Product Description

It's a story of bubonic plague starvation espionage and cannibalism -- and the founding of America's first colony. In 1607 a handful of English adventurers set sail across the Atlantic expecting a paradise teeming with gold and riches. Now 400 years later the latest discoveries reveal the true story of Jamestown--as you've never seen it before. With exclusive access to forensics and archaeology National Geographic reveals shocking new evidence of starvation and disease secret plots and Spanish spies. Authentic recreations bring to life one of the most dramatic chapters in America's history.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: DOCUMENTARIES/MISC. UPC: 727994751090

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #19676 in DVD
• Brand: Warner Brothers
• Released on: 2006-01-10
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
• Formats: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .30 pounds
• Running time: 50 minutes

Customer Reviews

Engaging and informative
My husband and 5th grade students found this video quite interesting. Personally I wasn't so crazy about the sensationalized nature of it, but if it gets 10-year-olds excited about history, hey, that's a good deal! And it's not overly biased or poorly crafted or out of date or anything. (It IS National Geographic, after all!) If this is the only thing you're going to learn about Jamestown, it might not be your best bet historically, but it will definitely keep your interest.

Able to Keep Low Achieveing High Schoolers Fairly....
....interested so that itself is a high recommendation. The use of "pow" sounding words and exciting vocabulary makes this subject more interesting. There are several attempts to teach solid historical concepts and this would maybe work all the way down to 5th grade--in two parts w/an interesting follow up activity. Some good use of graphics as in the reconstruction of the fort that indicates the colossal amounts of both work and fear that motivated colonial people around Native Americans.

Not my favorite!
The documentary The New World: Nightmare in Jamestown is not my favorite. In this 50-minute film, a major section was devoted to an exploration of what had happened at Jamestown from 1606 until 1612. The reporting style was similar to that of the TV series, 48 hours: mystery. You will see some skeletons on which autopsies were performed to figure out causes of the death. The sites were revisited. The Indian actors were dressed in conventional costume. However, the scenes lost the flavor of originality. What I dislike most is that causes of the voyages to Jamestown were only superficially touched, so were lingering impacts of the Jamestown legacy. If you like 48 hours: mystery and seek for only information of what had happened in the Jamestown colony during that brief period, this documentary was probably made for you. If you are interested in historical meanings of the Jamestown colony, probably you should find alternatives of information.