Product Details

• Actors: Artist Not Provided
• Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: A&E Home Video
• DVD Release Date: September 26, 2006
• Run Time: 94 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000H6SXY2
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #71,914 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description

Long ago scores of real pirates plied their brutal trade in the temperate waters of the Caribbean Ocean. In the 1600s and 1700s, Captain Henry Morgan, Blackbeard, Calico Jack Rackham, Ann Bonny, Mary Read, and Black Bart were among the infamous pirates whose crews lied in wait to violently raid the merchant ships of various nations. The true stories of who they were, how they operated, and their various successes and failures in this dark and deadly profession, go far beyond popular legend. THE HISTORY CHANNEL, using CGI animations, expert interviews, as well as archival imagery, explores the real-life stories behind piracy’s Golden Age and the dramatic maritime exploits of the TRUE CARRIBEAN PIRATES

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars very good DVD on pirates, June 20, 2007

By	Rhett D. Sorensen "Old Keen Eye" (Provo, Ut USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

A very fun, exciting, and educational DVD on select famous pirates and their plunders/demises. It it a little gruesome at times.(mostly just the discriptions of gruesome things the pirates did to torture people) So it may be too much for younger kids.
It also would have been nice had they included some other pirates, like those of the Barbary coast and maybe some Asian one's as well. It definitely could have covered more ground. Perhaps they will make a second edition to it some day. All in all I enjoyed it and would recommend it.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Good Documentary, January 15, 2007

By	A. Rose - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

The DVD was good, but there were some pirates that were not shown like Captain Kidd that was also a famous pirate of his time. Over all a good make almost hollywood style film.

7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars read my review or walk the plank, June 6, 2007

By	Der Hammer des Kuchens "I guess so" (Kalifornia) - See all my reviews

If you want to watch an enjoyable documentary about true pirates in the Caribbean during the 17th century then look no further. You don't learn about all the famous pirates or everything that the pirates are about because there just isn't enough time but you do learn a lot. I learned some new things about pirates and about some famous ones too. The re enactments are presented in a more stylized movie form rather than the usual chessy low budget ones that a lot of documentarys have.

So if want to learn more about pirates from a documentary that isn't too boring then this is the one for you.