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Series
Language
English
Description
Explores the unspoiled wilderness of Tierra del Fuego, an island at the southern tip of Patagonia in South America. Shows the Magellanic penguins, elephant seals, right whales, and guanacos, who inhabit this stark, wind-whipped wilderness. Looks at the challenges they and their homeland face from human actions.
Series
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
When the '90s kicked off, the Berlin Wall had just fallen and soon other walls were coming down too, between public and private, news and entertainment, reality and fantasy. The winds of change brought new voices speaking hard truths and thrust sex and celebrity into the limelight like never before. Our collective tabloid obsessions were fueled by the birth of the Internet, heralding a new era of mass information, and misinformation.
Series
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Journey back 4,500 years to unlock the secrets of the world's most enduring archaeological mystery. This television program presents world-renowned archaeologists as they reveal a revolutionary new theory about who built Stonehenge and why. Thanks to a recent discovery of a lost city just two miles from the famous stone circle, our understanding of this era is now transformed.
9) Oceans
Series
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Six National Geographic programs focusing on under-the-sea species and their behavior.
Series
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Language
English
Description
"From the makers of the Oscar-nominated film Restrepo, Sebastian Junger and Nick Quested chronicle Syria's decent into unbridled chaos that allowed the rise of the Islamic State. Pulling from nealy 1,000 hours of stunningly visceral footage, they capture the Syrian war's harrowing carnage, political and social consequences and its human toll" -- 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.
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Fabled Romanovs, led by Nicholas II and Empress Alexandra, ruled imperial Russia in high splendor, despite the disintegration of their divided, war-torn country. In 1918 the rise of Communism violently collided with the rule of royalty when the tsar, his beloved wife, and their children were murdered and buried in a secret grave. Story is told from newly discovered photographs and archival film.
15) Yukon passage
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Follows four adventurers as they travel through the frozen reaches of Canada and Alaska, along the Yukon River and into the Arctic Circle, covering 1,800 miles on foot, skis, log raft, and dogsled.
Pub. Date
[2009]
Edition
Widescreen version.
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.
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
Journey deep behind battle lines to experience a different side of the Vietnam War - the side seen only through the lenses of North Vietnam photographers. Renowned British photojournalist Tim Page travels back to the land where he nearly lost his life to meet with North Vietnamese war photographers, revealing remarkable, never-before-seen photos and personal stories long hidden by time and tragedy.
20) Swinging safari
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Join Spin, National Geographic's animated globe-on-the-go, as he explores the animals of Africa from the Serengeti Plain to the Kalahari Desert.
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