Do you know what lies at the bottom of the ocean? Representing the majority of our planet's surface, extreme pressure and perpetual darkness mean that the ocean depths have only been seen by torchlight - until now. From the makers of the Walking with... series comes an enthralling exploration of Earth's final frontier seen through the eyes of its greatest inhabitant and the world's largest predator, the sperm whale. Following a young male from infancy to old age, the marinescape comes vividly to life: the impossibly deep canyons, the underwater volcanoes, and the spectacular mountain ranges.
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Vicious Jumbo Squid Invade California
Something mysterious has been stirring in the deep waters off northern California. Fishermen have been reporting bizare sitings of fiendish alien creatures, packs of canabilistic invaders... This is a documentary on the invasion of the ferocious Jumbo Squid
Animal World: Our Co-Inhabitants - Episode 339, From the Ocean Depths: The Jellyfish, Air date: August 19, 2007 (AW - 20070819)
Unreported World travels to the heart of the Brazilian Amazon rainforest to reveal just how some of the Earth's most isolated people are being affected by the world's financial crisis causing the price of gold to rise to record levels.
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Endless chain of letters, found in deserted houses in Zumberak, Croatia, forms the narration of this poetic film, which tells the story of villages in Croatia who were left nearly empty after most of their inhabitants left or dies. Director: Miroslav Mikuljan. Producer: Gral Film, Croatia. For more details and director's profile, go to www.docmovies.com Watch the movie's trailer in www.doctrailers.com
Humpback Whale Few sounds are more beautiful or moving than the underwater songs of the humpback whale. Male whales compete with their songs, which often last for 10 minutes at a time, and can be repeated for hours on end. Whales separated by thousands of miles of sea will sing almost identical songs. Researchers have found that the songs change throughout the breeding months, following a mysterious pattern repeated across the waves. Whales also use sound to hunt. To catch herring, humpback whales release a stream of bubbles to form a shimmering, circular fishing net. Emitting a repetitive loud scream, they scare the fish into a tight ball, then lunge out of the water to swallow the shoal whole. Now it seems that the long-held image of the gentle giant must change to one of a ferocious and opportunistic hunter.
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BBC - Undercover in Tibet (why the tension at the Beijing Olympics)
http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/dispatches/undercover+in+tibet/1824047 As Tibetan protesters take to the streets in the biggest and most bloody challenge to Chinese rule in nearly 20 years, Dispatches reports on the hidden reality of life under Chinese occupation. As Tibetan protesters take to the streets in the biggest and most bloody challenge to Chinese rule in nearly 20 years, Dispatches reports on the hidden reality of life under Chinese occupation after spending three months undercover, deep inside the region. Dozens are feared dead after the recent clashes and crackdown by Chinese troops, but with reporting so rigidly controlled from the region little is known of living conditions inside Tibet.
The gun The first invention covered in the series has generally had a negative press – the gun. The need for a more accurate cannon led James Wilkinson, in 1774, to invent a tube boring machine. This was then used by James Watt to make more efficient steam engines, which in turn powered the industrial revolution. Gun maker Sam Colt was not only the inventor of the first reliable revolver, which helped early settlers to defeat the Indians and led to the myth of the cowboy, but also invented a new method of manufacturing guns – the production line. Henry Ford made his Model T car affordable by copying, 'the Colt method'.Even the car exhaust pipe was a spin-off of the gun silencer. Street lighting was introduced to deter armed highway robbers whilst trauma medicine and the control of infections were initially developed to deal with gun injuries.
Orangutan in Asia
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