It's
almost getting closer to the release of the latest
Indiana Jones movie with Harrison Ford and Paramount
continues to increase the buzz with their latest
release of the Adventures of Young Indiana Jones
Volume 2 which screened in Australia during the
early 1990's. Unlike the previous volume which
focused on a younger Indiana, this box set features
Indy as a late teenager who volunteers to serve the
Belgian and travels around the glove from Africa to
Europe.
Once
again Indiana Jones meets a variety of historical
people that almost makes this like a history lesson
with a healthy dose of George Lucas action. He
fights at the Somme and at Verdun where he is
captured and imprisoned with Charles de Gaulle. He
is cured of malaria by Albert Schweitzer, shot down
and captured by the Red Baron. Indy meets up with
Robert Graves and Siegfried Sassoon and falls in
love with Mata Hari. This set packs in the action
while also showing all the concepts of war, from
being on the front lines, to people's various
philosophies about war, and all those who got caught
in the middle and the effects it had on them.
The
set also contains a healthy dose of special features
with some interesting documentaries that uses real
world historians and scholars which are extremely
innovative and quite fascinating. I thoroughly
enjoyed The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
Volume 2 and I cannot wait until the final volume
which will complete this awesome series that can be
watched by anyone, whether you're a history buff or
an Indiana Jones fans, there is something for
everyone.
Special Features:
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The Somme: Storm of
Steel
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Siegfried Sassoon: A War
Poet's Journey
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Robert Graves and the
White Goddess
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I Am France: The Myth of
Charles de Gaulle
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Into the Furnace: The
Battle of Verdun
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Marshal Petain's Fall
From Grace
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Flirting with Danger:
The Fantasy of Mata Hari
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Reading the Enemy's
Mind: Espionage in World
War I
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Chasing the Phantom:
Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck
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Dreaming of Africa: The
Life of Frederick Selous
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At Home and Abroad: The
Two Faces of Jan Smuts
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Albert Schweitzer:
Reverence for Life
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Congo: A Curse of Riches
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Waging Peace: The Rise
of Pacifism
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War in the Third
Dimension: Aerial
Warfare in World War I
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Blood Red: The Life and
Death of Manfred von
Richthofen
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Flying High for France:
The Lafayette Escadrille
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Anthony Fokker: The
Flying Dutchman
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Karl: The Last Habsburg
Emperor
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The Russian Revolution:
All Power to the
Soviets!
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V.I. Lenin: History Will
Not Forgive Us
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Impresario: Sergei
Diaghilev and the
Ballets Russes
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Ballet: The Art of Dance
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Franz Kafka's Dark Truth
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Lines in the Sand: The
Middle East and the
Great War
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Colonel Lawrence's War:
T.E. Lawrence and Arabia
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"Special Delivery"
Interactive Game
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Interactive Timeline
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Historical Lecture: War
and Revolution
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