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Action and adventure television programs. Documentary films. Documentary television programs. Nature television programs. Nonfiction television programs. Science fiction television programs. Television programs. Television series. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. videorecordingSummary: The 11-part BBC series is narrated by Sir David Attenborough and organized so that each 50-minute episode covers a specific geographical region and/or wildlife habitat (mountains, caves, deserts, shallow seas, seasonal forests, etc.) until the entire planet has been represented.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2011
Copies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD PLASummary: After an encounter with the deadly Mandragora Helix, the Doctor and Sarah Jane land in 15th Century San Martino. In the midst of danger, secrecy and intrigue, they witness the flowering of the Italian Renaissance. However, the Doctor realizes that a third visitor has arrived with him in the TARDIS. It is a force with the power to wipe out human civilization forever. The Doctor has brought it to...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: BBC Worldwide 2010
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV DOCSummary: When the TARDIS lands 50 years after its first visit to Peladon, the Doctor and Sarah Jane discover a troubled planet ruled by the late king's daughter. Peladon is at the center of a war - and the Galactic Federation desperately needs a mineral found in the mines. But why is the ghost of Agreddor killing miners, and why can't everyone be trusted? Queen Thalira needs the Doctor's help to find out.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: BBC Worldwide 2010
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV DOCSummary: Dolphins and whales may appear to be totally alien to us. But with their mental ability, group communication and the recent discovery that dolphins have individual names, they are closer to us than we ever imagined. Ace underwater cameramen Doug Allan and Didier Noirot embark on a quest to film the most amazing stories of whales and dolphins across the ocean world.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2012
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD + BLU-RAY E-TV OCESummary: Set in the three weeks from the test explosion in New Mexico to the dropping of the bomb, the action takes viewers into the room where the crucial political decisions are made, on board the Enola Gay, inside the bomb as it explodes, and in Hiroshima.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2006
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV HIRSummary: Blending state-of-the-art digital graphics with real footage, Ocean Odyssey is a breathtaking underwater adventure that fully immerses you in the beauty and dangers of the deep.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2 Entertain 2006
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV OCESummary: 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.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: BBC Worldwide Americas 2009
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV WILSummary: A stunning 11-part series that captures rare action, impossible locations, and intimate moments with our planet's best-loved, wildest, and most elusive creatures.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: British Broadcasting Corporation 2007
Copies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Doc PCopies Available at Woodmere
4 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV PLACopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD PLASummary: The Doctor takes Ace back to her hometown of Perivale, only to find that something is very, very wrong. Many of Ace's old friends and neighbors have disappeared while domestic pets become victims of unseen kiillers. Will the hunter become the hunted when only the fittest survive? A race of galactic hunters called the Cheetah People have found a way to transport themselves to Earth-- and the...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: BBC Video 2007
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV DOCSummary: Focusing on eight iconic works of art, this series reveals the history of visual imagination through the ages. A combination of reconstruction, photography and storytelling transport the viewer back to the intense moments when great works were conceived and born: the murderous, messianic world of Baroque Rome; opulent, parvenu Amsterdam; paranoid, revolutionary Paris; Victorian England...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: BBC Video 2007
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV SIMSummary: "The Doctor arrives on the paradise planet of Deva Loka to find a colonial mission on the verge of collapse. Several of its members have vanished into the jungle without a trace, leaving the survivors suspicious and paranoid. The mystery deepens as it becomes clear that the planet's native inhabitants, the Kinda, possess hitherto unsuspected powers that challenge human understanding. Meanwhile,...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: British Broadcasting Corp. 2011
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV DOCSummary: Follows the evolution of Ireland through waves of migration and emigration and highlights the key moments of Irish history from the adoption of Christianity through the Protestant plantation, Great Famine and Partition to the Good Friday Agreement. Ireland is living through a significant period in its cycle of history, as since the 1998 Good Friday Agreement the island has been at peace.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: BBC 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 941.5 STOSummary: 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...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: BBC Earth 2010
Copies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD 570 Life 2010Copies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Doc LCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV LIFSummary: 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...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: BBC Earth 2010
Copies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD 577 Life 2010Summary: Taking a test flight in the TARDIS, the Doctor and Jo make an inelegant landing on the planet Peladon. When they are mistaken for representatives from Earth, the Doctor soon finds himself chairing the committee of alien delegates assessing Peladon's petition to join the Galactic Federation. When one of the King's advisors is killed, the High Priest fears the ancient Curse of Aggedor is at work,...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: BBC Worldwide Ltd. 2010
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV DOCSummary: 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.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: BBC Video 2007
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV GALSummary: A compelling and comprehensive series that charts the birth and growth of the Scottish nation. Each of the ten thought-provoking episodes brings a fresh perspective to Scotland's past and challenges many of the perceived notions of Scottish history. With stunning, award-winning cinematography and mesmerizing narrative, the series tells of battles and allegiances, political intrigue, and...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: BBC Worldwide Ltd. 2010