Biographies
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Category: BiographiesPythagoras
This Documentary describes Pythagoras. It was produced by Cromwell Productions in 1996. Pythagoras (fl. 530 BCE) must have been one of the world's greatest men, but he wrote nothing, and it is hard to say how much of the doctrine we know as Pythagorean is due to the founder of the society and how much is later development. It is also hard to say how much of what we are told about the life of Pythagoras is trustworthy; for a mass of legend gathered around his name at an early date. Sometimes he is represented as a man of science, and sometimes as a preacher of mystic doctrines, and we might be tempted to regard one or other of those characters as alone historical. Tags: Pythagoras Views: 484 Rating:  Posted By: admin |
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Category: BiographiesGenghis Khan
Brutal tyrant or man of vision? Always strike first and always take revenge. Genghis Khan learnt these lessons the hard way during a violent childhood. Son of a murdered father, Genghis grew up in the unforgiving environment of the Mongolian Steppe. But how did an outcast, raised in poverty, come to be the great Khan? Combining live-action footage shot in Mongolia with CGI software used in Lord of the Rings, the recreation of battle scenes is taken to a new level in presenting the story of how Genghis conquered an empire greater than the Roman Empire at its peak Tags: Genghis Khan Views: 768 Rating:  Posted By: admin |
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Interviews with the Master of Suspense are interspersed with clips from his films. An excellent look at his style and theory for suspense cinema. Features clips from The Lodger, Saboteur, Shadow of a Doubt, Notorious, North by Northwest, Psycho, The Birds, Torn Curtain, and Frenzy. Directed by Richard Schickel and narrated by Cliff Robertson. Tags: Alfred Hitchcock Views: 268 Rating:  Posted By: admin |
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Category: BiographiesMahatma Gandhi
This is a 5 hrs. 10 min. documentary biography of Mohandas Mahatma Gandhi. All events and principles of Gandhi's life and thought are viewed as integrated parts of his truth-intoxicated life depicting permanent and universal values. The purpose of the film is to tell the present and the future generations "that such a man as Gandhi in flesh and blood walked upon this earth", to acquaint them with his life and work and to spread his message of peace and universal brotherhood to the war-weary and fear-stricken world. The film brings together a mass of visual record not only of 78-year life of Gandhi but also of an important period of India's history. The aim of the film being education and not entertainment, there is no attempt at dramatization of those exciting times. The story is told with an eye to truthful documentation of the main events within the limits of available documentary visual material. Tags: Mahatma Gandhi Views: 402 Rating:  Posted By: admin |
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Category: BiographiesAtaturk
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk is one of the most important statesmen of the twentieth century. He was an outstanding military officer of the Ottoman Empire, he became the leader of a national war of independence and then the builder of a war-torn country into a new, modern state. He drew a path for national independence for nations under foreign encroachment. He aimed at his country's attaining the standards of contemporary civilization, which he idealized as a true progress for humanity. His conviction in this secular ideal for human progress guided his deeds and his doings in the making of the modern Turkish nation. His biography is thus written and read along with the history of the emergence of the Republic of Turkey. Tags: Ataturk Views: 353 Rating: Posted By: admin |
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Category: BiographiesAristotle
Dr Allan Chapman - Oxford University Professor and historian of science - presents this humorous and entertaining series charting the life and times of some of the world's most influential scientists. Using a blend of archive, animation and comedy dramatizations, Chapman presents engaging and accessible introductions to the complex theories and ideas of Aristotle, Galileo, Newton, Darwin and Einstein. Tags: Aristotle Views: 545 Rating: Posted By: admin |
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This documentary triple feature covers Adolf Hitler's rise to power and rape of Poland, the criminal trials of many notorious Nazis including Goebbels, Goring and Himmler, and a bizarre look at the life of Der Fuhrer and what made him tick.
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