DVD
Making North America / a Nova production by Windfall Films for WGBH Boston ; series producer, Peter Oxley.
Examines the natural forces that formed the continent of North America. Recounts ways in which the continent's unique geology affected indigenous biology, human evolution, and civilization.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781627895170
- ISBN: 1627895175
- Physical Description: 1 videodisc (approximately 180 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- Edition: Widescreen.
- Publisher: [Arlington, Virginia] : PBS, [2016]
- Distributor: [Arlington, Virginia] : Distributed by PBS Distribution, [2016]
- Copyright: ©2016
Content descriptions
- General Note:
- Documentary."Subtitles are a function of the disc and serve the same purpose as closed captions"--Container.
- Formatted Contents Note:
- Origins / director, Peter Oxley -- Life / director, Gwyn Williams -- Human / producer and director, Gwyn Williams.
- Creation/Production Credits Note:
- Series producer, Peter Oxley.
- Participant or Performer Note:
- Host, Kirk Johnson.
- Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:
- Originally produced as three episodes of the television series Nova in 2015.
- Target Audience Note:
- TV Parental Guidelines rating: TV-G (general audience; most parents would find this program suitable for all ages).
- System Details Note:
- DVD; NTSC, Region 1; widescreen presentation; stereo.
- Language Note:
- In English with optional English subtitles.
Search for related items by subject
- Subject:
- Geology > North America.
Historical geology > North America.
Paleontology > North America.
Natural history > North America.
Geology.
Historical geology.
Natural history.
Paleontology.
North America.
SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Geology. - Genre:
- Documentary television programs.
Documentary television programs.
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Northwest Indian College.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
Show Only Available Copies
| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lummi Library | DVD 988 QE 71 .M35 2016 | 679395 | DVD | Reshelving | - |
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The discovery of North America; a critical, documentary, and historic investigation. With an essay on the early cartography of the New World, including descriptions of two hundred and fifty maps or globes existing or lost, constructed before the year 1536; to which are added a chronology of one hundred voyages westward, projected, attempted, or accomplished between 1431 and 1504; biographical accounts of the three hundred pilots who first crossed the Atlantic; and a copious list of the original names of American regions, caciqueships, mountains, islands, capes, gulfs, rivers, towns, and harbours.
Harrisse, Henry, 1829-1910.