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1) Wild Alaska
Series
Pub. Date
[2011]
Description
Features profiles of some of the wildlife in Alaska and shows how animals make use of the daylight when winter breaks.
Series
Pub. Date
[2011]
Description
With stunning footage and cutting-edge technology, National Geographic explores the human body from the inside out as never before. In four classic programs, we'll look how our incredible human machine works from the miraculous in-utero development of a fetus to the mechanics of a beating heart, and from the formation of skin to the amazing way our complicated systems work together for sensing, adapting, reproducing, regenerating, and thinking. Programs...
Series
Pub. Date
[2011]
Description
The world is home to an array of creatures that have evolved to survive harsh environments and brutal competition. From lions and great white sharks to cobras and brown bears, National Geographic reveals the deadliest species on the planet. Programs include Lions, King Croc, King Cobra, Super Bear, Spider Attack, and Ultimate Shark.
7) Bear island
Series
Pub. Date
[2007]
Description
Researcher LaVern Beier attempts to deploy National Geographic's Crittercam, presenting the opportunity to vicariously walk with brown bears in their Alaskan habitat. Originally a television program, this DVD also includes an episode of Wild chronicles entitled "Crittercam : black bears" which examines black bear behavior in Yosemite National Park in California.
Series
Pub. Date
2015
Description
The eight-part docudrama, American Genius, reveals the competitive forces behind history s most remarkable races for innovation. From Steve Jobs vs. Bill Gates to the Wright Brothers vs. Glen Curtiss, American Genius explores the rivalries, delving into the fierce power struggles, deceit, fluke timing and raw ambition out of which innovation was born. Bold reenactments are woven together with expert interviews to shed new perspective on the backstories...
Series
Pub. Date
2001
Description
Discover the last descendants of America's first mustangs, isolated for centuries in the rural Southwest. Hit the train with famed "horse whisperer" Pat Parelli, scientists and wranglers as they round up these living pieces of history with the hope of breeding them back from the brink of extinction.
Series
Pub. Date
[2015]
Description
Anne Frank's world-famous diary comes to an abrupt end several days before she and her companions in the secret annex were arrested on August 4, 1944. This is the story of what happened next as this nameless young girl and her family were absorbed into the Nazi system of work and death camps. Through eyewitness testimony from camp survivors and historic pictures and film, the brutality and horror of Auschwitz, Sobibor and Bergen-Belsen are revealed....
13) Oceans
Series
Pub. Date
[2011]
Description
From majestic great whales and humpbacks to graceful jellyfish and seahorses, the ocean is home to an amazing array of life. National Geographic reveals never-before-seen species and behavior of life under the sea. Programs include Shark Island; The Great Whales; Ocean Drifters; Jellyfish Invasion; Jewels of the Caribbean Sea; and Humpbacks - Inside the Pod.
14) Super predators
Series
Pub. Date
2013
Description
Collection of National Geographic specials about a variety of wild and domestic animals.
Pub. Date
[2009]
Description
When Charles Darwin's life's work is in danger of being scooped by Alfred Wallace, one of his children is stricken by scarlet fever and one with diphtheria. His wife, Emma, is his rock, helping him through the turmoil. This story brings to life the compelling human story behind the publication of one of history's most influential theories.
19) The noble horse
Pub. Date
[2010]
Description
This documentary explores the domestication of the horse; the development of equestrian cultures, particularly in Mongolia; wild horses in the American West; and the centrality of the horse to human history.
Pub. Date
[2008]
Description
A Stanford University neurobiologist has been advancing our understanding of stress - how it impacts our bodies and how our social standing can make us more or less susceptible. Research reveals that the impact of stress can be found deep within us, shrinking our brains, adding fat to our bellies, even unraveling our chromosomes. Yet understanding how stress works can help us figure out a ways to combat it and how to live a life free of the tyranny...