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Root of the 7 Years of Tribulation Britain Sends American to its Destruction. Sapience: The Search For Wisdom by Sapience Film. Thanks so much for visiting our page, and viewing our pledge video and trailer.

Sapience: The Search For Wisdom by Sapience Film

We're so excited to embark on the remainder of this film with your support! For more information about the film and who the team is, here are a couple of links, as well as some additional info below! Sapience website Facebook Twitter YouTube and Vimeo Flickr. Pax Americana and the Weaponization of Space. Star Wars is no longer science fiction.

Pax Americana and the Weaponization of Space

The prospect of Earth being ruled from space is no longer science-fiction. The dream of the original Dr. Strangelove, Wernher von Braun (from Nazi rocket-scientist to NASA director) has survived every US administration since WW2 and is coming to life. Today the technology exists to weaponize space, a massive American industry thrives, and nations are maneuvering for advantage.

Pax Americana tackles this pivotal moment. With startling archival footage and unprecedented access to US Air Force Space Command, this elegant, forceful documentary reveals the state of play through generals, space-policy analysts, politicians, diplomats, peace activists, and hawks. British Empire in Colour. Crash Course: World History. Crash Course is a YouTube channel featuring short, fast-paced video lessons about World History.

Crash Course: World History

Videos move very quickly, almost frantically at times, making them more like entertaining overviews of these topics than serious lessons. There are a couple of innuendos thrown into both videos, so watch them and use your discretion before showing them in your classroom. The Wehrmacht. Hitler's army thundered through Europe from 1939 to 1945 and brought needless death and destruction to the continent. What was it like to serve in this army? To conduct one of the bloodiest wars in history? To occupy half of Europe and yet to suffer total defeat? This five-part portrait provides long-awaited answers and sheds light on the Wehrmacht's complex bonds of loyalty, conscience and honor. The thought-provoking story of an army's evolution from defense troops to military force to exterminating power.

Watch the full documentary now (playlist - 3 hours, 50 minutes) You can buy the DVD at Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk. The War of the World. Controversial historian Professor Niall Ferguson argues that in the last century there were not in fact two World Wars and a Cold War, but a single Hundred Years' War. It was not nationalism that powered the conflicts of the century, but empires. It was not ideologies of class or the advent of socialism driving the century, but race. Ultimately, ethnic conflict underpinned 20th-century violence. Engineering an Empire. Weapons that Made Britain. In this five-part series, presenter Mike Loades takes us on a fascinating tour of medieval arms and armor, and demonstrates their central role in key events in British history. As an expert who trains people how to use medieval weapons, Mike is in a unique position to show us how these weapons were made and used and their impact on British society.

Suez: A Very British Crisis. The Suez crisis in the 1950s signaled the end of Britain's history as a power that could act alone on the world stage.

Suez: A Very British Crisis

This BBC Two series tells the story of Suez using dramatic reconstructions and interviews with participants and witnesses to the crisis. Betrayal - The Suez Canal in Egypt was a symbol of western dominance. France and Britain were the major shareholders in the company that ran the canal and British troops occupied its banks. When Gamal Abdul Nasser came to power in 1954, his main objective was to remove the British from Egypt.

The British Prime Minister, Anthony Eden, did not understand that the world had changed. Conspiracy - When Nasser seized control of the Suez Canal, Anthony Eden was appalled. War - In the final episode, Anthony Eden takes the country to war in Suez. Watch the full documentary now (playlist - ) Argos. De Nederlandse Publieke Omroep maakt gebruik van cookies.

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De Nederlandse Publieke Omroep maakt gebruik van cookies. We maken een onderscheid tussen functionele cookies en cookies voor het beheer van webstatistieken, advertenties en social media. Civilisation. In 1966 BBC Television embarked on its most ambitious documentary series to date.

Civilisation

The eminent art historian Lord Clark was commissioned to write and present an epic examination of Western European culture, defining what he considered to be the crucial phases of its development. Civilisation: A Personal View by Lord Clark would be more than two years in the making, with filming in over 100 locations across 13 countries.