Originally broadcast on television from 1992-1996.
Contains select episodes from the television series.
"Some episodes may be edited from their original network versions."
Special features: Disc 1: Archaeology: unearthing our past; Howard Carter and the Tomb of Tutankhamun; Colonel Lawrence's war: T.E. Lawrence and Arabia; From slavery to freedom ; Disc 3: Theodore Roosevelt and the American century; Ecology: pulse of the planet; American dreams: Norman Rockwell & The Saturday Evening Post; Art rebellion: the making of the modern; Edgar Degas: reluctant rebel; Braque + Picasso: a collaboration ; Disc 5: Giacomo Puccini: music of the heart; It's opera!; The Archduke's last journey: end of an era; Powder keg: Europe 1900 to 1914; Sigmund Freud: exploring the unconscious; Carl Jung and the journey to self discovery; Psychology: charting the human mind ; Disc 6: Seeking truth: the life of Leo Tolstoy; Unquiet voices: Russian writers and the State; Aristotle: creating foundations; Ancient questions: philosophy and our search for meaning ; Disc 7: Jiddu Krishnamurti: the reluctant Messiah; Annie Besant: an unlikely rebel; Medicine in the Middle Kingdom; Eastern spirituality: the road to enlightenment? ; Disc 9: Thomas Edison: lighting up the world; Invention and innovation: what's behind a good idea?; The mystery of Edward Stratemeyer; Wanted-- dead or alive: Pancho Villa and the American invasion of Mexico; General John J. Pershing and his American Army; George S. Patton: American Achilles ; Disc 11: Easter Rising: the Poet's Rebellion; The passion of William Butler Yeats; Sean O'Casey vs. Ireland; Ireland: the power of the poets; Winston Churchill: the lion's roar; Demanding the vote: the Pankhursts and British suffrage; Fighting for the vote: women's suffrage in America ; Disc 12: Interactive timeline; Historical lecture: the promise of progress; Revolution interactive game.
Music, Laurence Rosenthal.
Sean Patrick Flanery, George Hall, Corey Carrier, Margaret Tyzack, Ruth De Sosa, Lloyd Owen, Kevin McNally.
DVD, region 1, full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital stereo, NTSC.
DVD-ROM minimum system requirements: Microsoft Windows 2000 (SP1) with a Pentium 4 or compatible CPU, 1 GB RAM, 150 MB available hard drive space, a video card with 64 MB RAM, 16 bit sound card and a DVD-ROM drive. Macintosh requirements: OS X Version 10.3.9+, G4, 1 GB RAM and 150 MB available hard drive space.
These DVDs are copy-protected.
English dialogue, English subtitles; closed-captioned.
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