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Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
c2009
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc of 1 (DVD) (102 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When Charles Darwin's life's work is in danger of being scooped by Alfred Wallace, one of his children is stricken by scarlet fever and one with diphtheria. His wife, Emma, is his rock, helping him through the turmoil. This story brings to life the compelling human story behind the publication of one of history's most influential theories.
Publisher
NGHT, Inc
Pub. Date
2010.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
" ... takes viewers on a journey to Churchill, Manitoba, where the residents have learned to live with a unique wildlife problem. Each fall the largest, most deadly carnivore in the Arctic migrates through this isolated Canadian village on an annual northward trek. For scientists, the migration presents a unique chance to observe the bears. For residents, it is a season of apprehension"--Container.
Publisher
Distributed by Questar]
Pub. Date
c2004
Edition
Standard version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 54 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Examines the quest to save the jaguar from extinction, tracking the cat from the rain forest of Panama to Brazil's Pantanal wetlands. Includes interviews with biologist Alan Rabinowitz.
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 114 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Nova and National Geographic present exclusive access to an astounding discovery of ancient fossil human ancestors. Deep in a South African cave, a special team of experts has brought to light an unprecedented wealth of fossils belonging to a crucial gap in the record of our origins that spans the transition between the ape-like australopithecines (such as the famous Lucy) and the earliest members of the human family. The film describes the 2013 discovery,...
Publisher
Distributed by Questar]
Pub. Date
[2004], c2003
Edition
Standard version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 56 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Examines the history and training of special forces units, including "tip of the spear" units waging modern war from search-and-destroy missions in the mountains of Afghanistan to the hunt for Saddam's generals in Iraq; the training of Green Berets; and the evolution from Revolutionary War "irregulars" to today's high-tech, multifaceted combat units.
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Join world-renowned chef Jose Andres on an exploration of the most unknown island in the Caribbean, Haiti. Jose is convinced we can change the world through the power of food, and understand a culture by exploring what, when and how its people eat. Follow Jose into the heart of this mysterious island; through its cuisine and discover the history and culture, and see into the future, of a proud and rarely understood people.
Publisher
Distributed by PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
c2012
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (60 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The Vikings were the most ferocious warriors of the Middle Ages. Especially fearsome were the select few who wielded a formidable weapon: a light, razor sharp, virtually indestructible sword with its maker's name, ULFBERHT, inlaid along the blade. But who Ulfberht was, where the sword came from, and how it was made remained secrets for more than 1,000 years?
Publisher
National Geographic Society
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (57 min.) : sound, color (some black and white sequences) ; 4 3/4 inches.
Language
English
Description
A discussion of diamonds, pearls, emeralds, rubies, and sapphires--how they are mined, made by man, and the businesses involved from production to the sale of a cut gemstone.
Publisher
National Geographic Video
Pub. Date
2003
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (60 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Looks at the career of Eugene Shoemaker and how it led to his wife and his discovery of the famous Shoemaker-Levy comet and its spectacular confirmation of asteroid impact craters on earth.
11) Civil War gold
Publisher
NGHT
Pub. Date
c2004
Edition
Standard version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 60 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Describes the search for the remains of the steamship S.S. Republic, which sank carrying a cargo of gold and artifacts following a hurricane in 1865.
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