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    The Emperor’s Japanese Tram Girls

    The Emperor’s Japanese Tram Girls

    Civilizations, Early Modern Period, History, Archaeology, Modern Era, War, Military // 2 Comments »

    Hiroshima, 1945.  The Emperor’s Tram Girls were trained to drive tens of thousands of Japanese troops through the town. The drivers were young, pretty, bubbly girls who were picked for their winning personalities. They had their whole lives ahead of them. Then the bomb dropped.

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    Prince Among Slaves

    Prince Among Slaves

    Early Modern Period, Historical Figures, History, Archaeology // Discuss This Documentary

    This is a documentary about a African Prince who was sold into slavery trying to hold on to his way of life, trying to get back home.

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    Samurai

    Samurai

    Early Modern Period, Historical Figures, War, Military // 2 Comments »

    Mark Dacascos travels to Japan to trace the footsteps of the ultimate samurai warrior Miyamoto Musashi.

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    Brazil: An Inconvenient History

    Brazil: An Inconvenient History

    Early Modern Period, History, Archaeology // Discuss This Documentary

    This well researched BBC produced documentary charts Brazil’s history using original texts, letters, accounts and decrees. From these original sources, we learn firsthand about the brutality of the slave traders and slave owners, and the hardship of plantation life.

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    The Machine That Made Us

    The Machine That Made Us

    Early Modern Period, History, Archaeology // Discuss This Documentary

    Stephen Fry examines the story behind the first media entrepreneur, printing press inventor Johann Gutenberg.

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    Victorian Farm

    Victorian Farm

    Early Modern Period, History, Archaeology // 4 Comments »

    This is a historical observational documentary series following a team who live the life of Victorian farmers for a year.

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    Conquistadors

    Conquistadors

    Early Modern Period, History, Archaeology // Discuss This Documentary

    In Conquistadors Michael Woods travels in the footsteps of some of the greatest of the Spanish adventures, from Amazonia to Lake Titicaca, and from the deserts of North Mexico to the heights of Macchu Picchu.

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    The Time Team

    The Time Team

    Civilizations, Early Modern Period, Excavations, History, Archaeology, Middle Ages // 9 Comments »

    About a mile outside Winchester, just outside the city boundaries, is a field which, 900 years ago, was home to the city’s outcasts. The people who lived there were united by a terrible bond – a disease that disfigured their bodies and condemned them to a life of exile. The disease was leprosy and their home was the St Mary Magdalene leper hospital.

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