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The Pacific In The Wake of Captain Cook with Sam Neill ep. 1

History, Travel / 2 minutes of reading / September 18, 2018 / By HDclump

250 YEARS AFTER Captain James Cook began his epic exploration of the Pacific, Sam Neill journeys in the wake, uncovering stories that resonate from those times on both sides of the beach. Visiting the islands and lands where Cook went and meeting the descendants of the people Cook met, Sam hears their stories from oral tradition. What did Cook’s arrival mean to Pacific island cultures then and now? Across six stunning episodes without a re-enactment or fake quill in sight, Sam takes an epic and thoroughly modern look at 250 years of Pacific history. Sam begins with a […]

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Andrew Marr’s History of the World part 5

History / 1 minute of reading / April 14, 2018 / By HDclump

In Andrew Marr’s History of the World part 5 – Age of Plunder, Andrew tells the story of Europe’s rise from piracy to private enterprise. The explosion of global capitalism began with Christopher Columbus stumbling across America while searching for China. While Europe tore itself apart in religious wars after the Reformation, the Spanish colonised the New World and brought back 10 trillion dollars’ worth of gold and silver. But it was Dutch and English buccaneer businessmen who invented the real money-maker: limited companies and the stock exchange. They battled hand-to-hand to control the world’s sea trade

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Andrew Marr’s History of the World part 4

History / 1 minute of reading / April 13, 2018 / By HDclump

In Andrew Marr’s History of the World part 4, Andrew Marr reaches the Middle Ages. After the collapse of the Roman Empire, Europe was little more than a muddy backwater. Vikings explored and pillaged from Northern Europe to North America. But they also laid the foundations of powerful new trading states – including Russia. This was also the Golden Age of Islam, and the knowledge of ancient civilisations from India, Persia and Greece was built upon by Islamic scholars in Baghdad’s House of Wisdom. Andrew Marr’s History of the World part 4 By exploring the conquests of Genghis Khan, the

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Andrew Marr’s History of the World part 3

History / 1 minute of reading / April 11, 2018 / By HDclump

In Andrew Marr’s History of the World part 3, Andrew Marr plunges into the spiritual revolutions that shook the world between 300 BC and 700 AD. This was an age that saw the bloody prince Ashoka turn to Buddhism in India, the ill-fated union of Julius Caesar and Egypt’s Cleopatra, the unstoppable rise of Christianity across the Roman Empire and the dramatic spread of Islam from Spain to Central Asia. Andrew Marr’s History of the World part 3 – The Word and the Sword But the most potent human force on the planet came from the combination of faith

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Andrew Marr’s History of the World part 2

History / 2 minutes of reading / April 10, 2018 / By HDclump

In Andrew Marr’s History of the World part 2, Andrew Marr tells the story of the first empires which laid the foundations for the modern world. From the Assyrians to Alexander the Great, conquerors rampaged across the Middle East and vicious wars were fought all the way from China to the Mediterranean. But this time of chaos and destruction also brought enormous progress and inspired human development. Andrew Marr’s History of the World Part 2 – Age of Empire In the Middle East, the Phoenicians invented the alphabet, and one of the most powerful ideas in world history

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Andrew Marr’s History of the World part 1

History / 1 minute of reading / April 9, 2018 / By HDclump

In “Andrew Marr’s History of the World part 1” Andrew Marr sets off on an epic journey through 70,000 years of human history. Using dramatic reconstructions, documentary filming around the world and cutting-edge computer graphics, he reveals the decisive moments that shaped the world we live in today, telling stories we thought we knew and others we were never told. Andrew Marr’s History of the World Part 1: Survival Starting with our earliest beginnings in Africa, Marr traces the story of our nomadic ancestors as they spread out around the world and settled down to become the first

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The Vietnam War episode 6

History / 2 minutes of reading / April 4, 2018 / By HDclump

The Vietnam War episode 6 – Things Fall Apart In The Vietnam War episode 6, on the eve of the Tet holiday, North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces launch surprise attacks on cities and military bases throughout the south, suffering devastating losses but casting grave doubt on Johnson’s promise that there is “light at the end of the tunnel.” The president decides not to run again and the country is staggered by assassinations and unrest. In an immersive 360-degree narrative, Burns and Novick tell the epic story of the Vietnam War as it has never before been told on

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The Vietnam War episode 5

History / 2 minutes of reading / April 3, 2018 / By HDclump

In The Vietnam War episode 5, american casualties and enemy body counts mount as Marines face deadly North Vietnamese ambushes and artillery south of the DMZ and Army units chase an elusive enemy in the central highlands. Hanoi lays plans for a massive surprise offensive, and the Johnson Administration reassures the American public that victory is in sight. The Vietnam War is a ten-part, 18-hour documentary film series directed by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick that will air on PBS in September 2017. In an immersive 360-degree narrative, Burns and Novick tell the epic story of the Vietnam

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The Vietnam War episode 4

History / 2 minutes of reading / April 2, 2018 / By HDclump

In The Vietnam War episode 4, defying American airpower, North Vietnamese troops and materiel stream down the Ho Chi Minh Trail into the south, while Saigon struggles to “pacify the countryside.” As an antiwar movement builds back home, hundreds of thousands of soldiers and Marines discover that the war they are being asked to fight in Vietnam is nothing like their fathers’ war. The Vietnam War is a ten-part, 18-hour documentary film series directed by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick that will air on PBS in September 2017. In an immersive 360-degree narrative, Burns and Novick tell the

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The Vietnam War episode 3

History / 2 minutes of reading / April 1, 2018 / By HDclump

The Vietnam War episode 3 – The River Styx In The Vietnam War episode 3 – With South Vietnam in chaos, hardliners in Hanoi seize the initiative and send combat troops to the south, accelerating the insurgency. Fearing Saigon’s collapse, President Johnson escalates America’s military commitment, authorizing sustained bombing of the north and deploying ground troops in the south. The Vietnam War is a ten-part, 18-hour documentary film series directed by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick that will air on PBS in September 2017. In an immersive 360-degree narrative, Burns and Novick tell the epic story of the Vietnam War as

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The Vietnam War episode 2

History / 3 minutes of reading / March 31, 2018 / By HDclump

In The Vietnam War episode 2, President Kennedy inspires idealistic young Americans to serve their country and wrestles with how deeply to get involved in South Vietnam. As the increasingly autocratic Diem regime faces a growing communist insurgency and widespread Buddhist protests, a grave political crisis unfolds. The Vietnam War episode 2 – Riding the Tiger The Vietnam War is a ten-part, 18-hour documentary film series directed by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick that will air on PBS in September 2017. In an immersive 360-degree narrative, Burns and Novick tell the epic story of the Vietnam War as it

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The Vietnam War episode 1

History / 2 minutes of reading / March 30, 2018 / By HDclump

The Vietnam War episode 1 – Déjà Vu: After a long and brutal war, Vietnamese revolutionaries led by Ho Chi Minh end nearly a century of French colonial occupation. With the Cold War intensifying, Vietnam is divided in two at Geneva. Communists in the north aim to reunify the country, while America supports Ngo Dinh Diem’s untested regime in the south. The Vietnam War episode 1 The Vietnam War is a ten-part, 18-hour documentary film series directed by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick that will air on PBS in September 2017. In an immersive 360-degree narrative, Burns

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