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41) Frozen planet
Pub. Date
2012
Edition
Widescreen ver.
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (approximately 300 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The Arctic and Antarctic remain the greatest wildernesses on Earth. The scale and beauty of the scenery and the sheer power of the elements, the weather, the rough ocean and the ice, is unmatched anywhere else on our planet. "Frozen Planet" tells the compelling story of animals such as the wandering albatross, the adelie penguin and the polar bear, and paints a portrait that will take your breath away, at a moment when, melting fast, the frozen regions...
42) Frozen planet II
Publisher
BBC Earth
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (approximately 343 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Life in the extreme. In a fragile world of beauty and hostility, nature finds a way to survive and thrive. Sir David Attenborough explores a planet on the brink of major change.
Pub. Date
2007
Edition
Full screen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 112 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In Sharkland, learn about the fastest, smallest, and strongest sharks, and what adaptations have taken place to make the Great White a killing machine. Supersize Crocs explores animals that surpass 20 feet in length and are being hunted and killed.
Pub. Date
2008
Edition
Widescreen ver, Collector's ed.
Physical Desc
5 videodiscs (approximately 9 hr.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Explores the moments when the forces of weather intertwine with the forces of human nature to change the course of events. These weather-influenced experiences come from the fields of politics, exploration, the military, sports, entertainment, and more.
45) Niagara Falls
Publisher
WNET Group, PBS
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 55 min.) : sound, color; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Niagara Falls is the story of an extraordinary ecosystem larger than the state of Texas, and more precious than oil. The heartbeat of this remarkable water world is Niagara Falls. Through the eyes of passionate scientists and naturalists, we uncover a complex world forged by stone and powered by water. In this realm, tiny shrews hunt in freezing-cold rivers, spectacular shorebird migration unfolds over thundering falls, snowy owls stalk their prey...
Series
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 56 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The treatment of chimpanzees in America over the last half-century has been surprisingly unkind for our next of kin in the animal world. Meet the rescuers at sanctuaries like Fauna Foundation and Save the Chimp who are determined to help them.
Series
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Eat or be eaten. It's survival of the fittest. Marty Stouffer uncovers the mysteries and beauty behind some of North America's most magnificent predators including the speedy, skillful lynx and the rarely-glimpsed wolverine.
Pub. Date
2008
Edition
Widescreen ver.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (332 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Tour this spectacular state with noted zoologist and anthropologist Jeff Corwin as he searches for whales or watches grizzlies catch their dinner. Episodes include "The Kenai Peninsula," "Mobile Alaska," "Denali National Park and Preserve," and more.
49) Nature's wrath
Pub. Date
2011
Edition
Widescreen ver.
Physical Desc
5 videodiscs (approximately 294 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (22 pages : color illustrations ; 19 cm)
Language
English
Description
The intrepid Canadian stormchaser, George Kourounis, and his Angry Planet crew bring you face to face with Mother Earth at her crankiest. This DVD presents 13 of the group's most harrowing encounters with the elements, filmed in their patented up-close-and-perilous style.
50) Large and small
Series
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Eat or be eaten. It's survival of the fittest. Marty Stouffer uncovers the mysteries and beauty behind some of North America's most magnificent predators. Polar bears are the earth's largest predators who fearlessly protect their cubs and teach them how to survive in the frigid arctic landscape. Shrews, driven by an insatiable need to eat, often devour anything in their paths, including creatures much larger than themselves.
Series
Pub. Date
2008
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (104 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The Cheetah Orphans: veteran filmmaker Simon King takes on the role of mother to two cheetah cubs, Toki and Sambu. The Desert Lions: Dr. Philip (Flip) Stander, carnivore specialist seeks out the world's most extraordinary population of lions who live in the Namib Desert on Africa's wild and forbidding coast.
54) Claws and fangs
Series
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Eat or be eaten. It's survival of the fittest. Marty Stouffer uncovers the mysteries and beauty behind some of North America's most magnificent predators. Wild cats like the jaguar, bobcat, lynx, mountain lion, and cougar are all swift, stealthy, and ferocious killers. Dogs are considered man's best friend, but coyotes, wolves, and foxes, the ancestors of our beloved friends, are often misunderstood and feared.
Publisher
Educational Broadcasting Corporation
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
As snow falls and Christmas lights glow in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, a holiday season of a different sort settles over the great winter world of Yellowstone. Breathtaking landscapes frame intimate scenes as the animal residents make their way through the most challenging season of the year. From the unique crystals of individual snowflakes to the grand sweep of Yellowstone₂s Hayden Valley, this is a Christmas like no other.
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (360 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
It's Spring 1940 and with Europe at war, the community in Darrowby are pulling together more than ever before. With Tristan away serving, Siegfried and James bring in some extra hands to help around the practice: highly efficient bookkeeper Miss Harbottle, and student vet Richard Carmody.
57) Polar bears
Series
Pub. Date
2008
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (110 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Polar bears are living on borrowed time. They are the descendents of grizzlies, long ago evolved to live and hunt on the frozen ice of the Arctic. Winters have become warmer, the ice is disappearing, and food is scarce. Bonus program spotlights a mother grizzly bear teaching her cub how to pluck salmon from near the McNeil River Falls in Alaska.
58) American ocelot
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (55 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Chronicles the sad history, precarious present, and optimistic future for one of the United States' most endangered wild cats. Wildlife filmmaker Ben Masters documents these rare and elusive animals in South Texas while meeting with the biologists, the ranchers, and the cats themselves.
60) Big wild bears
Series
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Eat or be eaten. It's survival of the fittest. Marty Stouffer uncovers the mysteries and beauty behind some of North America's most magnificent predators including grizzly bears in Yellowstone National Park and brown bears fishing for spawning salmon along a river in Alaska.