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Animal childhood [videorecording] by Moore, Toby Leonard.nrt; Murphy, Bill(Producer)pro; Thomson, Sally(Producer)pro; British Broadcasting Corporation.Television Service.(CARDINAL)132222; PBS Distribution (Firm),publisher.(CARDINAL)309769; Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.),broadcaster.(CARDINAL)189964; Thirteen Productions.pro; WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.)(CARDINAL)150050;
Film editor, Adam Kirby ; photography, Barrie Britton, Jamie McPherson, Michael W.Richards, Toby Strong, Graham MacFarlane ; original music, Guy Farley ; series editor, Janet Hess.Narrated by Toby Leonard Moore.Originally broadcast by PBS May 13, 2015.In every animal's life, there comes a time when it must stand on its own, and face the world alone. For a few, this happens just moments after birth, others have the advantage of home schooling under the watchful eye. But growing up is never easy, and finding food, avoiding predators, and making friends does not always come naturally. These are the trials of young animals all over the world, as they prepare to leave home.Rating: TV-PG.DVD, widescreen; NTSC, region 1; stereo.
Subjects: Documentary television programs.; Nonfiction television programs.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Wildlife television programs.; Animals;
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Owl power [videorecording] by Christie, Paul.nrt; Smith, Lucy.prodrt; BBC Productions.; PBS Distribution (Firm),film distributor.(CARDINAL)309769; Thirteen Productions.;
Narrated by Paul Christie.Originally broadcast by PBS Feb. 18, 2015.What actually makes owls so special? Bird trainers Lloyd and Rose Buck and their very special family of owls provide a rare opportunity to learn more about these unique birds. Using the latest technology, we can take a brand new look at owls in more detail than ever before. The real stories behind how they hunt, how their vision and hearing works, and how they fly so silently are influencing 21st century technology and design.Rating: TVPG.DVD, widescreen presentation; 5.1 surround, Region 1, NTSC.
Subjects: Documentary television programs.; Nature television programs.; Nonfiction television programs.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Owls;
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Invasion of the killer whales [videorecording] by Leith, Brian.pro; Wallis, Ben.ausdrt; Doclights.; NDR Naturfilm.; PBS Distribution (Firm),film distributor.(CARDINAL)309769; Terra Mater Factual Studios.; Thirteen Productions.;
Originally broadcast by PBS Nov. 19, 2014.A remarkable new story is unfolding in the Arctic. As the ice melts and polar bears struggle to survive, another animal is taking over the polar bear's once dominant role as top predator. An ever-increasing number of killer whales are appearing in Arctic waters. As the polar bear's world is shrinking, the orca's is growing.Rating: TV-PG.DVD; widescreen presentation; stereo.
Subjects: Documentary television programs.; Nonfiction television programs.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Wildlife television programs.; Killer whale;
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Cloud [videorecording] wild stallion of the Rockies / by Kathrens, Ginger,1946-auspro(CARDINAL)661739; Questar, Inc.(CARDINAL)326998; Taurus Productions.; WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.)(CARDINAL)150050;
Cloud: Wild Stallion of the Rockies: Cinematogprhers, Ginger Kathrens, Steve Kroschel ; editors, Ginger Kathrens, Vicki Gratz ; composer, Kelly Bryarly ; creative consultant, Anni Williams. Cloud's Legacy: The Wild Stallion Returns: Cinematographers, Steve Kroschel, Mario Benassi, Ginger Kathrens ; editor, Ginger Kathrens ; composer, Kelly Bryarly ; creative consultant, Anni Williams.Presented by Ginger Kathrens.Originally broadcast by PBS as episodes of the television series Nature on November 4, 2001 and November 23, 2003.In 1995, while filming America's wild horses in the mountains of Montana, Ginger Kathrens discovered a striking, almost pure white colt just hours after his birth. Kathrens named him Cloud. She feared that his distinctive coat would make him an obvious target for mountain lions; but he survived and Kathrens continued to follow him in his adventures. In Cloud: Wild Stallion of the Rockies this wild horse developed from a bumbling, unsteady colt into an adventurous, defiant youth. In Cloud's Legacy: The Wild Stallion Returns, Cloud is now a band stallion with a mare and her children, a yearling and a foal. Cloud struggles to keep his family intact in the face of challenges both natural and manmade. These threats include rivals, the climate, predators, the horses' dependence on public grazing lands shared with cattle, and government agencies struggling to manage both human and equine interests.DVD; Region 0 (All), NTSC.
Subjects: Documentary television programs.; Educational television programs.; Wildlife films.; Cloud (Horse); Endangered species.; Horses.; Human-animal relationships.; Mustang.; Wild horses.; Wild horses; Wild horses; Wild horses;
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Rachel Carson's Silent spring [videorecording] / by Chadwick, Alex,1947-; Chadwick, Alex,1947-nrt; Goodwin, Neil.; Goodwin, Neil.proaus; Streep, Meryl.(CARDINAL)333422; Peace River Films.; WGBH Educational Foundation.(CARDINAL)132712; WGBH Video (Firm)(CARDINAL)268015; WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.)(CARDINAL)150050;
MARCIVE 03/04/09Editor, Michael Chalufour ; music, Sheldon Mirowitz ; narrator, Alex Chadwick ; readings by Meryl Streep. ; cinematographers, Rick Brandt ... [et al.]Host, David McCullough.Witness the life of passionate biologist and environmentalist, Rachel Carson, and how she exposed the effects of the unregulated use of pesticides and herbicides by the federal government, and sparked a revolution in environmental policy.Not rated.DVD, NTSC; region 1, full screen (4x3) presentation; Dolby Digital.
Subjects: Carson, Rachel, 1907-1964.; Biographical television programs.; Biologists; Documentary television programs.; Environmental health.; Environmentalists; Insect pests; Pesticides and wildlife.; Pesticides; Pesticides; Science writers;
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Secrets of the dead [videorecording] / by Hartel, Robert.drtauspro; Schreiber, Liev.nrt(CARDINAL)219166; National Geographic Channel (Television station : Washington, D.C.)(CARDINAL)326996; PBS Distribution (Firm)(CARDINAL)309769; Windfall Films (Firm); WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.)(CARDINAL)150050; WNET.org.;
Narrator, Liev Schreiber.In 2009, a team of marine archaeologists carrying out a sonar survey of the seabed around the remote Italian island of Ventotene made an astonishing discovery. The wrecks of five ancient Roman ships were found in pristine condition, each one fully laden with exotic goods. Remarkably, much of the cargo remained exactly as the ancient Roman crews had loaded it, suggesting that these ships had not capsized but had gone to the bottom of the sea intact and upright.DVD; region 1; NTSC; widescreen; stereo.
Subjects: Documentary television programs.; Nonfiction television programs.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Shipwrecks; Underwater archaeology.;
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From time to time [videorecording] by Bonneville, Hugh.act(CARDINAL)357403; Boston, L. M.(Lucy Maria),1892-1990.Chimneys of Green Knowe.; Collins, Pauline,1940-act(CARDINAL)370215; Etel, Alex.act; Fellowes, Julian.ausprodrt(CARDINAL)421526; Houten, Carice van,1976-act; Kingsley, Paul,producer.; Smith, Maggie,1934-act(CARDINAL)681366; Spall, Timothy,1957-act(CARDINAL)532049; Trubridge, Liz.pro; West, Dominic,1970-act; Ealing Studios.; Fragile Films.; Gaiam Americas, Inc.(CARDINAL)356377; Lionhead Productions (Firm); Prescience (Firm);
Screenplay by Julian Fellows ; produced by Liz Trubridge, Julian Fellowes, Paul Kingsley ; directed by Julian Fellowes ; editor, John Wilson ; director of photography, Alan Almond.Maggie Smith, Timothy Spall, Carice Van Houten, Alex Etel, Pauline Collins, Eliza Hope Bennett, Harriet Walter, Hugh Bonneville, Dominic West.It is 1944 and thirteen year-old Tolly Oldknow is sent to spend Christmas with his grandmother, whilst his mother searches for news of his father in wartime London. In the old house, he becomes a witness to events during the Napoleonic wars and finds himself slowly drawn into participating in the drama. Invisible to most people in the past, he begins to unravel the mystery which has bewildered his family for two centuries. The solution to the puzzle leads him into his greatest adventure yet.PG; Mild thematic elements and peril.DVD, widescreen (1.85:1) presentation; Dolby Digital; encoded for region 1, NTSC.
Subjects: Action and adventure films.; Fantasy films.; Feature films.; Fiction films.; Film adaptations.; Boston, L. M. (Lucy Maria), 1892-1990; Family secrets; Grandparent and child; Green Knowe (England : Imaginary place); Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815;
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Rough crossings [videorecording] / by Condie, Steven.prodrt; Marcell, Joseph.act; Moore, Stephen Campbell.act; Schama, Simon.aus(CARDINAL)125548; Wringer, Leo.act; British Broadcasting Corporation.Television Service.(CARDINAL)132222; WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.)(CARDINAL)150050;
MARCIVE 08/05/10Director of photography, Neville Kidd ; editor, Ben Stark ; music, Jason Yarde.Joseph Marcell, Stephen Campbell Moore, Leo Wringer.Tells the story of the struggle for freedom by thousands of African-American ex-slaves who fled Southern plantations to fight behind British lines in the American War of Independence. Follows their dream of a journey to freedom in bone-chilling Nova Scotia and Sierra Leone. Features the stories of Englishman John Clarkson, a passionate advocate of the abolition of slavery, and two African men, Thomas Peters and David George, who escaped slavery in a quest for freedom.DVD, region 1.
Subjects: Documentary television programs.; Nonfiction television programs.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; African Americans; Slavery;
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On Cukor [videorecording] / by Bogdanovich, Peter,1939-2022ive(CARDINAL)123144; Cukor, George,1899-1983.ive(CARDINAL)710936; Farrow, Mia,1945-ive(CARDINAL)356396; Ferrara, David.cng; Glassman, Arnold.flm; Lansbury, Angela,1925-2022ive(CARDINAL)348536; Lemmon, Jack.ive(CARDINAL)131768; Simmons, Jean,1929-2010.nrt(CARDINAL)764936; Trachtenberg, Robert.drtproaus; Winters, Shelley.ive(CARDINAL)509139; Educational Broadcasting Corporation.; Turner Entertainment Co.(CARDINAL)769305; WinStar TV and Video (Firm); WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.)(CARDINAL)150050;
Exec. producer, Susan Lacy ; editor, Arnold Glassman ; photography, David Ferrara.Commentary: Angela Lansbury, Shelley Winters, Jack Lemmon, Mia Farrow, Peter Bogdanovich.Narrator: Jean Simmons.The films of George Cukor define the intelligence, sophistication and wit of Hollywood's golden age. Despite magnificent achievements, he still faced tremendous professional setbacks in a career that spanned five decades. This documentary presents a compelling look at the cinematic legend, director George Cukor and includes interviews with colleagues, archival interviews with Cukor himself as well as extensive clips from over 25 of his classic films.DVD.
Subjects: Biographical films.; Documentary films.; Feature films.; Historical films.; Nonfiction films.; Cukor, George, 1899-1983.; Cukor, George, 1899-1983; Motion picture producers and directors; Motion picture producers and directors;
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Outlawed in Pakistan [videorecording] by Nosheen, Habiba.auspro; Schellmann, Hilke.auspro; Center for Asian American Media.; H2H Films.; PBS Distribution (Firm)(CARDINAL)309769;
Editor, Hemal Trivedi ; directors of photography, Habiba Nosheen and Hilke Schellmann ; oribigal music, John E. Low.Originally broadcast by PBS May 28, 2013.The story of Kainat Soomro, a thirteen year old girl, who had accused four men of gang raping her. In hopes of getting justice she goes to the court system, but is ordered to be killed instead of getting justice.DVD, region 1, widescreen presentation, NTSC.
Subjects: Documentary television programs.; Nonfiction television programs.; Soomro, Kainat.; Rape victims; Rape; Sex discrimination in justice administration; Women;
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