the battle of Dien Bien Phu
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqMkiU0bb30
the battle of Dien Bien Phu
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqMkiU0bb30
Légion étrangère : « Honneur et Fidélité »
Secrets Of Tang Treasure Ship.
Historians have long speculated that thousands of wooden ships plied a Maritime Silk Route from the Middle East to China, braving long distances on white-capped seas, but time and the deep ocean have destroyed any evidence . . . until now. In 1998 German engineer Tilman Walterfang found a shipwreck from the 9th Century blanketed by intact gold, silver and ceramic items. As we uncover clues and reveal the story of the wreck, reenactments transport us back in time to an age of the legendary Sinbad the Sailor, when vicious seas ravaged wooden boats like matchsticks. Through interviews with maritime archaeologists and ceramic experts we bring these characters to life by examining unique items recovered from the wreck and painting a vivid picture of glorious 9th Century Tang China. We reveal where the treasure now lies, in high security storage in Singapore. We show the incredible 60,000 pieces recovered - amid them are unique gold and silver items never before seen. It is a time capsule from a distant seafaring age that will take generations to fully understand. We piece together the last days of the ship's journey before its untimely end in the treacherous straits of Indonesia and reveal one of the ancient world's greatest trading routes and the brave men who sailed it.
http://veehd.com/video/2297182_Natio...sure-Ship-2009
Timewatch: Gladiator graveyard.
Full 5 part playlist (Youtube)Thanks to the ground breaking work of Austrian forensic anthropologists - Dr Fabian Kanz and Professor Karl Grossschmidt - at a mass Gladiator grave in Ephesus, Turkey, Timewatch has been able to establish a detailed picture of how the Gladiator, identified as Gladiator trainer Euxenius, may have lived, fought and died
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_lis...01AC80F94AAD98
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I've seen two episodes on TV, this and the one about Attila. It's clear that they invested some money in these documentaries. While the Cortez episode is decent, the Attila one is rubbish and stereotypical. The Huns look like Germanic tribes, led by Conan the barbarian. Lack of common sense when depicting sieges, silly battle scenes.
Anyway, a documentary about the Medici dinasty, part 1/24
"Stab in the Back" - part 1 of 5:
"Stab in the Back" - part 2 of 5:
"Stab in the Back" - part 3 of 5:
"Stab in the Back" - part 4 of 5:
"Stab in the Back" - part 5 of 5:
I've just posted this link on a other thread but might as well post it here too. It's several episodes of a documentary series called "Ancient Discoveries"
http://www.babelgum.com/browser.php#...VANT/1,3017460
TERMINAL BOREDOM "An nescis, mi fili, quantilla prudentia regitur orbis?"
Who killed Stalin - BBC
A complete re-appraisal of the death of this notorious 20th Century dictator. Was the official account of Stalin’s death a cover-up for what really happened? Secret KGB files are examined for the first time to discover the truth.http://www.bbcactive.com/BroadCastLe...ductcode=21820Acclaimed historian Simon Sebag-Montefiore travels to Moscow to play detective in this compelling mystery. A former KGB investigator analyses suppressed KGB files which suggest the official version of the death was a tissue of lies. So what really happened? Experts come forward to share their points of view. Can Stalin’s embalmer shed any light on events? What does a doctor make of the claim that he was poisoned? If Stalin did suffer a brain haemorrhage, would he have survived if medical help had been sought more swiftly?
Youtube - 5 parts.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tOE8k...x=0&playnext=1
Hitlers search for the Holy Grail
http://www.in.com/videos/watchvideo-...l-4773337.html"Presented by Michael Wood, produced by Rebecca Dobbs (who worked with Wood on BBC2's excellent 'In the Footsteps of Alexander the Great' and directed by the Bafta and Emmy-winning Kevin Sim, it's an impressive film which welds an account of the work of an SS unit called Ahnenerbe (the Ancestral Heritage Society), which mounted archaeological and anthropological expeditions around the world
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"The Soviet Story" (in English):
Trafalgar: Battle Surgeon:
A below-decks historical documentary-drama on the battle of Trafalgar.
Set on HMS Victory, it follows the course of the battle from the point of view of William Beatty, the ship’s surgeon, his surgical team and the ordinary sailors they tried to save. Culminating with the arrival of the mortally wounded Nelson himself.
(embedding disabled. click to watch on youtube)
Those docs are sooo cool.
Baby downing beer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4U3P63Yz0E
Mini daschund playing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3gYMwYNKLI
please follow these links to see a series of lectures presented by probably the most emminent English speaking Ancient Greek Historian and renowned Author of the "The Peloponnesian war" Professor Donald Kagan of the prominant university in the USA Yale. In this series of lectures he covers the history of Ancient Greece from the Dark ages through to Tyrants, Persian Invasions, Rise of Athens and the Peloponnesian war to the downfall of the Polis. Each lecture lasts roughly an hour and fifteen minutes and can be streamed directly or downloaded all legally enjoy.
http://academicearth.org/lectures/ka...-greek-history
http://academicearth.org/lectures/the-dark-ages
http://academicearth.org/lectures/the-dark-ages-cont
http://academicearth.org/lectures/the-rise-of-polis
http://academicearth.org/lectures/th...-of-polis-cont
http://academicearth.org/lectures/th...on-and-tyranny
http://academicearth.org/lectures/th...d-tyranny-cont
http://academicearth.org/lectures/sparta
http://academicearth.org/lectures/sparta-cont
http://academicearth.org/lectures/the-rise-of-athens
http://academicearth.org/lectures/th...of-athens-cont
http://academicearth.org/lectures/the-persian-wars
http://academicearth.org/lectures/the-athenian-empire
http://academicearth.org/lectures/th...an-empire-cont
http://academicearth.org/lectures/athenian-democracy
http://academicearth.org/lectures/at...democracy-cont
http://academicearth.org/lectures/th...ian-war-part-i
http://academicearth.org/lectures/th...ar-part-i-cont
http://academicearth.org/lectures/th...an-war-part-ii
http://academicearth.org/lectures/th...r-part-ii-cont
http://academicearth.org/lectures/struggle-for-hegemony-in-4th-century-greece http://academicearth.org/lectures/st...ry-greece-cont
http://academicearth.org/lectures/the-twilight-of-polis
http://academicearth.org/lectures/th...and-conclusion
Under the Patronage of the Venerable Jom Patron of the one true Shogun wealthmonger, Antipodean son IZob, Terrifying Sultan of the Blitz totalwar_legend & Warden of the Iron Throne Dux
French and Indian War: La Bataille de Monongahela
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qKFo8WpRak
Légion étrangère : « Honneur et Fidélité »
Set during World War II, a German woman and her son find refuge in a cabin on Christmas Eve and soon find themselves keeping the peace between German and American soldiers who also need shelter.
"Battle of Manchuria" and links to many other vidoes of the "Battlefield" and "Battlefield II" documentary series:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bwdZvjJlMg
Falklands War- The Untold Story. (1987)
In 3 Parts.Five years after the war in the Falklands between Britain and Argentina, many facts were still wrapped in red tape. Many of the key figures had remained silent. No-one had been to Argentina to tell the other side of the story. For the majority of the British people, the war was another glorious chapter in their history. With flags waving and bands playing, British troops had sailed away to repel the invaders. Patriotic emotions were stirred as they returned victorious. 'The Falklands War - The Untold Story', shot in Britain, the United States, Argentina and the Falklands, revealed for the first time to the British public the harsh realities of modern warfare.
http://rutube.ru/tracks/2596456.html...d3a4fc858d6162
http://rutube.ru/tracks/2596630.html...4575439f57d41f
http://rutube.ru/tracks/2596719.html...b5e4193124e38b
Very good documentary filmed only 5 years after the conflict featuring footage of the war itself and interviews with soldiers/commanders of both the British and Argentinian forces.