400 years of the telescope : a journey of science, technology and thought
(DVD) 

Originally broadcast on PBS in 2008.

Director of photography, Scott Stender ; astrophotographer, Kris Koenig ; director of animation, Frank L. Pereira ; editor, Kimberly Generous White ; music composed by Mark Slater and performed by the London Symphony Orchestra.

Narrator, Neil DeGrasse Tyson ; Galileo voices, Stefano Lecci, Francesca Gianni.

"The film features interviews with leading astrophysicists and cosmologists from the world's renowned universities and observatories, who explain concepts ranging from Galileo's act of revealing the cosmos with a simple telescope, to the latest discoveries in space, including startling new ideas about life on other planets and dark energy - a mysterious vacuum energy that is accelerating the expansion of the universe." - Container.

Not rated.

DVD, region 1, widescreen (enhanced for 16:9 televisions); Dolby Digital stereo.

Includes limited public performance rights, whereby this video may be shown in a classroom, screened by a public group that is not charged for admission, or transmitted on a closed-circuit system within a building or a single campus.

Closed-captioned in English for the hearing impaired.