Last August saw the BBC's release of
the first season for
Days That Shook the World, a series that focuses on"the seismic moments in world history - human tragedies, scientific breakthroughs or era-defining events - that have profoundly affected how the world thinks and acts." This morning the BBC and their distributor, Warner Home Video, have announced that on
August 4th they'll follow up with
Days That Shook the World - The Complete 2nd Season.
This 2-disc set comes with 10 more episodes, listed below, running 590 minutes. Video is widescreen, audio is English Stereo, and there are English subtitles as well. No bonus material is mentioned. The cost will be $29.98 SRP.
Stay tuned for cover art! UPDATE: package art has now been added at the bottom, courtesy of our fine friends at the BBC America Shop!
- Disaster In The Sky (The Hindenburg and Challenger)
- The Christmas Truce (World War I)
- Attack on Pearl Harbor (World War II)
- Grand Heist (The Crown Jewels and the Great Train Robbery)
- Conspiracy to Kill (plots to assassinate Charles de Gaulle and Adolf Hitler)
- Reach For The Stars (scientist Galileo Galilei and cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin)
- Dinosaurs and Duplicity (the first dinosaur discovery and "Piltdown Man")
- Terror - Made In America (Lincoln's assassination and Oklahoma City)
- Cold War Spies (Gary Powers and Rudolf Abel)
- Affairs Of The Crown (Anne Boleyn and Edward VIII)
