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Neil Oliver presents this three-part history documentary exploring the truth behind the legend of the Vikings. Tracing their story from their Scandinavian origins and following their trail to America - or...
A video essay on the birth of the constitutional state. The modern western parliamentary system was developed according to the Athenian model that was created in Greece 2,500 years ago. The video examines...
A candid portrait of life aboard HMS Eagle sailing from Mombassa to Singapore in 1966, under the command of Captain John Roxburgh. Creates an impressionistic picture of life aboard HMS Eagle, using...
Footage from British Movietone newsreels and elsewhere. Shows air, road and rail crashes, buildings collapsing, fires, floods, tornadoes and earthquakes. Air crashes include: the Hindenburg explosion,...
Discusses the transverse and longitudinal stability of ships, using a mixture of graphics, tank model demonstrations and footage of real ship at sea and in port. Stability is governed by the internal...
A celebration of the 500th anniversary of John Cabot’s voyage of discovery from Bristol to Newfoundland in North America and follows the original voyage of the ‘Mathew’, from the buiding of the...
Shows the construction of a replica of the ‘Marco Polo’, which sailed between Liverpool, England and Melbourne during the latter half of the 19th century carrying immigrants to Australia, and tells the...
Six programmes exploring the limits of human achievement in the field of engineering, focusing on international engineers working on the toughest assignments of their careers. Asks how can we extend physical...
After the sinking of the ferry ‘Estonia’ on 28 September 1994, the programme looks at the failure of governments and ferry companies to address the real problem of roll-on roll-off car ferries - their...
Impression of the aircraft carrier ‘USS Theodore Roosevelt’ and the 6000 sailors, marines and pilots who serve on board. Follows the ship as it sails through the Suez Canal and across the Mediterranean...
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