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Series
Publisher
Discovery Channel
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
For almost a century, one of the world's most important waterways has let ships make a commercially critical shortcut between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. But many of today's ships are too big for the man-made canal. Can it be widened?
Series
Publisher
Discovery Channel
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
Every day, somewhere in the world, 40 million people ride the subway. New York City has 842 miles of underground subway, transporting 4.5 million passangers daily. After years of neglect, the subway is falling apart. Plans are underway for a new super system that will take the subway deeper, further and faster than ever before.
Series
Publisher
Discovery Communications, Inc
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
Join structural engineers and leading architects as they reveal their design plans for a massive bridge that would join North America and Asia, following the same intercontinental route as the ancient Bering Strait land bridge.
8) Gettysburg
Publisher
A & E Home Video
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Gettysburg will strip away the romanticized veneer of the Civil War and present the engagement in a new light: a visceral, terrifying experience with everything on the line. At its core, this is the story of the soldiers on the ground, not the generals who commanded from behind the frontlines. Compelling CGI and powerful action footage place viewers in the midst of the fighting, delivering both an emotional cinematic experience.
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Discusses why many scientists believe that the Earth's average temperature could rise by as much as six degrees Celsius by 2100. Explores what each rising degree could mean for the future of humanity and our planet. Illustrates how global warming has already affected the reefs of Australia, the ice fields of Greenland, and the Amazonian rain forest. Explains what's real, what's still controversial, and how existing technologies and remedies could...
Series
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
By year 2100 many scientists believe that the Earth's average temperature could rise by as much as six degrees Celsius. In a compelling investigation, National Geographic leads a degree-by -degree journey to explore what each rising- and critical- degree could mean for the future of our people and planet. Through powerful filmmaking and intimate profiles, this special illustrates how global warming has already affected the reefs of Australia, the...
Publisher
Discovery Communications
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
3, 2, 1, Lift-off! This six-part series chronicles the inside story of NASA's most epic endeavors. In "Ordinary Supermen" NASA and America's first astronauts, the Mercury Seven, are on a journey into the unknown. "Friends and Rivals" recounts the story of the nine astronauts on the Gemini mission, which rehearsed procedures important to future launches. "Landing the Eagle" details the Apollo program, the Apollo 1 disaster, the flights of Apollo 8,...
