The Sahara : the forgotten history of the world's harshest desert

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Label

The Sahara : the forgotten history of the world's harshest desert

Title remainder

the forgotten history of the world's harshest desert

Statement of responsibility

supervising producer, Don Cambou ; produced by Robert E. Ziel, Ron Nelson

Title variation

Forgotten history of the world's harshest desert

Contributor

• Alan Ett Music Group
• Arts and Entertainment Network
• History Channel (Television network)
• New Video Group
• Bonnar, Mark
• Brookshaw, Keith
• Cambou, Don
• Carmody, Bill
• Carroll, Michael
• Cascio, Michael
• Conner, Tracey
• Downing, Taylor
• Edgar, David
• Faux, Steven
• Horan, Don
• Jackson, Sammy
• Kastelnik, Craig
• Lattanzio, Robert
• Nelson, Ron
• Reda, Lou
• Segarra, Beth Dietrich
• Tarshis, Peter
• Warren, Chris
• Weaver, Fritz
• Ziel, Robert E
• Zimmerman, Mort

Subject

• Arab countries -- History -- Arab Revolt, 1916-1918
• Documentary television programs
• Lawrence, T. E., (Thomas Edward), 1888-1935
• Middle East -- Politics and government -- 1914-1945
• Rommel, Erwin, 1891-1944
• Sahara -- Description and travel
• Sahara -- History
• World War, 1914-1918 -- Campaigns -- Arab countries
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Africa, North

Genre

• Documentary television programs

Language

eng

Summary

This documentary brings to life the Sahara's cruel history and the conflicts that still plague its people. It recounts the story of kings who once led caravans of 30,000 people across the desert, bearing riches beyond imagination. It tells of Roman death squads that exterminated the citizens of the Empire's most bitter rival and how the Foreign Legion crafted a legend out of last stands and lost causes. From the fabled metropolis of Timbuktu to the shores of Tripoli, this film is an illuminating exploration of this unforgiving and remote land of myth and mirage. Also included is a bonus disc that examines the lives of two men -- T.E. Lawrence and Erwin Rommel -- who shaped the desert's modern history and were themselves forever changed by the Sahara

Cataloging source

CSU

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

Executive producer for the History Channel: Beth Dietrich Segarra; edited by Robert Lattanzio; music by Alan Ett Music Group. Erwin Rommel: executive producer: Lou Reda, producers Sammy Jackson and Mort Zimmerman; director, Don Horan; executive producer for the Biography Channel: Michael Cascio; edited by Bill Carmody, , Mort Zimmerman, Tracey Conner; music composer, Craig Kastelnik. Lawrence of Arabia: executive producer Taylor Downing; producer David Edgar; director Chris Warren; executive producer for the Biography Channel Peter Tarshis; editor Keith Brookshaw ; music Steven Faux

Dewey number

966

LC call number

DT333

LC item number

.S24 2006

PerformerNote

Narrator, Michael Carroll. Erwin Rommel: narrator Fritz Weaver. Lawrence of Arabia: narrator Mark Bonnar

Runtime

180

Technique

live action