Great Crimes and Trials of the 20th Century: Series 1

History Documentary hosted by Robert Powell, published by A&E in 1992 - English narration



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An insight into the criminal mind, this is a major series of the most extraordinary stories behind the greatest crimes and trials of the century. Serial killers, gangsters, assassins and war criminals - Great Crimes and Trials sheds light on 26 crimes that shocked the world, bringing back memories of some of the most notorious cases of the twentieth century.
True stories carefully researched and reconstructed with actual archive footage are all covered here in exacting detail, alongside other shocking stories of murder and mayhem. Cases which have become almost legendary in the annals of crime and detection, each episode combines archive with new interviews to reconstruct one story, coming face-to-face with the felon, analysing the individual and his motive, explaining how the crime was committed and showing breakthroughs in investigations alongside details of the trial.
Narrated by Robert Powell, this gripping and absorbing series charts the crimes of 26 of the most infamous villains ever including Dillinger, Manson, The Yorkshire Ripper, Jack the Stripper and Dr Crippen. With its researchers gaining unprecedented world-wide access to picture libraries, syndicated sources and over 250,000 hours of archive footage, these are the definitive accounts of these appalling murders containing much material that has never been seen before.

Produced by Nugus/Martin Productions in association with Arts and Entertainment Network

18)  The Great Train Robbery
In 1963 fifteen masked men ambushed a mail train in England. In the early hours of Thursday 8th August at rural Cheddington in Buckinghamshire, 2.6 million Pounds in used bank notes was stolen from the Glasgow to London nightmail train in a daring and brilliantly executed operation lasting just 46 minutes. It was one of the largest robberies ever and quickly dubbed the crime of the century. The heist has captured the imagination of the public and the world's media for 50 years, taking its place in British folklore and giving birth to the myths of The Great Train Robbery. Ronnie Biggs, Buster Edwards and Bruce Reynolds took the criminal world by storm with their 'perfect crime', and became household names.
The thieves were relentlessly pursued by Scotland Yard until half the gang were behind bars serving huge prison terms. But the story did not end there. First one, then another escaped in thrilling style and fled abroad, catching the world's imagination and making the Train Robbers into folk heroes.

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Video Codec: x264 CABAC Main@L4
Video Bitrate: 1 218 Kbps
Video Resolution: 698x564
Display Aspect Ratio: 4:3
Frames Per Second: 25.000 fps
Audio Codec: AAC (LC)
Audio Bitrate: 161 kb/s VBR 48000 Hz
Audio Streams: 2
Audio Languages: english
RunTime Per Part: 26 min
Number Of Parts: 26
Part Size: 173 MB - 501 MB
Source: DVD
Encoded by: cwjian90 for MVGroup

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