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- A PBS documentary concerning Jared Diamond's theory on why there is such disparity between those who have advanced technology and those who still live primitively. He argues it is due to the acquisition of guns and steel and the changes brought about by germs.
- Experience nature's art as filmmaker Louie Schwartzberg highlights the beauty that lurks in oceans, forests, deserts and flowers.
- In each episode, geologist Dr. Iain Stewart explains the effects and importance of a specific force of nature, such as wind or volcanism. He also examines the various ways in which it shapes planet earth itself and influences life on it, often in conjunction with other natural forces, and sometimes with lifeforms, as in the 'apocalyptically' grave case of global warming.
- The careers of D.W. Griffith, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, and Charlie Chaplin are chronicled culminating in the formation of United Artists and 1919.
- In a world in which all boundaries seem to have been conquered, adventurers and extreme sports people restlessly seek out new challenges. They try to defeat the impregnable, make come through the impossible - despite all threatening risks and hazarding perilous efforts. "Explorers - adventures of the century" profiles the wild dozen of the most exceptional protagonists - both men and women - in their quest for the adventures of the new century. Here's kayaker Steve Fisher as he conquers the hundred year flood on the treacherous Zambezi River, no exit point is too extreme for BASE-jumpers Valery Rozov and Karina Hollekim, while Irish marathon swimmer Stephen Redmond withstands the gruelling open sea to become the first to swim the iconic Seven Oceans. They all venture into new terrain, going to their personal limits and take the viewer on the adventure of a lifetime.
- Over 4 years, scientists and film crews voyaged into the depths of Suruga and Sagami Bays to film deep-sea sharks in the Pacific coast of Japan. Several species were featured: bluntnose sixgill sharks, goblin sharks and frilled shark
- Stories and reports from exotic locations and extraordinary people, from little-researched animals and amazing phenomena, reports on research in the deep sea and everyday life on the high seas.
- A team of reporters start their journey with 2 vans and drive passing various stops on their way to Tokyo. On their way they stop to explore the culture of the country they are passing through.
- 2013– 52mTV EpisodeMission Amazon (Subtitle) In 2015, Charlie Head will attempt the first ever standup paddle boarding of the main water source of the Amazon, the Rio Marañón in Peru. It's never been attempted before and will be the most arduous and longest SUP journey ever made. For two months, using just his physical and mental strength, Charlie will have to negotiate extreme terrain, trek around impassable river rock falls, survive freezing water, high altitude, swarms of insects and suspicious local tribes. But the hardships will be worth it if he can help shine some light on one of the planet's most endangered environments. Over 20 new dams are planned on the river's free-flowing stretches. If they are built, scientists believe that could alter the entire Amazon basin forever. So if Charlie doesn't do it now, he may never be able to.
- Based on Jared Diamond's best-selling, Pulitzer Prize-winning book that tries to answer the question: "Why is the world so unequal?" Part 2 of 3
- Based on Jared Diamond's best-selling, Pulitzer Prize-winning book that tries to answer the question: "Why is the world so unequal?" Part 1 of 3
- Based on Jared Diamond's best-selling, Pulitzer Prize-winning book that tries to answer the question: "Why is the world so unequal?" Part 3 of 3
- Swim beneath turquoise waters with sting rays humpback whales, follow crabs across white sand beaches, and see traditional Tahitian and fire dancing.
- Journey across a wondrous island nation. A land of its own, and a place out of time. Explore a landscape hewn by volcanoes and glaciers and left as lush as a world from a storybook.
- The northernmost area of Japan has rich snowfall in winter that covers the abundant mountains and trees. Red foxes, fish owls and swans, red crown cranes, thrive while snow monkey's bathes in hot springs.
- Travel along the Andes, explore Chacapoyan Ruins, the surreal beauty of the Stones forest, and the ancient ruins of Inca empire Machu Picchu.
- Deep in the rainforest live traditions like the Haka dances, and tiki sculptures, from their cultural indigenous past. Along the shores are wild horses, and sharks and manta rays beneath the turquoise waters.
- Louie Schwartzberg takes us on a journey through time and scale to capture patterns and rhythms in nature that touch the deepest part of our soul. What you will see is real organic imagery. Witness how all life is connected.
- Iain explains the geological paradoxes how our green planet's atmosphere is both destructive and protective, mighty and vulnerable, vital to life's metabolism and altered by it. Its many layers have different functions, notably in climatic processes. Its alteration is crucial to climatic change, both natural cyclical and the man-caused greenhouse effect. As winds, ultimately powered by solar energy, deified in various cultures, it shapes matter trough erosion and moves lots of it, especially rains and dust. It also allows air travel.
- Although they are destructive, volcanoes were crucial to the development of life on our planet. Iain's journey takes him to Ethiopia to discover lava lakes, to Iceland to scuba dive between continents, and to New Zealand to sample hot springs. But it's not just a holiday for Dr Stewart: he has a serious point to make.
- After explaining how snow, crystallized frozen water, turns into ice, we examine it's major role in shaping the earth's surface. Glaciers exert enormous forces, capable of extreme erosion, and often faster then it appears. The polar caps are entirely ice-covered, even permanently hiding Antarctica's island archipelago and world top 10-lake. Climate change is largely about ice advance or retreat, which also vastly contributes to currents modification.
- The oceans cover 3/4 of earth's surface and make it viable. Their brute, eroding, tidal (lunar/solar gravity-powered) surf-force helps physically shape the planet, especially the coast, and powers currents, which are vital for climate in interaction with winds. The oceans' own shape is determined by the tectonic drift of the continents. Their micro-organisms, phytoplankton, are crucial in starting the food-cycle of life trough photo-synthesis and generation of oxygen. Archeological evidence shows how terrible the consequence of major oceanic disturbances can be, which bodes badly for our future given the greenhouse effect.
- Our planet is unique within the solar system. Four-and-a-half billion years ago it had a 'twin' named Theia which was absorbed into the Earth, increasing its gravity and allowing it to form an atmosphere. Iain travels to Meteor Crater in Arizona to explore the atmosphere's role in protecting us from bombardment by meteorites, and finds that life on earth only prospers because it is provided with right amount of heat from the sun.
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