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Trade Routes 

6 x 30 

This program brings together living storytellers to 

uncover historical Aboriginal trade routes across Australia long before 

white settlement. 

VHS - SBRBS1 

Price $104.50 

Changing Culture 

This program looks at the lives of two Aborigines who leave their home 

to experience success in new environments, and regularly return home, 

although their sense of belonging has been altered. 

VHS - SBRBS2 

Price $104.50 

Warriors 

This program focuses on resistance against the white invaders. 

Reminiscences of descendants are woven through the story, drawing on 

the continuity of the Aboriginal warrior tradition. Also explored are early 

aspects of Sydney life. 

VHS - SBRBS3 

Price $104.50 

Sacred Sites 

Aborigines believe that land and people are inseparable. To them, their 

sacred sites represent the expression of total reverence for nature 

and mankind. This episode examines the relationship of Aborigines to 

various sacred sites. 

VHS - SBRBS4 

Price $104.50 

Women 

Aboriginal women are becoming the firm inspiration for Aboriginal 

peoples. This episode focuses on Aboriginal women who have fought to 

overcome the pressures of contemporary society, and created a new age 

and regard for themselves and their people. 

VHS - SBRBS5 

Price $104.50 

Survivors 

This episode looks at Aboriginals of mixed racial descent, it examines 

the question of Aboriginal identity, and discusses the stage at 

which Aboriginals of mixed racial descent cease to call themselves 

Aboriginals. 

VHS - SBRBS6 

Price $104.50 

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Two Weeks Off Work 

Janine Hayes was taken from her family when she was 

young and fostered into a white family. This program 

shows her visiting her Aboriginal family at an older 

age, following her personal struggle to come to terms 

with her mixed feelings and the mixed feelings from her 

Aboriginal family. 

SBS Televison Duration 53min 

VHS - SBTW 

Price $132 

Gladiatrix 

After her divorce, twenty-five-year-old mother of two 

Sharon Carter decided to do something extraordinary 

by joining a Roman re-enactment group and enter the 

arena to fight as “Amazonia”, a 1st Century Celtic 

warrior-woman from Britain. But Sharon’s desire to 

fight in the arena is tempered when she is told she 

must use a double-headed axe and fight against the male gladiators to 

be truly authentic. This is a story of Sharon’s struggle to win the respect 

of her peers and fight for the honour of the wooden sword of freedom. 

Along the journey Sharon learns something about herself and being a 

single mum in 21st Century Brisbane. 

SBS Teleivion 2005 Duration 26min 

DVD - 6SBGLA 

Price $132 

The Colony 

Australia’s first living history series is a blend of 

historical discovery, social jeopardy, adventure 

challenge and experiential learning as pampered 21st 

Century ‘pioneers’ attempt to prove they’re tough 

enough to survive their historical ordeal. Against this 

backdrop, the series explores the gripping story of the 

first settlements’ brutal, often bloody conflict between races (Aboriginal, 

Irish and English), classes (convicts, free settlers and military) and men 

and women. A British and and Irish family are shipped to the far side 

of the world to join an Australian family. They enter an isolated world, 

cut off from civilsation in almost every respect. They have to cope with 

the lack of creature comforts as well as the gruelling chores of daily 

life. How did the three European families, their volunteer convicts and 

Aboriginal people come together to face the challenges of early European 

settlement on the frontier? 

SBS Television 2005 Duration 6 x 50min on one DVD 

DVD - 6SBCOL 

Price $198 

The Habits of New Norcia 

The Benedictine Monastery of New Norcia, the only 

monastic town in Australia, was until 1973 New Norcia 

Mission, home to generations of Aboriginal children. 

It was an orphanage without orphans, as none of the 

children were there because they had no parents. The 

children suffered terrible hardships; used as child 

labourers, starvation forced them to eat the food set aside for the 

chickens, and cruel punishments were part of their daily existence. 

Several of the children, now adults aged from 34 to 84, return to the 

mission to recount their version of their history on display. Today the 

Monastery at New Norica presents itself as a popular tourist attraction. 

SBS Australia 2003 Duration 53min 

VHS - SBHNN 

Price $132

21st CENTURY 

ABORIGINAL 

This is a series which takes a look at the use of modern 

technological advancements by the world’s oldest 

people. It is an intriguing look at the way the Internet is 

helping Australian Aboriginals market and sell their art and 

propagate their culture. The series features breathtaking 

scenery of Arnhem Land - an area never before caught 

on film. We examine the global impact of the web on the 

Aboriginal culture. Produced by TVF International 2001. 

21st Century Aboriginal Part 1 

We see how people survived off the land, and the ancient 

method of making fire sticks from Pandanus grass as a 

continuous source of energy. We see how paint brushes 

were made and the natural ochres mixed to make paint. 

Explore how nature provides antibiotics and cure all’s 

for every illness and how these ancient methods are still 

practiced today. 

DVD - 6TV21AB1 

Price $143 


Learn the traditions of Burial and the meaning behind art 

work which cover the rock walls and caves. Aboriginal 

artists discuss their work and how some combine 

traditional methods and 21st Century technology in the 

works created. Learn what the Internet means to them. 


Price $143 


In this episode we see from the humble beginnings sketched on butchers 

paper, to the initial one-page website, through to the publicly listed 

company it is today, with a website catalogue in excess of 1200 pages 

as the E-commerce Company Aboriginal Australia. Examined is the role 

of cyberspace in the sale of Authentic Aboriginal art and culture and 

the lucrative international tourist industry. We see the inner workings 

of the website, from the remote communities’ input, page design, to the 

finished product. 


Price $143 


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Sorry Proof Country 

In 1997 the ‘Bringing Them Home’ report was released. 

One of those recommendations was that a ‘Sorry Day’ 

be set aside annually to commemorate Indigenous 

Australians taken from their families. ‘Sorry Proof 

Country’ encapsulates the history of some of these 

moving and sometimes controversial events since 

the release of this report. Share the journey as it 

reflects over the past six years to embrace a new awareness through 

acknowledgment, and become part of the journey of healing to really 

understand the meaning behind National Sorry Day. 

Indigenous Australian Productions 2003 Duration 24min 

DVD - 6IAPSP 

Price $132 

History - Australia a Way of Life 

Being inhabited for over 45000 years by Aboriginals, Australia is 

considered to have both one of the oldest cultures in the world and one 

of the youngest. It explores the brief history of Australia as a nation 

from the first Dutch explorers and James Cook to today. Shown is the 

First Fleet, convicts, the Gold Rush, explorers, cattle stations, the paddle 

steamer and more. 

Duration 30min 

DVD - 6MPHSA 

Price $132 

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Sir… Australia Since Federation 

‘Sir...” is a satire on the changing community attitudes 

in Australia since Federation. ‘Sir...’ asks us to reflect 

on why we behaved as we did, and challenges us to 

seek more satisfactory and lasting solutions for the 

problems ahead. This program is divided into eight main 

segments: Federation times, World War I, The Great 

Depression, World War II, The Fifties, The Swinging 

Sixties, The Prodigal Eighties and now, post September 11. 

Jack Opie 2003 Study Guides Duration 22min 

DVD - 6SIRAU 

Price $132 

Rosie 

In 1961, at the age of two, Rosalie Fraser was taken 

from her Aboriginal family by the Western Australian 

Child Welfare Department and made a ward of the 

state. For years, she suffered physical and emotional 

abuse at the hands of her foster mother. Beautifully 

photographed, this dramatised documentary tells her 

inspiring story of triumph over adversity. As Rosalie 

recounts her journey of self-discovery, we experience her pain, anguish 

and finally joy at being able to confront and accept the past. 


DVD - 6RLROS 

Price $104.50 

Babakiueria 

In 1988, Australia celebrated the two hundredth 

anniversary of white European settlement in Australia. 

‘Babakiueria’ is a light-hearted satire that reverses the 

roles, imagining what it would be like if a black fleet 

arrived to try and settle an area inhabited by white 

natives. 

ABC Australia 1987 Duration 30min FIRM SALE ONLY 

DVD - 6ABBAB 

Price $88 

Unholy Orders 

This moving account traces the story of abuse in 

Scottish orphanages by Catholic nuns. Following the 

newspaper release of the abuse, a class action formed 

in the late 1990’s and quickly escalated to represent 

450 people. Claims are for abuse that spread from the 

1920s to late 70s, and charges the nuns with degrading 

and inhumane punishment. Cath Yeomans, now living 

in Australia, is the oldest claimant. She and her sisters spent ten years 

in the ‘care’ of the Sisters of Nazareth in Glasgow. 

SBS Televison 2003 Duration 30min 

VHS - SBUO 

Price $121 

Women of the Earth 

This program documents the extraordinary relationship 

between Aboriginal women, the Dreamtime and the 

Earth. It examines women of the Nganyinytja, Dhuwa, 

Martu and Pitjantjatjara tribes, and how they play an 

important role in food and tradition. 

Rising Tide Films Australia Duration 55min 

DVD - 6RISWE 

Price $137.50 

Up for Grabs 

This program represents a graphic history of early 

Aboriginal resistance to the white invasion, and an 

inside look at the development of Aboriginal political 

processes, culminating in the winning of land rights 

from successive white governments. 

SBS Television Duration 55min 

VHS - SBUFG 

Price $104.50 

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THROUGH 

AUSTRALIAN EYES 

Six young Australian girls trace their roots as they make 

a journey of discovery to their parents homeland. The 

cultural differences between the new home country of 

these young Australians and the traditions of their parents 

home country are striking. SBS Australia. 6SBTAE 

China 

In this program, Ellen Youie goes to China for the first 

time. She visits the villages where her parents have 

grown up, she visits her family and explores the cultural 

differences between China and Australia, which gives 

the program a unique prospective. 

DVD - 6SBTAEC 

Price $132 

Greece 

In this program, Angela Sarantis from Wollongong visits 

Greece. She traces her roots as she makes this journey 

to her parents’ homeland. The cultural differences 

between Australia and Greece come to light. 

DVD - 6SBTAEG 

Price $132 

Hungary 

In this program, Debbie Karp of Bondi visits the country 

where her mother was born. She traces her roots as 

she makes this journey to her parents’ homeland. The 

cultural differences between Hungary and Australia 

stand out. 

DVD - 6SBTAEH 

Price $132 

India 

In this program, Jesse Tandy from a Sikh family working 

a banana plantation at Woolgoolga returns to India 

and traces her roots as she makes this journey to her 

parents’ homeland. The cultural differences between 

Australia and India are explored. 

DVD - 6SBTAEI 

Price $132 

Italy 

In this program, sixteen year old Rosemary Agostino 

visits her mother’s place of birth: Conflenti. Amazingly, 

life here seems still far away from the modern world. 

Through her visit, interesting differences between the 

Italian and Australian cultures are explored. 

DVD - 6SBTAEIT 

Price $321 

Yugoslavia 

In this program, young Duska Franic returns to Croatia 

where her parents were born. She traces her roots 

as she makes this journey to her parents’ homeland. 

The difference between the Australian culture and the 

Yugoslavian culture stands out. 

DVD - 6SBTAEY 

Price $132 


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Kidnapped 

It is a little known fact that between 1863 and 1904, 

60,000 South Pacific Islanders worked in slave labour 

conditions in the QLD sugar cane fields. Debra Beattie’s 

‘Kidnapped’, is about the descendants of these 

kidnapped islanders and their courage to refuse to be 

scarred by the past. 

SBS Australia Duration 26min 

VHS - SBKI 

Price $104.50 

Australian History Part 1 

This program investigates some of the major events 

that have shaped Australia as a nation. Topics include: 

The First Australians, Early Exploration, European 

Settlement, Gold Rush and the Eureka Stockade, 

Bushrangers, Living and Working Conditions Prior to 

1900, Federation and the White Australia Policy and 

World War 1. 

Classroom Video 2002 Duration 23min 

DVD - 88CVAH1 

Price $99 

Australian History Part 2 

Following on from Part one, this program examines The 

Great Depression, The Stolen Generation, World War II, 

The 1956 Melbourne Olympics, The Vietnam War, The 

1975 Constitutional Crisis, The Royal Commission into 

Aboriginal Deaths in Custody, The Mabo Decision and 

The 2000 Sydney Olympics. 

Classroom Video 2002 Duration 23min 

DVD - 88CVAH2 

Price $99 

Lalai Dreamtime - Floating Time 

‘Lalai Dreamtime’ is an attempt to reconstruct 

Aboriginal history through the memories of Aboriginal 

elders. ‘Floating Time’ develops this concept further. 


VHS - SBLAD 

Price $132 

Mission Accomplished 

Today, close to eighty percent of Aboriginal people 

call themselves Christian. Vivian Schenker reports 

on the effects Anglo-Saxon Christian ideals have had 

on Aboriginal culture and questions what this has 

achieved. 


VHS - SBMIA 

Price $132 

Fortress Australia 

This program uncovers one of the most extraordinary 

chapters in Australia’s history - the brazen attempt 

by successive Australian governments to fortress the 

nation with atomic weapons. This film reveals a web 

of intrigue as it penetrates a world of diplomatic double 

dealing and atomic espionage. 

Film Australia Duration 21min FIRM SALE ONLY 

VHS - FAFAUS 

Price $104.50

Bob Brought the War Home 

The War ended in Vietnam 30 years ago, but for Vietnam 

Veteran Bob Harrison and his family, there has been 

little peace. Bob Brought the War Home is an emotional 

story of a man who at 20 years old, was called up for 

National Service and sent to fight in the Vietnam War. 

This film takes us into the war-ravaged home of the 

Harrisons and boldly shows us what, with the luck of 

the draw, any Australian family might have gone through. 

SBS Television 2004 Duration 26min 

DVD - 6SBBBW 

Price $132 

John Simpson Kirkpatrick 

This program details the events that led John Simpson 

Kirkpatrick, one of the unlikeliest heroes to emerge from 

World War I, to leave his home town and family and join 

the merchant navy before jumping ship when it reached 

Australia. This program takes in the emotion of the Anzac 

Day dawn service of 2001 at Gallipoli, features Ashley 

Elkins from the Australian War Memorial in Canberra providing historical 

knowledge, and a local journalist and historian in South Shields. 


DVD - 6SBJSK 

Price $137.50 

The Executioners 

The death penalty has always been surrounded by a 

great deal of controversy, and yet little has been said 

about those actually responsible for carrying out the 

deed itself - the executioners. Where do they come 

from? How do they prepare for such work? Are they able 

to lead a normal social life? What effect does their work 

have on them? How did the lives of executioners in the 16th century 

differ from those of the 20th century? Underlying the long history of this 

‘gruesome profession’ and the men who practiced it, is an extraordinary 

human adventure intimately linked with society’s attitudes toward the 

death penalty. 

Ampersand 2004 Duration 52min 

DVD - 6AMPEXE 

Price $132 

Hoover’s Gold 

By the late 1890s, Western Australia’s goldfields were 

a lure for ambitious young men from all parts of the 

globe. One adventurer was a 23-year-old American, 

Herbert Hoover, the future 31st President of the USA. 

Working on behalf of London’s Bewick Moreing and 

Company, he helped pioneer one of the richest gold 

mines in Australian history - the Sons of Gwalia. Recreated scenes and 

the personal stories of the descendants of the Italian and Australian 

workers engaged at the Sons of Gwalia mine bring history to life in this 

tale of triumph and tragedy, ambition and shattered dreams. 

Mago Films/SBS 2005 Duration 52mins 

DVD - 6ABHOGO 

Price $88 

Life at the Beginning 

of the 20th Century 

This program focuses on living conditions and 

everyday life in Western nations at the beginning of 

the twentieth century. Subjects explored - housing, 

cooking, clothes, domestic service, education, transport 

and leisure. Themes include: changing role of women; 

urbanisation; class division and distribution of wealth; 

and technological change. 

Classroom Video 2004 Study Notes Duration 31min 

DVD - 88CVLBTC 

Price $99 

The Colour of War - ANZACS 

This is the story of Australia and New Zealand at war 

as never seen before. For the first time, only original 

colour footage is used to paint a vividly detailed picture 

of these closely allied nations, from the build up to 

World War Two to the end of the Vietnam conflict. Newly 

discovered films and home movies along with diary and 

letter extracts allow viewers a very personal connection 

with the war experience, both on the battlefield and on the homefront. In 

colour, that shared history becomes even more intimate and involving. 

Narrated by Russell Crowe, this powerful and moving three-part series 

captures the thoughts and feelings of ordinary people caught up in 

world-shattering events. 

FIRM SALE ONLY Duration 3x55min 

DVD - 88RO104518 

Price $66 

Korean ANZACS 

In the frontline of the Korean War Australian soldier Ron 

Cashman befriended two South Korean conscripts. Fifty 

years later he is meeting them for the first time since the 

war. Korean ANZACs is the story of how this friendship 

helped Ron make peace with the war after forty years of 

suffering from post traumatic stress disorder. Produced 

in association with the Australian Film Commission and the NSW Film 

and Television Office. 


DVD - 6SBKA 

Price $132 

Welcome to Woomera 

This is a film about ordinary people in a small town 

caught up in big events. As Australia’s only purposebuilt 

defence village, Woomera has been famous 

for its rocket range, as home to Americans from the 

Nurrungar base and, most recently, for its controversial 

immigration reception and processing centre. But the 

centre has closed and the town is in danger of closing too. Once heralded 

as a model of suburban living then reviled as a “desert jail”, this film 

looks at Woomera from the inside and follows the town’s struggle to stay 

alive. As a government town however, its future is not necessarily in the 

community’s own hands. 

Film Australia 2004 Duration 55min 

DVD - 88FAWEL 

Price $104.50 

WWII - Conflict in the Pacific Part 1 

This program covers topics including: the emergence 

of Japan as a major power; the US Neutrality Act; 

the Second Sino-Japanese War; Japanese occupation 

of Indochina; Japanese strategy for war against the 

USA and Britain. It also looks at the bombing of Pearl 

Harbour, the fall of Singapore and the bombing of 

Darwin. 


DVD - 88CVCTP1 

Price $99 

WWII - Conflict in the Pacific Part 2 

This program covers topics including: allied strategy 

against Japan; battle of the Coral Sea; battle of Midway; 

Guadalcanal; the cult of Bushido, New Guinea, islandhopping; 

Yalta Conference; Iwo Jima; Okinawa; Potsdam 

Conference; the A-bomb and subsequent controversy 

over its use; allied occupation of Japan (1945-52); and 

consequences of the war in the Pacific. 


DVD - 88CVCTP2 

Price $99 


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TALES FROM A 

SUITCASE SERIES 1 

This series documents moving accounts 

of the lives of migrants from Europe and 

Asia during the immediate post-war period 

of 1946 - 1952. Sometimes, people came 

to Australia simply because the queues were 

shorter, and perhaps they were beguiled by 

the idea of a place with sunny weather. Many 

chose Australia for one reason only - it was 

safe. Each person’s tale reveals the migrant experience 

in raw and moving detail. Produced by Will Davis, SBS 

Television. SBTSS 

Tape 1 

Gerard Havekas from Holland 

Lola Harding-Irmer from Germany 

Alfa & Enoe Di Stefana from Italy 

Duration 3x26min VHS - SBTSS1 

Tape 2 

Mr Bajada from Malta 

Harry Malcher from Austria 

Father Luciano from Italy 


Tape 3 

Nina and Helen Macris from Greece 

Sava Spasojevic from Yugoslavia 

Stefania Sochan from Poland/Russia 


Tape 4 

Martina Reigus from Lithuania 

Elmar Saarepere from The Baltic State 

Natalie Oulianoff from the Ukraine 


Tape 5 

Robert Sardy from Hungry 

Mieczyslaw Swat from Poland 

Anatole Konovets from Russia 


Tape 6 

Peter Oulianoff from Ukraine/Russia 

Pat Hesse from Sri Lanka 

Keith Stodden Pt 1 Aust Immigration Dept 


Tape 7 

Keith Stodden Pt 2 Aust Immigration Dept 

John Diaz from Spain 

Paul Couvret from Indonesia/Dutch East Indies 


Tape 8 

Bill Moran from USA/serviceman 

Samad Amjah from Malaysia 

Anne Duffy-Lindsay from Ireland 

King Fong from Suva Fiji Chinese Decent 


Price $66 each 

TALES FROM A 

SUITCASE SERIES 3 

This series recounts the extraordinary 

experiences of Australia’s post-war 

migrants, mixing the poignant and heartwrenching 

with the humorous and uplifting, 

‘Tales from a Suitcase’ constructs an 

historical mosaic of post-war immigration 

while revealing the thoughts of men and 

women from around the globe who devoted 

their lives to building a better Australia. SBS Television. 

Episode 1 

Episode 1: Beppi Polese and Giuseppe de Carlo; Episode 2: Ron and 

Krys Pawlowski; and Episode 3: Hideko Coombes. 

VHS - SBTFS1 

Price $66 

Episode 2 

Episode 4: Henry Sue; Episode 5: Sasha Nekvapil; and Episode 6: Frank 

Buzolic. 

VHS - SBTFS2 

Price $66 

Episode 3 

Episode 7: Jutta Malnic; Episode 8: Victor Vadiveloo; and Episode 9: 

Rinaldo Fabbro. 

VHS - SBTFS3 

Price $66 

Episode 4 

Episode 10: Chris Gatz; Episode 11: Leopoldine Mimovich; Episode 12: 

Nicolas Habib; and Episode 13: Denis George. 

VHS - SBTFS4 

Price $66 

Tales from a Suitcase 

The Afghan Experience Series 

In this seven-part series, a range of Afghan people 

relate the circumstances of their journies to Australia 

from the late 1970’s to the present. It is the story of 

the broad mosaic of their time: first under Communist, 

then Mujaheddin and finally Taliban control. Some were 

refugees who took the highly dangerous sea voyage to Australia, only 

to be thrown into detention centres. For others, the memories are of 

violence and death, of dispossession and escape, and the deep sadness 

of a family left behind. 

SBS Television 2002 Duration 7x30min on 2 tapes 

VHS - SBTFSA 

Price $93.50 

Seeking Asylum 

Seeking Asylum includes harrowing interviews with 

asylum seekers who have risked their lives at the 

hands of people smugglers and now live in the 

community for 30 months on Temporary Protection 

Visas. Having made a perilous open-sea journey on 

unseaworthy wooden river boats, all speak with fear 

and trepidation about their escape from persecution, 

torture and often death at the hands of fanatical fundamentalist regimes 

including Afghanistan’s former Taliban government. 


DVD - 6SBSEA 

Price $132 

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The Buchenwald Ball 

The Buchenwald Ball is a celebratory story about a 

group of orphans from the holocaust who found their 

way to Australia and became a family. 


DVD - 6SBBUB 

Price $132 

Long Journey, Young Lives 

Long Journey, Young Lives presents an intimate insight 

into the experiences of child refugees. From the violence 

and danger of their homeland, to their perilous journey 

and detention in Australia, young refugees present an 

uninhibited account of their experiences. This program 

also explores the opinions of young Australians on 

issues surrounding asylum seekers. School children, all 

aged 12 years or under, express their views on mandatory detention, 

boat people, queue jumpers and consider whether Australia has a 

responsibility to accept refugees. 


DVD - 6SBLJYL 

Price $132 

Film Australia’s Immigration 

When Australia embarked on its mass migration program 

after World War Two, it was with a movie camera in 

hand. Film Australia, as the Government’s film unit, 

made films to attract migrants and to change attitudes 

to new arrivals. More recently, it made films about how 

migrants themselves were changed by coming here and 

the impact they had on shaping the nation. Film Australia’s Immigration 

presents a selection of fascinating films from this historically significant 

collection, along with contemporary interviews with some of the people 

who made them and some who were in them. Combined with a website 

and study guide, this DVD is a superb educational resource. 

Duration 195min DVD - 88FAIMG 

Price $225 

Long Road to Olympia 

In an ageless domination of the world by mercenaries 

and merchants, against all odds, we follow Culturebank 

and Nunukul Yuggera, an Indigenous performance 

group from Australia, as they leap the hurdles of social, 

political, racial and financial obstacles to reveal a 

deep and eloquent expose of eco-cultural content. Rich 

wildlife and nature photography combined with montage invokes an 

intimate experience of the landscape, culture and totems of the Nunukul 

and Yuggera peoples of the east coast of Australia. This program is a 

rare insight into contemporary urban Australian Indigenous culture and 

multiculturalism in action. Culminating in a finale, we see Culturebank 

and Indigenous performance group Nunukul Yuggera tour through 

Greece, as part of the Cultural Olympiad, performing on sacred sites, 

including the original running track in Olympia and the Herodus Atticus 

at the Acropolis in Athens. 

Culture Bank Productions 2005 Duration 30min 

DVD - 6CBLRO 

Price $132 

In Limbo 

In Limbo follows the story of a Vietnamese-Australian 

lawyer who is determined to see 2000 Vietnamese boat 

people stranded in the Philippines regain their lives, 

identities and homes. Hoi Trinh has been fighting for the 

rights of these people for more than five years. This film 

sees him battle the Australian Immigration Department 

bureaucracy as he tries to resettle 50 refugee families in Australia. 

Film Australia 2002 Duration 55min 

VHS - FAINLB 

Price $105 

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Galileo’s Battle for the Heavens 

This is a documentary on the dramatic life of great Italian 

scientist Galileo Galilei, based on Dava Sobel’s best 

seller ‘Galileo’s Daughter’, which celebrates the story 

of the father of modern science and his struggle to get 

Church authorities to accept the truth of his astonishing 

discoveries. It includes re-enactments played by 

renowned British actor Simon Callow of key moments 

from Galieleo’s life, including: his pioneering telescopic observations of 

the Moon and planets, his revolutionary experiments with falling objects, 

and his fateful trial before the Inquisition for heresy. 

SBS Television 2003 Duration 2x60min 

DVD - 6SBGBH 

Price $132 

Inventing Flight 

This program explores humankind’s historical 

preoccupation with the idea of flight as well as the 

life and times of the Wright Brothers. It provides an 

introduction, underlying appreciation and understanding 

of the challenges faced by the Wrights. It includes 

segments that describe how the Wright Brothers used 

the scientific concepts of control, lift, propulsion, Newton’s Laws, drag, 

friction, energy and pressure, whilst introducing relevant vocabulary to 

help them design, test, and rework their flying machines. 

Agency for Instructional Learning 2003 Study guide Duration 60min 

DVD - 6AITIF 

Price $132 

Wright Brothers Flying Machine 

Orville and Wilbur Wright were remarkable inventors, 

mechanics, risk-takers, and visionaries. They designed 

and built their own wings, steering devices, engines 

and wind tunnel. Just how did they construct such 

an impressive flying machine? In this program, vivid 

footage captures both the Wrights’ own historic flights 

and the modern team’s attempt to fly an authentically recreated Wright 

‘Model B.’ As modern computer technology meets dusty artifacts, 

the Wrights’ aviation secrets emerge from the past and seem more 

impressive than ever. Discover how the Wright Brothers transformed 

themselves from bicycle mechanics to high-flying inventors who built a 

machine that changed the world during a mythical flight at Kitty Hawk. 


DVD - 6SBWB 

Price $132 

Ghosts of the Sky 

In 1983 three Australian and two American pilots set out 

on a historical, but dangerous, aviation journey - “The 

Last Great Adventure”. Includes a special appearance 

by Glenn Ford. 

Vision Quest Duration 60min 

DVD - 6VQGS 

Price $110 

Dead Men Talking 

‘Dead Man Talking’ is a series of medical biographies 

of the rich, the famous and the powerful. Each onehour 

program has two componenets - a biography 

and a medical mystery. Modern forensics provides us 

with clues that may take us closer to understanding 

the intriguing lives and deaths of these famous and 

sometime infamous people. 

Titles Include: 

Adolf Hitler DVD - 6GNDMT01 

Harry Houdini DVD - 6GNDMT02 

Edgar Allan Poe DVD - 6GNDMT03 

Marilyn Monroe DVD - 6GNDMT04 

Vincent Van Gogh DVD - 6GNDMT05 

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart DVD - 6GNDMT06 

Atlantis Alliance 2002 Duration 6 x 50min 


Set Price $550 

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world history 


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WORLD HISTORY 

Produced by United Learning - Study Notes. 

Ancient Egypt - Gift of the Nile 

This program explores the tombs and temples of the Pharaohs. Viewers 

will see how the Egyptians built mountains of stone to honour dead kings 

and queens and protect their mummies forever. Ra, the sun god and 

Horus, the protector of Kings are also covered. 

Covers the period of 3000BC - 30 BC Duration 28min 

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Mayas and Aztecs 

This program traces the roots of human culture in the new 

world and explains the emergence of the civilisations in 

Central and South America: the Olmec culture and the 

Mayas. The program travels to Teotihuaca and looks at 

the Toltec Culture and the Chichimec barbarians. 



Discovering Ancient Greece 

Viewers visit Mycenae, site of the palace of the 

Agamemnon, the ruins of the once great city-state 

Corinth, the great theatre and the centre of medicine 

at Epidauros. Discover the ancient temples, gymnasium 

and stadium at Olympia and the secrets of the religious 

centre at Delphi. 

Covers the period of 1500BC -100 BC Duration 35min 


The World of Ancient Rome 

This program covers the Roman Empire, looking at its 

forms of government, conquests, the Pax Romana and 

finally the division of the Empire and the fall of Rome 

in 176 AD. Explored are Roman architecture, religion, 

engineering methods, slavery and Christianity. 

Covers the period of 753 BC -476 AD Duration 21min 


The Dark Ages 

This program looks at how this period of European history during the 

time that led from the fall of Rome up to the Norman Conquest was a 

time of tremendous social, political, religious, and economic transition, 

brought about by the merging of the classical Roman culture with that 

of the barbarians. 

Covers the period 400 - 1066 AD Duration 30min 


Medieval Times 

The first part of this program introduces the concept of 

feudalism, and the second part examines the structure 

and role of religion and village life in the Middle Ages, 

providing a framework for people to better understand 

this important period in history. 



The Black Death 

This program looks at the effect of the plague on ordinary people of 

the time, including their bizarre reactions to a threat they could not 

understand. Explored are the lasting economic, political and social 

changes wrought by this dreaded disease. 



Exploring the Renaissance 

This program explores the marvellous innovations in 

art, literature, communications, architecture, science, 

religion and explorations that occurred during this 

‘rediscovery’ period. 

Covers the period of 1350-1650 AD Duration 20min 


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Protestant Reformation 

This program filmed entirely on location in Europe, 

provides viewers with a clear understanding of the 

causes of the Protestant Reformation and the social 

and political changes that resulted from it. 



Pilgrims and Puritans 

the Struggle for Religious Freedom 

Viewers see how the actions of Martin Luther, King Henry VIII and John 

Calvin eventually led to the creation of Puritanism. The program pays 

particular attention to the Puritan offshoot group called ‘Separatists’ 

who most refer to as Pilgrims. 

Covers the Period 1517 - 1602 AD Duration 22min 


The Age of Reason 

Europe After the Renaissance 

This program addresses how the English philosopher John Locke and 

his contemporary scientist Isaac Newton provided the foundation for 

a unique period in history. New ideas regarding divine rights of kings, 

social privilege, separation of church and state, made this era politically 

revolutionary. Covers the period of 1642 - 1800 Duration 23min 


Industrial Revolution 

This video examines the historical background to the first industrial 

revolution which began in England around 1750. The invention of laboursaving 

machinery, the spread of factories, the use of steam power, the 

iron and coal industries and the rise of capitalism are all explained. 

Covers the period of 1750 - 1915 Duration 18min 


The Holocaust 

This video documentary is based on the experiences of 

David Bergman. These are the experiences of someone 

of the same age as the students for whom this program 

is intended. It is an opportunity for them to imagine 

how it might feel to be subjected to the horrors of The 

Holocaust. 



Civilisation and Conflict 

This program examines three main subjects: firstly the rise and fall of 

the world’s first Christian state, the Byzantine Empire; secondly the 

growth of the Islamic civilisation; and then finally the Crusades, a series 

of conflicts involving Islam, Byzantium and Catholic Western Europe. 



Great Age of Exploration 

This program covers the discoveries and explorations of the fourteenth 

through to the seventeenth centuries. It covers several explorers’ routes 

and accomplishments. It shows the explorations in the context of the 

time. 



Age of Discovery 

This program addresses the discovery of the world from the fourteenth 

through to the seventeenth centuries. It shows the routes of the explorers 

and the accomplishments of their discoveries, trade routes, view of the 

world, slave-trade and much more. 



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Treasures of South America 

Tour the natural and historical treasures of one of the 

world’s most diverse continents. Meet two unique 

creatures of Galapagos that intrigued Charles Darwin. 

Travel to the ruins of the ancient Inca city of Cuzco, 

Peru. See the majestic cataracts at Iguazu Falls, where 

water and gravity collide. 

Discovery Channel School 2002 Study Notes Duration 26min 

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The Great Wall of China 

Stretching 1,500 miles from the Yellow Sea to the central 

Asian desert, the 2,000 year old Great Wall of China has 

shaped not only China’s past, but all of Europe’s as 

well. Meet a photographer whose passion for the Great 

Wall has driven him to uncover thousands of forgotten 

miles of the barrier built by China’s dynasties. 

Discovery Channel School 2002 Study Notes Duration 2x52min 

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Austria Heritage Sites of the World 

In this program you will see the Semmering Railway or 

Ghega line that follows a beautiful route through the 

Austrian Alps. Built between 1848 and 1854, the railway 

represented a triumph of civil engineering for the time. 

Salzburg was the city at the centre of salt production 

and the salt trade. Salt was the white gold that brought 

riches and power. Salzburg is also the birthplace of Wolfgang Amadeus 

Mozart. The city contains a wealth of gothic and baroque architecture. 

RNTV 2003 Duration 30min 

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Belgium Heritage Sites of the World 

Brussels’ Grand Place has been celebrated and 

criticised but it remains a prominent feature of the 

capital of Belgium. It’s a city full of architectural riches. 

The buildings in the Grand Place date from the late 

17th century. The four boatlifts in the Canal du Centre 

were built in the late 19th and early 20th century. They 

are still in their original state and are the only hydraulic boatlifts still in 

operation. They represent a good example of the 19th century industrial 

landscape. 


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Netherlands Heritage Sites of the World 

For nearly two centuries the windmills of Kinderdijk 

have pumped excess water out of the polder. Kinderdijk 

has all the elements of a hydraulic system to keep the 

land dry, including: dykes, pumping stations, reservoirs 

and of course the windmills. The Wouda pumping 

station near Lemmer went into operation in 1920 and 

is the biggest steam pumping station ever built in the Netherlands. The 

Defence Line of Amsterdam is a system of defence works constructed 

between 1880 and 1920, consisting of a ring of forts, dams, locks, dykes 

and ramparts around Amsterdam, which turned the waterways into a 

weapon. 


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Venice and it’s Lagoon Italy 

Venice is unique in the world: it is an architectural tourde-force 

built on 118 islands in a lagoon in the Adriatic 

Sea. Old documents show that the city was founded as 

long ago as 421. 


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France Heritage Sites of the World 

We visit Mont-Saint-Michel and the bay surrounding it 

which are located on the northwest coast of France, on 

the border between Normandy and Brittany. The effect of 

tides and sandbars down the ages has given the area a 

remarkable appearance. The Royal Saltworks of Arc-et- 

Senans which were placed on the list of World Heritage 

Sites in 1982 because of their exceptional cultural 

value. Claude Nicolas Ledoux, the master of symmetry, designed the 

complex as a kind of ideal city, one where living and working flowed 

seamlessly one into another. 


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Germany Heritage Sites of the World 

This program is comprised of two 15 minutes segments. 

Firstly we visit The Bauhaus school which was formed 

in Weimar in 1919 and later moved to Dessau where its 

revolutionary principles were vital to the development of 

modern architecture in the 20th century. In part two, we 

visit Potsdam which is situated in the middle of a ring 

of parks and palaces built between 1730 and 1916. The ring extends as 

far as Berlin-Zehlendorf, with the parks and palaces on the bank of the 

Havel and Lake Glienicke. 


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Portugal Heritage Sites of the World 

In this two-part program we first visit the cultural 

landscape of Sintra which lies in the splendid coastal 

landscape of western Portugal just north of Lisbon. 

Numerous kings and other aristocrats built their 

summer retreats in this miniature paradise. In the 19th 

century Sintra became the first centre of European 

Romantic architecture. 


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Spain Heritage Sites of the World 

In this program we visit Barcelona to explore the 

remarkable style of the buildings designed by Antoni 

Gaudi i Cornet at the end of the 19th and beginning 

of the 20th centuries. They include Parc Guell, Casa 

Vincens, Palau Guell, Casa Mila and Casa Batlla. Then 

we visit Santiago de Compostela which is a renowned 

place of pilgrimage in northwest Spain, where an ancient legend claims 

the apostle James is buried. 


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United Kingdom 

Heritage Sites of the World 

See Stonehenge and Avebury where the county of 

Wiltshire contains the most famous stone circles in the 

world. Then we visit the City of Bath, were the Romans 

discovered pleasant thermal springs in the county of 

Wiltshire and built a settlement there, known as Aqua 

Sulis. 


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Cradle of Mankind 

A journey along the fossil-rich shoreline of Lake Turkana 

with Richard Leakey meeting the hunter gatherers and 

nomads who call this area home. 


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Kalash 

High in the Hindu Kush mountain range dwell the last 

3,000 members of the Kalash people - are they the 

descendants of the armies of Alexander? 


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Islam - History, Society and Civilisation 

Segments cover past and present day philosophies, 

practices and events that define Islam. This balanced 

program encourages students to consider how different 

interpretations of religion can affect government, culture 

and individual lives. Segments include The History and 

Teachings of Islam: surveys the religion practiced by 

more than a billion Muslims worldwide. Suleiman, Magnificent Leader: 

introduces the progressive Muslim ruler who helped make his empire 

the richest in the world and left a legacy of art, architecture and social 

reforms. The Crusades: chronicles how European Christians in the 11th, 

12th and 13th centuries battled Muslims to recover the Holy Land. 

Afghanistan 12 Years of Violence: discusses how the rigid rule of the 

Taliban brutally oppressed the people of Afghanistan. 

Discovery Channel School Duration 54min 

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The Middle East - Land of Contrast 

This ancient region gave rise to powerful civilisations 

and three of the world’s great religions. Comprehend 

recent events in the Middle East by viewing these 

happenings against a historical background. Crossroads 

of Commerce: explores three cities that developed as 

focal points of Middle Eastern commerce and civilisation: 

Istanbul, Aleppo and Jerusalem. The Royal Tour of Jordan: reveals secret 

archaeological and historical sites. Jerusalem’s History: emphasises 

the important historical and spiritual connections of Muslims, Jews and 

Christians to this ancient city. The Call to Mecca: follows millions of 

Muslims on their annual pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia. 


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One Way Ticket to the USSR 

1946. Stalin calls on exiled Russians wishing to return 

to their motherland to “take part in the reconstruction 

of the country.” It is in France where this invitation is 

most heeded. On their arrival, however, these idealists 

were immediately suspected of being spies or agents 

of capitalist propaganda. Some were executed, most 

were deported or deprived of their civil rights. They were the first victims 

of the Cold War. Thousands of French citizens and their families were 

caught by Stalin’s trap and remained prisoners of the Soviet system 

for half a century. For the first time ever, the last survivors tell their 

incredible story. 


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Apartheid’s Last Stand 

In this program we travel to South Africa, where the 

country’s first black president, Nelson Mandela, has 

replaced 300 years of oppression with social reforms. 

But is the struggle truly over? This program brings us 

closer to the issues surrounding South Africian hardwon 

peace and the struggle to put economic hardship 

and psychological pain behind them. 


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How the West Was Lost 

The history of 19th-century America is the story of 

struggles between settlers moving west and Native 

Americans trying to hold on to their ancestral territories. 

The clash between lifestyles and land rights forged a 

new land and unified an American culture, but in the 

process a venerable way of life was destroyed. Follow 

the Cherokee, Dakota, Lakota and Nez Perce as they fight to keep their 

homelands. 

Discovery Channel School 2002 Duration 48min 

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Asia’s Global Influence 

Through this study, we consider economic situations 

in light of the political and cultural influences that 

help create them. Segments address current and 

historical issues. The Merchant of China: chronicles 

how merchants rose to power following Kublai Khan’s 

13th century conquest of China. A Great Green Wall: 

describes the ongoing battle against deforestation and desertification as 

the Gobi encroaches on China’s land. A Personal Tour: presents a lighthearted 

view of Hong Kong and its residents. Rich and Poor: contrasts 

the starkly different economic situations experienced by North and South 

Korea. The Extended Family: portrays family life in a Vietnamese village, 

where a single house often shelters parents, children, grandparents and 

other relatives under one roof. 


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A Question of Race 

Scientists are unable to pinpoint the gene that makes 

us Black, White or Asian. So were these labels 

manufactured as a way to identify a sub-species that 

doesn’t really exist? This program debates whether race 

is an accurate biological identification or a damaging 

artificial identifier. In part two of this program we see 

real-life situations of racism, and witness how children 

perceive people different from themselves as psychology experts help 

us understand why this happens. 


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Africa Today 

This presentation describes many ways of life in Africa 

and puts a human face on events and places in the news. 

Segments include. Testing Times: focus on students in 

the Democratic Republic of Congo as they take their 

country’s high school exams after years of civil unrest 

and war. One Girl’s Life: introduces Asbeth, age 11, and 

follows her daily activities in Ethiopia. School for Girls: 

A Dream Comes True: tells the story of a girls’ high school in Tanzania, 

where students gain farming skills and tools to sustain themselves and 

their families. Medical Crisis in Africa: investigates the devastating 

impact of AIDS on Africa’s children and families. Living on the Forest’s 

Edge: examines how deforestation in Ghana affects rural life. Oil vs. 

Soil: shows the effects of oil drilling on farmers in Nigeria. 


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Empires Rome 

Two thousand years ago, at the dawn of the first 

century, the world was ruled by Rome. The Roman 

Empire struggled with problems which are surprisingly 

familiar: violent coups, assassinations, overarching 

ambition, civil war, clashes between the classes as 

well as the sexes, and questions of personal freedom 

versus government control. This program is presented 

by Sigourney Weaver. 


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Empires Sea Kingdoms Series 

Presented by Alistair Moffat. These are the lands of the 

Celtic peoples and the sea is the unbroken link that 

binds the Hebrides to the west of Wales, Ireland and 

Cornwall. The history of the Celtic peoples has been 

largely forgotten or subsumed. 

Titles include: 

Music of the Thing as it Happened 

The Islands of the Evening 

The Mighty Language of the Gael 

Breaking Down the Ghost Fences 

Until the Break of Day 

The Sons of Death 

Dancing to The Music of Time 

Eagles Bards and Druids 

Swordland 

Ardtornish No More 


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Empires Japan: 

Memoirs of a Secret Empire 

Commanding shoguns and samurai warriors, exotic 

geisha and exquisite artisans - all were part of the 

Japanese “renaissance” - when Japan went from chaos 

and violence to a land of ritual refinement and peace. 

This is the story of a mysterious empire, its relationship 

with the West, and the forging of a nation that would emerge as one of 

the most important countries in the world. Episode titles: The Way of the 

Samurai, The Will of the Shogun and The Return of the Barbarians. 


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Empires Kingdom of David 

Nearly 3000 years ago, a tiny group of tribes in the 

land of Canaan gave birth to a nation and a religion 

- a religion that would dare to redefine humanity’s 

relationship with God. ‘Empires Kingdom of David’ 

tells the epic story of the Israelites and the creation 

of the world’s first and most profoundly influential, 

monotheistic religion. The stories of the patriarch Abraham, the liberator 

Moses, and the poet-king David all come to life in the dramatic tale of 

loss and triumph. 


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Empires Egypt 

‘Empires Egypt’ presents the most extraordinary period 

in Egyptian history from 1560 to 1080 BC, when the 

Egyptian Empire reached its zenith. In 1560 BC, when 

Rome was still a marsh, Egypt was already 1,000 years 

old. The New Kingdom would be an empire forged by 

conquest, maintained by intimidation and diplomacy. 

‘Empires Egypt’ reveals with startling clarity the hopes and dreams of 

the Pharaohs and ordinary citizens who created the first great empire 

in history. 


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Empires Napoleon 

Soldier, emperor, lover, statesman. For nearly two 

decades he strode the world stage like a colossus - 

loved and despised, venerated and feared. From his 

birth on the rugged island of Corsica to his final exile on 

the godforsaken island of St Helena, Napoleon brings 

this extraordinary figure to life. 

SBS Corporation Duration 220min 

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Empire of the Mongols 

This two-part program narrates the rise and fall of 

the Mongolian Empire. Against the backdrop of the 

breathtaking landscapes of Mongolia, the documentary 

reconstructs life at the court of Genghis Khan and 

illustrates the Mongolian style of warfare in reenactments. 

The documentary shows a nomadic 

people that has kept its knowledge and skills alive and maintained its 

originality. 

SBS Teleivion 2005 Duration 2x 52min 

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Empires: The Medici - 

Godfathers of the Renaissance 

From a small Italian community in 15th-century 

Florence, the Medici family would rise to rule Europe in 

many ways. Using charm, patronage, skill, duplicity and 

ruthlessness, they would amass unparalleled wealth 

and unprecedented power. They would also ignite the 

most important cultural and artistic revolution in Western history - the 

European Renaissance. But the forces of change the Medici helped 

unleash would one day topple their ordered world. An epic drama played 

out in the courts, cathedrals and palaces of Europe, this series is both 

the tale of one family’s powerful ambition and of Europe’s tortured 

struggle to emerge from the ravages of the dark ages. 


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Empires Peter and Paul and 

The Christian Revolution 

Combining the words of Paul and other ancient writers 

with contemporary scholars, modern archaeology 

and dramatic re-enactments filmed in Europe and 

the Middle East, this program explores how two men 

were able to weather crippling disagreements and 

political persecution to lead one of history’s most astonishing religious 

movements. 


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Empires - The Greeks 

‘Empires The Greeks’ recounts the rise, glory, demise 

and legacy of the empire that marked the dawn of 

Western Civilisation. In the fourth and fifth centuries 

B.C., the Greeks built an empire that stretched across 

the Mediterranean from Asia to Spain. They laid 

the foundation of modern science, politics, warfare 

and philosophy, and produced some of the most breathtaking art 

and architecture the world has ever seen. It was perhaps the most 

spectacular flourishing of imagination. 


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The Messenger 

This program introduces the dramatic story of the 

rise of Islam with the extraordinary life of the Prophet 

Muhammad and his simple but revolutionary message. 

This episode covers the revelation and early writing 

of the Koran, the creation of the first Mosque, the 

persecution suffered by the first Muslims and the major 

battles fought by Muhammad and his followers to 

establish the new religion. 

SBS Television 2002 

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The Awakening 

This program examines the flowering of Islam into 

one of the great civilisations in history. Arabic 

becomes a language of learning, and achievements 

in art, architecture, science, and medicine flourish. 

This episode also tells the story of the Crusades and 

describes the recapture of Jerusalem by Saladin the 

Great. 

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The Ottomans 

This program reveals the dramatic transformation of 

Islam resulting from the Mongol invasion. The Ottomans 

transform the Islamic world, creating a new empire that 

expands westward into Christian territories. Suleyman 

the Magnificent shapes the Ottomans into a military 

powerhouse and an empire of extreme wealth and 

sophistication, which threatens the great power centres of Europe. 

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Empires Martin Luther 

Martin Luther’s attack on the all-powerful Catholic 

Church was a knife to the heart of an empire that had 

endured for over a thousand years. But Luther would 

do more than revolutionise the Church, he offered the 

Christian world a new vision of man’s relationship with 

God and, in turn, redefined man’s relationship with 

authority in general. ‘Empires Martin Luther’ is the dramatic story of the 

collapse of the medieval world and the birth of the modern age. 


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Empires Queen Victoria 

Episodes 1-4 

At the time of Queen Victoria’s birth in 1819, England 

was an agrarian society. Within a few short decades, 

this small island nation would be transformed into 

an industrial superpower, with an empire spanning 

the globe. Queen Victoria’s empire is both the story of 

this remarkable time, and an engaging portrait of a Queen who ruled 

over one fifth of the world population. It is the story of the influential 

figureheads that would shape a distinctively British imperialism. 

Episode titles: Engines of Change, Passage to India, The Moral Crusade 

and The Scramble for Africa. 


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The Children of Federation 

The story of Australia’s development as a nation as seen 

through the eyes of the men who landed at Gallipoli and 

forged a national spirit. 


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Revealing Gallipoli 

Five broadcasters from across the globe are uniting 

to tell the tragic story of Gallipoli - from all sides. We 

follow the campaign as it unfolded, from its beginnings 

at the War Council of London, through to the ensuing 

naval attack and the landings and to its end, many 

months later, when Allied troops silently withdrew in 

the dead of the Turkish winter. First-hand accounts tell 

viewers what Gallipoli looked, felt and smelled like, and remarkable 3D 

archival images bring these scenes to life. Animated maps illustrate 

the forbidding terrain the soldiers faced, and illuminate the strategies 

behind the conflict. 

ABC Television 2005 FIRM SALE ONLY Duration 90min 

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Gallipoli Dawn Service 2006 

This one hour program begins with a six-minute 

introduction entitled “Spirit of Place”. Featuring a 

musical performance and evocative lighting of the 

Gallipoli cliffs and gullies, it is set against a montage 

of poignant images of the Gallipoli landing 91 years 

ago. This is followed by the 50-minute Gallipoli Dawn 

Service - a formal commemorative military service 

featuring a Call to Commemoration, readings, hymns and the formal 

wreath laying. 

ABC Television 2006 FIRM SALE ONLY Duration 60min 

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Road to Tokyo 

By late 1944, the worst of World War II appears to be over, but the 

conflict in the Pacific is about to hot up and it will be a long road to 

Tokyo for the Allies... Combining interviews and vivid archival footage, 

this is an eyewitness account of an often forgotten episode in history, 

providing a social context as well as a military overview of the titanic 

struggle to defeat Japan. For Australia, it is signposted with some of 

the bloodiest campaigns and most appalling events of the war - and 

the memory of 8031 POWs who would never come home. “Excellent 

historical documentary...Road to Tokyo is a prime example of wartime 

historical documentary at its best.” Jim Schembri, The Age, 11/8/2005 

A Film Australia National Interest Program with the assistance of the Australian 

Broadcasting Corporation 2005 Duration 56min PG 

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Japan in Ruins - Tokyo, the Day 

the War Ended Price of Peace 

It is the day after the war. Nine million Japanese are 

homeless. Three million have been killed in the war 

and 1.3 million of these were civilians who died in 

the massive American bombing campaign of which 

the atomic bombing was only a part. It is only recently 

that the Japanese themselves have begun to show a growing desire to 

know and understand this pre-war to post-war period: the invasion of 

China in 1931, the Pacific War from 1942, the conditions of surrender in 

1945, followed by the forced reconstruction at the price of memory and 

denial and under the authority of the victorious Americans. The film is 

structured around the procedure established by the Americans for this 

surrender ceremony in the Bay of Tokyo. 


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GREAT BATTLES OF 

THE GREAT WAR 

Ed Skelding has made excellent use of the presentday 

landscape to explain the strategy and progress 

of the battles, what happened and where with the use 

of superimposed maps, diagrams and testimonies. SBS 

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Somme - Here Comes Kitchener’s Army 

On the 1st July 1916 hundreds of thousands of 

inexperienced British volunteers, Kitchener’s Army, 

advanced across the mud of no-man’s land. By the end 

of the first day 40,000 men were maimed and 20,000 

killed in the single largest disaster in British military 

history. By November 1916, the gains were minimal, the 

slaughter almost incomprehensible. 

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Gallipoli - The Last Crusade 

In the nine-month carnage of Gallipoli the Allies lost 

50,000 killed and gained a tiny foothold which they then 

abandoned when the 100,000 survivors were evacuated 

nine months later. The campaign started in Spring 1915 

as a combined land and sea operation, planned by 

Winston Churchill. The plan foresaw the Royal Navy 

knocking out the Turkish shore batteries and British, Australian and New 

Zealand troops landing on the Gallipoli peninsula in what was then the 

largest ever amphibious assault. 

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Ypres - The Salient 

Straddling the French-Belgian border, this flat, wet and 

muddy landscape was the scene of three great battles 

between 1914 and 1917. It culminated in a blood-letting 

that matched the Somme in desperation and losses. 

While the landscape of the Somme makes it easy to 

recognise features that would have been familiar to the 

troops, it’s not hard to see why even the men bogged down in fighting 

around Ypres and throughout Flanders were often literally lost in the 

mud and confusion. 

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OUTBREAK 

21st Century Outbreak combines three gripping tales 

of detection, cutting-edge science and state-of-the-art 

computer graphics to chart the latest chapter in humanity’s 

war against its oldest enemy - infectious disease. Each 

episode focuses on a different way in which microbes are 

on the rise. Through these tales, the growing worldwide 

threat of infectious diseases is revealed. Atlantis Alliance 

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Alien Invaders 

Wherever humans go, they take their diseases with 

them. Today 1.5 billion people travel by air every year. 

Deadly diseases can reach the other side of the world in 

a matter of hours, and diseases we thought we’d seen 

the back of are coming back to haunt us in new, more 

deadly forms. ‘Alien Invaders’ reveals how four different 

microbes have succeeded in invading new territories. 

DVD - 6GN21C01 

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New Killers 

Microbes have existed on planet Earth for nearly 

4 billion years. Their ability to adapt and evolve to a 

changing world makes them the ultimate survivors 

but it also leads to brand new diseases. ‘New Killers’ 

focuses on the deadly germs that are new to science 

and reveals how older microbes have mutated into new, 

more dangerous forms. 


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Bioterror 

Advances in medical science have helped us to fight 

the terrifying threat of infectious disease. But while 

some scientists are trying to fight infectious disease, 

others are busy cultivating it to a far more sinister 

end. The very microbes we have spent decades trying 

to eradicate are now being manipulated to destroy us. 

The biological revolution has given the world a new kind of threat - the 

biological weapon. 


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BioTerror 

This program probes the dark past and horrifying 

prospects of bioterrorism as a new form of warfare. 

It highlights the secret biological revolution that was 

pioneered by the U.S., honed to perfection by the Soviet 

Union, and then adopted by Iraq and terrorist cells 

around the world. It discusses the very latest on germ 

warfare with virtually every major authority on bioterrorism, including 

veterans of the U.S.; the Soviet program that perfected anthrax, smallpox 

and other pathogens; and the U.N. effort to track down Iraq and Saddam 

Hussein’s biological weapons in the wake of the Gulf War. 

SBS Television 2002, A PBS Production Duration 90min 

DVD - 6SBBIO 

Price $143 

Choosing Exile - In the Footprints of a Stranger 

This is a story of exile and displacement, of a young family’s first hand 

personal quest for safety and a place to set down permanent roots. We 

follow the journey of Marc Radomsky, a filmmaker, his wife and their 

two children, as they leave established careers, family and friends in 

South Africa to emigrate to Australia. 

ABC Television 2004 Duration 55min FIRM SALE ONLY 

VHS - ABCHEX 

Price $110 

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THE RED CHAPTERS 

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This series traces the rise and fall of 

communism in the 20th century, by 

focusing on key events which took place on a single day, 

and yet each set off a chain reaction or crystallised a 

trend that changed the world. This series explores the 

global struggle between communism and its enemies. 

SBS Australia. 6SBRC 

Hunt for True October 

This program details the events which occurred on the 

night before the 1917 October Revolution, when Lenin 

set out in disguise for the Smolny Institute to harangue 

his reluctant comrades to seize power. An officer mistook 

him and let him proceed. We can see how history would 

have changed had he been arrested. 


DVD - 6SBRC1 

Price $121 

A Fatal Stroke 

This program focuses on the events surrounding the 

illness and death of Lenin; the twist of fate which 

robbed him of his speech and awarded Stalin with 

an opportunity to ruthlessly manoeuvre his way into 

power. 


DVD - 6SBRC2 

Price $121 

The Murder of Sergei Kirov 

Leningrad Party Secretary Kirov was assassinated 

in 1934. Stalin manipulated events to claim that his 

death proved that there was a plot to bring down the 

party, despite evidence that the murder was a crime of 

passion. Kirov’s death was the first link to thousands of 

assassinations. 


DVD - 6SBRC3 

Price $121 

The Heros of Dadu 

This program recounts the story of the single most 

critical incident of the Long March, when 90,000 

Communists, fleeing their Kuomintang enemy, crossed 

the Dadu River in 1935. 


DVD - 6SBRC4 

Price $121 

The Plays the Thing 

The murderous Cultural Revolution was triggered by an 

argument over Wu Han’s play ‘The Dismissal of Hai from 

Office’. Mao, believing it to be a mocking parody of his 

own political actions found it deeply offensive. Egged on, 

he launched the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution 

in 1966. 


DVD - 6SBRC5 

Price $121 

A Rebel with a Cause 

This is the epic story of Che Guevara’s life, his 1967 

execution in Bolivia and the extraordinary worldwide 

public reaction which shaped the modern world. 


DVD - 6SBRC6 

Price $121 


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The Great Depression - Part 1 

Post war boom and bust. The Great Depression had its roots in the First 

World War. We examine the efforts of various countries, including the 

USA, Canada, Australia, and several in Europe, to make the transition 

from war economies to more normal market conditions. It covers the 

post-war boom in manufacturing and wheat production in the USA 

and Canada; the prosperous “Roaring Twenties”; the effects of severe 

drought conditions in North America; the economic, agricultural, and 

societal conditions that led to the “Crash of ‘29”. The program uses 

archival film and images to clearly depict the struggle of ordinary people 

to survive. It concludes with the election of Franklin Delano Roosevelt in 

the U.S. & his goal of returning confidence to the American people. 


DVD - 88CVGD1 

Price $99 

The Great Depression - Part 2 

The global hardships of the 30s, economic solutions, the road to war. 

This second program concludes the Great Depression story. It begins 

with the “Gold Standard”, its influence on world trade, and explains 

the circular flow of a healthy economy. FDR’s “New Deal” in the USA is 

covered extensively, as is the establishment of work camps in Canada 

and the ensuing “On-to-Ottawa Trek”. As countries all over the world 

tried to protect their domestic markets, they placed high tariffs on 

imported goods; the video shows that this had the effect of worsening 

the depression by bringing stagnation to world trade. The effect of 

the Peace Treaty of Versailles on Germany is explained in the story of 

Germany’s build-up to the Second World War. The video concludes with 

Japan’s military expansion and the USA’s entry into the war. 


DVD - 88CVGD2 

Price $99 

The Short Life of Anne Frank 

This program tells the story of Anne Frank with 

quotations from her diary, unique photographs from 

the Frank Family albums and historical film extracts. It 

also includes the only film footage of Anne Frank. This 

program not only tells the story of Anne Frank, her diary, 

her family and the secret annex, but also tells of the 

Second World War and the persecution of the Jews. This is an excellent 

tool in teaching about the Holocaust. 


DVD - 6RNLSA 

Price $132 

Just a Diary 

This program looks at the historical circumstances 

which forced Anne Frank and her family into hiding. It 

contains excerpts from her diary and footage from the 

period. It also shows scenes from a play based on Anne 

Frank’s life. 

Anne Frank Centre Duration 25min 

VHS - NIJD 

Price $132 

Dear Kitty 

Anne Frank, a German Jew, whose family fled to Amsterdam because 

of Nazi persecution of the Jews, wrote a diary which has become the 

best known book about the war. The diary details the last two years of 

her life, spent in hiding in Amsterdam following the German invasion 

of Holland in 1940. 

Anne Frank Centre Duration 25min 

VHS - NIDK 

Price $132 

Camp Memories One Survivor Remembers 

This program tells the story of Gerda Weissman, a survivor of the 

Holocaust. Germans invaded her town of Bielsko, Poland in August 

1939. She talks about her life in slave labour camps along the Polish- 

German border and on a death march at the end of the war. 


VHS - ITCM 

Price $132

VOICES FROM 

THE HOLOCAUST 

Witness: ‘Voices from the Holocaust’ is a prize-winning 

documentary, in which testimonies of Holocaust 

survivors and witnesses, some recorded as early as 

1979, archival footage, and personal photographs and 

documents reveal the Nazi era through the memories 

of those who were there. A Hitler Youth, a Jesuit priest, 

resistance fighters, concentration camp survivors, an 

American POW, and a liberator present a vivid image 

of the Holocaust in their own words. Since many of the 

witnesses were in their teens or younger during the war 

years, students can understand and identify with their 

experiences on a more personal level. The accompanying 

book of the same title provides resource material and the 

opportunity for students to learn more about the survivors 

in the documentary. 

This three-part series provides history that 

students can understand on their own 

level and from which they can draw lessons 

for current events and their own lives. The 

teachers who wrote the curriculum piloted 

this documentary with their own students. 

Produced by AGC/United Learning, Study 

Notes. RWULVH 

Part 1 

Part I includes the topics: A Way of Life; and the Outbreak of War 

Ghettos. 

Duration 24min VHS - RWULVH1 

Price $132 

Part 2 

Part II includes the topics: Escape, Hiding and Resistance Deportation 

and Arrival the Camps. 


Price $132 

Part 3 

Part III includes the topic: Death March Liberation Aftermath. 


Price $132 


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Germany the Reluctant Nation 

This program examines German unification five years 

after the wall came down. It looks at how the guilt 

Germans feel about their past is effecting the way 

forward, their role as a military force, relations between 

East and West and the question of a European Union. 


VHS - SBGRN 

Price $132 

Romanov 

This film contains superb archival footage of the last 

Tsar Nicholas II, including his personal photographic 

collection of family and friends. ‘Romanov’ is an 

entertaining and poignant account of one of the world’s 

most romantic and wealthiest dynasties. 


VHS - SBRO 

Price $132 

Tiananmen Square in Beijing 

From the balcony overlooking what is now Tiananmen 

Square in Beijing, Mao Zedong proclaimed the People’s 

Republic of China on October 1st 1949. Mao’s gigantic 

portrait still gazes upon the ever-changing square. This 

program has a wealth of archival footage augmented 

strongly by writer Hong Ying’s personal memories of 

this historic place telling of the history of this famous square. 


DVD - 6RNTTS 

Price $132 

The French Revolution 

This program is a good overview of the issues, causes 

and turbulent events of the French Revolution. Part 

one traces the autocratic national states in Europe, 

the structure of French Society and key events of the 

Revolution. Part two details increasingly violent stages, 

the Directory period, Napoleon and major effects. 

Clearvue Duration 17min 

DVD - 6RWCFR 

Price $132 

World War 1 - The War in Europe 

This program provides a clear and concise narrative 

discussion of the conflict. Historically accurate, fullcolour 

maps provide geographical context for the 

program. Topics include: the roots of the war; European 

military alliances that ignited the war; industrial age 

technological advances such as the U-boat, machine 

guns, air combat, and chemical weapons; United States involvement 

including the participation of women and African Americans; and U.S. 

economic policies and public support for the war effort. 

AGC/United Learning 2002 Study Notes Duration 30min 

VHS - RWULWW 

Price $137.50 

Child Soldiers 

This documentary focuses on the plight of children 

recruited to fight in civil wars and armed conflicts 

around the world, and the desperate struggle by 

some in the face of government policies to rescue 

and rehabilitate those who learned to be professional 

killers before they became teenagers. View a series 

of encounters with children who have been through hell as soldiers in 

Uganda, Sudan, Burma and Columbia. 

ABC Television 2004 Duration 56min FIRM SALE ONLY 

VHS - ABCCHS 

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Imperialism 

This program is an excellent way to define and analyse 

imperialism, as it examines three case studies: the 

Spanish in Latin America; the British in India; and the 

multinational division of Africa. Topics addressed are 

the motives, methods of establishment and operation, 

and effects of imperialism. 

Duration 44min VHS - RWCIMP 

Price $132 

Cuban Missile Crisis 

In 1962, the Soviet Union amassed an arsenal of nuclear 

missiles in Cuba, which lies some 70 miles off the coast 

of Florida. Four Russian submarines discovered in the 

Caribbean provoked a stand-off that brought the world 

perilously close to nuclear war. In this program you 

will hear exclusive interviews with former Soviet naval 

commanders and former White House aides and view archival footage 

of unfolding events. 

Discovery School Channel 2003 Duration 52min 

DVD - 6DISCMC 

Price $137.50 

The Roots of Conflict 

In 1947, the United Nations proposed a plan to partition 

Palestine and create a homeland for Jewish people. 

More than 50 years later, conflict between Jews and 

Palestinians is still unresolved - and it is often marked 

by violence. Learn the history of the Israeli-Palestinian 

conflict, and the historical claims to the land that both 

sides have made. 


DVD - 6DISIP1 

Price $137.50 

Israel and Palestine Fight for Peace 

Can there be peace in the Middle East? The Oslo Peace 

Accords in 1993 brought a glimmer of hope to ending 

a decades old dispute. Learn the obstacles that have 

prevented Israel and Palestine from compromising, 

including border disputes, refugees, settlers, terrorism 

and years of distrust and bloodshed. 


DVD - 6DISIP2 

Price $137.50 

Historical Heroes 

This thoughtful program encourages students to weigh 

the heroic value of such attributes as rebelliousness, 

endurance and risk taking. Great Books: The Right 

Stuff: explores the experiences of American astronauts 

through Tom Wolfe’s book. The Original Gangs of New 

York: addresses how 19th century gangs in New York 

helped forge the city’s politics and identity. Australia’s Criminal Past: 

tells the story of convicts who became Australia’s first European settlers 

after being forcibly transported there by Great Britain. Great Books: Les 

Miserable: analyses life in post-Revolutionary France as described in 

Victor Hugo’s classic novel. 


DVD - 6DISHH 

Price $137.50 

Afghanistan - 12 Years of Violence 

This program charts the history of Afghanistan, from 

the Soviet invasion to civil war between ethnic tribes to 

the rise of the Taliban. This war-torn country was once 

home to many sophisticated, educated, and artistic 

people. By the late 1990s, it became an international 

centre for smuggling drugs and precious stones and the 

headquarters of Osama bin Laden. 


DVD - 6DISAFG 

Price $137.50 

Americas Forgotten Allies 

This documentary program tells the story of the 

Montagnard hill tribes of Vietnam’s central highlands 

- loyal allies to the American forces during the Vietnam 

conflict who are now fighting for their existence, their 

culture, and their land. During the Vietnam War 

thousands of Montagnard hill tribesmen were recruited 

by the CIA and Special Forces to fight the communists 

in exchange for US promises of support and protection. Tragically, those 

loyal US allies would be abandoned in 1975 to be brutally persecuted 

by the vengeful communists. It was in 1992 however, when the last 

resistance group of Montagnards, who were still fighting the Vietnam 

War, would surrender. Like ghosts they stepped out of the jungle - 17 

years after America left Vietnam. 


DVD - 6SBAFA 

Price $132 

The Art of War 

In The Art of War, Betty Churcher brings her unique 

perspective to a series on Australian art inspired 

or provoked by a century of conflict, from World War 

I to the “war on terror”. A personal exploration of art 

rather than a comprehensive history, it reveals how 

dramatically attitudes to war have changed and how 

radically the trauma of war has changed art itself. With images from 

official war artists, soldiers on the frontline or in POW camps, civilians 

in concentration camps and those on the homefront, it is a story of 

unknown artists and famous names such as George Lambert, Nora 

Heysen, Wendy Sharpe and Sidney Nolan. 

Titles include: 

Birth of a Legend 

The Human Tragedy 

Far from the Frontline 

Cold War 

Conflagration 

A Film Australia National Interest Program in association with Early Works. 

Produced with the support of the Australian War Memorial and in association 

with SBS Independent 2005. 

Duration 4 x 26min 

DVD - 88FAART 

Price $165 

Causes of World War I 

Revised and expanded this program explores the 

political, economic and social causes of World War 1. 

Part 1 addresses the development of nationalism and 

major power’s goals ; the 2nd part depicts pre-war 

European prosperity and then focuses on imperialism 

and the tensions created. 


DVD - 6RWCWW1 

Price $132 

Causes of World War II 

This program explores how the events and consequences 

of World War I sowed the seeds for World War II. Part one 

focuses on the 1920 Treaty of Versailles, the Russian 

Revolution, Facism and National Socialism in Germany. 

Part two focuses on the 1930’s, Hitler, the effect of the 

depression, Spanish Civil War and Japan. 


DVD - 6RWCWW2 

Price $132 

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his series analyses the social, political 

and historical conditions that make ethnic cleansing 

possible. Episode 1 begins with the persecution of the 

Jews throughout history. Episode 2 focuses on the 

colonisers, who turned land into property, clearing the 

indigenous people. Episode 3 looks at Europe at the end 

of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th Centuries. 

Episode 4 looks at genocides in the former Republic of 

Yugoslavia and Rwanda. SBS Australia. 6SBCOCP 

Crime of Crimes - Part 1 

Enemy / Land 

Rather than being a grim litany of disaster, this series 

analyses the social, political and historical conditions 

that make ethnic cleansing possible. It begins with the 

persecution of the Jews throughout history it continues 

by looking at colonisers in North America, Australia and 

South Africa who justified brutal expansion in the name of ‘civilising’ 

the native peoples: then considers ethnic cleansing of political ends. 

The episode ‘Land’ focuses on the colonisers, who turned land into 

property, clearing the indigenous people, establishing Europeans as 

the new owners. This clear and settle policy was first tried out by the 

English in Ireland but was also used later in North America and Australia 

establishing Europeans as the new owners. 

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DVD - 6SBCOCP1 

Price $198 

Crime of Crimes - Part 2 

Nation / Vengeance 

The episode ‘Nation’ looks at Europe at the end of the 

19th and the beginning of the 20th Centuries when 

the great empires were crumbling and the peoples of 

Europe turned to nationhood to instil security and a 

sense of belonging. In Turkey, the reign of the tyrannical 

sultans was swept away, and replaced in 1908 by a group known as 

the Young Turks, a group of military men who no longer saw the empire 

as a priority. The episode ‘Vengeance’ looks at genocides in the former 

Republic of Yugoslavia and Rwanda. These campaigns of mass murder 

were conducted by people who felt that they were part of a group that 

had suffered in the past, and wanted to right the wrongs of history. In 

the history of genocide, the perpetrators have always needed a powerful 

and convincing story to enable them to kill and justify their actions. 

*Rated M 

DVD - 6SBCOCP2 

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The Internationale 

Drawing on people’s stories of an emotionally charged 

radical song (the long-time anthem of socialism and 

communism) to celebrate the relationship between 

music and social change, and to evaluate the uncertain 

fate of once thriving movements of the left. It takes 

us on a lyrical journey from the Paris Commune to 

the collapse of Soviet Communism, from the slums of 

Kingston Jamaica to Tiananmen Square, in search of what might be the 

only song to change the world. With each rendering of The Internationale 

we learn what happens when the only truly universal dream of our 

century - the dream of a world without exploitation - is deferred. 


DVD - 6SBINT 

Price $121 

The Last Poets 

The Last Poets were a group of black poets formed in 

the 1960’s through to the 1970s in Harlem, New York, 

whose work was based on strong, direct ideology and 

revolutionary ideals. The film traces their place in 

the late 50’s and 60’s in the background of the Black 

Panthers and the Civil Rights movement. The Last Poets 

all testify lucidly to the ambitions and effects of their poetry within a 

time of growing strength, confidence and optimism within the black 

communities in America. 


VHS - SBLPO 

Price $132 

Renaissance 

This program is divided into three parts: Europe before 

the Renaissance, Italy and the Renaissance and the 

Renaissance elsewhere in Europe. Each segment places 

key events in context as the viewer is taken to various 

buildings and landmarks. The program uses painting, 

sculpture, architecture, music and documentary 

material. 

Clearvue Duration 56min 

VHS - RWCR 

Price $159.50 

Tulips the Light of the East 

This is the story of the flower that has shaped human 

destinies and influenced the face of history. Greed, 

desire and anguish have all played their part in the 

development of the tulip, from its origin as a wild flower 

of the Asian steppes to its current status as a world 

phenomenon. The saga of the tulip is brought to life 

through a combination of contemporary film material, 

interviews with experts and carefully re-enacted historical scenes. 


VHS - RNTU 

Price $137.50 

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THE UNKNOWN WAR 

SBS Television. For more information on 

these titles visit www.marcom.com.au 

Heading for War 1936 - 1939 

VHS - SBUW1 

Price $88 

Far From the Battlefield 1939 - 1942 

VHS - SBUW2 

Price $88 

Eastern Front 1940 - 1943 

VHS - SBUW3 

Price $88 

Camera in the Scout Car 1941 - 1944 

VHS - SBUW4 

Price $88 

Boogie Woogie Victory 1943 - 1945 

VHS - SBUW5 

Price $88 

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The Mascot 

For most of his life, Alex Kurzem harboured a secret. 

As a five-year old Russian orphan in World War Two, 

he had been found by Latvian soldiers, made their 

mascot and given a new name and birth date. But Alex 

was actually a Jew who was being kept alive by those 

who were exterminating his people. With his real identity 

hidden, he became a poster boy for the Nazi ideal and 

was taken into a Latvian family, who later migrated to Australia. This is 

the story of Alex’s search for his true history. 

Film Australia Duration 55min 

VHS - FAMASCOT 

Price $105 

Causes of World War I 

On this CD ROM you can explore the political, economic, and social 

factors and events that gave rise to the war. Compare the goals of 

major powers with war outcomes and see how the tensions of prosperity 

and imperialism led to the creation of alliances, an arms race, and 

irreversibly to conflict. 

CD ROM - 99ZCWW Price $88 

Causes of World War II 

Explore how events and consequences of World War I sowed the seeds 

for a new conflict. This program chronicles the rise to power of new 

totalitarian regimes and the events that led to global conflict. 

CD ROM - 99ZCWW2 Price $88 

Columbus and the Age of Discovery 

On this CD ROM you can trace the history of global exploration from 

the migrations of prehistoric peoples to the Portuguese, Columbus, and 

through to the Space Age. Examine the important role of explorers, with 

special emphasis on the life of Christopher Columbus. 

CD ROM - 99ZCAD Price $88 

Cradles of Civilisation 

On this CD ROM you can explore the military, political, economic, social, 

cultural and intellectual achievements of humanity from prehistoric 

cultures to the rise and fall of the Egyptian and Mesopotamian 

civilisations. Examine how the modern civilisation is a product of efforts 

by numerous races and cultures. 

CD ROM - 99ZCC Price $88 

Greek and Roman World 

On this CD ROM you can examine the uniqueness of the culture of the 

Aegean Greeks, Italian Romans, Imperial Romans and Mediterranean 

Greeks. Explore the contributions to art, literature, politics, philosophy, 

education and the sciences by these four ancient peoples. 

CD ROM - 99ZGRW Price $88 

Everyday Life in Ancient Egypt 

On this CD ROM you can examine the rulers, traditions, beliefs and battles 

of ancient Egypt. The life and death for the rich, poor and Pharaohs. 

Explore mummification, pyramids, artefacts and the hieroglyphics of 

this ancient civilisation. 

CD ROM - 99ZELAE Price $88 

Fascist Dictatorship 

Examine the historical and philosophical roots of fascism as you trace 

the rise to power and subsequent fall of Mussolini and Hitler, among 

others. This program shows the relationship between fascism and 

democracy and relates the legacy of fascism after World War II. 

CD ROM - 99ZFD Price $88 

Great Depression 

This CD ROM analyses the background and conditions that led to 

economic chaos. Examine President Hoover’s philosophy towards the 

New Deal and the impact of World War II, and see the impact of the 

Depression on the lives of ordinary people. 

CD ROM - 99ZGD Price $88 

French Revolution 

Explore the rise of autocratic nation states in Europe in the 16th to 

18th centuries, the structure of French society, and key events of the 

Revolution as it progressed. This CD ROM ends in an evaluation of the 

Revolution’s major effects. 

CD ROM - 99ZFR Price $88 

Twentieth Century Nationalism 

On this CD ROM you can examine the powerful growth of 20th century 

nationalism through three case studies of former European colonies. 

Examine the causes, results and effects of nationalism and the two 

main routes to independence: constitutional and revolutionary. Studied 

are India, Vietnam and Africa. 

CD ROM - 99ZTCN Price $88

Ideas of Karl Marx 

On this CD ROM you can examine Marx’s background, the founding 

of the Communist League, and the publication of the Communist 

Manifesto. Explore capitalism, socialism, dialectal materialism, the 

Marxist concept of history and why Marx believed that social classes are 

inevitably arrayed against each other. 

CD ROM - 99ZIKM Price $88 

Renaissance 

On this CD ROM you can explore the art of more than 50 Renaissance 

artists from the 14th, 15th and early 16th centuries. Their studies of 

nature, medicine and science opened paths of knowledge to our own 

time. 

CD ROM - 99ZA04 Price $88 

Baroque 

On this CD ROM you can explore the turmoil of the 16th and 17th 

centuries through the works of famous artists. Explore the religious and 

political conflicts, the loss of faith in man, God and knowledge, and the 

rebuilding of this faith. This CD ROM includes examples of Baroque art 

and music. 

CD ROM - 99ZAO5 Price $88 

Rise and Fall of the British Empire 

On this CD ROM you can survey the dramatic story of the British Empire, 

from it’s beginnings in the 16th century to its end in the 20th. Examine 

the origins, development, effects and legacies of Britain’s colonial 

stewardship. 

CD ROM - 99ZRFBE Price $88 

Russian Revolution 

On this CD ROM you can examine the Russian political and economic 

saga from its early history of Mongol invasions to the increasing 

regimentation of the people by the state under Peter the Great. Explore 

the wretched conditions that led the workers and peasants to revolt and 

the aftermath of this revolution. 

CD ROM - 99ZRR Price $88 

Middle Ages 

From the beginning of the decline of classical civilisation to the 

Renaissance, this CD ROM explores the events which so greatly 

changed the course of history. The roles of Christianity, Crusades, 

Constantine, Justinian, and Charlemagne are portrayed through the art 

and architecture of the Middle Ages. 


Imperialism 

On this CD ROM you can explore the rationales and motives for 

imperialism using three case studies. Examine the establishment, 

methods of operation and legacies of imperialism of the Spanish in Latin 

America, the British in India, and the multinational division of Africa in 

the 19th century. 

CD ROM - 99ZIM Price $88 

Industrial Revolution 

On this CD ROM you can examine the underlying conditions for 

industrialisation, its rise in Britain and subsequent spread to the rest 

of the world. Explore how industrialisation has altered human existence 

throughout the world. 

CD ROM - 99ZIR Price $88 

My Brother’s Keeper 

On this CD ROM you can examine the Holocaust, the Warsaw ghetto 

uprising and Jewish persecution through the paintings of Israel 

Bernbaum, archival photographs and first-hand accounts. This CD 

shows the immense injustices of the Holocaust and reinforces the 

importance of religious, racial and ethnic tolerance. 

CD ROM - 99ZMBK Price $88 

Ninteenth Century Nationalism 

Examine the concept of nationalism as it emerged, developed, and then 

changed form throughout Europe from the French Revolution to the 

outbreak of World War I. 

CD ROM - 99ZNCN Price $88 

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GREAT EGYPTIANS 

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Akhenaten - The Rebel Pharaoh 

and the Mystery of Tutankhamen 

Akhenaten - his reign was so scandalous that his name 

was stricken from his family’s temples. Meet Akhenaten, 

who brought dramatic change to Egypt with his slogan 

‘Living Truth.’ King Tut - compare Akhenaten’s legacy 

with that of the boy king. Was there a murderer lurking 

in King Tut’s court? Egyptologist Bob Brier does a little detective work 

to shore up a tale of power and intrigue in one of the world’s oldest 

whodunits. 

DVD - 6DISGE01 

Price $137.50 

The Real Cleopatra 

How did a Greek without a drop of Egyptian blood become 

one of the most famous Egyptians of all time? Go back 

to the time of Alexander the Great, who established 

Egypt’s Ptolemaic dynasty, into which Cleopatra was 

born. Explore the true source of her beguiling power, 

her intelligence. You’ll find that this study of Cleopatra 

as ruler, mother and consort reveals a woman very different from her 

reputation. 


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Hatshepsut - 

The Queen Who Would be King 

When her son tried to ascend to her dead husband’s 

throne, Queen Hatshepsut did the unthinkable and 

declared herself king. Learn how she overturned 

Egyptian tradition to become one of the most powerful 

and successful pharaohs in history. Then examine how 

ancient and modern prejudices conspired to withhold the credit due to 

this unstoppable ruler. 


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Sneferu - King of the Pyramids 

He had weaker PR than Tut and company, but lesserknown 

Sneferu gets the credit for making Egypt an 

international power. He and his sons built the pyramids, 

the region’s most lasting legacy. Join him as he presides 

over Egypt’s artistic and architectural heyday, then 

fast-forward to crawl through a surviving pyramid’s 

labyrinthine burial chambers. 


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Ramses the Great 

This man clearly was concerned with posterity: he built 

more monuments and fathered more children during his 

reign than any other pharaoh. View some of Ramses’ 

legacies, including the massive figures at Abu Simbel 

that inspired Mount Rushmore. Then examine a key 

battle Ramses may have lost - the one with Moses and 

the God of the Israelites. Judge for yourself how well archaeological 

evidence supports the events described in Exodus. 


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The Hidden History of Egypt 

The pyramids and well known mummies of ancient Egypt 

get lots of attention, but what did people do there every 

day? From writing with hieroglyphs to using papyrus, 

the ancient Egyptians have had a long lasting influence. 

Explore what daily life was like in a typical house and 

what was on the menu for the common person. 


DVD - 6DISHHE 

Price $137.50 

Mummies - The Ultimate Guide 

They’ve been discovered all over the world, from South 

America to Antarctica, offering a glimpse of what life 

was like in ancient civilisations. Learn how scientists 

examine mummies to learn the secrets they can teach 

us about both the preservation techniques and belief 

systems of their makers. 


DVD - 6DISMUM 

Price $137.50 

Death of a Pharaoh 

The ancient Egyptians were consummate builders and 

much of their works survive to this day. A look at the 

construction of a pyramid and the relocation of the 

pyramid of Abu Simbel. The tomb of Tutankhamon, the 

Great Pyramids and the Book of the Dead. 

NEAR, Spain 2000 Duration 18min 

DVD - 6DDVH06 

Price $71.50 

Empires Egypt 

‘Empires Egypt’ presents the most extraordinary period 

in Egyptian history from 1560 to 1080 BC, when the 

Egyptian Empire reached its zenith. In 1560 BC, when 

Rome was still a marsh, Egypt was already 1,000 years 

old. The New Kingdom would be an empire forged by 

conquest, maintained by intimidation and diplomacy. 

‘Empires Egypt’ reveals with startling clarity the hopes and dreams of 

the Pharaohs and ordinary citizens who created the first great empire 

in history. 


DVD - 6SBEME 

Price $49.95 

Toward Civilisation 

Trace the development of human civilization from the 

earliest hunter-gatherers to the remarkable society of 

ancient Egypt. Four segments span the African plains, 

the mountains of Europe and the Nile Delta. Segments 

include: Before We Ruled the Earth, Out of Africa, Secrets 

of the Iceman and The Nile: Where Egypt Began. 


DVD - 6DISTC 

Price $137.50 

When Civilisations End 

What factors lead to the downfall of a great civilisation? 

Students will find commonalities and differences in the 

ways civilizations met their ends. Segments address 

former empires in China, Peru and Africa. Segments 

include: The Forbidden City, The Mummies of Peru, 

Zimbabwe - Lost City of Africa, The Scramble for African 

Colonies. 


DVD - 6DISWC 

Price $137.50 

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ANCIENT ROME 

Produced by Discovery Channel School, 

Study Notes. 6DISAR 

Rise to Power 

It’s a history conceived in a legend - twin boys suckled 

by a wolf. ‘Rise to Power’ traces the early chapters in 

Rome’s history from Romulus and Remus to the dawn of 

an empire. On the mudflats of the Tiber River, life under 

decadent Etruscan kings led to full-scale revolt, and the 

Roman Republic was born. 

DVD - 6DISAR01 

Price $137.50 

Struggles for Power 

There was no turning back. In one decisive moment, 

Julius Caesar marched his troops across the Rubicon 

to Rome. He came, saw and conquered, transforming 

the world’s first representative government into an 

autocracy. Julius Caesar did not know that absolute 

power corrupts absolutely. He could not foresee that 

by creating an empire, he was sowing the seeds of Rome’s eventual 

decline. 


Price $137.50 

Expansion and Conquest 

Rank amateurs filled its ranks, but the Roman army was 

able to conquer the known world. What makes a man fit 

to serve in the Roman legions? How did Rome keep her 

soldiers loyal? ‘Expansion and Conquest’ will send your 

students over the Alps on elephants with great general 

Hannibal and take them into the thick of the Roman 

army’s first great test, the Punic Wars. 


Price $137.50 

Fall of an Empire 

Everything must come to an end, and the glory that was 

Rome ended in the onslaught of Germanic tribes. Alaric, 

king of the Visigoths, unlettered, rude and ruthless 

brought the empire to her knees. ‘Fall of an Empire’ 

follows the sad, last days of the Romans. But it will also 

remind your students how the Roman legacy persists 

today in art, architecture, politics and medicine. 


Price $137.50 

Prosperity and Decline 

It was the longest peacetime in European history - the 

Pax Romana. Fifty million people were free to travel, 

trade and build. So what went wrong? ‘Prosperity and 

Decline’ traces the Romans’ road to ruin, uncovers the 

warning signs of decay, and proves that you can have 

too much of a good thing. 


Price $137.50 


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Byzantium 

Rome fell in 476, but the empire moved east and 

lasted another thousand years. Part One of Byzantium 

describes how Constantine, a Christian convert, moved 

the centre of power to this former Greek city and made 

it the glory of the Christian world. Part two examines 

the legacy of Byzantium, conquered by the Ottomans 

in 1453. Learn how Byzantium refugees helped spark 

the Renaissance by bringing classic Greek and Roman texts back from 

the East. 


DVD - 6DISBYZ 

Price $137.50 

Parthenon - Design and Architecture 

Learn about the building techniques of the ancient 

Greeks, from quarrying huge blocks of marble in the 

mountains around Athens to the intricate carvings of 

magnificent sculptures that adorned the Parthenon. 

Discovery Channel School 2002 Study Notes 

Duration 2x52min 

DVD - 6DISPDA 

Price $137.50 

Spartan Warriors Ancient Greek Culture 

During the 5th and 6th centuries B.C., Sparta was the 

most powerful city state in Greece. Discover how the 

Spartans’ devotion to military training fueled their rise 

and also led the to their downfall. 

Discovery Channel School 2002 

Study Notes Duration 33min 

DVD - 6DISSW 

Price $137.50 

Jerusalem - City of Heaven 

Few cities have seen as much religious and political 

turmoil over the centuries as Jerusalem, born 5000 

years ago at the site of a sacred rock. Visit the place 

that for Jews, Christians and Muslims is the holiest of 

cities, one that has attracted conflict and controversy 

even as it continues to dominate Western civilisation. 



DVD - 6DISJCH 

Price $137.50 

The Great Wall of China 

Stretching 1,500 miles from the Yellow Sea to the central 

Asian desert, the 2,000 year old Great Wall of China 

has shaped not only China’s past, but all of Europe’s as 

well. Meet a photographer whose passion for the Great 

Wall has driven him to uncover thousands of forgotten 

miles of the barrier built by China’s dynasties. 



DVD - 6DISGWC 

Price $137.50 

Archaeological Detective 

Imagine digging a flowerbed in your front yard and 

unearthing human bones! Such an alarming find 

gets explored in this show as detectives, coroners 

and archaeologists work together to solve a crime 

committed years ago. 

Discovery Channel School 2002 

Study Notes Duration 26min 

DVD - 6DISFD2 

Price $137.50 

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Empire of the Mongols 

This two-part program narrates the rise and fall of 

the Mongolian Empire. Against the backdrop of the 

breathtaking landscapes of Mongolia, the documentary 

reconstructs life at the court of Genghis Khan and 

illustrates the Mongolian style of warfare in reenactments. 

The documentary shows a nomadic 

people that has kept it’s knowledge and skills alive and 

maintained it’s originality. 

SBS Teleivion 2005 Duration 2x 52min 

DVD - 6SBEOM 

Price $49.95 

The Empires Medici Family 

From a small Italian community in 15th-century 

Florence, the Medici family would rise to rule Europe in 

many ways. Using charm, patronage, skill, duplicity and 

ruthlessness, they would amass unparalleled wealth and 

unprecedented power. They would also ignite the most 

important cultural and artistic revolution in Western 

history - the European Renaissance. But the forces of change the Medici 

helped unleash would one day topple their ordered world. An epic drama 

played out in the courts, cathedrals and palaces of Europe, this series is 

both the tale of one family’s powerful ambition and of Europe’s tortured 

struggle to emerge from the ravages of the dark ages. 


DVD - 6SBEMM 

Price $49.95 

Empires Peter and Paul and 

the Christian Revolution 

Combining the words of Paul and other ancient writers 

with contemporary scholars, modern archaeology 

and dramatic re-enactments filmed in Europe and 

the Middle East, this program explores how two men 

were able to weather crippling disagreements and 

political persecution to lead one of history’s most astonishing religious 

movements. 


DVD - 6SBEMPP 

Price $49.95 

Empires Rome 

Two thousand years ago, at the dawn of the first 

century, the world was ruled by Rome. The Roman 

Empire struggled with problems which are surprisingly 

familiar: violent coups, assassinations, overarching 

ambition, civil war, clashes between the classes as well 

as the sexes, and questions of personal freedom versus 

government control. This program is presented by Sigourney Weaver. 


DVD - 6SBEMR 

Price $49.95 

Empires Kingdom of David - 

The Saga of the Israelites 

Nearly 3000 years ago, a tiny group of tribes in the land of Canaan gave 

birth to a nation and a religion - a religion that would dare to redefine 

humanity’s relationship with God. ‘Empires Kingdom of David’ tells the 

epic story of the Israelites and the creation of the world’s first and most 

profoundly influential, monotheistic religion. The stories of the patriarch 

Abraham, the liberator Moses, and the poet-king David all come to life 

in the dramatic tale of loss and triumph. 


DVD - 6SBEMD 

Price $49.95 

Urban Dream - Stories from the Stone Age 

Why do some still continue hunting and gathering despite their contact 

with farming people and advanced technologies? How and why did our 

paths become uniquely shaped after emerging as a species from a 

single genetic family in Africa? 

ABC Australia FIRM SALE ONLY Duration 53min 

VHS - ABSFST2 

Price $110 

Empires The Greeks - 

Crucible of Civilisation 

‘Empires The Greeks’ recounts the rise, glory, demise 

and legacy of the empire that marked the dawn of 

Western Civilisation. In the fourth and fifth centuries 

B.C., the Greeks built an empire that stretched across 

the Mediterranean from Asia to Spain. They laid the 

foundation of modern science, politics, warfare and philosophy, and 

produced some of the most breathtaking art and architecture the world 

has ever seen. It was perhaps the most spectacular flourishing of 

imagination. 


DVD - 6SBEMG 

Price $49.95 

Imperium Fall of Great Empires 

Imperium - Fall of Great Empires bestows a human face 

on once magnificent empires. What were the events 

that brought about the sudden fall of highly advanced 

empires such as Persia, Egypt, Carthage and Rome? A 

team of international researchers specifically examines 

the causes of collapse, pinpointing the fascinating 

moments in which the destinies of entire nations and empires were 

determined and compellingly illustrates how the development of today’s 

world hung by a thread. 


DVD - 6SBIMP 

Price $39.95 

Romans of Aalen 

Every two years, the German town of Aalen steps back 

in time to tell the story of it’s origins in the second 

century A.D. In those days, Aalen, now part of Unesco’s 

World Heritage, was on the northern boundary of the 

Roman Empire. To commemorate, Aalen hosts Europe’s 

largest get-together of Roman history enthusiasts who 

bring the city’s past back to life. For two days, participants fully enter 

into the spirit of the occasion and invent an imaginary life. 


DVD - 6AMPRAA 

Price $110 

Gladiators Rome’s Violent Past 

Gladiators in ancient Rome were used as military tools 

and for entertainment. See how gladiators lived, fought, 

and died in the arena. This program tells the story of 

how gladiator fights were tools of political power, and 

how the Romans devastated the wildlife population 

across Europe to maintain this brutal sport. 


DVD - 6DISRVP 

Price $143 

Daily Bread - Stories from the Stone Age 

An exploration of the revolutionary period of prehistory that began when 

humans abandoned the nomadic hunting and gathering existence they 

had known for millennia to take up a completely new way of life . Part 

one of this three part series examines the change people undertake from 

hunters to gatherers to farmers in the Middle East. 


VHS - ABSFST1 

Price $110 

Waves of Change - Stories from the Stone Age 

Based on extensive research, Stories from the Stone Age takes us 

on a journey where we get to live alongside our ancestors as they 

cross between the Old and the New Worlds and into Civilisation. The 

series utilises detailed re-enactments and short interviews with key 

archaeological experts. 


VHS - ABSFST3 

Price $110 

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THE CELTS 

T 

6 x 60 

he Celts were the first European people 

north of the Alps to rise from anonymity. 

They occupied lands from the Black Sea 

to the Atlantic, sacked Rome and pilaged 

Delphi. They were never an empire but they 

were a civilisation - reviled for their barbarism 

and admired for their artistic craftsmanship. 

Wild, ferocious drunkards, they were also 

romantics and mystics. They were indeed 

‘the fathers of Europe’. Their story is a story of survival, 

defiance and creativity, often in the face of oppression. 

SBS Australia 2000. SBCT 

In the Beginning 

Who were the Celts? Where did they come from? What 

made their culture so distinctive? - Mysteries made 

more complex by the absence of ancient Celtic written 

records. A distinctive Celtic culture existed in central 

Europe by about 700BC but the roots of that culture go 

even further back in time and even beyond Europe. 

VHS - SBCT1 Price $19.95 

Heroes in Defeat 

The heyday of the Celts was the La Tene era, by which time a complex 

social structure had evolved. It was tribal and women were often the 

leaders; warriors, bards, druids, artists and craftsmen all had special 

status but then the Celts clashed with the Romans and a highly 

developed culture fell apart. 


Sacred Groves 

The Celts are surrounded by an aura of romance and mysticism. Their 

views of the ‘other world’, their gods, the druids, human sacrifice, head 

hunting, sacred groves and the Temples of Natre - all of these facets are 

Celticism. Echoes of the past still resonate today. 


From Camelot to Christ 

The slow collapse of the Roman Empire saw the arrival of the new 

alien cultures of the Saxons, the Anglos and the Franks. These were 

now the enemies of the Celts forcing them ever westwards. The Celtic 

world is now linked increasingly with the Christian missionaries who 

crossed the Channel during the large-scale migrations of the fifth and 

sixth centuries. 


Legend and Reality 

The gradual emergence of modern Europe created new nations and new 

loyalties that inexorably absorbed the old Celtic Kingdoms. But the Celts 

did not die. They and their influence lived on. 


Dead Song 

The great hemorrhage of Celtic peoples from the nineteenth century 

onwards is one of the main themes of this program. Wherever they 

went, wherever they may be in these lands, they face a dilemma - to be 

absorbed or to retain their own identity. 



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THE SEA KINGDOMS 

Presented by Alistair Moffat. These are the 

lands of the Celtic peoples and the sea is 

the unbroken link that binds the Hebrides to 

the west of Wales, Ireland and Cornwall. The 

history of the Celtic peoples has been largely 

forgotten or subsumed. SBS Television 2005 

SBSKS 

Music of the Thing as it Happened 

Languages now under threat connect the inhabitants of Cornwall, the 

Isle of Man, Wales, Ireland and Scotland. 

VHS - SBSKS1 

The Islands of the Evening 

With the sea as it’s central theme, this program reveals the courage of 

early sailors and navigators and their impact on the Celtic Kingdoms. 

VHS - SBSKS2 

The Mighty Language of the Gael 

Explores language and how it connects Celtic people. 

VHS - SBSKS3 

Breaking Down the Ghost Fences 

Examines the importance of early Celtic religion and the ancient customs 

practised by Druids and ordinary people alike. 

VHS - SBSKS4 

Until the Break of Day 

The fundamental beliefs of the Celtic peoples have shaped their culture. 

Monks created special places of worship in the Celtic lands. 

VHS - SBSKS5 

The Sons of Death 

Some part of the Vikings still remain in the land they once invaded. 

VHS - SBSKS6 

Dancing to the Music of Time 

The Obby Oss is a wonderful and ancient ritual that goes back to early 

Celtic times and is a tangible link to the old ways of the pre-Christian 

peoples of the Sea Kingdoms. 

VHS - SBSKS7 

Eagles, Bards and Druids 

Examines the determination of Edward I to conquer the Welsh and the 

effects occupation had on the Welsh psyche. The modern campaign to 

save the Welsh language and the Welsh past cannot be separated. 

VHS - SBSKS8 

Swordland 

For the last thirty years a Gaelic war has been fought on the streets of 

Ireland. Examines the horrors of the 1798 rebellion where many more 

lost their lives in one year in one Irish county than were lost in the whole 

terror that was the French Revolution. 

VHS - SBSKS9 

Ardtornish No More 

Examines the powerful Lords of the Isles and the beginning of the Clan 

system. The strength of these naval Lords faded and with it Scotland’s 

place as a centre of commerce and naval power. 

VHS - SBSKS10 

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The Normans - A Dynasty 

that Shaped the World 

They were the brutal band of thugs who civilised a nation, 

conquered a kingdom and uncovered a continent. They 

were at once the most civilised of statesmen, the most 

fearless and skilled of warriors and the most gallant 

and accomplished of explorers. Theirs is a saga of epic 

proportions. They were the pioneers of the New World and the trailblazers 

of our modern society. This program includes the three episodes: The 

Invaders, The Kingdom in the Sun and Loss of Identity. 

SBS Television Duration 3x55min 

DVD - 6SBNOR 

Price $77 

The First Pompeii 

The secret lives and deaths of a prehistoric community 

lay buried in the Italian countryside for over 3500 years. 

But two remarkable recent discoveries have revealed 

something extraordinary. 


DVD - 6SBFP 

Price $132 

In Search of the Maya 

Is a hieroglyph worth a thousand words? They are to 

archaeologists sifting through the ruins of the Mayan 

city Calakmul. See how these valuable epigraphs are 

beginning to tell the story of a violent, religious, and 

politically charged culture that disappeared without 

explanation. 


DVD - 6DISSOM 

Price $137.50 

Lords of the Maya 

This program takes a special look at the Mayan culture, 

one of the most intriguing civilisations. Books in Mayan 

hieroglyphics have revealed that the Mayas prospered 

under the Spanish missionaries. Explores how these 

influences actually shaped and formed Mayan 

architecture and arts. 


VHS - SBLOM 

Price $71.50 

The Mayas I 

This program explores important contemporary 

milestones in the world’s history when the Mayan 

Empire reached its peak. It looks at their culture: their 

Scriptures, calender, agriculture and their concept of 

the mathematical ‘zero’. 


DVD - 6DDVH04 

Price $71.50 

The Mayas II 

This second part of the Mayas looks at their art and 

religion, how they buried their dead, temple secrets, the 

game of Pelota, King Pascal’s tomb, and how the Mayan 

Empire was wiped out by the Spanish invaders. 


DVD - 6DDVH05 

Price $71.50 

The Incan Empire 

One of the most advanced of the early civilisations, 

the Incas had highly developed levels of scientific, 

mathematical and engineering skills. Learn the origins, 

development, social and economic structure and how 

this mighty empire finally ended. 


DVD - 6DDVH03 

Price $71.50 

Europe in the Middle Ages 

A magnificent series which documents life and events 

across Western Europe during the period between the 

fall of the Roman Empire and the achievements of 

early Renaissance-culture. The programs intercept 

art and artifacts with meticulously documented 

dramatic reenactments of life among ordinary men, in 

the monasteries, and at the courts. The focus lies on 

experimental historical research that illustrates the impact the Middle 

Ages had on the Modern Age. 

SBS Television Duration 4x45mins 

DVD - 6SBEMA 

Price $39.95 

Galileo’s Battle for the Heavens 

A documentary on the dramatic life of great Italian 

scientist Galileo Galilei, based on Dava Sobel’s best 

seller ‘Galileo’s Daughter’, which celebrates the story 

of the father of modern science and his struggle to get 

Church authorities to accept the truth of his astonishing 

discoveries. This program includes re-enactments 

played by renowned British actor Simon Callow of key moments from 

Galileo’s life: his pioneering telescopic observations of the Moon and 

planets, his revolutionary experiments with falling objects, and his 

fateful trial before the Inquisition for heresy. 


DVD - 6SBGBH 

Price $132 

Viking Discoveries 

They weren’t just raiders. The Vikings were farmers, 

fishermen, traders, sailors and master shipbuilders. 

Their greatest assets were their long ships, the fastest 

ships in Europe. Learn about Viking influence on world 

history and other cultures during their expansion across 

the North Atlantic Ocean and Europe. 


DVD - 6DISVD 

Price $137.50 

Treasures of South America 

Tour the natural and historical treasures of one of 

the world’s most diverse continents. Meet two unique 

creatures of Galapagos that intrigued Charles Darwin. 

Travel to the ruins of the ancient Inca city of Cuzco, 

Peru. See the majestic cataracts at Iguazu Falls, where 

water and gravity collide. 

Discovery Channel School 2000 Study Notes Duration 26 min 

DVD - 6DISTSA 

Price $137.50 

All About the Enlightenment 

The Age of Reason 

The Enlightenment, also known as the Age of Reason, 

is the name given to the period in Europe and America 

during the 1700s when mankind was emerging from 

centuries of ignorance into a new age enlightened by 

reason, science, and respect for humanity. People 

of the Enlightenment were convinced that human reason could 

discover the natural laws of the universe and determine the natural 

rights of mankind; thereby unending progress in knowledge, technical 

achievement, and moral values. 


DVD - 6RWULEN 

Price $137.50

TREASURES OF THE 

ANCIENT WORLD 

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Stonehenge 

Featuring the very latest in advanced computer 

animation, this video lets you step back nearly 3,000 

years. See the famous stones as they were originally 

constructed...visit a Druid ceremony...hear leading 

authorities explain the latest theories and known facts 

about Stonehenge. 

DVD - 6MPAW01 

Price $132 

Hadrian’s Wall 

Hadrian’s Wall marked the northern boundary of the 

mighty Roman Empire. It ran for a length of some 115 

miles from the River Tyne to West Cumbria, crossing 

the whole width of Britain. Now using atmospheric 

reconstructions, you can watch the wall unravel before 

you. 

DVD - 6MPAW02 

Price $132 

The Great Pyramids 

Giza, the burial site of the mighty Pharoahs of Egypt, is 

still one of the most awe inspiring sights in the world 

today. This program features superb on-location footage 

and graphic ‘reconstructions’. 

DVD - 6MPAW03 

Price $132 

The Lost City of Pompeii 

This program tells the story of the doomed city, 

buried under a mountain of volcanic ash in A.D. 63. 

Rediscovered in 1848, the vast site continues to give up 

it’s secrets to this very day. 

DVD - 6MPAW04 

Price $132 

Ancient Rome 

This program provides a unique record of the treasures 

left to us by a remarkable civilisation. This program 

includes virtual reconstructions of the Colosseum 

which played host to great affairs of state and where 

people flocked to see gladiators fight to the death in 

mortal combat. 

DVD - 6MPAW05 

Price $132 

The Aztecs and the Mayans 

Famed for their incredible architectural achievements, 

the Aztec legacy lives on in modern Mexico City; the 

peaceful, nomadic Mayan people bequeathed to us 

some of the world’s great temples including Chichen 

Itza and Copan. 

DVD - 6MPAW06 

Price $132 

Ancient Greece 

This program explores the breathtaking beauty of the 

Acropolis and the Parthenon, the majesty of the remains 

at Delphi and the inspiring Temple of Zeus. 

DVD - 6MPAW07 

Price $132 

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Ancient Jerusalem 

This program tells the story of the Holy City, it’s famous 

walls and gates, Mount Zion and King David’s Tomb, 

where Christ spent his final days. 

DVD - 6MPAW08 

Price $132 

Romans in North Africa 

Using breathtaking graphics and animation this 

program explores the major Roman sites including 

the underground city of Bulla Regia, Dougga and the 

Colosseum of El Jem. It includes historical analysis 

and reconstructions of some of history’s greatest 

monuments. 

DVD - 6MPAW09 

Price $132 

Carthage 

This program explores with animation and graphics the 

wonders of the ancient city which stood on the northern 

coast of Africa near modern day Tunis. 

DVD - 6MPAW10 

Price $132 

Ancient Egypt 

This program visits, explores and restores using 

breathtaking 3D graphics the Temples of Al Karnak, 

Luxor and Abu Simbel and the Mortuary of Hatsepsut. 

DVD - 6MPAW11 

Price $132 

Seven Wonders 

Through the great stories of the ancient world, this 

program is a journey back in time to explore the seven 

wonders of the ancient world, including the Temple of 

Artemis and the Colossus of Rhodes. 

DVD - 6MPAW12 

Price $132 


Alexander The Great 

Alexander’s triumphs over the Persian Empire remain 

one of history’s greatest campaigns of conquest. Follow 

the story of a man who ruled the world stage for a 

brief time, but whose influence was felt years after his 

death. 



DVD - 6DISAG 

Price $137.50 

Genghis Khan - Rider of the Apocalypse 

Genghis Khan, ruthless leader of the Mongols and sovereign over the 

biggest empire ever ruled by a single man, was one of the most powerful 

and feared rulers in history. He was a notorious yet enigmatic figure. 

Through a mixture of ruthlessness and genius, he rose to become an 

accomplished warrior, army general, supreme ruler and finally, shrewd 

statesman. Instilling respect among his subjects, he would rule a 

territory larger than the Roman Empire. 

SBS Corporation Duration 53min 

DVD - 6SBGK 

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The Power of Gold 

Gold has had an enormous influence on art, religion and 

myth, the development of money and economic progress 

through almost all the civilisations in history. Filmed on 

five continents, ‘The Power Of Gold’ is based on the bestselling 

book of the same name by Peter L. Bernstein. It 

is an exciting and accessible history of substance that 

has fascinated people and nations from the beginning 

of time. Segments include Ancient Egypt, Rome and Byzantium, Inca 

Empire and Europe and Australia, California and South Africa. 


DVD - 6SBPOG 

Price $275 

Lost Empires of Asia and Russia 

Segments include The Lost City of Shang: examines 

China’s first great dynasty and the causes of its demise, 

Elephant Warriors: shows how the actions of a great 

Indian leader brought an end to his empire and sowed 

the seeds of Buddhism. Crisis in Russia: demonstrates 

how the Russian peoples opposition to the czarist 

regime and their demand for basic civil liberties led to revolution. 

Russian Revolution: examines the Soviets’ brutal dismantling of the 

czarist system. 


DVD - 6DISLE 

Price $137.50 

Destiny Determined - 

Power and Ritual in Asia 

Segments include Behind the Great Wall: explores the 

history of the Great Wall of China and the Dynasty of Qin 

Shi Huangdi. Story of the Silk Road: examines the history 

of the Silk Road, trade and the Han Dynasty. Secrets of 

the Samurai: looks into the science and technology of 

Samurai sword making and the history of Japanese ritual. Between Two 

Cultures: Japanese in America: introduces Japanese students living in 

America and the problems they encounter. 


DVD - 6DISDD 

Price $137.50 

Asia - Tradition and Culture 

From Japan’s ancient ceremonies to Australia’s unique 

history, students will be fascinated by the heritages 

represented. Segments convey the joy and reverence 

of numerous celebrations and rituals. Ancient Warriors: 

chronicles the proud, intriguing history of Japans’ 

Samurai. City in the Sky: surveys engineers’ remarkable 

plan to build a mile high building in the centre of Tokyo. Fire and Water: 

portrays the celebrations and festivals that mark important times of year 

for the people of Thailand. A World of Its Own: explores a wide variety of 

geographic and cultural events in Australia. 


DVD - 6DISATC 

Price $137.50 

The World in Art 

Covering 4 years; 1571, 1603, 1776, and 1812, this 

series provides a global snapshot of the arts that defined 

time. Major historical events frame each film, focusing 

on the particular artists, poets and books, architects 

and composers who earned a place in history. Topics 

covered include Martin Luther, Queen Elizabeth, William 

Shakespeare, Don Quixote, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Napoleon, The 

brothers Grimm, Ludwig von Beethoven and many more. 

Produced by Timeless Productions Inc in association with History Television Inc., 

BBC and Alliance Atlantis Duration 4 x 49min 

1571 DVD - 6GNWA1 

1603 DVD - 6GNWA2 

1776 DVD - 6GNWA3 

1812 DVD - 6GNWA4 


Series Price $385 

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Greek and Roman World CD ROM 

Examine the uniqueness of the cultures of the Aegean Greeks, Italian 

Romans, Imperial Romans and Mediterranean Greeks. Explore the 

contributions in art, literature, politics, philosophy, education and the 

sciences by these four ancient peoples. 

CD ROM - 99ZGRW Price $88 

Ancient Rome CD ROM 

Survey the important events in Rome from 1000 BC the late 5th century 

AD. Territorial expansions, customs and beliefs, governments and 

armies are examined through works by Roman artists. 

CD ROM - 99ZA02 Price $88 

Everyday Life in Ancient Egypt CD ROM 

Examine the rulers, traditions, beliefs and battles of ancient Egypt. The 

life and death for the rich, poor and Pharaohs. Explore mummification, 

pyramids, artefacts and the hieroglyphics of this ancient civilisation. 

CD ROM - 99ZELAE Price $88 

Cradles of Civilisation CD ROM 

Explore the military, political, economic, social, cultural and intellectual 

achievements of humanity from prehistoric cultures to the rise and fall of 

the Egyptian and Mesopotamian civilisations. Examine how the modern 

civilisation is a product of efforts by numerous races and cultures. 

CD ROM - 99ZCC Price $88 

Ancient Greece CD ROM 

Explore the humanistic spirit and magnificence of this civilisation 

through its stunning sculpture and architecture. Examine how religion, 

government, social life and art were interdependant. 


Fascist Dictatorship CD ROM 

Examine the historical and philosophical roots of fascism as you trace 

the rise to power and subsequent fall of Mussolini and Hitler, among 

others. This program shows the relationship between fascism and 

democracy and relates the legacy of fascism after World War II. 

CD ROM - 99ZFD Price $88 

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Newscast from the Past - 1148 

VHS - RWAANC1 


VHS - RWAANC2 


VHS - RWAANC3 


VHS - RWAANC4 


VHS -RWAANC5 


VHS - RWAANC6 


Out of the Past - New Worlds 

VHS - RWOP1 

Out of the Past - Hearth 

VHS - RWOP2 

Out of the Past - Artisans and Traders 

VHS - RWOP3 

Out of the Past - Signs and Symbols 

VHS - RWOP4 

Out of the Past - Power Prestige and Wealth 

VHS - RWOP5 

Out of the Past - Realms 

VHS - RWOP6 

Out of the Past - Spirit World 

VHS - RWOP7 

Out of the Past - Collapse 

VHS - RWOP8 

Price $121 ea

ANCIENT DISCOVERIES 

SERIES 1 

Today we live in a world unimaginable to even our 

great-grandparents. It’s an age of hi-tech, jet aircraft, 

supercomputers and intelligent machines. Since the 

Industrial Revolution our world has progressed at lightning 

pace, leaving all previous civilisations far behind it. Or 

has it? Ancient Discoveries explores the amazing high 

technology of the Classical World and asks why, with all 

these incredible devices, the Industrial Revolution didn’t 

happen two thousand years earlier. SBS Television 2003. 

6SBAD 

Computing 

The computer - a device for making automatic 

calculations. The first electrical computers only emerged 

in the Second World War, the first mechanical ones 

barely a hundred years earlier. Yet two thousand two 

hundred years before that the Greeks had machines that 

could do exactly the same things. This program takes 

us back to the classical world of the third century BC to tell the stories 

of three of the most important machines in history - Ctesibius’ clock, 

Vitruvius’ odometer and the spectacular Antikythera mechanism. 

DVD - 6SBAD1 

Price $132 

Robotics 

‘Robotics’ explores the life and three key areas of 

invention of Heron of Alexandria. Beginning in the dark 

recesses of an Egyptian temple we will witness the aweinspiring 

operations of his ‘miracle machines’, from 

automatic doors and magically suspended spheres, to 

mechanical singing birds, coin-operated slot machines 

and speaking statues - all designed to inspire wonder in the congregation 

and provide revenue for the priests. But, greatest of all, was Heron’s 

steam engine, a working device that was not only the first steam engine 

in history but also the first jet engine. 

DVD - 6SBAD2 

Price $132 

Medicine 

We take a look into the grisly but brilliant surgeries of 

the great ancient physicians to witness three procedures 

common at the time but which would not be attempted 

successfully again for nearly two thousand years. 

In the tomb of a Roman surgeon in Germany we find 

the exquisite tools used to perform eye surgery. More 

extraordinary still we uncover evidence of the most dangerous of all 

operations - brain surgery. Finally we explore the workings of what is 

still one of the most highly contentious finds from the ancient world - the 

Baghdad Battery suggested to be an electrical anaesthetic device. 

DVD - 6SBAD3 

Price $132 


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3 x 60 

ANCIENT DISCOVERIES 

SERIES 2 

Building on a highly successful first series, Ancient 

Discoveries unearths amazing technologies that 

we think of as modern, but which in fact date back to 

ancient times. The series travels back in time to uncover 

remarkably sophisticated inventions, and celebrate the 

ancient engineers whose ingenuity laid the foundations 

for technology as we know it today.SBS Television 2005. 

6SBAND 

Part 1 

Episode One explores the dangerous world of ancient 

warfare. Greek flame throwers, Roman missiles and 

2000 year old tanks reveal that so-called modern 

weapons have their roots in altogether more ancient 

ideas. 

DVD - 6SBAND1 

Price $132 

Part 2 

Episode Two uncovers the revolutionary work of ancient shipbuilders, 

whose vessels rivalled modern cruise liners in their scale and opulence. 

Dragged from the depths of an Italian lake, the Nemi ships were the 

Titanics of the ancient world. 

DVD - 6SBAND2 

Price $132 

Part 3 

Episode Three travels back in time to reveal the ingenious machines 

that the ancients used to harness natural power. Could the Romans 

have had the first industrial revolution, 2000 years before we like to 

think it happened? 

DVD - 6SBAND3 

Price $132 


set 

of 

3 

3 x 50 

Map Makers 

The Map Makers is a beautiful and compelling 3 

part series on the history and major developments 

in map making. A map is more than a geographical 

representation of land. It is an image which mirrors a 

society’s political, religious and cultural vision of itself. 

Each episode includes period reconstructions, beautiful 

location sequences and expert interviews. 

Episode 1: The Waldseemuller Map 1507 

There was a time when the edges of our world were a mystery. The 

discovery of the ‘New World’ by explorers such as Columbus and 

Vespucci, changed the way people would view the world forever. 

Episode 2: The Mercator Atlas 1572 

The struggle for religious dominance and power in 16th Century Europe 

led to the production of a map by the world famous geographer, 

Mercator. 

Episode 3: D-Day Invasion Maps 

This is the fascinating story of maps during wartime, featuring the tale of 

“Bigot Maps” and the stories of bravery and treachery that precipitated 

their creation. 

SBS Teleivion 2004 Duration 3 x 60min 

DVD - 6SBMM 

Price $39.95 

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