The story of China
(2017, original release: 2016)
Nonfiction
DVD
Call Numbers:
DVD/951/STORY
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
[Alexandria, Va.] : PBS Distribution, [2017]
DESCRIPTION
2 videodiscs (approximately 360 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
ISBN/ISSN
9781627899956 SCHI600.1, 1627899952 :, 1627899952 00841887031332 SCHI600.2, 9781627899956, 841887031332 SCHI600
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Wide screen
Michael Wood embarks on a great historical adventure, exploring the stories, people and landscapes that have helped create China's distinctive character and genius over four thousand years
Special features: Xi'an city walls; A crane and a goddess; Anyone for coffee?; The pleasures of filming; A noodle bar
Editors, Gerry Branigan, Aleksandar Nikolic ; music, Howard Davidson
Narrator, Michael Wood
Originally broadcast on television in 2016
TV-PG
DVD, region 1, NTSC, widescreen presentation; stereo
In English; with optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
CONTENTS
Disc 1. Episode 1: Ancestors ;
Episode 2: Silk roads & China ships ;
Episode 3: Golden age --
Disc 2. Episode 4: Ming ;
Episode 5: Last empire ;
Episode 6: Age of revolution ;