Discovery Channel (Firm)
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
Delivering almost six hours of scientific exploration, the collection covers planets, weather, energy, magnetism, orbits, comets, and other elements that make up this space that people call home. These eight episodes will help viewers understand the intricacies of the wonders of the world, as well as what each can teach them about their own lives.
Publisher
BBC Video
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
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...
3) Life
Publisher
Distributed in the USA and Canada by Warner Home Video, Inc
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
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.
4) Navy SEALs
Publisher
Topics Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Features four revealing films previously seen on the Discovery Channel. Award-winning director and producer Gordon Forbes III lived beside and filmed the Navy's commando force for more than six years in order to make the films in this revealing collection. Go inside the world of a U.S. Navy SEAL; High-speed boats, top-secret aircraft, assault vehicles and mini submarines; Experience 'Hell Week' without the pain of actually going through it; and more....
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
Celebrates the natural wonders of Earth, showcasing the variety of life that exist on the planet, exploring mountain, freshwater, ocean, desert, jungle, and other habitats, and stressing the ongoing need for conservation.
9) Earth
Publisher
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
A remarkable story of three animal families on a journey across our planet - polar bears, elephants, and humpback whales. An astonishing and heartwarming film filled with adventure, suspense, and humor as it captures rare footage of nature's wildest and most elusive animals.
10) 2 weeks in Hell
Publisher
Gaiam Americas
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Green Berets are American's unconventional warfare specialists. Go inside their selection process, a two-week hellish assessment with tasks specifically designed to mentally and physically break a man and expose his real character. Finishing this test doesn't mean they passed.
Publisher
Discovery Channel
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
"Once thought to prefer coastal waters, the great white shark regularly makes Pacific Ocean crossings. Data collected by satellite transmitters attracted to sharks may soon reveal the unknown locations of their birthing and mating grounds."--Container.
Publisher
British Broadcasting Corp
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Who are we? Why are we here? Where do we come from? These are among the most enduring and profound questions we can ask, and it is an essential part of human nature to want to find the answers. We can trace our ancestry back hundreds of thousands of years to the dawn of humankind, but in reality our story extends much further back: it starts with the beginning of the universe. In this groundbreaking new series, Professor Brian Cox tells the epic story...
Series
Publisher
BBC Worldwide Americas, Inc
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Go up-river and deep into the jungle, far from Brazil's cities and stadiums, where families of giant otters, tufted capuchin monkeys and mischievous coati (South American raccoon cousins) rally their wits to survive in a breathtakingly beautiful yet dangerous land. Follow their lives through an exciting year, from first steps in a brave new world, to ingenious resilience during drought and monsoon.
Publisher
Distributed by Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
This film, like many from director Werner Herzog, is a poem of oddness and beauty. Investigating the lives of the "professional dreamers" who conduct research at the bottom of the world in Antarctica, he finds a happily cynical lot, who regard climate change and the potential extinction of Homo sapiens in rather a different light than most people. They study penguins, seals, volcanoes, miniscule underwater creatures, and the shifting ice patterns....
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