Millennium: A Thousand Years of History (1999)
Genres - Historical Film |
Sub-Genres - Biography, Inventions & Innovations, Politics & Government, Social History |
Run Time - 60 min. |
Countries - United States |
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Synopsis by Betsy Boyd
Part of the CNN Millennium ten-hour documentary which explores global events of the past 1,000 years, CNN Millennium, Pt. 8: Century of the Furnace -- The Eighteenth Century outlines pivotal points between 1700 and 1800, a period of climactic action. In this century, the Moguls in India experienced their decline. Meanwhile, however, the British Empire was becoming a world power, and James Watt's steam engine sparked the all-important Industrial Revolution. Also, the small pox vaccine was discovered. Actor Ben Kingsley narrates.
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America, century, earthquake, empire, expedition, France, gold, industry, millennium, music, revolution, Russian [nationality], steam-engine, vaccine, war
