BBC - Ascent of Man. History, Documentary

Another hard to come by documentary. It is good - and fun too. Info An American Film Festival Award winner, this 13 volume series attempts a massive survey of science, from flint tools to the theory of relativity. The series, a co-production of the BBC and Time-Life Films was made as a science counterpart to �Civilization�. It is given superb technical support, with two crews using innovative filming techniques, shooting in 27 countries. Dr. Jacob Bronowski makes for an unorthodox narrator, his non-scripted delivery ranging from hushed awe to trembling passion. He uses the crawling infant, the performing athlete, the development of the hunt and the discovery of fire to illustrate the most distinctive feature of man: imagination. His Scientific-Humanism is often spectacular, always provocative.

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duhprane (2008-02-18)

this extremely hard to find docu is extremely available at amazon.com..... thanks for the files....

DaisyB (2008-02-24)

Thank you very much! Seems to be missing part 5?

DaisyB (2008-02-24)

No, I was wrong, the episodes are numbered incorrectly (see the wikipedia entry for this show). If the titles are correct, the missing episode is 6 "The Starry Messenger" (Galileo's universe). But don't let that stop you from downloading! I have watched the first two episodes and am dazzled. This is a series of outstanding quality, a real treasure. Many thanks, MartinBLCK!

maksimum018 (2008-09-09)

English subtitles here

pyromane (2008-11-30)

You are an angel, Martin!
Love your uploads, will help seeding as much as possible, though I've not much bandwidth...well, THIS is worth it, if anything!

Layor (2009-01-12)

Thanks for the download!! I am seeding. I wish more would seed the 17 gig series you have posted. I wish to thank you for that one too!!

rickyanderson (2009-01-16)

Breathtaking documentary, especially for 1974.
Thank you, thank you, thank you!

rajanish (2009-08-09)

please remember that the video and audio quality is not up to the par of modern documentaries. The series itself is awesome.

wadhsan (2009-11-22)

Please seed... pleeeeaaassseeee

sdlabs (2010-03-30)

Of course this is not not on par with Planet Earth or other modern documentaries - but it offers the kind of historical insight rarely seen even today.
Might seem a bit boring on the surface but give it a chance, your intellect just might be on its way for a major trip!

cranswick (2010-07-26)

Many thanks in anticipation for this - Remember it on tv when I was a teenager and was very impressed by Browskis intellect. Ta.

AJNorth (2011-03-23)

One of THE greatest achievements in television history, this series should still be required viewing today (nearly four decades after its release). Thanks for posting it.

nsofast (2011-06-19)

anyone who liked this will also like James Burke's "connections" available here somewhere as well

hendo666 (2011-07-14)

EPISODE 6 OVER HERE:

Swamppony (2015-03-24)

Thanks!