In our day to day lives, we pay scant regard to what's actually under our feet, buried beneath our cities' streets. 'Cities of the Underworld' from the History Channel takes you to the places that the public often aren't permitted access; to see the bunkers, caves and remnants of Ancient civilisations that are buried beneath the modern world. From the dark, dank prison cells of Vlad the Impaler's Rumanian castles, and the immaculately preserved Ancient Neapolitain streets through to the tunnels under Paris created by Ancient limestone mines, now filled with the skeletons of over 6 million Parisians, 'Cities of the Underworld' provides a direct insight into the world of the past that still exists; in many cases propping up our modern day cities. Indeed, the very bunkers we visited in Berlin (see 'Going Underground In Berlin') make an appearance!
In recent years, religious fanaticism and terrorism has rarely been away from the news headlines. But whilst the methods have changed, the underlying reasons remain the same almost 1000 years after the Catholic Church effectively decided that it was absolutely fine to run rampage across the Middle East, slaughtering at will, provided you were doing it God's name. Naturally, the Muslim people inhabiting those lands weren't necessarily appreciative of these religious thugs' behaviour, so they fought back. Which, under the circumstances was a perfectly reasonable reaction!
The full coverage of the State Funeral of Sir Winston Churchill is, for the first time, now available on DVD. The funeral took place on the 30th January 1965, with Churchill being the first statesman of the 20th Century to be given the honour of a full state funeral.
His coffin was carried through the silent crowd lined streets of London to St Pau'ls cathedral on a horse drawn gun carriage. Churchill had died some six days earlier of a stroke. In the period before the funeral he lay in state for three days and over 300,000 people had filed past his coffin to pay their last respects.
The DVD includes - Bearer-Party Emerges From Westminster Hall, The Procession Leaves Parliament ,Bearer-Party Arrives At St Paul’s Cathedral
Ad, dress By The Dean, The Very Revd. Walter Matthews, Cavalry Last Post & Reveille, Procession Leaves St Paul’s Cathedral, London’s Dockers Dip Their Cranes In Respect, Bearer-Party Prepares For River Crossing, Train Leaves Waterloo Station, General Public At Bladen Parish Church.
Now available on DVD Valkyrie is a World War II suspense thriller staring Tom Cruise and Kenneth Branagh.
At the height of the war, a group of high-ranking German officers, including Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg (Cruise), Major-General Henning von Tresckow (Branagh) and General Friedrich Olbricht (Bill Nighy), hatched a plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler (David Bamber) and seize power of the military command in order to end the war and make peace with Allied forces. The operation, codenamed 'Valkyrie', was modified by the conspirators to ensure its success, but for various reasons the plot failed when finally carried out on 20 July 1944, and the conspirators of the inner circle were summarily executed following a kangaroo trial. Cert 12
Valkyrie is based on a true story that unlike some Hollywood films plays some respect to the facts. Have to say Valkyrie is an enjoyable film mostly well acted and with excellent cinematography only let down for me with a slightly ponderous plot and the fact that all the German soliders had excellent plummy english accents! But for it is worth investing the time in so a 3/5 from me.
Over at HistoryDirect we are pleased to have negotiated an exclusive UK distribution deal with Italian production company Altair to bring you this exciting journey through time and space to the splendours of Ancient Rome in 3D uses the most recent discoveries and latest technology to bring the Ancient city back to life, reconstructing Rome's most famous monuments in full 3D.
With this innovative Interactive DVD you can navigate through Rome's reconstructed monuments, experiencing them for the first time exactly like the Romans did. You are able to switch from reconstructions of the past to modern day images to make spectacular comparisons between past and present. With Ancient Rome in 3D you will experience Rome like never before.
It includes Bonus material: The House of Julius Polybius - This animated reconstruction takes you to the Ancient city of Pompeii just moments before the eruption of Mt Vesuvius. Ancient Rome in 3D has been awarded the Agon Prize in Athens for scientific merit.
Buy this fantastic 3D Tour of Ancient Rome on DVD now for only £18.99 (RRP £19.99) exclusively from Historydirect.co.uk
In our day to day lives, we pay scant regard to what's actually under our feet, buried beneath our cities' streets. 'Cities of the Underworld' from the History Channel takes you to the places that the public often aren't permitted access; to see the bunkers, caves and remnants of ancient civilisations that are buried beneath the modern world. From the dark, dank prison cells of Vlad the Impaler's Rumanian castles, and the immaculately preserved ancient Neapolitain streets through to the tunnels under Paris created by ancient limestone mines, now filled with the skeletons of over 6 million Parisians, 'Cities of the Underworld' provides a direct insight into the world of the past that still exists; in many cases propping up our modern day cities. Indeed, the very bunkers we visited in Berlin (see 'Going Underground In Berlin') make an ...... Read More
The full coverage of the State Funeral of Sir Winston Churchill is, for the first time, now available on DVD. The funeral took place on the 30th January 1965, with Churchill being the first statesman of the 20th Century to be given the honour of a full state funeral.
Now available on DVD Valkyrie is a World War II suspense thriller staring Tom Cruise and Kenneth Branagh. 
In our day to day lives, we pay scant regard to what's actually under our feet, buried beneath our cities' streets. 'Cities of the Underworld' from the History Channel takes you to the places that the public often aren't permitted access; to see the bunkers, caves and remnants of ancient civilisations that are buried beneath the modern world. From the dark, dank prison cells of Vlad the Impaler's Rumanian castles, and the immaculately preserved ancient Neapolitain streets through to the tunnels under Paris created by ancient limestone mines, now filled with the skeletons of over 6 million Parisians, 'Cities of the Underworld' provides a direct insight into the world of the past that still exists; in many cases propping up our modern day cities. Indeed, the very bunkers we visited in Berlin (see 'Going Underground In Berlin') make an ...... Read More
