Wild Russia

Wild Russia can be a landmark Substantial Definition collection charting a journey across this huge land that stretches from Europe towards the Pacific Ocean.

Covering 11 time zones, this enormous country consists of a wealth of unspoilt natural wildernesses – past the huge cities of Moscow and St. Petersburg, a primal world with rough mountain summits, wild rivers and an unmatched flora and fauna reveals itself.

By way of unprecedented entry we showcase the wild spectacle which is the Russian continent. Across six dramatic episodes we explore this various and also exotic country.

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Amazon

Explore the mysterious Amazon through the amazing IMAX (R) experience and celebrate the beauty, vitality and wonder of this magical rain forest, which is disappearing at an alarming rate.

Filmmakers overcame many difficulties to photograph this rarely seen tropical landscape and present it with all the visual power associated with IMAX.

Narrated by Academy Award-winning actress Linda Hunt, this unique collaboration between an American scientist and a tribal shaman on a mission to find rare medicinal plants will amaze and astound you.

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The Monkey-Eating Eagle of the Orinoco

The harpy eagle is the most powerful bird of prey in the world, plucking monkeys from the branches of the jungle canopy.

Rare and elusive, they are seldom seen, but with the discovery of a harpy nest in the remote Orinoco rainforest of Venezuela, wildlife film-maker Fergus Beeley has a unique opportunity to follow the life of a chick from birth to adulthood.

Fergus ascends high into the canopy to reveal a stunning world of colour and sound, following the trials of the harpy eagle’s newly hatched chick as it grows up.

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Asian Tsunami Disaster

The 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake was an undersea mega-thrust earthquake that occurred at 00:58:53 UTC on December 26, 2004, with an epicenter off the west coast of Sumatra, Indonesia.

The quake by itself is recognized by the scientific neighborhood as the Sumatra-Andaman earthquake. The resulting tsunami is given numerous names, which includes the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, Asian Tsunami, Indonesian Tsunami, and Boxing Day Tsunami.

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Ganges

Ganges can be a nature documentary sequence for television on the normal historical past with the River Ganges in India and Bangladesh.

In addition to the selection of animals and habitats that are to be found along the river’s 2,510 km (one,557 mi) attain, the programmes also feature the cultures, traditions and religions of your extremely huge human population that it supports.

For Hindus, the Ganges can be a sacred river and a location of pilgrimage, a deep affect on their religion and culture as well as being their lifeblood.

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In the Womb – Cats

Most of us have observed ultrasound images of humans, but not felines. Get prepared. Opening a window on the wonderful journeys of two quite distinct cats: the effective lion as well as the domestic cat.

From the makers with the critically acclaimed Within the Womb and Inside the Womb – Multiples, Rocket Rights presents Within the Womb – Cats. Produced for Channel four and National Geographic Channel, this film uncovers the amazing journey from conception to delivery from the lion as well as the domestic cat.

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Secrets of the Star Disc

When grave robbers ransacked a Bronze Age burial in Germany, they had no idea that they had unearthed the find of a lifetime.

The disc they found combines an advanced understanding of the stars with some of the most sophisticated religious imagery of the age.

In intellectual achievement and also age, it surpasses anything yet found in Egypt or Greece. It seems that civilization had already dawned in North Central Europe.

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Atlantis: The Evidence

In this Timewatch special, historian Bettany Hughes unravels one of the most intriguing mysteries of all time.

She presents a series of geological, archaeological and historical clues to show that the legend of Atlantis was inspired by a real historical event – the greatest natural disaster of the ancient world.

She is tracing the origins of the Atlantis myth and presenting evidence that the Thera eruption inspired Plato’s account of the mystical land.

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Houdini: Unlocking the Mystery

In one of magic history’s rarest events, a private collector auctioned off the largest collection of personally-owned Harry Houdini artifacts and memorabilia, providing an unprecedented peek behind the curtain at the world’s great showman and magician.

In a feature-length special, hosted by renowned magician Lance Burton, we explore the life and magic of the great escape artist through his most prized possessions.

The Chinese Water Torture Cell, the Milkcan, his straitjackets and handcuffs, and lock-picks that were key to his handcuff escapes, revealed to the public for the first time.

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The New Roswell

Unbelievable story of a UFO crash in the city of Varginha, in Brazil, April 1997, the capture of aliens by the military, the participation of the U.S. Government and more. Despite the black-out on this spectacular event, the news spread all around the world very fast, only to dissolve in mediatic oblivion.

Around midnight between January 19-20 NORAD (North American Air Defense Command) contacts their Brazilian alike CINDACTA (Integrated Center on Air Defense and Air Traffic Control) and warns them of a UFO coming down over southern parts of Minas Gerais state.

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