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Nature Documentary hosted by F. Murray Abraham and published by National Geographic in 1998 - Chinese, English Multilanguage narration

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Rainforest: Heroes of the High Frontier looks at the brief history of rainforest research. Through some inventive camerawork, the directors follow enthusiastic researchers to the tops of rainforest trees (known as the rainforest canopy), where more than half of the earth's species reside. Lighthearted music and the exuberant energy of the researchers give this video a playful tone. The researchers, however, do not fail to mention the importance of rainforest conservation as the main component in the continuation of their important research. ~ John Schietinger, All Movie Guide

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Nature Documentary hosted by Peter Coyote and published by National Geographic in 1994 - Chinese, English Multilanguage narration

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Deep in the nearly impenetrable forests of the Qin Ling mountains in eastern China, live some of the last remaining giant pandas on Earth. Few westerners have ever observed these irresistible mammals in their natural habitat, closed to foreigners since 1949, and filming there was an almost insurmountable challenge. Giant Pandas: The Last Refuge takes viewers on a fascinating journey into the incredible world of these endangered creatures to witness.

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Technology Documentary narrated by Jane Curtin and published by Discovery Channel broadcasted as part of DC Understanding series in 1996 - Chinese, English Multilanguage narration

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The desire to fly is as old as human culture. Ancient Egyptians studied birds in an attempt to learn how to fly. Centuries later, we were still strapping on wings, jumping off cliffs... and crashing. It took a bit of time, bruised bodies and the occasional death to figure out that we were too heavy and too weak to propel ourselves with flapping wings. But in the last century, our dreams of flight finally became reality. While we haven't grown wings, we have learned how to fly by shaping metal and plastic into machines that take us higher and faster than birds could ever fly or possibly even imagine.

Produced and written by Pamela Caragol
Narrated by Jane Curtin
Photography by Chris Nusbaum
Music by Michael Whalen
50 minutes, English and Mandarin Chinese dual audio, 1996

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Science Documentary narrated by Bill Oddie and published by BBC, National Geographic in 2002 - Chinese, English Multilanguage narration

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This unique film propels the viewer into the biggest water rides in the world. Allowing the viewer to enter the living bodies of others, it reveals how a drop of sweat becomes a river, a flash flood or a hurricane, and explains what makes water so special. Water makes up two-thirds of the human body and makes incredible journeys, from floating among the clouds to sinking to the bottom of the ocean, all the time. Parts of the body have been to unimaginable places - places too dangerous to visit, too small to see or too distant to reach. Now this film can take the viewer back to experience these places.

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Nature Documentary hosted by Dru Doyle and published by National Geographic in 1999 - Chinese, English Multilanguage narration

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Explore an often inescapable nightmare of nature that's much more common than most of us realize. Witness actual footage and re-creations of successful and tragically failed rescues. Learn life-saving survival tips when you are knee-deep and sinking fast.

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Nature Documentary hosted by Fred Gwynne and published by National Geographic in 1988 - Chinese, English Multilanguage narration

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You may think of nature films in a completely new way after watching Cameramen Who Dared. These are the people who risk their lives to capture images of deadly sharks, charging elephants, and erupting volcanoes. Learn about the stories of the people behind the camera, the unsung heroes of discovery. Fabulous footage shows one cameraman in Borneo filming primates while an orangutan below tried to untie his rope. Another scene reveals a cameraman capturing on film four men in a raft capsizing on the rapids - even as the camera's raft risks being sunk in the turgid waters. Underwater photographers come face-to-face with deadly sharks. Others die tragically while filming in Vietnam. Discover what drives people to risk their lives on these dangerous but thrilling assignments. ~ Gayla Mills, All Movie Guide

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Health-Medical Documentary narrated by Jane Curtin and published by Discovery Channel broadcasted as part of DC Understanding series in 1997 - Chinese, English Multilanguage narration

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The experts say this is the beginning of the golden age of microbiology. Industry, medicine, the definition of life itself, are all being changed by single-celled creatures you and I can't even see. But the news is not all good. Many people are spooked by the diseases caused by bacteria: Pneumonia, Salmonella, meningitis... all caused by bacteria and passed among us every day. Infectious diseases are the greatest cause of illness and death in human history. Bacteria can make us deathly sick and often kill us. And just when we develop medicines to kill the germs, they do what they do best... mutate, find ways to resist our medicines. Now we are bombarded with products that promise to kill these germs. The number of new antibacterial products has tripled. But does the use of these products just make the germs even more resistant?

At the same time, the search for new microbial life has taken researchers from the lab and to the ocean floor to the heavens. A meteorite from Mars has fossilized structures on it that look suspiciously like small bacteria. Scientists are coming to the conclusion that life may be far more common in the universe than we had supposed. Anywhere that there is liquid water, there is a possibility of life, and, in fact, anywhere on Earth where there is liquid water, you find there is life. And so the fact that on worlds such as Mars or Europa where there may be hydrothermal features under the ice, the prospect of finding microbial life there is very exciting.

Produced and written by Marijo Dowd
Narrated by Jane Curtin
Edited by Robert Zakin
51 minutes, English and Mandarin Chinese dual audio, 1997

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History, Nature Documentary hosted by John Lithgow and published by National Geographic in 1999 - Chinese, English Multilanguage narration

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Using its entire backlog of classic documentaries National Geographic Television creates a television event that will celebrate the millennium with a look to the past as well as the future of planet Earth. We will reveal the beauty and complexity of the natural world and the diversity of the human experience within it. We will see our human journey to the year 2000

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History Documentary hosted by Patrick Floersheim, published by Arte in 2009 - English narration

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Director William Karel examines the biggest stock market crash in history, which occurred on the New York Stock Exchange 80 years ago -- Black Thursday, October 24, 1929. In this film, a wide range of economists and historians take turns discussing the causes of the crash and its economic and political consequences. These included acute poverty and the rise of the extreme right, both of which were to have a considerable impact on the decade to come. 1929 uses a wealth of black-and-white archive footage to illustrate what the experts have to say.

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Mass consumption is on the rise, with the automobile, the washing machine, and the refrigerator symbolizing a new age of wealth. The middle class has also plunged into stock trading, and the economy seems more prosperous than ever. All is well, until that fateful day. "The crisis of 1929 was like the perfect storm, in which all these improbable things came together in the wrong time in the wrong way."

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The Depression, looks at the 1930s, focusing particularly on President Franklin D. Roosevelt's role. 1929 concludes by connecting these past events to the current financial crisis.

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History Documentary hosted by David Coburn, published by France Televisions in 2017 - English narration

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Between February and October 1917, Imperial Russia, once deemed eternal, plunges into revolution. In 1917, the starving population of Russia overthrew the Tsar and established a Government. Later that same year, with the Government proving unpopular, they too were overthrown by a Bolshevik led uprising. Nine months of popular and spontaneous revolt, fueled by the weariness of the Great War. Nine months of hopes, freedom and democratic aspirations, chronicled at that time by a journalist stationed in Petrograd, shedding a new light on this period. Nine months of unrest and uncertainties, before a coup brought about an upheaval that changed the course of History and profoundly altered the future of civilization. The result of the revolution was the overthrow of the royal family and a complete change in the social system. The next revolution, which culminated in October, led to the complete seizure of power by the Bolsheviks, who managed to exploit the fatigue of the common people after the First World War. This ambiguous, incredibly difficult period of history, filled with a variety of social upheavals, was described in detail by a journalist who happened to be in Petrograd at that moment. And now his gaze will shed light on the dramatic and tragic events of that year. In February 1917, Russia entered into revolution, sweeping away the tsarist power in a few days. For nine months an uncertain period took shape, made up of great hopes for the people, of unrest and spontaneous revolts, of which a French journalist from the Petit Parisien, Claude Anet, reported. Until the Bolsheviks, led by Lenin and Trotsky, finally seized power in October 1917, opening a new page in Russian history, which was not written in advance. A wind of freedom blows over the country and a provisional government with a liberal majority is put in place. But the difficulties of the war do not disappear, the capital is unrecognizable. Lenin and Trotsky, who had gone into exile, return to their country and bide their time. Unable to revive the democratic process in the face of the intransigence of the Bolshevik party, the government is now at the mercy of a coup de force. Nine months after the February revolution, and thanks to an operation masterfully orchestrated by Trotsky, the Bolsheviks made themselves masters on October 24 of all the nerve centers of the city, before seizing the Winter Palace. For Lenin, "triggering the world revolution in Russia was as easy as picking up a feather". Thanks to unique archive footage, partly colorized, this film aims to revisit through another prism this turning point of the Twentieth Century. A Film by Bernard George ; A Cineteve Production with France Televisions, CNC, RTBF, RSI, National Geographic, ZED, France 3 and France 5