| Description |
2 videodiscs (353 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD, NTSC, Dolby digital; 5.1 surround sound. |
| Note |
Special features: 'Hunting dragons': a making of. |
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Widescreen (16:9 enhanced). |
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Accompanies book: Wild China: natural wonders of the world's most enigmatic land, Yale University Press, 2008. |
| Credits |
Series producer, Phil Chapman ; episodes produced by George Chan, Kathryn Jeffs, Gavin Maxwell and Charlotte Scott ; music composer, Barnaby Taylor. |
| Performer |
Narrator, Bernard Hill. |
| Summary |
Journey across China from the peaks of the Himalayas to the barren steppe, the sub-Arctic to the tropical islands, through deserts both searingly hot and mind-numbingly cold and see a dazzling array of mysterious, beautiful, wild and rare creatures. |
| Contents |
Disc one: Heart of the dragon ; Shangri-La ; Tibet (ca. 176 min.) -- Disc two: Beyond the Great Wall ; Land of the panda ; Tides of change ; Special feature: hunting dragons (ca. 177). |
| Language |
Narration in English with optional subtitles in English or traditional Chinese. |
| Subject |
Natural history -- China.
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Human-animal relationships -- China.
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China -- Description and travel.
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China -- History.
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Human-animal relationships. (OCoLC)fst00963482
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Natural history. (OCoLC)fst01034268
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Travel. (OCoLC)fst01155558
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China. (OCoLC)fst01206073
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| Genre/Form |
Wildlife films. (OCoLC)fst01726239
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Documentary television programs.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Documentary films.
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Nonfiction films.
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Wildlife films.
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Documentary films. (OCoLC)fst01710390
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History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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Nonfiction films. (OCoLC)fst01710269
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired. (OCoLC)fst01710450
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| Added Author |
Chapman, Philip (Television producer) Producer.
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Taylor, Barnaby, 1972- Composer.
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Hill, Bernard, 1944- Narrator.
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British Broadcasting Corporation.
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BBC Worldwide Ltd.
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2 Entertain (Firm)
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BBC Video (Firm)
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| Added Title |
Jin xiu Zhonghua |
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锦绣中华 |
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Mei li Zhongguo |
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美丽中国 |
| Related To |
Accompanying book: Wild China. New Haven : Yale University Press, 2008 9780300141658 (DLC) 2008921278 (OCoLC)209760824 |
| Standard No. |
883929016723 |
| ISBN |
1419867482 |
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9781419867484 |
| Music No. |
1000038278 BBC Video |
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