Guns, germs, and steel

Harrison, Cassian. (Producer, Director). Diamond, Jared M. (Host). Coyote, Peter. (Narrator). Lambert, Tim. (Producer, Director). Diamond, Jared M. Guns, germs, and steel. (Added Author). Lion Television Ltd. (Added Author). National Geographic Television & Film. (Added Author). National Geographic Society (U.S.) (Added Author).

Summary: An epic detective story that offers a gripping expose on why the world is so unequal. Professor Jared Diamond traveled the globe for over 30 years trying to answer this question. Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning book. Why did Eurasians conquer, displace, or decimate Native Americans, Australians, and Africans, instead of the reverse? Diamond dismantles racially based theories of human history by revealing the environmental factors actually responsible for history's broadest patterns.

Record details

ISBN: 0792292553
ISBN: 9780792292555
Physical Description: videorecording
videodisc
2 videodiscs (165 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Publisher: [United States] : National Geographic, [2005]

Content descriptions

General Note:	Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning book by Jared Diamond. Special features: Interactive maps; timelines; photo gallery.
Formatted Contents Note:	Disc. 1. episode 1. Out of Eden / produced & directed by Tim Lambert ; ep. 2. Conquest / produced & directed by Tim Lambert -- Disc 2. ep. 3. Into the tropics / director, Cassian Harrison ; special features.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Editor, James Gold, Simon Greenwood ; cinematography, Pieter de Vries, Steve Gray ; music, Moving Image Music.
Participant or Performer Note:	Host and consultant: Jared Diamond ; narrator, Peter Coyote.
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:	Originally broadcast in 2004.
Target Audience Note:	Not rated.
System Details Note:	DVD, region 1, widescreen presentation; Dolby Digital.
Language Note:	Closed-captioned.