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2) Light
Publisher
distributed by PublicLibraryDVDs
Pub. Date
2004, 2001.
Language
English
Description
Why does light behave the way it does? How does it travel from its source to the objects it illuminates and then to human eyes? Most people certainly take light for granted, but understanding the basic nature of light can open up a whole new world! Students learn how light travels in waves as well as how those waves behave. And children discover the connection between light and color.
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Starting with Einstein's theory of relativity, Physics of light explores the true nature of light, peers inside the atom, and looks ahead to the most cutting edge theories in physics. The six-part series uses the medium of light to explore the concepts of physics from familiar theories, such as Newton's law of gravity, to the latest in scientific research, like string theory and M-theory.
Publisher
Disney Educational Productions
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
"You won't believe your eyes when Bill Nye the science guy reflects, refracts, bends, bounces, absorbs, and pulls light waves to show how things can be seen in different ways. In Light optics, Bill uses lenses, mirrors, and water to create optical illusions that are sights to behold."--Container.
Publisher
Bullfrog Films
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
"The City Dark chronicles the disappearance of darkness. The film follows filmmaker (and amateur astronomer) Ian Cheney who moves to New York City from Maine and discovers an urban sky almost completely devoid of stars. He poses a deceptively simple question, 'What do we lose, when we lose the night?"--Container.
7) Lights out!
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Our planet is lit up 24 hours a day, seven days a week. We're addicted to light of all kinds, and like anything else that's addictive, is too much a bad thing? Join leading scientists in the lab and in the field to discover how much harm light at night may be causing people and to learn about the ground-breaking steps being taken to protect us.
9) Nightfall
Publisher
New Concorde Home Video
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
On a planet with six suns, the inhabitants have never known darkness, until the suns start disappearing one by one.
10) Sunset
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
[1998]
Language
English
Description
Willis stars as Tom Mix-- Hollywood's hottest action-hero who's been hired to play the legendary lawman, Wyatt Earp. Wyatt Earp has been hired as a technical expert who doesn't take to Hollywood. The Old West and the new Hollywood collide when the two heroes become entangled in a murder mystery.
12) The Sea wolves
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
Description
In March of 1943, a group of Boer War veterans is recruited by British intelligence to destroy a Nazi spy ship in the harbor of Goa, India.
Publisher
Warner Bros
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
In the explosive third season, Jason Todd's journey as Robin comes to a gruesome end only for him to return to Gotham as Red Hood with a vengeance to take down his old team. Meanwhile, Barbara Gordon, the former Batgirl and current acting Commissioner of the Gotham City Police Department is wary of the Titans now being back in Gotham, but her history with Dick Grayson leads her to accept their help in the GCPD's investigation of Red Hood. Also assisting...
Publisher
RKO Pictures
Pub. Date
2008?, c1987
Language
English
Description
Set during World War I, 'The Lighthorsemen' recreates the incidents that led up to the battle for the Middle Eastern city of Beersheba in 1917. The British campaign was stalemated in Palestine when a mere 800 cavalrymen rode against thousands of Germans and Turks and captured the desert town, thereby changing the course of history. The story focuses on the heroic deeds of a four-man section of the Australian Lighthorse Regiment and climaxes with the...
Publisher
Kino on Video
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Commercial motion pictures were invented at the Edison Laboratory between 1888 and 1893. Perhaps none of the component parts were strictly new, but the ability of Edison and his staff to reorganize them for a specific purpose was an extraordinary cultural achievement. In 1894, Edison was the sole producer of motion pictures in the world. Many Edison films continue to be impressive as the company employed such accomplished early directors as John Collins...
Series
Publisher
A & E Home Video
Pub. Date
[1996]
Language
English
Description
Life in the modern world would be unthinkable without his inventions. More than any other individual, he paved the way for the future. Thomas Alva Edison has rightly earned a place among the most important men in history. His inventions of the light bulb, phonograph and movie camera, among many others, literally transformed the world. Rare films made by Edison himself show the inventor at work, and learn the little known stories behind some of his...
18) Impossible light
Publisher
[Mission Rock Pictures]
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
The San Francisco--Oakland Bay Bridge opened in 1936 and was almost immediately overshadowed by the Golden Gate Bridge, which opened less than a year later. A dull workhorse next to a glamorous star, it seemed the Bay Bridge would never outshine its sister to the north. That all changed on the evening of March 5, 2013, when the Bay Bridge--thanks to 25,000 LED lights--did just that: shined. As amazing as the lights are, the story of how they got...