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HISTORY 16 www.marcom.com.au | Enquiries 07 3340 8900 The Colony Australia’s first living history series is a blend of historical discovery, social jeopardy, adventure challenge, and experiential learning as pampered 21st Century ‘pioneers’ attempt to prove they’re tough enough to survive their historical ordeal. Against this backdrop, the series explores the gripping story of the first settlement’s brutal, often bloody conflict between races (Aboriginal, Irish and English), classes (convicts, free settlers and military) and men and women. A British and Irish family are shipped to the far side of the world to join an Australian family. They enter an isolated world, cut off from civilisation in almost every respect. They have to cope with the lack of creature comforts as well as the gruelling chores of daily life. How did the three European families, their volunteer convicts and Aboriginal people come together to face the challenges of early European settlement on the frontier? 2005 6 Part Series Duration 6x50min DVD - 6SBCOL Price Each a. $ First Australians 70,000 YEARS / 2,500 GENERATIONS / 2 BILLION LIVES First Australians is a chronicle of the world’s last great frontier NEW 2007 and the resistance of an ancient people against the seemingly overwhelming power of both miliary might and ideological force. First Australians shows the birth of a nation, a history spanning tens of thousands of years, with a violent clash of culture, religion and ideology. From the landing on Australian shores by Aboriginal travellers around 70,000 BC to the fierce war with colonists; from the bloody massacres to the earliest civil rights movement. A story that holds many lessons for the world in the twenty-first century. 2007 8 Part Series Duration 8x52min DVD - 6SBFAUS Price Each a. $88 b. $132 c. $39.95 Europe in the Middle Ages A magnificent series which documents life and events across Western Europe during the period between the fall of the Roman Empire and the achievements of early Renaissance-culture. The programs intercept art and artefacts with meticulously documented dramatic reenactments of life among ordinary men, in the monasteries, and at the courts. The focus lies on experimental historical research that illustrates the impact the Middle Ages had on the Modern Age. 2004 4 Part Series Duration 4x45mins *Non theatrical license DVD - 6SBEMA Price Each a. $88 b. $132 c. $39.95 Set Price a. $264 b. $396 c. $120 The Internationale Drawing on people’s stories of an emotionally charged radical song (the long-time anthem of socialism and communism) to celebrate the relationship BEST SELLER between music and social change, and to evaluate the uncertain fate of once thriving movements of the left. It takes us on a lyrical journey from the Paris Commune to the collapse of Soviet Communism, from the slums of Kingston Jamaica to Tiananmen Square, in search of what might be the only song to change the world. With each rendering of The Internationale we learn what happens when the only truly universal dream of our century - the dream of a world without exploitation - is deferred. Duration 30min DVD - 6SBINT Price a. $66 b. $99 c. $29.95 The Last Poets The Last Poets were a group of black poets formed in the 1960’s through to the 1970s in Harlem, New York, whose work was based on strong, direct ideology and revolutionary ideals. The film traces their place in the late 50’s and 60’s in the background of the Black Panthers and the Civil Rights movement. The Last Poets all testify lucidly to the ambitions and effects of their poetry within a time of growing strength, confidence and optimism within the black communities in America. Duration 60min - RATED M: Low level coarse language DVD - 6SBLPO Price a. $88 b. $132 c. $39.95 Japan in Ruins: Episode 1 Tokyo, the Day the War Ended; Episode 2 Japan in Ruins It is the day after the war. Nine million Japanese are homeless. Three million have been killed in the war and 1.3 million of these were civilians who died in the massive American bombing campaign of which the atomic bombing was only a part. It is only recently that the Japanese themselves have begun to show a growing desire to know and understand this pre-war to post-war period: the invasion of China in 1931, the Pacific War from 1942, the conditions of surrender in 1945, followed by the forced reconstruction at the price of memory and denial and under the authority of the victorious Americans. The film is structured around the procedure established by the Americans for this surrender ceremony in the Bay of Tokyo. 2005 Duration 104min *Non theatrical license DVD - 6SBJR Price a. $110 b. $165 c. $49.95 CRIME OF CRIMES This series analyses the social, political and historical conditions that make ethnic cleansing possible. Episode 1 begins with the persecution of the Jews throughout history. Episode 2 focuses on the colonisers, who turned land into property, clearing the indigenous people. Episode 3 looks at Europe at the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th Centuries. Episode 4 looks at genocides in the former Republic of Yugoslavia and Rwanda. Set of 2 - 2x100 DVD SET 6SBCOC Crime of Crimes - Part 1 Enemy / Land Rather than being a grim litany of disaster, this series analyses the social, political and historical conditions that make ethnic cleansing possible. It begins with the persecution of the Jews throughout history. It continues by looking at colonisers in North America, Australia and South Africa who justified brutal expansion in the name of ‘civilising’ the native peoples: then considers ethnic cleansing of political ends. The episode ‘Land’ focuses on the colonisers, who turned land into property, clearing the indigenous people, establishing Europeans as the new owners. This ‘clear and settle’ policy was first tried out by the English in Ireland but was also used later in North America and Australia establishing Europeans as the new owners. RATED M: War footage DVD - 6SBCOCP1 Price a. $110 b. $165 c. $49.95 Crime of Crimes - Part 2 Nation / Vengeance The episode ‘Nation’ looks at Europe at the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th Centuries when the great empires were crumbling and the peoples of Europe turned to nationhood to instil security and a sense of belonging. In Turkey, the reign of the tyrannical sultans was swept away, and replaced in 1908 by a group known as the Young Turks, a group of military men who no longer saw the empire as a priority. The episode ‘Vengeance’ looks at genocides in the former Republic of Yugoslavia and Rwanda. These campaigns of mass murder were conducted by people who felt that they were part of a group that had suffered in the past, and wanted to right the wrongs of history. In the history of genocide, the perpetrators have always needed a powerful and convincing story to enable them to kill and justify their actions. RATED M: War footage DVD - 6SBCOCP2 Price a. $110 b. $165 c. $49.95 SAVE Set of 2 - Price a. $ b. $ c. $ PRICE LEGEND | Price a: Secondary Schools, Non Profit Organisations | Price b: TAFE, Universities, Leading Libraries,Government Departments, Hospitals, Training Organisations, Corporate Market | Price c: Primary Schools, Local Council Libraries. If you are unsure of your price category please contact Marcom Projects on 07 3340 8900.
MAO - A LIFE This series is drawn from a biography written by Phillip Short entitled “Mao Tse-Toung” (Mao Has Life). 2006 Set of 4 - 4x60. DVD SET 6SBMAL - RATED M Against the Tide This episode traces the early days of Mao Zedong from his birth in 1893; his founding, with eleven others, of the Congress of the Chinese Communist Party in 1921; the rule of Chiang Kaishek’s Nationalists and the Long March, the epic retreat of Mao’s Red Army in 1934. In 1937 the Japanese invasion of China forced the Nationalists into a patriotic alliance with the Red Army. After the Japanese defeat, the Nationalist Army turned on the Communists, but the Red Army proved to be stronger. Chiang Kaishek fled to Taiwan and Mao Zedong became China’s uncontested leader. DVD - 6SBMAL01 Price a. $88 b. $132 c. $39.95 The Sorcerer’s Apprentice In the early years of the People’s Republic, Chinese policy followed an orthodox Stalinist path but diverged from the Soviet model and took on a new, specifically Maoist quality after Stalin’s death. Mao initiated a series of political movements and believed that creating people’s communes would bring about an economic upsurge and enable China to catch up with industrialised countries like England, France and America. However, the venture went badly wrong and became one of the biggest disasters in modern Chinese history. A serious famine set in and 20 million Chinese died of starvation. DVD - 6SBMAL02 Price a. $88 b. $132 c. $39.95 Not a Dinner Party In late 1965 high school and university students challenged the authorities. Mao Zedong expressed his support and students around the nation became Chairman Mao’s Red Guards. Mao called for the destruction of the old world in order to construct a new socialist world - the Cultural Revolution had begun. It is claimed that at the end of the Cultural Revolution in 1976, over a million people died due to violence against them. DVD - 6SBMAL03 Price a. $88 b. $132 c. $39.95 Mao is Not Dead In 1971 Mao’s appointed successor Lin Biao attempts to fly to the Soviet Union after his plot against Mao fails but his plane crashes in Mongolia. In 1972 the historic visit of President Nixon to the People’s Republic of China shifts the global balance of power. In 1973 Mao makes his last appearance before a large Party gathering and in January 1976 Premier Zhou Enlai dies. The whole nation is thrown into mourning over his early death. In July, northern China is struck by a massive earthquake which kills a quarter of a million people and on 9 September 1976, Mao Zedong passes away. DVD - 6SBMAL04 Price a. $88 b. $132 c. $39.95 SAVE Set of 4 - Price a. $264 b. $396 c. $120 Great Battles of the Great War Jack Sue - A Matter of Honour Ed Skelding has made excellent use of the In 1945 at the age of 19, Jack Sue became a covert COMING present-day landscape to explain the strategy and operative in Japanese occupied Borneo. He is 2007 progress of the battles, what happened and where little-known here, being one of only two Australian with the use of superimposed maps, diagrams and Air Force servicemen to receive the Distinguished testimonies. Titles include Somme - Here Comes Conduct Medal during WWII. This program tells the Kitchener’s Army, Gallipoli - The Last Crusade, story of a young man’s dream to be accepted as Ypres - The Salient and An Ordinary Hero - The an Australian. Jack’s eldest son takes him back to Story of John Simpson Kirkpatrick. Borneo to visit the site of the notorious Japanese 2004 Duration 200min POW camp, Sandakan. DVD - 6SBGB Price a. $165 b. $248 c. $75 1998 Duration 52min DVD - 6SBJAS Price a. $88 b. $132 c. $39.95 HISTORY Korean ANZACS In the frontline of the Korean War Australian soldier Ron Cashman befriended two South Korean conscripts. Fifty years later he is meeting them for the first time since the war. Korean ANZACs is the story of how this friendship helped Ron make peace with the war after forty years of suffering from post traumatic stress disorder. Duration 52min DVD - 6SBKA Price a. $88 b. $132 c. $39.95 Bob Brought the War Home The War ended in Vietnam 30 years ago, but for Vietnam Veteran Bob Harrison and his family, there has been little peace. Bob Brought the War Home is an emotional story of a man who, at 20 years old, was called up for National Service and sent to fight in the Vietnam War. This film takes us into the war-ravaged home of the Harrisons and boldly shows us what, with the luck of the draw, any Australian family might have gone through. 2004 Duration 26min DVD - 6SBBBW Price a. $66 b. $99 c. $29.95 John Simpson Kirkpatrick This program details the events that led John Simpson Kirkpatrick, one of the unlikeliest heroes to emerge from World War I, to leave his home town and family and join the merchant navy before jumping ship when it reached Australia. This program takes in the emotion of the Anzac Day dawn service of 2001 at Gallipoli, features Ashley Elkins from the Australian War Memorial in Canberra providing historical knowledge, and a local journalist and historian in South Shields. 2004 Duration 49min DVD - 6SBJSK Price a. $88 b. $132 c. $39.95 Genghis Khan Rider of the Apocalypse Genghis Khan, ruthless leader of the Mongols and sovereign over the biggest empire ever ruled by a single man, was one of the most powerful and feared rulers in history. He was a notorious yet enigmatic figure. Through NEW 2007 a mixture of ruthlessness and genius, he rose to become an accomplished warrior, army general, supreme ruler and finally, shrewd statesman. Instilling respect among his subjects, and fear among Asian and European kings, he would rule a territory larger than the Roman Empire. 2006 Duration 52min *Non theatrical license DVD - 6SBGK Price a. $88 b. $132 c. $39.95 Empire of the Mongols This two-part program narrates the rise and fall of the Mongolian Empire. Against the backdrop of the breathtaking landscapes of Mongolia, the documentary reconstructs life at the court of Genghis Khan and illustrates the Mongolian style of warfare in re-enactments. The documentary shows a nomadic people that has kept its knowledge and skills alive and maintained its originality. 2005 Duration 82min *Non theatrical license DVD - 6SBEOM Price a. $110 b. $165 c. $49.95 Imperium Fall of Great Empires Imperium - Fall of Great Empires bestows a human face on once magnificent empires. What were the events that brought about the sudden fall of highly advanced empires such as Persia, Egypt, Carthage and Rome? A team of international researchers specifically examines the causes of collapse, pinpointing the fascinating moments in which the destinies of entire nations and empires were determined and compellingly illustrates how the development of today’s world hung by a thread. 2005 Duration 200min DVD - 6SBIMP Price a. $110 b. $165 c. $49.95 www.marcom.com.au | Enquiries 07 3340 8900 17
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