Forces of nature : our world's beauty & power revealed through color, elements, motion, shape / a BBC production with PBS co-produced by France Télévisions ; producer and director, Stephen Cooter (Motion, Color), Matthew Dyas (Elements, Shape) ; executive producer, Andrew Cohen ; series producer, Danielle Peck.

Format
Video/Projected medium
Language
English
Εdition
Widescreen.
Published/​Created
  • [Arlington, Virginia] : PBS, [2016]
  • [Arlington, Virginia] : Distributed by PBS Distribution, [2016]
  • ©2016
Description
2 videodiscs (215 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

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    Subject(s)
    Production company
    Film distributor
    Contributor
    Film director
    Television producer
    Library of Congress genre(s)
    Series
    BBC Earth [More in this series]
    Medium/​Support
    4 3/4 in.
    Summary note
    Take a global tour in four themed episodes, answering the simplest questions about the complex forces that shape our planet. Why is water blue? How can a shape defy gravity? Why do bees make hexagonal honeycombs? And how do these things affect our own lives? Discover what lies beneath Earth's startling beauty as we reveal the secrets of our cosmos and the natural forces that govern everything within it.
    Notes
    • Widescreen.
    • Documentary.
    • Title from container.
    • "BBC Earth."
    • Program content: ©2016.
    • Total running time indicated on container: 240 minutes; actual total running time: episode running time: 53:38 each.
    Creation/​Production credits
    Composer, Benji Merrison.
    System details
    DVD; NTSC, Region 1; widescreen presentation; stereo.
    Participant(s)/​Performer(s)
    Brian Cox.
    Language note
    In English with optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH).
    Contents
    • Disc 1. Elements (53:38) / directors of photography, Simon De Glanville and 2 others ; composer, Benji Merrison ; film editor, Sam Billinge ; Matthew Dyas, producer and director ; Shape (53:38) / directors of photography, Simon De Glanville and 2 others ; composer, Benji Merrison ; film editor, Simon Holland ; producer, Alice Jones ; producer and director, Matthew Dyas
    • Disc 2: Color (53:38) / directors of photography, Julius Brighton and 4 others ; composer, Benji Merrison ; film editor, Simon Holland ; producer and director, Stephen Cooter ; Motion (53:38) / directors of photography, Julius Brighton and 4 others ; composer, Benji Merrison ; film editor, Sam Billinge ; producer and director, Stephen Cooter.
    ISBN
    • 9781627898102
    • 1627898107
    Publisher no.
    FONA6101
    OCLC
    971588026
    Universal Product Code
    • 841887029483
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