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(0)N.Y.) WNET (Television station : New York
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1 videodisc (approximately 53 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
Description
With high speed camerawork and breakthrough new science, we enter the fast-paced world of hummingbirds as never before. Speed is their middle name. Their lives are moving faster than the eye can see.
82) Beautiful birds
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4 videodiscs (240 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
(Hummingbirds): "Hummingbirds represent one of nature's most interesting paradoxes-they are the tiniest of birds, yet they qualify as some of the toughest and most energetic creatures on the planet. Stunningly beautiful high-definition, high-speed footage of hummingbirds in the wild combined with high-tech presentations of their remarkable abilities help us to understand the world of hummingbirds as we never have before."--
(Birds of the gods): "The...
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1 videodisc (approximately 53 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Explores the variety of activity, both human and natural, that occurs on the slopes of active volcanoes and follows biologist Jeffrey Marlow as he makes a dangerous descent into the Marum Crater, on Ambrym, Vanuatu, one of the world's most dangerous volcanoes alive today.
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1 videodisc (approximately 104 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Andes, the dragon's back: With glaciers, volcanoes, snow-capped peaks, enormous deserts, tropical rainforests, caustic salt pans, and cloud forests, the Andes are an extraordinary world of diverse terrains, extreme temperatures, and a staggering array of wildlife. Five thousand miles long and extending over seven countries, this high mountain range boasts some of the highest, saltiest, wettest and driest terrains on the planet.
Life in Death Valley:...
85) Sacred
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1 videodisc (90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Multiple
Description
A documentary film that draws on the work of filmmakers around the world to explore religious experiences and rituals as they relate to the life cycle: birth, adolescence, marriage, old age, death and other key passages of life.
Drawing on the works of filmmakers around the world, explores religious experiences in various cultures as they relate to the milestones of human life.
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1 videodisc (approximately 60 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
On October 29, 1929 - Black Monday - large and small investors alike lost corporate and personal fortunes when the stock market crashed. This program examines the reasons behind the crash and whether the crash was predictable.
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1 videodisc (approximately 120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Pets may seem familiar but they exist alongside people in a secret world of wild behavior and natural abilities that humans hardly recognize. From talkative budgies, marathon-running hamsters, wall-climbing cats and diving dogs, as well as an island where rabbits rule and a city where dogs live a secret double life; discover how pets' playful games are just a whisker away from the wild.
Explores why pets behave the ways that they do.
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1 videodisc (approximately 60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
For two years filmmakers, rangers, and scientists follow a family of the recently-discovered Yunnan snob-nosed monkeys. The monkey society, formed in response to the hardships of the Himalayas, endures those hardships with a mixture of kindness, violence, cooperation, and interdependence.
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1 videodisc (120 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The music instinct provides a ground-breaking exploration into how and why the human organism is moved by the undeniable effect of music, and the deep connection between music and our bodies and brains. The program follows visionary researchers and accomplished musicians to the crossroads of science and culture in search of answers to music's deep mysteries.
92) Macbeth
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1 videodisc (approximately 180 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Adaptation of the stage production which relocates the action to a nameless 20th-century underground facility, offering a parable of the quest for power in the modern world.
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1 videodisc (approximately 55 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In November 2017, the Scan Pyramids research team announced they had made a historic discovery, using cutting-edge, non-invasive technology, they discovered several new cavities within the Great Pyramid. This is the biggest discovery to happen in the Pyramids in centuries.
94) The Alps
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1 videodisc (106 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In Europe's highest mountain range, discover how Eurasian lynx, golden eagles, ibex, griffon vultures and other animals face extreme seasonal fluctuations from thunderstorms to avalanches in an epic two-part documentary event. On every mountain slope, ridge or meadow, a natural world drama plays out as animals fight for survival in the Alps.
96) Saving otter 501
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1 videodisc (approximately 60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The story of the Monterey Bay Aquarium's 501st attempt to save an orphan otter. From her discovery as a stranded newborn pup, through her rehabilitation in secret roof tanks atop the Aquarium, we follow as otter 501 learns how to dive, hunt, eat, and fend for herself in the wild, where survival is a long shot at best.
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1 videodisc (55 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Martin Dohrn, a veteran wildlife cameraman and bee enthusiast, embarked on a special challenge during the COVID-19 lockdown of 2020: to film all the bees he could find in his tiny urban garden in Bristol, England. By the end of the summer, he became bee obsessed and developed relationships with some individuals. Dohrn saw more than 60 species of bees that come in all shapes and sizes, from Britain's largest bumblebees to scissor bees, which are the...
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1 videodisc (approximately 70 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Traces the journey of conductor Robert Shaw's life and career, from his childhood as a preacher's son in rural California through his rise as a star of popular music during the Great Depression and his subsequent move to classical music. An early champion of civil rights, his chorales were among the first to break the color barrier in the American South. Includes interviews with Yo-Yo Ma, Sylvia McNair, Alice Parker, Marietta Simpson, Florence Kopleff,...
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2 videodiscs (approximately 360 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Explore with Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr., the evolution of the African-American people, as well as the multiplicity of cultural institutions, political strategies, and religious and social perspectives they developed-forging their own history, culture and society against unimaginable odds.
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1 videodisc (109 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Patti Smith is a renowned singer, songwriter, poet and activist. Her music, poetry, and politics are fearless, funny, raw and original. Traces Patti's punk-poet roots through the trials of daily life and untimely deaths that have formed her life and art. Touches on her early days in New York City and includes the people dearest to her, her family, and the political causes she champions.