Arms in Action

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  • Premiered: Jul 1998
  • Episodes: 10
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Season 1
1x1
Slings and Spears
Episode overview
Air date
Jul 27, 1998
Discover how the stick and the stone were probably prehistoric man's earliest weapon and soon became the spear and the slingshot. This programme reveals how simple weapons were deadly in trained hands.
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Castles and Sieges
Episode overview
Air date
Jul 28, 1998
From the Iron Age to the modern day, sieges have played an enormous part in military life. This programme focuses on the changing structure of castles from the oldest English castle, 4,000-year-old Maiden Castle, to present day fortifications.
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The Sword
Episode overview
Air date
Jul 29, 1998
This episode investigates how, since the forging of iron, the sword has remained a mythical, symbolic, spiritual and commanding weapon, despite having been replaced by automatic arms.
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Mail and Plate Armor
Episode overview
Air date
Jul 30, 1998
Taking a look at armour throughout the ages, from around the world. From the complex production of chain mail to the leather armour worn by Asian civilisations, discover how light, flexible and yet hardy protection was made.
1x5 Season finale
The First Firearms
Episode overview
Air date
Jul 31, 1998
Field-testing weapons used throughout the ages. This episode: how early, crude firearms fared against efficient bowed weapons.

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