Special dvd set comprising Parts 1 and 2 of the series:
The award winning televison series of the powerful story of the Great Highland Bagpipe. Winner of 8 awards, the landmark series "Instrument of War", seen on PBS and the History Channel is the most comprehensive film history of the Great Highland Bagpipe ever made.

Part 1 - Ladies from Hell was a title given to the fierce kilted Highlanders by their enemies. The use of bagpipes in war is very ancient among the Celtic people and this film traces the story from the "Braveheart" days of Wallace to the seige of the Alamo and the battle of the Clans to the twentieth century carnage of WWI.

Part 2 - Call to the Blood traces the effect of the bagpipes from the battlefields of WW II to the present day. Its haunting sound awakens a distant past in people around the world; from the late President Kennedy to famous rock stars the "Call to the Blood" is strong.