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Yellow Submarine
: essential video:This restored, animated valentine to the Beatles offers viewers the rare chance to see a work that's been substantially improved by its technical facelift, not just supersized with extra footage. Recognizing that its song-studded soundtrack alone makes Yellow Submarine a video annuity, United Artists has lavished a frame-by-frame refurbishment of the original feature, while replacing its original monaural audio tracks with a meticulously reconstructed stereo mix that actually refines legendary original album versions. What emerges is a vivid ...
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Little Engine That Could
: essential video:This restored, animated valentine to the Beatles offers viewers the rare chance to see a work that's been substantially improved by its technical facelift, not just supersized with extra footage. Recognizing that its song-studded soundtrack alone makes Yellow Submarine a video annuity, United Artists has lavished a frame-by-frame refurbishment of the original feature, while replacing its original monaural audio tracks with a meticulously reconstructed stereo mix that actually refines legendary original album versions. What emerges is a vivid ...
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There Goes a Bulldozer
: :Dave Hood, cocreator and host of the There Goes a... series of videos for kids, takes us on a tour of the world of bulldozers, a natural favorite of those many children infatuated with earth-moving equipment. As usual, Hood shows us how these big machines work, what they do and why they do it, and how their functions interact with those of other construction-destruction vehicles. We meet bulldozer operators and see them pushing dirt, rocks, and debris from one place ...
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There Goes a Police Car
: :'Officer Dave' Hood, the cocreator and host of the energetic There Goes a... series of videos, partners up with 'Officer Becky' to look inside and outside the workings of a contemporary police car. Playing a policeman for the day, Hood shows us the many crime-fighting and safety features in a peace officer's vehicle, and--typical of the series--that includes an amusing goof factor in which Hood invariably screws something up. The video's title doesn't really suggest the range of police vehicles ...
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There Goes a Spaceship
: :'Officer Dave' Hood, the cocreator and host of the energetic There Goes a... series of videos, partners up with 'Officer Becky' to look inside and outside the workings of a contemporary police car. Playing a policeman for the day, Hood shows us the many crime-fighting and safety features in a peace officer's vehicle, and--typical of the series--that includes an amusing goof factor in which Hood invariably screws something up. The video's title doesn't really suggest the range of police vehicles ...
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National Geographic's Love Those Trains
: :From riding the rails atop a luggage rack through the mountains of Ecuador to enjoying a gourmet meal aboard the Lalique-laden Orient Express, this potpourri of train travel is bound to satisfy train buffs. The 57-minute National Geographic video opens with a segment on riding and working on old steam engines. There's a visit to a Montecito, California, property where grownups sit in miniature steam-engine cars and ride a mile-long track. Later, narrator James Whitmore takes viewers to Iowa to ...
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There Goes an Airplane
: :'Pilot Dave' Hood, cocreator and host of the There Goes a... series of children's videos, straps himself into a variety of flying machines in this entertaining production. Riding shotgun on a stunt plane that loops and whooshes to a dizzying degree, Hood does a lot of yelping, but he also succinctly and entertainingly describes exactly why airplanes defy gravity. (Adults can learn from this video, too.) We learn the workings of passenger jets, and how the airline industry functions in ...
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All About Heavy Construction Equipment
: :'Pilot Dave' Hood, cocreator and host of the There Goes a... series of children's videos, straps himself into a variety of flying machines in this entertaining production. Riding shotgun on a stunt plane that loops and whooshes to a dizzying degree, Hood does a lot of yelping, but he also succinctly and entertainingly describes exactly why airplanes defy gravity. (Adults can learn from this video, too.) We learn the workings of passenger jets, and how the airline industry functions in ...
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There Goes Garbage Truck
: :Hosts Dave and Becky go behind the scenes at the garbage industry, getting up close and personal with collection trucks, then visiting a recycling plant. Kids see how all these machines work, and the program makes a sound, logical connection between this activity and dealing responsibly with garbage and recycling at home. --Tom Keogh
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There Goes a Tractor
: :Dave Hood created the There Goes a... series to show off the vehicles and jobs children tend to be fascinated with. As the host, he balanced information with slapstick antics, but always respected the people who perform the job as well as the kids watching the video. In There Goes a Tractor, Dave Sidoni takes over as host and he's not nearly as good, too often indulging in a 'golly gee' tone of voice that probably won't annoy kids nearly ...
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