History Channel - Great Ships: The PT Boats (1996)
DVDRip | 720x544 | .MKV/AVC @ 1864 Kbps | 46mn 17s | 682 MiB
Audio: English AC3 192 kbps, 2 channels | Subs: None
Genre: Documentary

Inch for inch, pound for pound, the Patrol Torpedo boats of World War II were among the most powerful warships of all time. Like David against Goliath, these small wooden boats were designed to take on and destroy the steel-hulled giants that dominated the oceans. Journey back to the early days of WWII to see how these remarkable boats came into being, and hear from the men who fought aboard them. Take a thrilling ride on a restored PT Boat, and get an up-close look at the features that made it so dangerous both for the ships it was designed to cripple and its own crew!

Life C1 • Advanced • Extra Practice Activities
NGL / HEINLE | 2013 | English | True PDFs | 101.47 MB

National Geographic Learning proudly presents Life, an exciting six-level general English course for adults. NGL Life is driven by rich National Geographic content and the fundamental values of inspiring people to care about the planet, celebrating human achievement and exploring diversity. This material is brought together in a design that is unique in an ELT context while the language syllabus surpasses expectations.

History Channel - Modern Marvels: The Phonograph (1996)
PDTV | 704x536 | .AVI/XviD @ 2162 Kbps | 43mn 58s | 744 MiB
Audio: English AC3 192 kbps, 2 channels | Subs: None
Genre: Documentary

In 1877, for the first time, voices, music, the barking of dogs–and all sorts of other sounds could be recorded, played back, and preserved for posterity. All through the marvel of the phonograph. Surprisingly the man who created the phonograph, Thomas Alva Edison, had no theoretical background in acoustics, and only a few months of formal schooling. And ironically, he was half deaf. Thomas Edison was not the first to record sound, but his competition with Alexander Graham Bell and other inventors led to the phonograph that created thousands of new jobs and gave birth to the music recording industry.