| Description |
3 videodiscs (ca. 423 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD; Dolby Digital stereo. |
| Language |
Closed-captioned. |
| Performer |
Narrator: Scott Morton. |
| Note |
Originally broadcast on the History Channel in 2008. |
| Summary |
Join the team of Scarefactory in Columbus, Ohio, as they recreate history's various weapons, customs, and devices to see if they can understand the time period as well as see if they could have survived them. |
| Contents |
Disc 1. [ep.1.] Halifax gibbet, Chinese water torture, iron boot, putting her neck out, iron maiden, rocket-propelled fire arrows, Rocket's red glare ; [ep. 2.] Pressed to death, Cat o' nine tails, Hard pressed, Pretzel, Scorpio, Heron's vending machine, Battle ready Scorpio ; [ep. 3.] Liar's rack, Branks, Of masks and racks, Atlatl, Brazen bull, Pillory, Inside the bull -- disc 2. [ep. 4.] Breaking wheel, Firewalking, Spinning the wheel, Bastinado, Treadmill, Tar and feathers, Working the treadmill ; [ep. 5.] Judas cradle, Pear of anguish, Cradle experiment, Heretic's fork, Pendulum, Ball and chain, The Pendulum swings ; [ep. 6.] Garrote, Isolation chamber, Testing the garrote, Rope torture, Gallows, Firing squad, Experimental hanging -- disc 3. [ep. 7.] Strappado, Shame flute, Strappado trial run, Chinese repeating crossbow, Joust, Chastity belt, The Joust begins ; [ep. 8.] Battering ram, Baghdad battery, A smashing success, Morning star, Whirligig, Heron's steam engine, Going for a whirl ; [ep. 9.] The rack, Scavenger's daughter, Getting on the rack, Barrel roll, Ducking stool, Archimedes' death ray, The big dunk. |
| Note |
Bonus features: additional footage. |
| Subject |
Weapons, Ancient.
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Punishment -- History.
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| Genre/Form |
Documentary television programs.
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Nonfiction television programs.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Documentary -- Television series.
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| Added Author |
Morton, Scott. Narrator.
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Sklaver, Jason.
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Brainbox Entertainment (Firm)
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Scarefactory, Inc.
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History (Television network)
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Arts and Entertainment Network.
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New Video Group.
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| Added Title |
Surviving history (Television program)
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| ISBN |
1422927032 |
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9781422927038 |
| Standard No. |
733961144208 |
| Music No. |
AAAE144200 A&E Television Networks |
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