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William the conquerer

Advantages: Rebelled against the english
Disadvantages: got beaten EVENTUALLY

Early Life William Wallace was born in c. 1270 in Elderslie, Renfrewshire and had an older and younger brother, Malcolm and John. He was said to have gone to the High School which is now 'The High School of Dundee' and spent most of his childhood growing up in the nearby village of Kilspindie. Wallace's parents owned land at Riccarton, near Kilmarnock which is where, supposedly, Wallace's father came from. He acted quickly fighting in battles when ...
...Acts and Deeds Of Sir William Wallace' and 'Knights of Elderslie,' written by the 15th century minstrel Blind Harry. Wallace's family provided most of the support for him as his ancestors were mere nobles decsending from Richard Wallace, the famous Welshman. Wallace's belief was that he could success against the English and to have his own independant country. Achievements William Wallace had achieved alot in his life before he was strangled and ...

Doni07 29.11.2006 · Read full review
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Review of William Wallace - The True Story (DVD)

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I did not have political relations with that man

Advantages: Funny and compelling
Disadvantages: The dirty truth on greed

...this would be the infamous Enron Corporation, the final desperate and greedy actions of one of the world’s biggest companies to keep that illusion alive, before its sensational and unprecedented collapse in 2001 to the then world’s biggest corporate fraud., but Mr Madoff recently topping it. Three weeks after 911, a company that had built up a $60 billion dollar business in ten years was gone in just 24 hours, a vulgar fraud cynically allowed to ...
...like the top executives of Enron eventually were on live TV for this. The story… In 1989 the chairman of the fledgling Enron energy company-the said Ken Lay, the Bill Gates of the energy sector-had been involved in the perpetration of the exact same fraud some12 years earlier that would finally collapse his energy giant in 2001, but fortunately nipped in the bud by people who were honorable and prepared to act back in 1989. Fake joke companies called ...

thedevilinme 28.10.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Enron - The Smartest Guys In The Room (DVD)

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Big Cat week - Series 3

Advantages: One of the best animal documentaries out there!
Disadvantages: None

...three presenters follow the three big cats in the Masa Mara in the heart of Africa. You will see some old faces and some cats will brace the camera. Again you see the cats hunt and kill so if that's not your thing then please be warned this DVD may not be for you. If you have the first two series then this is a must have! If you haven't got the first two then i strongly suggest you get it! ...

sanders0812 20.02.2009 · Read full review
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What if it had never happened?

Advantages: An incredibly accurate DVD of the Hindenburg & the disaster
Disadvantages: May feel like a history lesson to some people

**What Is It?** The Hindenburg Disaster is a DVD remembering the incredible airship the "Hindenburg" This one disk DVD contains detailed accounts of eye-witnesses, real footage, real radio broadcasts and the court case and theories after the Hindenburgs disaster. **The History Behind the Hindenburg** Luftschiffbau Zeppelin (I've double checked that spelling) was the brains behind this incredible machine. German born, Zeppelin always had a passion ...
...In 1935 he go the chance of a lifetime to build the biggest airship in the world. The Hindenburg. It was a staggering 245m long and 41m wide which is longer than the titanic herself. In other words its slightly longer than 3 Boing 747's. So it's size was phenomial and it made it famous world wide. The Hindenburg was famously sponsered by the Nazis. This was when they weren't in power but the Hindenburg had the Nazi sign on the tail. This did not ...

scotlandizdabest 18.09.2007 · Read full review
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Works of Gainsborough, set to some classy music

Advantages: Good and entertaining look at Gainsborough
Disadvantages: Nome

Classic Artist and Composers, Gainsborough, is a simple project, well-executed. Suppose you take a classical artist. In this case, Gainsborough. You film his birthplace and other places that were of importance to his life, whilst telling the story of his life, of his family and of his paintings. Might be a little bit dull, perhaps? Then you can play some extraordinarily fine classical music to aurally illustrate the points you are making. What about ...
...series Classic Artists and Composers, took the brave decision to dispense with the services of a voice over artiste and allow the paintings, the scenery and some simple captions to tell the fascinating life story of Thomas Gainsborough (1727 to 1788), Oh, and there's the delightful music, too. The scenes filmed in Thomas Gainsborough's birthplace, Sudbury, in Suffolk, are very well realised especially the tail-switching cat who seems to own he garden ...

Martinscholes 31.10.2005 · Read full review
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