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Series
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approx. 60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Across the planet, animals are joining forces to hunt, stay alive, build homes, keep warm, solve complex problems, or complete amazing feats. Partnerships were once thought rare in the animal kingdom, and it's not just animals of the same species teaming up; often completely unrelated species become unlikely collaborators. By teaming up, animals can achieve incredible things, proving that animals are better when they're together.
Publisher
Time-Life Video and Television (distributor)
Pub. Date
c2002
Physical Desc
4 DVDs (ca. 500 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
Description
This Emmy-Award winning series for Outstanding Informational Series features original location cinematography in 25 countries, taking the viewer around the world on an incredible journey from ancient Mesopotamia to modern Tibet.
Publisher
A&E Television
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
1 DVD (92 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A History Channel documentary. After six years of research Egyptologists, geologists, and theologians shed new light on the Exodus and the era's ruling Egyptian Dynasty. Virtual account of stories like the birth of Moses, the ten plagues, and the parting of the Red Sea.
27) Sacred places
Publisher
A&E Television Networks
Pub. Date
[2006], c1997.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (50 min.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Throughout the course of history, human beings have built incredible monuments and mysterious buildings to mark the passing of time, to track the movements of the heavens, and to honor and glorify their gods and kings. In this program, "Ancient mysteries" takes a globe-spanning journey to some of the most extraordinary and moving of these famed sites. From the massive temples at Machu Picchu to the megalithic statues on Easter Island, this is an up-close...
28) Soccer stories
Series
Pub. Date
2015
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (283 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A collection of eight films about the world's most popular sport. From Maradona's genius in the 1986 World Cup to the mystery behind one of the most coveted trophies in sports, an award-winning group of filmmakers, including Brett Ratner and Alex Gibney, offer compelling narratives from around the international soccer landscape.
29) Antarctica
Publisher
Distributed by Questar
Pub. Date
c2003
Physical Desc
1 DVD (168 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Program 1: The End of the Earth: Shows the fierce, remote, and astonishingly beautiful part of the earth. Look into the face of the Katabatic, the downward sloping wind that decimates life and dictates the weather. Then look at icebergs at the edge of the sea, these vast platforms of ice are the source of life for seals, whales, krill, penguins and petrels, but they also have a life of their own. Program 2: Under Antarctic Ice: Beneath the surface...
Publisher
Discovery Communications
Pub. Date
[2003]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (44 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
Description
Discovered in the Italian Alps in 1991, the Stone Age body of Otzi is the oldest, best-preserved mummy on Earth. But the details of this cold case, frozen in time for eons, are only now beginning to thaw. Questions surrounding the arrowhead found lodged in Otzi's back lead to an investigation of the oldest, unsolved homicide in history. Just who was Otzi's killer? And, why was he murdered?
31) Sister Helen
Publisher
Docurama
Pub. Date
[2004]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (88 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In 1986, at the age of 56, Helen Travis became a Benedictine Sister after she lost her husband and both her sons to substance abuse. Two years later, in New York City, she opened a halfway house for recovering male addicts.
Publisher
Distributed by] First Run Features
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
1 DVD (78 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
To forgive someone can be simple....this simple act can have powerful consequences. From Northern Ireland to Ground Zero to the Amish countryside, explores how forgiveness can transform your life.
33) Petra
Pub. Date
2014
Physical Desc
1 DVD (60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Structural engineer Steve Burrows leads the Time Scanners to the Middle East to scan the ancient city of Petra, an architectural wonderland. Using cutting-edge 3D laser-scanning technology, Steve and the team are able to visualize the city like never before, allowing them to answer long-standing questions about this archaeological masterpiece.
Series
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2005
Physical Desc
1 DVD (50 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The latest discoveries reveal the true story of Jamestown as you've never seen it before. With exclusive access to forensics and archaeology, National Geographic reveals shocking new evidence of starvation and disease, secret plots and Spanish spies.
Publisher
A & E Home Video
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
4 DVDs (9 hrs., 24 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Explores the architectural and engineering legacies of some of the world's most powerful empires from the past. "The scope is wide, both geographically (from China to Central America, from the cities of Western Europe to the plains of Siberia) and temporally (from thousands of years ago to the relatively recent past), but the focus is on specific engineering and architectural projects undertaken by the various civilizations under discussion--not just...
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 115 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The first-person stories of refugees and migrants fleeing war and persecution for Europe. Told through camera-phone footage filmed by the families themselves as they leave their homes on dangerous journeys seeking safety and refuge.
39) Killer floods
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In Killer Floods, NOVA discovers gigantic scars in the landscape that testify to North America's greatest ever mega flood, which tore across the western states with 60 times the flow of today's Amazon.
40) Inside 9/11
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
[c2005]
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (210 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Inside 9/11 traces the time line that led up to the deadly attacks and deconstructs the fateful day, tracking the movements of all four terrorist teams and patching together the ad hoc response of government.
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