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Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
Begins with the 1947 U.N. decision to partition Palestine and charts the ensuing half-century of enmity, warfare, mediation and negotiations. Includes interviews and news clips of heads of state and other military and intelligence leaders. Episodes on the first disc cover Israel's struggle for statehood, including the victories against Arab armies in 1948 and 1967, and the history of the Palestinian Liberation Organization. The concluding program...
Pub. Date
c1999-2001
Language
English
Description
This collection of 3 programs takes the viewer back in time 220 million years. "Walking with Dinosaurs" (a 2-disc set) , "Walking with Prehistoric Beasts" (a 2-disc set), and "Allosaurus: A Walking with Dinosaurs Special" (1 disc) all feature state-of-the-art animatronics and Emmy-award winning digital effects to bring ancient creatures back to life.
63) Tornado alley
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
Presents some of the most destructive and terrifying tornadoes in American history, and pays particular attention to the massive Tri-State Tornado of 1925. It combines archival footage with eyewitness accounts, and illustrates the devastating effects of tornadoes, and how improvements in warning systems have reduced the number of casualties from recent tornadoes.
65) Building wonders
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
In Building Wonders, Nova presents three groundbreaking shows that investigate engineering mysteries of the ancient world with the help of dramatic hands-on experiments. Modern architects use medieval tools to examine the Lost City of Petra in the middle of Jordan's desert, the vast Roman Colosseum, and Turkey's 1,500 year-old cathedral dome, Hagia Sophia.
66) The Spartans
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
Chronicles the rise and fall of one of the most extreme civilizations the world has ever seen, a civilization originally founded on discipline, sacrifice, and frugality, where the onus was put on the collective and the goal was to create the "perfect" state and the "perfect" warrior. Classical historian Bettany hughes revals the secrets and complexities of everyday Spartan life: homosexuality was compulsory, money was outlawed, equality was enforced,...
67) Gang war USA
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
In Greensboro, North Carolina, an argument over a song playing on the jukebox at a Mexican restaurant ends with two brothers dead--shot dead at point blank range. The culprit is a member of the notorious transnational gang MS-13. How did a gang that started in Los Angeles, California in the mid-1980s end up responsible for the murder of two innocent men in Greensboro, North Carolina? The search for answers leads deep inside the U.S. Immigration and...
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Explores the deepest, darkest depths of Africa, to come face to face with the continent's deadliest predators. Featuring startling footage of animals in action, the three-part series looks at some of the most dangerous creatures on earth, including a few you might not expect to be such accomplished killers. Discover the stealth, speed, deception and weaponry of Africa's Deadliest.
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
John Varty has spent the past 30 years turning his passion for nature into a series of relationships with some of the most dangerous big cats in the world, living with them in the wild on their home turf. Featured are stories of some of his most intimate relationships with these big cats. Includes profiles of: a wild mother leopard, two abandoned lion cubs, and two adopted leopard cubs. Also includes Varty's story of teaching two captive-bred tiger...
78) Hauntings
Series
Pub. Date
[1997]
Language
English
Description
Hauntings is an episode from the television series "The unexplained."
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
When the ancient architects completed construction on the Great Pyramid at Giza, they left behind the greatest riddle of the engineering world. For centuries, adventurers and Egyptologists have crawled through every passageway and chamber, measuring and collecting data in an attempt to determine how it was built. Using cutting-edge 3-D software, see the incredibly accurate blueprints of the Great Pyramid.
80) Super tiburones
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
Español
Description
Este video se ejemplifica el verdadero comportamiento de un gran tiburón blanco y el porque de su ataque. Se encarga de presentarse con ciencia, técnica de gráficos e historias, la manera que las personas sobrevivieron de su desgarrador encuentro con estos tiburones.
This video gives examples of the true behavior of great white sharks and the reason they attack. This presentation uses science, graphic techniques, and true stories to show how...
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