Image Entertainment (Firm)
Publisher
Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
"Forty-foot waves, freezing temperatures, swinging 700-pound crab pots, a nearly 100-percent injury rate-- but also the chance to earn enough money for a family to live on for a year for just a few days' work. Welcome to one of the world's deadliest jobs: the Alaskan crab fisherman."--Container.
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
Documents 96 teams attempting to traverse more than a thousand miles in Alaska with nothing but 16 dogs and a sled. Between Anchorage and Nome, man and man's best friend must work together, care for each other, and play a disciplined game of strategy if they hope to be first to cross the finish line. For some, survival is worth much more than actually winning. Bonus feature: a team of top scientists and wildlife filmmakers explore Alaska's remote...
Publisher
Discovery Channel
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
"Sunrise: nature's alarm clock for the land, the sea and the myriad creatures who call our planet home. Accompany us on a tranquil, visually stunning journey into the landscape itself as we enjoy the sights and the ambient sound associated with the first light of a new day"--Container.
Publisher
Discovery Channel
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
It's an ultimate voyage that our world has to offer. A journey from the temperate surface to the fiery core of the Earth. With the aid of stunning visual effects, the unexplored interior of the Earth is split wide open, giving us an unbelievable view. From glowing seams of pure iron ore to sparkling diamond caverns to the magnetic field that keeps us safe from the lethal radiation of space.
Home use only.
Publisher
Discovery Communications
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Since the dawn of mankind, we have stared up at the lights in the sky and wondered. Now join the heroic men and women who have dared the impossible on some of the greatest adventures ever undertaken - the quest to reach out beyond Earth." --
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
Dropping into a viper pit in Panama's Camino Real; navigating a crevasse of one of the world's largest glacier; battling extreme conditions in frozen Siberia; it's all in a day's work for adventurer Bear Grylls. Bear is a former British Special Forces soldier who shares ingenious and often shocking techniques for surviving in some of the world's most treacherous environments.
10) Italy revealed
Series
Publisher
Discovery Channel
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
"This is the story of a country steeped in empire. Here is the seat of Caesar, the workshop of da Vinci and the cathedral of the Pope."--Container.
Publisher
Discovery Communications, LLC
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Mike Rowe tackles some of his dirtiest and most dangerous jobs yet as he slogs through muck and mire in search of bloodworms, guts a mold-infested house damaged by Hurricane Katrina, packs explosives into the wall of a salt mine, and much more.
15) Future car
Series
Publisher
Discovery Channel
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
The body: what will future cars look like? -- The brain: the possibilities are endless when a powerful computer is operating your car. -- The fuels: In the future, there will be a variety of choices. -- The extremes: discover the remotely possible.
Language
English
Description
Filmmaker Jim Dutcher and his wife Jamie lived with gray wolves for three years to make this documentary, and their work reveals complex social behavior never before captured on film. You'll observe the dominance of the pack's alpha male and the submissiveness of the omega wolf. You'll see the pack initiate new members, and witness the critical moment when the alpha selects a mate. Perhaps most incredible is the bond developed between the wolves and...
Publisher
Discovery Communications
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Take an epic adventure with intimate insight into the big, bold, and tenacious country of Australia. In the vast interior, a man transforms the struggle to survive into a game of pathos and humor; on the coast, a naval cadet dreams of a place in the sophisticated navy of the world's largest island; in the tropical North, a couple preserves a storehouse of culture over 40,000 years old; along the Gold Coast, a woman competes to win against nature's...
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
Experience one of the most dangerous professions in the world: crab fishing. Crabbing on the turbulent, frigid Bering Sea proves to be exceptionally difficult as the injuries pile up. Two men get hurt by a loose picking hook, and a veteran fisherman is forced to end his fishing season early after a situation quickly turns life-threatening. The crews reflect on their adventures.