars30 reviews
Edward Herrmann, Michelle Maryk
A&E Home Video, 2003
Good Overview
+ So you think you know about Russia?
+ Interesting
+ Good background for our trip to Russia
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Lawrence of Arabia - The Battle for the Arab World8 reviews
George Pagliero, Michael Maloney
Pbs Home Video, 2003
Outstanding, insightful, balanced
+ Brilliant
+ Wonderful enlightening documentary
+ Lawrencemania!!
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Barbarians (History Channel)15 reviews
Barbarians
A&E Home Video, 2004
Liquid History.
+ From a lover of history.
+ History come to life
+ Hooray the Barbarians are coming
+ I absolutely loved it.
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Winged Migration302 reviews
Philippe Labro, Jacques Perrin
Sony Pictures, 2005
Profound nature study
+ Great
+ Amazing sights and beauty
+ Beauty on the Wing
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The Impressionists: The Other French Revolution 7 reviews
Edward Herrmann, Victor Garber
A&E Home Video, 2001
Luminous & Brilliant - A Must See For ALL Art Lovers
+ Knocked me for a loop!
+ Fleeting Impressions, Eternal Beauty
+ luminous paintings elegant music
+ A Great Impression!
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Empires - The Medici: Godfathers of the Renaissance28 reviews
Dale Kent, Mario Biagioli
PBS Paramount, 2005
"PBS Scores Again!"
+ Overly Glamorized
+ Great documentary about medici family
+ A masterpiece!
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The Civil War: A Film by Ken Burns62 reviews
Civil War
Pbs Paramount, 2004
Civil War
+ A Great History Lesson, But Lacks The Emotional Punch Of "The War"
+ Ken Burns' Civil War
+ Absolutley Fantastic
+ Why Confederates Deserted... Dead for anothers bad pruchasing
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Empires - Napoleon7 reviews
Napoleon
Pbs Paramount, 2006
The narrative moves quickly, but totally omits Napoleon's affairs in the New World.
+ Vive L'Empereur!
The disc contains four hours of commentary, two hours per side of the disc. The style is uniform throughout. There is one narrator.
The following concerns only the first hour, of the four hour documenetary. During the first hour, there are about 25 black and white ink sketches, 45 color ...
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A History of Britain - The Complete Collection65 reviews
Timothy West, Bill Paterson
A&E Home Video, 2002
No One Tells it Like Simon Schama
+ RULE BRITANIA!!!
+ A Great Series!
There is no one quite like Simon Schama. He makes the history of Britain coherent, understandable, and unique, and he has the ability to help the viewer comprehend the great achievements of Britain while being honest, humorous, informative, clear and articulate in the presentation. His stories ...
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John Adams (HBO Miniseries)370 reviews
Paul Giamatti, Laura Linney
HBO, 2008
John Adams DVD
+ "John Adams" Miniseries
+ John Adams
+ John Adams
+ Revolution addict
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