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Visions of the sea [videorecording] by Davies, Geraint.; Fox, John.(CARDINAL)751249; Giddings, Al,1937-(CARDINAL)333397; GW Intertainment (Firm); PBS Distribution (Firm)(CARDINAL)309769; WLIW (Television station : Long Island, N.Y.);
Offers a glimpse into a dazzling assortment of shapes, rainbow of colors, and amazing variety of sea creatures. Featuring the underwater photographic artistry of Al Giddings, the program pairs stunning imagery and informative narration with a soundtrack that embodies the eclectic rhythms of life in the ocean.Not rated.DVD; stereo.
Subjects: Documentary television programs.; Nature television programs.; Nonfiction television programs.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Documentary television programs.; Nature television programs.; Nonfiction television programs.; Marine biology.; Ocean.; Underwater cinematography.;
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Franny's feet. [videorecording] / by Allumination FilmWorks (Firm)(CARDINAL)848898; Decode Entertainment (Firm)(CARDINAL)852190; WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.)(CARDINAL)150050; KaBOOM! Entertainment.(CARDINAL)848521; Phase 4 Films (Firm)(CARDINAL)849178; PBS for Kids.(CARDINAL)343475;
Franny is transported to the frozen tundra, where she meets two little lost penguins that need help finding their colony. On their way, they run into Freddy the Yeti, an abominable snowman. At first Freddy scares them, but they soon realize he's just lonely. Freddy helps them find the penguin colony and Franny helps Freddy make new friends.Not rated.DVD ; region 1 ; full screen (1.33:1) presentation.
Subjects: Fantasy television programs.; Children's television programs.; Animated television programs.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Video recordings.; Children's films.; Tundras; Penguins; Yeti; Loneliness; Friendship; Friendships.;
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Hamlet [videorecording] / by Doran, Gregory.(CARDINAL)685812; Tennant, David,1971-(CARDINAL)346334; Stewart, Patrick,1940-(CARDINAL)175316; Shakespeare, William,1564-1616.Hamlet.(CARDINAL)149694; British Broadcasting Corporation.Television Service.(CARDINAL)132222; Royal Shakespeare Company.(CARDINAL)522466; Warner Home Video (Firm)(CARDINAL)218485;
David Tennant, Patrick Stewart.This production of Shakespeare's masterpiece from Britain's renowned Royal Shakespeare Company was filmed on location rather than in the theatre. No recent stage production in Britain has attracted the excitement and nearly unanimous critical praise as this Hamlet. Dynamic, exciting, and contemporary, it breathes new life into Shakespeare's greatest play.DVD, region 1, widescreen presentation; Dolby Digital stereo., NTSC.
Subjects: Television plays.; Made-for-TV movies.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Hamlet (Legendary character);
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Eames [videorecording] the architect and the painter / by Albrecht, Donald.ive(CARDINAL)185515; Ashby, Gordon.ive; Bacon, Michael,1948-cmp(CARDINAL)344800; Beebe, Tina.ive; Bonnekamp, Ulli.cng; Cohn, Jason.pro; Eames, Charles.(CARDINAL)276449; Eames, Ray.(CARDINAL)276448; Franco, James,1978-nrt; Jersey, Bill.pro(CARDINAL)225295; Oppewall, Jeannine,1947-ive; Perl, Jed.ive(CARDINAL)223928; Servan-Schreiber, Camille.pro; Sussman, Deborah.ive; Tondreau, Bill.ive; Bread and Butter Films.; Catticus Corporation.(CARDINAL)198997; First-Run Features (Firm); Quest Productions.(CARDINAL)178481; WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.)(CARDINAL)150050; WNET.org.;
Welcome to 901 -- Love and life and work -- Question of credit -- The woman behind the man -- A seamless life -- Marvel of constraints -- Their own genre -- Selling the U.S. -- The journey from not knowing -- Powers of ten -- Handsome, smart, and cool -- Farewell to 901 -- Legacy.Special features (bonus scenes): Cranbook -- Pilgrimage -- What do you do for fun? -- LA unrestrained -- Scripts -- Ray driving -- Charles' uniform.Co-producer, Camille Servan-Schreiber; cinematography, Ulli Bonnekamp ... [et al.] ; editing, Don Bernier ; music, Michael Bacon.Narrator, James Franco.James Franco, Charles Eames, Ray Eames, Gordon Ashby, Bill Tondreau, Tina Beebe, Deborah Sussman, Jeannine Oppewall, Jed Perl, Donald Albrecht."The husband-and-wife team of Charles and Ray Eames is widely regarded as America's most important designers. Perhaps best remembered for their mid-century plywood and fiberglass furniture, the Eames Office also created a mind-bending variety of other products ... But their personal lives and influence on significant events in American life ... has been less widely understood. Narrated by James Franco, this is the first film dedicated to these creative geniuses and their work"--Container.DVD-R, widescreen; NTSC, Region 1.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Nonfiction films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Eames, Charles.; Eames, Ray.; Office of Charles and Ray Eames.; Design; Industrial designers;
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Birds of the gods [videorecording] / by Attenborough, David,1926-narrator.(CARDINAL)148428; Jones, Harvey,television director,television producer.; British Broadcasting Corporation,production company.(CARDINAL)143648; PBS Distribution (Firm),publisher.(CARDINAL)309769; PBS Home Video.(CARDINAL)218235; Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.),publisher,broadcaster.(CARDINAL)189964; Tigress Productions,production company.(CARDINAL)355016; WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.),production company.(CARDINAL)150050;
Photography, Robin Smith and Dave Allen ; editor, Charles Davies ; music by Paul Lawler.Narrated by David Attenborough.Living in the depths of the New Guinean Rainforest are birds of unimaginable color and beauty. When Europeans first saw the plumes of these fabulous creatures in the sixteenth century, they believed they must be from heaven and called them Birds of Paradise. The people of New Guinea make even greater claims. They say the birds possess supernatural powers and magic. But to find these birds in New Guinea and to witness their extraordinary mating displays is one of the toughest assignments.DVD, region 1, wide screen, Dolby Digital, NTSC, audio description.
Subjects: Documentary television programs.; Nature television programs.; Nonfiction television programs.; Wildlife television programs.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Birds of paradise (Birds);
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Secrets of the dead. [videorecording] / by Johnson, David.(CARDINAL)514811; Schreiber, Liev.(CARDINAL)219166; Channel Four (Great Britain)(CARDINAL)190938; Five (Firm); PBS Home Video.(CARDINAL)218235; Quickfire Media (Firm); WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.)(CARDINAL)150050;
Narrator, Liev Schreiber.Blackbeard was the most feared and infamous pirate of his day. In the early eighteenth century, the former British privateer trolled the shipping lanes of the Atlantic. From the deck of his flagship, Queen Anne's Revenge, he commanded the seas. His flagship ran aground off the coast of North Carolina, and had to abandon her to the sea. 300 years later, a group of marine archaeologists have discovered the remains of the ship and their careful preservation and analysis of the remains are helping to solve the biggest mystery about Blackbeard's rein: did he run the ship aground on accident or was it a carefully laid plot to double cross his own men?Not rated.DVD, region 1, widescreen (enhanced); Dolby Digital stereo.
Subjects: Documentary television programs.; Historical television programs.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Nonfiction television programs.; Television series.; Documentary television programs.; Historical television programs.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Nonfiction television programs.; Television series.; Teach, Edward, died 1718.; Queen Anne's Revenge (Sailing vessel); Shipwrecks; Pirates; Marine archaeologists; Salvage; Blackbeard, -1718;
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The human spark [videorecording] / by Alda, Alan,1936-hst(CARDINAL)273282; Chedd, Graham.auspro(CARDINAL)129345; Engel, Larry.drt(CARDINAL)326985; Chedd-Angier-Lewis Productions.(CARDINAL)326984; PBS Distribution (Firm)(CARDINAL)309769; Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.)(CARDINAL)189964; WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.)(CARDINAL)150050;
Episode one. Becoming us: -- Our earliest ancestors -- Our Neanderthal cousins -- Flickerings of the human spark -- Stone-age social networking -- Crash course in primitive tool making -- New theories about our origins -- Episode two. So human, so chimp: -- Our closest living relatives -- Thinking like a chimp -- Monkey business : concepts of mind -- Apes vs. humans -- Chimp see, chimp do -- A helping hand -- Episode three. Brain matters: -- Welcome to Alan's brain -- The spark ignites -- Seeing the spark -- Is language genetic? -- The best intentions -- The essential human spark.Director of photography, Larry Engel ; editor, David Berenson ; music, John Keltonic.Host, Alan Alda.Alan Alda takes a look at how humans first appeared on Earth millions of years ago, and how our species not only survived, but thrived, through some unimaginable conditions. Alda visits with dozens of scientists on three continents, and participates directly in many experiments - including the detailed examination of his own brain.Not rated.DVD, NTSC, widescreen.
Subjects: Documentary television programs.; Nonfiction television programs.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Brain; Human beings; Human biology.; Human evolution.;
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Passing strange [videorecording] / by Lee, Spike,producer,director.; Klein, Steve,producer.; Stew,1961-actor,composer.; Dorsen, Annie,actor.; Aziza, de'Adre,actor.; Davis, Eisa,actor.(CARDINAL)353219; Domingo, Colman,actor.; Goodridge, Chad,actor.; Jones, Rebecca Naomi,actor.; Breaker, Daniel,actor.; Rodewald, Heidi,composer.; Libatique, Matthew,1969-; Apple Core Holdings.; Forty Acres & a Mule Filmworks.; IFC Films.(CARDINAL)354386; MPI Media Group.; WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.)(CARDINAL)150050;
Director of photography, Matthew Libatique ; editor, Barry Alexander Brown ; music, Stew and Heidi Rodewald ; book & lyrics by Stew ; created in collaboration with & staged by Annie Dorsen.Stew, de'Adre Aziza, Eisa Davis, Colman Domingo, Chad Goodridge, Rebecca Naomi Jones, Daniel Breaker.A young man leaves behind his mother and life in a Los Angeles neighborhood and sets out on a journey of self-discovery in Europe during the 1970s in order to find his purpose in life through his music. A theatrical stage production of the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical.Rating: Not rated.DVD; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Musical films.; Feature films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; African American men; African American musicians;
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The music instinct [videorecording] science & song / by Mannes, Elena.(CARDINAL)434882; ARTE France.(CARDINAL)326939; Mannes Productions, Inc.; Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.)(CARDINAL)189964; WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.)(CARDINAL)150050;
Feeling the sound -- The brain plays music -- Our ancestors & song -- The math of music -- Music : born & bred -- Playing our emotions -- Music changes the brain -- Can music make us smarter? -- Can music heal? -- Music & language -- Music & evolution -- A resonant world.Executive producers, Elena Mannes, Margaret Smilow ; editor, Donna Marino ; director of photography, Dewald Aukema ; original music, Michael Bacon.Audra McDonald, narrator ; Bobby McFerrin, Daniel Levitin, hosts.The music instinct provides a ground-breaking exploration into how and why the human organism is moved by the undeniable effect of music, and the deep connection between music and our bodies and brains. The program follows visionary researchers and accomplished musicians to the crossroads of science and culture in search of answers to music's deep mysteries.Not rated.DVD, region 1, NTSC; widescreen (enhanced for 16x9 TVs); stereo.
Subjects: Documentary television programs.; Nonfiction television programs.; Science television programs.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Music; Music;
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Oceans [videorecording] volume one / by Giddings, Al1937(CARDINAL)333397; Cranston, Bob.; Giddings, Al,1937.(CARDINAL)333397; Pitcairn, Feodor.;
Under the sea with Al Giddings: Shares stories and scenes from more than 30 years of deep-sea diving experience and undersea film adventures. Visions of the sea: Presents a wide variety of marine creatures filmed by Al Giddings, from tiny single-celled organisms to huge mammals. Ocean odyssey: The result of an effort to understand how healthy marine ecosystems work before they are damaged, explores marine ecosystems of the Galapagos Islands, Raja Ampat in Indonesia, the Maldives, the Azores, Hawaii, the Caribbean, the Bahamas, the Channel Islands, British Columbia, the Gulf of Mexico, French Polynesia, and Belize. Includes commentary by cinematographers Feodor Pitcairn and Bob Cranston. Treasure of the Great Barrier Reef: Nova presents a day in the life of the world's largest coral reef, the Great Barrier Reef off Australia. DVD, NTSC, region 1, stereo, widescreen and full screen.
Subjects: Coral reef ecology; Marine animals.; Marine ecology.; Oceanography.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.;
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