Title:
Amazing war machines.
Publication Information:
[Golden Valley, Minn.] : Mill Creek Entertainment, [2010]
©2010
Physical Description:
3 videodiscs (11 hr., 16 min.) : sound, color, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
General Note:
Title from disc label.
"The complete 10+ hour documentary series"--Container.
DVD, region 1; NTSC.
Contents:
Disc 1. Flint & steel -- Rifles & machine guns -- Artillery: bombard to the Howitzer -- Fortification: bollards to bunkers -- Tanks & armored cars -- Disc 2. Battleships & flotillas -- Submarines: the silent killer -- Fighter plane -- Bomber: fortress in the sky -- Disc 3. Rockets & missiles -- Air defense & surveillance -- Nuclear, biological & chemical warfare -- Future war & the robot.
Summary:
"Learn the amazing history of war machinery and weapons in this comprehensive, 13-part documentary series which chronicles the earliest weaponry of a primitive era through the most technologically advanced machines used by the armed forces around the world. From gunpowder to the Gatling gun, the first tank to the latest unmanned drones, the mechanisms and machinery man has created to wage war and the historical achievements across land, sea and air are reviewed in this fascinating chronological journey of war machines."--Container.
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Audience:
MPAA rating: PG.
OCLC Number:
ocn608095173
Availability:
Apple Valley - Galaxie~1