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Publisher
Canadian Broadcasting Corp
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
Examines the complex rain forest ecosystem along the northern Pacific coast of British Columbia. Shows how the salmon provides nutrients for the forest, biodiversity of insect life in the rain forest canopy and how native peoples depend on this ecosystem to sustain themselves.
Publisher
BFS Video
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Antiques expert Tim Wonnacott and expert chef Rosemary Shrager travel in the footsteps of Queen Victoria, visiting the grand houses, castles and stately homes that she visited throughout her life. They reveal the extraordinary food, dčor, and garden preparations that were undertaken and what happened during the visits. Includes 20 episodes.
Publisher
Green Planet Films
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
The visually and artistically unique documentary explores the physical and emotional aspects of a community of Canadian west coast tree planters. Deftly weaving together still photos and film footage, Rita Leistner, an award-winning photographer, photojournalist, filmmaker, and erstwhile tree planter, depicts the contradictions in the experiences of the tree planters the hardship and the healing; the solitude and the joy of belonging creating an eloquent...
Publisher
BFS Entertainment & Multimedia Ltd
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
British "comic genius, Stephen Fry, travels through each of America's states in his black London taxi to discover, in his own charismatic style, what makes the country unique and to get under the skin of American life"--Container.
Series
Publisher
dist. by TravelVideoStore.com
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
"Join the fun as we travel to the British Isles and explore Ireland, Scotland and England. We spend a week on a horse caravan, search for the Loch Ness monster and visit the homes of Peter Rabbit and Harry Potter. Come along for the adventure and enjoy the journey!"--Container.
Publisher
Discovery Channel UK
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Can six people endure Sir Ernest Shackleton's Antarctic rescue mission today? Using a replica boat, and the same equipment and clothing as would have been used in 1914, explorer Tim Jarvis and his crew attempt to follow in Shackleton's wake, going beyond the point of no return, using their firsthand extreme experience measured against historical accounts to unlock the secrets of Shackleton's survival.
Publisher
BFS Entertainment & Multimedia Limited
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Amanda Vickery sets her sights on the golden age of homemaking in the 18th Century Georgian era. She traces the story of the unique relationship Britons enjoy with their homes. Characters from all walks of life, including gentlewomen in their stately mansions and servants with only a locking box to call their own, are brought to life as Amanda reveals the private diaries, intimate letters and curious artifacts of the age where the modern notion of...
Publisher
Mill Creek Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
This six-part documentary series features interviews conducted over 15 years with British veterans of World War I. Includes news-reel footage, dramatic reconstructions, and interviews with Harry Patch and Henry Allingham, the two last surviving British veterans of the war and the then oldest men in the world at the respective ages of 111 and 113.
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
A world scoop about the deception which fooled Hitler about the Normandy landings of 1944. In a tale of double agents and decoys, the investigation reveals, for the first time, the identity of the most secret of them all: George VI, as well as how the royal family managed to lose one of Britain's greatest secrets.
14) Naples '44
Publisher
First Run Features
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
In 1943, a young British officer, Norman Lewis, entered a war-torn Naples with the American Fifth Army. Lewis began writing in his notepad everything that happened to him during his one-year stay, observing the complex social cauldron of a city that contrived every day the most incredible ways of fighting to survive. These notes turned into his masterpiece, a memoir.
15) Air power
Publisher
CBS Video
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
"The riveting stories of World War II air combat"-- Container.
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
The French still call it "our Pearl Harbor", the tragic destruction of the French navy in 1940, by the British, to prevent it from falling into German hands. This video looks at Churchill's decision to sink the French fleet, and with it, the lives of 1,300 French sailors.
Publisher
BBC Earth
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Each season, as the ever-thinning Arctic ice recedes, polar bears face a daunting challenge; Grizzly bears in British Columbia must use ingenuity and fancy footwork to collect their catch; The annual rains of the Serengeti draw in the greatest concentration of large animals on Earth; Each year, billions of sardines flood South Africa's east coast creating an action-packed feeding frenzy; Thousands of animals make the long trek toward the life saving...