Documentary

• Cold War Collection -Nato-From Cold War To Hot the First 60 Years | DVD | (28/06/2010) from £9.43   |  Saving you £-2.44 (-34.90%)   |  RRP £6.99

  The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (N.A.T.O.) was formed in Rome in April 1949 with 12 member countries. Today it has 26 with many former Warsaw Pact states from Eastern Europe representing the well-being of nearly a billion people and making it the world's leading peace-keeper. This unique DVD is a compilation featuring a selection of previously unreleased archive NATO documentaries written produced and directed by award winning British film-maker JOHN EDWARDS who was NATO's key film-maker for nearly forty years. His insight into the military hardware and political propaganda is unsurpassed and he personally links his own films in this fascinating look at the most powerful force for peace and the continuity of Democracy the World has ever seen.. Together they celebrate the first sixty years of NATO military and political activity and cover the formation of the NATO Alliance Soviet post WW2 expansion the Iron Curtain and the formation of the Warsaw Pact the Berlin Air-Lift The Cold War 'Superpowers' Arms Race The Nuclear stand-off and the Cuban missile crisis The rise and fall of the Berlin Wall The Czech uprising the impostion of Polish Martial Law The Warsaw Pact's disintegration NATOs own Air Force in the 1970s NATO on patrol in Northern Ireland An F-16 Hot Scramble Nimrod Patrols and the E3A AWACS Force A Phantom Jet interception of 2 Russian Bear aircraft the UN request to NATO to stop bloodshed in Bosnia NATO firing its first shots in anger to devastating effect the UN request for peace-keeping in Afghanistan. The might of NATOs joint arsenal is evidenced in the large scale exercises that John Edwards had unprecedented access to the frontline of including the Russian invasion exercise in Four days in autumn in 1982 - when 3000 troops crossed the Rhine in just 2 hours. A Hawk Missile battery in action to down enemy aircraft that could launch surprise bomb and gas attacks. Also featuring rockets tanks helicopter gun ships jet fighters bombers assault craft and underwater tanks that swim across rivers NATO Exercises really were the closest thing to real war.

• Railways In Britain Archive -The Scottish Express ~ The 1946 Steam Locomotive Film | DVD | (08/11/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Scottish Express (1946 33 mins) is about the preparation and operation of the immediate post-war Scottish Express LNER service drawn by A4 class steam locomotive 4489 on its 10am run from London King's Cross to Edinburgh Waverley with her driver and fireman Tom and Fred. Shot from the lineside on board the train and in the steam engine's cab during the run the film also shows the construction of steam engines at the LNER's Doncaster works and visits the company's coachworks at York. Other LNER steam locomtives featured are 4485 'Webster' 4492 4599 4464 'Britten' 4493 NE and 4465. An archive travelogue journeying to Scotland from the English Lake District via Cumberland and Westmorland. We see sheep farming traditional salmon fishing Princes Street in Edinburgh Berwick Castle Inverness a paddle steamer on a loch and hear an evocative soundtrack of Scottish Folk Songs including 'Over The Sea To Skye' 'The Skye Boat Song' 'Coming Through The Rye' and 'Loch Lomond'. This is an extract from a travelogue made for the LMS showing The Trossachs in central Scotland. Presenting a combination of lochs woods mountains glens picturesque villages and hills the film shows Loch Katrine and Lomond from a tourists perspective following the paddle steamers that ply their trade there. Also seen are the Four in hand horse-drawn coaches transporting tourists from one loch to the other.

• Bygone Pictures - Sheffield | DVD | (08/03/2010) from £19.42   |  Saving you £-6.43 (-49.50%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Sit back and enjoy a trip down memory lane, as we journey back through time and catch a glimpse of Sheffield's glorious past. You will see street scenes showing everyday life for the people of the city, people at work and at play plus some examples of transport in bygone Sheffield. You will also see some of the bad times and good times in the cities history. Discover how your city has changed and watch it come back to life using the latest digital video technology. Anybody who knows this famo...

• U Boats At Sea | DVD | (01/03/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  A fascinating documentary focusing on German submarines in action during World War II. Following the treaty of Versailles in 1919 Germany was obliged to surrender it high sea fleet and was strictly forbidden to construct warplanes and submarines.

• Islamic Art At The V&A | DVD | (28/08/2006) from £16.35   |  Saving you £8.64 (34.60%)   |  RRP £24.99

  London's V&A has one of the world's finest collections of Islamic art from the Middle East. Among its 10,000 objects are the Ardabil Carpet made in 16th-century Iran, one of the largest and finest carpets in existence, and an exquisite rock crystal ewer from 11th-century Egypt. From the summer of 2006, these treasures will be displayed in a dazzling new gallery conceived to increase awareness and appreciation of Islamic art.This DVD offers two films, the first film following the creation and ...

• Share the Blue Sky - Stories of the Bird of Peace | DVD | (15/11/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £39.99

  Award-winning Writer/Director Jim Jenner takes you on a fascinating journey through the world of the pigeons and doves. SHARE THE BLUE SKY is the longest, most comprehensive documentary ever made on this family of birds, long recognized as mankind's oldest feathered friend. Filmed on five continents and in 19 countries this exciting series contains over five hours of material on three DVD's. The twenty chapters in this complete collection include stories on all types of pigeons, from performing and racing birds to birds bred for show. You'll also meet some of history's most famous pigeon-lovers in Europe, North America and China. It's a wonder saga of how one bird has come to symbolize human beings wish for peace and their love for this gentle creature.

• Basic Maths-Long Division | DVD | (23/06/2008) from £22.98   |  Saving you £2.01 (8.00%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Long Division In this lesson a story example-the magazine delivery problem-is used to develop the universal procedure for a division problem. ""Divide multiply subtract bring down"" is no longer a mantra but has become a well-understood sequence of steps related to a concrete problem. Various types of long-division problems are discussed. They include one-digit divisors two-digit divisors and a zero in the answer. The rationale for why one cannot divide by zero is explained. You Will Learn To make a valid estimate for a division problem. To divide by a one-digit divisor. To divide by a two-digit divisor. Be able to explain why you cannot divide by zero.

• Straight | DVD | (27/12/2010) from £3.98   |  Saving you £13.00 (653.27%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Drenched in sex and style Straight ploughs right through to the tantalizing details of a mnage trois. Jana is a social worker who tries to help local prostitutes she tells her judgmental and racist mother that she works for a publishing company as a cover for the truth; she lives in the slums. Nazim prowls the neighbourhood with his crew in search of drugs and fist fights hiding his true identity as a bi-curious hoodlum who picks up male strangers for an impersonal quickie. David is one of his first conquests but Nazim is ashamed and throws him out as soon as their session is over. David finds himself back in the arms of his girlfriend Jana who is constantly awash in a haze of sex and drugs including when she performs a strip tease at a bar and picks up a mesmerized Nazim who knows nothing of her relationship with David. As David Nazim and Jana begin to discover each other's secrets Straight tightens the screws until the tension is almost unbearable.

• Heat & Shadows - Hot Dreams | DVD | (27/10/2008) from £9.52   |  Saving you £2.46 (37.67%)   |  RRP £8.99

• Mischief 3000 | DVD | (08/03/2004) from £13.48   |  Saving you £-3.49 (-34.90%)   |  RRP £9.99

  The import tuning company Teckademics brings you Mischief! A sixty minute feature packed with illegal street racing out-running cops hot-chicks crazy skits auto abuse tight imports fat euros running barricades raiding the 2002 Detroit Auto Show. All in all one definately not to be missed!

• D-Day - The Normandy Invasion | DVD | (23/05/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £2.99

  The 6th June 1944 has gone down in history as D Day the beginning of the end of World War II. Code-named Operation Overlord the Normandy Invasion took the Germany Army completely by surprise as British American Canadian and Allied soldiers from all over the world stormed the beaches of Utah Omaha Gold Juno and Sword. The weather was appalling and the seas of the English Channel distinctly stormy but by bravely taking the initiative the Allies were able to liberate France and march towards Berlin and victory.This programme is a celebration of the D Day spirit which faced tyranny and stood fast to fight whatever the cost to make the world a better place for generations to come.

• UFOs And Cosmic Dimensions | DVD | (19/04/2010) from £21.02   |  Saving you £-8.03 (-61.80%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Prepare to embark on a mind bending journey through the worlds of science spirituality ancient alien cultures and the future of our modern technological age. Along this journey you will visit the most dramatic sacred sites explore the worlds greatest alien mysteries and see the future of life on earth. In 1947 a pilot in Yakima Washington spotted nine 'saucer like' craft moving at over 1200 mph across the midday sky. His story and many others like it caught the imagination of the world kicking off the modern flying saucer era and the UFO phenomenon that exists today. Now drawing on shocking new discoveries from the world's greatest scientific minds this epic investigative series presents factual proof of UFO and Alien influences today that have shaped history and human evolution for thousands of years. Includes shocking eyewitness accounts stunning film of UFOs explosive classified information incredible statements from major scientists and international experts and is the most complete profile of UFOs ever released to the public. Ultimately your perception of reality will be turned inside out by the facts presented in this award winning series of programs.

• ANCIENT EGYPT - Tutankhamun: Search for the Lost Pharaoh | DVD | (29/11/2010) from £9.43   |  Saving you £0.56 (5.60%)   |  RRP £9.99

  From the construction of the pyramids to the secretive tombs of the pharaohs, the Discovery Channel series ANCIENT EGYPT explores every aspect of the once-powerful ancient civilization. This release looks at the myths and legends surrounding King Tutankhamun, while also documenting the remarkable discovery of his body in 1992.

• A Century To Remember | DVD | (30/10/2000) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  A Century To Remember is the definitive pictorial guide yet to be created on DVD that includes all the key events of the 20th Century. Using the highest quality archive footage this DVD contains some of the most stunning and moving images ever recorded in film. With expert ingenuity of imagery and an electrifying classical soundtrack this superb programme takes us on an unforgettable journey of the last 100 years. Key events detailed on this DVD: The Russian Revolution - 25th October 1917; The Great Depression in the USA - 1929-1936; The Roaring Twenties; 'From Actress to Princess' - The Grace Kelly story; The Spanish Civil War - 1936-1939; Juan and Eva Peron - 1946-1952; The Vietnam War - 1965-1975; World War II - 1939-1945; The Birth Of The Movies; Early Aviation; The Space Age - 1947-1961; Diana - Princess of Wales; The Gulf War - 1991. This DVD will appeal to all historians and is the ultimate family encyclopaedia of events that happened in the 20th Century and have somehow shaped our lives today!

• Tom Waits -The Complete Review | DVD | (06/02/2012) from £16.15   |  Saving you £-0.16 (-1.00%)   |  RRP £15.99

  It's almost 40 years since Tom Waits' debut record, and during a career that, for most fans, has quite simply gotten better, more exciting and more challenging with each new release, he is surely the only performer and writer from the rock age to be consistently satisfying while remaining as difficult to predict as the weather. This double DVD set reviews Tom's career from his pre-contract days when he worked as a struggling songwriter, right through his Island years and his experimental phase bringing the story up to date with his most recent records. With the aid of plentiful archive, rare footage, interviews with the man himself plus contributions from his nearest colleagues, this set comes as close as it's possible to get in tracking the true Tom Waits and revealing quite what it is that has made this extraordinary artist the maverick he truly remains. Includes brand new interviews with producer Bones Howe, biographer Barney Hoskins, collaborator Jerry Yester, ex-Village Voice music editor Robert Christgau, Rolling Stone's Anthony De Curtis and many others.

• Guns n' Roses - Guns 'N' Roses - Under Review - Use Your Illusion 1 And 2 | DVD | (29/10/2007) from £20.00   |  Saving you £-7.01 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Releases simultaneously in September 1991 the brace of albums making up the Use Your Illusion double set made history before most fans had heard a note - never before (and never since) had any group or artist occupied the Billboard chart positions one and two in the same week. But this is Guns N' Roses we're discussing - a band who never do things by halves.

• New American Standard Bible (NASB) Bible On DVD - Stephen Johnston | DVD | (01/12/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  The NASB'' Bible On DVD contains what is widely embraced as ''the most literally accurate English translation'' of the scripture from the original languages. Millions of people trust the NASB'' learning from it and applying it to the challenges of their daily lives.Emmy Award-winner Stephen Johnston has been a master narrator of the Bible since 1980. His crystal clear mellow baritone voice provides distinct pronunciation and easily makes the Scriptures come alive in a contemporary easy-to-understand style.

• The U.S. Civil War | DVD | (22/09/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £34.99

  The American Civil War (1861-1865) is one of the greatest conflicts in the history of mankind and the bloodiest and saddest war in American history. What began as a bitter dispute over union and States' Rights ended as a struggle over the meaning of freedom in America. It saw the end of slavery. It inspired men who had never strayed far from their own front doors to become soldiers in great armies and to fight in epic battles hundreds of miles from home. It was the first modern war and the costliest yielding at least 600 000 casualties and unprecedented domestic suffering both spiritually and physically. As a defining moment in United States history their Civil War has no equal which is why it remains such a fascinating subject even today. The dramatic story of the Civil War unfolds as we relive the battles that helped save the nation including Manassas Antietam Fredericksburg Chancellorsville Spotsylvania Gettysburg and the final surrender at Appomattox. Episodes Comprise: Disc 1: A House Divided Bonus Features: Civil War Photgraphers The Peculiar Instituition Civil War Espionage Disc 2: The Terrible Swift Sword Bonus Features: Cavalry In The Civil War Slaves & The Confederacy Conscription North & South Disc 3: The Union Restored Bonus Features: Prisoners Of War The Commanders In Chief Reconstruction & The Klu Klux Klan

• Complete Science - Key Stage 1, 2 And 3 | DVD | (20/06/2005) from £79.36   |  Saving you £-16.37 (-26.00%)   |  RRP £62.99

  Science In Action: Each tutorial on this award winning 2 DVD set features three break points for thoughtful reflection allowing your child to review and discuss the material covered. Also provocative questions at the break points challenge your child to think and respond to what you have just learned. Understanding Science: The Understanding Science series presents difficult scientific concepts in an entertaining and easy to understand format without detracting from the

• Smash his Camera | DVD | (28/02/2011) from £10.97   |  Saving you £4.02 (26.80%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis sued him Marlon Brando broke his jaw and Steve McQueen gave him a look that could have killed. To the celebrities he pursued photographer Ron Galella was the beast who threatened beauty. As it turned out he gave them a strange and lasting beauty they might never have known without him. Oscar winner Leon Gest (When Were Kings) brilliantly explores the story of this notorious paparazzo and in doing so sheds lights onto the complex issues of the right to privacy freedom of the press and the ever-growing vortex of celebrity worship