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Advantages: a great documentary
Disadvantages: you'll need tissues

Kindertransport, an attempt to remove as many young children from the clutches of the Nazis as possible. It tells a grim story, as do all documentaries about the holocaust, but if also lifts the spirit (unless your canadian). I have to explain myself, children were accepted by a number of countries, primarily Britain and the USA, however a number of countries were, less than helpful, you'll have to watch it. The film also closely examines specific ...
...Richard) family. The most upsetting thing is that almost all of the parents that sent their children away never saw them again. All in all a fascinating story, that will produce many tears, but ultimately shows the strength of the human spirit. It has to be one of the top ten world war II documentaries. Summary: buy it, watch it, make sure you bring tissues (yes, even the fellas). ... Read review

Advantages: Tells you important Dates
Disadvantages: -

...myself," he once said, "but I couldn't speak for the millions they killed." In 1986, he succeeded in having gypsy representatives included on the Holocaust Memorial Council in Washington DC. His biggest disappointments were his failure to secure the capture of Gestapo chief, Heinrich Muller, and Auschwitz doctor, Josef Mengele, who died in Brazil in 1978. Simon Wiesenthal died in the Austrian capital, Vienna, aged 96. Mr Wiesenthal died in his sleep ... Read review

Advantages: More detailed than the TV series
Disadvantages: Not everyones taste

...of the first trip that Ewan McGregor and Charlie Boorman made together on motorbikes. The DVD i am reviewing is the 2 disc set which contains both unseen and extended footage. The trip took a long time to play and ultimately was a journey from London to New York via Europe, Ukraine, Russia, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Siberia, USA and Canada. The DVD covers the entire television series. The way the two discs are split is disc one conatins episodes ...
...disc has the remaining episodes on , namely 4, 5, 6 and 7. The total running time is about 6 hours so ideally you wont want to watch them in one sitting. The extras are the unseen material, the photo gallery and the exclusive post trip interview. The DVD's start with the planning stage where they have to trial possible motobikes that may be suitabel for a trip like this, they settle on either a KTM or BMW. Those that have watched the series will ... Read review

Advantages: A Good Insight into the Survivors Battle
Disadvantages: Very sad if you only focus on the event and not the rescue mission

World Trade Centre, as it says on the DVD cover, is definitely a true story of courage and survival. I saw this in my local Asda and thought it would be interesting to watch. It did not disappoint me. THE FILM The film is based on the tragic events of the September 11th disaster in America where the World Trade Centres were flown into by 2 planes and ultimately collapsed. The start of the film shows a police team heading into the first tower to ...
...footage which appeared on the world news that day when the actors were sitting watching their televisions. I would have liked to have seen more involvement from the rescue teams as I don't fell they were given enough credit in the film. The ending was quite moving as it told of the actual fatalities and casualties from the tragedy but also dedicated the film to all the rescue workers and everyone involved in the rescue missions and helping with ... Read review

Advantages: Informative, interesting in parts and easy to relate to
Disadvantages: Does not capture full attention, lost concentration

...Frank Gehry creates simple line sketches which become the most unusual and amazing pieces of architecture, one of his most famous pieces is the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao. Gehry's style is appealing to children and gives them confidence that they can achieve good outcomes from similar work. I would definitely recommend this DVD to anyone who is interested in architecture and Gehry's "child-play style", it shows the development from simple initial ... Read review