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Last Frontier
GES VT0025

17th Century legends portray manta ray as a dreaded horned dragon or devil fish, capable of crushing vessels beneath their monstrous wings. John Stoneman & members of Foundation For Ocean Research travel to Sea of Cortez to observe this fascinating & peaceful animal at close range. 1986. 24 min


Living & Fossil Ostracoda
GES VT0589

Introduction to study of living & fossil ostracodes. Ostracodes are minute bivalved marine & freshwater Crustacea in Phylum Arthropoda that range in length from less than 1mm to several centimeters; they have been described as microscopic clams, each with a shrimp inside.


Walking Among The Sharks
GES VT0774

Dropping 1,000 ft down an underwater wall cameras take viewers on a walk with sharks. Diver braves waters to search for six-gill sharks. Jaws has created climate of fear that has contributed to decimation of shark populations. Video reveals diminishing numbers. Scientists lead viewers through scientific process to establish problem, hypothesize a cause, gather data & offer solution. 60 min


Incredible Suckers
GES VT0775

They have survived millions of years & communicate with light & color. They have largest brains of any invertebrate animal & we know little about them. A decade of discoveries leads us to possibility that prime intelligences in ocean may not be whales & dolphins but "incredible suckers", cephalopods - chambered nautilus, cuttlefish, octopus, & squid. 60 min


Shark Attack
GES VT0778

Violent jolt; flash of teeth; streak of blood in water & terrified surfer tries desperately to paddle for shore. Spy on these predators in action - stalking & snatching up seal pups, albatross chicks, & other prey. Take seal's eye view of an attacking shark & then decide if it's safe to go in water. 60 min


Walking With Dinosaurs (A)
GES VT1035A

Take a journey back in time to reign of dinosaurs. State of art digital effects & animatronics combine to form living images that put you in scene of a lost world. Using latest scientific findings video examines 155 million-year history of these creatures from Coelophysis to Tyrannosourus Rex, the most terrifying carnivore on planet. 180 min.


Walking With Dinosaurs (B)
GES VT1035B

Take a journey back in time to reign of dinosaurs. State of art digital effects & animatronics combine to form living images that put you in scene of a lost world. Using latest scientific findings video examines 155 million-year history of these creatures from Coelophysis to Tyrannosourus Rex, the most terrifying carnivore on planet. 180 min.


I Dig Fossils
GES VT1060

Real life adventure for children of all ages. Chances are, your children will never touch a 65 million year old dinosaur unless they're in a museum. With your help, they can find fossils far older than dinosaurs & bring them home to keep. Come along as Scott & his dad go on a real-life adventure to find 300 a million-year-old fossil. Enjoy journey through Scott's eyes as he explains how fossils are formed & how he & his dad hunt for treasures you may have assumed only paleontologists could find. If your son or daughter is captivated by fossils & dinosaurs, & you want to begin a family activity that can last a lifetime then this video is the adventure for you. 1993


Webs Of Intrigue
GES VT1061

Enter world of ancient creature that has become an expert weaver, a consummate hunter, & with more than 30,000 faces - a master of adaptation. Over millions of years spiders have developed numerous methods of capturing prey & spinning a web is just one of them. You'll witness these weavers & hunters in action! Meet giant Nephila spider whose enormous web can trap small birds; Dolomedes spider that plunges underwater to fish out a meal; & ogre-faced spider that ambushes & traps its victims in a net stretched between its legs. Watch a male St. Andrews cross spider risk life & limb to court a hungry mate. 1992. 45 min


Searching For The Origins Of Life
GES VT1063

In beginning of solar system young life as we know it didn't have a chance. It emerged from strangest place & scientists have found it & it could lead to origin of life. The organisms that live in hot pools of Yellowstone may have some answers. 1998. 50 min


Sea Nasties
GES VT1065

It's just another day at beach for Leslie Nielsen. In coat & tie, bathing suit & boots, he's a human hermit crab too afraid to go in water & for good reason...ocean is full of sea nasties! To prove his point he recruits a mermaid to reveal all the dangerous creatures that slither, scuttle & hide on ocean floor. You'll snorkel up to poisonous catfish, sea snakes, urchins, jellyfish, & more. You'll visit Sting Ray City where humans swim with stingrays. By end of this deep-sea journey even Leslie is ready to dive in!! 1997. 60 min


Earthquakes: Living On The Edge
GES VT1066

Romans called earth solid ground. Not true. It is made up of giant plates size of continents. Oceans are on a core of rock. When plates shift an earthquake like one in San Francisco on Oct. 17, 1989 can occur. It measured 7/1. Video is about these earthquakes, their destruction, and etc. 1996. 50 min


Unknown World
GES VT1068

They're hiding in your closet. They're lurking in your bed. They're all over you - snacking on your skin, burrowing through your scalp, munching on your mascara. They're creepy crawlers of unknown world & now thanks to microphotographing you can catch these critters in the act, magnified to monster size. Spy from an unexpected angle. Zoom in; a secret drama is taking place, in, on & around us in a hidden world. 60 min


In The Path Of A Killer Volcano
GES VT1470

Local tribespeople were the first to see the signs. "There was a flash of light from the sky," said one. "I thought it ws my time to die." The Philippines' Mount Pinatubo was acting restless - and the volcanologists at Clark Air Force Base were starting to sweat. An angry mountain is highly unpredictable. If they misread its fits and starts, a violent explosion could send pyroclastic flow - hot, dense avalanches - roaring down its sides at 100 miles per hour, burning everyone and everything in its path. But if they ordered an evacuation and nothing happened, these experts could lose their credibility for good. With a typhoon headed in their direction, the stakes are even higher. Torrential rains turn ash and rock into hot mud flows that can bury a town in minutes. Is it time to sisue a Level 4 alert - ordering hundreds of thousands to flee their homes? Stay with the courageous scientists who remain behind - and see some astonishing footage as the world's biggest eruption in 80 years really starts to blow. Approx. Running time: 60 minutes Color/Not Rated/VHS