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Publisher
Distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 120 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The story of Catherine the Great, a young girl who would transform herself from an obscure German Princess into Russia's most powerful regent. Tells her story from her memoirs and personal letters.
Publisher
Sony Music Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2003
Physical Desc
7 DVDs (780 min.) : sd., b&w with col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 guide ([12] p. : ill. ; 19 cm.)
Description
The blues is a seven-part documentary film series exploring the evolution of the blues, featuring rare archival performance footage of Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Willie Dixon ... et al., also including over 100 newly-filmed performances by contemporary artists such as B.B. King, Bonnie Raitt, Beck ... et al. singing classic blues songs.
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (approximately 220 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
As the earth warms, sea levels rise, and super-storms become more frequent and intense; many major coastal cities will soon be under water. Sinking Cities shows New York, London, Tokyo and Miami preparing for the real-time impact of rising seas and devising colossal new construction projects, and groundbreaking solutions aimed at securing their future.
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Krill are tiny, shrimp-like creatures crucial to the Antarctic ecosystem and, maybe, to the future of all oceans. Join the research ship Polarstern in the vast Antarctic ice pack in search of ice caves and juvenile krill.
6) Lethal seas
Pub. Date
2015
Physical Desc
1 DVD (60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Follows scientists who are looking for solutions to the rising carbon emissions and their affect on the ocean and marine creatures.
7) Owl power
Pub. Date
2015
Description
What actually makes owls so special? Bird trainers Lloyd and Rose Buck and their very special family of owls provide a rare opportunity to learn more about these unique birds. Using the latest technology, we can take a brand new look at owls in more detail than ever before. The real stories behind how they hunt, how their vision and hearing works, and how they fly so silently are influencing 21st century technology and design.
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
1 DVD (60 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Easter Island has mystified the world ever since the first Europeans arrived in 1722. How and why did the ancient islanders build and move nearly 900 giant statues, and how did they transform a presumed paradise into a treeless wasteland, bringing ruin upon their island and themselves? Nova explores controversial recent claims that challenge decades of previous thinking about the islanders.
10) Polar bear town
Pub. Date
2017
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (280 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Profiles the polar bear migration that takes place each year in Churchill, Manitoba.
Publisher
Discovery Communications
Pub. Date
c2005
Physical Desc
1 DVD (50 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Join Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman as they debunk, decode and demystify pop culture's most baffling urban myths and legends. Using modern-day science, they put each myth to the test, separating the real from the really out there. The MythBusters set out to determine just how Hollywood pulls off some of its most spectacular stunts and eye-popping effects. Can ricocheting bullets really be made to spark? Can a locked door really be broken down with...
12) The sixties
Publisher
Play Tone
Pub. Date
2015, 2013
Physical Desc
3 DVDs (511 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The 1960s was the decade America transformed from a country of conformity to a land of political, cultural, and social liberation. Looking through the lens of television, this production weaves together the events and personalities that influenced and dominated the 1960s in America, sketching a portrait of this remarkable decade that is both entertaining and illuminating.
13) City in the sky
Pub. Date
2017
Physical Desc
1 DVD (180 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Examines the inner workings of the airplane transportation industry.
14) Wild ways
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
From Yellowstone to the Yukon, to Southern Africa's elephant highways stretching across five nations, explore how newly established wildlife corridors may offer a glimmer of hope to some of our planet's most cherished-but endangered-species.
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (240 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Of all continents on Earth, none preserves a more spectacular story of its origins than Australia. With help from high-energy host and geologist Richard Smith, we meet titanic dinosaurs and giant kangaroos, sea monsters and prehistoric crustaceans, disappearing mountains and deadly asteroids. Epic in scope, intimate in nature, this is the untold story of the Land Down Under, the one island continent that has got it all.
Publisher
BBC Earth
Pub. Date
2017
Physical Desc
1 DVD (95 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Over the course of one single day, we track the sun from the highest mountains to the remotest islands to exotic jungles. Breakthroughs in filmmaking technology bring you up close with a cast of unforgettable characters. Told with humor, intimacy and a jaw-dropping sense of cinematic splendor.
17) Life
Publisher
BBC Earth
Pub. Date
c2010
Description
Four years in the making, and filmed over 3000 days across every continent and in every habitat, see 130 incredible stories from frontiers of the natural world. Discover the glorious variety of life on Earth and the spectacular and extraordinary tactics animals and plants have developed to stay alive. This is evolution in action: individual creatures under extreme pressure to overcome challenges from adversaries and their environment.
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