History Specials, All-Time Best Sellers Collection, Vol. 2
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HISTORY® Specials Collection: All-Time Best Sellers, Vol. 2 contains some of our most riveting specials. The Godfather Legacy examines the epic story that still grips America and includes exclusive interviews with filmmakers, historians and real Mafiosi. How Playboy Changed the World offers a glimpse into how the controversial magazine served as a cultural tipping point. Caligula: 1400 Days of Terror explores the orgies and murderous acts of Rome’s most notorious leader. WWII From Space highlights the war’s key turning points via a never-seen-before satellite view. How the Earth Made Man traces quirks of the human body and mind back to enormous transformations on Earth. And What's the Earth Worth inventories all our planet’s riches to see how much we’ve used and how much remains.
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Caligula: 1400 Days of Terror
It only takes one person to make a difference and fewer than four years to wreak carnal havoc on the Roman Empire. Through Caligula: 1400 Days of Terror, HISTORY explores the orgies, incest and murderous acts of this reigning lunatic up to his demise at age 28 while looking beyond the legend and into the anguished life of a notorious leader.
It only takes one person to make a difference and fewer than four years to wreak carnal havoc on the Roman Empire. Through Caligula: 1400 Days of Terror, HISTORY explores the orgies, incest and murderous acts of this reigning lunatic up to his demise at age 28 while looking beyond the legend and into the anguished life of a notorious leader.
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WWII from Space
This spectacular two-hour special delivers the tipping points of World War II as you ve never seen them before. The key editorial feature of the program is an all-seeing CGI eye; a satellite, flying above earth, bringing a new visual approach to the biggest conflict of all time. Flying through space and time from above, we ll see these monumental moments in their global context, bringing new information to the forefront and explaining how a nation ranked 19th in the world s militaries in 1939, emerged six years later as the planet s only atomic superpower. Our view from above means we can re-interpret WWII; placing key events in perspective, flying around the world to show the importance of simultaneity, revealing the hidden ripple effects of crucial incidents, and re-creating ground-breaking moments that could never have been captured on camera.
This spectacular two-hour special delivers the tipping points of World War II as you ve never seen them before. The key editorial feature of the program is an all-seeing CGI eye; a satellite, flying above earth, bringing a new visual approach to the biggest conflict of all time. Flying through space and time from above, we ll see these monumental moments in their global context, bringing new information to the forefront and explaining how a nation ranked 19th in the world s militaries in 1939, emerged six years later as the planet s only atomic superpower. Our view from above means we can re-interpret WWII; placing key events in perspective, flying around the world to show the importance of simultaneity, revealing the hidden ripple effects of crucial incidents, and re-creating ground-breaking moments that could never have been captured on camera.