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Through artwork, map animation, and scenic photography, this program examines the voyages of Cabot, Verrazano, Cartier, Frobisher, Drake and Hudson. A Coronet release.
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Artwork and map animation help illustrate the exciting voyages of Prince Henry the Navigator, Díaz, Columbus, Vasco da Gama, Magellan, Ponce de León,...
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How do airplanes fly? How does a jet engine work? This revised edition of Norman Bean's "Airplanes: A First Film" answers the basic questions of a...
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Amerindian Legacy explores the many important contributions first made by the Amerindians, including their contributions to the world’s economy, the...
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Antonio is twelve.  He lives in Jerez de la Frontera in southern Andalusia.  Born into a Gypsy family of flamenco artists, he dreams of...
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The arts and crafts of West Africa have an ancient heritage. Like those of most societies, they have developed in response to the need for domestic...
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In a unique re-creation of the flamboyant era when railroads were king, this documentary surveys the parallel histories of the “iron...
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Born a slave, George Washington Carver became one of America’s most honored scientists. This portrait of his early years in Missouri demonstrates how...
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Filmed on location at Edison’s childhood home in Milan, Ohio, and at his famous laboratory in New Jersey, this program dramatizes some of the...
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Carlito is eleven years old.  He lives in Valledupar in the Colombian tropics.  It’s the land of “Vallenato” which is a musical style born...
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In these four adventures our animated caveman Zog ponders basic questions about energy as understood from a scientific viewpoint: where energy comes...
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Biologists, building on Charles Darwin’s deductive theory of natural selection, have used evidence of rapid evolution in microorganisms, the...
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