BBC Days that Shook the World DVDRip

BBC Days that Shook the World DVDRip
This series include factual feast, examines some of the most important days in history, creating a detailed and forensic analysis. Days That Shook The World tells the dramatic stories behind major events that created memorable headlines across the global.

Enriched with eye-witness ***s, powerful reconstruction and archive footage, these three compelling series cover some of the biggest themes in World history.

1. The Assassination of JFK and the Resignation of Nixon
There was no warning. No one could predict the biggest shocks on american land on the XX-th century: The assassination of the youngest American president, John F. Kennedy, and the disgrace and resignation of Richard Milhous Nixon.

2. The Assassination of Reverend Martin Luther King and the release of Nelson Mandela
During the second hald of the XXth century, two men represented the fight for equal rights. Two intellectuals and determined fighters of race oppressions, who were ready to risk their lives for their causes.

3. Terror – Made in America: Assassination of Abraham Lincoln & Oklahoma City Bombing
Separated by 100 years, two extremists tried to destroy the democratic foundations and freedoms in America. In Washington, it was a single man: president Abraham Lincoln. In Oklahoma City, one bomb will kill and maim hundreds of people.

4. Attack on Pearl Harbor
It will always be remembered in infamy. Without any warning, the japanese bombers spread terror on a sunday morning, in Hawaii. Although it lasted only 2 hours, the attack on Pearl Harbour drew the United States in the war, making America a global superpower.

5. Hiroshima
The atomic bomb launched on Hiroshima was the first of its kind being used in an armed conflict. Following this attack and the one at Nagasaki, Japan capitulated, and the second World War was ended.

6. Six Days in June
Middle East. Craddle of some of the world’s oldest civilisations and scene of one of the world’s longest and bloodiest conflicts. The roots of this fight are seen in one of the most spectacular and devastating wars of the XXth century. A war that will change Middle East, and the world, forever.

7. The Wright Brother’s first flight and the Moon Landing
Man’s dream to fly is one of the oldest dreams. Two days are of utmost importance. First motorised flight of the Wright brothers and the journey that ultimately put men on the Moon’s surface.

8. Chuck Yeager and Blue Bird
Chuck Yeager was one of the top American pilots. He was the first to break the sound barrier. 20 years later, after 64 days of tests, Donald Campbell managed to beat the world speed record on water, with 300 miles/hour.

9. Reach for the Stars: Galileo’s Trial and Yuri Gagarin’s Flight
The history of science is a history of conquests. Conquests of minds and human nature. On 12 april 1961, Yuri Gagarin will travel beyond Earth for the first time. A step that could not have been possible without Galileo Galilei’s sacrifice.