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21) Frozen planet
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Formats
Description
The Arctic and Antarctic remain the greatest wildernesses on Earth. The scale and beauty of the scenery and the sheer power of the elements, the weather, the rough ocean, and the ice is unmatched anywhere else on our planet. tells the compelling story of animals such as the wandering albatross, the adelie penguin, and the polar bear, and paints a portrait that will take your breath away, at a moment when, melting fast, the frozen regions of our planet...
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
Enter stories of the most unlikely cross-species relationships imaginable: a chimp bottle-feeding tiger cub, a giant tortoise snuggling with a baby hippo, a black crow parenting a meerkat. Look at these remarkable relationships first hand, and through caregivers, biologists, and animal behaviorists. Explore what they suggest about the nature of animal emotions.
Pub. Date
2009
Edition
Widescreen edition.
Language
English
Description
Documents 96 teams attempting to traverse more than a thousand miles in Alaska with nothing but 16 dogs and a sled. Between Anchorage and Nome, man and man's best friend must work together, care for each other, and play a disciplined game of strategy if they hope to be first to cross the finish line. For some, survival is worth much more than actually winning. Bonus feature: a team of top scientists and wildlife filmmakers explore Alaska's remote...
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"Robin Williams started performing stand-up comedy in the mid-'70s and amazed audiences with his frenetic energy and believably quick wit. He skyrocketed to stardom and performed steadily for nearly four decades, entertaining audiences across the globe."--Container.
Pub. Date
[2010]
Edition
Full screen.
Language
English
Description
Focuses on the horses of Ireland and their role in the history, tradition, and business of the Irish people. Shows the people who ride, tame, train, and breed these horses, for pleasure as well as for work. Accompanied by Irish folk tunes.
28) The Amish
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Explores the insular religious community, whose intense faith and adherence to 400-year-old traditions have by turns captivated and baffled Americans for more than a century. The film examines the beliefs, lifestyle, and history of the Amish, as well as their complex relationship to mainstream American culture. Beautifully and lyrically photographed, The Amish is part history, part observational documentary that takes viewers into the world of the...
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
In season sixth Phil teaches Bella more than Willie was hoping about nature, Willie and Si insist on helping John Luke with his speech introducing the governor, and Jep and Jessica chaperone Lily's first date. Jase takes Reed frog-hunting the night before his high school graduation, like he did before his own, and Jep and the ladies pull a senior prank by toilet-papering Missy and Jase's house. Willie also sponsors a radio contest and finds himself...
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Formats
Description
This groundbreaking series, from the team behind Earth: the biography, reveals the epic tale of how the forces of the Earth have shaped human civilization. With passionate storytelling and extraordinary HD camerawork, this engaging and visually stunning series combines bold ideas with new science to form an original version of human history. Includes: Filming in Extremes: An Interview with Presenter Ian Stewart.
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
Profiles Theodore, Franklin, and Eleanor Roosevelt, three members of the most prominent and influential family in American politics. It is the first time in a major documentary television series that their individual stories have been interwoven into a single narrative. This seven-part, 14 hour film follows the Roosevelts for more than a century, from Theodore's birth in 1858 to Eleanor's death in 1962. Over the course of these years, Theodore would...
33) Canyonlands
Series
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Canyonlands is the little-known jewel of the American National Parks. The stark landscape contains more than 300,000 acres of desert wilderness, towering spires, and spectacular canyons. The rugged terrain is also a history book of time. Its stories stretch from the geologic forces that created this land, to the beginnings of life on earth and from ancient people, to the cowboys and outlaws of the Old West. Venture beyond the tourist hotspots to discover...
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Examines the dawn of the comic book genre and its progenitors, as well as the evolution of the characters that leapt from the pages over the last 70 years and their ongoing worldwide cultural impact. It chronicles how these 'disposable diversions' were subject to intense government scrutiny for their influence on American children and how they were created in large part by immigrants whose fierce loyalty to a new homeland laid the foundation of a...
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
When Pete Nelson builds, he makes dreams come true, helping people to break free from their grounded lifestyles. With inventive designs and fantastical details, a secret sarcophagus entrance, a roaring fireplace, a handmade oak bar, and a breathtaking butterfly chandelier, to name a few, this treehouse master lifts treetop living to luxurious levels. He₂ll create a winter wonderland in a California desert, a residence among the redwoods with a Pacific...
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Music has been a constant in human history, an intermingling of voice and instrument that for all its local variation and increasing sophistication nevertheless endured in more or less the same form for centuries. Then came recording--and music was forever transformed. Soundbreaking, an eight-part event television series, traces this ongoing sonic revolution, and explores the nexus of cutting-edge technology and human artistry that has created the...
39) Planet Earth III
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Completing the Planet Earth trilogy, Planet Earth III explores the greatest habitats on our planet and the extraordinary animals that live in them. Filled with wonder and insight, Planet Earth III celebrates places and animals beyond our imagination. From the depths of the ocean to the most remote jungle, discover the planet's last great wild places and the astonishing strategies animals have evolved to survive. Each episode focuses on a distinct...
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