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Who Killed the Electric Car?
: :In 1996 electric cars began to appear on roads all over California. They were quiet and fast produced no exhaust and ran without gasoline. Ten years later these futuristic cars were almost entirely gone. What happened? Why should we be haunted by the ghost of the electric car?SPECIAL FEATURES:12 Deleted ScenesDocumentary: 'Jump-Starting the Future'Music Video: Meeky Rosie's 'Forever'System Requirements:Run Time: 91 minsFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: DOCUMENTARIES/MISC. Rating: PG UPC: 043396152861 Manufacturer No: 15286 :It begins with a solemn funeral…for a car. By the end of Chris Paine's lively and ...
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Planet Earth & The Blue Planet Seas of Life (Special Collector's Edition)
: :No Description Available.Genre: DocumentaryRating: NRRelease Date: 2-OCT-2007Media Type: DVD DVD features: Planet Earth DVD Extras: 110 minutes of behind-the-scenes footage - one 10-minute featurette for each episode Planet Earth: The Future - This 150-minute companion series looks at what the future may hold for endangered animals, habitats and - ultimately - ourselves English, French and Spanish subtitles The Blue Planet DVD Extras: Eighty minutes of behind-the-scenes footage - one 10-minute featurette for each episode Five bonus programs: Deep Trouble, Amazon Abyss, Dive to Shark Volcano, ...
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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 of human history. Along with the candid ...
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An Inconvenient Truth
: :Director Davis Guggenheim eloquently weaves the science of global warming with Al Gore's personal history and lifelong commitment to reversing the effects of global climate change in the most talked-about documentary of the year. An audience and critical favorite An Inconvenient Truth makes the compelling case that global warming is real man-made and its effects will be cataclysmic if we don't act now. Gore presents a wide array of facts and information in a thoughtful and compelling way: often humorous frequently emotional always fascinating. In ...
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The 11th Hour
: :Environmental documentary 11th HOUR resides at the polar opposite of escapist summer fare its mission to firmly confront viewers about the indelible human footprint that humans have left on this planet and the catastrophic effects of environmental neglect and abuse. Produced and narrated by Leonardo DiCaprio and ably directed by Nadia Conners and Leila Conners Peterson the documentary doesn't get much fancier than talking heads news footage and the occasional animated illustration but its message is potent and delivered effectively.The first hour of the film ...
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The Universe - The Complete Season Two (History) (Steelbook)
: :We once considered ourselves to be at the center of the universe now we know that we are just a small spec in a giant cosmos. This season, HISTORY® ventures outsides of our solar system in another epic exploration of the universe and its mysteries. With strikingly realistic computer re-creations, you ll feel like you ve traveled to the edge of the unknown: visit strange and unfamiliar worlds in Exoplanets, prepare for the worst in Cosmic Collisions, and uncover the secrets of our own galaxy, ...
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The World at War (30th Anniversary Edition)
: essential video:Sir Jeremy Isaacs highly deserves the numerous awards for documentaries he has earned: the Royal Television Society's Desmond Davis Award, l'Ordre National du Mérit, an Emmy, and a knighthood from Queen Elizabeth II. His epic The World at War remains unsurpassed as the definitive visual history of World War II. The Second World War was different from other wars in thousands of ways, one of which was the unparalleled scope of visual documents kept by the Axis and Allies of all their activities. As ...
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Galapagos [HD DVD]
from: BBC Warner
:Description:The inspiration for Darwin's theory of evolution, the Galapagos Islands are a living laboratory, a geological conveyor belt that has given birth to and seen the death of many species of plants and animals. As the western islands rise up from the sea offering a chance of life, the eastern islands sink back beneath the waves guaranteeing only death. Between the two are the middle islands; fertile, lush land in its prime that contains an incredible diversity of life. Nowhere else on the Earth are the ...
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The War - A Film By Ken Burns and Lynn Novick
: :The War will be a seven - episode series produced by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick that will examine the myriad ways in which the Second World War touched the lives of every family on every street in every town in America. By telling the stories of ordinary people in four quintessentially American towns Waterbury Connecticut; Mobile Alabama; Sacramento California; and the tiny farming town of Luverne Minnesota the series will portray this enormous worldwide catastrophe on an intimate human scale. The War will intertwine ...
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NFL: History of the Dallas Cowboys
: :This two-disc set celebrates the glorious history of the Dallas Cowboys, from the inception in 1960 through the end of their record-shattering 2008 season. Includes some of the greatest Cowboy games ever, and a must for any Cowboys fan. (Update of the original NFL History of the Dallas Cowboys, first released in 2003)
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