History's turning points [(DVD) videorecording] / Transatlantic Films ; in co-production with The Learning Channel, Teleac, ORF and SBS ; series producer: Neil Cameron ; executive producer: Revel Guest.
5 videodiscs (325 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
System Details
DVD, region 1; Dolby Digital.
Language
In English; English subtitles.
Summary
Thirteen events which affected world history. Includes dramatized reconstructions and photographs.
Contents
Disc 1. The battle of Salamis (485 BC) ; The Great Wall of China (221 BC) -- Disc 2. The battle of Actium (31 BC) ; The conquest of Spain (711 AD) -- Disc 3. The Black Death (1347 AD) ; The siege of Constantinople (1453 AD) ; The conquest of the Incas (1532 AD) -- Disc 4. The marriage of Pocahontas (1614 AD) ; The battle for Canada (1759 AD) ; Zulus at war (1879 AD) -- Disc 5. The battle of Tsushima (1905 AD) ; The Russian Revolution (1917 AD) ; The atomic bomb (1945 AD).