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  1. Incas In Bowler Hats

    Date released
    1966
    Series name
    Look At Life
    Issue no
    389
    NoS ID
    350574
    Story no
    1 / 1

    BFI synopsis: The problems of uniting the Spanish and Indian Bolvians.

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  2. Conquistadors, The (2000 Video)

    Director
    David Wallace
    Producer
    Rebecca Dobbs
    Subject
    History; Spanish studies
    Distribution
    out of distribution, Videocassette. VHS. col. 200 min.

    Television series in which Michael Wood relates the history of the Spanish conquest of the New World in the 16th century. In four parts: 1) The Fall of The Aztecs: retraces Cortes’ journey across Mexico...

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  3. Lost Civilizations (10 Parts) (2005)

    Subject
    Archaeology; History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 500 minutes), £29.99

    Filmed over a 3 year period in 26 countries, this 10 volume set depicts the events, legends, ceremonies and customs of the lost ancient civilizations of Egypt, the Mayas, Mesopotamia, the Aegean, Greece,...

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  4. Ghosts of Machu Picchu (2010)

    Subject
    Archaeology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 60 minutes), $24.99

    Perched atop a mountain crest, mysteriously abandoned more than four centuries ago, Machu Picchu is the most famous archeological ruin in the Western hemisphere and an iconic symbol of the power and...

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  5. Tribal Eye (2007)

    Subject
    Anthropology; Art
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 350 minutes), £19.99

    In one of his first series after resigning as Controller of BBC2 and returning to programme-making, David Attenborough looks at art in tribal societies. During the eight programmes he visits a cliff-dwelling...

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  6. Valley of the Inca (1984 Video)

    Subject
    Agriculture; Archaeology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min., 2000 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Looks at the Cusichaca research project, lead by Dr Ann Kendall, which is investigating the possibility of re-establishing original Inca farm terraces and irrigation canals in Peru in the high Andes after...

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  7. First Americans, The (1991 Video)

    Producer
    Simon Campbell-Jones
    Subject
    Archaeology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min., 2000 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Until recently, it was accepted that although the rest of the world was populated as early as 40,000 years ago, the first evidence of human activity in the Americas only dated from the end of the Ice Age...

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  8. Cuzco - The Inca Capital (2002)

    Subject
    Archaeology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0), 30 Euros

    One in a series of book and accompanying DVD packages devoted to specific World Heritage sites. The guides include information written by local professionals so as to provide the visitor with all the...

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  9. Chronicle Collection - Archaeology on Television (2010)

    Subject
    Archaeology

    From 1966 to 1990, the BBC’s landmark archaeology series Chronicle took viewers around the world to explore historical excavations and discover long-gone cultures and civilisations. With a mix of live...

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  10. Secrets of Lost Empires (1995 Video)

    Producer
    Michael Barnes; Robin Brightwell; Cynthia Page
    Subject
    Archaeology; Engineering
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 4 x 50 min., 1996 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p) each 1996 sale: £200.00 (+VAT +p&p) series

    A series in which modern engineers are challenged to reproduce some of the great monuments of ancient civilisations, using historical research and engineering techniques. 1 (producer Cynthia Page): A team of...

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