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Timeline world history documentaries 293,451 views. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. Download the free audio of tony robinsons weird world of wonders world war i. Book 1 of 7 in the sir tony robinsons weird world of wonders series. World war ii often abbreviated to wwii or ww2, also known as the second world war, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. World war i sir tony robinsons weird world of wonders. We dont want any krautbashing, but germany did start. The series will begin with robinson visiting a berlin kaiserpanorama show, where he will explain the stereoscope 3d process and uses it to show europe in 3d before the war episode 1 unbelievably, world war 1 was photographed in 3d. Tony robinson s world war 1 in 3d shot on location in britain, france, belgium and germany by renegade pictures for discovery, the series attempts to tell a story of the war that allows us to understand, appreciate and commemorate the sacrifice of the generation who fought and lived through it. In world war 1, if you were a soldier firing a gatling gun, would that mean you were safe from harm discussionquestion i know that, in a war, especially world war 1, youre never 100% safe from being killed, but i imagine being behind a gatling gun in trench warfare would be a pretty good bet of not getting killed.
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