Battle of the gods
By: [a Discovery Channel production] ; produced by Atlantic Productions in association with Granada Media for the Learning Channel ; producer, Nick Jones ; directed and written by Jason Hreno
Contributors: Discovery Channel (Firm); Atlantic Productions; Granada Media (Firm); Learning Channel (Firm); Films for the Humanities (Firm); Discovery Channel University
Series: Conquistadors; HIS 341 (NU course); HIS 345 (NU course)
Publisher: Films for the Humanities & Sciences
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Princeton, N.J
Language: eng
Format: [videorecording] /
Number of pages: 66
Subjects: Aztecs; History
Description: Tracks the brutal two-year Spanish campaign that ended with the fall of the Aztec capital, Tenochtitlan, and the killing of Montezuma II. Key factors in the Spanish victory are addressed, including Cortes' charisma, the aid of Cortes' native interpreter/mistress, the power of steel weapons and armor, and Montezuma's belief that Cortes was a returning god, destined to reclaim the throne.
Notes: Copyright date from container: c2003.

Director of photography, Lee Pulbrook ; editor, Fran Ross ; music, Glenn Keiles.

Narrator, William Hootkins.

DVD.