Earth : the Biography
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Originally broadcast on the BBC in 2007.
Disc 1: Volcanoes (45 min.) -- Atmosphere (45 min.) -- Ice (45 min.) ; Disc 2: Oceans (45 min.) -- Rare planet (45 min.).
Narrator, Iain Stewart.
"Earth is an incredible, exceptional planet with an amazing life story full of cataclysmic disasters, eleventh-hour coincidences that save it from extinction, and an astonishing power to continually regenerate. This... series uses breathtaking footage and specialist imaging to tell the story of the great forces that shape the planet - volcanoes, the ocean, the atmosphere and ice. Traveling from Ethiopia's unique lava lake to an ice cave under a glacier in Greenland and a host of amazing locations in between, examine the forces that have helped create and foster life on Earth..." -Container.
DVD, region 1, widescreen (16:9, enhanced) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, DVD-9, NTSC.
REVIEWS & SUMMARIES
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Pasta Bridges
submitted by shivatavane on July 15, 2019, 1:53pm
"Earth is an incredible, exceptional planet with an amazing life story full of cataclysmic disasters, eleventh-hour coincidences that save it from extinction, and an astonishing power to continually regenerate. This... series uses breathtaking footage and specialist imaging to tell the story of the great forces that shape the planet - volcanoes, the ocean, the atmosphere and ice. Traveling from Ethiopia's unique lava lake to an ice cave under a glacier in Greenland and a host of amazing locations in between, examine the forces that have helped create and foster life on Earth..." -Container.
DVD, region 1, widescreen (16:9, enhanced) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, DVD-9, NTSC.
LANGUAGE OPTIONS
English subtitles for the deaf and hearing impaired.
PUBLISHED
Burbank, CA : Distributed by Warner Home Video, [2008]
Year Published: 2008
Description: 2 videodiscs (ca. 225min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language: English
Format: DVD
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
1419869922
9781419869921
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Renouf, Jonathan.
Stewart, Iain.
British Broadcasting Corporation.
National Geographic Channel (Television station : Washington, D.C.)
2 Entertain (Firm)
Warner Home Video (Firm)
BBC Worldwide Americas, Inc.
SUBJECTS
Volcanoes.
Ocean.
Atmosphere.
Ice.
Earth.
Documentary television programs.
Science television programs.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Nonfiction television programs.
Television programs.