This three-hour documentary, originally produced forthe Canadian version of the Discovery Channel in 1999,presents an exhaustive, complete history of the machinegun. The film reveals, in detail, all of the highlights of theweapon s development as well as various critical pointsin history that were affected, and even changed, by it,including use by the military, gangsters, and police inAmerica and throughout the world.Judge Bryan Pope sums it up in his review: Never flashy,but always vastly informative, this documentary will be arewarding purchase for weapons enthusiasts and historybuffs. The History of the Machine Gun is much, much morethan the story of one of the world s deadliest inventions.It s a virtual timeline of man s history of violence from themid-19th century to the present.