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Publisher
History
Publication Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Uncovers the ancient folkloric origins of blood-craving creatures from beyond the grave. Learn how the vampire myth is strongly rooted in Eastern European lore, but how it has also played a prominent role in the ancient cultures of Greece and China.
Publisher
Athena
Publication Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
In this landmark series of films, University of Oxford Professor Marcus du Sautoy escorts viewers through the history of this most important of all intellectual disciplines. In a journey that takes him through the ages and around the world, he examines the development of key mathematical ideas and shows how, in a multitude of surprising ways, mathematical ideas underpin the science, technology, and culture that shape our world.
5) Fly with me
Publisher
PBS
Publication Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
Fly With Me tells the story of the pioneering young women who became flight attendants at a time when single women were unable to order a drink, eat alone in a restaurant, own a credit card or get a prescription for birth control. Becoming a "stewardess," as they were called, offered unheard-of opportunities for travel, glamour, adventure and independence. Although often maligned as feminist sellouts, these women were on the frontlines of the battle...
Publisher
Mill Creek Entertainment
Publication Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
From the exhilarating and perilous days of early fight, to the present, where travel on commercial flights all over the world is as common as travel by car, chronicled here is the complete history of the airplane and the persons who have had the biggest impact on the world of aviation, including Wilbur and Orville Wright, Henri Fabre, Sir Frank Whittle, William E. Boeing, and many more! The eight part series explores the world of aviation and contains...
Publication Date
2010
Language
English
Description
"This is the true story of scientists searching for 'perpetual motion' and 'free energy',' which conventional science claims is impossible. A successful perpetual motion machine would alter the entire social and political balance of the world. It has been described as a 'machine to kill for'. Can be used as a resource when studying motion and simple machines in Secondary Science and Physics."
Publisher
A & E Television Networks
Publication Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
Introduces viewers to a variety of freight and passenger trains and the roles they have played in U.S. history.
Steam Trains: The Union Pacific's historic 844 steam locomotive is the longest running steam train in America. Built in 1944, it has never been retired and still runs on UP's main lines today. The 844 is so popular that when it goes out on the tracks a huge traffic jam forms on the roads alongside as people "chase the train." Ride along...
16) Coffee
Publisher
A&E Television Networks
Publication Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Traces the origins of coffee from Ethiopia over 1,000 years ago to the espresso-fueled explosion of specialty coffee stores like Starbucks today. See how American coffee companies grew to be giants, and how billions of coffee beans make their journey from coffee farms and plantations, and are processed in gigantic roasting and packaging plants. Details the invention and production of instant coffee, decaffeinated coffee, freeze-dried coffee, the espresso...
17) First peoples
Publisher
Wall to Wall Media Limited
Publication Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
200,000 years ago we took our first steps in Africa. Today there are seven billion of us living across the planet. How did our ancestors spread from continent to continent? This is a global detective story, featuring the latest archaeological discoveries and genetic research. On each continent, we track down the earliest members of our species, Homo sapiens. Who were these First Peoples? What drove them to the ends of the earth?
19) The Donner party
Publisher
PBS Home Video
Publication Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
Uses family journals, newspaper accounts and interviews with historians and descendants of the party to recreate the drama of the ill-fated 1846 expedition to California in which the travellers were trapped by snow and forced into cannibalism to survive.

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