| Description |
1 videodisc (approximately 219 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD, widescreen presentation; Dolby Digital stereo. |
| Note |
Originally produced as episodes of the television program Empires in 2000. |
| Performer |
Narrator, Donald Sutherland. |
| Credits |
Directors of photography, John Christie, Lee Pulbrook ; composer, Matthew Scott. |
| Audience |
Not rated. |
| Summary |
Meet the queen who ruled over one-fifth of humanity and the larger-than-life figures who shaped British imperialism. Uses personal accounts and historical reenactments in Britain, India, and Africa to reveal the frequent clash of personality and culture that would mark Queen Victoria's reign and tells the story of how a small island nation would come to control three-fourths of the world's trade and one-fifth of its population in one of the greatest empires the world has known. |
| Contents |
pt. 1. Engines of change -- pt. 2. The moral crusade. |
| Language |
Closed-captioned. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819-1901.
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Queens -- Great Britain -- Biography.
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Great Britain -- History -- Victoria, 1837-1901.
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Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1837-1901.
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| Added Author |
Sutherland, Donald, 1935- Narrator.
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Bryers, Paul. Production personnel. Director. Screenwriter.
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Burgess, Paul. Director.
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Brook Lapping Productions.
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Channel Five (Great Britain)
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History Channel (Great Britain)
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PBS Home Video.
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| Added Title |
Empires (Television program)
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| ISBN |
0793691303 |
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9780793691302 |
| Standard No. |
841887006316 |
| Music No. |
QVIE601 PBS Home Video |
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