Queen Victoria's Empire

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Call Number: DVD 941.081 Qu
On Shelf At: Downtown Library

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Originally produced as episodes of the television program Empires in 2000.
pt. 1. Engines of change -- pt. 2. The moral crusade.
Narrator, Donald Sutherland.
Meet the queen who ruled over one-fifth of humanity and the larger-than-life figures who shaped British imperialism. Uses personal accounts and historical reenactments in Britain, India, and Africa to reveal the frequent clash of personality and culture that would mark Queen Victoria's reign and tells the story of how a small island nation would come to control three-fourths of the world's trade and one-fifth of its population in one of the greatest empires the world has known.
DVD, widescreen presentation; Dolby Digital stereo.

COMMUNITY REVIEWS

Good documentary--suited for school use. submitted by hathaway1066 on August 28, 2014, 8:00pm Narrated by Donald Sutherland, who students may recognize as President Coriolanus Snow in the Hunger Games movies, and with constant rich imagery, this is a good option for school use. It covers a wide range of subjects--industrialization, imperialism, and more generally, the birth of the modern era.

A great English perspective on their most famous Queen submitted by yufamily on July 17, 2021, 7:19pm From the age of 18, Victoria sought to reform the monarchy and bring power to England.