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World After Fukushima (World After Fukushima)
The derisory dosimeters, located at crossroads and hanging around children's necks, are a constant reminder of the invisible monster and of the deadly particles people attempt to retain by placing bottles of water on windowsills. 2 years on, in the region of Fukushima, people's lives - or at least their "existences" - carry on, as they integrate radioactive pollution into their daily lives. Beyond the earthquake and the tsunami, the nuclear catastrophe has revealed the shortcomings of a system and its criminal arrogance. And everyone remembers with dread the series of errors and procrastinations that sealed their fate, as politicians preferred to "downplay the situation instead of reducing risks".
The Flying Firefighters Of Valencia (The Flying Firefighters Of Valencia)
In recent years, the number of forest fires has consistently increased, especially in Catalonia. The loss of forest land is endangering the cultural and natural habitat of the Northwestern Mediterranean. This report accompanies Chimo and his colleagues through last years' fire season. The "Avialsa" Flying Firefighters squadron operates in the woodland areas around the western part of the Mediterranean Sea. Flying close above the flames ensures the greatest chance of success for the firefighters: the closer they can get their water cargo to the fire source, the quicker they can get the flames under control. Joaquim Miniana, "Chimo" for short, and the pilots of the "Avialsa" firefighting plane squadron in the Spanish province of Valencia are fighting against increasingly long, hot summers.
Galicia's Death Cost (Galicia's Death Cost)
360°GEO - Report accompanies goose barnacle fishermen on a trip to the deadly cliffs. But even there, the goose barnacle population is declining rapidly.Their working district is the "Costa del Morte" - the "Coast of Death", where the oil tanker "Prestige" split apart in 2002. Here, the waves of the Atlantic are often lashed against the rocks by northwest gale force 8 winds.Their working district is the "Costa del Morte" - the "Coast of Death", where the oil tanker "Prestige" split apart in 2002. Here, the waves of the Atlantic are often lashed against the rocks by northwest gale force 8 winds.
St. Helena, Forgotten Island Of the Atlantic (St. Helena, Forgotten Island Of the Atlantic)
360°GEO - Report sets foot on the isolated island of St Helena and documents what life is like in the midst of the South Atlantic.Standing solitarily far out in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean is the British Overseas Territory of St. Helena. Island do not get much more remote than this. It is situated 2,000 kilometers from the African coast and 3,000 kilometers from the South American Coast. You can see why it was chosen as a place of exile for the French emperor Napoleon.It is all but impossible to escape from St. Helena. Even today, the only connection to the outside world is by ship, given that the island has no airport. About 4,000 people or "Saints" as they refer to themselves, brave the solitude and live on the island.
Saving Auschwitz? (Saving Auschwitz?)
70 years after Auschwitz Museum was founded as the memorial site of the Shoah, this site is subject to diversions, confrontations and plundering. Several attempts to exploit and rewrite its history are at work. The danger of desensitization through mass tourism, or the attempts of the local town and its citizens to simply erase the nightmare to make place for new urban landscape are real threats affecting the future of this memorial site. Today, as the last survivors are passing on, what to do with the Auschwitz site?
Travel Thru History (Travel Thru History)
The live music capital of the US has an interesting past. Take an in depth look at one of Austin's oldest hotels, The Driskill. Then we'll learn about Texan independence in the Bob Bullock History museum. Finally, we'll end up at one of Austin's most historic buildings, the Texas state capitol.
Show Me Where You Live (Show Me Where You Live)
Show me where you live is a documentary series that aims to answer the following question: How can human beings claim ownership to a space so that they can live safely within it, function as a society, and above all be in harmony with the environment around them? As we discover cultures and emblematic populations, we follow Philippe Simay who is at the heart of Inhabiting the World and represents its identity and originality. Philippe takes us on an epic adventure around the Human Habitat and sets the tone for the journey. As a humanist and philosopher, Philippe is a tireless surveyor of the city, and an explorer of living spaces. Determined to travel around the world, Philippe unveils how the populations that he encounters claim the space they occupy, shapes it and adjust to it. In this series of 20 films, of 26 minutes each, the habitat will be a major showcase revealing our capacity to adapt ourselves at a time where we need to find solutions in order to address immense changes.
Mindworks (Mindworks)
Take a look at some images that will stay in your mind even after you turn away.
Close Quarter Battle (Close Quarter Battle)
The practice of hiring private armies goes back to ancient times, and the mystique associated with the mercenary warrior has been the subject of many historical studies and fi ctional characterizations. This episode of CQB takes a more contemporary look at a day in the life of a group of civilian contractors, and how their role has evolved on the modern battlefi eld. Using its "sub-second" analysis techniques and intimate first-person footage, CQB reveals the backgrounds, training and equipment of today's "soldiers for hire" and how private armies are re-shaping the way confl icts are conducted around the world.
Let's All Go To the Sea (Let's All Go To the Sea)
Let's explore the vast coastlines in different parts of the world, from New Zealand to Chile, from Japan to Hawaii, and follow the amazing lifestyle of people living there.
Past Hunters (Past Hunters)
The team investigate a disused factory in Burton-Upon-Trent. Reports of paranormal happenings are common and the team are ready for anything.
Rv Explorers (Rv Explorers)
A TV show following a new motorhoming couple as they explore the towns and regions of NZ - experiencing various tourist attractions, events and joining in with other motorhomers to experience their favourite activities.
Let's All Go To the Sea (Let's All Go To the Sea)
Let's explore the vast coastlines in different parts of the world, from New Zealand to Chile, from Japan to Hawaii, and follow the amazing lifestyle of people living there.
Travel Thru History (Travel Thru History)
And we're off! We learn the history of the world famous Kentucky Derby. Then, call your shot as we learn about one of America's most famous brands, Louisville Slugger. Also, we zip line in the world's only underground zip line attraction and visit the Ali Center.
Journeys In India (Journeys In India)
Caves have held a special place in human development. The Hindu, Buddhist and Jain caves in these two UNESCO sites contain some of the most beautiful carvings and paintings found in Asia. This episode explores the history and relationship between these religions.
Wow, I Never Knew That! (Wow, I Never Knew That!)
It's cheesy and and eaten all over the world! You'll learn how DOMINICK'S PIZZA became DOMINO'S PIZZA . And we all know how going to a circus wouldn't be complete without fluffy sweet COTTON CANDY! We'll explain how this feathery goodness SPUN to life! And all the spy action heroes use them, but where did the term GADGET really come from?
Zenith - Advances In Space Exploration (Zenith - Advances In Space Exploration)
Zenith – Advances in Space Exploration reveals these latest developments and the implications they hold for all of us.
New Frontier (New Frontier)
One hundred kilometres above the Earth's surface lies an invisible frontier: the edge of space. This is the Karman Line, the boundary between our planet's atmosphere and what lies beyond. What does it take to cross that line?
European Islands (European Islands)
European islands have so much to offer to tourists from all over the world. Renowned resorts, various scenery, fantastic cuisine, beaches and forests, mountains and rivers and so much more.
Everyday Elements (Everyday Elements)
Documentary series exploring the connections and characters of the everyday elements that form organisms and objects on our planet.
Everyday Elements (Everyday Elements)
Documentary series exploring the connections and characters of the everyday elements that form organisms and objects on our planet.
Out Of Town Adventures (Out Of Town Adventures)
Outta Town Adventures travels both near and far to discover the best advenures the destinations have to offer. This TV series is dedicated to presenting history, culture and geography in a fun and pisitive way. It encourages people to explore this beautiful world - something that starts with simply getting out of town!
Out Of Town Adventures (Out Of Town Adventures)
Outta Town Adventures travels both near and far to discover the best advenures the destinations have to offer. This TV series is dedicated to presenting history, culture and geography in a fun and pisitive way. It encourages people to explore this beautiful world - something that starts with simply getting out of town!
Travel Quest (Travel Quest)
Join nature biologist Bill Ball as he travels to the rarest places on earth.
Tuning 2 You: India's Lost Musicians (Tuning 2 You: India's Lost Musicians)
Soumik arrives in the city of joy Kolkata in search of his musical roots and puts together his team. They head into the villages in search of travelling minstrels known as Bauls. Their journey leads them deeper into impoverished rural hinterlands where an old man sings under his broken down house. These musicians are driven by deep faith and extraordinary spiritual resilience. Their daughters sing and children learn deep lessons in simple words.
Tuning 2 You: India's Lost Musicians (Tuning 2 You: India's Lost Musicians)
In Ajmer, Soumik meets Qawwali group who invite him to play inside the spectactular Ajmer Sharif Darga. He crashes a wedding, jams with tribal drummers, escapes from the police and discovers a group of women singers who have never left their village but who would like to travel and sing in the cities.
Mindworks (Mindworks)
Thanks to our brain, we have access to past experiences that make up who we are - even in dreams! This creates our unique personalities.
Show Me Where You Live (Show Me Where You Live)
Show me where you live is a documentary series that aims to answer the following question: How can human beings claim ownership to a space so that they can live safely within it, function as a society, and above all be in harmony with the environment around them? As we discover cultures and emblematic populations, we follow Philippe Simay who is at the heart of Inhabiting the World and represents its identity and originality. Philippe takes us on an epic adventure around the Human Habitat and sets the tone for the journey. As a humanist and philosopher, Philippe is a tireless surveyor of the city, and an explorer of living spaces. Determined to travel around the world, Philippe unveils how the populations that he encounters claim the space they occupy, shapes it and adjust to it. In this series of 20 films, of 26 minutes each, the habitat will be a major showcase revealing our capacity to adapt ourselves at a time where we need to find solutions in order to address immense changes.
Wonder (Wonder)
Seg 1 Animation. Animation is the process and technique that involves creating the illusion of movement from still drawings and inanimate objects. It is achieved by displaying images with slight variations in a rapid and successive manner thus making our eyes perceive the illusion of movement. Seg 2 Aviation Illusions. Aviation illusions are the sensory illusions associated with taking flight. When pilots take flight their vestibular system, the sensory system responsible for balance, is affected by conflicting stimulus from what the pilot sees and feels during flight. Seg 3 Spinning Dancer. The spinning dancer illusion is an illusion that was created by Noboyuki Kayahara. One can either perceive the dancer as spinning clockwise or counter clockwise. This phenomenon is explained by Bistable perception which states that perception can be altered subjectively just by how an object is observed. Seg 4 Mirage. Mirages are a physical optical phenomenon that can be observed when there is a difference in the temperature in the surrounding air of an area. The different temperatures of the air causes light to refract and cause weird distortions when viewed at the correct angle. This can range from weird reflections to distortions and even the appearance of floating objects. Seg 5 Rainbow Formation. Rainbows are formed as a result of sunlight being refracted and reflected by tiny drops of water in the atmosphere. The water droplets act as prism that can split the sun's white light into the spectrum of visible colors thus creating the effect of a colorful rainbow.
Journeys In India (Journeys In India)
Over the years, Bill has been able to find and film all of the great predators of India, but one—the wild Asiatic Dog or Dhole. These illusive and endangered canines have rarely been captured on camera. This is the last great wildlife challenge Bill has yet to conquer…Will he succeed?
Journeys In India (Journeys In India)
There is no figure in Indian history that rivals Gandhi. Bill explores the land Gandhi called home and in the process, learns about the man himself. But Ahmedabad is more than Gandhi…its rich history and unusual architecture is revealed.
Nature's Force (Nature's Force)
The beauty, magic, and the science behind the Auroras at both ends of the earth, show them to be more than just a protective magnetic layer. The technology used to measure Wind Speed is finely calibrated with an interesting formula. The Tides remind us of our connection to the moon and our place in the solar system and are monitored for any significant change can have implications for industry, communities, and our ocean life. Earthquakes often make news headlines so how are they measured and predicted and what can we learn from them about our planet? Acid Rain is a manufactured weather event, the result of manmade industry mixing with nature to result in international treaties to lessen emissions and pollution.
Blue World (Blue World)
Nature documentary - Ep. 6. Blue World is an Emmy Award-winning underwater science/adventure series produced and hosted by Jonathan Bird, one of the world's top underwater nature cinematographers.
Journeys in Africa (Journeys in Africa)
From the streets of Soweto to the colonial Union Building, the metro area of Joburg is a mix of architecture, people and traditions. Johannesburg is more than just a big city—it's also home to one of the world's best safari parks.
Journeys in Africa (Journeys in Africa)
In all previous Journeys' shows, only glimpses of the cheetah were seen. Here at Kruger, we get up close to this shy cat before heading out of the park and visiting a special research and breeding center dedicated to cheetahs.
Past Hunters (Past Hunters)
The team head to Tutbury Castle in Derbyshire to investigate the paranormal reports at the location. Past Hunters appear to have caught the Tutbury Ghost on camera.
Race of Life (Race of Life)
Males and females of most species will fight viciously in self-defense. In this episode we'll explore the Race of Life from the point of view of food, territory, social status, and mates.
European Islands (European Islands)
European islands have so much to offer to tourists from all over the world. Renowned resorts, various scenery, fantastic cuisine, beaches and forests, mountains and rivers and so much more.
What In the World (What In the World)
Presented by Peadar King, this series illustrates the human consequences of global economic inequalities and human rights violations, by focusing on how people encounter these issues on a daily basis.
What In the World (What In the World)
Presented by Peadar King, this series illustrates the human consequences of global economic inequalities and human rights violations, by focusing on how people encounter these issues on a daily basis.
What In the World (What In the World)
Presented by Peadar King, this series illustrates the human consequences of global economic inequalities and human rights violations, by focusing on how people encounter these issues on a daily basis.
What In the World (What In the World)
Presented by Peadar King, this series illustrates the human consequences of global economic inequalities and human rights violations, by focusing on how people encounter these issues on a daily basis.
What In the World (What In the World)
Presented by Peadar King, this series illustrates the human consequences of global economic inequalities and human rights violations, by focusing on how people encounter these issues on a daily basis.
Desperate Hours (Desperate Hours)
In this episode, you can run for cover but you can't hide from the wild winds. That means hurricanes, cyclones, tornadoes, twisters and typhoons. They're all pretty much different names for the same thing, no? Powerful wind storms. Well no, not necessarily. Hurricanes mostly form over warm ocean water and once they have gathered momentum, can be up to 600 miles across. A tornado on the other hand, is a rapidly spinning tube of air which touches both the ground and the clouds above. In the US, they are often referred to as twisters. Did you know that hurricanes twist and turn in anticlockwise fashion in the Northern Hemisphere but in a clockwise direction in the Southern Hemisphere? Or that tornadoes can travel at speeds of up to 200 miles per hour? They can demolish large buildings, uproot trees and pick up and hurl vehicles hundreds of feet away, as if they were mere playthings. A tornado's path of destruction can be anywhere in excess of a one mile wide, and some 50 miles long. 1000 tornadoes are reported in the United States in a typical year. Fortunately, only two percent of these are labeled "violent", but that's enough to create plenty of havoc annually.
Desperate Hours (Desperate Hours)
In this instalment, we batten down the hatches, and run for dry land, as we look at the damage a little water can do, or rather, a great deal of it. The European Union's 'Floods Directive' defines a flood as "a covering by water of land not normally covered by water". But that rather tepid description simply doesn't do justice to the terror unleashed by raging currents and flash flooding. Natural disasters will be with us for a long time to come. But the death and destruction caused by Brazilian floods and landslides, the flooding after Hurricane Katrina and the Northern Indian Floods, could all have been reduced by environmental awareness in building codes, better coordinated relief efforts and so on. Then there was the massive flooding after the Tsunami of December 26th, 2004. Hundreds of thousands were killed in minutes, and millions lost their homes, as wave after destructive wave crashed into the coastlines of some 11 Indian Ocean countries. Environmentalists argue another factor causing floods is urbanisation. By replacing grass and dirt with buildings, roads and parking lots, insufficient soil is left, to soak up rainwater. When it does overflow, the results can be disastrous.
Desperate Hours (Desperate Hours)
Ours is a dangerous world where geological mishaps-avalanches, landslides, heat waves, sinkholes and blizzards-can spell disaster almost as much as the big cataclysms.
Desperate Hours (Desperate Hours)
Our focus for this chilling but fascinating episode of Desperate Hours is on Nuclear and Industrial Disasters.Nuclear nuclear power depends on harnessing the energy released during one of two processes - nuclear fission, or nuclear fusion.In both Nuclear fusion and nuclear fission, energy is released from the high-powered atomic bonds between the particles within a nucleus. The two processes differ, in that Nuclear Fission means splitting an atom into two, or more, smaller atoms. While Nuclear Fusion, is the fusing of two, or more, smaller atoms into a larger one. Ironically nuclear power is a relatively clean source of energy, which is great. But of course, unless the utmost precautions are taken in generating nuclear power, then the consequences can go beyond merely disastrous, to the unthinkable, the horrific. Safety in the workplace and care for the environment are a human responsibility but when it comes to nuclear power it's not just industrial accidents that threaten tragic consequences. on an epic scale. A natural disaster such as a volcano or earthquake is something we have little-or-no control over and when such an event strikes a nuclear power facility the resulting disaster can be off the scale and last for decades.
Versailles Furniture (Versailles Furniture)
Via six masterpieces, the film reveals the beauty of the spirit of Versailles of the 17th and 18th centuries. A unique homage to the people that crafted it, the furniture reveals the personal tastes of its commissioners, and portrays something that has ceased to exist! These unique items of furniture that once belonged to Louis 14th, Louis 15th, Marie-Antoinette and Louis 16th have fascinating stories to tell: the tortoise-shell chest-of-drawers with inlays of brass; an astronomical clock - a veritable miracle of science; the most emblematic example of French furniture art in the world - the King's Desk; and the exquisite items made for Marie-Antoinette - the queen's jewellery case and the wheat-sheaf furniture.