WW2 & History DVD Boxsets currently at €10 for a 6 dvd set

Morlar

I think some of these are worth mentioning for the documentary value. All are currently available in Tescoes at €10 per boxset.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/World-War-Colour-6-Disc-Box/dp/B001NV75QW/ref=pd_sim_d_h__4


Entirely from an american perspective but excellent. This is one entire high quality series narrated by Peter Coyote entirely made up of original colour WW2 footage. Includes rarely seen footage of japaneese civilians throwing themselves off cliffs rather than surrender and american sumarine sailors machine gunning japaneese merchant marine survivors in the water after their submarine sank their vessel. At times a warts and all account of the american ww2 pacific and european experience. Unlike some of the other box sets this is not a compilation of seperate programmes but one entire coherent series.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Adolf-Hitler-Reign-Terror-Disc/dp/B003GCOQSQ/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1278336961&sr=1-2-spell


A very mixed bag - here are the seperate documentary titles;

Hitler and the Occult - silly
The Private Voice of Hitler - interesting forensic analysis of berghoff films with lip reader analysis.
Hitler and Stalin: Roots of Evil - a bit psycho-babble-ish in my view.
Hunting Hitler
Elite German Forces of WWII - interesting
Plotting to Kill Hitler - not much new here.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Ireland-People-Events-Shaped-Emerald/dp/B002TREOCM/ref=pd_sim_d_h__14


A mixed bag of assembled documentaries made decades apart. Includes one by Dale Dye on Cromwell (Dale Dye can not pronounce Drogheda to save his life) and another narrated by James woods. The 1916 rising one is very badly dated thanks to a overly camp welsh historian narrator. The interviews themselves are interesting.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Vietnam-Killing-Zone-6-Disc-Box/dp/B001NV75SK/ref=sr_tr_3?ie=UTF8&s=aps&qid=1278336312&sr=8-3


A mixed bag but generally very good. Includes one very informative one about the airwar including a play by play simulation of one of the most famous dogfights of the jet age. Also the river war and how it developed.

Others

http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Cold-War-DVD/dp/B003GCOQV8/ref=pd_sim_d_h__5


http://www.amazon.co.uk/American-Civil-War-DVD-Box/dp/B003GCOQU4/ref=pd_sim_d_h__8

http://www.amazon.co.uk/True-Crimes-History-DVD-Box/dp/B002TREOJA/ref=pd_sim_d_h__9

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Founding-America-DVD-Box-Set/dp/B003GCVH2O/ref=pd_sim_d_h__10

If anyone has seen any of the rest of these please give a verdict.

R.Dub.Fusilier

i got the irish history box set a couple of weeks ago but havent watched it yet but i saw "Curious Journey" and his other one "Hang Out Your Brightest Colours" many years ago. Kenneth Griffiths who made them both will be remembered as the "camp" medic in the "Wild Geese" and he has been in other films and plays. as you say he was , he died a few years ago,Welsh was an expert on the Boer War and since his death his collection has ended up being sold on the internet and other places. anyway he made both the above mentioned videos for british tv which was deemed un-suitable for british viewers but the company which comissioned him to do the films sold them to him for the princely price of £1.00 english pound on the condition he didnt mention the tv station/company. he also did a book called "Curious Journey" which is worth a read .

Morlar

R.Dub.Fusilier wrote: »

i got the irish history box set a couple of weeks ago but havent watched it yet but i saw "Curious Journey" and his other one "Hang Out Your Brightest Colours" many years ago. Kenneth Griffiths who made them both will be remembered as the "camp" medic in the "Wild Geese" and he has been in other films and plays. as you say he was , he died a few years ago,Welsh was an expert on the Boer War and since his death his collection has ended up being sold on the internet and other places. anyway he made both the above mentioned videos for british tv which was deemed un-suitable for british viewers but the company which comissioned him to do the films sold them to him for the princely price of £1.00 english pound on the condition he didnt mention the tv station/company. he also did a book called "Curious Journey" which is worth a read .

Cheers for that - I did not know he was an author also. The 1916 one also has an interesting interview with Tom Barry in which he talks of the then early days of the troubles. Also contained a poignant & tearful interview with Martin Walton (of Waltons Music Shop fame) who took part in the Rising as a 15 yr old and a few others. One that stood out was a guy who's name I don't recall who when the Irish Civil war broke out just could not decide which side to be on so basically he went for a walk and picked the side of the first group of men he met that day as they were all comrades anyway and he had to choose. Interesting stuff but that narrator damn near ruined it in my opinion.