Planet Earth, no. 1, 2 [Videorecording] The Living machine; The blue planet. Produced by WQED Pittsburgh in association with the National Academy of Sciences.
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FilmReference number:15709780Publication details: Chicago, Films Incorporated, 1986. Description: 1 videocassette (VHS) (120 min.) snd., col. 1/2 in. + 2 Teacher's NotesSubject(s): Earth | Earthquakes | Volcanoes | Plate tectonics | OceanographyProduction credits: Producer, Gregory Andorfer; writers, Gregory Andorfer, Georgann Kane; music, Jack Tiller; photography, Norris Brook.Richard Kiley.Summary: No.1. Plate tectonics, one of the most important discoveries of the 20th century, is explored with world-renowned scientists on location. They are at Kilauea Volcano during a dramatic eruption, aboard the submersible craft, Alvin as it dives to the bottom of the Atlantic, and in pursuit of the cause of the worst earthquakes in American history.--No.2. The oceans may still be the last great unexplored frontier on earth. Major revelations about the sea include a scientist aboard the space shuttle exploring a new chapter in oceanography and startling findings about the El Nino current that has caused worldwide devastation. A dive takes the viewer to the site of sea floor spreading and visits the depths of the "middle ocean" to see new species for the first time.
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Major funding provided by the Annenberg/CPB project, with corporate funding by IBM.
Producer, Gregory Andorfer; writers, Gregory Andorfer, Georgann Kane; music, Jack Tiller; photography, Norris Brook.
Richard Kiley.
No.1. Plate tectonics, one of the most important discoveries of the 20th century, is explored with world-renowned scientists on location. They are at Kilauea Volcano during a dramatic eruption, aboard the submersible craft, Alvin as it dives to the bottom of the Atlantic, and in pursuit of the cause of the worst earthquakes in American history.--No.2. The oceans may still be the last great unexplored frontier on earth. Major revelations about the sea include a scientist aboard the space shuttle exploring a new chapter in oceanography and startling findings about the El Nino current that has caused worldwide devastation. A dive takes the viewer to the site of sea floor spreading and visits the depths of the "middle ocean" to see new species for the first time.
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