Documentary DVDs

A live telecast of the public memorial service for the king of pop, Michael Jackson.

This historical drama tells the story of Qin Shihuang, who unified China's vast territory and declared himself emperor in 221 B.C. During his reign, he introduced sweeping reforms, built a vast network of roads and connected the Great Wall of China. From the grandiose inner sanctum of Emperor Qin's royal palace, to fierce battles with feudal kings, this film re-creates the glory and the terror of the Qin Dynasty, including footage of Qin's life-sized terra cotta army, constructed 2,200 years ago for his tomb.

DVD is in Pal format.

In the mid-1990s, spurred on by both the sudden world-domination of bands such as Oasis and Prime Minister Tony Blair's "Cool Brittania" campaign, British culture experienced a brief and powerful boost that made it appear as if Anglophilia was everywhere--at least if you believed the press. Pop music was the beating heart of this idea, and suddenly, "Britpop" was a movement. Oasis, their would-be rivals Blur, Pulp, The Verve, and many more bands rode this wave to international chart success. But was Britpop a real phenomenon, or just a marketing ploy? This smart and often hilarious documentary probes the question with copious interviews from Noel and Liam Gallagher of Oasis, Pulp's Jarvis Cocker, Damon Albarn of Blur, Sleeper's Louise Wener, and many other artists and critics who suddenly found themselves at the cultural forefront.

The history of Hollywood musical movies, from the very beginning until the 21st century, hosted by Shirley Jones.

With nine #1 albums to his name, Jimmy Barnes is one of Australia’s greatest rock icons. But his success masked a life of hardship and abuse, where the music that once saved him from oblivion almost came back to destroy him. Before Jimmy Barnes was Jimmy Barnes, he was James Dixon Swan, a troubled kid from the mean streets of Glasgow – and the even meaner streets of North Adelaide – trying to survive against a backdrop of addiction, alcoholism, poverty and abuse. For Jimmy, escape was the only option and he found it with a band called Cold Chisel. But the rock’n’roll lifestyle has its own temptations and the scars of childhood are always waiting to take you home. Based on the bestselling memoir and directed by veteran Australian filmmaker Mark Joffe, Working Class Boy is both an inspiring story of rock and redemption told in Barnes’ own words and an unflinchingly honest reflection on fame, creativity and depression.

The very best of Billy Connolly's stand up comedy, from 30 years of performances around the world!

The documentary's title translates as "to be and to have", the two auxiliary verbs in the French language. It is about a primary school in the commune of Saint-Étienne-sur-Usson, Puy-de-Dôme, France, the population of which is just over 200. The school has one small class of mixed ages (from four to twelve years), with a dedicated teacher, Georges Lopez, who shows patience and respect for the children as we follow their story through a single school year.

Host and author of international best-seller Cracking The Da Vinci Code, Simon Cox, takes you on an in depth journey through the heart of the mysteries behind Dan Brown's best-selling novel The Da Vinci Code. This comprehensive documentary cuts through the confusion, ultimately cracking Da Vinci's code and revealing the remarkable truth behind the legend of the Holy Grail.

Alaska... Here, in this vast and spectacularly beautiful land teeming with abundant wildlife, discover the "Spirit of the Wild." Experience it in the explosive calving of glaciers, the celestial fires of the Aurora Borealis. Witness it in the thundering stampede of caribou, the beauty of the polar bear and the stealthful, deadly hunt of the wolf pack.

Eleven-year-old New York City public school kids journey into the world of ballroom dancing and reveal pieces of themselves and their world along the way. Told from their candid, sometimes humorous perspectives, these kids are transformed, from reluctant participants to determined competitors, from typical urban kids to "ladies and gentlemen," on their way to try to compete in the final citywide competition.

A documentary on Al Gore's campaign to make the issue of global warming a recognized problem worldwide.

The making of the motion picture "Apollo 13", as well as the story of the space mission it details. Featuring interviews with director Ron Howard, astronaut Jim Lovell, his wife Marilyn Lovell, producer Brian Grazer, executive producer Todd Hallowell, visual effects supervisor Robert Legato, lead digital compositor Mark Forker, astronauts Fred Haise and Dave Scott, Apollo 13 flight director Gerald Griffin, command module systems controller Sy Lieberglot, Apollo 13 flight dynamics officer Jerry Bostick, mission control director Gene Krantz, Tom Kelly of Grumman, NASA mission operations director Christopher Kraft, daughters Susan Lovell Williams and Margaret Haise, command systems module controller John Aaron, and actors Tom Hanks, Bill Paxton, Kevin Bacon, Gary Sinise, Kathleen Quinlan, and Ed Harris.

THE SECRET KGB UFO FILES Hosted by Roger Moore The Secret KGB UFO Files is a program detailing the public’s obsession with UFOs and the popular theory that the U.S. government covers up certain UFO-related evidence. The program also attempts to ascertain what other governments know about this topic. Via interviews with scientists, soldiers, and spies, viewers get a picture of KGB discoveries and their secret campaign. Roger Moore hosts these two programs. For five decades, American agencies stockpiled information on UFOs… The pair of MiG fighters that tried to shoot down a UFO – both jets down out of the sky… The 1955 Russian incident wherein a reported UFO crashed some 500 miles from Moscow. The KGB photographed and analysed pieces of the UFO as well as recovered body parts… This documentary was a worldwide television event that provided filmed evidence of UFO sightings and debris in Russia, Romania, China’s border, and many of the Eastern Block countries.

Film by: Chris Everard A feature-length documentary exposing NASA’s Nazi heritage, fake moon landings, alien contact, and the occult. Runtime: Nearly 2 hours long (Volume 1) Endorsement: “A jaw-dropping 2 hours of amazing information. Highly recommended.” — The London Gazette Subjects Covered: Nazi Secret Space Programme Fake Moon Landing Photos Project Paperclip Bush Family Funding the Nazis Aleister Crowley & The “Titan” Rockets Alien Abductions in Russia UFO Footage from NASA Space Shuttle Missions MJ12 & The Secret Government Freemasons Controlling the Apollo Moon Missions Jack Parsons & The O.T.O. Space Serpents Devil Worship Amongst NASA Staff Area 51 & The Back-Engineering of Alien Technology How NASA Planted a Masonic Flag on the Moon and Claimed the Lunar Surface in the Name of Lucifer

Neil Diamond performing his greatest hits at the Aquarius Theatre in Los Angeles, California.

LANCE ARMSTRONG. TOUR DE FRANCE WINNER 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005. NARRATED BY PHIL LIGGETT, THIS SENSATIONAL DOUBLE DVD, CAPTURES ONE OF SPORTS MOST INCREDIBLE ACHIEVEMENTS - LANCE ARMSTRONG'S SEVEN TOUR DE FRANCE VICTORIES. IN 1996 HE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH TESTICULAR CANCER, A CANCER THAT SPREAD TO ALL PARTS OF HIS BODY AND A CANCER FROM WHICH HE WAS GIVEN AS LITTLE AS 3% CHANCE OF RECOVERY. IT IS AN AMAZING STORY OF UTTER DOMINANCE. ARMSTRONG'S TRUE COMEBACK CAME IN 1999, WHEN HE WON HIS FIRST TOUR DE FRANCE. HIS FINAL LEAD TIMES OVER HIS CLOSEST COMPETITOR HAVE BEEN OVER SIX MINUTES EVERY YEAR EXCEPT FOR 2003 AND 2005. IN 2003, HE FINISHED 1:01 AHEAD OF JAN ULLRICH, FOLLOWING AN UNUSUAL SET OF CIRCUMSTANCES INCLUDING A STOMACH ILLNESS AT THE ONSET OF THE RACE, AND IN 2005, HE FINISHED 4:40 AHEAD OF IVAN BASSO. IN ADDITION TO HIS SEVEN OVERALL WINS, HE HAS WON 22 INDIVIDUAL STAGES, 11 TIME TRIALS AND HIS TEAM HAS WON THE TEAM TIME TRIAL THREE TIMES (2003-2005).

An amazing new perspective on the landscapes and creature of africa's wildest places. Narrated by David Attenborough.