| Description |
2 videodiscs (approximately 225min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD, region 1, widescreen (16:9, enhanced) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, DVD-9, NTSC. |
| Performer |
Narrator, Iain Stewart. |
| Credits |
Volcanoes : Producer/Director, Paul Olding ; editors, Louise Salkow, Lee Sutton ; composer, Ty Unwin. |
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Atmosphere : Producer/Director, Annabel Gillings ; editors, Orly Dannon, Lee Sutton, Jonathon Rowdon ; composer, Ty Unwin. |
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Ice : Producer/Director, Sophie Harris ; editors, Gerard Evans, Lee Sutton ; composer, Ty Unwin. |
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Oceans : Producer/Director, Matthew Gyves ; editor, Lee Sutton ; composer, Ty Unwin. |
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Rare planet : Producer/Director, Ben Wilson ; editors, Ben Giles, Lee Sutton ; composer, Ty Unwin. |
| Note |
Originally broadcast on the BBC in 2007. |
| Audience |
Not rated. |
| Summary |
"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 |
| Contents |
Disc 1: Volcanoes (45 min.) -- Atmosphere (45 min.) -- Ice (45 min.) ; Disc 2: Oceans (45 min.) -- Rare planet (45 min.). |
| Language |
English subtitles for the deaf and hearing impaired. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Earth (Planet)
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Volcanoes.
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Ocean.
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Atmosphere.
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Ice.
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| Genre/Form |
Documentary television programs.
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Science television programs.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Nonfiction television programs.
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Television programs.
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| Added Author |
Renouf, Jonathan. Producer.
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Stewart, Iain.
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British Broadcasting Corporation.
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National Geographic Channel (Television station : Washington, D.C.)
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2 Entertain (Firm)
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Warner Home Video (Firm)
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BBC Worldwide Americas, Inc.
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| Note |
Container title: Earth, the biography, the story of our world |
| ISBN |
1419869922 |
| Standard No. |
883929026067 |
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