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BBC The True Action Adventures Of The Twentieth Century 01of20 Wings Across An Ocean X264 AC3

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The True Action Adventures of the Twentieth Century

History Documentary hosted by Robert Powell, published by BBC in 1996 - English narration

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Human beings throughout the Twentieth Century have experienced the most amazing Action Adventures. On the one hand they have attempted certain exploits with mixed results, on the other epic events have proved beyond their control. In both cases, humanity has had to summon up enormous resources of ingenuity and fortitude to control circumstances, events and the environment. In some cases people have found themselves struggling against their own kind and in other cases against the elements which have resulted in an interaction which has produced Great Adventures. Whether discovering hitherto unknown tombs of kings or fighting globally for a ideal or just simply surviving - here in this series you will find the stories on which every action adventure film ever made was based - the only exception is that these stories were filmed at the time and are true.

Since the dawn of the age of moving film it has been possible to capture some of humanity's greatest achievements. This series is concerned with those adventures where footage exists of the successes, the strivings and in some cases the failures of people against the elements or overwhelming odds. It covers the way in which the two greatest oceans were conquered by air transportation. How the secrets of antiquity were unlocked - sometimes with deadly results. How expeditions have reached the extremities of the Earth in polar exploration and the mountains. How man has grappled with the elements of ocean, fire and flood - and in the ultimate adventure - the frontiers of space.

During the brief time on this planet which has been possible to film, humanity has found itself locked several times in global conflict. This has produced heroes of the hour whose adventures stand as definitive factual stories seldom matched in the annals of fiction.

The adventures of Lawrence of Arabia; the sinking of the Bismarck; JFK and the Motor Torpedo Boats; the quest for speed in the air, on land and on water; the race to the sound barrier; the race to the moon; the race to defeat enemy superweapons and the race to escape certain death - all these have produced cliff-hanging escapades worthy of any Hollywood film.

These true stories of spies, daring escapes and special missions are sheer adventure through and through. They show the dignity of the human spirit and its determination sometimes in the face of evil and darkness. The planet has yielded many adventures in the Twentieth Century and this series with its access to over 250,000 hours of the world's greatest archive film gives the viewer the inside track on what it must have been like to be there. It is the greatest series on Twentieth Century adventures ever produced.

Produced by Nugus/Martin Productions Ltd for BBC Worldwide

1) Wings Across An Ocean

Conquest of the Atlantic By Air

How the Atlantic was conquered by air ranging from the pioneering epic of Lt Cdr Read USN in his Curtis flying boat and Alcock and Brown in their converted Vickers Vimy bomber in 1919, to Charles Lindbergh's epic solo crossing of 1927 and the record speed flights, including Concorde.

Once man had conquered the power of flight, his next goal was to find a way to cross the Atlantic. The pioneer was Lt Commander Read of the US Navy who crossed the North Atlantic in a Curtiss NC-4 flying boat. In 1919 he was followed by Alcock and Brown in their converted Vickers Vimy bomber; and a few years later Charles Lindbergh made his epic solo flight across the Atlantic. In the following years the record breaking attempts were aimed at speed with Concorde's breaking of the sound barrier.

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Video Codec: x264 CABAC High@L4

Video Bitrate: 2 192 Kbps

Video Resolution: 704x528

Display Aspect Ratio: 4:3

Frames Per Second: 25.000 fps

Audio Codec: AC3

Audio Bitrate: 224 kb/s CBR 48000 Hz

Audio Streams: 2

Audio Languages: english

RunTime Per Part: 26 min

Number Of Parts: 20

Part Size: 430 MB - 463 MB

Source: DVD

Encoded by: DocFreak08

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Source: https://docuwiki.net/index.php?title=The_True_Action_Adventures_of_the_Twentieth_Century

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