Days that Shook the World: Series 1

History Documentary hosted by Stephen Beckett and Peter Guiness, published by BBC in 2003 - English narration



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Through dramatic reconstructions, eye-witness accounts and archive footage, each episode in the "Days That Shook the World" TV series pieces together the thrilling stories of the landmarks of our time; the moments in history - human tragedies, scientific breakthroughs and calamitous events that have profoundly affected the way the world thinks and acts. Days that Shook the World examines some of the most important days in history, creating a detailed and forensic analysis of 24 hours that changed the world. It covers some of the biggest themes in World history - from the history of flight, to the rise and fall of Communism.
This fresh and unusual BBC production explores mankind's defining moments. A gripping anatomy of some of the most important days in history, hour by hour as they unfolded. Incisive, fascinating & dramatic, the complete series builds a compelling picture of the seismic moments in world history.
From ancient Egypt to the Berlin Wall, these episodes look at events that had a lasting impact on human history, from technological breakthroughs to political tragedies. Finding new angles and putting events into historical context, the series spans centuries and continents with one common thread: On each of these days, the lives of millions were changed forever. Incredible breakthroughs, acts of shocking brutality, and stories of hope form the themes of these compelling programs.
This collection presents the pilot episode and complete first season of the series, including the episodes "The Wright Brothers' First Flight and the Moon Landing," "The Assassination of Martin Luther King and the Release of Nelson Mandela," and "Hiroshima." All are examined through dramatic reconstruction, eye-witness accounts and archive footage, bringing them alive for young and old to relive or to discover for the first time.

A Lion Television Production for BBC in Association with The History Channel

10)  Black September Hijackings and Lockerbie
People carriers or flying bombs? Our aeroplanes have become entwined with terrorism. The evolution of the commercial aeroplane from people carrier to deadly weapon is illustrated by the tales of "Black September" in 1972 and the Lockerbie bombing of 1988.
Years before the attack on the World Trade Center, world-shaking incidents had demonstrated commercial airplanes uneasy relationship with terrorism. Incredible personal memories illuminate the stories of the world's biggest hijacking and Britain's worst air disaster.
Exactly 31 years before 9/11, an audacious series of skyjackings, involving five planes and over passengers, shocked the world. And in December 1988, Pan Am flight exploded above Lockerbie, killing all 259 on board.
Black September. On 6 September 1970 Palestinian terrorists successfully hijacked three passenger planes and threatened to blow them up unless their demands were met. Eyewitness accounts are used to reconstruct the final 24 hours of this dramatic hostage crisis.
Lockerbie. Bound for New York on 21 December 1988, Pan-Am flight 103 never reached its destination. Instead all 259 people on board and 11 residents of a Scottish town met their end in what remains Britain's worst air disaster.

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Video Codec: x264 CABAC High@L3.1
Video Bitrate: 1 691 Kbps
Video Resolution: 716x400
Display Aspect Ratio: 16:9
Frames Per Second: 25.000 fps
Audio Codec: AC3
Audio Bitrate: 192 kb/s CBR 48000 Hz
Audio Streams: 2
Audio Languages: english
RunTime Per Part: 59 min
Number Of Parts: 13
Part Size: 797 MB
Source: DVD
Encoded by: DocFreak08

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