Product Details

• Actors: Just the Facts
• Directors: Cerebellum Corporation
• Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: All Regions
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Cerebellum Corporation
• DVD Release Date: July 3, 2007
• Run Time: 50 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000UUX2I2
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #38,908 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description
It started in England and reached its peak in America. The Industrial Revolution is a period of history that began in the early 18th century and has carried through our modern times. Why it started in England is a fascinating question. It is one of many this informative video addresses. It is in Central England, even more specifically; and the textile industry which gives this period its start. If was an age when society went from traditional to modern, form agrarian to mechanized, from rural to urban, from simple to complex. Charles Dickens summed it up: "It was the best of times. It was the worst of times." Consumers had new and better clothing, teapots, porcelain, steam engines, steel, and even horseless carriages. At the same time, however, cities became more crowded. There were sanitation problems, cruel child labor was common, and many industrial centers experienced terrible pollution like never before. Scholars from the University of Warwick (England) and UCLA share their knowledge about The Industrial Revolution in this enlightening video a program deserved to be a part of every student's collection of modern history.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

12 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars WOW!!!, March 14, 2008

By	Scrub - See all my reviews

I purchased this video for my class and after the movie was on for ten min. only 3 out of 27 students were still awake. It is the most boring thing I have ever seen. I have a student teacher and even he fell asleep during this movie. They claim it is a must have for every classroom but if you waste your money on this video you are just plain stupid. I wish someone had warned me about this prior to my purchase. When the movie was over, the only thing that any student could remember was the fact that there was a duck clip that was shown 4 times. Please do not spend your money on this video. This is not a joke!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Overview, October 14, 2008

By	Gary Booher "Community College Instructor" (Los Angeles) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Just the Facts: The Industrial Revolution
I show this documentary every semester in my cultural geography class at a local community college and I find it is an excellent overview of the many economic and geographic factors behind the Industrial Revolution occurring in England. It summarizes many points that I cover in my class and brings many concepts together regarding economic geography. I highly recommend this product as an informative teaching tool. Although it is classified in my public library as being for teens, I would suggest that its academic level is higher, and perhaps why another reviewer has rated it as uninteresting for his students who maybe were not yet ready for all that it had to offer.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Yuck!, July 11, 2008

By	The Alabamian "François-Marie Arouet" (Birmingham, AL) - See all my reviews

Terrible! One of the worst films on an important topic I have seen. Absolutely unusable in a classroom.