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The History Channel Presents The Revolution
: :They came of age in a new world amid intoxicating and innovative ideas about human and civil rights diverse economic systems and self-government. In a few short years these men and women would transform themselves into architects of the future through the building of a new nation unlike any that had ever come before.From the roots of the rebellion and the signing of the Declaration of Independence to victory on the battlefield at Yorktown and the adoption of ...
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9/11 - The Filmmakers' Commemorative Edition
: :Originally broadcast on CBS in March 2002, 9/11 is an extraordinary record of that fateful day in New York City. This one-of-a-kind documentary was originally conceived as a portrait of 21-year-old Tony Benetatos, a firefighter trainee at Manhattan's Duane Street firehouse, located seven blocks from the World Trade Center. By the time filming was finished, brothers Jules and Gedeon Naudet had captured history in the making, including the only image of the first jetliner striking Tower 1, and the ...
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The Corporation
: :Analyzing footage from advertising, television news, and industrial films, this film explores the meteoric rise and nature of the most pervasive institution of our time.Genre: DocumentaryRating: NRRelease Date: 5-APR-2005Media Type: DVD :An epic in length and breadth, this documentary aims at nothing less than a full-scale portrait of the most dominant institution on the planet Earth in our lifetime--a phenomenon all the more remarkable, if not downright frightening, when you consider that the corporation as we know it ...
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Living Landscapes HD The World's Most Beautiful Places [Blu-ray]
: :The LIVING LANDSCAPES series offers high-definition photography of the world's most beautiful places set to atmospheric surround-sound music for a relaxing armchair experience.System Requirements:Running Time: 75 Mins.Format: BLU-RAY DISC Genre: MISCELLANEOUS/SPECIAL INTEREST UPC: 741319475669 Manufacturer No: LLWMP-BR
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Carrier
: :CARRIER is a character driven, edge-of-your-seat, nonfiction drama as well as a total immersion in the high stakes world of a nuclear aircraft carrier. CARRIER follows a core group of film participants aboard the USS Nimitz, from the admiral of the strike group to the fighter pilots to the youngest sailors, as they navigate personal conflicts around their jobs, families, faith, patriotism, love, the rites of passage and the war on terror.
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The Endless Summer
:Description:The greatest surf movie ever made. 'On any day of the year it is summer somewhere in the world...' Go with Robert August and Mike Hynson as they follow the summer season to Senegal, Ghana, Nigeria, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Tahiti, Hawaii and California in search of the perfect wave. Still the ultimate surf film of all time! essential video:The definitive surf movie, this 1966 documentary by Bruce Brown is beautifully shot and thrilling to see in ...
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Simon Schama's Power of Art
: :Beautiful. Fascinating. Emotional. Art is all of the above. But only a few are powerful. These are the works that not only lift you off your feet in their sheer artistry they forever alter the human psyche. Focusing on eight iconic works of art Power of Art reveals the history of visual imagination through the ages from the murderous world of baroque Rome to paranoid revolutionary Paris; from the carnage of civil-war Spain to the paradox of 1950s ...
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Blue Planet (IMAX) [Blu-ray]
: :No Description Available.Genre: TelevisionRating: NRRelease Date: 31-JUL-2007Media Type: Blu-Ray :The IMAX film Blue Planet offers an eloquent reminder--and a cautionary warning--that the planet Earth is a delicate living organism, constantly reshaped and rejuvenated by the awesome forces of nature. The film targets a grade-school audience but will prove informative to anyone fascinated by our home planet's evolution. Hurricanes, glaciers, volcanoes, thunderstorms, asteroid impacts, undersea furnace vents, and earthquakes are all explored as a system of interconnected forces that ...
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When We Left Earth - The NASA Missions (4-Disc Set in Limited Edition Tin)
: :Since the dawn of mankind, we have stared up at the lights in the sky and wondered... Now join the heroic men and women who have dared the impossible on some of the greatest adventures ever undertaken - the quest to reach out beyond Earth and into the great unknown of space! To celebrate 50 years of incredible achievements, the Discovery Channel has partnered with NASA to reveal the epic struggles, tragedies and triumphs in a bold chapter ...
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Lynch (One)
: :Since the dawn of mankind, we have stared up at the lights in the sky and wondered... Now join the heroic men and women who have dared the impossible on some of the greatest adventures ever undertaken - the quest to reach out beyond Earth and into the great unknown of space! To celebrate 50 years of incredible achievements, the Discovery Channel has partnered with NASA to reveal the epic struggles, tragedies and triumphs in a bold chapter ...
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