Young Indiana Jones chronicles (Television program)
Notes:
Title from container. Sean Patrick Flanery, George Hall. Created by George Lucas. Originally broadcast on television from 1992-1996. Contains select episodes from the television series. Some episodes may be edited from their original network versions. Special features: Disc 1: The Somme: storm of steel; Siegfried Sassoon: a war poet's journey; Robert Graves and the White Goddess; I am France: the myth of Charles de Gaulle ; Disc 2: Into the furnace: the Battle of Verdun; Marshal Petain's fall from grace; Flirting with danger: the fantasy of Mata Hari; Reading the enemy's mind: espionage in World War I ; Disc 3: Chasing the phantom: Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck; Dreaming of Africa: the life of Frederick Selous; At home and abroad: the two faces of Jan Smuts ; Disc 4: Albert Schweitzer: reverence for life; Congo: a curse of riches; Waging peace: the rise of Pacifism ; Disc 5: War in the third dimension: aerial warfare in World War I; Blood red: the life and death of Manfred von Richthofen; Flying high for France: the Lafayette Escadrille; Anthony Fokker: the Flying Dutchman ; Disc 6: Karl: the last Habsburg emperor; The Russian Revolution: all power to the Soviets!; V.I. Lenin: history will not forgive us ; Disc 7: Impresario: Sergei Diaghilev and the Ballet Russes; Ballet: the art of dance; Franz Kafka's dark truth ; Disc 8: Lines in the sand: the Middle East and the Great War; Colonel Lawrence's war: T.E. Lawrence and Arabia ; Disc 9: Interactive timeline; Historical lecture: war and revolution; Special delivery interactive game.
Contents:
Disc 1 (Chapter 8: The Somme-Germany 1916): Trenches of hell ; Special features -- Disc 2 (Chapter 9: Paris 1916): Demons of deception ; Special features -- Disc 3 (Chapter 10: Germany-Africa 1916): Phantom train of doom ; Special features -- Disc 4 (Chapter 11: Africa-Congo 1916-17): Oganga, the giver and taker of life ; Special features -- Disc 5 (Chapter 12: Austria 1917): Attack of the Hawkmen ; Special features -- Disc 6 (Chapter 13: Austria-Petrograd 1917): Adventures in the Secret Service ; Special features -- Disc 7 (Chapter 14: Spain-Prague 1917): Espionage escapades ; Special features -- Disc 8 (Chapter 15: Palestine 1917): Daredevils of the desert ; Special features -- Disc 9: Interactive bonus disc.
Summary:
Go on spectacular journeys with young Indy as he travels through Europe, Africa and Asia and comes face to face with Vladimir Lenin, Charles de Gaulle, The Red Baron, and other fascinating characters during the turbulent years of World War I.
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