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Publisher
National Geographic Society
Pub. Date
[1988]
Language
English
Description
In a spectacularly beautiful and remote corner of northern Australia, a handful of people are living in the twilight of their culture. After 40,000 years, the Gagudju Aborigines are transferring the knowledge of their mysterious culture to what may be their last generation. Travel to their distant land to meet the tribal elders, explore the ancient myths of the Dreamtime, and see the xtraordinary wildlife that inspires their sacred rock paintings....
2) Born of fire
Publisher
National Geographic Society, Educational Services
Pub. Date
[1983]
Language
English
Description
Uses the Mount St. Helens and the Santorini volcanoes and the San Francisco earthquake as dramatic evidence that our planet's subterranean regions are active and continually changing. Explains the plate tectonics theory and accompanies scientists around the world as they study the boundaries between plates of the earth's crust where earthquakes and volcanoes may occur in the future.
4) The Sharks
Publisher
The Society
Pub. Date
1982.
Language
English
Description
Documents research underway on the variety of species, feeding habits, sensory abilities, and behavioral oddities of sharks and tells how the fish is wrongfully maligned. University of Maryland professor and shark enthusiast Eugenie Clark takes the viewer along on her underwater explorations and to Japan to witness cultural ceremonies that attend the shark fishing season.
8) Volcano!
Publisher
National Geographic Society
Pub. Date
1990.
Language
English
Description
Maurice and Katia Krafft, combination volcanologists/filmakers, trake you to the birth of a volcano.
Publisher
National Geographic Society Educational Services
Pub. Date
1981.
Language
English
Description
Profiles nine artisans and performing artists who are recognized by law as "holders of important intangile cultural properties" and are charged with publicly exhibiting their works and teaching their artistry to apprentices. Pays visits to a potter, doll sculptor, puppeteer, papermaker, koto musician, swordmaker, textile weaver and dyer, kabuki theater actor, and bellmaker.
11) Planet earth
Publisher
Annenberg Media
Pub. Date
[2006?]
Language
English
Description
Scientists explain current theories about the formation of the earth's continents, oceans and climate, and examine the earth's relationship to the sun and other planets.
Publisher
Monterey Media
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Vladimir Nabokov, widely considered to be one of the world's great writers, was also a remarkable professor at Cornell University. Provides an insight to "The metamorphosis," Kafka's perplexing story about a man who wakes one morning to discover that he has turned into a beetle. One of the most widely read and studied short stories of all time, Kafka's greatest work is humorously and intensely brought to life.
16) Gorilla
Publisher
distributed by Vestron Video
Pub. Date
[1986]
Language
English
Description
Calls attention to the plight of the gorilla, which is on the verge of extinction. Profiles a zookeeper, a research scientist, a research psychologist, a writer-photographer, and a husband and wife team working on the mountain gorilla project. Film footage demonstrates the animals' intelligence, humanlike qualities, and the effects of their exploitation by humans.
Series
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
From majestic great whales and humpbacks to graceful jellyfish and seahorses, the ocean is home to an amazing array of life. In this three disc collection, National Geographic reveals never-before-seen species and behavior of life under the sea. Programs include Shark Island, The Great Whales, Ocean Drifters, Jellyfish Invasion, Jewels of the Caribbean Sea, and Humpbacks: Inside the Pod.
Series
Criterion collection volume 406
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
A dancer's world: Martha Graham discusses the dancer as a creative artist, as members of her dance company illustrate her theories in a dance choreographed by Miss Graham. Woven into the movements of the dance are all the basic techniques required by the modern dancer.
Appalachian spring: a ballet depicting the wedding day of a pioneer couple.
Night journey: Martha Graham's interpretation of the Oedipus legend, depicting the moment of Jocasta's...
