Partisan Pictures (Firm)
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
This epic program encompasses nearly a thousand years of despair and rebellion, innovation and conflict, from the first settlement of Russe Vikings to the brutal murder of Tsar Nicholas II and his family. The lives and complicated legacies of figures like Ivan the Terrible, Peter the Great, Catherine the Great and Rasputin are explored in two episodes. Russian: Land of the Tsars blends rare source materials, historical re-enactments, expert commentary,...
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
National Geographic goes behind the scenes with Secret Service agents as they work each day to protect the president, foreign leaders, and even the economy. Go inside a counterfeit sting operation in Miami, search for a cyber theft mastermind in New York City, shadow undercover agents deep within the Bogota criminal underworld, and go where no cameras have gone before to reveal the extreme security measures taken to prepare for the Annual General...
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
On July 14, 1789, a mob of angry Parisians stormed the Bastille. A decade of idealism, war, murder, and carnage followed, bringing about the end of feudalism and the rise of equality and a new world order. Documents the period of the French Revolution, including historical figures such as King Louis XVI, Marie Antoinette, Maximilien Robespierre, and Napoleon Bonaparte.