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Series
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 20 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
DVD-R. Follow the exploits of renowned veterinarian Dr. Neil Burnie and his Ocean Vet team. In this episode, follow Neil and his team as they work onboard a commercial fishing vessel to help save an older sixgill shark tangled in deep set fishing lines.
Series
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 20 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Follow the exploits of renowned veterinarian Dr. Neil Burnie and his Ocean Vet team. In this episode, Neil and his team capture and release wild green sea turtles in a bid to study their health and populations.
4) Galápagos
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 150 min.) : DVD video, sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The inspiration for Darwin's theory of evolution, the Galápagos Islands are a living laboratory, a geological conveyor belt that has given birth to and seen the death of many species of plants and animals.
5) Diaries
Series
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 20 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Follow the exploits of renowned veterinarian Dr. Neil Burnie and his Ocean Vet team. In this final episode, Neil provides a fascinating insight into the making of this series. The crew looks back and reveals their favorite moments and close calls. Michael Douglas finally reveals the tragic death of Dr. Neil Burnie from a freak diving accident one week after filming completion, and the crew discusses the impact that Neil had on their lives.
Pub. Date
©2006
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (50 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Presents a gripping investigation of what went wrong when two Boeing 747 airliners collided in thick fog on March 27, 1977 on the runway at a tiny airport in the Canary Islands, killing 583 passengers and crew -- the worst loss of life in any air disaster.
Pub. Date
2011.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (102 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"A young British yachtsman (MacCorkindale) is sailing off the north coast of Germany in 1901, when he stumbles upon a plot to invade England. The young sailor enlists the aid of an old chum (York), who also works in the Foreign Office, and together the two English gents turn amateur sleuths and embark on a daring adventure to save Britain from catastrophe at the hands of the German military and Kaiser Wilhelm himself! Based on the Erskine Childers...
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 97 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Four children (the Swallows) on holiday in the Lake District sail on their own to an island and start a war with rival children (the Amazons). In the meantime, a mysterious man on a houseboat accuses them of a crime they did not commit.
Pub. Date
©2009
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (353 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Explores the sheer scale and majesty of the largest ocean on Earth, the isolation of its islands, the extraordinary journeys wildlife and humans have gone through to reach these specks of land, and what happened to both after their arrival.
10) Swiss army man
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (97 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Hank is stranded on a deserted island, having given up all hope of ever making it home again. One day everything changes when a corpse named Manny washes up on shore. The two become fast friends, and ultimately go on an epic adventure that will bring Hank back to the woman of his dreams.
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (144 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Actor Martin Clunes, star of the hit TV series Doc Martin, is on a quest to discover the islands of Australia. There are over 8,000 to choose from, and in this three-part series Martin, an avid nature and animal lover with infectious excitement as a host, visits sixteen of the best. They are a cross-section that express the diversity, history, and challenges of life on island Down Under.
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (80 min.) ; col.
Description
Galapagos: Descend 3,000 feet to an area of the ocean floor never before seen by humankind. The mission: collect rare and unusual species for study at the Smithsonian and elsewhere - all part of a real-life exploration that will discover what is believed to be more than a dozen new species of marine life.
Survival Island: Follow the magical return each year of animals to the sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia. The island, the only land for thousands...
Pub. Date
c2000
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 185 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Now in her twenties, Anne returns to Avonlea for the first time since Marilla's death. Gilbert is offered a position in New York and he convinces Anne to go with him. Big city life isn't what they expected. After her script is stolen, they travel from New York to the war effort in Europe and they eventually return to Prince Edward Island.
Pub. Date
2007.
Physical Desc
5 videodiscs (approximately 930 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Still stationed on their naval base on the tiny island of Taratupa during World War II, Lt. Cdr. Quinton McHale, Ensign Parker and the rest of the scheming crew of PT-73 are back with more adventures from the Pacific. The Skipper and his swabbies are on a permanent quest for wine, women and profit in between war maneuvers. Battles with the Japanese could never measure up to the ongoing conflict between McHale and his commanding officer, Captain Binghamton....
Series
Johnny Worricker trilogy volume pt. 2
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 100 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Worricker after the director of MI5 dies. A conspiracy to turn control of MI5 over to the Prime Minister leads Worricker to the islands known as the Turks & Caicos, where he is persuaded by the CIA to deal with a group of ambiguous Americans attending a high-level conference. At the same time, an old girlfriend, Margot Tyrrell, is being asked to betray her boss in London in order to establish an illicit connection between the prime minister and dark...
16) The isle
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (82 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Set in 1846 on a remote island off the west coast of Scotland, a heavy storm causes a merchant ship to sink. The film opens with its three survivors rowing through a think early morning mist, lost and disorientated. The find an island with four sole residents, an old harbor man, a farmer, his niece, and a young mad woman. The people are reluctant to help the sailors back to the mainland. Once rested, the three men are desperate to return home, but...
18) Dangerous
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (99 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A reformed sociopath journeys to a remote island to investigate the mystery behind his brother's demise, but soon ends up facing off with more than he bargained for.
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 148 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
DVD-R. These rocky and beautiful islands are remote and unforgiving, yet home to giant tortoises, equatorial penguins, pink iguanas, and dandelion trees. In the film a state-of-the-art research vessel with floating labs, helicopters, and sonar scanners are used to capture rare animals and submerged worlds. Expert presenters rappel into volcanoes and free-dive offshore to tag hammerheads and film baby sea lions at play.
20) Robinson Crusoe
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (88 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
As the sole survivor of a disastrous high-seas shipwreck, Robinson Crusoe is forced to build a solitary life on a deserted tropical island. But he eventually discovers that even this existence is threatened by a local tribe, which uses his island for barbaric sacrificial rituals. Soon, Crusoe will risk his own life to save a doomed tribesman from certain death.
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