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1) Life
Description
Four years in the making, and filmed over 3000 days across every continent and in every habitat, see 130 incredible stories from frontiers of the natural world. Discover the glorious variety of life on Earth and the spectacular and extraordinary tactics animals and plants have developed to stay alive. This is evolution in action: individual creatures under extreme pressure to overcome challenges from adversaries and their environment.
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (74 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"Through exclusive interviews and rare footage ... tells the story with accounts from Lin-Manuel Miranda and the rest of the cast revealing the extraordinary story of the man, the music, the show, and the phenomenon that has inspired the world"--Container
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The returning saga of Cloud, the wild, white stallion finds us back in the Arrowhead Mountains of Montana. Cloud is now a confident band stallion in his prime. As he rules the mountains, gathering mares and expanding his reign, the story turns to his two sons. Who will rise to challenge the mighty Cloud? Will nature or nurture produce the next great stallion of the Arrowheads?
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (200 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"Takes viewers around the world on the arduous journeys millions of animals undertake to ensure the survival of their species. Shot from land and air, in trees and cliff-blinds, on ice floes and underwater, this collection tells the formidable, powerful stories of many of the planet's species and their movements, while revealing new scientific insights with breathtaking high-definition clarity."--Container.
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (ca. 265 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The Tricksters: A farmer is apparently kicked to death by a horse, until Detective Wallander investigates and uncovers clues suggesting a different scenario--one that involves a mysterious woman the farmer had met through personal ads. Kurt and Linda bait the killer with their own personal ad and soon find themselves in hot water. The photographer: An American tourist is found dead and her husband demands the body and all her possessions be returned....
7) Eagle power
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approx. 60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Eagles dominate the skies. But what makes these predators so special? Researchers put one eagle to the test, and stunning up-close footage reveals her incredible strength, eyesight, and flying skills.
Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 178 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"In a journey that is both literal and historical, host Rageh Omaar retraces the footsteps of the Prophet, from his beginnings in Mecca to his struggles with accepting his Prophetic role; from his flight to Medina to his subsequent military and political successes and failures--through to his death and his legacy"--Container.
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 60 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Explains how various types of music affect the brain emotionally and physically and features a discussion with Dr. Levitin on his book, "This is Your Brain on Music," which discusses how technology can be used to see the effects of music on the human brain.
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (220 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In the final weeks of the Vietnam War, American servicemen and others begin the difficult mission of evacuating as many friends, family members and South Vietnamese collaborators as possible before Saigon falls to the North Vietnamese.
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (300 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Take a stunning new look at our wild planet by turning the cameras around to show the world as it really is, with humans in the picture. Dr. M. Sanjayan journeys to the frontiers of where man and animal meet to discover how our relationship with the greatest natural history events on the planet can provide a key to preserving our present and enriching our future.
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (297 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The Great Devourer has been defeated and Ninjago is enjoying a period of much needed peace. But the Serpentine army is still at large and the dark Lord Garmadon now holds the four golden weapons of Spinjitzu. It is now left to the ninjas to train Lloyd for the ultimate battle with his own father.
14) Muhammad Ali
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (approximately 7 hr., 30 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Examines the life of Muhammad Ali in and out of the boxing ring, covering his ties with the Nation of Islam, his political postions, including his refusal to be drafted during the Vietnam War, his role as a symbol of Black masculinity, and life after boxing.
Pub. Date
c2007
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (108 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Part 1, The rise of the dog, examines the relationship between dogs and humans, from their initial domestication to the present day. Part 2, Dogs by design, examines the many different breeds of dogs, and how modern technology is changing the science of dog breeding.
17) First peoples
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (approximately 275 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
200,000 years ago we took our first steps in Africa. Today there are seven billion of us living across the planet. How did our ancestors spread from continent to continent? This is a global detective story, featuring the latest archaeological discoveries and genetic research. On each continent, we track down the earliest members of our species, Homo sapiens. Who were these First Peoples? What drove them to the ends of the earth?
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (ca. 285 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In the first series, Ben Coulter wakes up with a hangover and blood on his hands after a one-night stand. Lying beside him, fatally stabbed, is the body of a woman. A nightmare begins that changes Ben's life forever, as damning evidence emerges to incriminate him in a murder that he has no recollection of committing. While in prison awaiting his trial, Ben must endure terrifying forms of 'justice' from hardcore inmates. Will he survive prison long...
19) Predators
Series
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 49 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"A spectacular documentary following the mating, birth and growing up of Costa Ricas's crocodiles"--Container. Witness the baby crocodiles struggle for survival in the tropical forest and become aware of tensions resulting from human poaching of crocodiles.
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approx. 55 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In arid regions across southern Kenya, the waterhole, created by elephants and termites, is central to everyone's life. It is where animals visit to drink, and where some creatures are born and die. Every visit is charged with tension, for a waterhole is the perfect place for predators to wait in ambush.
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