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Summary: Travel all over the world with Martin and Chris Kratt, award-winning wildlife filmmakers, as they live with the animals on their turf seeking to understand what it's like to Be the Creature. Features...
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Call #: DVD 590 BE V.1
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Summary: Go up-river and deep into the jungle, far from Brazil's cities and stadiums, where families of giant otters, tufted capuchin monkeys and mischievous coati (South American raccoon cousins) rally their...
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Call #: DVD 981 WIL
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Summary: Narrated by David Tennant, this documentary focusing on the flight of birds was filmed over four years and forty countries with help from camera-carrying birds, drones, paragliders and remote-control microflight planes.
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Call #: DVD 598 EAR
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Summary: Ants are builders of extraordinary and complex societies. The program takes viewers inside a million strong ant colony, housed in a specially constructed glass nest, that shows the inner workings of...
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Call #: DVD 595.796 PLA
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Summary: In the Antarctic, every March since the beginning of time, the quest begins to find the perfect mate and start a family. This courtship will begin with a long journey - a journey that will take them...
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Call #: DVD 598.47 MAR
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Summary: This groundbreaking IMAX 3D film is set against America's most popular spectator sport and was shown exclusively at IMAX theatres in spring 2004.
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Call #: DVD 796.72 NAS
Location: DVDs Nonfiction
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Summary: This documentary was produced to celebrate the 75th Anniversary of the publication of The Great Gatsby on April 10th, 1925. "Midnight in Manhattan" explores the dark, turbulent life and creative...
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Call #: DVD 813.52 GRE
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Summary: The fifteen-part series explores the vast history of the British Empire from 3000 BC to 1965. Simon Schama's compelling storytelling skills breathe new life into the dramatic stories of lives and moments in Britain's rich and colorful past.
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Call #: DVD 941 HIS
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Summary: "Visible from space, the Great Barrier Reef is the largest living structure on our planet. Stretching just over 1200 miles in length and made up of 3000 individual reef systems and hundreds of...
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Call #: DVD 578.77 GRE
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Summary: The stories were told through the generations, stories of what had happened and what was to come. 'The best stories there ever were, ' Charlton Heston says about these Biblical accounts. Collection...
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Call #: DVD 220.95 CHA
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Summary: Tells the story of the most important expedition in American history, led by Captains Meriwether Lewis and William Clark. Includes the stories of the young army men, French-Canadian boatmen, Clark's...
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Call #: DVD 978 LEW
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Summary: Explores the sheer scale and majesty of the largest ocean on Earth, the isolation of its islands, the extraordinary journeys wildlife and humans have gone through to reach these specks of land, and what happened to both after their arrival.
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Call #: DVD 551.46 WIL
Location: DVDs Nonfiction
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Summary: Travel the Pacific Rim to track the underwater earthquakes that spawn tsunamis and watch as residents of this seismically volatile region brace for the next killer wave.
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Call #: DVD 551.463 TSU
Location: DVDs Nonfiction
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Summary: In this 3 hour series, one can witness in seconds what took the Earth eons to create: bumper-car continents; ice ages pulsing out of the poles and back; the Himalayas surging upwards; sand dunes swallowing, then uncovering African villages, and more!
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Call #: DVD 551.41 AMA
Location: DVDs Nonfiction
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Summary: The Friedmans seem to be a typical family from affluent Great Neck, Long Island. One Thanksgiving, as the family gathers for a quiet holiday dinner, a police battering ram splinters the front door...
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Call #: DVD 364.153 CAP
Location: DVDs Nonfiction
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Summary: 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...
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Call #: DVD 919.8 FRO
Location: DVDs Nonfiction
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Summary: This groundbreaking series, from the team behind Earth: the biography, reveals the epic tale of how the forces of the Earth have shaped human civilization. With passionate storytelling and...
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Call #: DVD 304.2 HOW
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Summary: 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...
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Call #: DVD 551.6 SIX
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Summary: Beauty and the beasts: A close encounter with predators as they hunt their prey on the African plains. Wings over the Serengeti: A close encounter with vultures and other scavengers as they recycle the raw elements of life.
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Call #: DVD 591.53 AFR
Location: DVDs Nonfiction
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Summary: Wildlife warriors: Learn about the battle to save Africa's endangered animals and the soldiers who fight to protect them from poachers. African wildlife: Experience the animals of Namibia's Etosha National Park up close and personal.
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Call #: DVD 578.68 AFR
Location: DVDs Nonfiction
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Summary: Lions of darkness: Explore life within a growing lion pride in Botswana after outsiders kill their leader. Walking with lions: Learn about how thrist driven animals trek to African springs which harbor hidden predators.
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Call #: DVD 599.757 AFR
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Summary: Surviors of the skeleton coast: View desert-dwelling elephants and see how they have adapted their behavoir to survive the harsh Namib Desert. Elephant: Learn about the life of these intelligent creatures.
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Call #: DVD 599.67 AFR
Location: DVDs Nonfiction
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Summary: Discover how Egypt's two greatest Pharaohs - Khufu and Ramesses II - built their way to immortality through architectural marvels including the temples of Abu Simbel and the Great Pyramid of Giza.
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Call #: DVD 932 ENG
Location: DVDs Nonfiction
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Summary: Explores the indelible footprint that humans have left on this planet, and the catastrophic effects of environmental neglect and abuse, and calls for restorative action through a reshaping of human activity.
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Call #: DVD 304.28 ELE
Location: DVDs Nonfiction
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Summary: Using the most current scientific and historical research, coupled with the latest computer graphic technology, this program pieces together the life of Jesus by following in the footsteps of the man...
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Call #: DVD 232.9 JES
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Summary: Collector's set explores the full spectrum of prehistoric life, from the rise of monsters millions of years ago to the reign of dinosaurs and our own evolutionary predecessors. Includes 9 hours of programming plus almost 7 hours of special features.
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Call #: DVD 567.9 PRE
Location: DVDs Nonfiction
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Summary: Narrated by Academy Award winner Morgan Freeman. An inspiring story of love, dedication, and the remarkable bond between humans and animals. This film documents orphaned orangutans and elephants and...
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Call #: DVD 304.27 BOR
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Summary: Africa is a six-part series that will amaze and awe with stunning photography and truly moving stories of survival on the continent with the most diverse animal life anywhere on our planet.
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Call #: DVD 960 AFR
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Summary: A compelling and comprehensive series that charts the birth and growth of the Scottish nation. Each of the ten thought-provoking episodes brings a fresh perspective to Scotland's past and challenges...
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Call #: DVD 941.1 HIS
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Summary: Follow Sister Wendy around the world as she discusses the art and architecture she sees.
DVD
Call #: DVD 709 SIS
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Summary: "'Auschwitz: inside the Nazi state' is the result of three years of research, drawing on the close involvement of world experts, recently discovered documents and nearly 100 interviews with camp...
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Call #: DVD 940.5318 AUS
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Summary: Focusing on eight iconic works of art, this series reveals the history of visual imagination through the ages. A combination of reconstruction, photography and storytelling transport the viewer back...
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Call #: DVD 709 SIM
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Summary: A sweeping look at nearly five decades of global history, a crystallization of a massive, three-year-long effort helmed by award-winning documentarian Jeremy Isaacs (The World at War). Isaacs' team...
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Call #: DVD 909.825 COL
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Summary: This documentary film captures the unique communal experience and many of the performances of the most famous of outdoor rock concerts.
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Call #: DVD 781.66 WOO
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Summary: A look at the life and career of one of the most beloved legends in WWE history. This wide-ranging film explores Andre's upbringing in France, his celebrated WWE career, and his forays into the entertainment world.
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Call #: DVD 796.812 WWE
Location: DVDs Nonfiction
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Summary: For 35 years, Royal Rumble has been a stepping-stone for superstars to rise to legendary status with the chance to headline WrestleMania. Which superstar will take their career to the next level by...
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Call #: DVD 796.812 WWE
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Summary: On the biggest night in sports and entertainment, the entire WWE Universe comes together to sit on the edge of their seats to witness their favorite Superstars risk it all on The Grandest Stage of Them All. WrestleMania!
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Call #: DVD 796.812 WWE
Location: DVDs Nonfiction
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Summary: There is no escape when the Superstars of Raw and SmackDown compete inside the punishing confines of Hell in a Cell. Careers are shortened, rivalries are settled, and hell is unleashed!
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Call #: DVD 796.812 WWE
Location: DVDs Nonfiction
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Summary: Chronicles "the efforts of the world's largest corporation, General Motors, as it turns its hometown of Flint, Michigan, into a ghost town. In his quest to discover why GM would want to do such a...
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Call #: DVD 330 ROG
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Summary: A spectacular journey to the remote and wondrous world of Madagascar. Lemurs arrived there as castaways millions of years ago and evolved into hundreds of diverse species but are now highly...
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Call #: DVD 599.83 ISL
Location: DVDs Nonfiction
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