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The Silk Road - I



History Documentary hosted by Graham Webster, published by NHK in 1980 - English narration





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Camels plodding across the desert, and a sense of timelessness evoked by Kitaro's theme music... NHK devoted 17 years to the planning, shooting and production of The Silk Road, which unearthed trade routes linking long-lost civilizations of East and West. A landmark in broadcasting history, this series told the story of the rise and fall of ancient civilizations.

The NHK Tokushu and China's CCTV documentary series The Silk Road began on April 7, 1980. The program started with the memorable scene of a camel caravan crossing the desert against the setting sun, with Kitaro's music and a sense of timelessness. It was the start of an epic televisual poem.

The first journey described in the series began in Chang'an (now Xi'an), at the eastern end of the ancient route. On 450,000 feet of film, the NHK crew recorded the path westward to the Pamir Heights at the Pakistan border and this material was edited to make 12 monthly broadcasts. In response to viewers' requests that the series be extended to cover the Silk Road all the way to Rome, sequels were made over the next 10 years. Seventeen years after the program was conceived, the project was completed.





1) The Glories of Ancient Chang-An

Chang-An - China's old center. The journey begins from Chang-An, current Xi-an that was more than 1,000 years a capital in China, and the melting pot of international influences.





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Technical Specs

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Video Codec: XviD ISO MPEG-4

Video Bitrate: 2073 kbps

Video Resolution: 720x552

Video Aspect Ratio: 1.304:1

Frames Per Second: 29.970

Audio Codec: 0x2000 (Dolby AC3) AC3

Audio Bitrate: 192kb/s CBR 48000 Hz

Audio Streams: 2

Audio Languages: english

RunTime Per Part: 48:15.822

Number Of Parts: 12

Part Size: 786 MB

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