- Browse
- » Museum Secrets (Series 3)
Museum Secrets (Series 3)
Publisher
Infobase
Publication Date
[2014], c2013
Language
English
Description
Loading Description...
Excerpt
Loading Excerpt...
Table of Contents
From the eVideo
Japanese Zero Fighter Plane (1:26)
Agility of Japanese Zero (1:42)
Pilots Train in Bushido (2:04)
Zero's Fatal Flaw (2:13)
Hero Pigeon: Cher Ami (2:06)
Homing Pigeon Care & Training (1:23)
Homing Pigeon's Internal Compass (1:54)
Cher Ami Awarded Croix de guerre (1:26)
Saturn V Five-Engine Cluster (1:34)
1928 Hoopskirt Rocket (1:41)
Variable Specific Impulse Magnetoplasma Rocket (VASIMR) (3:17)
First Generation Harley-Davidson (1:22)
Harley-Davidson Trademark Sound (2:02)
Harley's Mystique & "Bad Boy" Image (3:02)
Price of Freedom Exhibition (1:51)
Civil War Era Prosthetics (1:23)
Evolution of Prosthetics (3:27)
Star Spangled Banner Exhibit & Anthem (1:32)
Auditions With D.C. Washington (2:20)
Original "Star-Spangled Banner" Flag (1:10)
Game Day Jitters (1:50)
Credits: Inside the Smithsonian Institute, Washington DC: Museum Secrets (Series 3) (0:35)
From the eVideo
Introduction: Inside the Bardo Museum, Tunisia: Museum Secrets (0:50)
Tunisia (2:14)
Lars Homestead (2:07)
Sufism (2:53)
Rome Versus Carthage (1:43)
Reconstructed Catapult (1:27)
Roman Catapult Machines (2:22)
Roman Sack of Carthage (1:31)
Evidence of Carthaginian Child Sacrifice (2:07)
Questioning Carthaginian Child Sacrifice (2:35)
Carthaginians Bury Stillborn Infants (1:48)
Coliseum in Tunisia (2:21)
Reality of Gladiator Fights (3:44)
Baths and Water (1:28)
Engineering Problem (1:56)
Engineering Tools (1:28)
Construction of Aqueducts (1:53)
Astrolabe (1:11)
Camels (2:22)
Leading Camels to Water (2:14)
Contemporary Camel Caravan (0:57)
Credits: Inside the Bardo Museum, Tunisia: Museum Secrets (Series 3) (0:56)
From the eVideo
Introduction: Inside the Uffizi Gallery, Florence (0:50)
Pazzi Conspiracy (2:17)
Assassination Attempt on Lorenzo (1:30)
Evidence on Pazzi Conspiracy (1:50)
Implicating the Pope (1:28)
"The Wrestlers" (1:02)
Pankration (3:01)
Positioning in "The Wrestler" (1:47)
Caravaggio (1:49)
Caravaggio's Disappearance (2:47)
Skeleton Analysis (3:01)
Wild Boar Statues (1:20)
Truffle (3:41)
Francesco I (1:43)
Mysterious Deaths (1:44)
Ferdinando (2:06)
Francesco and Bianca's Death (2:32)
Vasari Corridor (2:16)
Hitler and Vasari Corridor (1:13)
Gerhard Wolf (3:12)
Credits: Inside the Uffizi Gallery, Florence: Museum Secrets (Series 3) (1:01)
From the eVideo
Moscow's State Museum 19th Century Gallery (2:18)
Pushkin's Last Duel (5:48)
Stone Age Mammoth Hunters (4:45)
Forensic Examination of the Stone Age Skeletons (2:01)
Poland's Winged Hussars (1:06)
Legend of the Hussars Wings (4:48)
Ivan the Terrible's Hair Shirt (2:05)
Ivan's Torture Chamber (5:34)
Third Regiment Eagle of Napoleon's Army (3:10)
Significance of the French Regimental Eagle (3:22)
Vladimir Lenin's Rolls Royce (1:36)
Tracing Lenin's Rolls Royce (2:36)
Airplanes for the War, A Car for Lenin (1:38)
Credits: Inside the State Historical Museum, Moscow: Museum Secrets (Series 3) (0:28)
From the eVideo
Palacio Real (2:11)
Cinnabar (2:37)
Mercury and Spanish Wealth (2:50)
Spanish Fencing (1:27)
Violence (1:29)
Idea Behind Destreza (1:27)
Destreza Approach to Fencing (1:34)
Mendoza's Strategy (1:25)
Ferdinand VI and Clocks (1:33)
Pierre Jaquet-Droz (1:14)
Devil Possessed Clock (2:45)
Flamenco for Tourists (2:40)
Authentic Flamenco (3:56)
Adarga (2:06)
Spanish Versus Apache (2:01)
Testing Shield (2:46)
Spanish Political History (1:40)
Prince-in-Exile (0:42)
Franco's Regime (1:18)
Juan Carlos and Franco (2:39)
Execution Sight (0:50)
Credits: Inside the Palacio Real, Madrid: Museum Secrets (Series 3) (0:58)
From the eVideo
Admiral Horatio Nelson (1:25)
The Battle of Trafalgar (2:16)
Reenactment of the Fatal Shot (3:41)
Russian Sea Mines Used During the Crimean War (3:03)
Replicating the Russian Sea Mine (3:46)
The Secret of Captain Bligh's Bullet (2:02)
Castaways on the Open Sea (3:10)
Miserable Rations (2:38)
Fighting Pirates in the Malacca Straits (1:37)
How Do You Fight Pirates Today? (3:44)
Lightning & Tall Ships (2:15)
French Blunt Lightning Rod (3:50)
Sir John Franklin's Lost Arctic Expedition (2:54)
Clues to Franklin's Lost Expedition (1:28)
Human Remains on Beechey Island (2:36)
Credits: Inside the National Maritime Museum, London: Museum Secrets (Series 3) (0:58)
From the eVideo
Introduction: Inside the Israel Museum, Jerusalem (1:42)
Crucified Man (1:13)
Tradition of Crucifixion (2:32)
Challenging Crucifixion Depictions (1:56)
Mass Crucifixions (1:10)
Mysterious Coin (1:24)
Bar Kokhba (2:02)
Bar Kokhba's Caves (1:56)
Bar Kokhba's Strategy (1:43)
Rome's Revenge (1:16)
Seeking Herod's Corpse (1:41)
Netzer's Search for Herod (2:57)
Finding Herod's Tomb (2:48)
Mary's Tomb (2:23)
Laying Claim to Mary's Tomb (2:38)
Ein Gedi Curse (2:17)
Secret Perfume Formula (1:13)
Recreating Balsama (2:37)
Metal Scroll (1:56)
Unfurling Scroll (2:20)
"Live Long and Prosper" (1:23)
Credits: Inside the Israel Museum, Jerusalem: Museum Secrets (Series 3) (1:00)
From the eVideo
Royal Palace Turned Museum (1:40)
Musketeer Training (3:06)
Mission & Retirement of the King's Musketeers (1:55)
Famous Mistresses of Versailles (1:11)
Mysterious Death of a Mistress (0:58)
Agnes Sorel's Remains (1:22)
Disdain for Powerful Mistress (1:52)
Forensic Autopsy of Agnes Sorel (1:55)
"Let Them Eat Cake" (1:35)
Escape by Secret Passageway (2:23)
Marie Antoinette's Treasonous Letters (2:53)
Portrait of Assassination Attempt (2:02)
Conspiracy to Assassinate the King (2:23)
Infernal Machine (2:50)
Origination of Champagne (3:34)
Determining Health Benefits of Champagne (2:27)
Sun King: Louis XIV (2:12)
Decoding Light (1:20)
Wolf-Rayet Stars (3:06)
Credits: Inside the Chateau of Versailles: Museum Secrets (Series 3) (0:34)
Author Notes
Loading Author Notes...