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Rainforest: Heroes of the High Frontier looks at the brief history of rainforest research. Through some inventive camerawork, the directors follow enthusiastic researchers to the tops of rainforest trees (known as the rainforest canopy), where more than half of the earth's species reside. Lighthearted music and the exuberant energy of the researchers give this video a playful tone. The researchers, however, do not fail to mention the importance of rainforest conservation as the main component in the continuation of their important research.
Dolphins are famous for their intelligent and playful ways, but perhaps less well known is their aggressive side. Dolphins : The Wild Side follows these mammals in the wild as they fight for mating rights, hunt for food, and clash with other dolphin species. Thanks to some brilliant underwater camerawork, we're treated to the sight of dolphins hydroplaning through 10 inches of water after fish, ramming one other in a quarrel over females, and evading a group of hungry orcas in Alaska. But perhaps the most impressive part of this documentary is the scenes of a dolphin pod working in concert to trap a shimmering, mammoth school of sardines. Through the calculated use of air bubbles, tail slaps, and sonic pips, the animals corral their prey and have a feast. The clever, and at times ruthless, nature of these mammals is on abundant display in this entertaining documentary.
Journey to the heart of the forests depicted in Rudyard Kipling's 'The Jungle Book' for an unprecedented look at one tigress's struggle to raise her cubs and survive in the wild. From high atop an elephant's back--the safest way to see these fierce creatures up close--National Geographic's wildlife filmmakers track 12-year-old Bengal tigress Lakshmi and her three tiger cubs for two full years.
Traverse the globe's snowy peaks and hear firsthand from experts, climbers, and skiers all about understanding and surviving the lethal phenomenon of the avalanche, also known as the "white death."
A one-hour film graphically depicting the drama and poignant impact the 1998 El Nino had on California's marine mammals and kelp forests
Join famed underwater explorer Dr. Robert Ballard as a rare find off the coast of Israel sends him, a team of experts, and a National Geographic crew on a quest to solve an archaeological mystery. See the oldest shipwrecks ever found in the deep Mediterranean, relive the excitement of an ancient wreck discovered by a U.S. Navy nuclear sub, and probe the secrets of these unprecedented archaeological time capsules and the clues they offer to an extraordinary, ancient civilization that dates back to biblical times.
Nearly everyone has seen the vivid newsreel footage of the Hindenburg disaster, when Germany's pride, the greatest airship ever flown, burst into flames while attempting to land in New Jersey after a transatlantic crossing in 1937. And while the Hindenburg's fiery end could not have been more public, the cause of the disaster has always the subject of much speculation, with theories ranging from sabotage to the more mundane explanation of static electricity igniting the highly flammable hydrogen gas used to lift the 804-foot-long dirigible. In this captivating video from National Geographic, archival films tell the story of the age of airships, and gorgeously shot modern footage takes the viewer inside the enormous airship hangar, which still stands today and is used as a warehouse at Lakehurst, New Jersey. Interviews with Hindenburg crew members who survived the disaster provide vivid testimony about the airship's fiery demise, and a former NASA engineer who has long been fascinated by the Hindenburg provides intriguing conclusions about how the fire spread so quickly. The answers given by modern science indicate that overlooked features of the Hindenburg's construction contributed to its dramatic end, which also marked the end of the luxurious and amazing era of airship travel.
The Battle of Midway was the turning of the Pacific Theatre of World War II. The historical event is recreated while Harold Ballard, the famous oceanographer who found the HMS Titanic, undertakes the mission to find two of the aircraft carriers lost in the battle, the USS Yorktown and the Japanese carrier, Kagi, with veterans from both sides on board
